PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 60, 11 March 1874, Page 2

PROVINCIAL.

%h;tj^ .■'..:■ March 11. Kakap'o'ir'being purchased for Btud purpoßef2.%_ith a view to improving the breed in tbejjrovince. ■ TMJd^lJey;, Club have already drawn up a programme foir' next year's races, in' the hope of insuring the attendance of firstrate horses froni&U.part&.'of.the colony. There will be several?^ 100 races, and the Wellington Cup of £mOin-j;. . .: Theeflemsnds of the journeyman bakers have^been* .seceded to, and the co-operative company has been abandoned. wbbaiefl' have yet been recovered from the lail'ttrecka; M^Hartmann, the late manager of the N.Z.isjS^.p9mpany, was entertained at a dinney, J'aßt.njgh^ and presented with a purse of sovereigns. \ v , , -kii :>v?'; *! EW Plymouth, March 11. Tnere.ia some complaint of the mail being camed'on, j. ..,..„./ Napibb, March 11. Tne Colonial representatives arrived yesterday about 'one pin., and were met on landing by the' Artillery and Rifle Volunteers and a large number of people. They marched to town preceijedyby the Band, and went out to the range at once. The camp arrangements are very complete, and the range is highly spoken of. .Tifoeticfbting is delayed until Saturday, in order to enable the. representatives to attend the NapSdr races. Dunedkt, March 10. The' ©aliftrnia mail leaves to-day. It is notftfa latgely used as the Suez route. It hirf been: MfsolVod that there shall ba a thorough affiliation r of tho Otago and CanterDury^jfaiYersitieß. '