She Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 73, 26 March 1878, Page 2

She Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1878.

A very sudden death occurred shortly after seven o'clock last night, which created considerable sensation in the town. Mr Charles Kiernau, well known as a dentist in Nelson, had, to all appearances, been in his usual good health nniil the evening, when he complained of .giddiness. Mrs Kiernan ad- j ministered seme brandy, and, finding that he did not get any better, called in a neighbor, I and shortly afterwards sent for Dr Williams^ who came at once, but on arriving pronounced Mr Kiernan to be dead. Apoplexy is supposed to have beeu the cause of death. An inquest will be held this afternoon. Thb Provincial Hall was closely packed last night, several hundreds of people being present to hear the Rev. Dr. Somerville, who delivered an address to Christian workers. During the whole of the two hours for which the service lasted, he kept his audience in wrapt attention, scarcely a sound being heard except that of the voice of the venerable lecturer, and of those who took part in the musical portion of the service, which was conducted by Mr Somerville, jun. To-night aud to-morrow evangelistic addresses will be delivered, commencing at half-past seven. The City Cadets will parade at the Botanical Gardens to-morrow evening at half-past seven. Recruits are requested to attend. The Lady Barkly will make an excursion trip to Motueka, on the occasion of the Friendly Societies' fete, on Thursday next, leaving here at 8 a.m., and Motueka on the return trip at 10 p.m. The combined attractions of cheap fares and the object of the trip will doubtless have the effect of inducing a large number to avail themselves of this opportunity. Count de Zaba delivered a very interesting lecture on " Poland and its wrongs " to a large audience at the Masonic Hall last night, when the chair was taken by the Bishop of Nelson. Some portions of the address were given with great pathos, leaving no doubt on the minds of his hearers of the intense sympathy of the lecturer with his suffering fel-low-countrymen. The proceeds of the lecture were devoted to the Christ Church Sunday School building fund. On Friday he will give a lecture on his method of studying universal History and Literature, a method calculated to strengthen the powers of memory. The Artillery Cadets are requested to meet to-night at the Nelson Hotel at eight o'clock, for the purpose of electing a lieutenant and other business. The panorama of the Russo-Turkish war will arrive from Wellington in the Wallace tomorrow morning and open in the evening. Some of the most exciting scenes of the late war are vividly depicted, and just at this time the views should possess a peculiar interest for the public. The Buller News speaks of the proposal to form a Jam and Fruit Preserving Company in Nelson a3 a step in the right direction. The opinions entertained hy Judge Ward of the New Zealand Bankruptcy Act are well known, hut he was never more caustic in giving expression to them than on the occasion of suspending a bankrupt's certificate at Balclutha. The remarks he then made will be found in the fourth page of to-day's issue. On another and later occasion he concluded a judgment in the following words : — "I have given this judgment at some length, not so much in consequence of the difficulty and importance of the points involved as on account of the belief apparently held by creditors' trustees and by divers of the legal profession that our Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, contains within its four corners the Whole Duty of Man in Bankruptcy — a delusion which deserves to he dispelled." A Wellington telegram to the Bruce Herald says that the late Hon W. B. Rhodes left £50 to each church in Wellington. Why poison the sick with the liquors of commerce when a pure stimulant containing vegetable agents, which endow it with extraordinary alterative and strengthening properties, which never excites and invariably affords relief, is just as easily procured. If the patient is weak or nervous, his kidneys, stomach, or bowels out of order, let him have recourse to that safest, and pleasantest of regulating tonics, Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.— Advt.