The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 208, 1 October 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1878.

\Vk remind our readers of the lecture to bo delivered in the Provincial liall this evcuiug by the Key It. Bavin. _ A letter from uue Atuttteb. Vo'Usnonaent coiih}Siji^Aft^tot ; the inqne.se ou U« <Y,ck i i-ank Akersten, will be found on the fourth page, also an abstract of a sermon preached at All Saints' GliUrOh on Sunday evening by the Key. ,T. A. N^vth'number of! veaders. " ■-"R Customs revenue collected at the 1 ort of Nelson for the month of September 1878, amounted to £4040 17s Sd, of which beer duty stamps contributed £67 10s fid Ihe receipts for the quartet ending 3'optein•M>,S3 (»8 ad lor the corresponding period of last year. .. , . . * The Sp.ripg .Grove JCriefcefc ty.tib played iV\Cir ppenipg game ?!S Saturday last. Dtu:in<>,tue day -\J:'.-.e very good cricket was shown ~y several of the members, whose excellent batting and bowling, speaks well for the success of the team this season. After the game, a meeting was held in Mr Silcock's Hotel, at which about 15 were present. It was decided that the club should in future be called the " Brlghwater .Cricket tJliib.'' (neatly alt iht m'embprs being residents of that district)., Mr J. Arnold was uuaniVnbusly elected Secretary for the club, (in place of _ Mr G. S. Haycock, resigned), and Mr G. Silcock, Captain. The first match was arranged to be played with the College Team, probably on Saturday next. A few of the business men of Wakefield met ou Wednesday night last at Mr Drager's for the purpose of spending a social eveliin" 1 with Mr Ileseltin, before his leaving the district. A first class supper was followed by several toasts. Mr Paiuton proposed the health of Mr Heseltin, and spoke in high terms of his obliging and courteous conduct since he had been in Wakefield. Although he had not been long in the district he had made many friends. Mr Ileseltin duly responded. Some capital songs and recitations were given during the evening, and the party broke up about midnight. The JSapier Telegraph pertinently remarks: —" It may be as well to point out to ratepayers the economy of paying their rates, and the extravagance of allowing themselves to be summoned for them. During the months of August and this present September, there was paid in all by defaulters no less than £21 4s. costs of Court, through being summoned for the payment of rates amounting in the aggregate to less than £50. It is no use grumbling at high rates when people are actually willing to pay fifty per cent more for the luxury of deferring payment." Commenting on Mr Macandrew's Statement the Napier Telegraph says i- After a most careful perusal we have come back to our first conclusion, that it is the worst, the baldest, aud the most partial Public Works Statement that in this colony has ever been put forth.