The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1871.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 166, 15 July 1871, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1871.

Nelson Board of . Works. — The fortnightly meeting of this Board w;as held last night but no business of importance was transacted. Baptist Chapel. — We would remind our readers of the services at the. Baptist Chapel, Bridge-st., both' '.morning , and evening, by the Rev. D. Dplamqre.' Christ Church.— We are requested to state that the Bishop of Nelson will preach at Christ Church to-morrow evening, in continuation of the subject referred to by r him last Sunday, namely, ' "private : ! prayer.'.' ' Telegraphic. — Another telegraphic station has been opened at Opunaki, in the Province of Taranaki. Telegrams for Taranaki may be sent per, wire to Opunaki, '.and' thence by coach twfce. a.week to * .TiaranakU ; -:•.. . \ :'*.•• : - I -Wesleyan Church Anniversary; — This anniversary will be celebrated tomorrow, when sermons in aid of tbe Church Trust Fund will be preached, in the morning by the'TJev. %._ J. Watkin, and irij/the* evening by' Captain. Peek. JThe usual' tea, and' public meetings' will •jlte held. on tbe. following .Tuesday, when ■ the, choir, which, has lattaine'd. a marked :of .'proficiency,! will sing <r a number ; <~ of anthems. l Captain Peek, we notice, lis preach lit. Stoke in the mornihg. ! - ■ . B .{ L^CT^TjrRES.-^Asf TO,' a crowded audience assembled : '^|aßV/nig6(''.t9':he"Br the. promised lecture jo'f^ ( : 4he : . „ : i ev.^ Mr. ''Johnstone'; [ on* *"• ■«■ j TsomQ \^pi«nt.a!ntoe!se^," .' " "The stfbjeql.^!* "

so large and comprehensive an one that as might have been expected, it occupied a longer time than: is;, ordinarily -'devotefd* to*; these lectures, but it was sq pleasantly handled, and interspersed v,wifh --finch numberless anecdotes of the revejrend gentleman's own experience in the """City of the seven hills" that bis hearers were kept interested and amused from the com-, mencementto the termination of the lecture.' The chair was occupied by, : Sir David Monro, and the customary vote of thanks to the lecturer was proposed by the Hon. Dr. Ren wick and carried amidst loud applause. Freemasonry. — At a Masonic banquet recently given ,at Charleston to Mr. Shephard, the Provincial Treasurer,' that gentlemen is reported fo have said that " He. looked, upon the fact of the establish-: ment of a Royal Arch Chapter at Hokitika as a most remarkable circumstance in the history of Freemasonry, considering that the country on the Coast had been so recently but a waste; unpeopled, and all but unknown, and tbat the Sublime Degree was one . but rarely attained or sought after at -Home. This proved how truly and how deeply ; the Masonic spirit' permeates on the West Coast of New Zealand, and might probably be traced to the peculiar position of its inhabitants. Mtfre scattered than at 1 Home, having left their household ties behind tbem, they felt more s.trongly the need of 'that strong bond of uuison which Masonry alone could give. Iv the Lodge and in the Chapter, they meet together as brothers and companions, and in time of trouble they relied upon each other for that comfort and assistance which their obligation imposed. Those were perhaps reasons why Masonry flourished in new : settlements more than in the old country. He believed that the establishment of the Royal Arch Chapter at Hokitika would tend greatly to the extension of Freemasonry on the coast, and help to spread wide those noble principles which are the distinctive characteristics of the Craft.