THE VOLUNTEERS.

Evening Post, Volume XL, Issue 103, 29 October 1890, Page 3

THE VOLUNTEERS.

Tho saoond-olass shots of the D Battery will hold a competition on the Cadet Range for the Mills trophy on Friday morning at 5 o'olook. Ranges, 200 and 300 yards, seven shots at each range. A good attendance is requested, as the Match Committee wish to pick the team to represent the battery in the Seoond-olaes (Union) Match on Saturday. The first'olass shots will engage in practice on tho same morning at the Ion? range. Every member is requested to ottond.

The Imperial Post Office authorities have agreed to accept the mailservioe resolutions lately passed by the Houso oi Repreaontalives, on our Government undertaking to bring boforo Parliament next aesaion a proposal to reduoe the postage rate via Brindisi from Gd to 2Jd. so that it may bo the same as that by tho othac routes. The steamer Rotorua, from Dunedia and Lyttelton, arrived at 3.30 this afternoon. She returns to-morrow. Tho Postmastor-General leaves for Auckland by Friday morning's train, and does not intend to return until after tho elections. Tho financial rosnlt of the sports and oonoort in conneotion with yestorday's demonstration by the labour Unions is said to bo most satisfactory, a handsome balance remaining after defraying all expenses. It ia intended, we believe, to set aside a portion of this balance as the nuoleus of a fund ultimately intended lor the purohase of a Trades Hall. Out of the remainder a contribution will be mado to charity, and tho balance placed to tho credit of a fund for. next year's Demonstration. Those who went out on strike reoently were not oharged admission to tho Park yesterday, and they were also permitted to take their families. The trafflo retnrns of tbe Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company for the week ending 25th Ootober, 1890, amounted to .£1223 0s lid, and for the corresponding period of last year .£103516s 4d, showiDg an inoroase of .£lB7 4s 7d. Mr. A. Yon Meyern has just painted an admirable portrait in oils of Mr S. D. Parnell, the founder of the Eight Hours Movement, whioh will be on view to-morrow in Tustin Bros.' window, Manners-street. An aooident ooonrred to Mr. Otmond Cooper white out bicyolinir yesterday. Eia machine, whioh has a driving wheel 54in in diameter, struok a'stone as ho was going down the Berhampote Hill in oompany with Mr. F. G. Kimbell, and he was thrown heavily to the ground. Ho sustained several injnries about the held, and was obliged to return home in a conveyance. Dr. Collins is attending him. Two mounted individuals, who had appa- j rently been drinkin?, created a scare on the j reolaimed land at Te Aro this morning by j their oaoapades. An unfortunate foreigner with a performing hear was singled out for speoial attontion, an d ono of them oharged him ropeatedly, the man having sovoral narrow osoapeß from boing ridden down. The bear got away and trotted aoross the flat, but was soon caught. Several indignant spectators at length pulled the chief offender off his horse, and threatened if he did not desist to duck him. One of the men was afterwards seen to fall off his horse while riding away. Loong Key, a Chinese storekeeper, was ft" cod £3 in tho Magistrate's Court this afternoon for buying load which had been stolen by the fonr small bovß, who wore convicted of the offenoo rooontly. The alternative was teven days' imprisonment. The Onslow Bnroogh Connoil decided on Monday evening to notify that proceedings will he taken against all owners of wandering oattlo. The vaoht Alabama has just ohanged hands, Messrs. Sto^rt and Co. having sold her to Mr. W. H. Field and several other gentlemen. The Knights of Labour have adjourned their Uflnal mooting till Wodnosday, sth November. The programme of the first annual sports to be held by the Porirua Athletio Club on Boxing Day appears in our advertising oolurans to-day. The list of events is well arranged, and competitions to suit all classes of athletes ate included. Nominations for all handicaps oloso on Monday, the 15th December, at the Porirua Hotel, with Mr. A. H. Bennie. the aeoretary, who, we understand, is working assiduously to make tho olub's opening meeting a success. Cuttlery and plate h»ro always been a specialty with John Young, our Cuba-street ironmonger, and by advertisement he calls speoial attention to ■what ho can do in that line. The makers write him that tho Disraeli silver spoons, Ac, are the the nearest approach to sterling silver jet found. He informs us that he is doiat; a large turnover in these Roods with his ohoap sale. Tho windows of Peirce's Boot Arcade, Cubastreet, will bo lighted until 9 o'clook this evening, to enable tho public to inspect his last now shipment of ovening shoes. It is desirable that all our fair readers shonld know when novelties of noto rcaoh our oity. By the a.s. Aorangi C. Smith, the cash draper, Cnba-street, opened two cases of mantles and dust cloaks, bought late in tbe season at one-third of the nsual prioe. Coming late, these goods have been marked very cheap, and will bo found much better than anything previously offered in the oity.—Advt. Thb ory of Homo Rnle for Ireland still grows. To rulo the agony of pleurisy, inflammation of the lungs, bowels, kidneys, or of epaims, Ao., Bonthaw's Monarch of Pain is the only home ruler needed. —Advt For contximazxon et rraavng natter too fourth naoii