The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1879.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 3, 3 January 1879, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1879.

The receipts of the Nelson railway for the four weeks ending November 16 were £558 Us 4d, against £514 19s 9d for the corresponding period of the previous year. The number of passengers who travelled during the month was 5391, and thequantityof goods ßll tons. The receipts foratv/elve monthly period up to date average £319 15s per mile, and the expenditure £287 2s 4d. Me Varley having arranged to conduct a Bible reading at the Congregational Church yesterday afternoon there was a large congregation assembled for the occasion, and in the evening the Provincial Hall was crowded to excess, and a most interesting and stirring address was delivered by the same gentleman. As the Claud Hamilton 13 leaving tomorrow and Mr Varley will be able thus to meet his engagements in Wellington oc Sunday next, at the request of the Committee he has consented to give another opportunity tonight to those desirous of hearing an address on Gospel Truth. Tiie carbine match between Taylor and Aldridge came off on Wednesday afternoon, when the former made 53 and the latter 51 out of a possible 60, but as Taylor had given Aldridge 10 points the latter won. Our cable uews to-day announces the loss of the ship Nortbam by fire when bound from London to Sydney." This vessel, which has for some time been a great favorite with passengers between England and Australia, waa a four masted iron ship of 1493 tons, built at Southampton in 1858, and owned by Sir John Malcolm, of Liverpool. She waa co mmanded by Captain Cottej. Fortunately no lives were lost, ali the passengers and crew being saved. In another column will be found a letter on English middle class emigration addressed to us by Mr Arthur Clayden, who was the travelling companion of Mr Joseph Arch, the well-known English labor reformer, when on his tour through Canada ;in 1873. Mr Clayden was the writer of a series of letters on that colony to the London Daily News, and was also the author of " The Revolt of the Field." a sketch of the movement among the English farm laborers, and we are glad to leara that he is taking up his pen in the cause of New Zealand. We feel sure that the advantages offered by Nelson to immigrants of the class alluded to only require to be more widely known to make Ithis place a Tery favorite resort among the middle classes of England and retired officers from India. A number of telegrams from various parts appear in our issue of to-day which should have been published yesterday but they did not reach us until nearly the time for going to press, owing, we presume, to a press of work on the wires, as they were put in at the Wellington office three hours before arriving here. The return match between the Wakefield and Normanby Cricket Clubs will be played in Victory Square to-morrow commencing at 930 a.m. The Normanby team will consist |of the following players : — Messrs Barnett, Coles, Curtis, Firth, Foy, F. Greenfield, H. and C. Halliday, Naylor, Rout, and White. Another most delightful concert was given at the Theatre Royal last night, when Mdlle. Charbonnet and Mrßonnington on the piano and violin respectively, and Miss Florence Neville, who was in better voice than we had yet heard her, delighted an enthusiastic audience with their performances. Valuable assistance was also rendered by a lady amateur possessing a rich and powerful voice. The little company started for Wellington to-day after having created a most favorable impression on all who heard them in Nelson. We can only regret that they did not receive a larger measure of support from the music loving portion of the community, for their concerts certainly afforded such a treat as we seldom have an opportunity of enjoying in Nelson.