The Nelson Eveening Mail. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1876.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 34, 5 February 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Eveening Mail. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1876.

ijT* THE/work o^erecfcinig'the line of tele: :-;- gra;phb'e"twe|ff ' -Nelson , ivlxt- Schroder's i MistalM;*^ l^nisi)nbrning . ,y under rEe^" superintendence of Mr, Al- Maling,iAiitSQifiber of poles for the purrr pose havfng been brought oyer by the - .Taupo -iro*m Welli'n&tbp^^ ..A. .tl*^ -^e-l^^(^ lin)^. 'i^^efs .^laigei 'at-fc the! V lower \ejnji!^ the yT new portion IjMrafe traverse the mudflat V^in the directiOT^" Wakapuaka. There w t ai.a)gOo;d muster of Ydlun^ f teers last t joight ri at .the, , inpnthly <inspec- "{■ i iion, the" cjji^iea^ure.;. pf the V parade ii IVbeing tb^e-jappjearance of the City Rifles V for the first time in their new .uniform a,* ;i consisting? pf 'nfle T greeji itunics j, with ji" scarlet icings, K trp.wsers of ,the -same ; color^ patent leather belts, and shako-' \i busbies withiplumes. *' r fV., > V The "Wheeler . Troupe /having been li accidentally ; delayed : in USTelson longer ; • than they Sio'ecied will give a final. •y; entertainment '■& night, when we shall' V, ,be;veiylgl*^ito .find .that they have a: V= crowded V audience,^ for they really 'iV'desefve -it. The entertainment is; oile; p^ail:m^t,^iisiiig ■ ' and pleasing P?^i^^^^l*^^*^^^^r^^ t : Oour cy^s sniging ||Valone^;eiJQg^ the admission l^fee/ -whjle i the ibbimgtilMr aiidvMlaster ; #s»eleler>is M ;JWe "ift^can guaran.l»e„,|i;Coaple of hours enjoy-

c A r feliE-pi^as^of |it%e Loyal Nelson -lijD.Gr^Pl wap^ld!|last night, when n .after thelinstlpatipSip^fiicers, BroVAV &. Beijfs' jvSisJ presented with a third! d|grep||regalia| accompanied by a yeryj: fVmpUijcienta^^ him|for^ e valuable services a Ke had rendered % to the Lodge for the. past* seven tefms^ Sermons in connection with ma' Stoke Sunday School anniversary will be preached to-morrpw/and on, Tuesday i , evening there will be a : tea and public meeting. Major Paton* will -preach at the Temperance Hall to-mbrrbw evening. ~ :r The Rev Mr Kempthorne has been appointed to the head-mastership of the Bishop's School in the place of. E. L. Shaw,, Esq. : He will be- assisted . in thetduties of" the school by^Mr James Barnicoat of Nelson' College. The "school is. now open,. and the above gentlejnepx will take charge.; of 'it, ,- on; Monday week, February 14, assisted by j -masters in French .and. drawing. . , , ; The, Nelson jrepreseritativbs : atVthe 1 Colonial prize firitjfg, at. IWianganui will, .under the present arrangement's, leave "Nelson for Wellington on the 21st firist.'^ "Tne'experises 'of only one representative for the province will be paid byi the Government, and that one will be Sergeant: jp^osstftan, ,y?ho made the : splendid ;scorej of t199, the highest in the ; coloriyV, Tjhejfbllo^ving, however, haying "qualified- to' take part in the competition, will also proceed to Wanganui, ;. i paying their J own expense's* r-fr-liieut.. ' -Paynter, Sergts. Doidge and Burns, J Gtinners Gk .•iNichblsou' and Harling, Yol.C. M00re...-. I^wpuld befariinpre, ' convenient " to" ihe Nelson men to prbjieed to Wangariui I diredt, j;and, no ■ "doubt, would' be equally so" for the Westla*qd"repyeseri|ativesl sojthat it is hbpeH 'that B'bme arrangements may be" ; ' made with Messrs' N. Edwards and Co . to lay on bhe«bf : their : smart little boats • fori the occasion, — • : \ i .The Napier "races, which were itaken place last . Tuesday, tyere, obliged ' J tb. ibe-, postponed on account; of the ; • ;heavy rain. : 'i . Sir Julius Yogel.— The return of, this emirieirtj apd^suclcfessfui^sta^^ to the shores of. New „Zeaian.d cannot 1 i fail to restore a' feeling^ of confidence in : , the; mmdsof the peoplpj, amongst whom . he had proved* himself a master spirit with a mind fully alive "to the.rlifl&culty, „ : yet in l'noswary";shri^ing : ;from "Sne,res-;: i 1 ponsiole 4 task belbreKim. ..The. cumbrous t ■arid expensive prbviriciaT establishments "' must. succumb before the energy and ;' liberal-minded ,of "I such a man, ; .who, in spite of the keenest competition, and in some iiaaes bitter jealousies, has fought: his Way step by step to his -present position. That Nelson will be : ; firsT; to welcome Sir Julius Yogel there . can be up do.ubtjVhaviug, as she has,- in r her midst men; actuated ,by_; the same , philanthropic liberality", whose whole. - energies have been devoted to .supplying ithe Wants' of their fellow creatures who have expended eriprmous fsums in providing wARM.Am) suitable clothing- for any in. need- of; ifcj and j iwh o, j : bot con ten t with tb e : benefits conferred in ; Nelson,"' hayef' extended their I. liberality to ;ihe "NEiGHBORiNG •PRoiviif QES, and the veiy steamer that • brings Sir Julius ' from Melbourne :*vyill ; aUb -bring further extensive - 'shipments from ,, the home buyers of .Messrs; JT. /sVWtmon-d and Co^ that liberal, and patriotic firm,- whp are now giving away £300 wort!h: or goods in ; the shape of 273 ! iPEiZES, to be;distri:buted i: ,9*a .the.,Aijt , Union ; principle, „ amongst; their customers in Nelson. I BLENHEiM, v ahd-W ; AN^GANirr,-'at any of which "places tickets may; be secure 'gratis on application' at the establisbr. 'ments of >this eminent firm,whose name has become a "household word" as being the cheapest Drapers arid Clb-. thiers in New Zealand.— -ADyT. . 358 Aii unfortunate accident (says the {Post) happened last ni^ht to one of the Circus: horses named "Tiger," con-, eidered one of the best 'ruined animals ; Iri^theiwhoWtroupp. •-Tiger " managed iny. some uo ex plained way? to put ;' 'jiia"" shoulder out while performing, jand to-day. proves so tofally lame that it isfeared he is crippltd for liF. If ■iso, it Will represent a loss of some £500 to the Circus proprietor.