The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 318, 25 September 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1874.

\Nblson Horticdltubal Societt. • -—-We call attention to the advertisement that apjpeaxa..in the fourth psge ;. of tpday'si«Wnn which will be found the list apprizes to be offered for com- , .^petition at the Sbowf to be held on the ' - 26th of November and!Jsth of March next. ; [•'^ \ THB^Pararua arrived from Melbourne ' been unable m to communicate with the shore either ,; at Hokitika of Greymouth, owing to the *\ Tough state of: the bar. She met the v^NQtago near the .Sandspit, and trans- * snipped her^WeTsf Coast mails and pas- ■"■ sengers, but bajd to bring the cargo oh " toNelaoD. She sails for Wellington this evening. -, Artillert Entertainment.—lt is . necessary to remind our • readers tbat tbe entertainment which '^|ia^ed off so successfully on T/besday "I] "even;ng: will be repeated to-night. ,/i'j Tho's'e who were not present on the previous occasion we recommend to '"••"'attend to-nigbi; (hose who were there will require no snch recommendation. mn .'tW :6i¥ e •lery N gtad to.learn that Mr* Gully has received an invitation from his Excellency the Governor to accom- • pany him in bis trip to the Sounds on tbe West Coast of tbis Island. Through / * the;'medium of Mr Gulr/sjjjtowerful '^'-pencil, we may hope in course of lime to be made familiar with (he magoiO--.j].cent scenery off tbat part of New Zealand. The trip, we understand, is „* likely to occupy abont a fortnight. '; ' Short Horn fCATCLBj^An adver- :'/. tisemen t appears in our^Sortrnins to-day '„, offeriog for sale three pure bred shortri horn balls ,fronjyine herd of Messrs • Leoey and Son, "Kent, England. Tbe ; 'value of these animals may be estimated by. the fact that the'y formed a portion y of''a 'herd of forty-one head of cattle which were sold in July last, and averaged tbe sum of £221 per bead. "tMessra Leney commenced to breed shorthorns in 1859, and bave ever •v ' since been improving the quality of their stock,; but, as the London Telegraph says, on tbe day of tbe sale they received their reward. The most .extraordinary sale effected during tbe *' ,' day, was that of a heifer calf, eight months old, which realised tbe ii;; prodigious sum of 2000J guineas. It would be well worth the consideration of our farmers whether it woold not Le .desirable to co-operate in tbe purchaee '%i v one of these bulls now offered for 7J: tile. The breetf* of cattle in tbe

Waimeas is capable of much improvement, and if ;a few of those interested w^re to combjne they might at no very great individual cost secure io themselves and the district ono of the best &r,ed bulls ever offered for sale in New Zealand. We commend this matter specially to the notice of tha^ useful association, the Stoke Farmers' Club. Volunteer Regulations. — - The priucipal alterations in the Rales and* Regulations for Volunteers? are :-— (l.) k Reducing the minimum of a corps to 30 instead of 36, . and making tbe maximum of all corps 100. (2 ) Examination for the first commission includes taking a lock to pieces and putting it together. (3) Capitationallowance of Volunteers transferred, to be paid to the corps in which they serve on tbe 31st of March. (4.) To be entitled to capitation, Volunteers must attend six inspection, and six j company parades in the year, or three inspection and three company parades for half the year, provided they are efficients. (5.) No claim for capitation will be allowed, unless there are 25 efficients on 31st March, and any corps not having that number ia liable to be disbanded. (6.) Skirmishing is added as a requisite for efficiency. (7.) White cap covers with flaps, are allowed for hot weather. (8.) Thirty-six and twenty-two points respectively are required to pass into the Ist and 2nd class in class firing, instead of 30 and 20 — twenty-two points qualify aB a marksman. (9.) Officers commanding cadet corps are to receive substantive : rank instead of honorary, as heretofore. In --Anderson's claim, Inangahuo, otushiag^ le, proceeding steadily, the machinery working very satisfactorily since Hie rece'Dt alterations were completed. -Unless some unexpected occurrence takes place, the batteries will be kept constantly going until Christmas. It is not yet decided when a thorough cleaning up will take place. vStonei is being obtained from the middle and main levels and from five e topee. We are glad to be in a position to state tbat the stone is of good average quality, and that shareholders may now v look forward to tbe receipt at no distant date of regular dividends. A ' - ' "***- —*****■. ■***■ * ■■