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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 232, 3 December 1866, Page 4

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT RIFLE PRIZES. Superintendent's Office, Nelson, 24th October, 1866. mHE COMPETITION for RIFLE PRIZES to , I be given by the Provincial Government of Nelson,- for— the -YEAR 1866, will take place on TUESDAY, the 4th day of December next. On this occasion Five Prizes will be fired for, viz.: — FOUR RIFLES, one for each Company of Volunteers; and the CHAMPION PRIZE, . A HANDSOME REVOLVER. Sets.of accoutrements and implements for cleaning, &c.j will be given with, each Rifle; also, 250 rounds of ammunition. . Competitors for these Prizes will fire at ranges of 200, 300, 400, and 500 yards, five shots at each range, without artificial rest; any position. Target, 6 feet by 4_fee_t, TheJ&ules. and Regulations adopted for the last General Government Prizes, in other respects, to-be strictly- adhered to. The fourth clause of the Rifle Prize Act requiring that no prize shall be given unless a certain degree of proficiency be attained, it is to be understood that no prize will be given to any Competitor who does not score 40 points. '" The first FOUR Prizes may be shot for by all Volunteers of the Province on the present Roll who have "not already won' a Provincial Government Rifle Prize. The Fifth Prize or Championship may be shot for "by two from each Company who score the highest number of points when competing for the first four prizes, and by; the winners of previous prizes given by the. -Provincial J&overjiment, whose names are on the Roll. The firing for the first Four Prizes will take place on the respective Practice Grounds of each Company, commencing at 9 o'clock a.m. The firing for,the' Championship will take place on the City Shooting Ground, on a day to be fixed for that purpose by the-Adjutant, when Ties (if any) for the first Four Prizes will be shot off. All differences' as to points will be decided by the Cpmmanding Officers, who will superintend the firing of their respective Companies. Ammunition for practice can be obtained from the Adjutant at such time and places as that officer shall appoint. ALFRED GREENFIELD, 1213 Provincial Secretary. SHORTLY TOBE PUBLISHED, LUCAS'S NELSON ALMANAC, DIRECTORY, AND YEAR-BOOK, FOR 1867. ITS contents will comprise the Calendar, Gardening and Farming Operations, Tariff, Narrative of Events, Marine Signals, Law Items, Postal Information, Useful Tables, Tide-hours and Compass Variations, Value of Imports and Exports, and a variety of other information of a useful character. Intending Advertisers are requested to send in their advertisements not later than December Bth. The terms for advertising are: — Whole page £10 0 Halfpage ... ' 012 6 Quarter page 0 7.6 Advertisers' names inserted in the Directory free of charge ; non-advertisers, Is. per line. Printed, published, and sold by "St. LUCAS & SON, Bridge-street. YEARLY VOLUMES for 1865, of— The Sunday at Home • Leisure Hour Good Words On Sale by R. LUCAS & SON. j INFIRMARY FOE HORSES. MR. E. J. BROCK, Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, London, 1851, The Wood, Nelson. Horses examined, Cattle and Dogs attended. 1107 WANTED, a SERVANT. Apply to Mrs. . . W.« C. WILKINS, Hardy-street, 1361 WANTED to Rent, a PADDOCK for one horse, within a few roinutes' walk of Bridge-street. Apply at the Ofß.ce of this Paper. 1345 WANTED, Mechanics to know that they can be supplied with Early Breakfast, at the Otago Dining Rooms, Bridge-street. Board and residence, &58» per week. ; 204 •