THE HANDICAP FIRING COMPETITION.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1205, 18 November 1882, Page 2

THE HANDICAP FIRING COMPETITION.

This long-looked for event in connection with the Volunteers for the Cups presentted by the Mayor and W. L. Rees, Esq., tdok place this afternoon. Quarter-master Sergt. Fyson and Sergeant Turton acted as markers. Captain Winter was in command of the party. There was a nasty easterly breeze blowing. Dr Leggatt was in attendance in case of accident.

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A mesmerist., named Professor Armond, lifl6 , been in Braidwood, victoria, professing W : cure all sorts of diseases. He put a yottntf ' man under the influence lately, who ran oilt I Into the street and fell down, going into vid- : lent fits. The mesmerist being unable io" i restore him, he is now in a prostrate State. 1 A crowd assembled and maltreated the mesmerist, who, but for police interference, itoiild 5 have been ducked. He has cetUed to practise. The North German Lloyd’s Royal Mali I steamer Mosel, from Southampton to Ntw i York, went aground at 7 30 n.m. on Wed- | nesday at the Lizard, right Under the signal I station. She was bound to New York from Bremen, and had on board 650 passengers, i and was commanded by Captain Johan Hesse. She left Southampton on Tuesday evening, uhcic she embarked 50 passengers, j Without any previous warning the vessel 1 struck on tho Boast Rock witn such force that several passengers were thrown oil to their faces. A thick fog prevailed at the time. Immediately she struck she was sighted from the Lizard Signal NtaHbh, and a couple of rockets were tlirowii from the latter spot to summon the lifeboat, which was promptly got out. Fortunately the water was iwrfectly smooth at the time, and owing entirely to the reassuring manner of the officers, there was an entire absence of panic. The tx>ats of the Mosul, nine in number, were irnmedij atoly lowered, and by their aid the majority of the passengers were landed, some at the Lizard and otnera at Church Cove. The lifeboat also landed a number, while the steamer y Rosette, of Falmouth, which happened to be ■ cruising near, also took off a number of passengers, as well as the specie and mails. In 1 one hour and a half all the passengers were ; landed. As the tide rose the fore compartments filled with water, and it is very doubtful whether the vessel can be got off. She is fast on the rocks with a slight list to port. The water also penetrated the middle compartments, and it is evident her injuries are of a very serious character. The crew remain for the present on board. A correspondent writing to a morning paper makes grave charges against the Railway Department. Amongst other things he hints that the engines on the Blueskin section are unsuitable to the work, and that the real reason of the recent accident has been carefully concealed. He also alleges that engines have been ordered from Home which arc useless. The new paper wheels which are coming into use so largely in the United States arc about to be introduced into Germany. M. Puttman, director of the New York and Jersey Railroad, has, after many years’ ex-

perience of paper wheels, reported that their durability is tenfold greater than that of the ordinary wheels made of iron. A provincial merchant’s wife recently gave him the following letter, with instructions that it should not be opened until he got to his place of business—“ lam forced to tell you something that I know will trouble you, but it is my duty to do so. lam determined you shall know it, let the result be what it may. I have known fora week that this trial was coming, but kept it to myself until to-day, when it has reached a crisis, and I cannot keep it any longer. You must not censure me too harshly, for you must reap the results as well as myself. I do hope it won’t crush you.” Hero he turned over to the next page, his hair slowly rising. “ The flour is all out. Please s nd me s iine this afternoon. I thought that by this HK-thodyou would not forget it.” The husband telegraphed forthwith for a barrel of the best flour it: the market to be sent to liis home instant er. The proper residence for a musician— A Hat. Song for an Irish M.P.: “I’m a prisoner of orders Gra \

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