The Nelson Evening Mial. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue IX, 20 August 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mial. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1874.

Mr Mabin reports sales of National Baok shares at 70s* The delay in the arrival of the Omeo at Wellington from Lyttelton, was caused by bad weather, arid not as it was supposed, by an accident to her machinery. Football. —The match between the fifteen Artillerymen, and the fifteen All Comers, will be played at the Botanical Gardens nest Saturday. The game will begin at 3 o'clock and will most likely prove a very tough one. Abtizans' Association.-—The Artizans' Society will give one of their | popular entertainments this evening. It will consist of the two-act drama entitled " Ben Bolt," and the amusing farce " Rendezvous." That they will have a crowded house there can be no doubt. The N. Z Times of the 13th inst. says:—The Nelson Waste Lands Act passed through Committee yesterday, and was reported to the House; the Loan Bill for that Province was postponed ; and the Water Works Loan Bill was dealt with in Committee. The Ross diggings lately contributed to tbe export of gold from Westland, in five weeks, and through the Bank of New Zealand alone, thirteen thousand ounces of gold. », The Tasmanian and Victorian submarine cable yielded in revenue last year, £6501, including a Government subsidy of £4200, leaving a net profit of £4482.