The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1879.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 270, 25 November 1879, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1879.

Mr Mac an drew moved a vole of want of cnufidence in the financial proposals of the Government las* ; night;. whereupon a lengthy debate en^n. tiittle Jm'po^.anee; however, appears to have attached to it, and it seems to hive been brought forward rather with a view of affording an opportunity to some three or four.members.to blow off a little superfluous stoini: «•??•>!♦; «yrt3 telegraphed to us by a corespondent, as follows : — "Mr Macandrew's uo-confidence motion came on, and was disposed of last night, or rather at 4 o'clock this morning, when it was defeated by 17 to 6, all the rest of the House having paired, showing very plainly that btlt little Merest was taken in the matter. This is supposed to be the last effort to unseat the Hall Government, so that thb.wotft viill, hoy* pc qn smoothly; and the session will be brought to a close a 9 rapi.lly as possible." There was a very large attendance at the circus again last night, when there were many new features in tiie programme, including thfcriding of the. bison found the arena, by a rheciber 01 tae Company, soiiie hali dozen of the staff holding on to a rope made fast to the huge creature's horns. To-day the servants had the very agreeable task of packing the four tents while saturated with the rain that poured down at intervals during the night, and the Company started for Wellington in the Tfliarort this afternoon A cricket match was played in Mr Max's paddock at Brightwater on Saturday last between representative teams from the Geueral Cameron Lodge, Brightwater, and the Mansion of Peace Lodge, Uakefield, the former being captained by Mr I? Keal, and the latter by Mr W. Baigent. The batting and bowling of G. Silcock for the General Camerons was excellent, he scoring 50 and 1 2, and taking seven wickets in the two innings. The fielding of the Wakefleld team was very good, and decidedly superior to that of their opponents. The scores were 1 — General Cameron Lodge 123 j Mansion of Peace Lodge, 10t?i the. two team"? sat down together to a capital ltlnch provided by Mr Mar^n oi the Spring drove Hotel. Mtt Arthtir Clayden addresses a letter from London to the At 10 Zealander, in which he states that he has been very successful j n his efforto to turn the public attention to New Zealand as a field for middle class emigration, and that be has just published a second edition of five thousand of a lecture which he had delivered on the subject; He says that he receives eh ttn average ate letters a day ou the subject, and adds :—" I have among my correspondents numbers of capitalists, who only need satisfying as to the openings for enterprise in New Zealand to at once go over and commence operations. A gentleman, who has been studying the tea growth in China, is thinking of trying it in Auckland, together with sericulture. An other enterprising Scotchman is sanguine of success in a fruit growing experiment in the fTelson district; as ttiy testimony on the point has been endorsed by one or two colonial authorities." An inquest waa held at the Postboy Hotel yesterday evening, on the body of Mrs Dora Allen, Go year 3of age, who had died suddenly at an early hour that morning. She bad left her bouse with some friends, and, not returning, search was made and she was found lying dead in the high grass near the railway line. Dr Collius, who made a post mortem examination, stated that death had resulted from apolexy and a verdict was returned accordingly. The annual tea party in connection with the Waimea West Village school will be held to-morrow afternoon, and will be followed by a ball in tbe evening. A trout weighing lGlbs, and measuring 30 inches in length, was caught in the Avon, at Christchurch, on Saturday. j iTiife Dunedin. Mayoral ejection is being fought on the " No Popery " ticket. The Kaikoura correspondent of the Lyttelton Times writes : — The Church of J England are going to have a resident clergyman at last. The Rev Mr Katterns, who has just arrived at Nelson from England, has been offered the incumbency, and accepted it. A telegram was received on Nov. 12 by tbe churchwardens from the Bishop of Nelson, saying that Mr Katterns and his family would leave Nelson next Friday for Kaikoura. The member of the English Church will be very glad to have a clergyman of their own denomination in full orders amongst them once more. The vestry have guaranteed a year's stipend, by the end of which time it will be seen whether the support can be maintained. It is encouraging however, to find that many offers of help from persons of all denominations have been volunteered to the vestry without any canvass whatever having been made. Last Sunday was the first time that both Churches were opened for service at the same time. The attendance at the English Church was 48.