VICE-REGAL PARTY.
The Auckland correspondent of the " Otago Times " writes :—As the time for the departure of what is called the " vice-regal party " to .Wellington approaches, there is much weeping and wailing here. People want to know who is to fill up the terrible gap, and how are the archery parties and other small gaieties to be supported in the absence of a social centre, with aides-de-camp whose whole duty is to see to these important matters. At present we are hopeless, and see no way out of the forlorn prospect. Perhaps to you, not accustomed to the immense advantage of a " social centre," and of somo one to " give tone to society," the problem may appear less desperate; but to many of us here its solution is looked npon with great concern. What is to become of Government House and its splendid grounds is not known ; but Borne Q-oth has proposed to turn it into a public school, for which purpose it would not be surpassed in tho colony.
Enfield rifles have been most successfully converted into breech-loaders at Madras Arsenal.
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 827, 20 June 1871, Page 2
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182VICE-REGAL PARTY. Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 827, 20 June 1871, Page 2
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