The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1870.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 303, 24 December 1870, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1870.

Monday being a public holiday the Evening Mail will on that day be published at noon. Aktizans' Societi. — It will he seen that the JNelspn Artizans purpose giving one of their highly popular entertainments at the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday evening next. g^^^I^MBBL Accident ALLy Deowned. — We . regret to learn that a child of Mr. George Frost, aged three years, was accidentally drowned at Wakapuaka on Thursday last by falling down a we11., . Christ Chubch. — Christmas Day will be celebrated; in Christ Church to-morrow by special - choral, services. In the place of the; an them there will be selections from the Messiah, and Jackson's services will be sung in the morning, and Ebden's in the evening. [

Pleasure .TRarp.--H.-n addition to the other amusements provided for Monday next, the steamer Taranaki is, we observe, advertised to make a cheap excursion to the Croixelles and back, leaving, the wharf at It o'clock. •*"'•- Resident Magistrate's Court. —Mary and Susan Glover, mother and daughter, were this morning each fined sa. aud costs for being drunk and incapable.—-Two or three cases of Cattle Trespass were heard and the offenders fined in the usual penalty. —There were some civil cases of interest set down for hearing, the result of which we shall give next week. . Suburban North.—Yesterday afternoon the scholars of Clifton Terrace Suuday school, and other "children liviDg in the district, to the number of 42, were kindly treated by Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Oldham to an ample supply of tea, bread and butter, buns aiid cake, aind Mr Turner exhibited his magic lantern. After enjoying various games in a field belonging to Mr. Oldham until dusk the children returned to their homes highly delighted with the pleasure so generously furnished tor| them. The Regatta. —lt must be highly.satisfactory to the members of the committee to find how heartily their laudable efforts to ensure a successful regatta have been seconded by the public, who have subscribed liberally, and are also taking a lively iuterest in the = events of Monday next. The great race of the day is of course that for the Challenge Cup, which was won last year by. the pretty little Lyttelton yacht, the* Red Jacket, which has this year put in an appearance in the full hope and expectation of taking off the handsomest cup in New Zealand, which, in the event of her winning it a second time, will become the absolute property of her owners. But our Nelson men have not been idle, and are by no means disposed to allow her to win it without a struggle, and as a result of:..this desire to retain the coveted prize herej: wefind a whole fleet of new boats built* for' the purpose of opposing the smart-,Jit-tie Red Jacket. The first of these is a Motueka built boat, the property of Messrs. Lowe and Cross, jun., which rejoices in the musical name of Minnehaha. She arrived in the harbor on Tuesday, last, and great things are expected of her if the wind prove light. The next on the list is Mr. Gibbons' Petrel, [which was launched on Wednesday morning, and was yesterday tried for the first time; the trial resulting in the springing of hermast. Speculation is rife on her sailiißw'quaiities. and a variety of opinions- exists;6B the*pV6babilities. of her.wipni.bg'th^ -least, am6*pg" the boats . hull t v "for the. occasion comes the .Claymores She is a sifong^ likely-looking yacht, ftoL which peculiar, interest attaches . .frQ_p.;,»;the fact, of her having been built by* three*-Nelson boys, the sons of Mr. Browjj ,of. Russell-street, the eldest of whom isnot yet,twenty: years of age. She has taken *, the fancy of numerous connoisseurs, and great will be the rejoicings of the Nelson youths should she be the first to catch the judge's eye. Another competitor for this race is the Cosetle, the property of the Messrs. Hadfield, which arrived from Awaroa, on Thursday night. She is a stronglybuilt,, powerful boat, and is fully expected to be "there or thereabouts," if there should chance to be a good stiff breeze. Owing to her being longer in the keel than the others, she will have to allow them . time. There is also some talk of our old friend the Flying Fish showing up before Monday, but this is uncertain. Considerable excitemeut prevails with regard to the whaleboat races, for which the various crews are practising night and morning. It is said that a Wellington

•competitor for these races is to arrive by 1 the Taranaki on Sunday. The skiff races are to be keenly contested by four new Nelson-built boats, and numerous entries are likely to be made for the minor sailing boat races. Altogether, we never remember to have seen so much, interest taken in a regatta, and should the weather prove favorable, Monday will be a real gala day •at the Port.