Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1881.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 292, 8 December 1881, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1881.

To-morkow the first general election under manhood suffrage, and what ons of the warmest supponers of the present Government calls " that odious Kepresentati.it) Bill " will take place. What the practical result will be we stall not kaow until the Parliament has been in Bes=iou for some time and we have been able to jud^e of the members bv tbdr actions and speeches, as the new House of Representatives will contain a largrnumber of men who at present are entirely unknown outside their immediate neighborhood. We can but hope that where old members have been supplanted by new ones the change will be for the better, and that the 91 numbers who will meet in Wellington next May or June will in the aggregate be quits equal to to tho3a who have constituted any former House. We understand that Mr Kavanagh, at present head mister of St. Mary's School has been appointed to the Stoke school in the room of Mr Naylor, who is about to remove to Hawke's Bay, whither he will carry with him the good wishes of the numerous friends he has made ia Stoke duiioj? bis residence tbero. We understand that Wilhemj, one of the flnest vio!iu players in the world, who 13 now on a visit to New Zealand, will give one or two concerts in Nelson about the end of the present month. Signor D. de Vi^o, the well known manager of the De Murtka concerts, is agent for Wilhemj, who is accompanied by Miss Marie Conron, prima donna, and M. Vogiich a very eminent pianist. A correspondent writing from Wakafield *ay ß: — » I have been at many political meetings ia the colonies, but that of last night was the very warmest I ever saw." We understand that the Artillery Band lat<nd giving a aeries of promenade concerts during the summer months, the first of which will take place in the Asylum groundi, ia aid of the convalescent fuud of that iestitution, at an early date of which due notice will be given. The tenders, four in number, for the erection of the new Roman Catholic Cnurcb were opened last night, and that of Mr W. Good for £2131, being the lowest, was accepted, the contract to be completed bj August next. The new building, which is to seat 400, will, with its graceful spire 115 feet high, be a prominent aud oraaoaantal object in the town. The Post of Tuesday says :— The committee of the Wellington Cricket Association niet at the Pier Hot 1, yesterday evening, ihe Match Committee reported that a thoroughly representative team could be got to visit Nelson during the Christmas holidays if funds could be raised for the purpose. It was resolved to issue subscirption lists to each member of the general committee, who will canvass for funds and return the lists to Mr Bate before Saturday next, when final arrangements for the visit to Nelson will be made.