TOWN EDITION. Nelson Evenign Mail. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1887.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 306, 5 October 1887, Page 2

TOWN EDITION. Nelson Evenign Mail. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1887.

A very pleasant little concert last nighb brouarht to a conclusion a very successful sale of work in the Biebop'o Schoolroom, There were two stalls, beaid< 8 tbe refreshment. Bifsl), which were well stocked with articl a worked by the Christ Church Ladies Guild, and these found so ready a sale that the receipts for the day i»nd night, totalled the handsome sum of £53, the refreshment stall contributing its full quota to the result, to s»y nothing of adding to t.he enjoyment of the evening, for the thermometer ranged low find hot tea and coffee and tbe oth*-r little luxuries provided were highly appreciated. On i he whole it was a very pleasant social gathering, made still more so by tbe excellence of the vooal find instrumental music, and the lady promoters are to be congratulated on the success achieved. Owing to the unfavorable state of the weather the Garrison Band was unable to perform last Sunday afternoon, and they will give their promised performance next Sunday. This morning Messrs F. Trask and W. H. West, on behalf of the Garrison Band, interviewed Mr Harry Lynch, the manager of the Bellringers, with reference to a Costume Cricket match being given in Nelson in aid of the funds of the Band. Mr Lynch very willingly assented, and it was ultimately decided that Monday afternoon should be set aside for the purpose. As the Bollringers are quite adapts at cricket as well as the Bells, a novel and interesting match is anticipated. Messrs Trask and West have taken the matter in hand, and if the affair proves as successful as the one given in Blenheim on Saturday last, it will be a great treat. To-morrow's issue will contain a list of the costumes to be worn by the Lynch Family. At a meeting of the Hospital Committee held yesterday, the tender of Mr Bethwaite for £51 for building a laundry was accepted. An entertainment after the old fashioned Ethiopian Serenaders style is to be given at the Asylum this evening, •vyhen it will be found that the amateur company who have got it up arc by no means wanting cither in humor or in musical ability. Wo ( Westport Times) understand that Mr C. Napier Bell has sont in his resignation aH Engineer to the Harbor Board. Much ns wo regrofc the course, we hardly sco how ho could do anything else. It appears Mr O'Conor hag not thought it benoaoa him la nnony. moualy libel Mr Bell in tbe newspapers, although he had written to Mr Larnach to say he was prepare:! to treat Mr Ball with the utmost consideration and kindness ; and further that Mr Colvin, Chairman* of the Harbor Board, has considered it his duty to ; turn up the corner of an important and j perfectly reßpectful letter by Mr Bell and j write thereon " Thi9 letter is an impertinence." Could studied annoyance go fur- i ther than for Mr Colvin bo to treat a cotnmunicaionof the Engineer's ? But Mr B°H'a j most serious trouble has been the uuwarrantable interference with the works by the Chairman and members of the Board, and be finds that the expenditure at the present time is wasteful and tbe works far less efficient than they were when carried out according to his plane. It U painful for a place to have to oonfees that it cannot manage its own affairs properly, but the Harbor Board management does not command c influence, and alr< ady proofs are given of the necessity of a change, We sincerely trust that tbe Government will make searching enquiry into the causes of Mr Bell's resignation, and that) a condition of tbe next guarantee will be thg,|b Mr Bell's services be retained, and that) tbe improper interference which has hitherto taken place will ha pat an end to. Writing on political possibilities the Lyttelton Times Gays : — Major Atkinson has been sent for, and had the Opposition made as clean a sweep of Canterbury, Jielaon, and Westland as it has made of Auckland, Weir hngton City, &nd the Wairarapa and Napier constituencies the result would undoubtedly be to relegate New Zealand to the position of 1883. The lively dread stilj felt jn Mid-New Zealand of such a fate as this, coupjled with the success of Messrs Ballance, Hutchinson, Smith, J3amuel, and Marohant in the WestCentre of the North Island has cut up the Atkinaonian phalanx irretrievably. The leader himself has reached the shore after a sufficiently tight struggle, but he has reached it without Messrs Rolleaton, Bryce, Trimble, Conolly, W. F. Buckland, Hursthousd, J. 0. Backland, Allright, Hirst, and J. W. Thompson, on all of whose voteß he might have* securely relied. The best of his old and tried crew have perished, and he must do what he can now with men many of whom either distrust him secretly or have openly expressed their aversion to seeing him take the command. It ie true that he has Mr Mitchelson, Captain Eusgell, Mr Fulton, Mr Fergus, and a number of other members more or less unknown to fame, but his Party is singularly weak in debating power and hardly so composed as to attract new members to its ranjes by any commanding presence. Luckily for New Zealand, Major Atkinson's following is too weak to enable their leader to dream of going alone. For this result, we repeat, Canterbury has to thank herself and the determination of the mass of her electors to show a united force and an unbroken front in the coming struggle. Thanks to Canterbury, Sir Julius Yogel has what Mujor Atkinson hag not. Including bis own vo.e, the ex-Treasurer will probably be able to reckon on a band of afc least twenty-seven trustworthy adherents. 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