The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 265, 7 November 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1874.

MoNDATJooxt -hetng. a' public' holiday, th« £denihtj^M'aii !i mU JI 6a? 'tti&t day be published at 10 a.m. . ••,r ■, ■ The ebip Ocean |^aj(1,,81 days/^qin London,, with 41ft inj(nigraat»,[arriy,ed at the outer anchorage thfoafteraooui Radical^'RzF.Qf^r, pzaicijip^-k'A. meeting of the njetnberjS)Of)ifa,e League will be held on Moaday evening for the discussion of various topics. j> Lady BaekJ-^.—lp .consequence pf the machinery and, deckowork not', being completed^ this steamer- 1 did not' sail to-da^r, "■ She is adv'e I rtiisedj;io f resume her Vanning on Tuesday next. ' Two locomotives for' the" 'Nelson and Fofrtiftl rairway were ! landed (fsitii the 1 Cj^e yesterday. , ; .I.ya, $;; : bi;heped th§y.,.will not gel rusty front- want of 086. =Tt.;jii Nn.; *•;•!•■:•■ ■: quantity '6f aroußemente of ajl descriptions; for Jidth are provided for Mooday nesf, r the: Prince ; of Wales? birthday. Th# ArtizaDS will give.. a picnic In HieMaitai Valley, at whjcli ! \ih;erajwill he r a ceft-4md=JZAf iaiw^thefc«(M>cU«~^X ottag^ Skt lie and Delaney w|jllpalso.per;|oppli on tla ground. The Temperance. Half Sun lay, -Sohopl , wjll ,h.old theJr;aunußl picn c and ; lea-pnrtyno MrePolglase's grot D«f^lo Brootf-atreet : Valley. At Wa! efleld there ia to be a Good Teniplar crtciefc=jnatch» . I« thevaveniogtheEa,. will be a ball at the Froyipds^l' Hajl under the auspices of r AftillSry CoHJpany;;and taothepviiD cormecJiort wirtr^B^^a^rtHe^eiub-nst^hßCWiJ^ Loyal NelsonvLod^k, 1.0. G.T. — There was n large attendance of members at the above Lodge last bight. <The W. Secreiar^reia -tinr report for the quarter ending let November, ehowiog that -124 member** had been initiated and 8 admitted by card, ij^all 132,. averaging over^ 10, .a. week. J Deducting from this 'wiio.-' drawala by card, death, &c, there remain on the roll 162 b'rbthers aod' 56 sisters, total 218, being a net increase of 83 over lost quarter. jOaaccount of the numbers joiniog from (he Port it was Jfoaad necessary to start a lodge in that district, which couside^aply, thinned, the, ranks . of., the. , parent lodged The W".T. and W.F& : read their balance sheets, showing the financial -position 6( the Lodge to be sound. The inauguration of the Provisional Grand Lodge during the past quarter will no doubt tend to the con-' tinued suocess of the Loyal Nelsoo Lodg<>, as this province, with Mariborough.'lae now 'the' able management of its affairs, this city being also the head-quarters of the jurisdiction. Committees' Have Been appointed to arrange the establishment of a Juvenile Temple and the formation of a library in connection^ the Lodge, and before long it is expected that both these desirable adjuncts will be accomplished facts. The officers for the ensuing quarter were then d,uly installed by Bro.F. Coles, D.P.G'.W.CT., assisted by Bros. J. W. Miller and W. | T. Sherwood, 'Bro. j. S. Jones, the retiring W.C.T., taking theP.W.C T.s plat c. They are; as follows : — W.C.T. J. Glover; W.V.T., J. M. Campbell; W.S., A. Wilkie (re-elected); W.F.S., A.'i&. Belts (re-elected); W.T., T. 3rooker (re-elected); W. Chaplain, Rev. D. Dolam'ore; W.IHt.V J. Brad- , boik; W.1.G., J. Sherwood, senior; jW.O.G., A. Lawrie (re • elected) ; jW.RH.S., Sister E. Belts; W.L.H.S., Sister Eliza Berry; W.A.S., Sister K. Lueae;. W.D.M., C. Adamaon. Bro., /U Dolaoiore was 'appofrite4 Registrarlor the ensuing term. Owing to the 3regE«re of buaineas there was no niiiution, nqn?ber of Templars From Nelson intend nia^ipg aW^'e^cur|o^. play a crioket match with' the meiabwi of tb« OPqntry lodges.