The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1876.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 74, 16 March 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1876.

To-morrow being St. Patrick's Day, will be observed as a holiday at the various Banks. The drawing in Messrs. "Wymond and Co.'s Art Union will take place at the Masonic Hall to-morrow evening. We are requested to state that the Post-office will be open for the delivery of letters after the arrival of the Taupo to-night. A supplementary mail by the Ringarooma will be made up at midnight* The two principal events at the Wanganui races, namely, the Wanganui Stakes of 60 sovs,. and the Jockey Club Handicap of £170, were won by Mr Jackson's Opawa, a horse bred by Mr Redwood. , 4*Two steamers left Wellington for Nelson about the same time last night, one coming direct, the other calling at Picton. The Suez mail, of course, was put on board the latter, so that instead of arriving here at one p.m. it will not reach us until late to-night. Excellently arranged. At the last meeting of the City Council it was moved by Cr Pickering and agreed to, that the Town Clerk should write to the General Grovernment asking for the subsidy to the city rates of 6s. Bd. in the pound. This was done, and the result was that the money — between £600 and £700 — was received by the Phoebe. So much for asking. At the Resident Magistrate's Court at Motueka yesterday, a Maori was charged with attempting to commit suicide. The attempt consisted of passing a slip-knot round his neck, tying the other end ofthe string to his Jbig toe, and so tightening it. The place selected for this suicidal attempt was the bar of a public house, where people were constantly passing in and out. The Bench didn't think the noble savage was in earnest, and so they dismissed the case. A tebbible accident occurred ou Tuesday afternoon to George Bensemann, third son of Mr. Bensemanu, a well-known settler in the Upper Moutere. The Bensemann Brothers had recently added to their sawmill a planing-machine, and the unfortunate man was engaged in oiling some part of the machinery, when he suddenly found that his shirt-sleeves had become entangled, and his hand, before he could release himself, was drawn in between the rollers. Before the machinery could be stopped his hand was cut in pieces, the fingers afterwards being found lying on the floor, and tha arm was frightfully mangled and crushed up to the elbow. Dr Johansen was sent for at once from Motueka, and arrived on the spot as speedily as possible, and at once amputated the arm half way between the elbow and the shoulder, the patient having in the meantime been greatly weakened by loss of blood. We are glad to hear "that the latest accounts state that he is progressing favorably. He is a man of about thirty years of age, and has a wife and three children. The Lynch family gave their second entertainment last night to the full satisfaction of a crowded house. The music of the bells was really charming, and the comic acting and singing of Mr Keeley, and Messrs H.and W. Lynch, were greeted with shouts of laughter. This evening they will appear for the last time, and with an entire change of programme, including new selections on the bells, new comic quartettes, a fresh budget of comicalities and characteristic impersonations by Mr. Keeley, and concluding with the laughable farce of the "Haunted Chateau." As this is the only remaining .opportunity of seeing and hearing those talented artistes, we would advise our readers not to miss going to the Hall to-night, more espe, cially as ib may be many years before they will again visit this part of the world. , ■ Okb of the best teams that has ever ' W ,? 6ftt ft?!? elsoa t0 do b » ttle f° r

the province in the cricket field left for Wellington by the Hawea this morning. Their names are aa follows: — Messrs Sellon, Knapp (3), Fowler, . Eden, C. Cross, H. „ Cross, Coles, Halliday, Greenfield, Barnett (emergency man), N and R. M. Smith umpire. The match is to be played on Saturday and Monday, arid there is every probability ot its being a hardly contested one. Of the previous games between the two provinces Nelson has won three, Wellington two, and two have resulted in a tie, so it will be seen that hitherto they have been very evenly matched, and for this reason a deal of interest is taken in the forthcoming game. On their way back to Nelson they will play the Marlborough cricketers at Blenheim. A correspondent writes to us from the Sherry: — " At last some steps have been taken towards winding up the CulHford and Waimea Crushing Companies. I refer to the sale of the plants on the ground which took place, some short time since. The Culliford battery realised £26, not a very handsome sum, but there is some satisfaction in the fact that it was purchased by a bona fide miner located on the spot. I should not be at all surprised to hear of a reef or reefs being found soon, as I hear no talk of removing it, and a battery without employment is a kind of white elephant to its owner. The Waimea crushing plant realised the enormous sum of £2 10s, turbine and all. I think the purchaser will have some difficulty in finding it, as not having been erected it is overgrown with fern and fuchsias. The money expended on the Wangapeka, although a grievous disappointment to the public at the time, was not entirely lost, as the flume which conveyed the water to Culliford's machine has enabled the miners to work the creek, and some hundreds of ounces of gold which would never otherwise have been profitably got have been obtained. The Rolling River, a tributary of the Wangapeka, has also yielded a lot of gold ever since the rush to the reef, and some miners have taken a trip to England with the proceeds of a few months work. It is the opinion of a great many that the Wangapeka has a grand future before it yet, as silver, lead, and other metals are known to exist there."