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Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 111, 13 May 1885, Page 2

The following circular has been issued to ex-Militia offioers :—" Defence Office, Wellington, 28th April, 1885.— Sir,— I am instructed by the Hon. the Defence Minister to inform yon that, consequent on tho reorganisation of the Militia, it has been found necessary to revoke existing commissions under fflo rank of Field Offioar, and his Excellency the Governor having approved of this being done, your commission as —— in that force is revoked from the Bth April, 1885. lam further instructed to convey to you the thanks of the Government for past services rendered in that force, and to express the regret of the Hon. the Defence Minister that circumstances should have rendered it imperative to adopt the measure above referred to.— l am, &c, H. E. Reader, Lieut.-Colonel, Under-Secretary, Defence." The Government have found it necessary to inform officers commanding districts that they are not at present prepared to accept the services of any more Volunteer corps of any description. We may remind persons liable to Militia service, but whoso names have not yet been placed upon the roll, that they will in a few days become liable to heavy penalties if they do not at once Bend the necessary information regarding themselves to the adjutant of tho district. The Government steamer Hinemoa, which arrived from Auckland this morning, brought three G4-pounder guns and a supply of ammunition for the same, including 296 cases of shell. This war material wa3 transhipped from the Waihora at Auokland. We understand that the numbors of the A. C. Force are being increased, several men who havo already served having been reenlisted, and some promising recruits having also been taken on within the last few days. Tho Hon. Mr. Ballance left town this morning on a visit to Wanganui. While on the West Coast Mr. Ballanoe intends to visit Parihaka, to see for himself what is going on amongst the nativoa thero. All the official reports received by the Government tend to show that there is not the slightest foundation for any of the disquieting rumours which have reoently found oiroulation, and there is reason to believe that they have been originated for a not very creditable purpose. The New Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S. Aorangi, which left Plymouth on Saturday last for Auckland, brings about 100 nominated immigrants. Tho Tarawera's mail arrived by the Eotoroa this afternoon. Argument in the appeal case re Bloomfield was concluded yesterday at the Court of Appeal. Judgment was deferred. The regulations for the new school of military instruction at Mount Cook will appear in the next Gazette. LieutenantColonel Pearce, as officer commanding the district, will be the Commandant of the sohool, and Major Butts will be the Adjutant. The musketry instruction will be under the special direction of Major Eccles, who, as an officer of the Rifle Brigade, is known as one of the best instructors in the British Army. Instruction in artillery duties will be given under the supervision of Captain Bodham, while Captain Hume and Inspector Coleman will have the special oharge of the ordinary company and battalion drill. The offioers will go through a complete practical course from squad drill up to the direction of the movements of a battalion, the Armed Constabulary furniahu^ men to form a skeleton battalion when required. There will be drill on three days a week, an hour and a half each in tho morning and afternoon. On a fourth day there will be leo'tares on the theory of musketry, principles of drill, taotios, military economy, and kindred subjects. It is expected that large numbers of offioers from other parts of the colony will attend the sohool. At the meeting of the committee of the Benevolent Institution yesterday afternoon, the Secretary reported that he had received a telegram from the surgeon of the Grey River Hospital, stating that the husband of a woman who is in indigent circumstances in Wellington had been a patient in the institution, and would shortly be fit to resume work. The committee resolved to pay the rent of the house the woman and her children are occupying and continue the supply of rations. It was also decided to vote j62 for the expenses of the woman's approaching confinement. Dr. Henry, it appears, did not pronounce any medical opinion as to the condition of the injured horse to which reference was made in our columns yesterday. A constable waited upon the doctor, in his capacity as a J.P., on Monday to get an authority to destroy the horse, and the doctor gave the authority, subject to Mr. Mitchie's (the veterinary surgeon's) opinion. Mr. Mitchie declined to Bay the dtstcuotion of the animal was necessary, and it was not then killed. Mr. Delaney, the owner of the horae, came into town yesterday afternoon, and having examined its injuries at once gave authority to Constable Madden to destroy it. It was accordingly shot. Messrs. Barlow, in our advertising columns, annonnce receipt of .£lB4 Is 6d on behalf of the widow and ohildren of the late Mr. Squire Barlow, and express their thanks to the donors. This sum includes Mr. James Smith's donation of JBIOO and the amounts collected by Mr. FitzGerald. A meeting of the parishioners of St. James', Lower Hutt, will take place tomorrow evening, at 7 o'clock, in the sohoolroom, to receive the further report oi the sub-committee in re the Parochial Fond, lately established to meet the minor expenses of the churoh. Lynch, the jockey, who sustained a fraoturo of both bones of bis leg at the Hutt the other day, is progressing favourably at the Hospital, where he is being attended to by Dr. Gillon.