Untitled

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 29, 3 February 1881, Page 2

We have to acknowledge the receipt of the first number of The Bulkr Miner, a monthly journal published by Mr Job Manson of Westport, its proposed object being to supply n good local advertising medium, the want of which is said to have been much felt in the district. Tiik tender of the proprietors of the Evening Mail for publishrijg Government advertisements for the current year having been accepted, ail notifications such as were usually p iblished in the Provincial Government Gazelle, will for that period appear in this journal. Tuk Court Minstrels wilf give their fiual entertainment at^the Theatre this evening, vrlien the comic singer and cornernr.n "Bil.y Wilson " v/iil take his benefit. A meeting of the members of the Salvage Corps was held at the Fire Brigade Hull last night, when Mr J. C. Moutray was re-elected captain, Mr J. Hounsell elected secretary, and Mr H. Edwards tteasUrer. A letter from Mr Dixon, enclosing a cheque for £2 2s, was reai3 ? in which he thanked the corps for the services rendered at the fire at his manufactory on the 20th January. At a meeting of the Race Committee held at the Trafalgar Hotel last night it was reported that tbe'rs was a sum of £40 in hand, and it was resolved to hold a race meeting early in March. A sub Committee was formed for the purpose of making the neces sary arrangements. Thl annual meeting of the members of the Harmonic Society will be held to night at half-past seven. At tho close of the meeting there will be a practice. The Customs duties collected at the Port of Nelson for the month of January were £3947 1 6s 4d, distributed as follows:— Spirits, £1079 2s 9i; cipars, £39 33; tobacco, £512 4s 6J; wine, £93 17s; beer, £277 10s; tea, .£'24l 0s 8d; coffee, £20 10s 2d; sugar, £371 163 6 J; goods by weight, £141 7s; ad valorem, £430 2s 3d; other duties, £96 133 9d; beer duty, £187 11s lid; other duties, £43G 14s lOd. Tub following reports of elections of School Committees have been forwarded to us :— NGATiMOTi— The annual public meeting of householders for the election of a School Committee was held in tho schoolroom on Monday evening, Mr R. Sutcliffe in the chair. The retiring members were Messrs W. Brereton, G. Canton, J. Heath, G. Lines, It. Lloyd, J. W. Sutcliffe, and A. White, who were all re-elected without any opposition. There appeared to be very little interest taken in the election as few of the householders attended, and the business of the meeting occupied only about ten minutes. The Committee held a meeting afterwards and reappointed Mr Brereton their chairman. . — Doyedalk — A pubiic meetingof the householders of Dovedale was held in the schoolroom ou Monday night, 24th of January. Mr Job Best was called to the chair, and after reading the advertisement, calling the meeting, the Chairman asked the householders present to nominate candidates to form a new Committee, when nine persons were duly proposed and seconded. The following was the result of the ballot :— Job Best 17, John Win 14, Daniel Cozens 11, James Smith 9, Richard Langman 9, Thomas Hall 7, John William Win 4, Mark Davies 3 and John Thorn 3. The first seven were declared elected, The Committee subsequently met and appointed Mr Job Best Secretary and Mr John Win Chairman to the Committee. A cricket match was played in Mr Baigent's paddock at Wakefield yesterday between the Central Wakefield and Wai-iti Clubs, when the latter proved victorious. Iv Ihe first innings the scores were very close, the Wai-itimen making 71 and the Centrals 70. In the next innings Wai-iti only succeeded in running up 35, and their opponents became exceedingly sanguine, but the six duck's eggs that appear on their score showed that they had counted their chickens before they were hatched, and when the last wicket fell the total they had reached did not exceed 18, thus leaving the Wai-iti men the winners by 18 runs.