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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 39, 10 February 1876, Page 2

There are twenty-three nominations, mostly all local horseß, for the Wanganui Jockey Club Handicap. . The Melbourne papers speak of lima de Murska in opera, as creating an unexampled furore. Her agent says it ib doubtful whether she will be able to come by the Ringarooma. She has been offered £200 per night to give operatic performances in Melbourne. An undoubted case of foot and mouth disease in the human subject has occurred in Ballinasloe in the person of a car-driver named M'Cormack. It appears that he drank some of the milk of a diseased cow, and iu two days after exhibited all the symptoms which present themselves in the case of sheep and cattle affected with the disease. A Christchurch telegram says : — There is a strong feeling that an inquest should have been held on the late fire, but it is feared that' no good would result. Some of the sufferers express very forcible opinions against one of tbe burnt . out . shopkeepers. One of the former relieved his feelings in rather a neat way, yesterday. Meeting the shopkeeper referred to in a public street, he said to him, " Tell me you did not set fire to the face, you scouudrel,- if you dare !" It is a curious fact that all tho hatters who from time to time have started business here have been burnt out by fires commencing on their own premises. The "Wesleyan picnic held yesterday at Howe's farm passed off most satisfactorily and agreeably. A point of interest was a cricket match between two teams, respectively composed of eleven Wesleyan ministers and eleven pupils attending the Dixon-street school, the latter being denominated the " Eising Star Club." The match was hardly fought and amusing, resulting in the defeat of the reverend gentle-W*^-**m ' ■' i ■■— -^ww— «<— ww ■ nipw. .... pn i %\^mwtt-mm-m- nim i i nim

men by 17 runs in the first innings, the sqQres Ibeing-^Ministers .nlo7, Rising t Star 12_i. Theß6v J..Symons triad©' . hj_ top score o£ 33,. and the I&ev A. Buddie; came; next with 29) while _be Jftev R| Bayki b,o|_ led effectively for his 'On tltiS. otiier sideVKibblewhite made 25, C. Godber 25, and _3an'ks 23, Thompson and W. Tustin (not out) making 16 and 15 respectively. —Post. A letter has appeared in the Bruce Herald, signed " Jones," in which the writer' deals With the cost of the Superintendent and the Provincial Executive. He says : —The cost of that department. for tho last quarter was £1363 9s, which, 1 if maintained throughout the year, would be £5345 16s, or £855 5s Id more than last year. If we add to this the cost of the Provincial Council — £4037 —we shall find that in this province alone the cost of Superintendent, Executive, and legislative departments. is £9382 16s—or. nearly a third of the amount which Mr Macandrew allows to cover the expenses of those departments throughout the whole colony, viz., £32,000.- I think that these figures disprove Mr Macandrew's assertion, and justify us in thinking that provincialiat figures are not reliable. Sir Julius Vogel. —The return of this eminent and successful statesman to the shores of New Zealand rcannot fail to restore a feeling of confidence in the minds of the people, amongst whom he has proved himself a master spirit with a mind fully alive to the difficulty, yet. in no way shrinking from the responsible task before him. The cumbrous and expensive provincial establishments mnst succumb before the energy and liberal-minded policy of such a man, , who, in spite of the. keenest competition, and in some cases bitter jealousies, has fought his way step by _tep to his present position. '■" That Nelson will be first to welcome Sir Julius Vogel there can be no .doubt, having, as 'she has, in her midst Men actuated by the same philanthropic liberality, whose whole energies have been devoted to supplying the wants of their fellow creatures —men who have expended enormous sums in providing warm and suit-able clothing for any in heed of it, and who, not content with the benefits conferred in Nelson, have extended their liberality to the neighboring ' provinces, and the very steamer that brings: Sir Julius from Melbourne will also bring further extensive shipments from the home buyers of Messrs T. S: Wymond and Co, that . liberal and patriotic firm, who are now giving away £300 worth op goods in the shape of 273 prizes, to be distributed on the Art Union principle, amongst their customers in Nelson. Blenheim, and Wangant. i, at any of which places tickets may be secured gratis on application at the establishments of tbis eminent firm, whose name has become a " household word''; as' being the cheapest Drapers and Clothiers in New Zealand. —Adtt. 358 A Mr Gledhill, io Taranakt-street, Wellington, advertises that he is a purchaser of Scotch thistle seed. QFor continuation see fourth page.) ,