The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1879.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 143, 17 June 1879, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1879.

At the adjourned meeting of the Licensing Court this morning there was no quorum, and Mr A. Leech's application for a renewal of bis license for the Coach and Howes Hotel was farther adjourned until next Thursday week. At the District Court this morning, before the Registrar, George Morley was, on the application of Mr Moore, adjudged a bankrupt Ihe name of the successful tenderer for the permanent way contract of the Port railway has not yet been made known, although more than a fortnight has elapsed since the last day appointed for receiving. tenders. -JR? mi , nd^ ur readers that to-morrow will be the last day on which objections' to the valuations under the Land Tax Act can be received at tb.9 office, Acecaa

A telegram was received by Captain Ltghtfoot yesterday afternooa from the Captain of the Wellington Fire Brigade,; thanking him for the offer of gear, but stating that, fortunately, their own had recaived but littfe damage in the recent fire. The telegram further slated that the Brigades had Ibeen at work iucessautly for sixteen hours, and that even then the fire was not out. Tub traffic returns of the New Zealand railwaya for the four weeks endiug 30th May last show the receipts for that period to have been £74,603. The total receipts from the 30th June, 1878, to that date were £645,663, and the total expenditure £441,230. In the receipts of the Nelson section there is a falling off of some £45, but this may be accounted for by the fact that the weather was so unfavorable duiing the Easter holidays this year as to put a stop to all pleasure excursions, while last year, when Easter week occurred within the same four weekly period, the trains were crowded with pleasure seekers Towards the total for the month the Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill section contributed £59»229. Notwithstanding the very unpleasant weather, the meeting in connection with the Wesleyan Temperance Society, held in the Hardy-street Church last night, was numerously attended, and all who were present admitted that so pleasant an evening's entertainment was cheaply purchased at the cost of a walk through the rain. Addresses were., delivered by the Eevs Bavin and Beckenham and Mr Rose (the Chairman.) A reading by Mr House and recitations by Messrs Heyhqe and Cunningham were very well rendered, as were also several musical selections by the choir. A report was read by the Secretary (Mr S. Sherwood) showing the Society to be in a healthy condition, there being 79 members, and the Band of Hope numbering about 100. A vote of thanks to the Chairman brought the proceedings to a close. An interesting account of the great fire in Wellington, which we received from the Press Agency too late for publication yesterday, will be found elsewhere. It will be seen that the destruct'on of the Bank of New Zealand and the consequent spread of the conflagration was owing to precisely the same ; cause which brought about the burning, of the Union Bank here in the fire of 1868, namely, the ornamental wood-work projecting from the roof. The folly of thus inviting the destruction of bnildings, in every other respect almost fireproof, will surely soon be recognised, and wooden projections from brick or stone buildings become a thing of the past. In its report of the fire the New Zealander of yesterday morning says:— " The alarm among the residents in the locality was widespread, and the adjacent streets for hundreds of yards in every direction were strewn with articles of furniture, which were hurriedly removed from business places. In many instances very little was saved, the flames spreading with such alarming rapidity that householders gazing on their neighbors' misfortunes and lending a helpiDg hand, found all too soon their own possessions ablaze " The same journal says* that £100,000 will be well within the margin of the actual monetary loss sustained. The Post publishes the following special telegrams dated London Jnne 11 :— The golden wedding of the Emperor William of Germany wa3 celebrated to-day amid great rejoicings throughout the Empire. Congratulatory addresses were sent in to his Majesty from all parts, and he was also waited on by a number of eminent personages to present their felicitations in person. In celebration of the occ&3ion the Emperor granted an amnesty to political prisoners and a number of others confined in prison, but whose offences were not of a very grave ebaraeter.— William, Prince of Orange, the heir-apparent to the throne rof the Netherlands, is dead.— At to-day's wool sales 9844 bales were catalogued.