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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 195, 17 August 1880, Page 2

Messrs Curtis and Wells have been appointed to enquire into the charges of cruelty brought against the Nelsou Gaoler and others, and for that purpose they met at the gaol this morning, but the enquiry was adjourned until Thursday on the application of the prisoner Thompson, whb alleged that he was in too weak a state to undergo examination, owing to his having been kept ia solitary confinement for several days, and further stated that the evidence of the late warder Atkinson was indispensible. It is probable that a further adjournment will be necessary, aa Atkinson has to be brought over frora Wanganui. The Bishop of Nelson will deliver his postponed lecture on " George Moore " at Richmond this evening, and will repeat ifc at Wakefield to-morrow night. We can cordially recommend all who are witbiu reach to be present. A good cause and an excellent programme such as that provided for to-night's entertainment at the Theatre Koyal Bhould have the effect of filling that place to overflowing. The reserved seats, we learn, are being taken up rapidly. The debate which was to tako place at the meeting of the Winter Evening Debating Association to-night has been {postponed till tbe 31st August. An accident occurred at Stoke this after- • noon to Mr Allport, who was waiting at the ' station with a horse and cart, when the animal was frightened by the train and started offi, knocking Mr Allport down, the wheel of the cart passing over his head and inflicting a painful, though, we are glad to hear, not a serious wound. A little child was iv the cart, but did not appear to be in the least degree alarmed, and seemed perfectly happy and contented when the runaway was stopped. The Key C. H. Schnackenberg, Wesleyan missionary, died at Auckland last Thursday. He bad been engaged in mission work for 35 years, and was a* native of Germany. The Greymouth Star of the 6th inst. says: —It is currently reported in town to-day that some excellent returns have been obtained from the Seventeen Mile. That from one truck load of dirt about 100 ozs. of gold had been obtained. Although we cannot vouch for tbe accuracy of the report, we are, nevertheless, inclined to credit the statement, over 60' ounces having been obtained from a small quantity of dirt taken from the sn me claim. Gold has also been struck i about a mile nearer Greymouth. Capt. Lindsay, of the sbip Rodell Bay, which arrived at Wellington from Glasgow on Saturday morning, reports two sub marine disturbances on the lst and sth instant, about 150 miles off the land. Although there was a heavy sea at the lime the shocks were felt distinctly throughout the vessel, and appeared to be travelling iv a N.W. direction. This corresponds with the shocks which were felt in Wellington. — N. Z. Times. The N. Z. Times ot Saturday says:— -There was a pleasant gathering of gentleman at the Port Nicholson Club on Thursday afternoon, to pay a valedictory compliment to Mr Christopher Maling on the eve of his departure for the mother country. Colonel Whitmore occupied the chair, aud on behalf of a very large circle of friends and admirers presented Mr Maling with a testimonial of their regard in the shape of a purse of sovereigns. In the course of his remarks the gallant Colonel pointedly alluded to the good service rendered by Mr Maling to the colony when he commanded the corps of guide in the old troubled days of Maori warfare ; for the gallantry he displayed on special occasions Mr Maling became the possessor of the much covete<i . . N.Z. Cross. Mr Maling is one of tbe first sufferers under the newly instituted system of Civil Service retrenchment, and his services in connection with telegraph survey- ■ ing being no longer in request he decided to leave for England, where, we understand, there is a profitable opening for bim. The presentation was coupled with the usual toastiug honors. Mr Maling left Wellington yesterday en route for Melbourne by the si earner Taiaroa, and quite a number of friends assembled to wish him bon voyage. I ____MHHH*HMHM____WMn«.-__MaM_____HHßß____n_____H