The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1880.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 74, 27 March 1880, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1880.

The Customs duties collected [at the Port of Nelson for tbe week ending to-day were £404 7S 7d.

Mr A. J. Richmond, M.H.R., will address the electors of Nelson Suburbs at the Suburban North Hotel this evening.

Services at the Hardy- street Wesleyan Churcb to-morrow will be conducted by tbe Rev R. Bavin, and at the Congregational Church by the Rev J. Beckenham.

To-morrow being Easter Sunday, there will be Harvest Thanksgiving services at Christ Church. We remind our readers of the request preferred by a number of the ladies attending this Church, that flowers, fruits, corn, &c. for the purpose of decoration might be sent to the Church this evening.

The anniversary of the Nelson School Society being at hand, the usual services will be held to-morrow afternoon, when the Rev. R. Bavin will be the preacher. The annual tea meeting will be held on Tuesday, when the children will sing appropriate hymns, and addresses will he delivered.

Thk numerous friends of the late Captain Moulton, known in Nelson as master of the barque Tasso, will learn with deep regret that whilst on a voyage from Melbourne to

Adelaide, being then in command of the fine barque Pacific Slope, he was washed overboard. Captain Moulton was greatly respected by all who knew him. . Thk Collingwood-street bridge, in accordance with the City Council, was being so blocked up this afternoon that only foot passengers will be able to avail themselves of ihis means of crossing the river. There is a ford, however, alongsido the bridge, which may bo used except when the liver is flooded, though no doubt, almost the whole of the traffic will now pass over the Normanby bridge. In addition to _ 9trcam of water admitted from the Mill lead iv Alton street, which has been flou 'iug all day thr. ugh the Hardy and Trafalgar-streets sewers. The other drains and sewers have been flushed this afternoon uuder the instructions of the City Couucil. There appears to esist some doubt as to Whether tho quantify n^ water ruuning through me drains will do much good in the way of removing the deposits in the sewers but probably it will be possible to settle that point speedily. In the meantime there are a great number of other things which require to be attended to with the view bf effecting sanitary improvehients. Near the Government JB uild ings what was an eel poqd is now a reeking bed of decaying vegetable and animal matter, giving off the most offensive odours There is a vile drain near the Government schools and close by the Nornianby bridge^ whilst nlong the road from, the To ton to the Port the nuisances are without nuh.b.t.

i., Th__ anniversary sermons of the Motueka Wesleyan Sabbath school were preached on Sunday, the 2 1st, by Mr J. G. Harkness, of Richmond. The discourses were remarkable for their clearness and ability, which, together with the hymns sung by the children, rendered the Services instructive and interesting. Ou Good iTriday tea was provided for the children and the public, and the weather being fine there was a large attendance. A public meeting was held in the evening which was presided over by _ R. Hursthouse, Esq. M.H.1.., and adflressess were delivered by the Revs. Poole, Rodger, and Hosking, and Messrs Thorpe and Mears Several pieces Were also sung by the choir, Miss, Jessie Parker presiding at the harmonium. The amount realised at, tbe services towards the funds of the school is about £21.

Although the old adage — " murder will out " — has proved curiously correct in many instances, we doubt, among them all, that it is possible to find a more curious instance than the following case of stolen goods finding their lawful owner, for the authenticity of which we can vouch, aud w hich happened in Nelson. , Fourteen years ago, a lady was presented by another lady with a brooch of curious workmanship, which had been mado in India ; but, to her great annoyance, it was stolen from her a few hours after she had received it. Suspicions were entertained against a servant in the house, but - , as there was no positive proof, the brooch was given up for lost, and forgotten from that day to this. The donor of the brooch has been lately staying at a friend's iv the ccuutry. The gentleman of the house, who is fond of doing little mechanical jobs in his leisure time, received the other day a package containing some brooches and other trifles to be mended. Among the brooches the visitor recognised at once one which had been in her possession years ago, and about which there could be no mistake because of its Indian workmanship, as it bad been made in India and after her own design. She went and showed it to the lady to whom she had given it, who immediately recognised it as the brooch she had received. She stated how ifc had been stolen by the servant, who left her place shortly afterwards and married and settled down not far from where she had been at service. It seems she had sent it to he mended, not dreaming that any one would recognise it after such a lap^e of time.