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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 110, 12 July 1866, Page 3

The fortnightly .meeting of-; the "Band 6f Hope took place last evening, his Honor the Superintendent, in.the chair. The chairman . delivered an interesting.address.to the .cliil--. dren on the advantages of temperance,-and ' showed that a "large proportion of the crime of this and-other-coun tries-was- traceable to the drinking habits of the people. Mr. Crisp, Mr. Johns, and others gave suitable addresses

which appeared t6 ; be,duly ; appreciated by the juvenile hearers. The; .Gazette states that Mr. F; r A.\Laking, . : M.D., has -been-' appointed^surgeon, in the Nelson rifle yplufateers., -.The. services, of the , Nelson Cadet Rifle Yolunteers areoaccepted.; A red light will be exhibited in the Nelson lighthouse after th'e l lst August- next, for the assistance bf .pilots taking vessels into- the harbor at night. The following appointments have been made in the' post office iu Nelson province. :— W. N. ..Eranklyn, ■ to- .be post-,-master at •Twelvemile.,iandiQg',\ H. W..Tur-ji nell,fjat Collingwood.-;. Rv:-, J... Malcolm, iat-. Wakefie 1d ; an dT. R.. Hodd er jatßi ch mon d : ; Weclip -the following from .the Waikouaiti Herald,. Otago paper :— -Instances ,do:occa-.----i sionally,come nnder our. notice of ,the extreme cuteness displayed by ; our- .postaiiofficials nin .v arrangements connected with their respective departments. We give the following* as a ' case in point: — Amongst our. exchanges by— post the other .day,.. two .Nelson- Evening Mails had been enclosed in one wrapper, and on the back of the direction was stamped in four-line pica >. boldness = the -figure -4, ■ which we were informed, represented -the.amount of the baser coin of the i;ealm we were"^ supposed to pay before delivery of the papers could be given us. We at first demurred at this piece of what we cousi'derecl.sbarp practice, but on second thought agreed to. pay the amount demanded:- Whatever: the law may be on' the matter, we think that it was never meant to refer to papers sent from province to province and by small bulk, but rather passed as a protection against newspapers of large size being folded in pairs and. forwarded ■to the colonies or home, as they thus become bulky and . cumbersome .and are rendered liable to be charged cs book packets. The ketch Rambler, from Nelson, arrived at Blenheim this morning. ..." • The. Dunedin Evening Star, June 26th, has the. .following. :— lnformation. -has been - received by. the ipolice this, afternoon "to : the" eTect that a woman, at the North Taieri, whose name we were unable .to. learn, had , cut the throats of her two children and herself. From what we have been able to glean, it appears that she Avas confined about six . months since, and has ever since been out of her mind. She flrst cut the throats of her children, placing their head over a tub, into which she allowed the ■ blood to flow. Shortly afterwards, the husband came home, and she opened the door for. him, . it having been previously locked. Upon Jthe door being ■; opened, she staggered into a corner,, and expired : the children were already dead. Information was immediately- dispatched to the com missioner of police by mounted can- '• stable Carter, and detective Thompson proceeded at once. to the spot. -- ■• Information from Riverton was received at Invercargill, "21th June; .. .Mining"/- is progressing steadily, but the-difnculty-in obtaining provisions for the winter, is ivery. great. A few days since a boat.with cargo left Riverton for the diggings; but ifc had not proceeded very far before ifc became .perfectly unmanageable, and was driven ashore some two miles below the pilot station.: The shouts of the castaways were fortunately heard by parties ou shore," and a party of brave meu, at, great risk of life; put off in the pilot boat ahd were successful in rescuing : the crew of thd wrecked craft. The New Zealand' coal is beginning to command attention in other colonies. The following .we take from -the Argus of the 14th June :' — With regard to the capabilities ofthe coal from Wanganui, N.Z., foivgenerating , steam, and of which trial was made a few days ago, in the Williamstown steamer Kangaroo, it .rnay'be stated that.the quantity of • coal used in the one day's trial. was slightly undth* the usual consumption, of Newcastle ,(N.S.W.) coal iura : .similai: i period, viz., 35 cwt. The engineer o'f the Kangaroo, how:ever, gives a decided preference to the New Zealand, coal. -.: The Southland Times advocates a municipality. It is - stated * that several gentlemen interested in Invercargill are organising an agitation to induce the Provincial Council to pass a Corporation Act,- similar to that how iri operation in Duuedin. It is high time that some action was taken ; large sums have

been expended in forming-the streets, which, having been -made/ could 'be maintafiheld at a very- small cost,.but -unless some'thing' is ;ddne\ -.. at once;' will 'be in -*'&*- worse jthatf- " -ever. The Town Board has ceased 6*r-ael> J and taxes are uncollected,' the Government have certainly done all they-cou'ldin.-apply-ing prison labor to' imprqVelthe' stridigts^ but - muclrcatmot-be acebni'plished. A Municipal - Council is much i-equited. ' "'••'" ■■'.. -'.- '. '. XXThe Bluff. Harbor.! Master notifies that •v about the Ist August-ther cask-bhoy painted: : : red ou the east-lend -of theliahd"SpilT ; \vfll :i :he," •'■ removed;- *ahd -a iarge" cone-buoy -surmounted' 'by a staff aud ball placed therein its -stead. This will be"" a 'great' improvement,' "and no.doubt will be appreciated by those 'who" Visit Nthe port. '•""'--- .' A '■'■'■■• - ",' ': A. .-.-, ■ '-"■ The once famous Farley's Arcade, Dunedin, is now being- removed, a", wide', thoroughfare being^ substituted." . 'The' four years' lease, says the i Dally 'Times,-- expired in March last; and sincethen great improvements have- been niade." : The l frightfully patched planking of : the" footway has been covered with plankslaid diagonally-; 'ahd'tHe'' whole of the" shops on 'the' easterly -side have-., been repaired. ' The shops on tho Western' side have been reduced to almost a '-gere&riy' aud that screen will be eventually removed.". Before that -happen.- 1 , however, a "brick, build-' ing will be erected on the hew -line -t>f; the' v New Arcade, which was some. Hme-ag"o< but"" nnsuccessfu Ily; as a ! vegetable marke't. Mr. Hercules Ross has' justified his 'high reputation as a rifle shot in England,; -by becoming, in the -contest in- "India,"- 'the-cham-pion shot of that country. *' '<•' ! ' ' ■ " XPIfc is stated that the number of petitions presented to Parliament ih favor of the,Reform Bill up to* the 13th April was. 6lo, and' that to these' not less than- 440,000 signatures were attached-, -i •,"": j' i.--. ; '.'■"■ --■' '•"' ■'