The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 170, 18 July 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1872.

Miscellaneous Entertainment. —The weather having shown symptoms of clearing, the entertainment advertised for this evening will take place at the Oddfellows' Hall. The O'Conor Case.— A telegram from Wellington states that Mr. O'Conor has presented a petition to the House which has been referred to a Select Committee of thirteen members. The witnesses will be examined on oath. Richmond Magistrates' Court. — We have been "requested to state that the sittings of this Court will in future be held on the second, instead of tbe third, Monday in each month, commencing from the 12th August next. Board oe Health.— -A meeting of the Board is called for Monday next, to consider the most suitable site for a quarantine ground, to which isolated cases may be sent. Astrolabe is' a very good place for a ehip to be placed in quarantine, but it would be most inconvenient for one or two patients. Duett or Trio ? — A correspondent has favored us with a long letter on the subject which haa recently raised such a storm in * fle musical teapot in NelsoD, namely, how many voices or instruments are : allowed to take part in a duett, but as wedo not believe that the public care the

value of a Bingle flddiestring about the matter, we must decline his lengthy effusion witb many thanks. Destructive ■ Floods. — The heavy rain which fell yesterday and the day before has beeD productive of a deal of damage in the Waimea district, where the rivers have been very heavily flooded. The bridges over the Wai-iti both at Foxhill and Spring Grove have sustained considerable injury, the approaches to both of them on the far side having been washed away. The Waimea bridge, so far as we can learn, has stood well, but no little damage has been done to tho farms in the neighborhood, the whole of the country, from Gledhill's ou one side to the Travellers' Rest*on tbe other, having been under water. Masonic Funeral. — Mr. Thomas De Berry, one of the oldest, if not the oldest, Freemason in New Zealand, who died on Saturday last at the age of 96 years, was buried to-day, with Masonic honors. At two o'clock, the funeral left his late residence in Washington Valley, the hearse being preceded by tbe members of the Order in full regalia, with jewels encased in crape, and proceeded to tbe new cemetery, where the Rev. G. H. Johnstone read the service of the Church of England, after which, the beautiful prayer used by the Masons on such occasions was offered up by Past Master Robert Burn, who officiated in tbe absence of Mr. Joseph Sbephard, the W.M. Tbe circuit of the grave was then made, and the branches of evergreens cast upon the coffin by the brethren present, and the solemn ceremony was brought to a close by the singing of a hymn.