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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 15, 17 January 1876, Page 2

The JEtingarooma with the Suez mail arrived at the Bluff on Saturday night, but none of her telegrams have yet reached us. We hear it reported that the cable, which was successfully fished up on Thursday last, has again been lost, having slipped from the buoy to which it was made fast. No particulars, however, have reached us. A meeting of the Nelson Bowing Club will be held at the Trafalgar Hotel this evening for the purpose of drawing up rules, &c,' The members of the Nelson Heading Club are invited to meet this evening at the Club room. There being business of importance to discuss, a full attendance is requested. A meeting of the Port Eowing Club, at which a full attendance is requested, will be held at the Port Fire Brigade Hall this evening. The principal business will be the enrolment of members, and the election of officers for the ensuing year. A cricket match was played in Victory Square on Saturday afternoon between ten of the Nelson Club and nineteen all comers. There was a good deal of amusement caused by the game, which, though not a very brilliant specimen of cricket, was the means of bringing to the front two very promising young bowlers in the persons of C. Halliday and Foy. If we mistake not, something more will be heard of these young gentlemen's performances in the cricket field. "We understand that the tender of Messrs Guy and Miller of Nelson for erecting a telegraph office and stable m the Big Bush has been accepted. Theee were one or two civil cases heard in the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. John Lock sued Worgan Jones for £27 15s 6d, balance due for carting earth to the railway station. Mr Pitt appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Fell for the defendant. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed, each party to pay his own costs. Aw immigrant named Mercer, who arrived in the Adamant in August, 1874, appeared before the Resident Magistrate this morning {on the summons of the Immigration Officer to recover dS7, balance of promissory note given for his family's outfit previous to embarkation. Mr Elliott stated that only 10s had been paid on account of the note, and although Government was unwilling to press harshly on immigrants, he had been instructed to sue when he considered they were in a position to pay and made no effort to liquidate their debts. Mercer admitted the claim, but pleaded sickness in his family. He offered to pay at the rate of 5s a week. The Resident Magistrate asked the Immigration Officer if he would be satisfied to recover the amount at the rate of 10s a week. This Mr Elliott at once agreed to. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs. This was the first case brought into Court in Nelson, and should serve as a warning to other debtors for their passages to the colony. Mr Seymour, the Superintendent of Maryborough, 1 met with a most enthusiastic reception on his arrival at Blenheim on Friday last. He was met at the Opawa railway station by a large number of the inhabitants, and followed into Blenheim, which was gaily decorated with flags for the occasion, by a long procession of horsemen and crowded vehicle?. A lunch, to which about 100 sat down, was given in Ewart's Hall, and the toast of his health, which was proposed by Mr J. Hodson, the Deputy-Superintendent, was received with prolonged cheering. The election excitement at Greymouth on Wednesday was kept up at fever pitch throughout the day, the supporters of eachcandidate workingwithout wearying from early morn till close of poll. The wife of the candidate who heads the poll was one of the most active workers on behalf of her liege lord. TJp early in the morning posting bills, out and about all day hunting up voters, driving them in her buggy to the polling place, sending messages and messengers hither and thither, this lady is said to have worked wonders, and at eventide when the result of the poll was known Bhe marshalled her husband's friends around her, took a barge out in mid-stream, and with music, fireworks, and whisky in galore bade everyone make merry. Mr and Mrs Cotterell (Miss Isabella Carandini) have concluded an engage* ment with Mr John Smith, and, in association with Mr Val Yose, the pleasant ventriloquist, are goiog on a tour, the exact route of which is nofc yet determined. A son of Sims Reeves, gifted with a tenor voice Jike his father, will, it is said, make his debut shortly. Another son of Mv Rppvps is the" reputed possessor of an excejlenjj baritone voice, Mdlle. lllnoa de Mursfca was married to Mr Alfred Anderson, (he pianist, at Sydney pn Jhe J27th Pese«nber,