THe Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1871.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 31, 6 February 1871, Page 2

THe Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1871.

Election for the Suburbs. — This election takes place to- morrow, tlio Provincial HaU being the principal polling place. The result, together with that for the City, will be officially declared at the Hall, on Wednesday, at uooo. A new and very creditably got up paper bearing tbe title of the Freeman, has beeu published at Greymonth in the Irish interest. We have to acknowledge tbe. receipt of tbe first number. The Greymouth Races, at which over £700 of public money will be run for are advertised to take place on the 17th and 18th March. The principal event of the meeting is the Greymouth Jockey Club Handicap of 250 soys., 2h miles. The Ahaura Races come off on the 16th and 17th inst. Akrival op Immigrants. — We understand that, a telegram hns been received by the Provincial Government stating that the Celceno, which arrived at Wellington on Saturday, had brought the Norwegian aud Swedish immigrants whose passages had been arranged for by the Commissioners when at home. It seems that, now these people have arrived, the Government is at a loss to know what to do with them, as they have telegraphed over to the Superintendent asking whether he will take any of them off their "hands, to which, we believe he has replied in the negative. Mr. George Cotterell. — The theatrical critic of the Melbourne Leader writes as follows : — Mr. Cotterell has conJe to he acknowledged by every person who knows what acting is as an actor of very remarkable power. His entertainment is a good one, and it cannot fail to draw wherever it is taken. I hear that Mr. Smythe, who has recently returned from New Zealand with Mr. Heller, has engaged Mr. Cotterell, and intends taking him through South Australia and- Tasmania at once. Should the entertainment prove successful there, Mr. Smythe will, most probably, proceed through India to London. City; Election. — The election of two members for the City of Nelson has been proceeding most quietly to-day, and without any symptoms of excitement whatever. A few placards meet the eye advising the electors to vote for Curtis and Richmond, or for Lightband, as the case may be, and tbere have also been a small number of cabs running about in the service of the above-named candidates, but, were it not for these two exceptions, no one would know that anything so important as the election of members of Parliament was taking place. Of Mr. Shephard we had lost sight altogether, until, later io the day, a poster was exhibited recommending the voters to put in that gentleman and Mr. Lightband, but another placard which appeared at* Mr. Lightbknd's committee room disclaimed any couuection with Mr. Shephard, so that, we presume the gra« tuitous advice was rendered by some one who was acting on his own responsibility. For those who love excitemeDt, an election under the new Act offers no attractions whatever. The result of the polling was not made known when we went to press. Boat Accident. — An accident occcurred ih the harbor yesterday, though unattended by any serious results. Messrs. J. Clarke, W. Barnes, W. Wright, and John and James Pratt, started for a sail in Mr. Clarke's Toothache, the sea being as smooth as glass, and no wind blowing at the tinie. They proceeded towards Bay View, but when opposite the Cemetery, were overtaken by a sudden squall, the breeze having come up with extraordinary rapidity, thus compelling thera to put back for-the wharf. Sail was. shortened as much as. possible, but the weight in the little boat combined with bad steer iDg was too much for her, and when within about 50 yards of the wharf she was _half full off water. Instead of steering outside the barque Tell, the. steersman ran direct for the stern, thinking to jump into the dingy' which floated tbere, but the sudden rush not only swamped the Toothache, but the dingy also. Messrs Clarke, and James

Pratt were fortunate enough to lay hold of the painter, but the rest were thrown into the water. Mr. Barnes made for the Wharf but could not reach it, however, a rope was thrown to him and he was got out safely. Mr. John Pratt had a life-buoy thrown bim, which he quickly made use of. Mr. Wright was only rescued by the praiseworthy exertions of Captain Scott, who went down the rope to which he was holding on in a most exhausted state, and, laying hold of his clothes with his teeth, held him up while he passed a line round his body by which he was hauled out of the water. Result of Playing with Fire-arms. — The Westport Times tells us that " a boy, named William Williams, residing on the Orawaiti road, met with an accident on Tuesday last, which was very nigh being attended with fatal results. The boy, it appears, had been amusing himself for some days past with a six-barrelled revolver, and, when the accident occurred, it was loaded with powder and an iron tack, the head of a lucifer serving in place of a cap. The boy was busily engaged looking down the muzzle of the piece wheu by some unexplained agency the pistol exploded, and a portion of the charge entered the boy's forehead, penetrating to the skull, the tack then passing upwards aud finally out of the upper part of the forehead. Dr. Thope was speedily in attendance, and had the sufferer removed to the hospital, where he removed a portion of the tack from the boy's forehead. A Thorough-Going Reformer.— For the electiou for tbe Buller district there were three caudidates, Messrs. Donne, O'Conor, and Yardley. With the two former, most of our readers are acquainted, they having been members of the Provincial Council, but Mr. Yardley has, as yet, been unknown to fame, and on tbis occasion appears before tbe public for tbe first time. Hitherto, he has, so far as we have beeu able to learn, been a paperhanger by profession — that is to say, he has devoted the greater portion of his time to pasting papers bearing certain notifications, more or less interesting to the public, on the walls of Westport. But Mr.- Yardley is a politician at heart; and consequently he has come before the public as a candidate for the district of the Buller, aud he so far found favor in the eyes of the electors that the show of hands was in his favor. Encouraged by his success, he has been induced to publish the following address, which is too rich to be confined to - those ' to whom it was originally issued, and we, therefore, now publish it in full : — Gentlemen, — I have been duly nominated as a representative in the General Assembly of New Zealand. Tbe Fox and Yogel Ministry have not my confidence ; if they can give an honest account of their stewardship they will have to do so. The Maori question must be dealt with honestly, positively, and decisively. The Provincial institutions are worse than a curse; they are positive barriers to auy local good being done. lam for free trade, so far as that all foreign goods pay scot and lot in common with ourselves, in the shape of a low fixed duty. I would endeavor to obtain increased representation for this district, and join the members of other goldfields in devising some wellconsidered scheme for the forming of water-races, tracks, roads, bridges, and mining boards. I would go further, and endeavor to show it is the most unwise policy we can be guilty of to neglect a gold -mining population — prosperity goes and comes with them— one Government, one Constitution, one Code of Laws. I would endeavor that every collector of public-money make out a. balance sheet for the inspection of all men aiid every man. I would further try and get an Act passed that all appointments under Government should be made io open Court, and every man's case should be. heard with impartiality. With regard to our relations with the Mother Country, considering wbat is now going on in Europe, the English speaking race oug&t to-main-tain unity, peace, and concord. Ifl find a few practical statesmen in the House,, thorough politicians, I will undertake to prepare a new Constitution Act— oue- that shall advance-New Zealand^ in the scale of, . nations.— l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Edward Yardley. r i Addressing; the elector? of Tokomairiro last week,;Mr Cutten, an old Otago Bettler, who, for several years held the office of Commissioner of Crown Lands, iri referring to the financial schemes of „the present Ministry, said, that^ even if they were as good as 'they were likely to be bad, he; would never trust the. men .iri the present Government to expend the proposed • lotvpi. •• ! Tho money to.be unfairly expended in . enriching. tKe North Island at the expense of the 'Middle, Island—a bourse, that had already, been; too long followed.' I M. Cutten referred to the proposed immigration' under it, and asserted that the men brought out to labor on the public works would be altogether unsuited for settling in the country.