THE COLONIST. PUBLISHED DAILY NELSON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19,1887.

Colonist, Volume XXV, Issue 3039, 19 December 1881, Page 3

THE COLONIST. PUBLISHED DAILY NELSON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19,1887.

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Ill; . ; Thb ie»»on fp,F v 4J(b^tie : [Spj)rii:]iiy»gain. -..•pproacliiDg. and thi» Trad'eimt^'s Athlefc .1 ,'; Clubs' •Ja^e"'alreaa*/ ie's'ued; mfea'pif ii IP^ogVam me, /"the-Winniir'wiH reoeife1 ihan'diaalrin'd'T^lua- \ j'! mirie'f'pi'iiVj iland(ithaI'l'in'c[«icttii?n't« Iref:!sucVr\■.VIth'it 7a ttngliii'^fVcbmfoiiforfimny 'be' fi.-U Y-'"pi<cle'a; j-s iW^r^i'Wt &ho&\atyW-Ul ! Lljj \ «o'clpc^, ( j| B d wi|l bje f)r,6ught to a clrtilfiihWrtlvj V'afte'r'firdVclocr/buVan $fenjnt*d aipuieiiie^; A»8 alio tob^pWWaiSa'lbH^^-fi>rar/olf:'tianf'!|>B, : qbt,^-. ■ Vrbw^irHJ beier,ect«4ii!i!ih!s JJ<oJSa»jo»li'a,»»--\Wa>|ceMrTev._lh*piogrwßiei9£»pOT^itwi)l

be f flan, contains some noTo'ties^ snob as a cask -riSerw i?« - wal¥t ngj-w-re«fffn^an~-hoMeßj-*ai io rs— steeplechase, bandsmen's race (drums and j 1 trombones to have a start), and an egg and j spoon race, whilst there will be the custonriry attraction at the fetes of this Club of a baby show, and as nine prizes ar» offered there will doubtless be a very, large number of entries. The rules attached to the programme have evidently been V6ry carefully drawn up, and should be sufficient to prevent any dispute, whilst they also provide against any j delays occurring in the commencement of the respective events. Wi.h a fine day a large! concourse of people wi;l ho attracted to the j Botanical Gardens, for, in addition to thej novelties alluded to, and the ordinary events; at such sports, two bands will be on tho; ground. The Wellington City Guards Band,) which is one of the best in the Colony, has I been engaged, and the Naval Brigade Drumj and Fife Band will also be in attendance.! We hope to see the efforts of the Club amply) recognised, and there is no doubt that they will be. I

TBRIIJGEIS' ART UNION.

The following paragraph bas appeared in the Melbourne 'Argus,' in reference to the Mvt^Gaioa advertised by Mr Stanton as agent for the proprietor, Mr Bridges, of Melbourne.;

~.n ^P,ur, ~o)d r .frfead Mr W. Bridges has in n«n'dfßnOthe>; ajrfe union, in 10,000 tickats of: "•jj6l"-efacb/' for "ffie" purpose of securing to the1 colony some of the best pictures now in the! International Exhibition. There: are fifty priz«s in all, principally from the] Belgian and British courts. •As on the first; joccarion;?Mrw fridges will, if necessary, pur-1 ;obas«7tltai-',pictarj} fiom the winners at the] stated prices, and we are sure that the sati:- ; factory manner in which the last drawing was' 'carried out, coupled with Mr Bridges'high; character for probity and boDesty, as well as f ■bis^-entbqsiatm in the culture of the higher; 'Branches "of ar, is a sufficient guarantee of thej success of his second art-union." j

sj I*, v wijrp)e.lemembered that in 1879 a; took place, from which there; were many prize-winners in New Zealand,! _>nd some, we believe, in Nelson. A list of! the names of the prize-holders can be seen at) Mr^iamron's,,., . rx '

What is the Cause?—On his' Honor the) 'C/tii^f ifiJßt'iee' r|earing Court on Saturday after-j nooa, it had been arranged that certain busi-j "Vjbsb should come before bis Honor this morning; but yesterday afternoon tbo Government steamer. Hjnejnoa., ; ,-£ame i'-to Port, and at 6; ) o'clock she "laiiridj With the Chief Justice forj Wellington*. "''Wo^&nderstand that prior to; bis departura bia Honor sent word to the! counsel enguged in the case 9 which should! have occupiea him to-day, intimating that he| was about to depart, and either stating or; inferring that be would visit .Nelson inj January, when be would complete the buei-j ness. So far as we have baeu able to gather.j tbe cause of his Honor's unexpected departurehas not transpired, and speculation is ri.'e aaj to the reason. Of course it is highly probable; that the apparently urgent necessity for his. Honor's presence in Wellington baa some-j thing to do with the Deputy-Governorship of! the Colony, and the English mail rnny have; brought B3me communication or despatch,; but there ia little satisfaction to be derived; from mere surmise, and we must await the! statement of the cause. " ;

An Unfortunate Occurbenct o —Yesterdayj morning the services at Cbrisichurch was interrupted, and a considerable amount of consternation caused, by an unfortunate1 man whose illness took the form, temporarily,' of a religious mania that he had a mission to| perform, and it was in his efforts to carry out; his supposed duty that the alarm was caused.; The unfortunate man alluded to has filled a -position- of some trust -in .one ol_the leading mercantile houses of the city for upwards of seventeen!' yearjj.'jrce [understand, ajjid he has! always borne an excellent character; but some eighteen"months"since~he-suffered a severe family bereavement, and this appears to have been brooded upon until he has fallen itfto a ''VeryJmelanciioly He tcjok several <£f; bis ; motherless children to church^-with him "yesterday morning, when he appeared in somewhat better health than he had done fotf lne~pait two days. He was remQved~"from the church—not without some difficulty—iand'^a.i"placedlufid6f>Mr Mills' cjwp,<aftdit is hoped that'the]ramiction is ojnlyj-qf a .'t^mpprary f ,Ha|iur9. ,</;£ j -' ; ACCi'i/bNt'oN BoABD THE GBAFIONrr-On Sati»rd»j morning,fW^iilat foms bags ou^flour :wer!e :Ibeing Jo(ii T-o'f i!tii Le hold of the et'eiimer Groflon they fell upon a lad known ac SAmiuyl, ; knocKing !jl>ifnli:dfoirn;':and injuring hip£ npf parently very seriously. He wea at ontei lent -tot-be Jbfo.'pital. | j

One of the most curious collectipns of theatrical works in existence, brought int6 the market by the demise—ofits- late owner!, the celebratejl Baron Taylor, will shortly bej-come^the'-property of the "French Government, as we understand, for the Midderate sum ojf ~£Boor~ircont¥lns^^ Lfepiesehting 'th"eTrepeHdii;ei ofjiMhe £ar|sian theatres since;thejyear>:lSTj)^ and inclining copies of all-the French pieces performed in 'the province's o^HbVoad'^flring^iW'las'f 91 „ I fiuktf''of l Wellington,]' " ti'ia^j-bead'ea^poliiibil 'Si&'-Mticabtfgr with • many similarmhoioeepifbeiß,!were(jappliett)to iMr "■Qladstonel at: han::lrißU! meetingibeldiat Leedg'p,n;iOctoberiloi JbyjrMiss ;Earriel)^o*bb professed to'.beli^v'evtliatf'.Vitliere was co inffttt.y v at nbicb j'MriQ-ladstojie ; wqu'dr stop "j; |h'arit f-i'g biVoHiecWo s^te-6b&(:t\W 'ltorrore !thU'ddian vMu£inrWT^aua^j';;a{idftha^ for her part,.she is r.eady ejnploy-dyhlaij'ite ■bPcteyfbing'ele^'tiiat eb'mes^to h'aifil1 to'pUt a|n Johi tfi tij;Hhir^ itHefflß_h;VyW'n;hyi'^ uA r!plea6ant kind of person this Bißter't>ft:hi 6'' yliiberator. y'sT u.-;.<\ liAd'sid T r>:oQ! i '">'»■ T- j. -.■ T\ ■■•-' fin '. ••; .1 ■■"■■ -■• • i ~'-r x-j i