Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1881.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 247, 17 October 1881, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1881.

A sitting of the District Court waß held this morning wben on the application of Mr Fall, probate waß granted of the will of the late N. Paine, of Golden Bay. On the application of Mr P. Adams probate waa granted of the will of the late G. L. Watters, of Nelson. In bankruptcy Mr Bunny applied for and obtained the discharge ot John McAlisler, and the discharge of Shadrach Coleman was also granted. Special services were held yesterday in connection with the Sunday School ttnion of England. In the afternoon a children's service was held in the Theatre under the presidency of Mr Faamley, which was very largely attended by the Echolars attending the Wesleyan, Baptist, Congregational, and Nelson School Society's schools. The body of the Theatre was closely packed with children while the gallery was filled to overflowing by the parents and teachers. The proceedings commeaced by a prayer being offered by Mr Smart, Messrs Fearnley, Lee, and Beckenham addressed the large gathering, and Mr Snodgrass read a portion of Scripture. Several hymns were sweetly sung at intervals by the children who appeared to be weil trained. A pnbiic meeting will be held to-night in the Congregational Chnrch when addresses will be delivered on Sunday School work. A parade of the Naval Brigade was held in the Drill Shed on Saturday night, when after drill, in which the corps acquitted themselves very creditably, Major Pitt referred to the complaints made of tbe conduct of some of the members on tbeir visit to Motuekaon Sunday, the 9th inst., and made an enquiry into the matter, but the accusation was gensrally denied, and no evidence was adduced in corroboration of it. The men were tben complimented on ths manner in which they had gone through their drill and the parade was dismissed. Some boys who were crossing the dividing ridge between Toi Toi Valley and the Waimea Road yesterday made a discovery, which, on being reported to the police, was enquired into, and Sergeant Nash proceeding to the spot found what he believed to be the body of a newly born infant wrapped in female clothing. It was taken to the Post boy Hotel, where an examination was made by Dr Boor, the coroner, who was able to pronounce that it was the body of a child from the bones, but, owing to its being reduced to a mere pulp by decomposition he was unable to discover the sex, or to say whether it had been bora alive, consequently no inquest will be held. The police iv the meantime are making enquiries. The San Francisco mail, which arrived at Auckland yesterday evening, wiil be conveyed to Wellington direct by the Penguin, and thence to Nelaon, arriving here on Thursday. Colonists having friends in Germany will be pleased to hear that money orders payable in that country are now issued at the Post Office. Hbncefoeth there will be a mail despatched to and received from Bellgrove twice a day. A okb innings cricket match ** s| D j aved in the Botanical Reserve on Saturday afternoon between a picked „ Iftmi from t J he Nlt eon Club and six^ sther3i The f scored 78 aga^ theit . oppose* & 2 . A bep/ OEt 0 f tQe raeettag ne j^ at Brighton Saturday night is unavoidably beld over until to-morrow, Mr G^ G. Fitzgerald, wbo contested tbe Grey Valley election with Mr Weston, intends to oppose Mr R. C. Reid for Hokitika. A Mr Grimmond is also spoken of as a likely candidate. A meeting of the Btoke Company of Volunteer Rifles was held on Friday evening last to consider what reply should be sent to Major Pitt's letter wishing to know how many of the company would volunteer for service at the front. The following resolution was unanimously agreed to:— "That they would not volunteer their services, but should an emergency occur and the Governor call tbem out for actual service in accordance with the 36tb Clause of the Volunteer Act, 1881, they would respond to the call to a man." It was stated that several of the men were not their own masters, aud consequently if they volunteered would lose their situations and would find on their return their places supplied by others, but if in a case of emergency they Were called out they would stand in a Very different position with regard to their employers, who in that instance would be willing to submit to a little inconvenience while their men were defending their country. It cropped up in the coarse of discussion that their military ardour bad lately been somewhat damped by the treatment they had received at the hands of the present Government who all along have been trying to starve them oat. It was a mistaken policy on their part, and now they seemed to think the volunteers ought to be only too happy to sacrifice everything and not even study their wives and families, but turn out at a moment's notice for the pleasure of the thing, to be perhaps, when done witb, treated as heretofore, but with all tbat tbe men expressed their willingness to do their duty wben called upon.— Communica ted. The " Timaru Labour League" some short time addressed a communication to tbe Government of Queensland, enquiring what inducements they would hold out in the way of assisting people from here to goto Queensland and settle tbere. A reply was received on Saturday stating that no assistance or promise of any sort could be given. ■■■■■WBMHBHBSBaMieBKiH-ssaiaasw