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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 182, 2 August 1880, Page 2

The newly formed Carbine Club was most fortunate iv the weather to-day, nothing in that respect being left to be desired. At two o'clock the firing at the 200 and 400 yards ranges was completed, the following being the twelve highest scorers :— Vause (10 points), 46; Lieut. Topliss (6 points), 40; C. Moore (scratch), 39; Burns (6 points), 38; Lieut. Crossman (scratch), 37; Brown (6 points), 37; Bowlings (scratch), 36; H. 'Wimsett, jun. (scratch), 36; J. Moore (scratch), 35; Twist (scratch), 35; Lieut. Hunter (scratch), 35; Fathers (Fcratch), 35. There were 32 entries in all, and the shooting on the whole was very good. Mr Menary had erected a booth on the ground, where creature comforts of every kind were to be obtained. There were several visitors on the ground during the afternoon. A case containing hematite in its natural state, as found at Para Para, and in the various stages of preparation, is being sent by Mr Louisson to the Melbourne Exhibition. The cover is of plate glass, so that the contents may be inspected without being touched. The emus which have afforded amusement to so many visitors to Poxhill during the last two or three years came to au untimely end on Saturday, when (they were being conveyed to Nelson. It is supposed that the confinement following closely on their becoming overheated whilst being caught was too much for them. Whatever the cause, they were found to be dead on arriving in town. A meeting of the congregation was held after Vespers at St. Mary's last evening to consider the necesity for enlarging the church. It was decided to convert the present church into a Boys' High School and Lecture Hall, and to build an entirely new church at a cost of about £1600 upon the acre at the corner of Collingwood and Manuka-streets. fcThe Treasurer anuounced that about £300 was at present available, and the Rev Father Garin intimated his intention to present the sum of £400 which had been left to him by a charitable lady who died in Englaud. There would be some deductions from this for legacy duty and law charges, huh he should make this up. and present them with a clear £400. A collection was then made and the sum of £200 at -once subscribed, thus making a total of £900 available for the Church Building Fund. The Rev. Father Garin announced that whatever money was short could be procured at a very low rate of interest, the repayment of which could extend over some time ; but he hoped, with the help of their country friends, and those of the town congregation not theu present, that they would not require to borrow much, if at, all. A General Committee was then elected to collect funds, and a smaller Committee to superintend the building arrangements. The earthquake of last Wednesday is reported to have beeu the sharpest experienced in Wellington for a long time. The effect in the House was decidedly alarmiug, and startled members immensely, the debate being completely interrupted for a short time.' The building creaked and swayed in a most formidable manner, but no damage was done. Tiie members of the Good Templar Lodges are requested to note an announcement, in another column respecting the institution of a new Lodge at Richmond, to-morrow evening. Business has been pretty generally suspended in town to-day which has been principally devoted to pleasure. Picnic j parties took advantage of the lovely morning and started off iv all directions at an early hour, the Rocks, and Wakapuaka being the ! favorite places of resort. Most of the shops were closed, but just enough remained open to remind the few stragglers iv the streets that this was ouly a half caste holiday. A report of the meeting of the Stoke Rifles on Saturday night reached us too late for publication in to-day's issue. Commencing from to-day the Telegraph Offico in Nelson will be closed from five to seven p.m. Mr. John R. Mabin reports the sale of Standard Insurance shares at 10s. ; N.Z. Shipping at 80s.; National Bank at 60s. A telegram from Dunedin says that the schooner Torea reports meeting an octopus 30 feet long off Cape Egmont on the 25th inst. An entertainment, consisting of music, singing, and dancing, will be given at the Choral Hall, Wakefield, to-morrow evening. After a concert, of which an excellent programme is provided, the Hall is to be cleared for dancing, and for this part of the entertainment, too, the programme is a most liberal one, comprising, as it does, eighteen dances with the important postscript, " Others if time will permit." Refreshments, all of the temperance class, will be provided at cheap rates, and altogether there is every opportunity afforded for spending a 1 very pleasant evening. The N.Z. 'Times says : — "The Sergeant-at-Arms yesterday forwarded his resignation to the Speaker, and at once knocked off * work-.'" . His duties Vere'cohsequently iv the afternoou and- evening*: performed by one of the messengersv-and as the^House was in and out of comrmfteVa^good many times, the acting-Sergeaut-at-Arms had .au excellent opportunity of getting his nfcnd in. 1 ! Dr. Somervij^le has 'be'en I ' recently con-, ducting services in Rome' with coiiside'rablo Buccess. Business must.be dull iv .Wellington when one of the local papers is driven to advocating Volunteer Balls for thte benefit of the tradesmen. The Post has the following: — " We understand that an invitation ball will be given by the Wellington Guards on the j

19th August. Extensive preparations are on foot. to made the affair a success, and a gay gathering is anticipated. We would suggest that; the other Volunteer corps should follow suit, and so not only afford gratification to the fair "citizeneßßes""of Wellingtou, but give a much-needed " fillip " to trade."