LOCAL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 60, 14 May 1866, Page 2

LOCAL NEWS.

The Insolvency Court. — This Court was held this morning. Mr. Justice Johnstou, after sitting for an hour, and disposing of a few cases, caused the Court to be adjourned till Friday. His Honor, appeared to be laboring under severe indisposition. He struggled with it for some time, but was at length compelled to retire from Court. The sittiugs of the Criminal Court, will take place on Wednesday next, at 10 o'clock a.n?.

Improvements in Boat. Building.— Our\ attention has teen called td a new boat which \ has recently arrived at the beach from^Eangi- I toto, D'Urville Island. It was manned by a \ Maori crew, and shows that an immense im- ! provement has been made on the . old canoe which was the time honored agent for ploughing these waters. We are informed that the boat ia question was built uuder great difficulty, by Mr. James Kelly, who took the whole of the timber from the bush in its rough state, and either sawed it himself or assisted at the sawing. The boat is a fine model, in the whale-boat style, and is capable of carrying a great weight. She is said to behave admirably in heavy weather. As it is intended to convey various kinda of produce to Nelson and other, parts of the coast iv this boat, she is no doubt destined to be one of tbe pioneers for the development of the resources of D'Urville Island, whence she has come. Public Garden Trafalgar- Square.— X Complaints are frequently made of the in- \ jury done to the trees and shrubs of this \ garden, by the persons who frequent there. \ It is a common practice to break the gums, mimosas and other trees which are so great, an ornament to the garden. Names are cut on the seats, and the cannon, which if taken care of might add to the attractiveness of the place, are made, by the roughs complained of, to batter down the shrubs. Some authority should intefere to put a stop to tbis/ gothic amusement of the town urchins^, wno do not appear to have been sufficiently well educated to respect the public property. The destruction of trees and shrubs in public gardens by the uneducated portion of the community is a vice that should be checked without delay, either by the imposition of a penalty, or the surveillance of the police. Brilliant Meteoric Display. — Several persons have informed us of a brilliant meteoric display, which took place on Saturday night last. Between nine and ten o'clock a stream of light resembling the tail of a comet, and compared by some to the coruscations of a rocket, was seen to dart rapidly from the western to the eastern portion of the sky. Such appearances are frequent in this hemisphere and at this season. It would be well if the wise in such matters would put the public in possession of their observations of these interesting phenomena, which are commonly called shooting stars, but whicli are meteors of some kind or another. Lecture at Union Chapel. — The lecture on John Wesley, delivered by the Rev. Mr. Thomas, last evening, gave satisfaction to a large audience. The lecture on the same subject, is to be continued, on Sunday next, it having been fouud difficult to ex haust it in one discourse.