The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 53, 1 March 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1873 .

Owing to a pressure of advertisements at a late hour, we are compelled to hold " The Week" over until Monday. Inland Communication. — A meeting of the Committee will be held this evening, when a full attendance is particularly requested. Public Holiday. — It will be seen by advertisement that Tuesday next, the day on which the prize firing commences, has been proclaimed a public holiday. Government Wharf.— The lease of the* Government Wharf for one year was this morning sold by auction to Messrs N. Edwards & Co., for £750. The upset price was £500, that realised last year £850. Messrs Edwards &Co have also become the purchasers of Mr Livick's wharf. v Registrar of Supreme Court.— We understand that the office of Registrar of the Supreme Court is to be amalgamated with that of Resident Magistrate from the Ist of April next when Mr Broad will enter upon his new .duties. This will make Mr. Broad the holder of no lens than twenty-three offices. Excursion Trip.— We remind our readers of the excellent opportunity of visiting Wellington during the Interprovincial Regatta that will be afforded by the Pbcobe which leaves here at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, returning on Thursday next. The return fare is only £1 exclusive of provisions. ... ' Telbgraph Station at Stoke.— We are glad to learn that the hint we threw out the othe> day has been acted upon, and that a telegraph office is to be erected on the shooting-ground at Stoke,, the instruments for which, arrived by the Pbcebe this morning, Mr Halliday, the operator at the Government Buildings at Wellington, has been sent over to take charge. " : ;■■■■' . • "-.•• \ _ ■ ■".;■.! Dtt Carr .— We , see by advertisement I that this gentleman is about to bring his series of seances and lectures, to a close. Dr Carrxpmbines the advantages of being an eloquent speaker, an amußingphrenor logical delineator, of,; character^ and^a mes- ; inetist of;/^ BhorlWf-hiß great aMlities could draw such Cessive nights; |We doubt not his fare wellseftnoc will commaiid equal 8 uccea*. &-js?&£j'sf. {^JfrMs^utt 'i':i -:■■- :

Stoke Library/. — There was a large attendance of subscribers at the meeting - last evening for the election of a committee for the Public Library, rendered necessary by the illegal election on the 17th ultimo. The following persons were elected for the current year : — Rout 17, G.F. Martin 16, J. Doidge.sen. 15, H. Norgate 15, J. Morrison 13. Mr Norgate was appointed to act as Hon. Secretary, Mr Martin as Treasurer, and Mr Barnett as Librarian. This library will now, we hope, do good service to the district, as a large number of books and periodicals <&c, have been generously given to it recently, which with the New Reading Room just built, will afford opportunities for the rising generation of Stoke to attain a wider comprehension of their duties and surroundinga.-t- Communicated: Arrival of the Colonial Representatives. — The Wellington from Manukau and the Phoebe from Wellington arrived this morning with the representatives from the northern and southern districts of the colony. Those by the latter boat were met at the wharf by the Nelson City Rifles and Cadets with the Band. Unfortunately there had been a misunderstanding with regard to the arrival of the Phoebe, a telegram having been received yesterday afternoon stating that she would not be here before the evening, so that the attendance of town volunteers was but limited, they haying been ordered last night, previous to being dismissed after attending at the wharf to meet the Wellington which was expected, to assemble this evening. When it wus ascertained that the Phoebe would be in by the morning's tide, a hasty muster was called, and this accounts fof the paucity of the attendance. On arriving at the wharf they were drawn up in line when our visitors fell in with them and were marched up to the Drill Shed under the command of Major Gordon, who has been sent down from Auckland to superintend the firing. On arriving at the Shed, they were marched into it, where Major Gordon thanked the City Volunteers and the Band for attending, and gave notice that there would be a Church Parade at the Drill Shed at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning at which the volunteers were ordered to attend in uniform and with side arms, the band also being requested to be present. They will then march through the town and break off for the different places of worship. Three cheers were then given for the Nelson Companies and the band, and were responded to by our local volunteers and the public with three hearty cheers for * f our visitors." -The parade was then dismissed. Found Drowned. — On Sunday morning last a person went to fish from the end of the new -wharf at Picton, when, on looking down into the water, he saw a man just beneath the surface with eyes wide open staring at him, and clinging with one hand to one of the braces. Obtaining assistance, the body was got out, and was found to be much bruised about the head and face, and had evidently been dead some time. It was recognised as the body of one Randal!, one of the navvies recently working for Messrs Brogden at Massacre Hill, but who on the previous evening had been drinking in Picton. His wife and family are said to be on the way out from England, and expected daily. An inquest was held on Monday. — Express. An Invercargill paper states that it has been informed on very good authority that during a recent trip of the Tararua from the Bluff to Melbourne, no less tbad 200 whales were counted within 180 miles j of the New Zealand coast. An Important Question and How it was Settled. — The Wanganui Chronicle tells us that "a large and influential meeting of waiters was held at the Surveyors' Arms on Friday night, when it was unanimously decided ' that it was not their duty to turn up tumblers for gentlemen, and if the latter did not like to do it themselves, they (the waiters) would not assist them to beer.' It was further hinted that if any gentleman made any objection to the new rule, he might go somewhere else for his dinner. After mutual congratulations, and the expression of best wishes, the large assembly dispersed. We understand that the new system was inaugurated at a leading hotel on the following day." A man stopping his paper wrote to the editor: — "I think folks ottent to spend their munny for paypur, mi dadda didn't' and everybody sed he was the intelligentest man in the country, and had the smartest family of boize that ever dugged taters." The medicine chest of one of the abandoned Artie whalers was (says an American paper) broken open by some of the natives, who, thinking they had found a prize, proceeded to swallow the contents of all,' the- bottles. The results were dis- :' asirons.-,; .-!, ;■:; „V / „ ,^:^,5.;...^;?- A ■:■?..■ :■■-;>