The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 204, 25 August 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1873.

The Alhatnbra arrived off Hokitika last night, and was tendered at 1 p.m. to-day. She brings English news to the 15th instant. The first slip of the telegrams reached us just; as we were going to press. Bank Holidays. — An Act has jußt been passed in the Assembly appointing New Year's Day, Easter Monday, the the Queen's birthday, and Boxing day as bank holidays. Supreme ,'Court.— The civil sittings of tbe Court commence at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning Arrangements are being made for the case of Eyes v. Henderson to come on for trial first, in order to allow of the numerous witnesses returning to Marlborough by the Taranaki on Wednesday. Lunatic Asylum. — The following wero the tenders Bent in for levelling the site for the Lunatic Asylum : — W. Jennings {accepted) £123 155.; Gill and Manson, £122; D. J. M'Rae, £135 ss; W. Phillips and others, £157; J. Aitken, £167; G-ilbertson & M'Donald, £167 15s. The Independent says : — lt is hardly to be expected that the Premier can always be present in the House, but experience daily shows that his presence is necessary to control the indiscretion of his colleagues — or some of them. The Wellington Mails.— We regret to hear that the mail for Wellington did not go forward by the Paterson. A messenger was at once despatched overland to give early delivery to the Marlborough correspondence, and in the hope that the Paterson could be met at Picton. But it seems the state of the roads is such that he was not able to reach Picton in time, and consequently the letters will be forwarded by the Napier to-morrow morning.