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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 125, 26 January 1876, Page 2

The,. Post doe.8 t not eeem to thtal^'' much of the way in which the regatta., was conducted. : It eaye:— -For , the" want of punctuality, the committee, or rather those members of it whose ira« mediat0 :C !duty- it litna 1 ' to see. th'aif the^ programme was properly 'carried' ou^ are to blame, and we are not alone in the opinion that they deserve condemnation in the highest degree. They were folly aware that hundreds of people had gone to the expanse and trouble^ Vf visiting the course i' a order to wit-' ness the regatta, [but they seemed [to , tie utterly regardless of the com fort of any-" bedy but themßelvea. Between the.; tbird and fourth events they allowed fully 4wo; hours -to elapse, and eveflu then matterß had been bo arranged that ; a stiirt was not^ ''effected until afterj a ? dispute had been' settled. Thia i. dis- r pute! seems to have arisen in ;i quence of the Btarter (although lie h ! a3 ,;■ : ' ;■':.'■■ ■: ,v; l

the authorised programme before jiim) g&t knowing rwhetlier the races Webo (o smarted in the order in which, they the program trie or - ; not. life mjay express a good deal in a jfaw l&^Mpjy saying that.]; the ..public" were thoroughly disguated at the way in which the thing wns managed. We regret to say that the Bteamers Wellington, Maoawatu, and Slorrobird did not behave thetneelvea at all ..well. Each |)fithem'jtried. to cut out the others in the inattef -*of 'getting between them f and the racing boats, and en preventing all ■BH,.fep,ar.d the .other boats from Beeing . The best part of the races. The Maau4 ttt^rbbweyer;,[receivcd a slight cherk when, in running across the racing MtfSSCs^in r'lhe • Inrigged Four's contest,she, nearly Bwamped the . Star, Club's Maud. It is not too much to say that the steamers named consulted, nobody's fnvenience but their own — not even ajt of the boats which were competing for[the r prizes. . ' Th^id'ea of marriage, serious as it is, not equally: affect airpersons, and »§ bridegroom named Jone% at old Brentford a few days ago, seems, to say the least, to have taken a cheerful if not a carjalegs vieyvof his r responsibilities. Jones whf3«is,'it--is stated, employed at the [gasworks in that town, not making his at :. the; churcE'rat the 1 hour > fixed for the ceremony, the sexton _was .^despatched in search of him^ and fbiind |hjm coming out of a neighboring inn a. pipe, coatless,and;with,his. shirt sleeves tucked up,' having apparently just left his work. Although *&ptf, arrayed in bridal attire, there was 1 lio ] attempt on the part of Jones to j.evade' the duties lie had. undertaken, to performj (for- on being reminded by the vthat it was his weddingrday and ..that *tlie ; minister and bride were awaitingj hiDpi at the church, he, at once con-:--j&nfee'd..tb-. proceed to the sacred edifice, indeed hastened thither in his shirt"sleeves. There being nobody present - bu<? tte, bride and another' won^an, Jones. . wak -asked, who was to give the bride . aw^y, :.*when, turning to the sexton^ 1 he .jeplied with much feeling, "You can do that guy nor. "On. the conclusion of ' the; ceremony the happy pair adjourned to a :pubiic-house, and after " partaking < 'ot some refreshrneht" they departed— ■• ..the' bride to her home, and Jones to his \|ork at the gas \ factory. — Pall Mall "Gaz'etie. : ■ - '=• The, Cluiha Leader says :— We are. U&formed "that the " (tulttvaiion of the poplar is., highly recommended by the Scotch papers on account of its value for! poirposes of lining railway carriages.' .Xs» 'has been long known that poplar boards and timber are of great value for the following purposes V — : Dray shafts, dray floors, floors for brick and stone wagons, boxes for packing window-glass, boxes for general packing, lining boards for- houses, timber for joists, also for rafters, floors, and laths, and for the following qualifications : — lightness, toughness, unimflaininability and elasticity. It can be. grown in any soil where there -is moisture, and is adimirably adapted to the soil of the Henley Estate, in the Taieri Swamp, where it might most successfully be planted along the sides of the dykes and drainage channels. These dykes would ! plant: about 500,000 trees, and allowing i a failure of 5 per cent in the first ten years* (which is a large' average), the estate would have 475,000 trees, which at the rate of ss. each,, would yield £118,750, an. easy and handsome return for the outlay. .Poplars are not affected by even the most severe irosts. The firemen of Geelong are about to t -put their training to a practical test. The Advertiser says that the grand tableau whwh is intended to form a feature at the fire brigade concert to be .held in Johnstone Park shortly, will serve to ' illustrate very appropriately p]ie expertness of the brigade in a; moment of actual emergency, and the use of the '■' jumping^ sheet " ' in saving : life: ' A | wo' storey wooden building, having a heighiTof.2s feet," has been erected at ..the rear of the Fire Brigade reserve, facing Johnstone Park. This will be set; dn fire, the alarm will be rung, and children rescued* from the interior of the; burning building by rf fireman, who |W,ill test the use of Sullivan's patent respirator. All communication will be „cut off from the building, and the fireman will leap from Ihe top into the "jumping sheet." This having been done,, the hose reel will be brought into requisition, and the conflagration extinguished.

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