Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1881.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 248, 18 October 1881, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1881.

At the Magistrate's Court, this morning before H. E. Curtis Esq. J.P., John Armstrong was brought up ou a charge of vagrancy for having uo visible lawful means of support. Mr Percy Adams appeared for the prisoner. It appearing that ths defendant was in the way of getting regular employment at the Wakamarina, and oh his undertaking to leave Nelson at once in search of work the Bench discharged him with a caution, Tne sevsnth competition for the gold medal presented to the II Battery by Mr C. McGee was fired this morning at the Maitai range in glorious weather. There were thirtoen competitors, the ranges being 200, 400, and 500 yards, five shots at each range, the winner turning up in Gunner Frsz;r, who scored 62 out of 75, which included a " possible " at 400 yards. A rt.ui.ic meeting wiil be held in the j Btahop'd schoolroom this evening for tbe purpose of inaugurating a Church Society j w. en much valuable and interesting inforraa- [ Hon may be expected from the vaiious j speakers. On Sunday evening the Bishop of Nelson preached in Christ Church an ! el-quent and thoroughly practical sermon on the subject, taking for his text the words " Fellow workers in tbe Kingdom of Heaven." | A special mr e:k'g of the Education Board was held this morning for tbe purpose of r. vising the teacher-.' salaries, which, as tne Chairman statedj had been operated upon in a moment of panic last year. Additions to the salaries were made amounting to the aggregate to £949, the details of which will be found in the renort wbifch appears elsewhere. Major Pitt his revived the following telegram frotn Col. Header, the Under Secretary for Defence :— " R. ceived te.eeram re offer of services. The Hon. the Defence Minister requests that thanks may be conveyed to the officers and men of ihe corps, awaiting a letter." After Mass at St Maty'a on Sunday morning, the Rev. Father Maboney read a circular from his Lordship Dr Redwood appointing a special Sunday for a collection throughout the colony to erect buildings at N elson for the Catholic ornhans of New Zealand. Father Mahoney stated .hat tbe Catholics of New Zealand owed a deep debt of gratitude to Mr Shephard, the member for the Waimea, for the pains he took to get passed through the House the Act which so very materially affects Catholics. The services at St. Mary's on Snnday night were of an unusually important character, and those living near the Convent might have heard the singing and witnessed the grounds of the Convent illuminated. We are informed that according to the instructions of His Holiness Leo XIII the Catholic Church throughout the world was directed to celebrate a jubilee, and in response the congregation of St. Mary's had special services every evening during the week which came to a close last night, when the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given in the picturesque grounds of the Convent as the Sisters' Church could not accommodate the congregation. After Vespers a procession was formed beaded by the crossbearer, followed in order by the acolyea children of Mary (60), Sisteri (26), and then the Blessed Sacrament berne by the Rev Father Mahoney, over whom was held a b.-aut ful white silk canopy embroidered with gold. As the precession moved along through the beautiful grounds of the Convent illuminated by lanterns suspended from the trees and both altars in the grounds one blaze of light, while the sweet voices of the Sisterß and young ladies of the Convent rose in tho still night, the whole formed a scene that carried one back to the days of the Catholic Church aa we read of it in the olden timea. — Communicated. J .j.ij.ri^-T~r~.^^.. ■ _ J __-_ J .— _.