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Colonist, Volume XXV, Issue 3040, 20 December 1881, Page 3

|)< The .Recent Stbbet Accident. — M y Morlev, the father of the, boy who w, 1 j knocked down and run over by a carriage i f\\ Oollingvrood street, a few days ago, has callflMi upon lit and requested us to itato that Mr A }$> S. Collin», the owner of the carriVga referre j: to, liai kindly called at his bouse md offjre \.- to pay all expenses incurred throjgh th | \ accident. $H , Industbiai. and Art Exhibition W I' remind our r-aders that this exhibition wnl bi / opened on Wednesday afternoon mxt, if i ji; can possibly be got ready by that tim<> ; Judging from the number of exhibits whic1 \ are oomiog in from other parts of the Co'onj. i and the numerous applications for epau> •'i received from this district, there i« orer\ |i reason to ixpaot that the Exhibition will be » & J most attractive one, and we hope to see ii t i visited by a large number of persons. Tin [| weather was so bad yesterday, but few of the | ; exhibi'g could be delivered. It ia to be hoped I that to-day will be more fayorable, and if to, | n the Committee particularly, desire that the | exhibits should be delivered as early as posj sible at the Provincial Hall. f Thk PoMEuor Company.—Laßfc niglit, I f despite the unfavorable state of the weather, I , was a very fair attendance indeed at Mis? f j Pomeioy's benefit, and we have no doubt that j, | had the weather been at all propitious she {' 1 would have been honored by a full house. The l piogramme comprised a farce, in which Mr < toskins and Miss Lawrence played with their i\ tisiml ability, and the mythological cornedv' |{ " i Jygmalion and Q-alatea." Miss Pomeroy I j was accorded an enthufiistic reception, and ; Mr Flemming and the other members of the i> Company received very demonstrative ap111 plause, which they fully merited. The Comi pany leave to day for the South. j , Grand Evening Concert.—We remind our | , readers of the concert which will be given in the Theatre Eoyal this evening by Madame f i Sumtoerhayes, and when she will be assisted ' * by a number of ladies and gentlemen. V, City Council Election.—We remind the ' t burgesses of the Borouglfof Nelson that tha , ' election of a Councillor to fill the vacancy I caused by the resignation of Cr Everett, ( . consequent upon his taking the office of ( f Mayor. Messrs Moorhouse and Stringer are t the only two candidates, and both have been J* before the burgesses previously. t I Another Street Accident.—On Saturday 1 "! evening an accident occurred in Nile steeet " West, by which a young lady was badly hurt. • v I The young lady in question, Miss Bolton, j '! was being driven to her home at Waimea j I West in a buggy, wlen in turning into the. ' street named the reins broke, and the driver, » a young man named Tomlinson had, of { course, no further control of the horse Cm y the animal bolting, Miss Eolton tried to jump out at the rear of the buggy, but in doing so ( she fell upon her head, and with such force ( that one of her earrings was driven into her cheek, ih 3 was picked up in an insensible condition, and taken into a house opposite , ; where the accident happened, but after a j ; time she le covered sufficiently to proceed on 1 krway. I Presentation.—On Saturday last the Eev i Father Garin presented Mr Kavanagh with a ' purse of sovereigns is a substantial testi- ' ; monial in appreciation of his conduct as I 1 master of the Sfc Mary's Boys' School for ; nearly five years. Father Mahoney also { I expressed his regret at Mr Kavanagh's de'!j parture from the school, and he referred to ' j Mrs Kavanagh in very friendly and compli- ?; mentary terms, adding that many would feel \ . her loss. Mr Kavanagh returned thanks on t j Ms own behalf and that of Mrs Kavanagh, ' ! and expressed their regret at leaving their , friends.