The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1869.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 263, 8 November 1869, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1869.

Public Holiday. — To-morrow, being a public holiday, the Evening Mail will not be published. Telegraph Office. —We are requested to siate that to-morrow, being a public holiday, the telegraph office will only he open from 10 to 11 a.m., and from 5 to 6 p.m. Waimea East Nomination. — The nomination of candidates for Wa?mea East will take place at the Agricultural Hall. Richmond, on Wednesday next, at noon. Organ Concert. — We are requested to remind those who are to take part in this concert that there will be a practice at the Harmonic Society's room this evening at 8 o'clock. Circus. — We hear that the Circus Company intend giving a benefit for the Convalescent Fund of the Nelson Hospital, on Thursday evening next, when we hope a full house will be obtained for such a purpose, Thatcher's Entertainment. — We would remind our readers that Thatcher is to give one of his popular entertainno its at the Oddfellows' Hall this evening. Mr. Thatcher, is assisted by Mr. Small, the emintnt comic- vocalist, Mr. Daniels and Mr. Salamou. Prospecting Parties. —We understand that one of the prospecting party, Ko. 2, which was despatched" to the neighborhood of the Dun Mountain, returned to town this morning and will report to the Committee at a meeting to be held at Mr. Nehse's, this evening at 7 o'clock. . Suburban North Election. — The first election of a member of the Provincial Council took place at the school-room Suburban North to-day, when Mr. Wastney was proposed by Mr. Piersou7 and seconded by Mr. Humphrey. There being no opposition Mr. Wastney was declared duly elected. The Superintendency. — The returns of the polling were received from the Amuri to-day, but they do not affect the total to any great extent, the whole number of votes polled being six, the whole of, which were for Mr. Curtis. This makes the total number of votes polled by Mr. Curtis exactly 900, being a majority of 540 over Mr. Akersten, and 611 over Mr. Gibbs. Nomination op Members for the Town. — The nomination of Candidates for the representation of the City of Nelson is advertised to take place at the Provincial Hall to-morrow, at noon. At piesent there are five Candidates in the field — Messrs. Adams, Greenfield, Burn, Luckie, and Collins. Our reporter, who had been indulging in visions of a pleasure trip to Motueka, and the delights of breathing the fresh country air, after being boxed up in his office for some months, grumbles sadly, and not altogether without reason, that the Returning Officer should have rudely dispelled all his delicious dreams by fixing upon a public holiday for the nomination, and looks forward with but little pleasure to being condemned to spend a couple of hours in the hot, stuffy, political atmosphere of the Hall, instead of revelling in the purer and more refreshing breezes which he anticipated enjoying on the deck of the good ship Lady Barkly- However, the fiat has gone forth, and for him "to hear is to obey," he therefore consoles himself with the hope that the Caudidates, in pity to the reporters, will put all they have to say into as few words as possible.