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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 303, 21 December 1872, Page 2

St Mary's Bazaar. — The bazaar will be open again this afternoon and evening, and at 10 o'clock there will be an auction sale of such of the articles aa are at that time un purchased. '.The receipts yesterday amounted to sometniflg over £50. Wesleyan Church, Richmond. — TJ^ anniversary of this church will be hlQ[ next week, when two sermons will be preached to-morrow by the Rev. W. J. Watkin, and on Thursday there will be a pic-nic in the Fair Ground, to be followed by a tea party and public meeting in the evening. Nelson Regatta. — The Shore Sports Committee are making active preparations, and it will be seen by the programme they have published that there is likely to be quite as much fun on the land as on the water. What with the racing and the sports, the regatta of 1872 is" likely to prove one of the most successful held in Nelson. Town Schools. — The prizes were distributed "this afternoon by his Honor the Superintendent at the Drill-shed, which made so excellent a substitute for the Provincial Hall, that on future occasions we should not be surprised to see it preferred to the latter building. A full report will appear in our Monday's issue. Mottjeka Orphanage. — A number of ladies in the town of Nelson and the neighborhood have subscribed and purchased a large parcel of toys, books, puzzles, cricket bats and balls, &c, &c, which are now to be seen at the shop of Mr Wilkins, in Bridge-street, as Christmas presents for the children at the Orphanage. It is a pleasure to find that these little unfortunates are not overlooked in this holiday season. English Mails. — The following telegram has been received by his Honor the Superintendent from the PostmasterGeneral : — "The Taranaki waits here to carry mails to Nelson immediately on arrival of Wellington. They will reach Nelson forty hours after leaving Auckland. Your outward mails must go by Alhambra or Rangitoto. The Nevada is disabled. The Dacotah will probably reach San Francisco as soon as she. — Julius Yogel. Fatal Accident. — A young lad of fourteen years of age, named Walter Tunnicliff, son of Mr. Henry John Tunnicliff, of Waimea South, was unfortunately drowned in the Wai-iti river yesterday, afternoon while bathing in company with a boy of the name of Savage. The full particulars of the melancholy accident have not yet reached us, but they will, no doubt, be elicited in the inquest to be held this afternoon, 'the report of which we shall publish ■on Monday. Nelson Boaed of Works. — A special meeting for the purpose of taking into consideration the sewerage question was held last night, all the members being present with the exception of Mr. Webb. The total number of acres liable to be rated under the Act is 97, which, together with the buildings thereon, are rated at £66,706. To the petition there were affixed 70 names, representing property to the value of £39,825. It was resolved, Mr. D. Burns, being the only dissentient, " That the Solicitor to the Board be instructed to prepare a declaration by the Surveyor to the Board verifying the signatures to the requisition, and that the same be forthwith laid before his Honor the Superintendent by the Chairman, and the Surveyor for his approval." It was further agreed to unanimously, on the motion: of Mr. R. Burn^ " That the main S9wer be carried from s the north side of the road by the PpstOffice, and 1 terminated «t' EJxamineratreett''';':. i]' ''■■":: J „■'•■ : -. /: '< :

' Mr. George Cotterell.— From the rapid manner in /which the tickets , (or Monday 'night's entertainment are going off it is quite clear that the public meanjlo give Mr Cotterell a bumper house oii the first occasion of his re-appearing on the atage after his serious illness, aud wo are convinced that each .one will receive a full return for his money iv the shape of laughter and" enjoyment. Of such of the old characters as are to be represented it is needless to speak, while of the new ones we are in a position to state that they are quite equal to any of Mr Cotterell's firat conceptions. A " scene on a railway/ (rumor says the Nelson and Foxhill) to be exhibited by Professor Fidget, is not likely to be witnessed or listened to by a silent .audience, and we think we are perfectly safe in promising the " Grhbst of Nelson." that a repetition will be demanded of the song in which he describes the appearance of the town, and makes certain sly allusions to a curious specimen of vegetation that adorns the Church-hill. The farce of " Turn him Out," with which the entertainment closes, will be acted by Mr Cotterell and several amateurs who have before this performed with great success on a Nelson stage.