The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1875.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 260, 1 October 1875, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1875.

The glto e of " polo," which at one time was fairly established in Nelson, but died out owing to several of those who took part in it leaving the town, ia to be revived. Arrangements have been made tor a game to be played in the Botanical Gardens to-morrow afternoon, commencing at three o'clock. There will be six on each side. ' . The Fire Brigade dinaer, preceded by a torchlight procession from the Port, takes place to-night A lecture on the English language will be delivered at thejßaptist Schoolroom, to-night by the Rev D. Dolamore; A mii>-dax performance -will be given by the Morting troupe to-morrow. '/" The Provincial Hotel has changed hands, having been taken, as will be seen by advertisement, by Mr James Shofletlate, ofjthe police force. He is likely to make a popular landlord.

The long delay iaafc.pecuEfcbeiweei* the receiptfortransi^iasioQ of telegrams at $he "Wellington office, ati^.tfie time; of their arrival in Nelson basfrequently 'been a source of considerable inconvenience to us, but we have never N before observed such eccentricities in, the telegraph service as have eoffle under our notice to-day. At a quarter past two thi3 afternoon we received together two telegrams which had just arrived, one being dated " Wellington, 10-45 a.m.," and the other "Wellington, 130 p.m." Ten minutes later there came to hand two dated " Wellington, 1215 pm,"andat a quarter to three we received one that was" put into the Wellington office at 12*50 p.m. That there must have been some great irregularity in despatching these messages ia. clears and WBiruß.6^ that some enquiry will be made with a view to preventing the. recurrence of such carelessness. . , ; ; The Naval Brigade mil turn out for Boat practice to-morrow afternoon afej three o'clock, the two pilot boats having been kindly placed at their disposal W the occasion. The large boat will have ' a crew of 12 seamen, and the other of 8 seamen, each wifeh ah officer and coxswain. .; The final result a£ the Auckland and Taranaki footba^maM was—Taranaki,'one goal and sayfli forgb downs, equal to 9£ points; Auckland, two force downs, equal to one point. The Herald ■ of Wednesday says : — There was very good playing on both sides. The Auckland men had been very much knocked about in their trip south, scarcely any amongst them but show signs of limpiness, whilst Messrs Woon, Henderson, Sharland, and Pilling have been ■ severely handled. . Early in the game Honey field (Taranaki), in chasing Dunnett (Auckland), rolled him over, and he fell heavily on a low bank oc ; his shoulder. Ifc was feared by bystanders that there was a breakage, but Dunnett gathered himself up, and after a short time was again to be seen in the thick of the fray. Henderson got al big braise on his side. Black eyes and\ bruises were common to all the Aucklanders who were in the play. Dunnett | and Henderson were the chief kickers* on the Auckland side, whilst Whitakerl both ran and kicked well. Auckland l J had, two} good chances for goal, but missed each" time, r— The, Auckland. Herald, after receiving ther account of the football/ match from Taracaki, says :— lt is evident that the Auckland footballiats have been beaten at Tara4 naki, from the tenor of our telegrams. There , is one thing our representatives; have done well 1 ~ they haW-ifeel thrashed well all round.. .:: i^ 1 ; The following^ story, \y> Moreau, of Otaki, is told bf ';£ Molding \ correspondent of the Wangatiui Herald, The story as given reads :— Perhaps i most of you have read or heard of that gang of bad men, three of whom wate hanged at Nelson for many murders. Their names were Burgess; Kelly, Levy, J and Sullivan, the latter of whom is in Melbourne gaol, and thep© likely to remain. 'Well; these is«~ what manner I was to be murdered and" •buried; and I listening to the© ail the : time! I had been but a short time ia Diinedih when the gold-diggings weE opened on the Dunstan, andiny Bishop ordered me to go up at once. \ You must know the track- was bad and heavy, and the way long \ but there were plenty of: "swag-men" for company, all bound fot •• the diggings," so that I wanted not for food on the routes upwards. I stayed at the Dunstan' about two months, before I set out on my return to Dunedin, this time alone. About three dayV journey from Dunedin, at noon, I laid down to rest and fell into a quiet sleep, from which I was aroused by voices near me, arranging the mode of my murder and burial. I was indeed frightened, but in an instant I remembered the words of the Lord, "That whoso putteth his trust in ' Him, need' have no fear of the wicked man." So I got up from the ground, and walked up to these men, who lay in wait a»few yards from me — but not without a slight trembling — and looking up suddenly, eaid ** Good day to you, men." They touched their hats, all bat the Jew, and replied, " Good day your reverence." So you see, God did not desert me in the hour of trial, nor will he fail anyone who trusts him sincerely. Whilst Sullivan was confiped in Dunedin prison, the priest visited the Roman Catholic inmates, and a mutual recognition and explanation took place. Bullivan stated that he alone prevented^lFne other three from murdering the holy father, "for although I have spilt blood like rain, thank God the death of a priest is not on my head." Who can tell that this man, murderer though he be of the worst type, may not ere this, in his secret heart, have repented his sins. An article in the Timartc Herald of _ a late date concludes thus : — Sir George Grey's last inspiration is admirable. If he will only adhere to ifc, he will well deserve the thanks of the public. Beplying to an idiotic telegram from his constituents, urging him to resist the Abolition Bill line hy line and word by word, he has replied — " We stand firm, and will stand firm to the end." Quite rigbfc, Sir George, say we; never budge an inch until you have alienated every scrap of respect or admiration that you, your followers, or your cause ever possessed. " Stand I firm to the end," of your influence asglfß your party, until you have t^JJ^IiJH seeared the success of the *PfflflHHfl disgusted all reasonable men W&SBJBjgR supported you. Never give iSfSfffi^jajj as there is a chance of moderation or T concession on your part causing a reaction in you? favor. Be as mulish '

and^ sensational^ : M& oliatinate and factious and'eceenfnrae aiid fidiculoua as ever you can. JBeaa trl|pbnable and aedijtious as ever you dafe. Impress fc^?; w^.°? e peopte of -.tj^'. colony with su6fe^tWotign\ hatred and contenipt for provincialism arid provincialisfa a 8 sball never ba eradicated, and you will have earned the gratitude of the colony almost aa much aa the member for I Titnaru, although ia a sd^eWhat less i dignified way> h , , The Auckland correspondent of the Qiago Daily Times says :— I ought to tell you a joke too good t?s be lost, anoV which has a r great merfj;, .pot common to all good joke% that of being perfectly true. A gentleman who arrived lately from England had to call on Sir Julius Yogel, waa shown into his draw-ing-room and kept waiting* as he considered, a ratheV uricdnscipnable time. At the end of a .couple of -hours a persons entered, splashed, with whitewash, and got into conversation with him. He was struck with the peculiarity of ;the whitewash, bufe soon saw he was talking* to a gentleman. As! the talk . progressed he' happened to mention jfew ZJealand, and that he belonged to that colony. '■ Oh,!" said the wijitewashed one, " I presume then you are one of the :subscribers to the bust of Sir Julius, for which* I am now engaged in taking the cast?. ,Tou will be glad to hear Wat ifc is making good progress, and that the model will be sent to Borne to (a celebrated. artist, whose name my informant did not catch), and will yery^ shipFtly be ready fot 1 "presentation." The' New inlander stared j bufc simply said thafc he was not .one ,of . the. subscribers, ithough.h.9 badi no doubt thf^ iist^would be a large one. The story is perfectly trustworthy, ? and r is creating a good deal of fun here. Some say it is the Bank-^-which .could not , have ? done badly by these loans ; otkera,. tbafc Jt is his colleagues in .the Minis^g and others,' that it. .is. ther Agent-Q<&eral, Eothschilds, Sergbant, 1 and l fP. m. July aa who are the munificetit doaors. That thebustia being executed to be presented by some person or:per^qn3,t?o r Sir Julius is, however, a greafe-fact, ana 1 my informant 'thinks that, properly worked, the presentation may give Sir Julius Vogera good lift towards a seat in the Imperial Parliament, if he is disposed*to try flifehaife direefcion.