The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 237, 4 October 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1872.

Stoke Cricket Cllb. — The annualmeeting for the election of officers, &c, will be held at the Stoke Schoolroom tomorrow eveniDg, at half-past seven. Parliamentary. — We have to apologise to our readers for the absence of any Parliamentary news to-day, no telegrams, from some unexplainable reason,, having reached as up to the time of our going to press. Perseverance Mine. — The Lady Barkly brought over this morning 142 ounces of gold from this mine, being the amount obtained from 283 tons of quartz put through the battery. The result is looked upon as satisfactory considering the estimated quality of the stone that was crushed. Abtizans' Association. — The wet weather that prevailed last Friday evening having prevented so large an audience as could have been desired attending the entertainment given by the Artizans' Association for the benefit of the widow and children of the late Francis Robinson, it is intended to give another for the same charitable object to-morrow evening. Shipping at Totabanui.— - The rough weather that has been experienced for the last few days in the; Straits has compelled: a number of small craft to take refuge at Totaranui. Since Friday last, the schooners, Cleopatra, Canterbury., Isabella^and Lady ' Don, bound sou^lit pa friendly shefter. The steamers Eennejdy and; Charles Edwardi; the former "from Wanganui, atidvth'e » leitter f^om Nelson ■to : . Westpor t haye f alsb n^d vfcjp' put . in: at the 1 same place.;. The iP^ some days after 1 ' efforts ■ toiro'dndriiie^Sandspiti.r • " """X^, ; C; P. jtß^ledrV'lkhat^ilEett

receipt of tho sad news, writes as follows: — " I grieve fo say that there is no hope; of poor Mr. G-aslun'fl being; alive. All. think here thai the evidence pomtS'jto bisf being drowned in the Taniwha, -which leads into the Aorere. He left Mr. Ledger's at 6.15 p.m., and would be at the river at 7 p.m., about half an hour to soon. It is thought he must have ventured in, and been thrown. The bridle, when the horse was found, was on the off side under the saddle flap, but not, as some said, fastened to the stirrup. All here have made for a week and more every exertion to find the body, but without success, there being no cluo or trace whatever. It is a sad loss, and felt to be so by every one, as all had attached themselves to him most warmly, and he really was doing his work well and with great labor and perseverance. All in the neighborhood have taken a deep interest in the matter. The Perseverance men knocked off work and came down to search, some even came from Takaka and devoted several days to endeavoring to find the body, and the Maoris also helped • and showed great sympathy."