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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 99, 28 April 1870, Page 2

Resident Magistrate's Court. — Nopera, a Maori, was this morning sentenced to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour, for stealing* a bridle and martingale, the property of Mr. Thomas Hunt, of the Elephant and Castle Inn, Waimeaeast. Maitai Prospecting Company. — An influential meeting was held last evening of the promoters of the above undertaking, when it was unanimously resolved that a Company be formed to prove and prospect the district, with a capital of £500, in 500 shares of £1 each, and a Provisional Directory was elected. Incautious Rifle Shooting. — A Cow Shot. On the morning of Wednesday last, between 8 and 9 o'clock, a valuable cow belonging to the Messrs Edwards, while grazing within a few hundred yards of their residence on the Bishopdale property, was shot through the head by a rifle bullet. No sound of a rifle was heard by anyone about, but it is supposed that it must have been fired from the hillside, or possibly, from the practising ground in Murphy-street. It is not very long since that a bullet lodged in the roof of the Bishop's house, and it is high time that some steps were taken to prevent the indiscriminate firing of rifles in the neigh-

borhood of any dwelliug houses, by inflicting a severe punishment upon anyone discovered iv indulging in so dangerous a pastime. We have since learned that the bullet could not have come from the rifle of a volunteer practising at the Butts, as, owing to an alteration recently 'made, the Hue of fire is in an entirely opposite direction. The Carandinis. — We were glad to see a good audience at the Assembly Room last night when the Carandiuis gave another of their delightful entertainments. The voices of these ladies appear to improve on each occasion of their appearing, and the house was last night fairly taken by storm by the brilliant singing of Miss Rosina iv "II Bacio," a well-deserved encore producing the beautiful ballad " Riu<r on Sweet Angelus," which, by the way, we are glad to see on the programme for this evening. The first, part was brought to a close by Wallace's favorite duet "Sainted Mother" siven by Madame Caraudini and Miss Rosiua a? sweetly as ever. In the second part Miss Fannies exquisite rendering of ', : Alas, those Chimes" was loudly encored, to which she replied by singing " The Lady of the Lea," a song which is extremely well adapted to her marvellous voice, and was given with all the feeling and expression which constituted it so great a favorite on the last visit of the Company to Nelson. We shall, we feel sure, be fully borne out by some of the occupants of the front benches in saying that the concluding duet, " Trust Her Not," had lost none of the raciness and piquancy which have always so stroogly characterised the performance of it by the Misses Caraudini. On the programme for to-night are several established favorites, as well as some entirely new son^s, and, as the visit of the Company to Nelson is drawing to a close, we would recommend the public not to lose an opportunity of hearing these talented vocalists. Sericulture. — Mr. Cobb, Hon. Sec. of the Silk Supply Association, London, in a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Agricultural Society, New South Wales, says : — " Obtain the white mulberry whenever you can, and plant it everywhere. The Californians are fnlly alive to the importance of the position, and have already plauted out about six millions of cuttings and seedlings. Not only has the European crop again failed, but China and, Japan cannot export so largely as they used to do. G-et good seed for your people; such as you have sent is neither the righfc breed, uor is sent home in the right form. To raise cocoons is all that a new country should attempt, and they will pay much better than ill-reeled silk. We hope to have a market for colonial cocoons opened in London this spring. A complete reeling machine costs about £15 in Loudon. The Government Piedmontese reel is the best,"