The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 155, 28 June 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1878.

We understand that the gross proceeds of the entertainment in aid of the Institute funds on Wednesday night, amounted to a trifle over £18.

A meeting of the members of the Tradesman's Athletic Club was held at the Masonic Hotei last night, when the committee reported that they bad made arrangements for the lease of the Oddfellows' Hall, and had purchased the properties of the Nelson Gymnasts.

A cobkespondent writing from Motueka thinks that the bridge will be a useful structure if a patent lift is constructed on the Motueka side for the purpose of putting carts, passengers, etc., on to the bridge, and that when the river goes round the other side a ferry at Dodson's house might be advantageous.

On Sunday last the senior teachers at the Wakefield Church Sunday School received a handsome present each, subscribed for by the parents aud well wishers of the Sunday School children, in recognition of the Christian services rendered by them for several years. Mr Edward Baigent, M.H.R., on behalf of the subscribers, made the presentation in the presence of the chi.dren and friends assembled in the schoolroom. The presents consisted of a writing desk each for Mr A. T. Robertson and Mr W. Robson, and a neat work-box each for the Misses Robson. Mr Baigent also congratulated the junior teachers upon the work they had in hand and encouraged the teachers and children to persevere, as such good work could not fail to carry its own reward. The presents and compliments were suitably acknowledged by Mr Robertson on behalf of all.

The man who laughs is the fortune individual who sleeps Boundly, for whom " good digestion waits on appetite," and whose nerves never trouble him. Happy he or she who is thus trebly blessed. When refreshing slumbers fail to visit your pillow, when your food tortures you instead of benefitting you when a sudden noise or the least excitement sets your nerves in a tremor it is high time tbat you adopted a remedy. You wili certainly find it in Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Akomaxio Schnapps.— Advt.