Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1890.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIV, Issue 194, 18 August 1890, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1890.

The wet Sunday appears to be be* coming a local institution, yesterday beiug tho fourth in succession. They arc generally followed by four or live days of perfect weather, but on Friday afternoon tho clouds begin to gather, and by Saturday night the downpour haa set in which is to make the Sunday a miserable day. If there is any consolation to be derived from the misfortunes of our neighbours — as some cynics appear to think —it may be a source of satisfaction to those who are grumbling at the four successive rainy Sundays that have been experienced in Nelson to know that in Wellington there have been no less than sixteen in. succession. Wk remind our readers of tho very ex« cellent concert that is to be given at the Boy.' College this evening, in which Mi*.

Houlker, Herr Zinmiermann. and several of the leading amateura in Nelson wiil take part. At the R.M, Court tbis morning Wm, J, Hig-gius was charged with stealing a piece of tweed from Mr Dee, tailor, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. — Anne McDowell, charged with throwing a si me at a cab, was fined 10s and costs. Tin-* next concerto? the U. rmonio Hoc-, ty will be jrivon or Thursday night. Tee first pa.rt will con.ist of " .-..ifi arid Galatea,'' hdcl the s'o**!d f.f mi--o 'llin*rn*!P .eleoHo:i_. A reheai.al wiil be held iv the i'rovin.;ia) 1 Laii on Wednesday next, orchestra at o*ls, m d chorus at 7*_(j. The Poul-ry a.i.l Dog Sbcv, wide,'"! wii opoii on Friday next, bids fair to e.iip.o any pecvim )y held ie i. ... --n. The O.uj nrse. of Iviana_.u_s> . are much to ho ooi:. -j . *' led f*r tho work thjy h-ws done Homo 60 entries havo b.en received fiom Wellington, and tho loc.l entries aro moro numerous i ban u.ual, so tha 1 . thero is evi.-ry psoniiso of tho show of 1890 being a gi&ml bu.C'.ss. In al'. it ia estimated that there - v lll Le 370 entries, agr.in.t 280 last year, They consist of 225 in the poultry department, 85 dogs, and the balance, canarie., pigeons, und pit.. An united prayer meeting will be held i n the Y.M.G.A. Rooms thia cvoning. TnE August cao.i.bly subs .rip (.ion ma .ting of tbe Nelion Building Sooiety will be held this evening. A meeting of cabmen, carters, and expre. smen will be held in Siglcy's H .11 this evening. The annual meeting- of tbe Motueka Horticultural Society will be held on Wednesday next in the schoolroom, Motueka. A meeting of tho Farmer.' Cooperative Association will be held at Brightwater tonight, and tomorrow evening a meeting in connection with the same Society will be held at the Temperance Hall, Wakefield, when doubtless there will be large attendances. What should prove an amusing football match is to be played to-morrow afternoon between teams from the tailors and bakers establishments in the Botanical Reserve at 3 o'clock, The following aro the players: — Tailors— Rowell, Gay, Dee (2), Snow, Clear, Richards, Harford, Daley, Cook, Penney, Woods, Leviea, Brough and Toms ; emer» gencies Manning aud May. Bakers— Miller, Martin, Clear, Webley, Cooper, Higgins, Ward, Anstice (2), Cass, Linkorn. Donaldson, Atkinson. Waterhouee, and Batcheior. Mil Gaynor wishes us to say that he did not intend to propose the Rev. F. W. Isitt as a member of the Nelson Trades and Labour Uniou at the meeting held on Faiday night. Our Wellington correspondent telegraphs? A criminal action for libel is beiug instituted by Ur Bell, Crown Prosecutor at Wellington, .gainst the Otago Workman, for strictures contained in au article on July 26 dealing with Judge Ward's appointment and the Agent Generalship. We havo been shown to-day „ se ti o£ bjx very beautiful photographs of some of the finest pictures shown al the reo .nt Dunedin Exhibition. They con.ist of Sir F. Leighton's "Phryna at Bleusis, " Long's "Pharaoh's Daughter,' each of which pictures was valued at 2,100 guineas ; «' The old old story, " " The Traitor, " " The Capture of a Freuoh Gun, " and " The Snake Charmers. " The photographs will be on view this evening at the Misses Harris' exhibition ol paintings in the Shelbourne Btreet schoolroom. The leader is omitted to day to make room for a number of interesting items of news. The Wellington correspondent of the Ohristohurch Press writes :—'• Apropos to the Bank of New Zealand and Mr Hutchison's charges against the Government in relation to that institution, the following extract from a letter addressed by Sir It. Stout to the N. Z. Times, and published in tbat paper on the 22nd May ISSS (depr. cat ing tbe opposition offered by his party to the promised loan, and urging that they should support a desirable measure from whatever side it might come) is being quoted with much interest in the lobbies just now as showing how w.dey Sir Robert differs from his party on this as well a3 on other prominent questions : --" And now one word about the Bank of New Zealand, I. have no interest, direct or indirect, in this institution, Its member--, I believe, have always been politically opposed to me. But why should this colonial institution be criticised as it has been ? ft is, .1 believe, thoroughly sound anel strong. If it were weak it would pay tbis colony handsomely to strengthen it, even if it had to givo half a million moro ; but it is an institution of our own. and hence it must be abused, f hope the colonists will set their faces against this abuse of New Zealand and institution. — abuse tbat is to blame for half our depression."