The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1866. NELSON BOARD OF WORKS. Thursday, Nov. 8.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 214, 12 November 1866, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1866. NELSON BOARD OF WORKS. Thursday, Nov. 8.

Present — Mr R. Bum, in the, chair ; Messrs. Bentley, Burns, Wright, Rout, Aitken; and Carter. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

The Chairman reported that the residents in the neighborhood pf the Maitai Bridge, intended to present a petition to the Provincial Council, to induce the Superintendent to place a sum on the estimates, for the improvements of- the bridge.

A question raised by the Secretary as to the proposal of Messrs. Graham and others, to pay part of the cost of wattling the stream at the back of their property, for the protection of the bridge, was postponed. The Public Works Committee recommended certain improvements in Trepia-street, and the drainage of tlie road, and gravelling in Kawa-street, if the inhabitants would* pay one half the expense. It was resolved that the road in Trepia-street should be formed, if the inhabitants would pay half the cost.

Mr. Rout recommended that the. water tables around Churcli Hill should he. attended to.

Messrs. Carter, Aitken and the Secretary, were appointed to examine and report upon the state of Tasman-street Bridge..

Permission was granted to Mr. Trueman to remove a fences and Mr. Levien to put up a verandah.

A petition was presented to the Board from a number of residents in Trafalgar-street, calling attention to the alteration made in the footpath at the entrance to the yard of the Bank of. New Zealand. It stated that the crossing or carriage-way had been made below the level ofthe footpath, leaving" on either side a ridge of stone two inches in height, which was dangerous to pedestrians, particularly at night, the said ridges being calculated to cause them to trip. The petitioners reminded tlie Board that "similar dangerous crossings have neither. been adopted nor found to be necessary in front of other publie buildings within the city, a crossing even with the footpath being found to answer in every respect. The following, accounts were passed: — Labor, £29 45.; Akersten, £50; M'Rae, £10 17s. 6d.; Hounseil, £4 14s. 4d. ; Porthouse, £3 12s.d Examiner, £2 17s. 6d.; Murfin, £50 Cockram, £30. The Board adjourned to the 23rd instant.

>"' The following is the result of n cricket match that was played on Friday last : — ji'cabe's eleven.' Lloyd's eleven. M 'Ca be, e. Leech ... 9 Lloyd, run out ... 0 Bird, b. Leech ... 7 Moir, run outj... .. 31 Taylor, c. Hill ... 13 Chambers, run out ... 0 " Waters, b. Lloyd ... 0 Stewart,. c. Stallard ... 3 Gough, c. Moir ... 4 Laishley, run out ... 5 Adams, b. Lloyd ... 0 Rentoul, b M'Cabe ... 0 Brace, b. Leech ... 8 Leech, b. Taylor ... 4 Landon, not out ... 1 Bentley, b. Taylor ... 1 Trask, st. Moir ... 0 Hill, st. Taylor .., 0 Stallard, b. Lloyd... 0 Murdoch, b. M-'Cabe ... 0 Snow, d. Hill ... 4 Batchelor, c. Adams ... 3 Byes,2o; wides, 13; Byes 4 no ball, 1 ... 34 — — Total: : .51 -^" Total ... 80 Iu the Eesident Magistrate's Court,, to-day, John Hopgood complained agaiust William Russell. for stealing a. coat from the Commercial Hotel, on Saturday night last. It appeared from the complainant's statement that he pulled off his coat, to fight, in the bar., of the Jtrotel ; that; the prisoner wasj there, took it up and went off with* it. .He was arrested about three hours afterkai'ds, ; at -the Tuff: Hotel,, with. the. coat in his possession. JJfjhez prisoner, was sentenced to l 4. days' imprison-' ment with hard labor. The Wellington Advertiser has .received a letter from.an influential chief in the Waira- ; rapa, which: shows that the. fear, it; expressed of a probable outbreak w»s not ■> unfounded, -and that even now precautionary measures are necessary. The Independent of the Bth. says, ]\£r., Douglas, the earnest but eccentric preacher,, is a passenger by the Euahine to Southampton.