The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1875.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 267, 8 October 1875, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1875.

Arrangements have been made for a rifle match to take place on Satur^ day, the 16th instant, between eight officers of the Wellington, and eight of the Nelson Volunteers. A general meeting of the Nelson Cricket Club, at which a full attendance of members is requested, will be held at the Masonic Hotel this evening at eight o'clock. A bale of work" in connection with the Trkrity Presbyterian Church was opened; this afternoon at the Masonic HaH-,-and will be continued this evening and to-morrow afternoon and evening. The articles for sale consist of a number of goods left unsold at the bazaar held in July last, as well as of fresh contributions received since that date. There will be music during the evening, and no charge will be made for admission. The weather in the upper part of the Buller Valley is reported to have been terrific during the latter portion of last • week, when one of the severest snowstorms ever known in that part of the country was. experienced, the snow lying from one to two feet deep from the Big Bush down to the Owen, and effectually stopping all work on the telegraph line now being constructed, by covering and concealing the coils of wire. Several landslips are reported, and much damage has been done to the newly formed road in more places than one. . Thebe was a capital muster of the City Volunteers last night, five companies being present, the blue jackets trom the Port mustering the strongest The parade was held in a paddock

kindly lent for the occasion by Messrs Twist and Gay, whoj however, suffered for their godd nature by the injuries done to their fences by the spectators, who crowded on to the ground and prevented^ the evolutions being carried out as successfully as they might x have been. If, for the future, the onlookers Would content themselves with remaining on the road they would see better, and would not subject the proprietors of the paddock to such damages as they sustained last night! A deeply interesting lecture was delivered by the Bey. P. Agnew last night at the Masonic Hall when the first part was devoted to narrating too sufferings of John Muir a Scotch barrister, who for a political offecca was sentenced to transportation. The miseries he endured in the transport ship, and at the convict settlement, and bis subsequent escape and adventures ' were admirably told in such a manner as to keep the audience thoroughly interested throughout. A number of other sketches both amusing and pathetic, followed, and the lecturer could not have failed to be pleased with' the appreciation of his ability displayed by his audience. Mr Agnew will ' preach .in the Oddfellows' Hall on Suday evening on " The battla of life," and will deliver another lecture on Monday evening at the Masonic Hall. India, as well as certain portions of the. continent of Europe, particularly France, has lately been visited with heavy rains and floods. Immense tracts of country were laid under water, and Khe destruction both of life and property was very serious. In Chittagong, for the week ended the 14th of August, the rainfall was 35*87 inches, or more than the average rainfall in England in a year, and within about seven inches of the yearly rainfall in Nelson. It would seem that the Abyssinians have some reason for their fear of the Egyptians. The Khedive has been receiving submissions all down the Nile Valley, including that of Darfur, and' he has now purchased Zeyla, the best port on the west side of the Gulf of Aden, from the Sultan. If he can make a good road from his new possessions to Zeyla, Abyasinia will be hemmed in by . Egypt, and must gradually be subdued. The west coast of the Hed Sea' will then be Egyptian and Mohammedan. * ■ •