The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 290, 14 December 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1878.

" The WekJc " is unavoidably held over to. day. . - . ■The Hon Qol. Wbitmorc arrived by (he. Arawata this morning, and at once p'roce'cdeii to the Hospital with the members of the Committee. At three o'clock this afternoon | he met tine Mayor and Committee at the Council Chamber for the purpose of discuss- j ing the question of charitable aM. . f The two scholarships offered by the Col- i lego Governors for boys attending the Town j Schools, have been gained by Dryer and Buckeridge, both of them pupils at Mr • J. Hodgson's school at the Saltwater Bridge. The winners of the Provincial Scholarships are not 3'et known owing to the uou-arrival of the West Coast examination papers. It is scarcely necessary to remind our readers thnt Mr and Mrs Darrell, assisted by their numerous and talented company^ will give the first- of their dramatic entertainments at the Theatre Royal to-night, when th& lV Lady of Lyons " will bo put on the stage. A REronTof the proceedings at the distribution of prizes at the College yesterday afternoon will be found in the supplement published with to-day's fssiie. •: Mti. GllberUqn, jun , had some fine sport at the Port ihis'niornjing. For soais days be has seen/ a .couple 'of ugly looking sharks, swimming about ihcjiar'bor, and this morning . Tie determined to make an attempt to secure them. Fastening .some meat , so' 'that it would float .on the water near, hifi frtber'sp--..wharf he kept a sharp lisok out with a loaded . rifle in Ma Hand, and had not to wait longVeibre one of the. greedy, brutes made a dash at the bait.. There was a pufi: of smoke, a sharp crack, a huge leap' out of the water, and there in shallow water lay his sharkship, • :over nine feet in length, quite dead. Very • . soon after the other oue came up and -met with a like fate. The brutes, which were just about the same size, proved to be male and female, and the latter on being opened Was found to have thirteen little ones inside her. The two monsters are now on view at the Marine Baths. . . . Messrs Sharp and Pickering, on behalf of Mr Courtuey, advertise thaTthey wiirselfby auction, iv the Masonic Hall, on Friday next, the 20th hist . at two o'clock, the township of,. • St.. Vincent in the. Waitarn, . District. ; We* understand that Mr Courtney will be present and prepared to give all such information as may be required to the public. Specimens of the soil hav.e been brought to Nelson, and can be seen at the offices of Messrs Sharp and Pickering. The terras will be most liberal, and the land will be sold in acre, half-acre, I and quarter-acre sections. Tub Waitara land will be sold on Friday; the 20th instant, at two o'clock, jft the • Masonic Hail, instead of Weduesday, the 18th, as at first announced. „' ,