The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 188, 7 September 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1878.

a Sertices in connection with the anniver-'f£ gsary of the WesleyauChdrch will be preached « by the Eev K- Bavin. The eusto-^ femary public tea and meeting will be held on ; i |Tuesday *g 0 liib Customs rcrenue at the Port of'£ p]Selsou for the week ending to-day amounted^ g;to the handsome sum of £2673 16s 6d. % |i The attention of Volunteers is called to*Spthe advenisement announcing inspection'^ || parade for Tuesday next, which has beenf igfixed instead of Thursday on account of thes |j entertainment at the Theatre Royal on the 2 flatter evening, §| a Dn. Bakewell has been elected Sergeonll £ Superintendent of the lloss Hospital, West-ii i lalKl - p M Between one and two hundred persons! at Christ Church last night, after?! pthe weekly choir practice was concluded, to^ fjghear Mr Parker of Christchurch play ou thep k organ. A programme had been drawn out sf £■ consisting of ten pieces, and a rich ; musical |; ££ treat was afforded to all who were present U $ After reaching the end of the list Mr Parker! £ ! Jeft the instrument, but was induced to re- LI turn to it, and by special request playedJ ©Mendelssohn's "How lovely are the messen-^ fgers" and "Oh, rest in the Lord." Mr;! ! Parker, we understand, is about to removeSl to Wellington, where he will undertake theH duties of conductor of the Choral Society,! and organist at St. Peter's Church, Te Aro. [|