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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVI, Issue 195, 29 August 1892, Page 2

Captain Edwin reported al 12*25 p,m„ West to South and S.E. galo with rain. Muoh colder weather within 10 hours from now. Glass rise. Tub Gazette contains notifications of fcho appointment of tho Rov J. 11. MaoKenzie as Honorary Chaplain of tho Nolson Naval Artillery, and of Dr Gibbs as Honorary Surgeon of tho II Battery of Artillery. It is also notified that tho Governor has accepted tho resignation of his commission by Lieutenant John Veysoy, of the Nelson City Rifles. Mb Stbong will givo his lecture " Life of Nelson" in tho Churoh Sunday Bohool room, Riohinoud, this ovoning, The proceeds will bo devotad to tho funds of bho Sunday sohool. A meeting of the members of fche Nelson Aoolimatiaafcion Sooiety will be held this evening afc eight o'olook at the Masonio i Hotel,

The meeting of the companio-a of fcho Trafalgar Royal Aroh Chapter will bo held this evening afc the Masonio Hall. MiiSSBS Bost, Orouchor, and Pappahave been elected unopposed to the Riohmond Borough Council. The total revenue from the railways for tho four-weekly period ending July 23 was £78,208 against £79,079 for tho corresponding period of last year. The reveuuo for tho Noith Island was £25.259 against £20,012, and for tho South Island £52,919 »g>iußt £53,667. The total expenditure) amounted to £58,591 against £58,198 la*-t year. The amount spent in the North Is and was £19,360 against £19,267, and in the Routh Island £39,230 ogainst £38,930. The revenue from the Nelsou seotiou was £51G agaiust £881 Inst year, and the expenditure £693 against AIU. The following statement of ncoounts has been filed with tho Deputy Olfioial Assignee by Cxpfcain Edwi\rd Wheeler, a bankrupt:— Liabilities — Uoßeoured Creditors: J. P. Cooke, Nolson, £5 Is; City Council, £36; I honna Cawthron, £37; total, £78 ls. Secured oreditors: Mrs Elizabeth Ling, Wellington, mortgage over parts of seotiona 481 and 482, NeUon (estimate value £1300), £1018 los; Nelson Savings Bank, mortgage over part section 481, Nelsoa (estimated value £400), £397; Robert Tinline, Amuri, mortgage and bill of sale over part seotion 44*), Nelson, and furniture (estimated value £1300), £1610; Hon John I'eaoock, Ohristohuroh, mortgage over lifo polioy (estimat-jd value £719), AG22 9i 6d; total £3648 4s 6d. TutU estimuted valuo of securities. £3719. Assets: Book debts, £6 10a; surplus from ! seonrities, £70 15s 6d; total, £77 5s 6d. I Defioicnoy, 15s 6d. j ON the fourth page will be found an article from the WeUington Evening Press regarding tho paintings of Miss K. White, niece of Sergeant White, who used to be in Nelson. It appears that " fche attention of several competent judges has been attracted to her work, and the general verdict is tbat a very great future lies beforo the young artist." A FUl.ii rehearsal of the oratorio " Elijah" will he held this evening. The members of the orchestra will meet at seven o'clock, and the soloists and chorus half an hour later. Tiokets for tlie concert are sellin*' very rapidly, and there should be a crowded attendance to-morrow evening, A mketino of members of fche Ancient Order of Druids will be held in Sigley's Hall to-morrow evening to make arrangements to secure the services of a Lotfgo surgeon. The onteitiinment at Foxhill is postponed, no doubt on account of the rough weatber. Pull particulars will appear in to-morrow uight'a paper, Messus Sharp ic Sons will hold an unreserved sale of stock, hop poles, and effects at Mr H. Trower's Farm, Churoh Valley, near Wakefield, to-morrow, Taesday. The salo will begin afc 11 a.m. The auotioneers will conduct tho sale without reserve, even if the weather ia wet, if at all possible. t The report; of tho British Consul at .Samoa on the trade of the archipelago for the past year has been laid before tbo Imperial Parliament. Mr Cusack - Smith says that, although the aggregate totals of tho exports and imports show a great increase over the pievious year, there is no doubfc tbat tbey would have beeu considerably larger but for the unsettled state of the oountry. The principal article of export from Samoa is O/pra, of whioh twice as mu h was shipped in 1891, as iu the previous year.and ns there has been no hurricane during this year's stormy season, everything looks favourable for an inorease in fcho export of copra during 1802. Great Britaiu and her oolonies imported int> Samoa moro thin three times na much as any other nation—nearly two-thirds of the total im. ports. Tbo preponderance of the British flag amongst the ship* of various nations visiting the port of Apia in 1891 waa fully maintained, la a fcjt.il of 60,497 tons of shipping 20,024 tona were British, 19,182 Amerioan, and 16,378 Gorman. Communication is now nude by tho ocean steamers with New Zealand in five days and with Australia in eight days. The totil value of the trade in 1891 was £34,617 for exports aud £70,712 for imports. Ifc was Robert Louis .Stevenson, the novelist, who, we believe, gave to the islands of the South fticific the romantic name of " the .Summer Isles of Eden," yet evon there disease and death arc met with. Mr Mr W. Opperman, the wealthy island trader, was perfectly cured by l'litchen's blood restorer.