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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 41, 17 February 1881, Page 2

A telegram from Foxton informs us that Mr T. R Taylor's Wellington built inrigger won by forty lengths against a Foxton crew in a boat built, to order. Mrs Criciiton from Wellington has, we understand, agreed to the request of numerous ladies that she would spare a short time to giving lessons in creweUwprk in Nelson. Visitors to her rooms in TrafalI gar-street will be charmed with the extreme beauty of the specimens on view, and as we ■are told that the art can bo taught iu three lessons, no doubt many of our. fair readers j will desire to add it to their other ai.comI plishments. - As Mrs Crichton cannot remain beyond the appointed fortnight, ending ou the. 26th instaut, no time should be lost in commencing by intended pupils. The southern representatives at the Rifle Association meeting will be brought up to Wellington by the Tararua arriving there on Friday- morning the 25th inst., on which day, ins! ead of Thursday, the Penguin will leave for Nelsou. Tbe Auckland and Taranaki representatives will arrive by? the Wanaka on Thursday, and those from Wanganui in oue of the Ancbor Line packets on • Friday. " Thb rturn match between tbe Waimea Rifles and the Nelson City Rifles was fired at Wakefield, yesterday, when the Jatfcer„w.ere again victorious, this time by only JH points. After the firing was finished. fche two teams .adjourned into the -bush a Lshert; distance: from the range, where a picnic had been arraoged for the benefit of the visiting team by the ladies in the neighbourhood. • On arrival a splendid spread, for which the promoters deserve _ great credit, was j found prepared, j'o which ample justice was done by over !00 pcrsohs, after which games of ajl: descriptions were -indulged in until a quarter to six, when Captain Bunny waruel his men that ifc wm time to return to. tbe train, and after giving tbreo hearty cheers for their entertainers, they turned homewards, expressing a hope that this would, uot bo the last occasion on which they would ', meetgunder the same favourable auspices. .At the .Artillery parade afc.tbe Drill Shed at half past seven this evening when tho Band Avilt be in attendance the following prises w,ill . be preseuted by Mrs. Pitt :— - Lieut. West's Martini Henry rifle, the Com* pany's competition medal, and a silver plated cup presented by Lieut. Topliss for the most •regular attendant at drill. The. Comedy aud Burlesque Company, who created so favorable an impression on tbeir last visit to Nelson, will.appear to-night iu the well known and popular drama " Struck Oil." A meeting of the Hace Committee will be held at tbe Council Chamber afc 8 o'clock tbis evening. We are glad to learn that the Government have consented to grant assistance to the Wangapeka Prospecting Association to the extent of providing £1 for every pound subscribed to the extent of £200. This should ensure the thorough prospecting of the reefs at Wangapeka with, we hopo, such results as will lead to a marked improvement in the condition of the town and district. We understand that a telegram has been received by his Worship the Mayor, as chairman of the Volunteer Reception Committee, stating that the Union Steam Shipping Company intend to present a silver cup and £10 for competition at the forthcoming meeting of the Rifle Association. The Grey River Argus states thafc Dr. Porter, of Nelson, has been selected oufc of fourteen applicants to fill the post of medical officer at tbe Kumara Hospital. At a meeting of the Order of Rechabites last night Brother T. H. Stringer was presented with a handsome sash as a mark of appreciation of the valuable services ren deted by him as Treasurer of the Tent. The paucity of English cable news in our columns to-day is accounted for by an interruption in the land line between Port Darwin and Daly Waters. It is not expected, however, that the delay will last many hours. Mr John R. Mabia reports that at his usual monthly, sale yesterday of stock afc his Yards, llichmond, there was a fair attendance, which would have been larger had owner." of stock intimated before what they intended bringing for disposaj. Lambs brought 7s Gd to 8s Gd.'and. sheep 10s 6.3.. There were fi quantity of horses for dispose.!, but they con r l inue as great a drug as ever so that most were bought In and-,those disposed of fetched .very low .prices-..,. ' ••_, j