The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 90, 15 April 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1873.

j Stoke Faemebs' Club. — The b'alfyearly meeting will be held to-morrow evening, at the Public Hall. The Suez Mail. — The Albiot), with the Suez mail, was to leave Melbourne on the 10th instant, and consequently will be due at the Bluff to-morrow. Government Debentures. — Tenders are invited for the purchase of the whole or a portion of £250,000 of New Zealand Government debentures. Particulars will be found in our advertising columns. Life Insurance. — -Mr M'Donogh the travelling Sub-Commissioner to the Go--vernment Insurance Department will deliver a lecture at the Agricultural Hall, Richmond, at 8 o'clock to-morrow evening. Singing Class. — Mr J. Sigley, who has gained some reputation in Nelson as a musician, proposes to open a singing class at Richmond, with a view to starting a choral society. The class will meet for the first time in the schoolroom, on Thursday evening next. Inland Communication Committee, — A meeting of the members of this Committee will be held at the Government Buildings to-morrow evening. It will be seen by the advertisement that business of great importance is to be brought before the Committee, and a full attendance of the members is requested. Nelson School Society. — A tea party in celebration of the twenty-ninth anniversary of this Society will be held in the Bridge-street Schoolroom, at half-past five this evening. There will also be a public meeting at which the chair will be taken at half-past six. Ngakawau Coalmine. — Dr. Hector, who arrived by the Kennedy from the West Coast last night, reports most favorably of this mine, the lessees of which have concluded arrangements with Mr. Beetham of Auckland for its immediate working. Nelson and Foxhell Railway.— The official ceremony of turning the first sod of this railway will take place on Wednesday, the 30th inst. This day has been fixed in order that the Provincial Councillors may be present at the ceremony, and as the fencing of the line will in the meantime be proceeded with, no delay in the commencement of the work will be occasioned by its being postponed for a few days. CAUTION.--The Wellington Independent states that a man. named Corry, who sustained injury to his eyes through the maltreatment of Mr Solomon, the so-called oculist, has recovered £20 damages in the Christchurch Resident Magistrate's Court. The verdict is of little value just now, as Mr Solomon is non est, and will, when apprehended , appear at the court on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. ' .',; . Habmonic Society.-— The members of this , Society yesterday presented Mr. Holloway* with a handsome Canterbury of walnut wood , and a,m drawing- room clock, in , recognition of the services he had for two years gratuitously rendered as con' ductor^ Inserted in the Canterbury was a silver plate bearing V ;the inscription::---; ''V^resen^ members of the Nelson Harmonic Society.

Wesleyan Church.— The Rev. Thos. Buddie, tbTe new minister of the Nelson Wesleyan V-jCburcb, and cbairman,^p|*the,. district, arrived, by the Taranaki; from Wellington on Sunday evening^' ■ iMr Buddie brings a high reputation from Auckland, Ghristchurch, and Wellington, in each of which districts he has resided for the customary period, and we . trust that the same good results may attend his ministry here as have followed his efforts in other places. He will preach in the Wesleyan Chnrch, Hardy-street, to-mor-row evening. . , The Carandinis, says the JEJxpress, have during the last week been pouring forth a v,ery flood of melody to very barren houses. " Sale of Cattle. — On Thursday last Messrs. N. Edwards and Co. sold a mob of cattle by auction at Mr Atwood's farm, comprising upwards of 100 head of all ages, in one lot at £3 each. — Express. It is a significant fact that among the written applications made by the unmarried females for the post of assistant teacher at the Westport school, . one letter alone was free from orthographical errors. According to the Waikouaiti Herald, the Chinamen are making great prepara-, tions to turn the original bed of the Taieri River as soon as the frosts set ia. It is expected that a considerable amounjt of gold will reward them for their trouble. We {& arlborough Express') learn that the offices held under the General Government by Mr Eyes, as Crown Land ;Commisioner, &c, will on and from to-day be assumed by C. Goulter, Esq., the Provincial Treasurer, until the libel actions now pending have been determined. Mr John Bailance, proprietor of the Wanganui Herald, has been served with a writ for £1,000, for an alleged libel on Mr Watt, Mayor of Wanganui. The cause of action is certain letters and paragraphs contained in the Herald reflecting upon Mr Watt's private character. A xarg-e mob of cattle has been brought over from Canterbury by the Amuri route from Christcburch, some ot which, are intended for the Charleston and probably the Westpoit market. The Grey Valley Times describes the arrival of the mob at the Ahaura as having caused much excitement. By the Nebraska are expected hack from San Francisco, several of those who, before they went, professed the faith of Mormonism, and raised their Ebenezer at Karori. If report says truly they have had their eyes enlightened since their departure from Wellington, and come back wiser and perhaps sadder.— Post. Under the heading of " At last waking up," anil in reference to the " inland communication" movements at Nelson, the Lytlelton Times says : — " It would seem, from a telegram in another column, that the inhabitants of ' Sleepy Hollow* are showing signs of resuscitation. They are not quite roused yet, but a public meeting in favor of progressive action is something. Probable liberal subscriptions of capital too ! Nelson does not intend to be for ever fallen asleep.