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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 98, 29 April 1867, Page 2

A rifle match will take place to-morrow between members of the City Rifles, JSTo. 1, and the "Waimea West Rifle Volunteers, at Mr. T. Selling's, Eanzau. The names i of the gentlemen who will represent the Kelson Volunteers appear in an advertisement in another column. Many of our readers must, in passing the establishment of Mr. Otto Weisenhavern, tobacconist, of Trafalgar-street, have noticed a very lifelike and artistic portrait of the proprietor, exhibited in the window. On enquiry, we find that it was executed by Mr. Tensfeld, a German artist, who has been staying for some time at Greymouth, and who wishes to visit Nelson, should sufficient inducement ' offer. In other words, Mr. Tensfeld is anxious to find 20 sitters at £7 each, including a haudsome frame, and we are told that of this number seven or eight names are already enrolled. We cannot doubt that many of our citizens will readily embrace ! this opportunity of obtaining a really good and durable portrait, either of themselves or of their families. As one proof of the acceleration which has taken place in the transmission and receipt of orders from Europe, we may mention that Mr. Henry Drew informs us . that on the 12th of January last, he desi patched an order for watch materials to London, and received a reply with the goods ordered, ou Friday last, the 25th inst., the operation being included within three months and barely a fortnight. Apropos to this subject we may mention that Mr. Drew complains that the last two boxes which he lias received by the post from England, have been crushed and

their envelopes torn. Can it lie that, tit is mutilation and probable injury to valuable property arise from the use of bags, iustead of boxes, for the transmission of such parcels ? Surely the Government is bound to see that the property conveyed by the mails receives as little damage as possible on its transit. Yesterday morning a deputation appointed by the committee for the establishment of Sisters of Charity in Nelson, visited the church of Saints Peter aud Paul, Waimea-west, for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions from the Eoman Catholic residents in the district for the above purpose. A meeting took place after mass, when a collection was made, which amounted to the large sum of £111, including £30 from Mr. Redwood, of Stafford-place, and £15 from Mr. He^ry Redwood, M.P.C. The eventual success of the project is now placed beyond a doubt, and we may mention, as a proof not only of the estimation in which the labors of these ladies are universally held, but also of the freedom from sectarian prejudice which distinguishes this community, that several Protestants have spontaneously requested to be allowed to subscribe to the fund, and that more that more than one clergyman of the English Church has expressed his warm interest in the success of the undertaking.