The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 162, 9 July 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1872.

Thbke was a beautiful display of the Aurora Australia last night, the rosecolored and pale yellow streamers at times shooting upwards to a great height. Pakish op All Saints'.—The annual meeting of the parishioners of AH Saints' for, the purpose of electing churchwardens and vestrymen, and receiving the accounts, will be held at the Bishop's Schoolroom, this evening, at half-past seven. Caledonian Society.—We direct the attention of our readers to the very attractive programme of an entertainment *o be given on behalf of the Caledonian Society, on Friday evening, at the Provincial Hall. Miscellaneous Entertainment.—An entertainment, that promises to be of an amusing nature, ia to be given by a party of amateurs.on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings next. It will consist of conj uring of a curious character (see advertisement), music and singing, and two farces, in pne of, -which the actors will appear

with white, and in the other with black faces. The visual statemeufc of affairs in several Gold-mining companies is published in the General Government Gazette. Seven of theso companies possess between them £10 Is. 6d. cash in hand. " Out of twenty-three whose statements are published, eighteen have declared no dividends at all, and the remaining five have paid dividends to the amount of £18,118 10s., of which the Moanatairi Co. has contributed £13,485. New Zealand Made FuitNrrußE.--The cabinet-makers of Nelson have so frequently displayed their ability to turn out articles of furniture quite equal to any that can be obtained from Enjihind and at. such moderate prices that it is a matter for surprise ihat there should be any demand foi the foreign article. Mr. Fleming has just shown us a chefßonier that he has just made to order for a gentleman in the province, that is as handsome a piece of furniture as could be wished for in any room, the'' pedestals and lower part being of Australian wood, and the top slab of New Zealand yellow pine, beautifully polished. Sofas, chairs, and drawers are also to be found at his manufactory in abundance, aud of the best quality. Mr. Shone, ot Bridge-street, has also recently completed two exceedingly handsome chests of drawers, and has shown in many ways that the various articles turned out by him are, in every respect, as good aa those imported from England.