The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 4, 4 January 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1873.

Mr Knight, of Appleby, has sent some of ibis cheeses, 'which have obtained so high a character in Nelson, to the Vienna Exhibition. There are four in all, the aggregate weight being 2171b5. Stoke School —At a meeting of the Local Committee held last night, Mr A, W. Barnett, late third master at the Bridge-street school, was appointed to the post rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr Smith. Pkovincial Executive.— The Gazette of Thursday last announces that the resignation of Mr J. Shepbard as Provincial Treasurer has been accepted, and that Mr Greenfield has been appointed Treasurer, and Mr George Hodgson Accountant of the province. , Supreme Cotjet.— The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court vyill commence on Monday next at 10 o'clock. There are only .five cases set down for trial, namely, Begin a v. Luhrs, assault with intent; Kegina v. Murray, assault; Regina v. - James, indecent assault j Begina y. Palmer, fire raising; Kegina v.James Henrie King, horse stealing. Y " Y, .. . Tim Steamer Wallah night, bav'iDg ihvtow the hull of the barque .Eieraivwliicb, it; will be remembered .was scuttledf and sunk :at : _?drt Under wood two ; .. years^ago,.,-! r aud:, which; has .recently been ; Y^purchased; Yjsvhose k'.inten tioii it is to-fith^ .Y'^iewYto : her: into vthe^MMritius, 7sixM.e*7y7*Ai:7 7'p7pP-p 'AAA' '''7- YyYV ;,'■•': 77^^iM^B<yp J'b^ >Nelson'': wiHt'hold^ia; rf :^D_irm^oaiftt^Ghr|st and oa Monday »t 11, being the Epiphany, Suthbrfora Spear wHl' be: ordained;

deacons for tie outlying districts, for which at present there is a great lack of clergy. They will assist in the Waimea till the Bishop's return from England. '7 y Resident Magistrate's Court. — At]: the Court yesterday' afternoon, T. Harley sued C. Matthews for using insulting language towards him, and 0. Matthews sued T. Harley for assaulting him. The action and cross action arose out of an altercation tbat took place at the port on the Regatta day. His Worship said that had the police taken them both in charge and brought them before him, he should have fined both of them, as it was, be should order both to be bound over to keep tbe peace for three months, and each to pay the other's costs. San Francisco Mail. — Greatly to the astonishment oP everyone it was found this morning that tbe Taranaki had arrived without the English mail, which was said to. have been brought, but did not arrive, by the Dacotab. How this has happened we bave failed to discover. On mating enquiries at the Postoffice we learn that two or three bags of English newspapers but no letters have arrived, and on looking over our Auckland files we find the arrival of the "mail steamer Dacotah" reported at length, but no mention made of the English mail. We are getting a little too much of this service. "The following circular has b^en issued from the General Post-office :—"Postmasters are informed that, from and after the first day of January, 1873, the postage on newspapers posted within tbe colony for delivery within the colony will be one halfpenny each. Tbe department is desirous that tbe use of the halfpenny postage labels should, for statistical purposes, be restricted to the payment of postage on newspapers posted within the colony for delivery within the colony. Nevertheless, newspapers intended for plaqes beyond the colony, and which may inadvertently or in ignorance have the postage paid in halfpenny postage stamps, are not to be detained." Central Board of Education. — At the monthly meeting of the Board yesterday, on a vote of thanks to tbe Examiners at the recent competition for College scholarships being proposed, Mr. Simmons said that the Examiners must demnnd of the Board that some enquiry should be made into the charges and imputations that had been made in the public prints and elsewhere against himself and his colleague by a servant of the Central Board. The Examiners, although discharging their onerous' and invidious duties without remuneration, were, nevertheless, pro tern officers of the Board, and as such they could not allow one who was employed by it to impute falsehood and partiality, or to circulate rumors respecting them without challenge. Clearly it was the duty of bim who made such accusations, if he suspected foul play, either to go straight to the Examiners themselves, or to lodge a protest with the Board, and not to circulate rumors which, by mere chance only had reached the ears of the Examiners, and which, but for that chance, they could not have had an opportunity of confuting. He (Mr Simmons) should refrain from entering into the merits of tbe case as he of whom they complained was absent. In consequence of these observations a Committee consisting of Messrs. R, Burn, Barnicoat, and Richmond, was, on the motion of Mr. Rose, appointed to enquire into the matter, and report at the next meeting of the Board. Maoris Engaging Dancing Masters. — Karaitiana Takamoana, M.H.R., we (Haibhe's Bay Herald) hear, has engaged the services of two gentlemen belonging to the band of the Napier Rifle Volunteers, Messrs Collins and Skelton, who are to go out to Pokowbai three times a week and instruct the aboriginal young ladies and gentlemen how to do the light fantastic in a correct and graceful manner, as also to supply the indispensable music. The Imperial Squadron, which is now fitting out for a voyage round the globe, is to consist of. five men-of-war, under the command of Captain Werner, who will receive the rank of admiral. The expedition will sail, via Madeira and the Cape Verde Islands, to Barbaddes, thence to New Orleans, Cuba, Jamaica, and Hayti. Towards tbe end of Febu'rary! next the squadron will sail southward to Pernambuco, Rio, La Plata, and round Cape Horn to the Fiji Islands and Australia, returning home by Japan, China, Siam, and. the Cape of Good Hope. The voyage is expected to last more than a year and a half. ; The reputation of Chrietchurch for stinks and smells is fast approaching that of Cologne, says \\xq Lyttelton Times. The Canterbury papers announce that ] sey era I of th e members of the ; Ly s ter : and Cigliv the ; ;Sdqnysido^' Asylum to the : to, profusely thanked, and presented with