ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION of H.R.H. the DUKE of EDINBURGH. I HEREBY convene a PUBLIC MEETING,' to be held at the PROVINCIAL HALL THIS EVENING, Monday, March the 30th at half-past 7 o'clock, to consider what steps should be taken in order to convey to 11.R.11. an expression of the feelings of the people of this province. OSWALD CURTIS, 623 Superintendent. PROCLAMATION. By his Honor Oswald Curtis, Esq., Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, in the Islands of New Zealand, &c, &c, Sec. WHEREAS, by an Act ofthe Imperial Parliament, passed in the session holden in the 15th and 16 th years ofthe reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, cap. 72, intituled ' An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of any province established bj the said Act, by proclamation in the Government Gazette, to fix such place or places within the limits of the province, and such limes for holding any session of the Provincial Council as he may think fit, and from time to time, in manner aforesaid, to alter and vary such times and places as he may judge advisable and most consistent with general convenience: Now, therefore, I, the Superintendent of the Province of Nelson, in pursuance of the power and authoritv in me vested, do herebv proclaim and appoint 'that the PROVINCIAL COUNCIL of Nelson shall MEET at the Provincial Hall, Nelson, on TUESDAY, the 2 1st day of April next, at 1 o'clock p.m. Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Nelson, this Twentieth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty -eight. OSWALD CURTIS, Superintendent. Attested — ALFRED GREENFIELD, Provincial Secretary. 570 FOR WESTPORT, FOX'S RIVER, GREYMOUTH, and HOKITIKA. » ILjk HP HE splendid, new, unrivalled _jikltelpl^ J- twin-screw steamship, jM|||l^ JOHN PENN, '^^^•■■'■■^^M. Carey (late of the s.s. Kennedy) Commander, will leave for the above ports on WEDNESDAf, the Ist April. This steamer has been built expressly for the West Coast Trade, and offers great advantages to shippers and passengers, her accommodation being very superior. For freight or passage, apply on board, or at the ofiice, Trafalgar-street. JOHN JOHNSON. Nelson, March 26, 1868. 603 BAPTIST CHAPEL, RICHMOND. ANNIVERSARY SERMONS will be preached on SUNDAY, April 5, in the above place of worship. In the Morning at 1 1, by Mr 11. C DANIELL, and in the Afternoon at 3, by Mr J. DAVIS. On GOOD FRIDAY there will be a TEA and PUBLIC MEETING, commencing at halfpast 5 p.m. 598 ODDFELLOWS' HALL. THIS EVENING, Monday, March 30, raiHTRD NIGHT of the SUBSCRIPTION X ENTERTAINMENTS of SIMONSEN'S OPERA DI CAMERA. PROGRAMME.— Part I. Piano Solo— ' Souvenir de KiefP (SchulhofF)— M Eugene Artot. Ballad—' Why do I weep for Thee' (Wallace)— Miss Rebecca Jones. Grand Cavatina, from the first act of Lucia de Lamraermoor (Donizetti) — Madame Fanny Simonsen. ' Remembrances of Germany.' Oberlander. (Simonsen) — Martin Simonsen. Song — ' Home, Sweet Home' (Bishop) — Miss Rebecca Jones. Duet— 'The Two Cousins' (Glover)— Madame Fanny Simonsen and Miss Rebecca Jones. 'The Carnival of Venice' (Paganini) — Martin Simonsen. Part 11. 'Alas ! those Chimes' from Maritana (Wallace) — Madame Fanny Simonsen. Solo for Piano— Fan talsie on Themes from Norma (Jaell)— M Eugene Artot. * Woman's Rights; or Save us from our Friends' (Wallcer) — Madame Fanny Simonsen. Variation on Themes, from the Daughter of the Regiment (Simonsen) — Martin Simonsen. 'Sweet Spirit, hear my Prayer,' from Lurline (Wallace) — Miss Rebecca Jones. Grand Waltz, from the opera of Faust, with Violin Obligato (Gounod) — Madame Fanny Simonsen and Martin Simonsen. Part 111. Consisting of the entire of the Fifth Act of Meyerbeer's great posthumous Opera, L'AFRICAINE (in English), (a) Romance—' Farewell, calm flowing River' — Miss Rebecca Jones. (&) Duet— 'Ere soon to Death conducted'— Madame Fanny Simonsen and Miss Rebecca Jones, (c) The celebrated Upas Tree Scene—' Before my Gaze expands'— Madame Fanny Simonsen. !___" On account of the Meeting at the Provincial Hall, the Entertainment -will commence at haw-past 8 o'clock precisely. 624
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 75, 30 March 1868, Page 3
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672Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 75, 30 March 1868, Page 3
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