The Nelson Evening Mail WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1871.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 127, 31 May 1871, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1871.

Cullifoed CoaiPAaa^-The half-yearly meeting of shareholders will be helil at the Oddfellows' Hall tl s evening, at halfpast seven. ' - The Provincial ,^uncil. — The Council met. at 11 Jjfi&s norning, and after passing a Bill tcHfepeal the Hospital Act, and make other provisi »ns iv lieu thereof, adjourned until this evening. The prorogation will take place to-morrow morning. Westport. —We understand that several telegrams were received yesterday by the—Government and private parties stating that a heavy gale had been tijl^wnnfj on the previous day, and that although the sea had not been unusually high, further ecroachmeuts of a serious nature had been rrade upon the town, the inhabitants of which, were ia great alarm. Earnest entreaties are made that some immediate steps may be taken to prevent any further damage being done, and if; is rumored that Mr. Blackett, who is now at ihe Grey, will be "telegraphed to, asking him to visit Westport before he returns to Wellington to see whether anything can be doVSk A man named Bromley, of Bromley and M'Millan (says the Charleston Herald), has been missing from the J&azorback, for ibe last ten days. M'Millau was engaged for three days repairing the Government track to the Ruzorback, and upon returning to the house "where he and Bromley lived, he found the place closed, and Bromley was missing. On the Sable was a writing, partly iv ink and partly in pencil, as follows : — "I leave all I have in the world to my mate M'Millan; I am pursued by a lot of devils. Good-bye, Geordie, you have been a good roaJfe i£ me, but I have been a disgrace to you. • Write to my mother and tell her that I am dead. Don't tell her jW I did it. Tell her genilv." Bromley's two dogs have been seen.ifc.each day, and all day long, on a cliff looking towards the seaj from which it is inferred that the unhappy man must have drowned hiraseif. His body has not yet been recovered. . The Maoris (Bay of Islands) have been to Hokianga, to scrape the bones of Timata Waka's brother. It is said that 300 gallons of grog were consumed on this interesting occasion. , The Thames Evening Star says :— -We observe that history repents itself even in the matter of sharebroking. Du.ring^he temporary , insanity: of a couple 6f ym.rs siuce, every hole and corner that cotykl be used as a sharebrokers office was converted to that use.- During the depression that followed, the sharebrokers retired, like crabs at low water, into their holes and not a corner of an office was occupied. Now again, in the sunshiue of prosperity.,, the sharebrokers have come forth again as the butterflies, and an epidemic eruption of offices in the shape of tiny spots has broken out on the face of the township. In these offices gigantic operations are . conducted in the mo.^t moderate manner by the aid of blank forms of transfer j, and a box of steel peas. ' : , , v ' ;! . The Australasian contains the following : — " The establishment of an ArtUnion, which will embrace the whole of these Colonies within the sphere of its operations, aud which will expend the whole of its income, minus the working expenses, Id the purchase of paintings ..by colonial artists of; acknowledged; merit, may be regarded, we trust, as an accomplished fact, ; and only, requires, the cooperation of every lover of art in Australia and New Zealand: to ensure its t entire success. Out of 2,000,000 of people such asociety ' ought to experience no difficulty in obtaining 2000 subscribers ; ' and,' 'as arrangement^ have be^n entered ; initq which will limit the working 1 expenses io the percentage, of ,tj»e recejtpts. ..which. , .they engross .. in : similar, Qssa'cjations ajs hoipe^ such a subscription' list would leave about £1400 per annum available for expends ture upon works of art to be selected from an exhibition-,! to which' the fiarft'&W-i'bf i iVfe whole W ; tfieß&'C6jotify^wni ; be 'eligible lo I send qom&etftiira wor&r KSJvrx * aT **- ! j