Untitled

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 244, 14 October 1891, Page 2

Entries for the trial fours in connection with the Nelson Sowing Club will be reoeived by the Seoretary up to four o'olook on Friday. Ma E. LBwis will deliver a lecture iu Baigent'B Hall, Wakefield, this evening. Bis subject will be "Does the Bible preach priestcraft 1" The ÜBual monthly subscription meeting ot the Nelson Building Society will be held on Monday evening next, from whioh day the sixtieth series of shares will date. Few people have any idea how muoh money our harbour defences have cost the Colony. The total expenditure on harbour defences up to March 31, 1891, together with the liabilities at that date, amounted to, in round numbers, £475,000 ; close upon half a million of money. A meeting, of the members of the Nelson Acclimatisation Sooiety^will be held at the Court House this evening. The annual picnic of tbo Oddfellow Lodges in Nelson will be held on Monday, . the 9th of November, the Prince of Wales' , Birthday, at Tomlinson's Bush. Bright water. The Fire Brigade Band will be in attendance during the day, and games of all descriptions will be indulged in. A small charge of sixpence will be made for admission to the grounds. This charge is made to cover I the expense of the tea, whioh will be provided for all present. The railway authori* ties will run special trains at exoursion rates, bo that should the day prove fine there 1 ought to be a large attendance of the public. j We are glad to see (says the Ohristohuroh Press) that General Booth takes a lenient ' view regarding the probable future of newspaper men. After being interviewed at soma length by a representative of the Sydney Daily Telegraph, he at length remarked that he thought the interviewer " had bad a very good innings, " and that he had no more to say. " Unless we aßk the reporter whether he's saved, " suggested his private seoretary, Colonel Niool. " Oh. no, " said the General — " no, no good ; can't be done. These reporters they work go muoh they haven't got time to be saved. Why they tell me they even work on Sundays 1 It is a question with some people whether reporters have got souls at all. It's now two o'olook. Sir, I wish you a very good afternoon. " Whether it was this polite hint or a fear lest an awkward question might after all be pressed, we cannot say, but the interview oertainly did abruptly close at this point, and the reporter hurriedly took his departure. It ia evident, however, that General Booth's War Cry experience has opened his eyes in one respect, > It has shown him that newspaper work is not merely an elegant amusement, as some people seem to imagine, We can only trust that the charitable view which he took regarding the " noble army of martyrs, " as Dean Stanley once called them, may find endorsement elsewhere, A system has been devised (says the Wellington Press) by means of whioh a ship having a telephone installation on board can be placed in oonneotion with the Central Exohange whenever it comes into port. A telephone is jplaoed in the Captain's offioe, and tho wire connecting with it is attaohed to a flexible cord, fitted with a oonduotor at the side of the boat. The wire leading from tho exohange is brought down to a corresponding position on the deck, and is also fitted wf th a oonduetor. Wben the ship comes into port all that is necessary is to make the oonneotion, whioh is simply done, and anyone on board can at once oommunioate with any of the business houses of the town. The mombers of tbe H. Battery competed for the handsome medal presented by His Worship the Mayor yesterday morning, but owing to windy and dirty weather the shooting was not so good as usual Carpi, Borough succeeded in topping the list, thereby scouring a Beoond " leg in. " The ranges were 200 and 500 yards, seven shots at eaob. Appended are the names of the five highest scorers : — 200 500 TJ. QOorp). Borough . . 27 23 50 *Sergt. Ewart ..24 15 39 *Gunr, Catley ..28 10 38 Corpl Busoh ..18 19 3T Bom. Johansen . . 24 13 37 * Ammunition prizes. The Ncio Zealand Herald says that Sir George Grey is still purchasing rare and valuable books for the Auckland Free Publio Library whenever opportunity serves. He has just presented to it an ancient History of Ireland, several early printed works, and some MSS by De Quincey, the essayist, eto. Messrs Jickell and Saxon have returned ' from Torrent Bay and Astrolabe. They report that there is plenty of good stone at ' both places, fit to use for facing stone for ] the proposed road round the rocks should it t be needed. Mn Trask has received a private letter from Mr Seddon stating that the rocks at ' the entrance of the harbour will be blown up when Captain Falconer has finished his northern inspections. ( Several police ohanges have taken place \ in the last few weeks. Constable Phair, J who has been for many years stationed at i the Port, has been transferred to town j where he is doing plain clothes duty! j Constable MoAnerin has taken his place, | nnd Constable Hawksworth has been sent to £ Reefton, A social gathering organised by the c members of the Congregational Church J Senior Guild was held in the Church yester- ' day evening. Tables wero arranged with 6 engravings and other works of art, and 3 refreshments were handed round. Miss ' Blanche Richmond played a pianoforte solo I songs were given by the Rev Mr Evans and s Mr Houston, the Rev Mr Evans and Mr * Newman sang a duet, and reoitations or i readings were given by Messrs Patterson t Beacham, and Buckeridge. Mrs P, Cooke I played the piano accompaniments to the * songs, At the end of the entertainment the S Rev Mr Evans delivered a short address on a the work of the Guild, t

Messrs J. H. Cock and Co. received a telegram tbis afternoon from the ageuts of Sh".AV, Saville and Co., limited, ordering the barque Halcione to proceed to Gisborne ns soon as possible to load with wool and general cargo,

The Hon R. J. Seddon arrived in. Nelson by the s.a. Mawhera today from Wellington, He is acoompanied by his private Secretary,

ZA. praotioo of the Daughter of Jairus will be held at 8 o'olock sharp this evening at St John's Ohurob,