The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1870.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 219, 16 September 1870, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1870.

Rowing Match. — A two-mile race between Mr. H. Freeman, and Mr. Gibbons for £2 a side, will take place in the harbor on Tuesday afternoon next, at 5 o'clock. The Gouhlay Family will give their farewell performance in Nelson this evening, and on Saturday they propose to give an entertainment at Motueka, where we have no doubt they will draw a large audience. Embezzlement Case. — The second charge to which we referred yesterday, was preferred against Harris who was committed for trial on that as well as on the previous charge. Bail was refused in both cases. Whipping a Culprit. — One of the boys lately sentenced to be whipped was brought up for puuishment at the gaol yesterday, when the flogging was administered in true man-of-war fashion. The boy was seized to the gate in what is technically termed the spread-eagle style, and the turnkey laid on the lashes with a manuka birch, in a perfectly professional manner, and with such vigor that the comfort of the culprit, if called upon to enter upon any sedentary occupation within the next four or five days, is likely to bo seriously interfered with. Aetizasts' Society. — The entertainment given by the artizans of Nelson, at the Oddfellows' Hall, last night, was most successful, the room being crowded to excess. To speak of so liberal a programme as was provided for the occasion in detail would be simply impossible, but we may say that the musical portions, both vocal and instrumental, were most spiritedly rendered, and showed signs of much careful preparation ; the comic songs were well sung and better acted, and the recitations

were, some of them, exceedingly good, more particularly "The Curfew," in which ifc was difficult to say which was to be the most commended, the elocution, or the evident feeling with which it was recited. Of the Farce we can only speak from hearsay, the arrival of the exciting European news demanding our atteodance elsewhere; but from all sides we learn that it proved a great success. The announcement by the President, at the close of the entertainment, that another would shortly be given, was received with loud cheers. Alarming News from Taranaki. — A correspondent of the Colonist wrties, under date September 15, that hundreds of natives have passed through the town during the past week, on their way to a great meeting, to be held on the 18th. Titokovvaru has gone armed with 84 followers, and is said to have passed within three miles of the town. A Vigilance Committee has been appointed to see that the powder-magazine is properly guarded. It is thought probable that Titokowaru will commit some murder.:; for the purpose of seeing whether the G-overnment have had enough of fighting. Natives say that Te White, of Pariaka, has blindfolded the Government, and after the meeting, if the confiscated land is not given up, th^t they mean mischief. The letter concludes with the words — "If you hear of a massacre, do not be surprised."