The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1876.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 20, 21 January 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1876.

The annual meeting of the subscribers to the Richmond Institute will be held this evening at half-past seven.. We understand that Mr. Millar, E. ' S. A. has been notified that his services as Provincial Engineer will be no longer, required. . Mr Kerb, honorary treasurer of the Nelson Aid Society, desires to acknowledge, with;' thanks, the receipt of £11 • from " X," post marli, Motueka. St. Mary's schools will be re-opened oh Monday next, and it is particularly desired that all children attending them will resume their duties punctually. We understand that tne railway is to be utilised already, Mr Scott having - obtained permission to bring down 100 bales of wool, the property of Messrs Edwards and Kerr, on Monday next. We are indebted to Mr J. Melrose, a passenger by the Caroline, for an account of the performances of the ship'a company, of Christy Ministrels, who appear to have given considerable satisfaction by their acting and singing. The report, however, is not of sufficient general interest to call for its publication. A Christy Minstrel Entertainment, by a number of the immigrants recently arrived per Caroline, will be given at the Oddfellows' Hall, on Tuesday evening next. They are said to be excellent hands at acting, singing, and j dancing. Mr. Blackett returned yesterday from a risit tp.Mofcueka, where he had been to examine the river with a view to to selecting a Bite for the new bridge. The Sydney Echo of tlie; 20fch ult. says :— Whatever the Palmer gqldfield may be in the aggregate, to. many hundreds of healthy, well-to-do people, it has brought only misery, disease, and death— that is if we are to believe the Rockhamplon Argus, to whose views we the more readily give publicity, as a few days ago we referred to an article in a Cooktbwn. journal speaking in glowing terms of this goldfield. An eye-witness, however, gave information to our contemporary that the various tracks between Cookstown and the Palmer are thickly studded with graves, tlie ranks of the gold-seekers having been decimated by fatigue, exposure, and the unhealthy nature ot the climate. Every camping ground has its graveyard; but repeated discoveries in out-of-the-way places tell the sad tale that many have left their bones to bleach in the wilds.