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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIV, Issue 142, 17 June 1890, Page 2

Peter Levy in charge of a few stray horses, whose owners would have a i~ay or two later to respond to his. invitation, to meet him at the R.M. Court, or occasionally running in a man who had been paying too frequent visits to a public house, was at one time by no means a novel sight, but even when he was a man in authority Nelson people would have been a little astonished l to find him in such queer- company as he was keeping yesterday afternoon, when he was to be seen driving a 3pring cart with a bear comfortably seated alongside him with its head resting against Ins side. Accompanying the bear was its leader, and on enquiring w ere the trio were oil" to, we learned that the very clever animal which has recently proved such an attraction to the youngsters of Nelson had been chartered by Mr Percy Adams to pay a visit to at. Mary's Orphanage ab Stoke, where it went through its performances to the delight of the assembled boys, who, after being immensely diverted by its tricks, gave three hearty cheers for the gentleman who lud displayed so much thoujhtfulness in provid ng them with a rare treat, the reminis censes of which will form a topic of conversation in the playground and dorm i tory f ,r a long time to come. ' A number of Maoris from the surrounding districts have assembled in the town within tb.3 last liny or two, and moie are shortly expected, the cause of the gathering being a Native Luid Court, whioh is io be held on the 19th met., it is supposed by Col. Trimble. On this, however, we nre not able to speak with certainty, as, atrange to tuy, the Uo* vernment oflioeis hero, wijo usually have to do wi:h such matters, have received no intimation whatever on the subjict. The tea ani pub ie meeting in connection with fciie Cougi'i Rational Church Sunday School will bo hald on Monday next, instead ofTuesday as originally iut.mded. A meeting of the Waka'u Boa ing Club Wai held Insc evoni.-;;; as the jL'rauili.ar Ho. el, when there was a fu.l atbdiiiitinco of members. Mr Track (tha chairman) avid the first thing to b. considered waa whether they w«re to yet aotne new oarj or >;o\— Mi Low proposed, and Mr Healy seconded, that twy bu.'i of otrs be procured, the Committee to decide where to get thorn.— lt was resolvid that Mr T rask aud Mr J. Soott wait upon the Comtniß-ioner of Crown Lands to see if he wou d a low the C ub to erect a new boat sied on the foreshore. Mr Scott liiadly consented to prep ire the puns and glva r. rough es'.imate of the cost at the next meeting to be he d on Monday.—Mr Ljw proposed that the Club Bhould present Mr B. Johnson, who had been cox swain to the Cub for five years, with a medal, as he thought that the Club should recognise his past services in a substan'i^l manner, Thia waa seconded by Mr Traak junior, and agreed to. -Mr Trask said that the overdraft at tha Bank was reduced from £88 to £52, which showed the Club to ba in a highly satisfactory condition. —Mr Low proposed that the Secretary be instructed to write to the Secretary of the Wellington Boating Cub, thanking the members for their kind hospitality to the members of the Wuk*tu Boating Club when visiting Wellington. Seconded by Mr S'raw bridge and carried. — Mr Trask then presented the winning orew with the very handsome trophiog he had offered for competition. — Mr J. Soott thon propoged the health of the successful orew, whioh consisted of J. Hnrl (atroke), Freeman (3.), Stawart (2j, T. Brown (bow), and J. Brown (cox).— The Chairman then propo?sd t^e health of the junior crow, who had been so successful at the last Wellington regatta, whioh was druuk with muoh heartiness. This Bey. F. W. I itt will deliver a lecture in the Theatre Royal this evening entitled " Comrades in War, " when Lieut.-Oolonel Pitt will take the chair. A large number of tickets have been sold and the success of the leotnro is assured. The Fire Brigade Band will provide the music, and the American war songs will be rendered by a strong choir. The proceeds of th<3 lecture will be given to the Fire Brigade Band fund. Tha members of the Hre Brigade and Salvage Corps will assemble at the oentral station at a quar to seven, and will form a torchlight procession to tha Theatre. The Oddfellows had intended opening their series of socials this evening in the Hall adjoining tho Theatre .Royal, bub as this would clash with Mr Isitt's lecture, they have kindly consented to postpo-ie the opening until next Tuesday night. Owitfft to Mr Isitt's lecture the Royal Rink will be open to morrow evening instsad of this evening. A couple of small debt cases constituted the whole of the business in the Eeaident Magistrate's Court thia morning, The adjourned meeting of creditors in the estate of John Savage lapsed yesterday afternoon for want of a quorum, and was further adjourned until Saturday the 28bh inst. at 10 a.m. Mjsssks Shnrp nnd Sons call the attention of farmers and others to the increased sale of farming implements and stock to be held nt the farm of the late Mr C. W. Paap, 88 Valley, to morrow, when a lob of cattle and useful and staunch horses will be disposed of without reserve. The following particulars respecting the attempted bank robbery at Blenheim last week are taken from the Marllorough Express: -A bungling attempt to "stick up " the Colonial Bank was mnde laat night, about half an hour before midnight. It appears that Mr Howard, tho accountant, who sleeps at the bank, had just let himself in at the front door, when he was seized from behind. At the same moment a man collared him from the front, and for a moment his head was "in chancery." Mr Howard, however, extricated himself, nnd vigorously attacked one of his assailauts, at the same time shouting for aid. His cries frightened off" his assailant?, who got out at the side door and ran for their lives along Alfred street towards the bridge, and just a moment too early for the police, though Constables McKenna and Beattie were almost immediately on the scene, A number of citizens also gathered round the bank aud, there waa considerable exoiternenfc. Mr Howard made a hasty examination of the bank, but found everything untouched. Tho would-be robbers had evidently got in at a back window and waited for the acoountant, intending to disable him, and rob the Bank a' their leisure. Mir Howard, however, was not so easily disposed of, and the amateur bushrangers ■ were not equal to the enterprise. Sergeaut-Major Soanlan shortly affcsr inspected the premises and found footprints and bits of. mud and djvt in

Varioua places, and the back cloof was uqlooked, Mr Howard thinks the raeo uniooked his door to leave themselves a way of escape. He can give no description of the men, as all that has been related took place in the dark and in silence on the part of the men and the accountant had no chance of striking a light. They appeared to him to he men of somowhat light build and respectably dressed, and the man who first attacked him wore padded shoes or was in his stockings only, One or two persons sr\w two men running along the Grove Roid about the time, but bo far there is no prospect of identification.