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Colonist, Volume XXII, Issue 2551, 20 May 1879, Page 3

Sudden Death.—Mr William Adnams, who until within the past day or two was the landlord of the Bay View Hotel, died very suddenly yesterday morning at the residence of his son-in-law Mr John Powell, at Happy Valley. A post mortem examination of the body will be held by Dr. Marks this morning, and the inquest will take place before the Coroner, Dr. Boor, at Mr Powell's residence at 3 o'clock this afternoon. __~,___. A Wbsletan Sunday School.—We understand that an exhibition of articles of interest will shortly take place in the Wesleyan Sunday School-room, in aid of the fund for improvements about to be made in the school, and that a concert will be held in connection with the exhibition. Further particulars will he given as soon as the date is fixed. To Co-respondents.—The letter on the "Centenary of Tom Moore," was received too late for insertion in this issue. Several other communications are orowded out. Nsw Fxbm.—lt will be seen in another column that Mr Samuel Grossman has purchased the stock-in-trade of the late Mr Thornton, saddler, and that he intends to carry on the business under the style of S. Grossman and Co. Mr Grossman, who is a steady and enterprising young man, was in the employment of the late Mr Thornton for thirteen years, and there is no doubt he will secure for his _ manufactures a character for etoellenoy in material and workmanship. We wish him every success. Ihb sites for booths on the Volunteer Review ground at Riohmond were sold on Saturday last by Mr Mabin for the following prices:—Canteen, £11, Mr Stallard; refreshment booth, £2 155, Mr'Stevenson. A number of water color paintings of New Zealand scenery by MrO. A. Munts were also put up to auction, and created considerable competition, although tbe prices realised were scarcely equivalent to their real value. Mr Mabin reports the sale of the Bank of New Zealand shares at £18 5«. Th_ Coming Holildat.—The principal storekeepers and tradesmen of Nelson intend to close their establishments on Monday, the 26th inßtant, instead of Saturday, the 24th, her Majesty's birthday. Ghh-dbhn's Gathebino— ~lx Benjamin Crisp, the children's friend, announces their annual festival on the coming holiday. Mr Crisp has for a long series of years taken care that the children of Nelson have had a good treat on her Majesty's birthday. There are not a few adults who would join the children in showing their appreciation of the kind old gentleman's thoughtfuluess and labors, by giving him a substantial present. Bv the death of Mr. George Chittenden, Nelson loses another of her old and respected settlers. In j years past deceased was noted for his prowess in J the cricket field, and he was always an ardent admirer of that fine old English game. Auckland City has a resident—by name James JQeoaard-r-who has been convicted ten times as a vagrant, and sixty-three times for drunkenness. He is truly a fit patient for a dose of Dr. D'Unger's red cinchona bark medicine, which is mentioned in another column. A Singula- Mistakb. — Persons under the influence of drink are liable at times to make remarkable blunders, but the adventures of_ a Bacchanalian who came into rather annoying contact with this office during the " wee sma hours," places all. the recorded exjploits of modern topers at a disadvantage. On entering the printing room in the morning, a scene of disorder was presented. A small press hore the appearance of having been tumbled about, and the woodwork of a jobbing machine i ncluding the table, lay in fragments on the floor. There was also a considerable expenditure of printing ink, and the place bore; all the signs of having been ransacked by some drunken person or ■: . persons of a malicious disposition. By nightfall the mystery was cleared upi A resident, suffering from an overdose of stimulants, had the misfortune to 1 mistake the Mail office for his boarding-house, and failing to gain admission by the door, he effected an entrance hy a back window. Lighting a candle, he proceeded deliberately to make his bed on the floor, and not finding anything better, he tore down the machine cover and converted it into a blanket. In this position he laidtill the dawn of day restored his wandering faculties, and then he crept from his coverlet, a sadder and wiser man, with a face as black as that of a stage Othello, and as glossy as a pair of newly polished boots.. Of course " all's well that ends well," but the victim of this singular adventure is disgusted at having - undergone the process of a newspaper form.—_is/->.ur.on*--fat.. .