TOWN EDITION. Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1886.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XX, Issue 56, 8 March 1886, Page 2

TOWN EDITION. Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1886.

The nominations received at the meeting of Race Stewards on Saturday night for the principal events on the first day of the meeting to be held on the 2_th and 2oth inst bold out a promise of good sport, though for two oub of the three events tbe entries are less numerous than last year. The Distriot Handicap has induced eight owners to risk the entrance fee, against eleven who nominated last year, and for the Handicap Hurdles there are eight entries, the number last year having been nine. For the Cup, however, owing perhaps to the increased amount offered a3 a prize, the number of entries has gone up from 13 to 18, and if the handicappers, who, we notice, are this year to be the Steward?, give satisfacdon, there should be one of the lurgest fields ever seen on the Nulson course. The Club are to be congratulated on the prospects that are held out of a very successful meeting. It will be seen from our Marlborough correspondent's letter that the races are exciting a good deal of interest among residents in thab district, large numbers of whom we hope to see gr-.et.ng their Nelson friends on the very pretty course at Richmond Park. The concert advertised to be held in the Wesleyan schoolroom last Wednesday, and which was unavoidably postponed, is to take place next Wednesday, and it is hoped that with so excellent a programme there will be a crowded house. We understand that the Rev T. A. Cato has sent in his resignation as pastor of the Baptist Church, and will shortly remove to Wellington. Another fire has occurred and resulted in the destruction of a sawmill, this time at Pigeon Valley, the unfortunate proprietor being Mr E. White. Particulars are not to hand, but we understand that the catastrophe happeued yesterday afternoon, and that only the engine was saved. There was no insurance. Thebe was a good deal of excitement caused by a drunken row which took place at the Nelson Hotel at about 11 o'oiock on Saturday night, when the interference of the police was required to restore order. The Rev Arthur Cecil Wright, the Incum-bent-elect of All Saints' Church, will arrive here about 8"30 to-morrow morning, he and his family having left Lyttelton on Saturday by the Hawea. The ceremony of induction will be performed in the Church to-morrow evening at half-past seven, on which occasion all seats will be free. Arrangements are being made for a conversazione to be held in the Provincial Hall as a welcome to the Rev Mr Wright and a farewell to the Rev Mr Jennings, who bas been conoected with the parish for some months past, during which time he has made many friends. Due notice will ba given of this meeting. The Christchurch Press of Ist March says : — The farewell sermons of the Rev A. C. Wright, who has been acting for some time past as locum tenens for the Incumbent of St. John's, Latimer square, duiing his absence in England, were preached yesterday. There were large congregations on each occasion, the rev gentleman, during his connection with the parish, having made for himself a large circle of friends. The offertories were handed to the Rev Mr Wright as an expression of goodwill and esteem from the parishioners. The work of clearing the wreck of the arch from the Brook in Nile street was commenced this morning. The City Surveyor proceeded to Wellington by the Wanaka on Saturday night, the Mayor having previously ascertained by telegraph that Mr Blackett would be in Wellington this morning and be willing to examine the plans and specifications of the Nile-street bridge. Mr Lightfoot is expected to return J,oihorrow. Our Reefton correspondent telegraphs: — The following are the week's yields : Keep It Dark, 2250z5 ; Inglewood, 1720z5 ; Venus, _07o_s. This was the first scraping of the plates. About 200 tons of quartz have been put through tbe battery, and the return is over 18 pennyweights per ton, which is highly satisfactory to the shareholders. Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. —Acts IV., 12.— Advt. There has never been produced a tonic or stimulant to equal Wolfe's Schnapps ; it has maintained its hold upon popular patronage and stands alone like the one Alexander.