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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 127, 12 June 1889, Page 2

The Winter Evening Debating Society held its Ufual fortnightly meeting last night, when there wqg a gor,d attendance. The subjeol; was " Tbat the Volunteer system is worthy of our snpport," Mr Joynt opening in the affirmative and Mr J. H. Harkneas leading the opposition. The weaknesses and strength of the system were very freely discussed, and at the close of the debate the division showed a majority of favor of the proposition. In his recent budget speech, Mr Goschen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, bore testimony to the yd vantages of tradesmen liberally advertising their wares, Speaking of the " sober beverages," ho said:—" Coffee j maintains its character of dull uniformity. Cocoa has yielded £6000 more, but coffee £2000 less than in 1887-8. Coffee will not move. (Laughter.) Some of the experts give an extraordinary and not uninteresting explanation. They say that cocoa has actually been puffed into its more satisfactory position, by the energy of ambitious advertisers. (Laughter.) While tea also enjoys with cocoa a vast amount of advertisement, somehow or other coffee has been neglected in this respect. The result is tbat coffee is dull and never will yield even the small increase in the estimate, notwithstanding the increase of population."

An .?nterb'»inmen consieraDg of recitations, rasdings, addressee &c. f was given n l , the Pott Suuday School !«8t night, b? f,bo mem. b-rs of the rrcr:nr!y formeil B.{ud of Iloje, :Mv KingH'.ey pr-Fidin<c m too i- nr. void^ bio absenco ot t'?e Rev. F. Oi-.nUr-rton. Tho singing- was entrusted to the Mispes E, tvrd E, Sherwood, anil George and Jo;\d Gamoroo, R rrafii'jp wai civnu ny Mr F. tlouua.l!, \nd recitations by Alica JcMncton, D iay Blitchener, Annie FaSher.-, Jo'm Cbirkt', Wnltar Mitobener, Ojrjjiio Goodman, > nnie Weir, Acln. Rieket p, Ma,c?io M.->,y, Dai:y Ostorr.-, Efc(,n Barnes, a':'>d ?Ua Wnisnn. After tli se J\lra Niplr iopalo d'livorea t-n iastruc^vo afJdrcß- 1 , well illiißbrati d t;y an ia:eresui:':g story, oa the formation of h-*bi;s, imd Mr fCingslcy Bj^ko of the great ronilta 1.0 which emull b.-:gian-.i/g3 so frequently led, utid of the giod thar, wa: bei;:;; done in the world by the nstablishmi u 1 of Bands of Hope. Mr Jennings' pt'rfotma-.ieeH on the organ vs-ero til thr.t cmld bj de.-iro !, and great praise k due to 0,11 who im-ivst-d ttiompelv^B in gtet'irjfr up tba and tspecir.lly Mira Stnnrs nnd other lollies wl\o have bestowvd co Luuoh t.itne and labor week by weak in carrying on the Poi-; Band of Hope,

The annual mci/oiru*; of tho Kolowi Educuiion&i Idh ituie is to bo L-eld in town on Sytvudny afi.-raocn uexfc, whim tho a-icunl leporb tv.rA baliuce Bh^e;, will bo Babnutud, fu;d the dfcr.ion. o£ officers for the year pr».icficled with. Ip. tho seeing- ther'i will be r.^ftdiufs ar.d voufj and iijS'ram> ntal inusio, •-ad a paper '-y :V- r WiHir.in L'.cfc on " The education syetjtn of Now Souiii' \\\Ae ..." Wk learn that the 3,5. Aorere, which was built by Messrs Gilbertson at the Port, left Westport to-day for Nelson, and is, on her safe arrival here, to be taken over by the Anchor Company, who are purchasing her to supplement their Wangauui, Patea, and Cook Straits' running. In the Aucklcnd provinci!,! d;s!r!cfc, 1,316 floras wero ccvoled io bul<>y $ rowing this ye.ir, a^ains^. 481 iv the previous year." The tiV'Xigti yield was 3318 bushol* re.r acre. Th* f.vei-aga for the colony was 3M4 busbele. It is a remarkable fact (says the Post) that a few nights before the s.s. Maitai left this port on her last ill-fated voyage Mr Larsen, the brother of her purser, dreamt that the steamer was lost and a number of those on board drowned. Tho dream mado such an impression on his mind that he mentioned it to his brother, who laughingly told several of his shipmates of it. Mr D. M. Luckie, who has been sojourning in Australia for the benefit of his health for some weeks, returned to Wellington on Sunday.