The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1871.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 136, 10 June 1871, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1871.

Mr. H. J. L. Augarde quotes paidup Perseverance shares at £3. Business done this day. The English Mail closes (for ordinary letters) on Mouday next, at one o'clock, and for registered letters, money orders, and newspapers at 12, noon. St. Mary's School. —We call attentian to an advertisement calling a meetiDg of the ratepayers in connection with the above school on Tuesday evening next, at 7 dkloek, in the boys' schoolroom. Etß>*ing Concert. —A concert will be giveu at the Asseiobly Room by Mr. aud Mrs Hilton on Monday next. Mrs Hilton is better known to our readers as Miss Liddle, who accompanied the Lancashire Bellringera on their last visit to Nelson. City Volunteers. —The town company of Volunteers will be inspected by Colonel Harrington on Tuesday afternoon, at 7 o'clock, when all fines for absence, we notice, will be strictly enforced. Since the amalgamation of the Artillery aud Rifles this Company should have considerably increased, and will, no doubt, present a most respectable appearance on. parade. Waimea Farmers' Club. —The first fortnightly meeting of this Club will be held at the Richmond Institute, on Tuesday next, when farmers from all parts of the Waimeas are requested to attend. We hope to hear of there having been a good attendance, as such meetings are calculated to largely advauce the interests of our agriculturists. In Australia these clubs have proved most aidvnntageous and there is no reason why the same results should not follow their institution here. The "Wanganui Chronicle says. —" We regret to say that a fatal accident occurred on board the s.s. Wallabi, on Mouday night, whereby Angus Mc'Donald, the second mate, lost his life. About half-past eleven o'clock the deceased was on the fore-boom, taking in a reef, the vessel rolling heavily at the time. The sheet not being taut at the time, the boom was allowed to swing, and he was jerked off. The man at the wheel saw McDonald as he swept past, and immediately put the helm down and gave the alarm. The steamer was stopped at once and put about, and the boat was j lowered, even before the vessel was well round, but the heavy sea and dark night rendered all search unavailing. Artizans' Association. —At the weekly meeting of the Artizans' Society on Wednesday evening last, Mr. Bond, the treasurer, produced the balance sheet of the entertainment kindly given by the members in aid of the destitute poor. The receipts and disbursements were as follows ic —

Balance in hand, £4 Is. 6d. Examined and found correct, Charles Geeig,\ A ... Wm Cock, j" Audltori>The population of Auckland is estimated as exceeding 62,000. An extensive timber trade is springing up at the Thames. W. B. Rhodes has offered £50 for the purpose of erecting a fountain in front of the Supreme Court, Wellington. The number of telegrams has increased 100 per cent, since the reductions were made in the telegraph charges. Thirty brace of Californian quail have been liberated in the Wakatip district by the Otago Acclimatisation Society. Several new flax mills are being erected in and around Wanganui. Others, in which the works had been stopped, have resumed operations. The Balclutha correspondent of the Bruce Herald states that " the country districts are swarming with men willing and able to work —men who are wearing tbe shoes off their feet without finding sufficient employment to enable them to buy another pair. The Resident Magistrate in Dunedin has decided that ginger wine comes within the definition of spiritous and

fermented liquors under the Licensing Act, and that persons selling it without a license are liable to the penalties of sly grog selling. A correspondent suggests in a Wellington paper that, in order to get the telegraphic messages scut over that part of the country objected to by tlio natives, a light could be displayed from spots within access of either station, visible from the other, and by flashing alternately bright and colored lights, communication could be obtained almost as readily as by the wire. Is S^ioking Injurious? is a question which is^r used to be, almost as -touch discussed as the Permissive Bill. ' x The Volunteers of this city are, we learn, going to submit a practical test of the effects of indulgence in the " weed whose scent the fair. annoys," as we learn that a rifle match, between smokers and nonsmokers, is on the tapis, and will probably come off at the Adelaide Butts to-morrow. The result of the contest will be looked for with interest. — Post. The first sealing expedition of the* season left the New River at the end of last mouth. It consisted of two boats, mustering a crew of thirteen men. It is understood that they will proceed direct to the south-west coast of Otago. Other boats are expected to join in the cruise shortly. -*-•■'■

Receipts— Cash taken at the Hall £8 16 0 Sale of Tickets by Members... 315 0 £12 11 0 Expenditure — Hire ot Oddfellows' Hall £1 18 0 Oakey, professional services ... 2 1 0 Examiner, advertising ... 0 6 0 Evening Mail, printing and advertising 18 0 Colonist, ditto, ditto ... ... 15 0 Dramatic expenses ... ... 1 0 6 Carting piano, to and from Hall 0 6 0 Hall-keeper, attendance at rehearsal 0 5 0 £8 9 6