The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 84, 11 April 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1877.

THE^-Voiunteers assembled at the. Drill.. Shed lasi evening for the purpose of unijerY going the Commanding Officer's monthly'inspectiofl. After the usual preliminaries-hadY been gope an examination..: of the; arms was t_kd<v all., of which were .'found to ~ be in a, pleati- condition. -Captain Marshall took tigs opportunity of thanking the.- VoluuY teers for their £000} behaviour! at the' Easter.. •Euaiuipmenfc, ahd j also the 'officers- of "the:''' idiffetefft compiiniesj for the assistance he-had '• ,ree'eive~d.fft.m tjiiem. The whole of the coin-.. I pdnies^'prccedefl by. the Artillery Band; thetvjnarclied through- the town; and back.to.the. jDrill Shed;.' where they Were dismissed;: There-'-' was a .large attendance, the JEilue Jackets from- \the Port mustering the?, strongest." '. ;. ! ' - 'V '■' Attention -is -called to Mt Atfgarde's auction.sale of furniture, &c, at" Allington 1 to-morrow; '•'" . T- „; ' A handsome gold watch has been presented to Miss A. Rohalds'on, the daughter of. th'elteV W. "Ronaldson, who for many years, has bqen the Incumbent of the Picton; church', in recognition of her services in connection with, the'j choir. .;• V _. :/ T u ere was a very~large attendance at'the Provincial Hall last night, when the Christmas Tree was exhibited and its numerous prizes distributed. Within three-quarters of an hour from the time of opening the '"doors,- every one' of the 400 "tickets was'dls:pqsCd ofj and- 3 the; distribution then' conimenced, being undertaken by Captain Corn- . wall and Messtv'A. J.. Richmond and Anthony;" much amusement being occasioned j.y some of the remarks by Ayhich the delivery of the prizes was ih some instances aceoru,-.*) panied. After this part of the entertainment"was over, there was a promenade concert, in", wliich the members of -the Christ Church : choir tbok -jvart, und several very pretty songs and choruses were sung and instrumental . pieces performed. Refreshments of various 'descriptions-were obtainable in the Grand 'Jury Room,- which- was well patronised; • The total receipts were -close upon £41, and as every article on the tree and almost everything at the refreshment room' had been pre-, sented, the expenses will be found very tri_lin'g,:a-id thie sum'tobd'hahded -over'to the, Parsonage fund a- very handsome one. '. ''

A ckiCkkt match was played to-day between the Town and Country Butchers. The following are the scores up to three p.m.:— Town— lst innings— Gardner, h Fowler, 14; Bright, b C. Primmer, 0; H. Barnett, not out, 23; IL Newport, b G. Fowler, 0; J. Pratt, 1.b.w., 0; Cumtmngs, b Saywell, 0; C. Bird, b Saywell, 0; Parker, b Saywell, 0; Fleming, bE. Fowler, 1 ; Trask, bE. Fowler, 0; Ball, bE. Fowler, 0; byes, 7. Total, 45. Country— lst innings— G. Fowler, b Cummings, 2; Saywell, b Pratt, 0; L. Fowler, b Cunmuiigs, 5;' J. Primmer, b Pratt, 17; C. Primmer, b Cumminga, 0; E. Fowler, b Pratt, 0; Tasker, b Pratt, 0; Banks, c Gardner, 13; Simmonds, b Pratt, 2; Cross, b Cummings, 2, Haycock, not 0ut,. 2; byes,: 4; Total, 56. Town— 2nd innings — Gardner, c Haycock, 1; Newport, b J. Primmer, 3; Pratt, b G. Fowler, 3; Cummings, b J. Primmer, 1; Bird, b G. Fowler, 1; Bright,, c Saywell, 0; byes, 6. Total, 12. . At the conclusion of the first inningsthe two teams had luncheon together at the Post Boy Hotel, where a capital spread was provided by Mrs Potter. The final result was that the country team won with eight wickets to go down. .