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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 240, 12 December 1866, Page 2

Iu the Resident Magistrate's Court, to-day, B. Absolon sued H. Helps for £7 19s. 9d., for meat. Plaintiff admitted £3 3s. 6d., which he had paid into Court, but objected to the balance, on the ground that, he had not hud the meat. As the delivery of the meat was sworn to, the magistrate said he must give judgment for the amount claimed. Yesterday the magistrate gave judgment for plaintiff, for £19 14s. and costs, in the long standing case of Pike v. Wise. Rifle shooting appears to be a favorite pastime in Nelson, just at present. We are informed that a match for £10 a side, took place on Monday afternoon, at the Maitai, between Mr. Sharp and Mr. A. Pitt. They fired 20 rounds, 5 at each range of 200, 300, 400, and 500 yards. The matched resulted in a tie, each scoring 45. We hear the riflemen will shoot again the latter end of the week. The following i3 the result of the firing for the Government prizes yesterday, by the Wakapuaka Artillery .Company, under the superintendence of Captain and Adjutant Lockett : —

Persons who have not paid the education rate are reminded of the consequences of neglecting to do so. The end of the year is the limit, after which no further indulgence will he granted. The anniversary meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary Society was held in the Hardystreet chapel, last evening, his Honor the Superintendent in the chair. The report appears in another column. A report of the addresses delivered will be given to-morrow. The W. E. Post, Dec. 7th says :— Major M'DonnelPs recent campaign in the Wanganui district appears to have had a most salutary effect on the native mind, judging from recent accounts from what the other day was the "Front." It will be remembered that last year, a leading rebel chief named Topia, most insultingly dared the Governor to have him captured, and expressed his intention to fight the pakeha to his last breath. The following extract from a speech made by this warrior the other day at a korero at Koroniti, shows how recent events have changed his determination. He said with great emphasis :— Hau-haus, in all our fights we have not gaiued a single battle, and I think that is sufficient proof that the hand of God is against us, and that our works are evil. Another thing I have to say is this, we are not only at war with the pakehas, but we are killing our own race: father against son, and son against father, and tribe against tribe, which is a sure way to exterminate ourselves. Let us live at peace with our white brethren and also the Maoris. A Cambridge correspondent of the S. Cross states that the chief William Thompson has been carried over from Matamata to Maungatautari on a litter ; that he is no better ; and that Dr. Sam is attending him. The New Zealand Herald of the Ist inst. says : — An inquest was held yesterday in the Mount Eden Gaol before Dr. Goldsboro', on the body of Hepeta, an aboriginal native who died in the gaol on Monday morning. Deceased was one of the persons convicted and sentenced to death for being accessory to the murder of James Fulloon at Whakataue. The deceased died of consumption. The Otago papers state that his Excellency the Governor will visit that province shortly, and will spend two months there. The programme is as follows : — He will reach Christchurch on the 6th January ; thence go to Hokitka, aud return to Christchurch for the races ; he will then go overland to Dunedin, aud visit the Gold-fields and Invercargill. Mr. Vogel, the Provincial Treasurer's resolutions ,on the relation between the General and Provincial Governments, were proposed on the 27th ult. They are to the effect, that the South should have no more interference with native affairs, and that with this object, existing liabilities should be adjusted ; the Northern provinces should manage their own affairs ; the financial partnership between the provinces and colony should . be dissolved, and the territorial revenue should be secured to the provinces. After a long discussion, in which nearty every member of the Council took a part, the resolutions were passed on the 28th ult. without a division. The Bay of Plenty Steam Navigation Company (Limited), formed for the purpose of carryiug on steam navigation between the City of Auckland and the East Coast, was incorporated on the 13th ult. From a Gazette published on the 7th, we learn that the Act to enable Superintendents to issue to Yolunteers and Militiamen, remission certificates for the purchase of land has been assented to by her Majesty. By a recent order in Council, the restriction against carrying goods coastwise from any place in New Zealand to any part of the East Coast between the South Head of Tauranga harbor in the Bay of Plenty and Table Cape has been removed. The inauguration of the recently erected Odd-fellows' Hall at Wanganui, was celebrated on Wednesday evening last by a dinner and ball, which passed off very successfully. By telegrams from Dunedin, published in the Canterbury papers, we learn that, the sortvict Robson has .been committed to trial.

200 300 400 500 yds. yds. yds. yds. Total. D. Slater ... 13 14 .6 11 ... 44 W. Wastney ... 16 6 8 9 ... 39 Jno. Wastney ... 8 8 6 4 ... .26 T. Small ... 11 10 2 7 ... 30 — Page ... 8 8 6 4 ... 26 D. Barnett ... 10 7 10 4 ... 31 H. Barnett ... 8 6 0 2 ... 16 — lievingston... 13 9 8 0 ... 30 G. GUI ... 7 5 3 8 ... 23