The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 193, 14 August 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1872.

San Francisco Mail. — So little attention is paid by the boats engaged in carrying oat this service to the dales on Which tbey are due in Auckland that it is no wonder if the public occasionally forget what tbose dates are, it way therefore he necessary to remind them that the Nevada should have arrived in New Zealand od Monday last. The Weather on the Coast. — A private telegram received to-day from the West Coast stales that a tremendous south-west gale is biovung there, rendering nil the bars impassable. The Murray, we learn, is bar-bound in the Grey, and tbe Tararua has had to proceed to Nelson, where she will arrive this evening, after vainly attempting to communicate with Hokitika and Greymouth. Counting TnE Ciiickens, &a— -The Ministry, ns will be seen by telegram, have decided upon lhe new form of government under which the Couniy of Westland and the Goldfields, of which it is proposed to rob Nelson, are to be united. Are they quite sure that the House is willing, at their bidding, to rescind the resolution to which it agreed the other day, in which the principle was laid dowu that no alteration oi Provincial boundaries was advisable except on some general system ? Harmonic Society's Concert. — Tho next quarterly concert of this Society will be given at lhe Provincial Hall to-morrow evening, the .first part consisting of Weber's , " Mass in G," and the second comprising a number of miscellaneous selections. We have frequently observed that the success or otherwise of these concerts depends entirely upon the popularity of the programme with the performers, and the favor with which the exquisite "Mass" to be suDg has been received by them, gives promise of a more than ordinarily pleasant evening to-morrow. Lunatic Asylum. — A musical entertainment was given by tbe Nelson Artizans at the Lunatic Asylum last night when, in addition lo the patients, a large number of visitors were present. At the close of tha programme, which was rather a long one, the room was cleared, and dancing was commenced and carried on wilh much spirit. Entertainments such as these are always greatly enjoyed by the inmates of the establishment, who invariably appear to be lighter hearted and more cheerful after them, and the performers last night must have felt the pleasing assurance that they were performing a real act of, charity.