COLONIAL PRIZE FIRING.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 60, 10 March 1873, Page 2

COLONIAL PRIZE FIRING.

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three minutes with a bree'ch-lqading carbine. Gilpin's score as it appears on paper was an exceedingly p^oor one, but he made an unfortunate mistake, .whichj' although he shot remarkably well, entirely precluded '- him from taking a prize, he having, after the first two shots, fired at the wrong target, which he hit every time. It must have been poor satisfaction to him on ceasing firing to hear the remark that fell from the lips of the commanding officer who was standing by, "you've been riddliDg the wrong man." On examining the targets it was, found that had his shots been directed at the right mark, he would have been the winner. The firing was remarkably quick, and the match was on the whole the prettiest and most interesting that has, yet taken place. The greatest number of shots fired from one carbine was' 22. ■■' ■ ' , • ■ ■•■'■■/•' ' B.vpn>iTY Mateh — Cavalry. Eange 2CO yards. Time three minutes, to commence : at first shot. Competitors to come loaded to the starting point, and will load their carbines by word of command, and fire on the bugle sounding one '« C." Ties to be fired off. in the same manner as the match. First prize, £3; second prize, £2.

The next event was the Bapidity Match— Infantry. Range, 200 yards. Time, five minutes, to commence at first shot. Target, 6ft x 2ft.; centre two feet across the target. Cartridge packets may be opened, but the cartridges themselves must in no way be tampered with. First prize, £10; second, £8; third, £6; fourth, £5; fifth, £3; sixth, £2.

2, VHoskia % ;?ayne ;4, r Mills 5, , : Buchanan 6.,: J; 1 5^:!.,^-,;,,^ „>,V; j-^. v >, C V .J--^ Skir imishing Match; which will last lu^^eonitinQe,yafi;Br iwhich* ihiare will ' be ;

Reception of the catholic BISHOP -OF pUNEDET. reception Kof Bishop Moran by his 'flock took place^on Sunday morn 4 ing. {TheLpathway'trptn the gates to the'; Church porch had been tastefully ornamented with evergreen arches, and the children attending the schools were drawn up on eitner side of the, road. _At the entrance gates his Lordship was presented with two addresses by the boys and girls respectively, and on arriving at the Church the following address on behalf of . the adult laity was presented :— - , . ; t To the Right Eevbkend P. Moran, D.D., Lokd Bishop of, Dunedin AND AdmINISTRATOB OP THE DIOCESE of Wellington. May it please your Lordship — The Catholics of Nelson and its suburbs gladly welcome you to this part of the Diocese of Wellington, and assure you of their high respect for you personally and their devoted attachment to the Holy See. They are aware of the difficulty in procuring an adequate staff of clergy for the Colonies consequent upon the demand for their services in England, where conversions to the Church of their forefathers have of late been so remarkably numerous. Any scheme therefore for the establishment of a College in New Zealand at For continuation of news see fourth page.

which young men maybe trained for the ••pries^h«iod : -Wiii ; lnyve;the cprdialsuppqrt of the Catholics pF Nelson. Indeed the encouraging growth of the Church in this Colony makes such an institution an absolute necessity. Your Lordship's remarks in the Lenten Pastoral on the subject, of education have been read with attentive interest, and however illiberal the laws in this respectmay be, in other parts of the colony, in the Nelson' system s you Will no doubt recognise a desire on the part of the community generally to do what is fair and just. In common with the tens of thousands of those of their faith throughout the world; the Catholics of this place are profoundly moved -by the afflictions of his Holiness the Pope, and they humbly pray Almighty God to shorten the period of his captivity, and to restore him to that temporal dominion of which he has been unjustly -deprived by wicked and rebellious men. ■ '■■-■■■■' ' ; ■ ' ■:■'.'" May your Lordship long be spared to figbj, the .good fight of the Faith with that vigor and pertinacity for which you are .distinguished.; „ r

The Bishop replied at considerable lengthy and spoke bn the Education question to the following 'effect .—" I desire publicly to acknowledge the liberality and the justice -\ 'of the people of Nelson. Although the system is not one of which I entirely approve, still, looking to the fact that this is a mixed community, it is onel can work and co-operate with, because, considering the manner in which it is administered, it is a fair and just compromise under existing circumstances. The Church can never approve of any system under ■which the Catholic children are entirely removed from the control of the clergy, but if the other provinces of New Zealand will only deal as fairly and justly with .Jhe Catholics as the Nelson people have done, my voice will seldom be heard on, this subject."

The news comes by telegram from Grey mouth that no more coals are obtainable there until the rain sets in, the river being now to low to admit. of laden boats even coming down with coals. It is a mistake, and one becoming every day more apparent,' that a supply of Ngakawhau coal is not kept on hand at Westport. Sailing vessels or steamers can easily come in or out here at all states of the tide, and the news once spreading that cool was obtainable here, the supply would very soon create a demand from many quarters. — Westport Times. \ In an Addbess delivered by him at the Ahaura His : Honor the Superintendent said : — The revenue from the gold fields had largely fallen away. The district of the Inangab.ua had not realised the expecttions formed of it, and the Government as well as the public were dissapointed with regard to • the;. Reef ton. -..district. The Government expected to derive a large income from the sale of lands in that district, and had based their calculations accordingly, : but instead of receiving £5000 or £10,000 from that source, only a nominal sum was obtained. This and the general depression which existed, would account, for the decrease in the revenue, but he would again assert that the deficiency was made more apparent and the condition of affairs aggravated/by the action persisted in by the Provincial Councilof voting; sums far in excess of the possible revenue, thereby creating : dissatisfaction among the constituencies, who imagined that because the money was voted it ought to be spent, and that if it was not expended as voted it was misapplied to other purposes. The. long continuing draught is becoming a : serious; inconvenience. Not only are mining operations at a standstill at the Reefs, but on all the alluvial digging, the cry is for water." Heaps of washdirt are stacked awaiting the replenishment of dams, which ! are 'for the' most part empty, and throughout the district work is well nigh at a standstill, and, as an inevitable consequence, the circulating medium is as an unknown quantity, unfelt- and unseen. In town the lack of water is causing tribulation in every household, tanks are empty, barrels all agape; and 'bucket exercise, to the river bank at early morn, is an,occu r pation indulged in, not from choice but from sheer .necessltyi • -By v providental dispensation the town is spared the cry of " fire "and thusrspared, escapes destruction, — Westport Times.- *■" ; . Bt the fast and favorite paddle .steamer. Result^ a numerous company of ibfiyageurs' went on Saturday last to Mokihinui, some intent on permanent settlement there, and others Hkejihelßraelites^pr^ spy out the*^ notes of, .'t^|/land,; t --Some i ;';'(ofl; mining 'jQpm|ilny;\'We,re. > Bmoog l . Jhe ; number, store^niiniDig ijfafcKoU vandvateo^^o^jforSnveri;;!^ - waß^Bo' i; tin^ard! ; M^^^ oneff afj^th^ : : : gone fl ji^^rjß^^^Bjplv^^^^^^.

his permanent habitat; having in addition to the prospective chances .of his" store: bpisness' secured'ifthe : right 1 to £;# ferry)! across the river. The prospects at either place are good. The stone brought down from the Mokihinui, and of which good samples may be seen at Martin's Hotel, is as good, or better than specimens that have before nof set whol§,, communities in a ferment of excitement, pud there is not Ihe' "slightest doubt that one of a series of valuable reefs has been opened up, that will prove the correctness of the opinion maintained on the coast by a few- for,- years past that the Mokihinui. is very' ;r rich indeed in. mineral resources. " From the Karamea also good news comes to hand. Whispered rumors of exceedingly good alluvial ground, and the stealthy packing up of swags, and making tracks in the early morn by the few men not obtaining work in town, or others looking out for the chance of a good'!, thing in raining, tells plainly that some are on a rich ground there, and that none need be despondent of the future prospects on the Coast. — Westport Times. In acknowledging his health at a dinner given, in his honor ( in December; .last,. Mr -Alder man Carter ,M.P. for Leedssaid it was just 40 years since he came to Leeds, a country lad in a carrier's waggon. From a very arduous life — that of an agricultural laborer-4-he entered a factory, and was surprised how easy the work was there in comparison with that which he had gone through in previous years. He had passed through all the phases of a working man's life and a working man's; experience. Early in life he had learned this great lesson, which he would now give to the young men present, that the best thing they could do for themselves was to devote themselves with all the. power and energy of which they were; capable to promote the welfare of others. This Jhe had tried to do, increasing the time so devoted accordingly as God gave him opportunity. It is remarkable that another :M(P.i for Leeds, Mr ,E.;;Baines; worked bis way up in a similar praiseworthy manner. He entered Leeds: with 1 ; all his worldly goods at his back, and all his cash under a sovereign we believe,, in. his pocket. The Will of the late Walter Montgomery ,- has been proved in.. Supreme Court, : ;says aj! Melbourne contemporary, by Mr Thomas Pavey, the Australian executor., Mr Montgomery died in September, 1871, a few days after his marriage. This marriage, if a legal one, would of course revoke the will,, but it appeared that the ceremony amounted to a nullity, as the bride had. another husband then living. Thb marriage being null, the will was valid. There were a few; curious paragraphs in the will. One was — "I give and bequeath to the said John Forsyth, the sapphire ring, and one ruby and one diamond ring, given t© me on board the Galatea by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. ss I give and bequeath to His Royal. Highness the Duke of Edin- . burgh the watchchain manufactured for me iby Mr Crisp, jeweller, Melbourne, the same which I have already offered to r His Royal Highness at Sydney, in the colony of New South Wales, but which he declared he would not deprive me of," " With respect to certain sums of money owing to me by some of my friends whom I have at times obliged, I wish the said John Forsyth and William Drake to insert advertisements in the Times newspaper for about a week, reminding them politely >of my desire and request for (if convenient) payment of the same. It may be ithat some few friends of mine may desire some little memorial of me. If so, let them give the market price of the valuables, and the proceeds may be added to and form part of my personal estate." .Thus speaks our Sydney contemporary the Herald, on the Volunteer system:— "Our dependance for defence is , now mainly upon a volunteer force,, which is wanting in the characteristics of such .a, form. The term is a misnomer^ .They are [neither Volunteers nor Militiamen. They are not subject to the Government in the v same manner a' paid '; -Militia force '; would be. The colony is at considerable expense about them, but 'yet feels that there is no hope about them in the day of need. ,tt "is trife jhat theyjdp joiot cost so much as a MilMa force ; bij t the is whether; it'Woulß; not -be more for our! safety and com'foVt'tb^ pens'e, %tft [^.establish somethiidg" in which we | can 'feel satisfaction 1 : 'security;" There might be enough of 1 dra\jr f Volunteers iogetKer^ ahfr'cbmpaet' them for- vigorous in time, of neces-i sity i but there might not: Jealousies and mißander!B^tidfDg^migh%| : tienti6klm6'^ ,' men];-: "■ i <3vei t p'^Wer. i •'th'e 1 '" voice v of^p^mand.' AUnuJßedfj to,; the ilmtiici^todipAM^ijpai^.: soldiers, many might claim. tp ; belead ers a t ta ;■ time when ; conflict :^rp^e fatal" to the pubHc .safety;^There, is ;^-^p^'j.t)hlat^.Tbxck%^|m

are not indulged in; and are we quite sure fthqse 'unseemly, ihough pe r rtiaps natural ; ;diiaipo3itibnß^wil^be ! placed '-tisfdeF control at' the right time, and not. be allowed to turn the edge of a strong concerted blow, or spoil' "th"c stratagetical scheming of able leaders. Although the ciruumstance is rare, lhe T world has heard^of .patriot, soldiers who; quitted the/ranks' in "the timeiof their- 1 ' country's r.grea||st. nefed. |:| liguj|tle^__ the cause lay in some defect in the organisation of the men, which rendered them glad of ttje opportunity to make a new engagement; but it becomes us to look our., position in the face: and, judge whether; we■can really. afford 'sp cheap aitfeingiasjth'e^ Volunteer force." "" The Chablottb Gladstone. — The Dunedin correspondent of the Grey River Argus says : — Great excitement was causedjn town on Sunday and , Monday "■by-: the:. arrival-; of the shipiChaTlotteijGladstone, from London,, with a'^ large party of immigrants, but most unfortunately, in addition to her living cargo, she had a large amount of disease on board. Rumors were rather conflicting at first, bat it was ascertained that there had been .no fewer than 60^ cases of, illness; \ and,, of ,thefi&£J.7,. had resulted fatallyi -• The disease"w as typhus fever. Of course the .ship was placed in quarantine; pending : arrangements being made for the removal of those who were, sick ;to the , Quarantine Island.i ; Dr Hockenj who had his wife and' mother" on board, gallantly volunteered to go on board the {vessel, ' arid- give ;' his Tassisfance j towards the recovery of the sick, while the ship surgeon accompanied the .buljfcj:of ;i "the passerigerh to the' island.; ' The "-Boards of Health met and adopted all the proper measures^,. but on,. the question; of infectious-; and. non-infectious "nature of the disease "" there was difference of opinion, the « majority- being of opinion^ <that the ' yeasej , might be admitted to pratique after all the clothes had been. thoroughly, cleansed; and.-, the vessel fumigated. - On /the -idecisibn^being arrived at, Dr Burns at once resigned ihissea^ believing the dis.e.^ejta.iboj dangerously infectious; while Dr Hocken, onithe other.jh.and, holds quite the contrary opinion. When doctors differ, &c. Meantime, ..all. the healthy passengers have been brought to town, and are now absorbed. among the population, with what ".result on lithe, public healibh, remains to be seen. Those who are sick on the island are well enough. A r number of the passengers* are Brbgden's men, brought to town yesterday, and they are a. rough lot. Many got drunk and commenced fighting,^ and managed to keep the police pretty" actively employed for some hours yesterday evening. „- The. doctor of the.' ship • writes to the papers that there were no fewer than cases of sickness on board,, including theabove fever cases.' ' ■ » . Dr Livist&stone's, Keligion }b n thus^ noticed by the; explorer ' StanleyJ in| h)s late work:-— The study of Dr LiviDgstbne^ would not be complete if we did iiot'take the religious side of his character into con- ! sideration. His religion ris^not of the theoretical kind, but it is a constant, earnest, sincere practice; it is neither demonstrative nor loud, but manifests, itself in a quiet practical way, and is always at work. If is not aggressive, which sometimes, is ■'trbji-. blesomeif n6t impertinent. In him religiop. J , exhibits its loveliest feature^;- it governs his conduct not; only towards his servant's', 1 but towards the natives; and all who come, in contapt with him; !; Without it XiVing-! stone, with his -ardent temperament, his enthusiasm, his_ Jhigh- spirit must have become uncompanionable and' a. hard master. Beligion has tamed him and made him- a Christian gentleman • < they crude and wilful have been refined J and : subdued; religion has made him the most .companionable , of men and ' indulgent of mastersVa-man whose society is -pleasurable. , to a degree. !! i 'observed that' universal respect was paid to him; even the Moham- , medans .never jpassed , his ' house ' calling to* pay their .^compliments and tor ,say " the-blesßing of ' -God '> rest. on-y ; ouV'*i' Each Sund^'in'or.Sjn^jh'e I^^^ .flock around him .^jand-'reflaa.lp'Ea^ers/^nli;^ chapter from the Bible ia a natural y:Unr; affected, and sincere tone. -There is another point in-j ILivingstone'e . character i about) which readers, of His! books and students ofi his travels jwojuld... like . to: .know, iand that ... le, his ability to witb^t^d.^hi^ dreadful climate of Central Afipjca^ Histconsisteni/ energy ?s[native.| tor himiand 1 rto ;,hi^jr|icevj He is a very fine example. '.of. the perseverance, dogge^neßß, S jand tejiaqity. racterise the Anglos Saxonlspirit. But his "ability |6 ''withstand^^^^hWrdiimate^s'duefno'tf only jto ihehoppyVonsWtution f',iKhicii?iielw.as^bornji J to.-t^;B^rjg||^;.|tjßinnesate 1 j life lie has •ey'erjji^ViVj^d^pSa.'r^i^ "man jof vicious habits could never 'have ' clesire sbme^injei r |jt hj^sftunjr^^j^aidjc he : f* l would like very much to go home and me^i-6ii)i|^^ttMW^i&^b&i Jrsßß»* Jaaye undertaken wnen it islso nearly {oomi:jpjeted.^My^^ task ; 'is en^d^io^toveitos come babk again

toj do what I can very.wjell do,, how?" "And whyV* i ! asked, "did'you come so far wijthoat' <finishirigi the task ; which you say : , yo|u have got to dp.?" ". Simply because I was(|orce.d. .^ My ; m(?n; would: not budge.a. \ step forwajd. Thiey rnutined jand formed.: : a secret resolutipn-r-if; I still on ; going on— rto. r raise, a. disturbance , in the : country, ani after 'thej 'had it, to ijabandon me'/ in witch case I ! .should have been killed. ,It r was "dangerous to go any

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