The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1871.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 142, 17 June 1871, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1871.

Kecha-bite Society. — A meetipg of persons desirous of establishing aJßechabitjß Society in Nelson will be held W the Temperance Hall at 7 o'clock: this evening. Eclipse of the Sun. — An annular eclipse will be visible in Nelson tdftmqrrow, commencing at 1 1.10 a.m. The midple of the eclipse will be at 2 p.m., and it ends on the earth generally at 5 p.m. PLOig&HiNG Match. — It will be-aeen by advertisement that the Nelson SAgticultural Association proposes to hold another ploughing match at the end of next month, when prizes will be offered for competition by both adults and boys.

Stodabe's Wonders. — Mr. ■„ Stodare, who, we are assured, ia the "great,es^ wonder of the a<re, " being a "Somatic conjuror, a brilliant piauist, and a humorous conversationalist "'will ■ givevthe first of his performances on Monday evening nex^at the Assembly Room, and will no doubt draw a good house. Steamer Taranaki.— The New Zealaud Steam Shipping Company having obtained the coutract for the delivery of mails between Manukau aud the Southern Ports, the Taranaki will return at once from Lyttelton, leaving Wellington for Nelson direct on Monday morning, and Nelson for Manukau direct on Tuesday morning, in order to be in time to bring the next San Francisco mail due at Auckland on the 22nd inst. Winter Evening Lectures. — The first of this series of lectures was delivered last uight by Judge Richmond to a crowded audience. The subject of the lecture, " Chaucer," was introduced by an interesting little sketch on the times in which he lived, aiter which' the 'lecturer read and' commented upon several extracts from the works of this quaint old poet. If all the lectures come up to the standard of that of last night, the Committee, at the close of the series, will assuredly be able to report a great success. Resident Magistrate's Court. — Walter Harford, Standing Lewis Wells, Joseph Richards, Andrew Loasby, Edwiu Thomas Mills, Evan Hargreaves, Arthur Henry Leaper, Frank Rickeits, James Thomas Constable, William Henry Coustable, and /Thomas Wood worth Were charged with' obtaining money by passing off coins, used as whist counters, as half-sovereigns. In reply to a question from the Magistrate, the Inspector Police stated that no formal information had yet been laid against them, but he understood that there would' be one against Harford for stealing. The prisoners were remanded until Monday at 10 o'clock in order to give such of the public as may have been injured by their transactions an opportunity of laying information against them.