The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 272, 17 November 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1874.

The Tararua, which will carry the outgoing Suez mail, is advertisel to sail lor Melbourne via the South on 'J hursdty next. A Mai* tib g of the Reform League was held last n'-ght, when sev ral local matters were disc-u-s-.-d. " Old Biggs," the well known bee-k<*-eper, informs us of a fa t in connection with his pets which he thinks worthy of publication. It is that he yesterday had the earliest maiden swarm be ever knew in the course of his long experience, being only twenty-eight days from the first swarming, the usual time being lortyfive dajs. Californian Minstrels.— This large and clever company of minstrels arrived by the Otago last night, and will appear at the Oddfellows' Hall this and the two following evening?. They bring with them the reputation of beintr the test company of the kind that ever visited New Zealand, and are, therefore, likely to secure crowded houses during their stay in .Nelson. Wesleyan Conference.— -There will be service at the Wesleyan Church this evening, when Mr J. P. Simcn will officiate. Tomorrow there will be a tea meeting, to be fo lowed by a public meeting, when address- s by several ministers and friends will be given, interspersed with selections of sacred music by the choir. Richuond PaooßEssiva Lodge, I O.G.T. — This Lodfre, which was instituted about two months ago with eleven member*-, has now a membership of between thirty and forty. The officers for the present term were installed by Bro J.Young, D.P.G.W.CT., on Thursday evening last, Nov. 12. The following are the officers : — W.C T., W. B. Condell; W.V.T., W. K. Osborne; W.S ,J. Young; W.F.S., G. Jtssop; W.T, J. Hammond; W.C, C SayweHj W.M., J. Sutton; W.IG,W. Galbraith; W.OG.J. Humphries; W.R.H.<.,C. Primmer; W L.H.S , T.White; W.AS., W. Cross; W.D.M, T. Mercer; P.W.0.T., J. Doidge. HoßTicoi/ru_A_ Show. — It may be necessary to remind our readers, and especially residents in the country, of whom we hope to see a full muster oa tha o< casion, tbat the annual horticultu-al show is to be htld at tbe Provincial Hall, on Thursday, the 26th instant. Remembering, as we do, the brilliunt display of flowers and fruits that was s-.t out at the last show, we can have no misgivings as to the success that is likely to at* end tbat which is now cose at hand. Nelson enjoys, and is fully entitled to, the name of " The Garden of New Zealand " for not only are the soil and climate eminently adapted to horticultural pursuits, but the residents both in town and country arc essentia'ly a flower-loving people, and, if evidence of this is needed, it is to be found in the little plo s of carefully cultivated'flowerbeds that ara attached to almost every small cottage, and in the larger and more elaborate gardens by which the house- of many of the wealthier classes are surrounded. If all — both rich and poor — will unie in endeavoring to make the forthcoming show one that shall be worthy of Nelson, there can be no doubt that it will scarcely be equalled, and certainly not surpassed, by any in New Zealand. In agricultural and pastoral shows we are undoubtedly excelled by the larger and more thickly populated provinces, but in horticultural displays we can carry off the t aim from any of them. Prizes are offered for fruits and vegetables as well as for flowers, and of all these there is likely to be a most creditable collection. 'I he townspeople will certainly assemble in 'arge numbers on the appointed day, but we ►hall not consider the show a complete succe s unless the country is fcxte sively represented amongst both exhibitors and visitors An absurd printer's error occurred in our yesterday's report of the a ile of cattle per Arthur Wakefield, in which " fat ewea" were quoted at £7 10s to £8 ss. Such a statement, if correct, would no doubt gladden the hearts of sheep farmers, but would not be gratifying to consumers of meat, who will be pleased to learn that for * fat ewes," should have been substituted " fat ones." Co it oner's Inquest. — An inquest was held at Takaka, on the 9th instant, by F. Guinness. Esq., the Coroner for the district, on tiie body of Thomas Winte--, the child of Thonm Winter, of Wainui. From the evidence of Mr Winter it app are! that he was taking his cart for some posts and rails, and had his childnn with him. In turning the horae round it backed, and the children were till thrown out of the cart, the wheel passingover the right shoulder of tbe deceased, inflicting a terrible wound, breaking the collar bone ar.d the shoulder, and severe y crushing the right side of the chest. Th • head, too, was crushed, and, irom the evidence of Dr Tilby, it appeared that the skull was fractured, cau ing concussion of the brain, which was the cause of deitb. The poor child only gasped twice while his father was carrying him to the bouse, when he was found to be gui; c dead. The other children suffered more or less, but not seriously. A verdict of accidental death was returned by the jury. Much sympathy is expresse I with the parents of the child, who was only fifteen months old. Cucumbers, two feet three inches in length, were exhibited in a green-grocer's shop in Auckland last week.