The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 18, 21 January 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1873.

Dinner to Me Luckie.-- A public dinner is to be given to Blr Luckie, M.HoR., at McGee'a Hotel, this evening. Inland Communication.— The General Committee will meet at the Grand Jury Room to-morrow' evening, to consider the .draft report of the Sub-committee. yo-MOBEOW being the anni?«raary of ijihe Province of Wellington, Sunday hours only wili be observed at all the telegraph stations w jihat province. South {R»i??sh Insurance Company. From a circular isajaed by the Manager of this Company we ilear*. that the receipts forpremiumß for the firsfr four joapnthsof its. existence, to the end of December last,

amount to nearly £9,000; losses £2,099 lls. lid.; investments on first-class security, £19,289.: The shareholders now, number 721, and I are j distributed ;«is follows:—Auckland 145;; •■ and; Wanganui 225'; Canterbury 175 ; Otagb ; 140;' and Nelson 36. A Bam Fair is to be held at Christchurch on the 27th February. Twenty-eight Cases of Exhibits were forwarded by the Alhambra from Christchurch to the Vienna Exhibition. The Government Gazette of the 16th inst. contains the Medical Register of New Zealand for 1872, which includes 218 names. The Journeymen Butchers of Auckland have resolved to request masters to reduce working days to twelve hours, leaving Saturdays to be decided on by the masters. Heavy Floods have recently been experienced at the Pelorus, which have destroyed a quantity of mining plant, and washed away a considerable amount of timber at WakamariDa. On" Wednesday Last while the Alhambra was getting under weigh at Lyttelton, two waterman's boats alongside with baggage were 'suddenly swamped. One traveller estimates his loss, samples and personal effects at £150, The Hon T. M. Haultain has been appointed a Trust Commissioner under the "Native Land Frauds Prevention Act, 1870," for the District of Auckland, vice Dr Pollen, resigned. The Southern Cross is sorry to hear that, through the long continuance of dry warm weather, in many districts the potato crop is likely to be a failure. This is especially so in native cultivations, where the smallest amount of labor in cultivating the land is made to suffice. Meat Supply at Westport.—Testerday, says the Times of Tuesday last, all the butchers' shops in Westport were closed after mid-day, the supply of meat, dead or alive, having been completely consumed. If anything should happen to prevent the St. Kilda steamer coming in to-day, housekeepers will have to prepare for a meat famine. Fisb, too, are scarce, and town-fed pork not tempting. Hot.—The thermometer at Tokomairiro, Otago, registered no less than 98 degrees in the shade on the 24th ult., being 10 degrees more than in Dunedin. In Southland the heat on the same day was intense, and in some places seriously damaged the crops. The Flint's Bush correspondent of one of the Invercargill papers, after reporting that the heat had done great injury to the crops, says: — " Before this terrible day everything looked well, and a good yield of grain was anticipated." The Late Gold Robbery on the Coast.—The G. R. Argus of Friday last says :—As far as the general public are aware, no trace has yet been found of the gold stolen from Mr J. Hayes on 31st December. The police, whoße efforts to unravel the mystery are untiring, are said to have found a clue which enables them to fix a reasonable suspicion upon certain parties, hut whether this will justify an arrest or lead to the recovery of the property remains to be seen. The following is a description of the Bank notes'and cheques of which Mr Hayes was robbed at the time the gold was taken from him : — Seven £5 Bank of New Zealand notes, Nos. 050794, 049343, 051705, 051530, 051203, 050791, 015356; one Bank of New South Wales £5 note, No. 14745; six cheques cross-examined and endorsed by James Hayes.