The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JULY 15, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 167, 15 July 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JULY 15, 1872.

Entertainment. — A miscellaneous entertainment, consisting of parlor magic, farces, songs, &c, will be given at tbe Oddfellows' Hall, to-morrow evening, by a party of amateurs, who have been hard at work of late at their rehearsals, and have spared no pains to ensure a successful evening's performance. General Assembly. — The next session of the Assembly will be opened by his Excellency the Governor, to-morrow, at two . o'clock. The whole of the Nelson members, as also the Hon. E. W. Stafford, Sir D. Monro, and Mr. H. Ingles, the member for Cheviot, left for Wellington by the Tararua, this afternoon. Ngakawhao Coal Mine. — The Lyttelton arrived last night from the Ngakawhao with about 65 tons of coal on board. Captain Scott reports that there is an excellent place for vessels to lie alongside and receive their cargo, but that it is necessary, before any extensive trade can be established, to spend a sum of money upon deepening the water on the bar, and removing a rock which at present is a formidable obstacle in the way of shooting the coal from the mine into a vessel loading. For household purposes especially, this coal is said to be eminently adapted. Election oi? a Provincial Councillor. — The nomination of a candidate for the representation of the town in the Provincial Council, in which a vacancy had occurred by the resignation of Mr. A. S. 1 * Collins, took place at noon to-day. Ap« parently but little interest was taken in the matter, there being, exclusive of the Returning Officer, proposer, seconder, the reporters and a policeman, but five persons present when the Returning Officer commenced to read the writ, a number, however,'which gradually swelled to nine before the proceedings terminated. Dr. Irvine proposed, and Mr. Elliott seconded, Mr. R. Burn as a fit and proper person- to represent tbe town in the Provincial Council, and there being no opposition, Mr. Burn was, aft six minutes past twelve, declared duly elected. - The successful wed thanks, and the "ele(?foi^^i3jpersea,= . .^ j-:/:/..-; y >v i< V ■■'-:'- ■

Mr. J. Crack Oft Wilson, C.8., has been made a Knight of the Star of India. It was expected when tbe Tarnrua left Melbourne that ih a few days the gap in tbe trans- continental telegraph line would be reduced by 80 miles. A Telegram received in Adelaide from the Agent- General in England states that the British Telegraph Company intend to throw over Adelaide, and to lay a cable from Port Darwin to Norman River, to conuect with the Queensland line. Great indignation is felt at the intelligence, but the company is bound by agreement to carry Adelaide 'messages.