The Nelston Evening Mail. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 51, 27 February 1873, Page 2

The Nelston Evening Mail. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1873.

Masonic Ball. — The reropening of the Masonic Hall in Trafalgar street -will be celebrated by a ball this evening. City Rifles. — A special meeting of members of this corps will be held at the Drill Shed this evening at half-past sis. Stoke Public Library. — A meeting of the subscribers will be held in the Stoke schoolroom to-morrow evening at half-past seven, for the purpose of electing officers for the current year. Sale of Stock.— Messrs Sfcavert and Co. report a sale of stock yesterday at the farm of Mr F. H. Blundell, Waimea West, when store cattle fetched £3 5s to £4; a few small fat heifers, £4 ss; bullocks in store condition, £5; fat lambs, 10s to lls 6d; pigs just weaned 9s 6d. A few hacks were disposed of at prices ranging from £5 to £10. Volunteer Reception Committee.— A meeting of the Committe was held last night when further arrangements were made for the reception of our visitors who are expected to arrive here on Saturday. Tenders were opened for supplying lunch on the ground to the competitors, and that of Mr Cother was accepted. The ball will be given on the evening of the last day of the firing. ; : • . San Francisco Mail. — The mail due at Auckland on Monday last is again overdue, and no intelligence has reached us as to the arrival of the American boat. We notice that the steamer Wellington after' waiting ten days at the Manukau for our mails left this morning, and the next boat from thence will be the Taranaki, arriving here about the Bth pi ox. The Wellington should arrive here to-morrow night. Inland Communication Committee. I —A meeting of the Committee was held last night, when the report, drawn up by Mr Shephard, which recommends the formation of , a Company, was adopted after a , lengthy discussion. A i sub-Committee I consisting of Messrs Sbephard, Pitt, and Acton Adams was, then appointed to draw ■ up a series of resolutions to be laid 1 before the Prb'virlciai Gduhcil ; in iU next session. These! resolutions will be submitted to a rj}ublifr'-; ? meeti^'fer.;^]^

Resignation of Mk Waterhouse.— From an Extra published by the Examiner this morning, we learn that Mr Waterhouse had sent in his resignation as Premier, for several reasons, the principal I one being that be had no idea that Mr Hall had any intention of resigning at an early date, although that intention was known to Mr. Yogel when he undertook the formation of the Government. The Governor has endeavored to persuade the Premier to reconsider his decision, but without success. ; The difficulty is that Mr. Waierhouse simply resigns the Colonial Secretaryship, but the ■ Governor, objects to receive it on the ground that Mr. Waterhouse being Premier, his resignation would constitutionally involve the resignation of the whole Ministry; Mr. Waterhouse replies, that !as Mr. yogel formed the present Ministry, he will be equally competent to supply any vacancy created by his (Mr. Waterhouse's) resignation. Then arises the difficulty, that in answer to the distinct question put to Mr. Yogel in the House last session, " What would be the fate of the Ministry in the event of the death or resignation of the Premier ? " Mr. Yogel replied that in either case it would involve the resignation of the Ministry as a whole. The Governor then proposed to Mr. Waterhouse to call the Parliament together, but this he refused to do, but offered to proceed to Auckland with the Governor to meet Mr Yogel there on his return from Sydney. The Governor, however, insists upon the question being settled immediately, the complication is increased by the receipt of private advices from Sydney, which state that Mr. Yogel is very ill, and that his medical advisers imperatively counsel his temporary retirement from public business. The rumour as to the promise to give Mr. Shephard, of Kelson, a seat in the Ministry, proves to be well founded. The promise was made by Mr. Yogel and Mr. M'Lean, without the concurrence or knowledge of the other Ministers, who threatened recently to resign if the appointmemt was made. Mr. Waterhouse strongly opposed it.