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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 217, 12 September 1881, Page 2

An inqnest was being held as we went to pre~B on she body of John Kruse. a voting, man who, while in tho employ of Mr Kellibg of Rerazm, wsb kicked on the head last Saturday week by r hona that he was cleaning, the injuries icflic'cd being such that it was neceßSary to remove him to th« Hospital, where he died yesterday. It is not many months sines the deceaied'a father met hii death by drowning in tha Waimea mer. The usefulness of Accident Insurance has been exemplified in Nelson by the settlement of Mr Harris' claim for Id jury to hand, by a gun explosion, by a payment of £50 cash. ;; Madame Lotti Wilmot delivered a lecture last oight on Melbourne by day and night, in which she elcqueutly and graphically described the scenes that aho herielf had witnessed in that wonderful city. Tonight she will lecture on the " Wrong Track/' the proceeds to be devotfd to the building fnnd of the Port Public Hall, Saturday night in Nelson is not a good one to choose for lacturea, or indeed for entertainments of any kind, and such was found to be the case by Mr Thomson who bad advertised that he would deliver a lab ture on Accident Insurance in the Masonic Hall but had to poatpona it for want of in audience. j The fif st competition for Capt. Malcolmj's cup aDd Lieut. Paynler's medal, with other prizes subscribed by members of the Stote' Rifles *and their friends, took place at the Stoke range on Wednesday last, the ranges being 200, 300, 500, and 600 yards, fife shots at each rßDge. The following are the scores:— Sr-rgt. Bradley 60, I). Giblin 58, li. Kenning 54 J. JellymSnfSl, Mclntosh 49, Sub-Lieut. Harkness 44 Sergt. Beach AS, 3. Beach 41, Corpl. Cress well 40, J. Dpidge 39, Corpl. Lines 3G, E Suttou 33. .. • . _ \ ' The Lyttelton Tims is exceedingly severe upou Sir George Grey for tha double part tie played in connection with the Representation Bill : — " It i3 c-nough to say," writes our contemporary, "that bis obstruction 6f the Representation Bill brands him as the betrayer of solemn pledges. False to his trust, false to the priucipleß we have ahvocatedwith bim,he can hope for no further confidence from the people of New> Zealand." ' The Board of Church Nominators met the other evening to take definite st«pa for filling the vacancy in the cure of St. Paul's Parish, Wellington. Present— Archdeacon Stock (Chairman), Measrs C. P. Powles, T. Buchanan, L. fctowe, and H. S. M'Kellar. After due consideration, it was resolved jto nominate the Ven. Archdeacon Thorpe for the vacant incumbency.— Post.