Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1889.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 279, 31 October 1889, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1889.

In compliance with tb-v request of a nutnbor of our readera wa propose to publieh the whole of that portion of tha report of the Bank of New Zealand meeting which baa noi yet appeared in our columns. The Htieeches of the President, Mr Buckley, and Mr Gsorge, wera reported prnuy fully lssi Satutdey. The fires portion of the dieoaasion which enßUfd appears to-day, and the remainder, will follow to-morrnw. As will bo seen, name of the np^echea wero of aa nnußually lively character,

Thb Coventry Times of September 4, says : If any of my fellow oitizenß travel out so far as Nelson, New Zealand, they will hear, in that distant spot, something to remind them of the city they have left behind them. It is intended, I understand, to fix up in the tower of All Saints' Churoh, in the New Zealand

town named after the Trafalgar hero, a Bet of Harrington's tubular bells. With a Coventry made watch in his pooket, a Coventry oyole to ride upon, and Coventry chimes to call him to church, a native of the three spire oity ought to bo very much '• at home " in Nelson, New Zealand.

The half-yearly meeting o£ the shareholders in the Wakatu Extended G. M. Co., will be held this evening at Mr Reeve's office at 8 o'olook.

Owing to oounter atfcr cfcions, there was no

a very large attendance ad the Foresters' Hall last evening, when the Salvage Corps gave a concert in ai.l of their funda. The concert passed off successfully, and at the conclusion a dance was held.

A MEETING of the newly formed Band of Hope and Young People's Temperance Association- will be held in Sigley's Hall this evening at 7 o'clock, when an enrolment of members will be made. Children and young people of all denominations under the age of 20 are eligible for membership j and the Association is to have a distinctive .educational tendency, being in reality a Temperance Mutual Improvement Society conducted on somewhat similar lines to the "Help Myself Society" of the old country.

I AH open-air fete of a novel kind ia to be beld In Trafulgar Park on Tuesday droning Si c * l 7 when the proceedings will 00mineuco vvi* !i bicyole races, to be followed by an op(=n^it concert. Tha Firo Brigttdo Baori will be in aUonrfancs, and the prograiaiao will include a gcunti. mtrob, in which tha menibejra Qi tha Neleoii ard Z«alaadia Clubs, carrying coloured, lanterne, will t^ke part. Thera will be a retiga^al iv tha Park to-morrow evening, when jthe vnvioaa movements will bo goae through, Na doubt tha attractive nabure' of the pro« gramma will cause » laigy> number oi spectators to fiflsumols on evening, that date having boen Eubatituiia^ for Wednesday, as originally fixed, on account of tjjo mpnlbJ^ inspection parada of the Foluntasrs taking plaeo 00 the latter day. THB Bud of Promise Taut, 1.0.R , held a very suooeesful social gathering: last nisrbt whoa &Utf T.M.C.A. hall was filled. TUe ohair was taken by Mr T. Field, wtio gavn a sketch of the progress made by tha cause of temperance in the Austraiaeiun colon iea. Mr Piper daliygr^d aa interesting eddresa in which he doaU a? jgoma length with the financial position at the JV^gpdly Sociotieß, with regard to which lie oo»aide>wd the Rogistifar fead unnpcesßariiy'eriaeavparod to create an alarm. He showed that the ao cumulattd fund of all tfeesjs gopietjLesJn Now Zealand amounted to £309,000, or atop a fiff-y»Beoor>d port of tue wages paid of r-iie colony. In 1887, notwithstanding that thoy pftj[4 £20,847 in eiok pay, aad £4,716 on accounts? thp funeral fund, they had added £19,632 t9 tM? popi^al, Tho Nelson Rechabiie diatrici; hed ft fuafl of £9,626, vquivalont to 8s per member, J&G hdduiofl fco fcboir capital in 1887 being £9dl, or £1 3i 6d p&r membar. The Bud of Promise Teat allowed a capital oi £8 per member, the total bejng The Oddfellows, who paid the moat of all for sioknesa during the year referred to— namely, 19s a member — saved in that period no less than £3,419. It did not seem to him that there were any symptoms of insolvency about these figures, 0* that they afforded any reason why the Societies named oould not with parfeot honppty ask the yoflag people to cast in their lot with thej# f Mr Hayes, *bo 0.8., appealed to all total abateiaer.s to join the 3*eohabites' Teats, which were open fcg mSn, women, and children. During the evening theiffl were \ reoitations by Misa V, Mjtohener, Mas'teffl Bowell and W. Mitohener, and Mrs Bliok, and soDgs by Mrs Sharp, Mr Croudis, Miasa3 GibeoQ Lloyd, and Msetor Budden, while Mr Mitchener, Mr Hunter, and M|sa> Barltrop ably assisted jin paring out the programme. Votes of thanks were aooorded to the chairman and to the ladies who did so much to ensure the Success of the gathering.

Theee was a good attendance at the sale of work now being held at the Provincial Hall last night, when the scene was a very animated one, the room looking exceedingly well by gaslight. The programme of the concert which had been announced was a very well arranged one, but concerts on such occasions are not as a rule successful, not from any defects ' on the part of the performers, but because it is difficult to get those present, who attend more for a little fun and amusement than anything else, to maintain silence. We often wonder that singers are found good natured enough to give their services under such conditions, as thoir temper mast be sorely tried by the inattention with which their efforts are received. Those who did listen enjoyed a treat, as the ladies and gentlemen who took part folly maintained the reputation they enjoy of being entitled to a foremost place among the amateurs of Nelson. Miss Sarrison gave with great pathos and I humour a recitation comprising two scenes from the cleverly written story of " Jackanapes," for which she was loudly applauded. The business done during the afternoon and evening was considered highly satisfactory, resulting in the receipt of £67. During the evening, the Bishop— who had only arrived at home an hour previously, on his return from his West Coast tour, after a long day's journey of 83 miles—very unexpectedly appeared, and met with a hearty welcome. The stalls have all been replenished, and to-day they look as attraottve as ever, and xnany good bargains will be seourable this

evening, when the doora will open at 7 for the sale of goods, and the tableaux vivants will commence at 7*30. In the intervals between the scenes the stall keepers look to doing a. deal of business, as it is anticipated that a large crowd will be present, the fame of the exceedingly pretty tableaux to be exhibited, the list of which will be found in another column, having spread far and wide. The ladies in charge of the refreshment and sweetmeats departments especially hope to do a brisk trade, considering the number of children that are likely to be present, while the others are relying upon the excellence of their wares and the moderate rate of charges, to ensure for them the patronage of the seniors.

Tub New Zealand L. and M. Agency Company have, to-day, received the followlog cable message from their London offio?, dated 29th October :—" Wool— Tho Com mittee protest against the inorease of doak ohargeß."

Writing in connection with the new oonverßion loan the Wellington correspondent of the Otago Daily Times says :--• It is noticed that the price obtained is after all slightly higher proportionately than that now ruling for 4 per cents' — viz., 106, seeing that a proportional price for 3 j per cents would be 94^. It is also worth noticing that had the minimum been fixed proportionately to the average price at which the last two or three 4 per cent loans were taken up, the figure would have been only about 87, so on the whole it is thought that the colony need not be dissatisfied with the result, especially as the loss is little more than a nominal one, while the Baying in an* nual interest will be so large, amounting to some £35,000 in clear relief of taxation. I understand, however, that in view of the result of this experiment no further con* version operations will be entered upon just at present, as it is deemed advisable to wait to see whether the new stock becomes popular with investors. It is thought doubtful whether three per cents would have not have gone off just as well or better, as it is known that many investors prefer stock which they can get at a low original prioe, because then the " corpus" is always growing, or at least does not suffer diminution. It is believed that one reason why so comparatively a low price was obtained in the present instance, is that many investors do not care to tender for stock ; they prefer to buy it in the 'market at a fixed price, and so this is supposed to be the reason why people were willing to purchase the new 3| stock in advance at a premium of £3 on the declared minimum before the tendera closed, rather than take their chance in competition.

The Lyttelton Times gives the following item of interoat to wool growers :— " A private letter from Melbourne from a gentleman qualified to judge, stales thiiG thy English and Conliu<?ntul buyers there are bo greedy for wool thia season that prices obtained are ou a level with those ruling ut the recent London sales. Oae large English buyer, a TorkshiremaD, of course, ban auoh largo orders that be states ho could take the whole Australian clip of tha particular soft he requires, and not beiag able co neoare ull he wants ther?, he intends to extend his com.mission to New Zealand. This is indeed cheering news for our woolgrowtra, and they are to bo congratulated upon the bright prospeots. Thb Oity Rifl«B completed tha twelfth competition for Dr Boor's Cap thie morning, when eighteen fired. Owing to a stiff breeza blowing and the inferior quality of the ammunition, the shooting was far bolow the averago. The result was looked forward to with great interest by the mombsre, as had Sargis Jackson proved the winner the Cup would have become hia own property. Conditions: range, 600 yards, 10 shots. The following *ara the fivo highest; scores with handicaps ; —

♦Ammunition prizes.

hdcp. COO, Corporal Hookir scr 23 Oolor-Sergt Jackson* sor 20 Corporal H. Young* 1 shot 20 Pvt G. Smali acr 19 Corporal Burnett cci.' 19