The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1870.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 181, 4 August 1870, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1870.

Mining Shares. — Mr. H. J. L. Augarde quotes Perseverance shares, £2 paid, at £2 25.6d. Business done this day. Mining Meeting. — The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Culliford Company, takes place this evening, at the Assembly Koom. Mail Agent. — Mr. Kaye, who was recently in the Post-office, in Nelson, has been appointed mail agent for the San Francisco route, and will be passing through in the Airedale this evening. Serious Kobbery. — A telegram has been received by the Inspector ot Police, stating that the police station at Clyde, in the Proviuce of Otago, was broken into on the morning of the Ist instant, aad treasure to the amount of £13,981 stolen therefrom, consisting of gold to the value of £7,871, and bank notes to the amount of £6.110. Commercial Goldmining Company. — We understand this Company have sold the gold resulting from their sample crushing of 2 tons to the Bank of New South Wales; the gold is of good quality, realising £3 IBs. 6d. per ounce, and we have reason to believe a dividend will be declared of 2s. Bd. per share. This is the first local company that has been in a position to declare a dividend, and as they intend to prosecute the works on their claim, we hope to be able to chronicle another dividend shortly, with more satisfactory results which they fully deserve. Erratum. — We wish to call attention to an error that appeared in the notice of the Winter Evening's Entertainment which appeared in our yesterday's issue, wherein it was stated the next entertainment would take place on Friday, instead of which it should have been on Tuesday evening. Nelson Scientific Association. — This Society held its monthly meeting last evening, Dr. Williams in the chair. The routine business being disposed of, i six gentlemen were balloted for and elected, and three others proposed, for

membership. Mr. Lee then read his paper on "The progress of Astronomical Science prior to the time of Nicholas Copernicus," which was rendered highly instructive by the terse and illustrative mode with which he treated the subject. An interesting discussion followed, and a vote of thanks passed to Mr. Lee, who kindly promised to give a continuation of his paper at the next meeting. A conversation on several objects of Natural History concluded the business of the evening. Drawing-room: Entertainment. — Lady Clara Trimbleton entertained a large number of her friendn at the Assembly Room last night, on which occasion she had engaged a number of ladies and gentlemen to amuse her company. Among these were many of our old friends, including the charming Mrs. Meals who, although a litttle aged since last we saw her, has, like good old port, had many of her superior qualities brought out by the lapse of time. Professor Fidget, too, has become somewhat more practical than he was when first he lectured to a Nelson audience, and has apparently since then turned much of his atteution to the artificial coverings of the braiu as they at present are worn in the shape of hats and bonnets. This portion of his lecture was profusely illustrated by drawings of ladies' head dresses in all the different shapes they have taken for the last twenty years. Au entirely new song entitled "I Smokes mein Pipe,'' was given in character by a German geutleman with an enormous expanse of nose, and was received with rapturous applause. We regret that the limited space at our disposal prevents our alluding to all the numerous characters in detail, but we may say that Mr. Cotterell alias Lady Clara, alias M. e . Meals, alias every other name on the programme, has greatly improved by his tour through the provinces, and although he appears principally in his old characters, he has so much to say that is perfectly new, that the entertainment possesses nearly all the charms of novelty, in addition to its other attractions. We are glad to learn that he proposes giving a second entertainment to-morrow evening.