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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 232, 3 December 1866, Page 5

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT RIFLE PRIZES. Superintendent's Office, Nelson, 24th October. 1866. THE COMPETITION for RIFLE PRIZES to be given by the Provincial Government of Nelson, for - the -YE AR 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 4feet._Theßules 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 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 Government, 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 Commanding 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 TO BE 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 Sth. The terms for advertising are: — Whole page £10 0 Half page ... " 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 U. LUCAS & SON, Bridge-street. YEARLY VOLUMES for 1865, of— JL The Sunday at Home • Leisure Hour Good "Words On Bale by R. LUCAS & SON. INFIRMARY FOR 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 "TXTANTED, a SERVANT. Apply to Mrs. y_V W.- C. WILKINS, Hardy-street. 1361 WANTED to Rent, a PADDOCK for one horse, within a few minutes' walk of Bridge-street. Apply at the Office of this Paper. 1345 TXrANTED, Mechanics to know that they can be yy - supplied with Early Breakfast, at the Otago Dining Rooms, Bridge-street. Board and residence, »se. per week. ' 204