The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JANUARY 2,1880.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 2, 2 January 1880, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JANUARY 2,1880.

B^Et is with no little pleasure and satisfacHHBn that we notice an announcement in our |Hwertising columns to the effect that the B^Bgsiness hitherto carried on by Messrs N. BflHjwards & Co. of Nelson and London is to be conducted by Mr J. H. ■Bck under the style ofrJohn H. Cock &"Co. H^nis is one of the oldest established busiB^BJsses in Nelson, having been commenced in He early days of the colony under the name ■■■ Fell and Seymour. In 1857 the original ■■Srtners sold out to Messrs Edwards and |HBjnnett, and the name of the firm was ■Hanged to N. Edwarda & Co. The late Mr ■Hhn Symons shortly afterwards became a ■BJrtrier and eventually the sole proprietor, HBd it was under his management that the Hpchpr Line of steamers reached its present■■fcnensioDS, being the largest fleet owned by HvJ private firm in the colony. Shortly B^Bjter the death of Mr Symona it became BBown that his widow was desirous of disHBsing of the business, and it was very much jßmtared that it -would altogether slip away Nelson. It is therefore highly BKtisfactory to learn that it is still to be car- ■ Bed on and that it has fallen into such good Hfiuds as those of Mr Cock, who, if success 13 BB be achieved by judicious enterprise, by ■■.close attention to business and by a strict BBmse of honor and integrity, will, we feel ntire, have no reason to repent the important ■Step he has taken. Mr Cock will, in the jjßP° urae °f a month or two, be joined by his ■Brother, Mr Henry Cock, who has for the BBist three years managed the London branch BKf the business. The Blenheim branch, we ■Understand, will not be transferred with the ■■Nelson business, but will be disposed of ■Separately. We sincerely hope that the new Harm will prove as successful as that of BffiL Edwards, and Co., which has for some ■■fine past been carried on under the sole ■Management of Mr Cock, who ia now himHRf about to embark in the business. It is BKposed, and we trust that the proposal will ■BJicarried into effect, to raise in Nelson a BJBjmi'M Liability Company for the purchase four steamers, Charles Edward BJBjpnedy, Murray, and Wallace, together B^Hh the hulk Hera, the Ancher Foundry ■BBthe Albion Wharf. The importance of BJBKining theße steamers and their head HaKrters in Nelson may be estimated when state that the wages' disbursed to H^H| c employed in connection with ' them, ;of whom have their homes and H|^b wives and families here, amount HHp° less than a year. The and plant are to be obtained on most SflßK^nable terms; the business can scarcely MWalled a speculative one for the boats are HBjßnll running and their earnings can easily and the advantage, as we have PBjjßtn, of retaining the head quarters the r > iwr^is so great, that, all these, things con- ; y 'siderectj we cannot for a moment doubt that h ; tfienecesßary iunda will be forthcoming for ;C6mpany.

The attendance at the Art Treasures inhibition is, we are glad to find, steadily increasing, and last night When music and singing were, added to the other attractions there was quite a crowd present. To-night will be the last opportunity of seeing it, and we recommend all who can do no to pay a visit to t"he Hall. The absence of telegrams from our today's issue is, we presume, to be accounted for by the strike in the Telegraph Department, which is reported elsewhere. We have been requested by the inmates of the Immigration Barracks to express their hearty thanks to Mr W> Oldham for the pleasure he afforded them yesterdaj-, when all (to the number of over 100) were invited to a picnic at Wakapuaka, their host providing conveyances for the women and children, and the men walking. Plenty of good things in the way of eatables and drinkables were provided, and nothing was left undone to provide for the enjoyment of the party. After dinner, which was spread on the grass, Mr W. Duu was deputed by the immigrants to express their thanks to their kind and hospitablo host, which wrs done in a few wellchosen Avords. In the evening the party re* turned to the barracks, after having spent a most pleasant day. In April last at Collhigwood, a person calling himself Doctor Wallace was summoned before the Resident Magistrate for a breach of " Thq Medical Practioners Act, 18C9," in having practised as a medical man without being registered under the Act, and a conviction having ensued, a nominal fine of 5s and costs was inflicted. . The warning on that cccason, however, appears to have been disregarded, as we learn that at the sitting of the Court at Collingwood last week the same person was again summoned by the police for a second offence of a like- nature, and this time a fine of £50 and costs, or in default three months imprisonment was inflicted. Thb Christian Conference, under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association, was held in the Bishopdale grounds yesterday, and was far more numerously attended than on any previous occasion. Several interesting addresses were delivered in accordance with the published programme. The first accident of the kind that has occurred |on the Nelson railway happened yesterday evening to a valuable horse belonging to Mr Orsman of-Toi-Toi Valley, which was run into by the eight o'clock down train, and had one of its feet completely cut off. The poor brute was so severely injured that it was necessary to shoot it. There was a report current in town today that a resident in Brook-street Valley had been murdered by her husband, but upon .making inquiry at the Police station, we learned that only one of the ordinary scenes had occurred between the loving couple, and that no more serious injury had resulted than a gash in the head, from which blood had flowed pretty freely. A doctor was called in, and the wounded lady is reported to be doing as well as can be expected