The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, MAY 4. 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 105, 4 May 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, MAY 4. 1874.

Messrs. Rout and Acton Adams, M.P.C.B, invite their constituents to meet them at tho Temperance Hall this evening, the former at half-past eeven, and the latter at eight o'clock. The annual session of the Provincial Council will be opened by his Honor the Superintendent at noon to-morrow. The Kennedy family will give their farewell performance at tbe Masonic Hall this eveniug. Parish of Christ Church.— The parishioners of Christ Church are reminded of tho meeting to be held at the Bishop's schoolroom this evening at eight o'clock for the purpose of taking into consideration proposals for repairing the parsonage. The Rev. J. Leigbton, the new incumbent, may be looked for by any of the Australian steimere, as he left England for Melbourne in the ship Carlisle Ca&lle on tbe 28tb of January, and it is hoped lhat all tbe arrangements for the necessary repairs may be made prior to his arrival. Christ Church Bazaar. — A number of articles that were left on hand at the late Bazaar will be offered for sale at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday afternoon and evening. Among them will be found several very useful things in the shape of children's clothing, &c, as also a quantity of fancy work. They will be on view from two to four in the afternoon, and in the evening will be sold by auction, each article or lot being marked at 1119 lowest possible upset price. As they are all of tbe very best quality, it is expected that they will meet with a ready sale. Mr. J.Bickerton Fisher has resigned his seat in the Provincial Council, private business precluding his devoting the necessary time to his legislative duties. Resident Magistrate's Court. — Ricbard Kelly, a seaman of the barque John Bull was charged this morning with violently assaulting Constable Dixon ou Saturday. The complainfant having sustained such severe injuries as to be unable to appear, the defendant was remanded for a week. Sporting. — A match for £,25 a side has been arranged to take place tomorrow afternoon at half-pust two on the racecourse between Mr Meßae's Monarch, 3 yrs, Bst 21bs, and Mr Mc'lvor's Tommy Dodd, nged, 9_t Gib. Distance l£ milps. Customs Revenue. — The revenue collected at the port of Nelson closing the quarter ended March 31, was £11,026, under the following "heads: — spirits, £2,157; tobaoco, £873; cigars, £197; fixed duties, £2,831; duties by weight, £394; duties by ad valorem, £4456; gold duty < £115. The amount collected at Westport during the same period was £5566. Perseverance Mine.-— lt will be Been by advertisement that the Directors have now unanimously agreed to recommend shareholders to wind-up the company. The Mining Manager has been discharged, and it only remains for the shareholders to send in proxies without delay for winding-up, so that the assets of the company may be realized as speedy as possible. The Thames Advertiser of April 28 says : — We understand that a Maori oame down last night from Ohinemuri, aud applied to Mr Puckey, Native Commissioner, for arms to carry out a fight which two parties are talking about having. The row arises about a piece of land near Ohinemuri, and is said, as usual, to be stimulated by interested Europeans. We do not need to alarm ourselves. The Maoris will talk about fighting, but they won't fight, and perhaps our readers would not feel greatly distressed if they did have a pitched battle. The Thames Advertiser was not complimentary to the French balletdancers who came to the Colony on the cheap. This is what it said of them: — "The performance of the •can-can' was simply a repetition of the former indecorous display of grimy drapery. The statement in tho bill of an entire change of costume was a bare-faced fiction. Tbe skirts of the fair Parisians do not appear to have made the acquaintance of a wash-tub since tbey left their native smithy. Clean and polished impropriety may be tolerated, but dirty, vulgar, indecency is unbearable. If the funds of the . troupe will not allow them to patronise our local washing industry, why Mesdames les Blacksmiths cau buy a bar of soap from the future Mayor. A French dancing-master would havo been a useful addition to Dr. Featherstone's consignment of artful, but not artistic dodgers. Their so-called dancing is a jumbled-up affuir of * fandango,' « kiss in the ring,' and 'hop-scotch.' " The Carlyle hotel at Patea was recently burnt down, and the jury have returned a verdict that it was wilfully set Are to by some person or persons unknown.