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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXIII, Issue 137, 14 June 1899, Page 2

At the Magistrate's Court at New Ply. mouth on Friday last, Mr Stanford, S.M., fined a man named William Barten £10 and costs on each of two charges of supplying prohibited persons with liquor. This is the maximum penalty. I An interesting evaugolistio service will bs held at St. John's, Hardy-street, next Sunday evening, when Mrs Smalley, wife of the pastor, will deliver an address. Mrs Smalley is a good Bpeaker, and in other centres where she has addressed audiences she baa been listened to with deep attention, Melbourne and New Zealand Cup nominations will be found on the fourth page of this issue, together wilh other reading matter.

A meeting of the General Committee of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animate was held on Monday last in Messrs Bisley Bios.* Clnb room. The Bishop of NeLson presided. There was a good muster oi members aDd much interest _was evinced in the work of the Society. On the Inspector's report being read, the Chairman and several members took part in the discussion which ensued. Seven or eight cases were brought before the Commit cc, some of which were considered bad. One of these was fully reported a few days since in these columns —that of a horse which had been neglected and had to be destroyed by Ihe Magistrate's order. Another horse case is still under considera' ion and will be reported later on. Other cases from outlying districts were reported, to which the prompt attention of the Police has been called. - Tne Inspector is at work and the Society is determined to be on the watch for all misdemeanants in every department of the dumb animal kingdom. A snb Committee of three wero appointed with whom the Inspector has to consult before taking legal action. The Treasurer reported the funds to be in good condition, and an order for pamphlets, etc., trom the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cni-lty, London, was decided upon. The children's tea and miscellaneous entertainment to he given in St, Mary's Hall to-night will be in reality a. farewell to the Archbishop and Father Ainswonh, for they terminate their visit to ihe district and return to Welling' on almost immediately. An excellent programme lias been arranged, and a crowded gathering and a pleasant evening are anticipated, We aro request to state that owing to tho oareless way in which the hose was being brought back from the JGre to-day there was very nearly a serious buggy aocident. A spirited horse was standing held by a boy when tho express and reelpassed at a trot, with tho hose trailing behind. The horse at once became unmanageable, and had not a man rushed over and helped the boy in time there might have been a bolt, a smash np, and perhaps injury to the boy's limbs. It is claimed that in such an event the City Council, if not the Fire Brigado, would have been liable for damages. Dr Talbot has returned from Wellington, brioging wi h him the "X " Rays apparatus, lately imported from England for (he Nelsou Hospital. A largely attended Reohabite social in connection with the Bud of Promise Tent, was held in the hall last evening. Bro. J. H. Barker presided, Solos were given by Miss Greenem, Messrs Moller, Rev. J. P. Kempthorne (all of whom were encored) \V. Trolt and Croudis ; a duet by the Misses Bartlett ; musical selections by Messrs Scott Bros., and Mis. and Mr F. Baltrop; recitations by Misb Mitchener and Mr Day ; and readings by Mr Bradsbaw and the chairman. An address on ihe progress and advantages of the Order of Rechabites was delivered tby P.D.C.R. Bro Piper. He said that the entertainment was a sprat designed to catch the mackerels, to which he liueued the noumembers of the Order in the assemblage. They did not wish, however, to make any fain out of those whom they caught, as _ Viendiy Societies were never mercenary in the worst sense of the word. They were benevolent sooieties,- and desired to secure new members in order that they might be benefited. All Friendly Socio- 1 ties inculcated the virtues of independence, self-reliance, and thrift, bnt tbe Kechabites had added another virtue— that of total abstinence. The Order waa sonnd statistically, and there waa no doubt that its members lived longer and had lees sickness than the members of other benefit societies. During the time (12 years) that he had been Treasurer of the Bud of Promise Tent the sum of £545 had bean paid in sick pay. Tbis gave an average of £45 a year, or, taking the average membership at 90, three days' sickness a member per annum. The average death rate during the same time had been 6 in 1000, as against 10 in 1000 for the colony's population. The funds of the Tent had increased by £1359, and the eiok fund showed an average, of J. 20 2s for each member. The distriot funds had also increased, and for the two years ended 189 C the death rate for the Order was 6 in 1000, as compared with 11 in 1000 for other benefit societies. For the ten yeara ended last year, the membership and funds had doubled, the former now standing at 237,012 and the latter at _.._5,400. On the motion of Bro Pago, seconded by Bro Fathers, a hearty vote of thanks was passed to all who had assisted in the entertainment.