The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 27, 31 January 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1877.

To-jjbSßow being a public holiday " The Mail " will be published at ten o'clock iv the morning. 4 report of Mr Hursthouse's address to his constituents at Waimea West last night appears in the fourth page of to-day's issue. Some vigorous remarks made by Mr James Arnold, the village politician, prior to the breaking up of the meeting, will be four.d amusing, if not instructive. An immense amount of damage has been done to orchards and gardens by the strong winds that have been so prevalent of late, the ground in many of them being thickly strewn with fallen fruit. The hop gardens nrsome of the more exposed positions in the Waimeas present a pitiable appearance, the poles and bines being blown down in all directions. Fortunately the greater part of the corn .was cut, so that there has been no very great loss by shaking out. : A meeting of those who are interesting themselves in the forthcoming cricket match with the All England Eleven was held at the Masonic Hotel last night, when it was stated that about £100 had been promised, but that it would be necessary to raise more money to cover the cost of the match and to meet all incidental expenses. Collectors were ap. . Pointed to, canvass the town for subscriptions. 1 1 he committee appointed to make arrangements for the match will meet at Messrs ±ell and Atkinson's office this evening at 8 o'clock. To-mokbow, being the anniversary of the settlement of Nelson, will be observed as a public holiday. The members of the Friendly bocieties will meet in the morning at their variuuo rooms, and walk in procession to the Botamcal Reserve, which will be the chief centre of attraction during the day, as the sports promise to be unusually good and some of the events very keenly contested. A good many country people are likely to come into town, and among them will be found some competitors who will be hard to beat at ruining, jumping, &c. In the evening there is to be a display of fireworks, and several balloon ascents, and the holiday will be brought to a close by a ball in the Odd Fellows' Hall. We understand that Mr Kerr, the manager of the National Bank, is to be transferred to Oainaru. Mr Kerr has since he first came to Nelson always taken an active interest in promoting public charities and amusements, and he will be much missed from our small community. It is notified that Sunday hours will be observed m the Telegraph Office to-morrow The fourth annual Christian Conference will take place in Mr Short's grounds, College Hill, to-morrow. Full particulars will be found in our advertising columns. The sale of work which commenced in the garden of the Christ Church Parsonage yesterday afternoon attracted a large number of visitors, and the receipts from all sources were a trifle over £50. The sale will be continued this evening when a number of the goods, of which there is a liberal supply, will be disposed of at greatly reduced prices. Tea will be provided in the verandah and there will be music at intervals during the evening. A man was blown into the sea near the Telegraph Office at Wellington on Saturday, and as the water was very rough at the time, and he could not swim, he would probably have been drowned had not & Maori, who was standing near, jumped in and rescued him. The yacht Secret is advertised for sale in the Wellington papers. A lakge quantity of the ova of the white fiish, a kind of trout that is very plentiful in the lakes of North America, arrived at Auckland by the City of New York the other day. and a portion of the shipment will be sent to Nelson with a view, after they are hatched, of placing the fish in the Rotoiti and Rotoroa lakes. An Auckland contemporary says: "The directors of the South British Insurance Company have intimated their intention to the Regatta Committee of contributing the sum of fifteen guineas for a cup, or the money as the committee may decide." A similar act of liberality on the part of the South British towards the Interprovincial Regatta recently held in^Nelson would have been highly appreciated by the Committee.