Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 196, 17 September 1878, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1878.

Ax article on the JSew Zealanders comments on the railway agitation in Nelson is unavoidably held over. Tub Cheevers, Kennedy, and Bent company of Miustrels arrived by the Wellington this morning, and will make their first appearance at the Theatre Royal to-night, when we expect to see a crowded house, a company of such excellence not having visited Nelsou for many months. Mr Simonsen's name is a sufficient guarantee for the quality of the music, and Mr Bent's that the audience will bo kept amused from the beginning to the close of the performance. A lectuke in connection with the Young Men's Christian Association will be delivered in the Proviucial Hall this evening by the Rev A. J. Hamilton, who takes for his subject, " Spurgeon, his life and work." A correspondent sends the following from Wakefield .- —" On returning from chapel on Sunday eveniug last several females were very much annoyed by a troop of young gentlemen (so-calied) who insisted on following them, aud further entertaining them with snatches of song aud slang speeches quite cut of keeping with the evening. If such conduct is repeated I shall do them the honor of putting their names in print." The Kuniara Times of Friday says : — lt Is currently rumoured in town that Captain Edwin is either on leave of absence or is suffering from sickness, as the splendid weather the last few days would denote.