The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 264, 6 November 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1874.

.. yo*mammm i ij ■■ n — - — —i ]v Good • TwfPisAaa. — The members ot 'the Loyal Nelson Lodge are reminded that the installation of officers aod other important business takes place at __19 usual meeting this evening. ""

The Bioks will be closed on Monday, the 9th instant, Prince of Wales' birthday. ; ; -"\ Sof Fa^ciscqy Mail— The next outgoing mail, via S<n 'Francisco,' will leave by the Lady Bird on Saturday, lha 21st inst. '~ Cricket.— The opening game of the Wakefield Cricket Club was played yesterday between a married and a single eleven. There was a good attendance of lookers- od, including Dot a few of the fair sey. Being a one day 'a match it was decided by the first iooings in which (he married men scored 75, and the sinde-60. A capital lunch, provided, by Mr E, M. Smith, was done full justice to between the innings. ; Accident. — An accident occurred this morning to a horse belonging to Mr Sutton, of Richmond, of so serious , a nature that the unfortunate animal had to be destroyed. It appears that as Mr Sutton was riding into town, he met at Patterson's corner two traps, in trying to avoid one of which he came into contact with tha other. The shaft penetrated ihe horse's body to a great depth, smashing two of its ribs, aod inflicting such serious injuries that Mr NewtOD, who was sent for immediately, louod that nothing could be done, and recommended its beiflg destroyed with* oat delay. The Qrey River Argun, in commenting upon the correspondence between the General and Provincial Govern ments relative to the dismissal of Mr Warden Whitefoord, which has recently been published in the shape of a Parliamentary paper, says : — " Is it not remnrkable ihat Mr Curtis, whilet admittedly being ihe official channel of recommending a course of action, of which he, as Superintendent, entirely disapproved, did not, as the Governor's delegate, iniima'e to the Colonial Secretary his personal opinions on the subject. Had he had the courage to do so, if ia probable that the removal of Mr Wbitefoord might not have taken place If the {Superintendent adopts the practice in other matters of entirely subordinating himself to his Executive, his position as the elected bead of the administration of the province is utterly absurd, aod he might as well do nothing hut sit at home and sign a ff-w papers, and draw bis £600 a year. But this was not what he was elected for, nor was it ever contemplated that by passing the Executive the Superintendent was to be reduced to the position of a dummy. They have responsible Executives in Oiago and Canterbury, but who would ev?r dream of either Mr Macandrew or Mr Roileston acting as Mr Curtis dtea ? Both these gentlemen have on occasions dismissed their Executives, and even gone to the extent of asking the Governor for a dissolution in order to facilitate the formation ot a more workable ministry. Under present circumstances — that is if Mr Curtis still persists in adhering to his extraordinary opinions as to his powers and functions — it ia very desirable that the Executive Act be altogether repealed, or so amended as to put an end to the existing anomalous state of affairs." '•■