The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 85, 8 April 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1873.

The Rev. David M'Nicholl will preach in the Weßleyan Church, Hardy- street, to-morrow evening, at seven o'clock. - Union Sunday School Richmond. — i The anniversary of this school will be i celebrated by a public tea at the Richmond Institute at 5 o'clock this evening, to be followed by a public meeting at- the Baptist Chapel at half past six. ( : Lower Wakefield. — A miscellaneous entertainment will be given at the Lower Wakefield schoolroom tomorrow evening t by the Waimea Choral Society who have already performed more than once before large and appreciative audiences. Outgoing- English Mail.:— We are requested to state that all corespondence for the United Kingdom will be sent by Suez this month. It will be observed that the Home Mail will be despatched from Nelson, by the Alhambra . on Thursday next. -.'■""■■ Professor Louis, who has been giving a very successful series of entertainments \ to crowded, houses in the country districts, will perform at Waimea West this evening. His rope tying and sword tricks have been well received wherever he has performed, and his audience will probably be a large one to night. . • ! Wesleyan Chuech Spring Gkoye.-— A tea and public. meeting will be held at Spring Grove on Good Friday, and on the following Sunday sermons will be preached in connection with the anniversary of the ! Church by the Rev J. H. Rogers, of Queensland. Collections will be made ; after each service in aid of the trust fund. Death by Drowning of the Rev. W. , D. Rusz. — Many of our readers will be pained to hear the melancholy intelligence of the death of the Rev W. D. Ruaz, who was accidently drowned while bathing in the sea at Charleston this morning. Mr Rusz was for some time the officiating minister at Richmond and the surrounding districts, where he was much respected... The Ministerial Crisis. — Our telegrams from Wellington to-day are of more than ordinary importance, since they point to the possibility of a dissolution of Parliament, and, consequently, an immediate general election. Mr Vogel seems to be totally unable to form a Ministry, and as the only way out of the difficulty, proposes to appeal to the country. We shall await further news with no little anxiety. Presentation to the Rev J. Crump. —A presentation of a handsome inkstand to the Rev J. Crump, who was" Mr Watkin's predecessor in the Wesleyan Ministry in Nelson, was recently made by Dr. Rawson on behalf of the reverend gentleman's congregation in New Plymouth. The doctor made a most complimentary speech to Mr Crump,, who replied with much feeling, and then proceeded in the name of the congregation to present a purse of sovereigns to Mr Humphries, who for a length of time had officiated as organist. NELSON AND FOXHILL RAILWAY.— TURNING THE FIRST SOD.— While some necessary delay in the official ceremony of turning the first sod of the railway has taken place, the question as to who should perform the actual work has been definitely settled by Messrs. Martin, Hirsacker, and party, sub-contractors under Messrs Scott and Robertson, who yesterday morning drove in the first spade on the property of Mr James Wallace at Upper Wakefield. The only ceremony observed by them, was a very unceremonious rush to decide to whom the honor should belong. This was decided in favor of Mr John Prestidge, to whom, let all men know, the honor is now due. In the evening, and in commemoration of the occasion, the men were hospitably entertained by Mr and Mrs Wallace, at Ellerslie Cottage, where a most pleasant; evening was passed.— Communicated. j : New Zealand Telegraph.-- Several ' complaints have ■been'^made %»'• ; Auckland with regard to the delay in the ' delivery of ' messages from^ the South, in consequence of which Mr Lemon, the jQeneral Manager, was sent up there to 'investigate the matter, and the result has been that some of the messengers have ibeen removed^;s^he^defect;Waß traced to > them. 7 The;feiT4m.ry^%B^isP.' J e d to the ; determination 1 ioierect an additional wire ;between\ i '-AudklaDd'^and~ in {Order to meet the .pressure . . of .business, a (measure wiric^ |wpjuTdv|uftyJ^ jthia additional facility; for clomm unication ibei^eenfethe^ capital L etw.6en> Meljiifgf^aiiid'ttiSeiSdutKf.isv |$H^t^^

that the overland wires from White's Bay are insufficient we cannot say, but the fact. remains that our Wellington telerji grams are very^ delivered to ||i^| under the, .hoWj Awhile during the tipe! that the Parliament was in session last year, we scarcely ever received a message in less than three hours from the time it was lodged at the Wellington office,. ,and deemed' ourselves rather fortunate than otherwise if it reached us in under four hours. Six or seven years. ago we should have thought that to be brought within four hours of Wellington was, a wonderful feat, but the spirit . of ...the times has descended upon us, .and we now look,, and our readers look/ to be supplied;- with- n'ev^s in a much shorter space time, ""the telegraph system has given rise to some discussion in Auckland, and a correspondent of the Star makes a very reasonable suggestion which we should like to see actedupon, namely, : that the example of England and Australia'shbuldb'e, foilowfed, and the charge for the, address of the receiver of a message; be. abolished, and that the sender be requested to give the name and address of the receiver as fully as possible, as by this means much, delay would be avoided, : the present regulation tending to. create considerable .confusion, as the desire to abbreviate as much as possible frequently renders it a difficult matfer to discover the place of residence of the person addressed. This would 1 be a great boon to: the public, as the. address often ; requires at; least four words, 1 ' thus leaving only six put of the ten for .the message itself. The : object- the Gfbvern7 ment have in view with reference to the telegraph, should be, and no doubt is,ctq make it a public convenience rather than a source of revenue, and if they can eiee their way to making such an alteration'; they would, in carrying it into effect, be doing a right good service that would be highly appreciated by all who make use of the wires, and in that class... is included a very large section of the general public, /