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Colonist, Volume XXXIV, Issue 7050, 29 June 1891, Page 3

Correspondence.— We are obliged to hold over several letters, but these shall appear as soon a3 we can find room. Fbiendl. Societies' Vioilanoe Committee. —The members of this Committee will meet at the Oddfellows' Hall, at eight o'clock this evening. An auction sale of oranges and bananas will be held this morning at 11.30 by Messrs Bisley Bros and 00. at their Exchange Auotion Rooms, Hardy Street. Mine Rexubnb. — The following are the Beefton returns for last week :— Globe, 3700zs amalgam from 190 tons stone (clean up) ; Keep it Dark, 150ozs from 70 tons ; Oumber- ' land. 4520zs from 131 tons; Alpine, 400ozs from 131 tons ; Big River, 335oza' from 84 tons.: Fiery Cross, 1260za from top plates only; Progress, 120ozs for three anda-half days* .. j Nelson Temperance League,— A meeting of the members of this League, and of friends will be held at the AU Saints* Sohoolroom this evening, commencing at half-past seven. Tree Plantino.— The work of planting trees on the reclaimed- land between the Saltwater bridge and Auokland Point has now made some progress. Mr John Hale very kindly gave twenty well-grown lime trees, which have been planted in a straight line running a little to the rear of the seats f aoing the sea. Down tbe centre of this piece of ground a row of evergreens is being planted amongst them sixteen pines presented by Mr Barton, including several specimens of the pinea. Frazerii. Nearest the Haven road but sufficiently far from the tram rails to admit of a path being made outside them, ia to be a third row of trees Jnoludipg 8 horse chestnuts, 6 sycamores, and 4 silver ash trees'. For eaoh tree a hole four or five feet deep, and as many across, has been exaavated and filled with fine soil, and substantial wood guards are being placed for the protection of the trees; The work ia being oarried out carefully, and the result will be to beautify the approaoh to the town. It is hoped that other, citizens .wiU fellow the example of Messrs' Barton and Hale, when, in a few years the advantages of tree planting will no doubt be appreciated. We would BUggest that in certain partß of the town gum trees might beneficially be planted, they would of course need to be kept from spreading too much, but from a sanitary as well as an ornamental point of view these trees would he an advantage.