The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1876.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 238, 4 November 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1876.

A meeting of the Regatta Committee will be held on Tuesday evening for the purpose of considering the proposed alterations in the programme, &c. A full attendance is requested. Mr Purser advertises a long list of articles that the owners are desirous of exchanging for goods of various descriptions. The negotiations can be effected at his Exchange Mart in Trafalgar-street. ' The lady emu who was reported a few weeks ago to be busily engaged in her domestic duties, having five or six eggs to look after, has been moderately successful in her well meant endeavor to obey the command, Be fruitful and multiply, her eyes being gladdened by the sight of two little emus, and it is said that she is not hopeless of producing more. It is reported that had a son and heir been born to the good lady of Foxhill, she could not be more proud of it than she is oi her nevrly hatched pets. The names of J. Bolton and F. Jones of Nelson appear among the entries for the principal events of the athletic sports to be held in Wellington on the 9th instant. A delightful entertainment is promised to the people of Nelson on Thursday next, when Mr Ivohler, a most talented musician who plays an incredible number of instruments, and the well-known Mr Horace Bent, who as a clever comedian requires no recommendation, will make their appearance* at the Masonic Hall. The annual festival of the parishioners of All Saints concluded last night with a social gathering in the Provincial Hall, which was nearly filled by a large party of adults at the invitation of the Bishop, as acting Incumbent, and the Churchwardens, Messrs Boor and Biddeley. Addresses and readings were Hi ■ ou ; by Mr C. H. Brown on " The influence of the Prayer Book in forming the character of an English Churchman;" by Mr Ashcroft on "Egypt;" and readings by Dr Boor and the Bishop from quaint Thomas Fuller. Photographs were exhibited of the Matakitaki District, recently taken by Mr Tayl r of llichmond, and sundry scientific amusements were supplied by Mr Scott, and the microscope by Dr Boor. At the request of several who were prevented by the weather from attending Tuesday evening's festival, the service will be repeated to-morrow evening. Bachelder's Pantascope will be on exhibition to-night for the last time, when some very valuable gifts will be presented. The Oddfellows' Hall was crowded this afternoon, when the children's performance took place.