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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 97, 26 April 1870, Page 3

H. J. L. Augarde quotes Pioneer shares, £5 paid, at £5 per share. Cuiliford's, £1 ss. paid, at £l per share. Perseverance shares, fl paid, at 30s. Maitai Prospecting Company. — A meeting of the promoters of this Company was held at the Nelson Hotel last night, and adjourned until to-morrow night at 8 o'clock. The Carandini. s — Right glad are we to welcome back to Nelson so talented a compauy as that which gave its first entertainment at the Assembly Room last night. It is difficult to bilieve that two years have elapsed since last we were visited by M-tdame Carandini and her two daughters ior in appearance they nre just the same, while their voices have undergone but lit lie change, and one is at, a loss which to admire most— Madame Caraudini's fine mellow notes, the tones of Miss Rosina's powerful but exceedingly sweet voicp, or Miss FaDnie'sdeep, rich contralto. It is impossible with tbe limited space at our commaud to remark upon each item of the programmes, but wo may say that the duets' by Madame Carandini and Mr. Sherwin were given with much expression and good taste, while the solos by that lady brought down the house as usual. Miss Rosina's voice has always appeared to us to shine to the greatest advantage in melodies of a plaintive nature, and, although the song does not admit of the brilliant execution of which that young lady is so capable, we have heard her in few songs that have pleased us more than that of '* Come Home Father " which was given with an amount of sweetness and a pathos that had a visible effect upon the audience The same may be said of " When tbe roses bloom again " into which the singer threw an amount of feeling that at times made it almost painful to listen to, and yet the pain was a pleasant one. Miss Fannies voice seems to us to be richer and fuller thau ever, and was heard to perfection in "The Children's Kingdom," though we are not. quite sure that the "Three Fishers" will not become the most popular in Nelson of this fair artiste's songs. The quaint words and the weird and solemn music, to which such full justice is done by the magnificent voice that is so thoroughly adapted to a song of this description, together form as delightful a combination as could possibly be wished for Glover's ppaiklir.ij duet " We are two merry fairies" was rendered by the Misses Carandini in their accustomed charming style, while that, coquettish little composition "Trust her not" had lost none of its piquancy, nor, apparently, does it find less favor with the public than wheu it was first presented to them • We most heartily recommend all our readers to pay a visit to this talented j company before they leave us.

An Auckland contemporary says that in consequence of the writ not having been returned in proper time, the -election for Mongonui, wheu Mr. Gillies was returned, will be declared null and void. Drowning of Seventeen Maoris- — Intelligence was received at Tauranga on Tuesday "last of the upsetting of a Maori canoe on Lake Rotorua, by which the chief Takurua and a party of seventeen natives were drowned. Considerable excitement is felt about the circumstauce, and an enquiry will be held as soon as sufficient evidence can be produced to satisfy the public mind. A Requisition has been addressed to the Deputy-Superintendent of Wellington, requesting him to convene a public meeting for the purpose of taking the best steps towards promoting the permanent establishment of steam mail communication between Melbourne and San Francisco, touching at Wellington and Honolulu, by steamers of suitable size and power, aud by contract with a substantial firm or individual. We referred the other day to the ill feeling existing between Auckland and Wellington, on the subject of the port of call for the San Francisco steamers. The following, from the Auckland Herald, is a sample of the way in which the two journals of the rival provinces exchange the compliments of the season : — The City of Wellington is frantic on the subject of the new line of Californian steamers, and wants the Government to make the headquarters of CEolus the port of call for the new route. In other words, Wellington is starving, and wants the rest of the colony to pay for keeping it alive. The Wesleyans of Australia intend errecting a new College at Stanmor, New South Wales.