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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 100, 26 April 1873, Page 2

Wesleyan Church. — Tbe Rev. Thomas R. Fisher, of Christchurch, will (d.v.) preach in the above Church to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock, and the Rev. W. Cannell in the evening at 6.30. Next Wednesday's Ceremony. — Up to the time of our going to press no reply had been received from Mr. Yogel to the invitation forwarded to him by the Superintendent yesterday. It will be seen by our advertising columns that a public ball will be beld in honor of the occasion. Our old friend Ben Crisp, ifc will also be . observed, invites the children of Nelson to meet afc the Temperance Hall, at 10 in the morning to form a procession, wallround the town, and back to the Hall, where they will regale themselves with tea, cake, and buns. Messrs. Twist and Gay have kindly placed their paddock at their disposal. In the evening there is to be a meeting in the Hall,, enlivened by the magic lantern, the recitation of pieces by the children, and the fife and drum band. Mr. Elliott at Richmond. — We regret to learn from the report of Mr. Elliott's speech in the Examiner that his meeting at Richmond was thinly attended owing to a notice that appeared in that day's Mail. We owe Mr. Elliott an apology for the mistake that occurred, which was purely accidental, the paragraph having been set in type for the previous day, but shut out at the last moment by a press of advertisements. It thus appeared in Wednesday's issue as a notice that the meeting would be held " tomorrow " instead of " this evening." We must again express our regret that an error of this kind should have occurred. Mr. Elliott is announced to meet the electors afc the Bridge Hotel, Waimea East, this evening, A Cohtribtjter to the Tuapeka Times, wbo has a very arithmetical turn of mind, has again been trying his hand at figures, and calculates that in order to allow the booth-holders at the Dunedin races a fair profit, seventy thousand liquors must bave been consumed. It is rumored, says the Herald, that Dr Marshal], who has been practising for some time as a physician and -surgeon in Auckland, is about to leave for Nelson. The doctor bears the reputation of being a very skilful and successful practitioner, and will doubtless do well at Nelson, where a leading medical man died lately, thus causing a vacancy. The following is extracted from the Hobart Town Mercury of March 28th, 1873 : — " Shipment of Horses — The horses for New Zealand, which we mentioned a few days ago, were about to be forwarded to Lyttelton, New Zealand, by Captain John Fisher in the barque Waratah, were shipped yesterday, and the vessel will leave for her destination to-day under the command of Captain John Fisher. She takes in all forty animals, thirty-nine fine looking, powerful dranght horses and mares, and the celebrated draught cart horse Lincolnshire Traveller, generally believed, as we have already stated, to be the best animal of the kind ever bred in this, or indeed any of the colonies. In addressing the Christchurch j3-rand I Jury, on the opening of the Canterbury j criminal sessions, Mr Justice Gresson said : — The most remarkable feature in the calendar is the number of cases of forgery*— there being no leßs tban eight cases of forgery and utteriDg. I regret very much that, notwithstanding the observations I bave so frequently made from this place upon previous occasions as to the facility with which the storekeepers, publicars, and others, change cheques for strangers — a facility which has the result of swelling the calendar with cases of this description, it appears to have had no effect in checking the practice. If they would recollect. lhe amount of expense to- which they put the country they wonld not continue it ; but so it is, that it is still continued notwithstanding the many years I have called attention to the fact. True, it may be said that storekeepers and publicans in the country, and at.a distance. from town, are in a planner pressed to cash cheques, and this may be urged as an excuse j it may be so; but there can be no excuse for persons living in town cashing cheques for strangers with such facility, as is now the case. It is no answer to say, the bank is. closed. That is rather a suspicious circumstance, if presented by a stranger after banking A hours ; and surely no injustice can be done, nor can any one complain if when, as a stranger they present a cheque^, ihey are told that they must wait until

inquries are made at the bank. The amount of expense caused to the country every year is incalculable. Even, in the present calendar, there is a case from Timaru, the expenses of which, for witnesses, &c, will be very great to the country.