The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 92, 17 April 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1873.

Concebt at Stoke. — A concert is advertised to be given , at the Public Hall, Stoke, at half-past seven this evening. Nelson Football Club. — The annual meeting of tbis Club will he held at the Engine House, at 7 o'clock this evening, Peeseveeance Company. — The directors of this Company advertise that they are prepared to receive offers for working the mine on tribute. Particulars will be found in the advertisement. South ,Beitish Insurance Company. — Shareholders and the public generally are reminded that no applications for shares of tbe new issue will be received after noon on Monday next. - University Scholabships. — It will be seen by advertisement that an alteration has been made in the day for the examination of candidates for the New Zealand University scholarships, which will now take place on the 26 th of May, instead of on the 12th as previously appointed. Inland Communication Committee. ~There was ; a full attendance -of the Committee at the Government Buildings last night, nearly thirty members being ; present. His Honor the Superintendent gave a slight sketch of the proceedings of the deputation when in Wellington, and ■expreflsed himself as thoroughly satisfied wi^7tb7e action of .the Government/who difficulties that might stand in ; the way of ll&i*^ cutioß, "an opinion in which he was fully

borne out by the other members ot the deputation. There, was a lengthy discussion with reference to the most ad** visable'course for the Committee now to pursue, aDd the decision eventually arrived at will be best understood by a perusal ofthe following. resolutions, which were unanimously adopted. Proposed by Mr Blundell, and seconded by Dr Williams: — That the thanks of the Com- • mittee be given to the members of the deputation for the able and satisfactory manner in which tbey performed the duties entrusted to them on their recent visit to Wellington.— That the thanks of the Committee be given to the Colonial Government for their courteous attention to the Committee, and for the full information they have afforded with regard to the proposed railway scheme: — Proposed by Mr Shephard : — That a Committee, consisting of of Messrs, Pitt, Darnell, Rout, Acton Adams, and Akersten be appointed to prer pare a prospectus, and to make such suggestions as may appear to them best calculated to carry promptly and efficiently to a successful issue the . work begun by the Inland Communication Committee.—Proposed by Mr. Acton Adams : — That this Committee desires to thank the Colonial Government for their promise to ask the General Assembly for a loan to the proposed Company of the cost of the rails, provided that the line is connected with the Canterbury Province, and this Committee requests the Government to obtain from the Canterbury Provincial Government information as to the assistance they would be prepared to afford to such Company in consideration of such extension being undertaken. — Proposed by Mr. J. C. Eichmond: — That Messrs Curtis, Sclanders, and Shephard be appointed a Sub-committee to communicate in such manner as they may think fit with the General Government and the Provincial Government of Canterbury for the purpose of ascertaining what assistance the latter will afford to the proposed Company. — The meeting then broke up on the understanding that the Committee should be called together again so soon as the Subcommittee were prepared to state the results of their communication with the * General Government. Oddfellows Fete.-— A most pleasant day was spent on Friday last by those who met in Waimea East to commemorate the raising of the standard of -OdJfellowship in the province of Nelson. A procession was formed in the morning when those who took part in it marched to St Paul's Church Spring Grove, where there was an. appropriate service, after which they returned to the Bridge Hotel, when sports of various descriptions occupied them until six o'clock, at which | hour about fifty sat down to a sumptuous dinner provided by host Silcock. The chair was taken by Mr. J. Shephard, M.H.E., and the vice by Mr R. Smith, and after the cloth was removed, speeches and songs kept tlie large company entertained until a late hour. Ti\e whole affair proved a great success, and reflected great credit upon those who had undertaken the management of the day's proceedings. New Lunatic Asylum.— Five designs have been sent in for the new building to be erected as a Lunatic Asylum, and are now on view at the Land Office. The first prize haa been awarded to Messrs Beatson & Belcher, of Wellington, and the second to, we believe, a resident in Nelson, who has chosen " Nota Bene " as his motto. The others are supplied by "Southern Cross" of Wellington, Mr. Toxward, of Wellington, and Messrs. T. Mackay and Brunner, of Nelson. The one selected is a very neat-looking building, with a frontage of 308 feet, and a depth of 132 feet, and calculated to accomodate sixty-two inmates, a number which may easily be increased to ninety, if necessary, by appropriating certain rooms that are scarcely likely to be required for other purposes, to the accommodation of patients. The centre portion of the building has two storeys, the ground floor being devoted to waiting - rooms, dining - halls, kitchen^ warders' and matron's offices, &c, and the upper storey to sitting and bed rooms for those in charge. The walls are lift, high, and each wing, that to the right being for males and to the left for females, contains a fine corridor 12ft. in width. On the whole, the proposed building promises to be exceedingly well fitted for the, purpose for which it is to be erected, while, from an ornamental point of view, it will prove a decided improvement upon the present unsightly collection of cells that is dignified with the name of a Lunatic Asylum. /An effort is being made by some gentle;-' men in Blenheim to start a Flax Association.-'; 7 , . ..•,,■ ■ 4 Base Coins are said to be iii circulation, in* the shape io-f^sovereigns, bearing a strong^ .jesemb^p^^.to;/- those recently 7 issued from the Is^ dragon on ;the face*/ j&n4, on ■■' the reverse * * r sideViß '■the