The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1879.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 25, 29 January 1879, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1879.

The largpst political mening ever hold in Nelson took place last night, when Mr Put nddressed the electors at "the Tlualre IJiiyal I'he audience were most attentive and good humored throughout, and Mr Pitt had every reason to b« well satisfied with the result. A report of the proceedings will bo found elsewhere. Mr Pitt will address the electors ;it the Port this evening. His Committee mcts at 7.20 p.m. The nomination of candidates for the representation of the City in the House of R presentatives will take place at the Provincial Hall at noon to-morrow. Mtt Adams' Committee have requested us to state that they intend replying to "AntiBunkum's " letter to-morrow. We are compelled to hold over several rpports of the elections of School Committees with which we have been favored. The death of another of our old settlers took place yesterday at Wakefield. John Xorris, who arrived at Nelson in the Rolton, the fourth immigrant ship that came out under the New Zealand Company in the year 1542, spent the whole of his time since then in the Nelson province as a worthy aud respected settler. He was one of the true stamp of men to whom we are iudebted for making the colony what it is by the earnest manner in which they set to work at the task they had taken in hand. He was ihe father of a large family of children, and lived to see many graud-children and great-grand-childreu growing up around him, the adult members having become useful settlers i in different parts of the district For several weeks past his health has been fast decliuiug, but he was able to walk about until a couple of days before his death, when his fast increasing weakness compelled him to takts to his bed, where he gradually sank, and on the evening of the 2Hh peacefully passed away, surrounded by many members of his family.