The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1874,

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 34, 9 February 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1874,

Our columns to-day are burdened with Australian teiegram3 containing eome ol the veriest rubbish that ever was sent by wire, but having had to pay for it we set it before our readers for what it is worth. We could have waited with patience to learn by the ordinary course that a post mortem examiuation was to be made of the body of a horse, or that so many bags of wheat had been taken over a bridge. Telegrams are most expensive items of news at all times, but unless some little judgment is displayed in their compilation, they may be made absolutely ruinous, Mr and Mrs Hoskins arrived by the Ladybird yesterday, and proceeded to Auckland in the same steamer this afternoon, much to the disappointment of many who were in hopes that they would give an entertainment thia evening. The Luna arrived from Wellington this morning wiih the Premier and the Hon E. Richardson, Minister of Public Works, who were met at the wharf by his Honor the Superintendent and the Provincial Secretary, and driven up to Panama Houee, wbere they are now slaying. It was intended that Mr Vogel should be asked to tuke a drive into the country to-morrow, but we regret to learn tbat his health is not sufficiently good to allow of his doing so. He proposes returning to Wellington by the Luna to-morrow night immediately after the dinner. An interview between the Ministers and the Executive took place this morning, and lasted for about two hours. DINNER T.O TUB IJON. Mr VOGEL. — We are glad to learn that the tickets are being rapidly disposed of, and that there is likely to be a large party at the Provincial Hall to-morrow evening. Interesting speeches may be looked for from both the Premier and the Minister of Public Works. The Stewards are requested to meet this evening, at 8 o'clock, by which time it is requested that ali applications for tickets may be sent in. |

A Beef has been discovered by a party of prospectors near Slaty Creek, between Anatori and West Wanganui. The reef is said to be extremely rich, two or three pounds of stone tbat were crushed averaging from two to three pennyweights to the pound. We understand that the prospectors intend to send three or fonr tons of the stone to tbe Perseverance battery to be crushed, from which they expect to obtain enough gold to pay for a set of stampers. The Buller News Company have purchased the premises in Charleston, known as the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, for the purpose of publishing a paper there and carrying on a general printing business. The ' West Coast Times' says that the miners of the Ahaura district are anxiously looking forward to the time when the Waimea Water-race will be completed, and numbers of men are leaving for other fields every week, as there is but little to be done until a regular supply of water is obtained for sluicing purposes. From Buller files we learn tbat high tides are now prevailing there, and on Sunday evueing the waves came washing nearly up to the corner of Wallabistreet. No damage resulted, bat the encroachment tells a tale of coming disaster whenever a heavy sea and nor'westerly gale prevails. We learn that Mr F. Wills, formerly connected with Murray's circus, and who lately has taken to the Biage, married Miss Clara Stephenson at Queenstown, about a fortnight ago. The bridegroom had for some time previous to the wedding acted as agent for Miss Stephenson in her professional engagements. We are informed by a person who has just arrived from the scene of the wreck that the Surat was, unfortunately, grounded upon a rock, which, in a'l probability, will break her back. At ono time, during a high tide, she was afloat, and could, with tbe aid of a steamer, have been run upon the beach; but no such aid was at hand, and there is now no hope of saving her. — ■' Daily Times.' The marriage of Mr Hoskins and Miss Colville at Christchurch the other day, seems to have caused quite a sensation in the cathedral city. It is thus noticed in the ' Press': — An interesting event in which those popular favorites, Miss Florence Colville nnd Mr William Hoskins, sustained the principal characters in the drama of "Married Life," took place at St. John the Baptist's Church, Latimer square, when they Were united in marriage amid the wishes of a numerous circle of friends that they might become a "happy pair." As a matter of course public interest was excited in no ordinary degree by the event, the church itself and the approaches being crowded to excess. The bride was given away by Sir John Cracroft Wilson, CB, K.C.5.1., and was attended by four bridesmaids, viz , Miss L. Hill, Miss M. Hill, Miss Docy Mainwaring, and Mrs Walter Hill. For the information of our lady readers we may say that the bride's dress was a magniffoenfc white satiu one with court train, trimmed with bouillons of French tulle, and embroidered with flowers of floss silk, aud having boquets of jessamine, orange blossoms, and lily of the valley, interspersed with true lover's Knots of silver cord. The veil was of French tulle, with a wreath of orange blossoms. The bridefemaids were dressed, two in blue, and two in pink, each carrying a bouquet of the color of her dress, the bride having a pure white one. At the conclusion of the ceremony, Mr Landergan played Mendelssohn's " Wedding March." The breakfast was laid at Collins' Hotel, and was of a very recherche character. Sir J, C. Wilson occupied the chair, and Mr A. Jameson the vice. The newly married couple left by the 5*20 train for Lyttelton, en route for Akaroa, where they will appear in " The Honeymoon," ASouth Australian stripping machine says the ' Wairapara Standard, ' has been imported from Adelaide. It has been found to answer admirably in the harvest fields. With three horses and this machine one man can reap and threßh eight acres a day of aoy kind of crops on tolerably level land, us the advantage of this machine is that it not only strips the ears but threshes out the seed by one aud the same process.