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Colonist, Volume XII, Issue 1183, 26 January 1869, Page 3

if »,,. T Tuesday evening the members of the Upper B Wakefield Committee of Education held a little ■ reunion at the house of Mr. J. Holt, jun., where an II excellent repast had been prepared, and to which Era some Nelson friends were invited. Mr. Pearse occu|M pied the chair. The object of the Bocial meeting was H t(> celebrate the fact of the good understanding and H P'eaßant working which have characterised the operaH * lon °f the committee meetings as at present constiH r"e^> and the evening was spent mosfc pleasantly H h all. parties. . H Me. Aiex. Reid of the Westport Times, who is a H l'fWe^ and Pra°tised swimmer, had a swim for liis H llte t™ other day. He suddenly found himself in disH JPeeable proximity to a shark, while some distance H *£ m if 6 Bhore> The shark made for the swimmer, H _ ,o ' ,y a Btrong and exhausting effort managed to H fciefl nd eßcaPe> araidßt tn^ entreaties of his IB nmV i. °a^ ou*; °^ 'me wa^er before him, to H tai ' and wbo did not add t0 tne vi 8 0r of MrH beh? A* ellin S nim tnat tne shark was following closo H narro ! H? wever» Mr- Keid escaped, and a very HB a |,] c caPO it appears to have been. He is an H will' f6^ n^WßPaP er man.1 and we hope he H fevowf-, ture c more cautious in pursuing his MB *"70«w ' ' ' , ' ~'