The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1870.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 242, 13 October 1870, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1870.

Penny Readings. — The boys of Nelson are reminded that the last of the series of Penny Readings will take place at the Temperance Hall, this evening, when it is hoped tbat there will be a large attendance. Public Meeting. — It will be seen by advertisement that his Honor the Superintendent has called a public meeting for to-morrow evening, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of supplying the town with gas. Ttphus Fever. — We regret to learn that typhus fever of a most malignant description has broken out in the village of Wnimea West, two deaths having already occurred, and several persons, principally children, being now attacked by it. Native News. — A telegram received from Wellington states that four of Te Kooti's followers have surrendered to the Government forces. Fever, it is said, is destroying a number of Hauhaus at Waikaremonai, the tribe that has supplied a number of the most ferocious warriors to fight against us. Mr. Heller's Farewell. — Trusting that the Taranaki will not leave for Wellington before Saturday, and not wishing to clash with the Harmonic Society's Concert this evening, Mr. Heller will give his farewell entertainment in the Oddfellows Hall, to-morrow (Friday) evening instead of to-night. The alteration is a ■wise one. The new programme advertised for Mr. Heller's last appearance in Nelson promises to be the best yet j preseuted, especially so far as the musical portion is concerned; and it would be a 1 pity if anybody were prevented by another engagement from witnessing it. The sensational feature of the entertainment, entitled "What is It?" is said to be a most startling optical illusion. The Board of Works — The Executive — and the Gasworks. — A question was put to Mr. Curtis last night by Mr. Haddow, asking him whether a paragraph which appeared in our last night's issue to the effect, that "in reply to a deputation from tbe Board of Works that waited upon them yesterday, the Executive have expressed their intention of supplying the town of Neison with gas," &c, was correct. The reply was that it was Dot exactly correct, but that the deputation had waiter! ou his Honor upon other business, and had introduced the gas question. We may state that we received our information from the Provincial Secretary, aud on making inquiry this morning we learn that the deputation did not actually state that they entered upon the question in accordance with any , formal resolution of the Board, but that they did lead the Superintendent to believe that they were expressing its senti-| ments and not merely their own, as

afterwards proved to be the case, and they were therefore, in the conversation that ensued, looked upon as the representatives of the body to which they belong. It is oot for us to say how far the two members who constituted the deputation were justified ia referring to the subject in such a manner as to give rise to the belief that they were the mouthpiece of the Board of Works — that is a question to be decided betwen themselves and their fellow-members ; but we have thought it necessary to refer to the matter and give an exact account of what occurred, in order to free ourselves from the imputation of circulating unreliable news. [We have received a letter from Mr. Percy just as we were going to press, stating that the deputation never pretended to have any authority from the Board to speak to the Superintendent on the subject of gas. Apparently, however, they entirely failed in conveying such an impression to the mind of his Honor.]