The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1870.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 264, 10 November 1870, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1870.

Canterbury Horticultural Show. — This show, which took place at Christchurch yesterday was a complete success, upwards of 4000 people being present. The races were to be resumed to-day. Names of Streets. — A correspondent "writes calling attention to the inconvenience caused to straDgers by the names of the various streets not being posted up in conspicuous places, and suggests that the Board of Works should remedy it without delay. Accident. — A serious accident occurred yesterday morning to a little boy about four years of age, tho son of Mr. Moore, of Washington Valley, who, in climbing up a wall, fell backwards on a heap of stones, hurting his shoulder considerably. As the poor little fellow suffered great pain, it was thought advisable to send for Dr. Cotterell, who, 00 arrival, found that be had sustained a severe fracture of the arm, near the shoulder.

Yestekday's Holiday. —Never was a holiday more generally kept, or apparently more thoroughly enjoyed than that of yesterday. The soft rain that fell on the previous night bad just been sufficient to lay the dust, and with the heat of the sun tempered by a delicious sea breeze, the weather was enjoyable in the extreme. At an early hour cab loads of happy-looking children were stringiug down to the beach, and on walking down to "the rocks" at about one o'clock we felt convinced that all Nelson had chosen that locality for the scene of their day's enjoyment, but on strolling up the Maitai Valley at a later hour we were surprised to find some five or six hundred people congregated there. Mr. Richardson's paddock, which had been selected by tho Artizans, and also by a Sunday school, for the scene of their picnics, appeared to have been turned into a fair ground, and daucing, cricketing — which introduced to our notice for the first time some excellent batswomen — rounders, and games of all kinds, of course including the fascinating kiss-in-the-ring, which is as essential as sunshine to the success of a Nelson holiday, were being carried on with great spirit in every direction. Nor must we omit to mention the provisions made for allaying the appetite, nor the tremendous rush of children thnt took place on the ringing of a bell, in the direction of a certain tent which appeared to possess peculiar attractions for them. The whole day seems to have passed off pleasantly and cheerfully, and so far as the Artizans were concerned, was brought to a close by a dance in the evening in their room in Bridge-street.