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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 209, 6 September 1869, Page 2

I Select Readings. — We would remind ' our readers that Mr J. Neil!, under the patronage of the Artizans' Society, is to give an entertainment, consisting of Select Readings, at the Temperance Hall on Wednesday evening. Mr Neill's well-known talent as an elocutionist, together with the small prices of admission, must ensure a large attendance. What Does it Mean?— The following is an extract from the " Medical Practitioners' Bill," as it first appeared in the Legislative Council: '• The Registrar from time to time shall erase the names of all registered persons who shall die and shall make the necessary alterations in their addresses or qualifications." The Province of Southland. — The Legislative Council, on the motion of Mr Nurse, a Southland member, have thrown out the Otago and Southland Reunion Bill by a majority of 14 to 6. The Maori Prisoners. — Application has been m::de to Mr Justice Johnston, on behalf of the Maori prisoners awaiting trial for high treason, that Messrs Travers and Allan might be retained as counsel on their behalf, and it was accordingly ordered that those gentlemen be appointed counsel, and have free access to the premises. The trials will commence on the 20th inst. The Otago Loans Bill has been thrown out iv the Legislative Council. Disappearance op a Cutter. — A letter has been received by Mr Cross, the Harbour-master, from the contractor for the Cape Farewell lighthouse, stating that the cutter Sandfly, with a full cargo of lumber from the Sound, had disappeared during the night of the Ist inst., under somewhat supicious circumstances. It appears that she was left at the anchorage that night with one man on board, who for some days had been in a state of insubordination, and that on the following morning she was missing. The master, on going ashore in the afternoon, had placed a light in the rigging; this, howeVer, had been removed, so that in his trying to return to the vessel in the darkness, he was unable to find her. Although there was a fresh breeze during the night, it is not thought that the cutter could have dragged her anchors, of which there were two out, as on a previous occasion one aachor had held her and two rafts of lumber, when the wind was blowing equally strong. Suspicious are attached to the man who was on board, and there would seem to be some grounds for them, as the mate of the Lord Ashley reported having seen a small cutter bearing to the northward on the morning of Thursday, ihe 2nd inst.