The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 165, 14 July 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1874.

Football. — Tbe match Country Players and Lawyers v. the Town, postponed from last Saturday on account of the wet weather, will be played on Saturday afternoon at half-past two. The N<iw Zealand Times contradicts the rumor that Mr Yogel was to go home ot the close of the session to relieve Dr. Featherstone of his duties as Agent-General. Odd Fellows' Hall — At a large meeting of Odd-Fellows held last night it was resolved to rebuild the Hall on its present site. The new building will be much larger and more convenient than tbe present one. Wis would call attention to the sale , of valuable hotel property and contents, to he held by Mr Mabin at Collingwood, on Tuesday next. ■ Colonial Bank.— Shares in this Bank are being rapidly taken up t throughout the colony, 100,000 having been applied for in Dunedin, over 11,000 iv Christchurch, 12,000 in ( Wellington, and 5,000 each in Aucki land and Napier. In Nelson over 3000 have been applied for, and it is fully expected that the whole number allotted to the province, 5,000, wiil be taken up before the list closes. The Secretary writes to the local agents that encouraging reports continue to come iv from all the agencies, and tbe Committee fully anticipate that considerably over the 200,000 shares will be applied for before the lists are finally closed on the 21st inst. , Mr Fox alluded yesterday in tbe » House of Representatives to the adi mitted failure of the Bill which was passed with the object of restricting the sale of spirituous liquors. He was | desirous, however, that the regulations L formed under it by the Government for the regulation of the Licensing Benches should be laid before Parliament, so that the supporters of the measure might be able to form an opinion as to ! whether the failure of themeasurearoae i from the act itself or from the regulations. He was satisfied that some portion of that failure waa due to the late period nt which the regulations were issued, and some to the extremely 1 injudicious manner iv which the districts I had been arranged. Through these t causes the body who favored temperance had not been able to organise their K foices. Mr Yogel remurk.d that uo J ove wns more fully entitled t!>an the t honorable member for Eaugitikei to iv lor mat ion on the subject; tbe regulations issued would be placed before the ■ House. He added that the Governr ment proposed to bring in a measure at 1 an early date to cure the defects of the Act.— New Zealand Times.