The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 277, 18 November 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1873.

; 0 : Exhibition Refreshment Stall. — We are. requested to call attention" to ah alteration in tbe advertisement for tenders for this stall, by which it wili be seen thit liquors wiil be allowed to be soid tat a[i hours of ihe day. Mr Curtis at Brighton. — A telegram received to-day from Brighton eaya .* " Satisfactory meeting for Curtis held last night. % Vote of thanks cnrried. Hostile amendment moved and defeated. Eighty present." Ngakawhao Coalfield. — It will be seen from our telegrams that the Albion Company's steamer Coomeraug has successfully entered the.Ngokawhao river, aDd returned thence to Westport with a cargo of coal. She will sail for Ngakawhao again to-morrow, and from there to Nelson laden with coal. _ r Cricket MATCH.-—The match betweeb Nelson and Wakefield, already twice postponed, will take piace 10-morrow (weather permitting.) The names of the Union Eleven are Wix, Greenfield, Barnicbat, Tennant, Riley, Cross. Coles, Barnett, Blundell, Halliday, and Aiken. It is tb be hoped tbe weather will prove favorable on this occasion, aa the practice is urgently needed for the forthcoming match with Auckland which will take place in about a fortnight. Mr O'Conor at Motueka. —We have received the following telegram from our Motueka correspondent : — " Mr O'Conor's; meeting last night was crowded^. His speech was all abuse of Mr Curtis and self praise. Many questions were put, and some sharp sparring took .place between Mr Parker and Mr O'Conor, A vote of . thanks to M? O'Coppr for , bis attendance was met by an amendment of nS-confidence. The amendment was carried without a division amidst great uproar. Waimea West Election.— A correspondent favorß us with tbe following :-tMr Win's meeting at Upper Moutere on November 9, with Mr J. Kept, wytfcje chair, was tolerably well attended anjd gave, 1 believe, general satisfaction , though in oner or two cases Ethelred-Uke.v he. confessed he was unready (he might have said unwilling) to answer questions. Njo wonder however should be felt at 'Mi* -Win expressing himself either unwilling or unprepared as tbe questions were entirely foreign to the subject/ and should haVe never been asked. It ia a matter of regret tb&t some persons whom a previous, terta of probation should have made wiser, should presume on forcing themselves on the public for no other purpose than th^t of giving- vent to feelings of spite and vindictiveness, thereby converting into a sort of vestry squabble, meetings intended for a different purpose. A vote of confidence was proposed and withdrawn, no one being found Who would stand sponsor with the mover. Mr Win thought under existing circumstances, the vote unnecessary. Nelson Exhibition. — Great prepara- ; tions are being made for' the Exbibit^n to be held next week. The large Foresters' Booth, iv which the Horticultural Show will he held, has been erected in front of the Provincial Hall, and the annexes on the south side of the building wil! be proceeded with at once.: A large number of exhibits have already been received, and the applications for space are very numerous, more than double the amount that can be granted having been applied for in the Fine Arts department, in which will be exhibited a large number of verj valuable pictures by the old masters as well as by modern artists. A meeting of the General Committee was held yesterday afternoon, when the judges were appointed, and the stewards were allotted their work, which will, make great demands upon their time during the current week. The preparations! for I*-'-the1 * -'-the concert are progressing most satisfactorily,, and the wbole undertaking promises to be a complete success. We ara glad to learn that Mr Fitzherbert, the Superintendent of Wellington, and the members of bis Executive have iexpressed tbeir intention of being s present if arrangements can be made for running a steamer across from . Wellington about that time. No doubt if the N. Z. Co. were to advertise an excursion trip there would be no lack bf passengers, Artillery Entertainment. — The ladies and gentlemen who took so much trouble to get up last night's entertainment had no reason whatever to complain of any want of patronage on the part of the Nelson public, for the Odd-FelloWs' Hall was filled to overflowing with a decidedly appreciative audience, and both the performers and the listeners appeared to be mutually well pleased the one with the other. The band was of course, the priocipal feature of the evening, and their playing met with unfversSl approbation, and called forth many well deserved encoamiums upon Mr Oakey, who in so short a time had trained them to such efficiency. The recitations and songs were well given,

especially ike Last Bays of HereulaA neum among the former, antj the Mdr-^ seillaise among the latter, the solo being < . suog^with great/^irit;and;fire\by* tha, v Lieu Yen an t of the Company, some 'fifteen: of whom took part in the chorus. Ot the' acting in the comedy, Our Wife, or Ike JSoge of Amiens, it is only necessary to jsay'that the audience werefifeppt] faigijflyr 'amused throughout^. (Ehe ■jirbinoiei's .lb|.. tbe entertainment are to be warmly congratulated upon the success tbat attended their undertakings ; The following prologue written by Sergt Strong, a member of the Company, w&3 • sp<&en b^ }(%§&& Pitt :— We do besee^ your worships tolitfend, And give your good consideration Unto tbe programme we before you liyj And, we do entreat yoti to o'erlook '" The blunders and the faults ..which you shall find, As being of a body yet un&Mged; '" / ■' T\ : And diligently invoking of ! he^'tiid, ' - -ZiThat at all future gatheringsrwe ipay.v . r,-.--Be far more worthy of ybutfeooflL support. . The cause which moveth us to come before you, Is verily a good one, being this— That for the gratifying of your tuneful ears, , We have now established, and do. seek . ; ; . To keep established at all future time, A brotherhood of those who, from the throats y Of brazen instruments, do draw sweet sounds Upon the air. But as unrighteous Mammon Doth hold the world enthralled, without his aid We can do nothing; therefore we entreat *'' You do, by patronage* us so assist In this our plan, that we with great success ' • . Achieve the most desirable result.