The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 273, 17 November 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1877.

Letters were received to-day by the Mayor from Messrs Curtis and Sharp in reply to his enclosing tha resolutions passed at the meeting on Wednesday nieht Mr Sharp briefly acknowledges feheir receipt, Mr Gurtis adds that they ahajl receive hia careful cousideration. Sir Georgd Grey, to whom a copy of the resolutions was also forwarded has not deemed them worthy of notice. •In reply, to nunreroua enquiries we may sjatethat Acton Reef,,on which/the Queen of the South, bound from Mauritius toDunedin struck, ia on the Coast of Tasmauia ' I The Argus of Wednesday says:-!" Major Atkinson's notice of -t no confidence ' motion stood at No. 3 upon the Order Paper until to-day. It has now dropped. down to No. The Rev Charles Clark will visit Nelson in about ten days, when he will deliver a series of his celebrated lectures. ■■ The first Sunday service in the new Church of the Holy Evangelists* at Bishopdale will be held to-morrow. : An interesting lecture on « Russia, Turkey and the War," was delivered at the Hillside schoolroom last night* by G. Ashcroft, Esq the Bishop of Nelson in the chair Ac intervals selectiens of vocal and instrumental music were given by several lady and gentleman amateurs, the entertainment on the whole being a thoroughly enjoyable one At itg close votes of thanks were accorded to Mr Ashcroft and to the Rev T. S. Grace and the ladies who had rendered such valuable assistance. The monthly meeting of the Nelson Aid bociety was held yesterday afternoo 1 A statement of the accounts showed the finances to be at a very low ebb, about £v being all that there wa3 m hand. A Blenheim paper to hand gives the conclusion of the cricket match, Wellington v Marlborough, to which reference was made in our yesterday's issue. The Marlborough men in their second innings scored 11 nine men being put out for "ducks' eggs!" one scoring 2, and the other 4, the balance of 5 being made up of byes. The Express cruelly suggests that in the next match with Wellington the Marlborough team should claim to be handicapped. We have to acknowledge fche receipt from the honorary Secretary of the eighth volume of the "Proceedings of the Colonial Institute " It is a remarkably well got up work, and contains a number of interesting and able addresses on matters of interest to the colonies. | Nineteen' of those who recently stated that they were unable to obtain employment Raited npon Mr Oliver at the Government Buildings yesterday, and were engaged to work for the Upper Motueka Road Board, lie remainder have b<aen employed by Mr J . Kerr m repairing the damage caused by •* late flood on fche Wafeau Gorge Eoad ■a „ preventive and remedy. \™ r*V native which so admirably .rgamsm as to protect v. ™*uZ lurfcfu] influence, and which coran^ ■- j