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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 283, 3 December 1869, Page 2

Culliford Gold Mining Company. — The election, of seven ilirectois for this Company was brought to a close yesterday, the choice of .'the shareholders fulling on -Messrs. H. E. Curtis;' Williams, Henry, Burnett, Culliford, M. Lightband, and Everett. Diocesan Synod. — The Synod met a.am yesterday, and got through a large amount of business in a long sitting, which, with the exception of an hour'?: adjournment, lasted from half-past three until midnight. Mr. George Cotterell is to give .one of his capital entertainments at the Oddfellows' Hall this evening, when several entirely new characters are to be introduced. Caution. — Our attention has been called to the fact that several nests of English birds have been taken from the Church Hill, and we aro requested .to remind persons faking them that they are liable to very heavy penalties. Scientific Association. — The usual monthly meeting was held on Wednesday evening, but, owing to the sitting of the Synod, was not so largely attended as usual. An interesting paper on a new method of i preparing the New Zealand Flax for manufacturing purposes was read by Mr. T. Mackay. N. Z. S. N. Company. — At a meeting: of the shareholders in this Company, held at Wellington, on-Mouday last, it was resolved and carried 'hy„ .three-fourths of those present, "That the N. Z. S. N. Company be wound up voluntarily." Sale of. Stock.— Messrs. Thompson and Stavert held yiieir fortnightly sale at Richmond on Wednesday. The attendance of buyers was good, and there was a fair show of stock. Cows sold at from. £6 to £12; fat cattle from £8 to £10, averaging about £2 per 100 lbs.; young store cattle sold at from £3 to £8; working bullocks, £21 per pair; and horses at all prices from £4 to £20; pigs in fair condition sold at £2; and fat wethers at 10s. 6d. Royalties.— lp an article on the interference, of tlie Geueral Government with the late land sales at Wangapeka, the Wellington Post says — "The withdrawal of the letter to the Superintendent of Nelson is a practical confession," that, the law ot royalties standing in the Euglish statute book is in reality a dead letter here, and the stand Mr. Curtis has made against an undue assumption of authority by the Government entitles him to the thanks of ; the Colony." Westland Races. — These races are * advertised for the 30th und 31st instant, when stakes to the amount of £455 'wi1l \ be ruii-for-j-the-principah' events being the : Westland Jockey Club Handicap, 2_ miles, ;,'of 100 soys. p. the- '^own'Fl&te, ;■ 2 -miles, ; weigh tTfo^Bge,|6o^ov^ :;;. . dicapJHurfll^ -0* 00'0y0y arrived, the only criminal case remaining,: that of Bigamy;* wUi : be taken , to-morrow

At a recent meeting of the medical section of the Auckland Institute, Dr Wright read a paper '• On the Katipo or Poisonous Spider of New Zealand." The author gave" an account of a case which had come .under his treatment in Auckland, the patient having been bitten by a katipo while he was carrying home wood with which to feed a furnace at work near Mechanics' Bay, at which he was employed. When the author saw the patient, soon after the bite, he was suffering from stiffness of the faw, rendering him almost unable to articulate ; he subseqently exhibited all the symptoms of suffering from a narcotic and irritant poison ; and it washing before he recovered. Two kinds of katipo were known, and the authorbelieved them to be distinct varieties. One was a small spider, ; to|iu in diameter, with a dark, glossy, spherical body, and a red spot on the hack ; the other being similar, expect that it was without the spot. The former was regarded as the more poisonous. Cricket. — The Wesleyau Ministers in Australia have been setting an escelleut example as will be seen by the following extract from the Mount Alexander Mail ; —The cricket season in Castlemaine was duly inaugurated .on Saturday. The Wesleyan ministers attending the Conference held here, being desirou.3 of some little relaxation to their labors, sent the Press a challenge to a friendly game, which was- accepted, and ' accordingly a portion of the Mount Alexander Mail staff met the reverend gentlemen on the reserve at Milkmaid's Flat. A very pleasant afternoon was spent, the result being a victory for the typos ; the totals being — Ministers, 42 ; Press, 51. The game was witnessed by a goodly number of persons, includirjg several ladies."