The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 62, 12 March 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1872.

The Provincial Secretary will leave Nelson for the Grey district by the Kennedy this evening, the Superintendent not having been able to proceed to that portion of the province on his recent visit to the West Coast. Wakamarina Dredging Company. — This Company has commenced working, and obtained very fair prdspects, but not sufficient to cover the heavy working expenses, £3 per week per man being the lowest rate at which labor can be obtained. It has therefore been determined to suspend operations for a time. Professor Haselmayer. — It is scarcely necessary to remind our readers that this accomplished conjuror will give his first performance this evening. The placards that have adorned the walls for some days past have served to rouse the curiosity of the townspeople, of whom a goodly crowd will, doubtless, be present at the Assembly Rooms to-night. Diorama. — The diorama of the American War was exhibited at the Oddfellows' Hall, last night before a 'good audience. The performance being over, the great attraction of the evening commenced, namely the distribution of prizes, and much merriment was created in some instances by the incongruity between the gifts and the recipients, a pair of baby's socks being occasionally presented to a blushing bachelor, a lady's necklace to some stalwart hero of the plough, and so on, the gift of the evening, namely, the plated coffee service, falling to the lot of a Mr. Packer, from the country. The performance will be repeated this evening, when there will be another distribution of prizes. Suicide. — A case of most determined suicide took place at Wanganui on Tuesday last, the unfortunate man being one M'Loughlio, at one time a private in the 57th regiment, and lately Sergt.-Major

in the Marton Militia, a situation which he had recently lost. This seemed to prey upon his mind, and on the morning in question he rose and went into the outside closet, from whence the report of a pistol was soon after heard. This attracted attention, and on the closet being entered he was found reclining on the seat with a ball through his skull. It had entered at the forehead, gone right through, and lodged in the stud behind. The revolver had fallen from his grasp, and lay above his two hands which rested on his knees. Smallpox at Wellington. — The ship England, with Scandinavian immigrants, arrived at Wellington on Saturday last, and reported the occurrence of a large number of deaths on the passage out, and that sickness was still prevailing on board. An enquiry was held by the Board of Health, and it was found that the disease from which they were suffering wns small pox. The vessel was at once placed in quarantine near Soames' Island. A telegram to the Colonist last night states that prompt steps have been taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Dr. Bulmer, who was sent on board by the Board of Health, reports 17 deaths since the ship left England, and one not expected to live. Rubeola (or measles) and variola (or smallpox) complicated are on board. The doctor of the ship, of whose unfitness great complaints were made on the way out, has been placed under arrest. The Board of Health have decided to erect two buildings on opposite sides of Soames' Island, one for the sick, and the other for the convalescent. Thirty workmen are to commence at once. The strictest measures have been adopted to keep the passengers in an isolated position.