NEW ZEALAND.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 123, 26 May 1891, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

v■ . :1 W^woton, May 25. The weather was fchreatening'thia morning, but oleared up and 'remained fine all day. The- principal celebration was the planting of trees on the Thorpdon , esplanade, for whioh nlaborate preparations had' been mado. Mia Brown, tho Mayoress, formally opened the proceedings, and many hundreds bl trees Wd shrubs were put in during the 'day, There waß vigorous oheering when a band of Maoris from the Hutt nnd elsewhere planted' tWo oaks as nearly aa possible opposite the ifpot where the old landing place .was. The ovoning was devoted to a oarnival pa the Basin Hesem in aid of the Samuel ParneH Memorial Fond by the light of eleotrio lamps A. novel feature of the proceedings waa the parade of a Chinese Band, whioh created no little interest and amusement. Tho Appeal Court merely met this morning and adjourned immediately. It J s understooc that judgment in the Edwards oaee win be delivered on Wednesday. ! „ (] ; May 26.' Upwards of. six thousand attended the eleotrio light carnival in. the Basin Reserve last night, in aid of" the fund for the memorial to the late Mr S. D. Parnell. the originator of the eight hours' ayatem in Zealand. A to.rohlteh.ti prooession, in whioh several of the looal Trades Unions took party, a^ytiefl from the Government Build^ga at 730 p.m , and marohed through the priooipal atreots to the Reserve. £250, j was taken at the gates, , \ . , , <"' ' The Brunner leavea for W^ng^nui to-mor-row morning, and syill fa Absent three, or four days, ; '', > . . ,v( 1 The Hon. Mr MoKen«fl goea^soufch^ ok Friday au'd addresses his , oonatitueat3 o& i Monday night at , Falmerstou ( South. Ho intends to reply to MrSpehoe'a q^argea, and • the otorges made against hia, i.ej»eachiaent polioy aud the adnu i wti;a(iioq,.;of. t j( i he 'Department ' ; Duhedin, May 26, • A lad named Siblin haa Ijeen opmmitted for. trial 'for shooting 4 the raoing mart Disappointment. 7 .;.. .'\'<i* ■<'',' WWi. W ft Wi A!golcin\iner Gft-ywis' ot age, unmarried, <J|^ aujd^enly at Waihemo/« Mw T „ CH«*swi*ufiQU, l May 25, 1 %#lj«MssS??fc W«l« fire ana furniture. The losa is about £3000. whioh is partially covered by 4|500 id the Union Insurance Ojfioe, *500itt theimp^il, «600 m the London," Liver po^U* and; Glob*, and «20p in theiViottrU. M&^riW

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