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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 177, 28 July 1874, Page 2

The Albion with the Suez mail arrived at the Bluff this morning. The mail is far in advance of its time, as according to the postal time table it was not duo in Melbourne until tomorrow, the 29th, and at the Bluff on the 4th August. Perseverance Company. — The annual general meeting of shareholders will beheld at the Odd-Fellows' Hall, this evening, at 7*30. We are pleased to learn by the arrival of the Tararua to-day, that the Para Para Iron and Coal Company has been successiully floated, and that the allocation of shares will shortly take place. Practical Joking. — During the meeting at the Wealeyan Church Inst night, some person or persons entered the vestry nnd walked off with a number of hats, coats, and umbrellas. Even as a joke thia was a stupid action devoid of all humor, but it becomes something worse when the articles abstracted are stowed. away so that they cannot be found. We can scarcely think that they have been stoien, but it begins to look like it. Caucus of Nklson Members. —Mr Luckie has telegraphed as follows to to the Colonist:—"A meeting of the Nelson members of both Houses of Parliament took place on Monday afternoon, to consider the propositions of ihe Government in dealing with Neison. After considerable conversation, it was agreed that the members wait on the Premier, and request, first, that tbe annual eubsidy be £10,000 instead ol £5,000 ; that an account be made this year for the continuance of the railway beyond Foxhill, somo of the members considering that it is not sufficient merely to provide for the survey. If tbe Government decline to accede to the latter, it is proposed to ask that a road be mado onwards from Foxhill, in the same direction as tbe proposed line, which could ultimately be used for the railway. It waa also resolved to ask the Government to supply small grants to aid waterworks on tlie West Coast Goldfields. The interview will take place on an early date.