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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 317, 24 September 1874, Page 2

Th» Tararua was unable to communicate with the shore nt Hokitika or Greymouth, and consequently came on direct to Nelson. She was. coming down the Bay'wheo we went to press. Nelson Fire Brigade. — We remind our readers of the dinner to be given to-night, at whicb his Excellency the Governor will be present as a, guest. The limited ' number' ot seats available will no doubt, be all taken up long before the dinner-hour arrives. City Artillery.— The members of thia Company will muster in full dress, at the Drill-shed, at half-past six this evening, to accompany tbe torchlight procession of the Fire Brigades. Telegraphic Summaries.— During the session of Parliament we eoold not but be struck with the excellent manner in which the speeches of the j various mem be re were summarised ' by I'the Press Agency for transmission by telegraph. Whoever it was that undertookthe^taak; he 57 certainly was a master of his work. "We cannot say the same of the summaries that have reached ua of the post-sessional speeches |of members. We have to-day received a lelegrajm purporting to give a sketch of Mr Sheehan'a address to his constituents, but it is so worded tbat we have been compelled, to guess at the meaning of the firsi part in ' order to supply the words necessary to put it w° an y lb{o - like readable form. Whether we bave misinterpreted the hon. member or not we are unable to say. All attempts to render intelligible tbe latter portion, which will be found between brackets, we have given np in despair, and therefore print it as received. , ; ;•(, Telegraphic Shipping Notices.— Once again we have to complaio of great neglect iii some department, either the Telegraph or Customs, with reference to the shipping notices that are supposed; .fc-.^eep the. public informed of the movement of steamers. No notice whatever was taken yesterday of the sailing of the Otago, which arrived from Wellington in tbe afternoon without anyone being made aware that sbe had left. Tbe inconvenience tbat is caused to persons interested in tbe arrival of the steamers by such neglect is very great, and the carelessness that is so often displayed by those whose business it is to forward the information should | bring upon them a eevere reprimand. [Since the above was in type the local manager has informed us that he compla ned of the neglect: alluded to, and tbe reply was that a blunder had again teen made, aa in the case of the Waipara, the teiepraphic notice of the Otago's departure having beeo sent to Chr 'fctoJwcb and Pictpo,yiootead of; ito i Neleon, which was her destination. The

explanation relieves onr local office from all blame, bat not the department.]