The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 266, 10 November 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1874.

. Harmonic Society. -— The next quarterly concert of this Society wift be given :at the Provincial .Hall on Thursday evening next. The first pfirt will consist of selections from Der/ Freischufz, and tbe second will be npiscelbneou?. A full rehearsal will be held at the Provincial Hall this even--re?. - - ---.-•-.- ~ w ., ,-,..„,. ■- Weslbya^ District Conference. — Services will be held during the current week nt the Church in Hardyetreet, in connection with the-Con-ference now in cession. The dates ijof the services and the names or: the 'Ministers who will officiate will - oe foundlih ouf advertising columns. , JRifle Match.— The match i between j tbß.Waimea and- Stoke Rifles waa fired, at the Waimea West „ butts [.yesterday, and "resulted in a "victory foV 1 the former. „,,., Yeßterday*s Hoi-roAT.— The Princß of gales' birthday was observed as a holiday very generally in ! NeJs6n t ajlj the places of business being closed. Picnic parties appeared to be tbe order of the day, the "Rocks" especially being visited by the accustomed holiday crowd. The Artisans* picnic in the beautiful Maitai Valley was largely attended and appeared to be/ enjoyed By all who were present. The great ait- 5 traction, of course, was tbe running of " Young Skellie"' and Delaoey, each of whom accomplished the task he bad undertaken, the former to run ten miles in lees than an hour and the latter five in leea than half an hour. The time actually. occupied was 55 mina. 28 sees, and 28 rains. 57 sees, respectively. In the evening the Artillery Ball took place in the Provincial Hall and was a complete eucceep, a large number being present. .-...• Accident. — An accident that, we fear, is likely to have a fatal termination, occurred yesterday to Mr Job Palmer, who was driving a timber laden dray near the Wairoa bridge, and in getting off it his foot caught in the edges of the timber and he fell, when the wheel passed over his chest, breaking several of bis ribs. He was at once taken into tbe Bridge lon^ where, we understand, he now lies in a very precarious condition. A fatal: accident is .. reported from Takaka. Mr George Winter and his four children were in a dray when it capsized, and one of the children, falling uoder.tbe horse, was trampled on and killed. Wesleyan Church, Timartj. — The foundation stone of the new Wesleyan Church was laid at noon, on the 28th October, by the Rev. James Buller, of Christchurch A Melbourne paper reports that Mr C. Perceval, who is well known in Nelson, has come into a fortune .of £10,000, and will probably become ere loDg Earl of Egmonr. The almost exhausted stock of potatoes in Wellington received an addition yesterday by "the arrival 6i tbe Alhambra. Over a thousand bags of Victorian, potatoes were landed from her.— -Wellington Times. " '""

Mr Bennett, the well-known providore of V the N.Z.SiS;! Coi-jpaoy, bas\ i Bev f?^ ~sf* connection ' which made hira -qrejll fctfown in; all the ports on the [coaf^l^New^etiland^io^ke charge of tb^jr^vidoM&^jjg^a^ements of the v * \ s.s. Easby, which has been fitted up to carry on the passenger trade between Wellington, Dunedin, and Sydney. It is understood that the Easby will , beconpe a ;regnlar trader- between thef poriainaoied, We.llingjtorib.in2 the laetl port of call on the up trip.— -Time*. _ The . JV".. Z. Times of Tuesday, last says : — Last night about eight o'clock there was an ,- ex traordinsrj • andf\very peculiar display of 'electricity' m the eastenr_ky; The centre, oMhe cloud „ appeared to bei below the., horizon, jtfihe line of ■Evan-''-E>fiy, -iatidfever a|<|_ anon there ehot up tho moat intense light, asauraing various forma—sometimes that of a ball, and at others" of streamers --but without any of the pec'tiUai- appearance Vof #w( *n;orthe?n lights. ,When first observed it was thought ,U»af a fvttiie -rqoUet had^ Tjeenl sent op by some ship fVih'e offing, bur jbat idea was quickly dispersed by the lights which followed. The wind at the time had died away to a per fact" calm. Ii An atrocious net of cruelty was perpetrated the other flay 'njsar-paUar^tl' A goat got id to the garden of ~an individual who scarcely deserves tbe name of man, so he went in to '""his'" house, heated a poker red hot, and a ft*?_ capturing the jg^t^tbrjast (ha^ed* s hot poker down its throat. ' '*'' *" .iW"HoUowUy 54t;bb-'ico l thpj^Jl|is | examination of New Zealand on behalf of the English Agricultural Laborers' Association, and is likely to proceed from . Auckland for London direct by the ship City of Auckland. Speaking of the ipjo/parityTcf tfie city and the* want M household accdm-l motion. says the N Z Times, it may be a circumstance worthy of uote that* during his peregrinations io the preparation of the assessment^ rolt the city valuator found "the isuhi L total 5 bf all the vacantj houses- j^j) the^ city |o. amount t'o'tfot more th__ l si-_.* ' -**- **7 '' Perhaps no circumstance could more forcibly demonstrate the value of life - assurance, says the New Zealand , \lJerald, than the untimely end of r j Commander Gowlland, jlrowned lutely. ' !in Sydney o h_rhpr< i WuWtjnf boJy^ojF • the unfortunate officer "was Fecovered, there was found in one of his -pockets a policy of assurance upon his life for £1000, executed only eight days before the sad catastrophe. ■■'•■'- ~ Jj..l It-is, not flattering to /New 3_lt*a]snd that tho v colony ''"'bf • Tasmania" iP to supply the timber for the erection of the new Government buildings on Lambton-quay. The order for the first 50,090 , orf jSO^ipOO feetTtare eeri , despatched through Messrs "Beck and Tonke, and it is said that the timber, which ia more durable : .tha.n,.,th*}4,^of. New Zealand, can be lu ruled here at 15s per 1000 feet. Thf-^-f^^fa&t : contrasts greatly with the price of timber at the local mii\8 r ~NrZrif7ffitfeB.; '■■! \ 'Y t f) -'-'" The latest story' of "servantgirli-m" i is the^ following, from ihQ, r .Newcastle, Pilot. s-r**' Ai 'seeker (after Ldomestic •service' applied at a certain store in this city yesterday, and asked for a recommendation for a 'place.' She was informed that there wbuld be '/'no difficulty about this, as the demand for servant girls exceeded the— auppiy. * Ab, but,' replied; ihe^ domestic; I" there may be a difficulty about it, because, you see, I have to attend ardancingschool at the City ?Hall WO 'njig&ta ia week, and shall require every bun day Off-!'--"-'--- • • ■-r^.^-^^^i.-(For remainder ofiNews see' four lli: page X*f