The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 56, 6 March 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1874.

The Lady Bird, which is to leave Wellington for Nelson direct to-night, will probably bring a large number of excursionists, a cheap trip having been advertised. She returns to Wellington on Monday. The appointment of messenger and office-keeper for the -Provincial Government (for which there were twentyfive applications), has been conferred on Mr John Nalder, who has for many years held a similar position in the Union Bank of Australia. His Honob the Superintendent returned by the Lady Barkly last evening from Collingwood, where he took tbe chair at a public dinner on Wednesday last. He proceeds to Westport on Monday to meet Ihe Provincial Secretary and Solicitor, who arrived at Greymouth from Nelsou overland last night, and will proceed thence to Westport. The Carandinis.<— These ladies arrived by the Phcebe this morning, and will give an entertainment at the Masonic Hall to-night, when the two young ladios, Miss Lizzie, and Misb Isabella, will make their first appearance before a Nelson audience. The former is said to possess a very fine voice. Mr Gordon is already woll known in Nelson, as is also Mr George Cotterell, who has won golden opinions on all sides since he joined the Company. Good Templabism. — On Monday last Mr Mackune instituted a lodge of Good Templars at Motueka, which is named the "Advance " lodge, when the following officers wero appointed: — Bro W. Grant, W.C.T.; Bro H. A. Tarrant, W.V.T.; Bro J, Baker, W.S.; Bro Douglas, W.F.S.; Bro J. Alex! ander, W.T.; Bro J. Delany, W.M.; Bro Cate, W.D.M.; Bro Boyce, W.1.G.; Bro Hall, W.O.G.j Sister Delany, W.R.H.S;; Sister .-Hall, W.L.H.S. The following are the officers of the Good Hope (Spring Grove) lodge for the present term : — Bro E. Lewis, Lodge Deputy; Bro J. Masters, W.C.T.; Sister A Andrews, W.V.T.; Bro S. Bryant, W.C; Bro E. Lewis, W.S.; Bro A. Andrews, W.A.S. ; Bro G. Andrews, W.T.; Bro J.: Robertson, W.F.S.; Bro T. Andrews, W.M.; Bro R. Cresswell, W.D.M.; Bro E. Newth, W.1.G.; Bro E. Lewi*, jun., W.0.G.; Sister C. Andrews, W.R.H.S.; Sister H. Higgins, W.L.H.S, Tbe Napier Telegraph states that the Hon Colonel Whitmore has bought the Morven Hill station, Otago, from the Hon John M'Lean, This station is the largest in the colony, and coneists of 350,000 acres, leasehold, and 140,000 sbeep. The exact figure has not transpired, but rumor says about £130,000 was the price paid for the property. The Greymouth Star of Thursday last says : — Professor Bergren, who was recently sent by ihe Swedish Government tq engage in botanical researches in New Zealand, arrived in Hokitika on Wednesday last from Christchurch. He will proceed South in a few days. In his hints to intending immigrants, " Snyder," in the Auckland Herald, writes :— " If those who compile pamphlets, the object of which is to show the advantages to be obtained by settling in this Colony, would only give a brief and succinct statement aB to how any man may tide over. his pecuniary difficulties, we should have people coming to us in thousands intstead of in mere tens and twenties. For instance, what can be more beautiful than the liberal laws under wbich we live, when I mention that only three weeks ago a most respectable and accomplished citizen failed for between threo and four thousand pounds, when hia wife came forward, like a noble-minded , woman as she wae, and bought up her husband's estate, consisting bf stock-in-trade, book debts and bills receivable, by offering his creditors four and ninepence in the pound, which the creditors accepted, It will be asked by intending immigrants how. was the woman able to do thiß, and my simple and unvarnished answer is that it waa done out of a marriage settlement tho Im_band made on her nine months before he smashed up. Where is freedom aud the liberty of tho Bubjeet to be found in any part of the world which will eqnal this ? Let nB acquaint men in tbe home country that our institutions are so wonderfully ordered tbat a man may land, on the shores of .New; Zealand to-day, and by that day twelve months, or Bay two years, he may be a Colonial minister, or a Government contractor, or he can start a newspaper iv the interest of the Government, which is as good as being either, or he may turn lecturer, or invent a new religion, or practise as a doctor with all the letters of the alphabet after ifc, or he may do any thing but work hard if he wants to prosper and get on in the colony, and > there he is."