VOLUNTEER RIFLE MATCH.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 11, 14 January 1869, Page 2

VOLUNTEER RIFLE MATCH.

The Wellington No. 1 Rifle Volunteers having challanged the No. 1 City Rifles here. It was arranged that ten members of either company should fire 15 shots each, viz.: 5 shots at. 200 yards, 4x6 target, with Bin. bull-eye ; 5 shots at .400 aud 500 yards respectively, 6x6 target. The firing of our team took place today, with the following result:— Private Morrison . . . 42 Corporal G. Elliott . . 41 Private H. Batchelor . . 40 Sergeant Catley ... 39 Private S. H. Drew . . 39 Captain Sharp ... 39 Private J. A. Moore . . 38 Sergeant P. L. Gully . . 36 Private E. Murrell . . 36 Private Hunter . . . 36 Total 387 We learn, by telegram, that the Wellington score is 342. The Nelson City Rifles thus win by 45.

We are afraid that 'per Omeo, on Sunday next, will be the latest opportunity we. shall have of despatching letters in time for" Suez Mail leaving Melbourne on the 2nd prox. The third and last of those veiy agreeable entertainments given by theGourlay Family, will take place this evening in the Oddfellows' Hall. 'P :i The 19th anniversary of St. Mary's School was celebrated yesterday, amidst mu6h rejoicing.' " The children assembled -"at 2 o'clock, at the Station; which was gaily decorated with flags, and in the evening illuminated with many various colored lamps. At ,3 o'clock,, the juveniles sat down to tea, in number about 170, and. •after doing : ample J jjasti<be to. ,the < good things provided, hied them into .the,piaddock adjoining, where they amused

themselves with a variety of ga^ties until dark. The parents and friends ' of the children took tea together at 5 o'clock.' A galvanic battery kindly furnished by Mr Parmenter afforded much amusement to all present. In the course' of tbe evening the children were adfdfcssed by the Rev. Father Gavin, on the advantages- of education. Mr F. Sullivan, who had been educated at the schools also addressed them, and the children evidently felt much pleasure iv listening to one who had sat on the same forms. The Volunteer ißand arrived about 9 o'clock, and played a variety of airs. Owing to the band having been detained there was la slight delay in the exhibition of the magic lantern which followed. The views were all new, and were kindly furnished by Mr Gill the photographer. In the course of the evening the choir of St. Mary's sang some very pretty pieces, and altogether a most, agreeable evening was passed. The proceedings did not terminate until nearly 1 1 o'clock, and will, we believe, be repeated this eveniug. %., In speaking of deep mines in California, the Thames Miners' Guide says: — The North Star vein is worked on its inclination to a depth of 750 feet, and affords quartz yielding on an average, gold of the value of £7 per ton of 2000 lbs. In the upper levels the gross value did not exceed £4 a ton. The Allison Branch mine has reached a depth of 500 feet, and during the first three months of 1866, yielded a nett profit of £20,000. The Eureka mine at 400 feet, produces quartz of the value of £9 12s. per ton, quite equal to its average at any former period. Hayward's mine in Amador County is worked on its inclination to a depth of 1250 feet, and yields quartz of much greater value than that obtained from the same vein at shallower levels. In these times, i. is refreshing to hear of people making money in mining. Who is there that does'nt know little Jones of Ballarat ? The luck of little Jones is proverbial. Jones made up his mind some time ago that he would visit his native country. Before his departure the cautious Jones sold out a few hundred full Band of Hope shares at £120 'per share. This was good, but Jones did something even better. He had had a dream about New North Clunes shares, and bought 300 at £8 each. Shortly after, the shares began to rise, and the mail takes home to little Jones the pleasant intelligence that his shares are worth £80 each or £24,000 for what cost £2,400. Besides this, he had £3000 in dividend. This, we think, is the best single mining share operation publicly known in Victoria. — Melbourne Leader. Mr J. H. Mower has elaborated a discovery which, if the description given by the New York Herald is to be relied upon, will revolutionise trans-oceanic, and generally subaqueous telegraphy. For some years he had been engrossed in electrical experiments, when the Atlantic cable gave a special direction to his investigations into generating and conducting substances, the decomposition of water, the development of the electrical machine, etc. By this summer his arrangements had been so far perfected that, a few weeks ago, he was able to demonstrate io himself and his coadjutor the feasibility of his project,, on a scale , approximate to . that which it is designed to assume. Selecting the greatest clear distance on an east and west line in Lake Ontario — from a point near Toronto, Canada West, to one on the coast of Oswego county, New Tork, at his first attempt he succeeded in transmitting his message, without a wire, from the submerged machine at one end of the 'route to that of the otber. The messages and replies were continued for two hours, the average time of transmission for the 138 -miles being less than three-eighths of

a second. The upshot of fhe discovery — on what principle Mr Mower is not yet prepared to disclose— is, that electro-cur-rents can be transmitted through water, salt or fresh, without deviation vertically, or from the parallel of latitude. The inventor, we are told,- is preparing to go to Europe, to secure' there the patent rigntjs &t which the caveats have' Beetf filed here. At the iffcons ider able cost o£ 10,000 dollars, he expects, within three months, to establish telegraphic commtfnfcation between Montouk Point, the eastern extremity of Long Island and Spain, the eastern end of the line striking the coast of Portugal at a point near Oporto. The statement of tbe discovery is- enough to takeaway one's breath; but, with the history of the telegraph before us, we no more venture to deuy, than we do to affirm, its* possibility. A gentleman anxious to ascertain the effect of transplanting at night (says the Maitland Mercury) instead of the day, made an experiment with the following results: — He transplanted ten cherry trees while in bloom, commencing at 4 o'clock iv the afternoon and transplanted one each hour until one in the morning. Those transplanted during the daylight shed their blossoms, producing little or no fruit; while those planted during the darker portions maintained their condition fully. He did the same with ten dwarf pear trees, after the fruit was one-third grown. Those transplanted during the day shed their fruit; those transplanted during the night perfected their crop, and showed no injury from having been removed. With each of these trees he removed some earth with the roots. The incident is fully vouched for; and, if a few more experiments produce the same result, it will be a strong argument to horticulturists, gardeners, and fruit growers to do such work entirely at night. A young Irish girl, going from Albany to New york to a situation, lost her written recommendation on the steamer, aud on arriving at New Tork was much troubled about it. Having an old friend iv the city that knew her trouble, he agreed to help her. The following is a copy of her certificate: — This is to certify that Bridget Mahony had a good character when she left Albany, but she lost it on the steamboat coming down. — (Signed) Dennis O'Toole.'