The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1879.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 209, 15 September 1879, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1879.

The Customs receipts for the week ending Saturday last amounted to £648 12s 7d. Thb Committee of the Nelson Aid Sociaty held a meeting at the Court House on Friday last, the Bishop of NeUon in the chair.

Sundry cases of distress were taken into consideration, and the necessary temporary relief was afforded. The ladies were requested to assist in collecting subscriptions, *c, there being only a small balance of about .£4 in the hands of the Treasurer. The hope was expressed that tho local members of the two Houses of Parliament when distributing a portion of their honorarium would not overlook this most useful society. Subscriptions and douations will be thankfully received by the Hon Treasurer, Mr Alfred Joues, at the Bank of New Zealaud. An entertainment which has cost much time and trouble in its preparation is to be given at the All Saints' Institute this evening. The programme appears elsewhere, and that, together with (he fact that Mr Wix, whose talents in this direction are generally recognised in Nelson, is the manager, should suffice to attract a large audience. On the fourth page will be found some brief but well-written descriptions of the new members of Parliament, taken from the Post. The election for the Wakatipu district, for which Mr Manders was the !ate representative, has resulted in the return of Mr Finn, a lawyer, and a Greyite. There now remain only two elections to take place, namely, for Coleridge and Glandstone, and these come off to-day. Owing to the Chief Justice being unable to arrive here from the West Coast in time, the sittings of the Supreme Court which were to commence on Wednesday next are postponed for a time, probably for a week. Dae notice however, will be giveu to allow jurors and others who are Bumtnoned to be in attendance. A man named Adam Wilson, lately a fireman ou board the steamer Taiaroa, had a narrow escape from drowning about one o'clock yesterday morning. While in a state of intoxication he attempted to get on board the Lyttelton, lying alongside the Albion Wharf, and missing his footing fell into the water, striking one of the sponsons of the paddle box in his descent. One of the men belonging to the Lyttelton, hearing a splash, at once went to ascertain the cause, and found Wilson clinging to a pile underneath the wharf. After some little trouble be was rescued from his perilous position none the worse for his mishap beyond sustaining a blow on the chest. Fortunately it was low water at the time, as had it not been bo the man would most certainly have been drowned. The Otago Daily Timet learns by the Suez mail that it is rumored in London that in the event of Sir Bartle Frere resigning, Sir Hercules Robinson will be sent to the Cape of Good Hope. Liquidation.— Being about to realise on my stock I have re-marked the whole at prices that ought to effect a speedy clearance. The stock is very large, which most of the Neison people know, and one that the drawing room as well as the kitchen may be furnished from. This is an absolute clearing sale, and no reasonable offer will be refused John James, Liquidator. — Advt.