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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 306, 31 December 1869, Page 2

Australian Beef:— There is a shop in Paris for the sale of what is generally known as Australian beef, and which rejoices io the denomination of "1* of meat." "La viande of meat" is extensively advertised on the walls of the capital, and as the War Minister, General Lebceuf,- proposes to start a new military paper he is strongly recommended to give it the title ,'• of Meat." . . 7 New Steam Company.— We (Indepen- . dent) ares glad to learn that there is every prospect that the local steam navigation will not be allowed entirely to lapse, a provisional committee having been. formed, whose objecfristpstarfc a'newcom- :, pany,oHenng, in tbe r fii^ the plant of the N.Z.S^N. Company at an equitable pricep ;<)r .failing ? that,ito, purchase ; entirely new vessels, with all .the latest improvements. Should the offer for; the pur-chase/ of - the -\ plant of; ; thei ; N.Z:S.N. ;: Company be accepted^ .shareholders will be • invited to exchange their shares oni favor;;able yterms^;",,;7;7yyjjjAA■,■[,.AjAAVVxaa ; j-. yxTisisi, escorts ibrought :to;Duri'B'diiii on Nov. I' .vi3ot^^£^:p^, : b^gbl<L7 IjAVVXSy'Sl jAVVX Sy'S Ay. given a prize of £5, for bagpipe ■ p]ay ing, i | to be competed for at an annual Highland i'ggatli^^

7. a^-. — ; -, .-.,,, — - — — „* -• , is General .Government Rifle Tbizva jj -—The following are said to be the regula- 'j tions for the Champion shooting 1870: — j Each company of volunteers, constabulary, or militia out for training and exercise -or actual, service, is, by such, competitive firing. as the officer commanding it m&y determinp, to select one representative for every 25 men on its roll. The whole of the company representatives of each district are then' to meet at one place and. fire off, for choice of district representatives. No district is to send more than three representatives to the general competition. The geueral competition is to extend over two days, and Include a variety of matches at various ranges and under different conditions. There is to be no single event for the championship, but tbe man who makes the highest aggregate.score in the principal matches of the meeting is to get the Champion Belt and £40,: in addition to the match prizes which he may have won.— The Post. The Empire City. — The following is | from a letter of the Wellington corrosion- : | dent of the Otago Timesi— Strangers f visiting Wellington have always been; '■{ struck with the very dismal aspect of our j streets at night, the few lamps scattered j about serving only to make darkness visi-* > ble. Now, however, we are worse off than ever, for we have no lamps at all. The Town Board is over head and ears in debt. The rates are. already as high as i they can legally be made, and the Provin- J cial Government cannot give the Board 1 any assistance. Under these circum- | stances the Board, a few weeks' ago, f resolved to suspend all works which \ required any expenditure, prison labour. ■? which is given by the Provincial Government to the Town Board, being depended on to make absolutely necessary repairs; and as kerosene was an expensive item, and the contract for the supply was just expired, it was resolved not to renew it. Next day a cart was sent round* and all the lamps were collected and taken iota store/ When the moon does not shine now, our streets are in total darkness, save for the few hotel lamps and the light from shop windows. The lamp-posts still stand, but they are rather in the way than anything else.