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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 292, 7 December 1872, Page 2

narr~~ i - " Owing to the break-down of the Pbocbe on her southward trip from Auckland, there was an unusually large number of passengers on board the Wellington, which arrived in harbor last night, bringing no leBS than 140 for Nelson and tho southern ports. Italian Opera. — The Company arrived by the Wellington from Auckland last night, and will perform at the Oddfellows' Hall, this evening. It will be seen that in order to accommodate those who have been unable to obtain tickets beforehand, they will be admitted on payment of the charges at the door. Eesident Magistrate's Court. — At the Court yesterday, R. H. KiDg, of Stanley Brook, was charged with stealing ? a horse, the property of Becjamin Fairhall, of Pigeon Valley. — Prisoner was committed for trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court, which commence on Monday the 6th January. A Subscripton has been opened for the purpose of raising funds for the erection of a school-house at the Scandinavian settlement in the Seventy Mile Bush, Hawke's Bay. '/-The Lyell.— The Lyell (according to a correspondent) appears to be quite astir, and the yields from there of late ought to enourage prospecting. Westport people would much like that locality to look up, as of a necessity all supplies must come through here. The " Loafer in the Stresfc," writing to the Christckurch Press, says:—" There is a short cut coming from the Race-course Station to the course. On the first two days of the races the public availed themselves of this opportunity to the disgust of the ' bussists.' On the third day, however, the bussists, or their friends, took a horrible revenge. They covered the first fence with a coat of tar, and the leading file, at least, for each train, totally unconscious of this exquisite joke, got, like the adored one of Billy Taylor in the ballad, their lily white hands a-daubed all over with the nasty pitch aud tar. I was one." The extent of cleared land under crop in the Grey Valley this year is estimated by the Grey Valley Times to be one thousand acres. The greatest breadth of land is sown with oats, which will form the chief harvest. The potato crop is proportionately large, and if the season is ordinarily clement, the yield will be enormoira. It is a fact worthy of note that the only land cultivated in the Valley is that either bordering on the ri vers,or along the roadside, and though there are thousands of acres of good agricultural land a few miles inland, it has no value by reason of its inaccessibility. Rifle Shooting, — The Melbourne Argus says : — " The meeting of the Victorian .Rifle Association appears to have been a great success in every way. It is gratifying to know that we have, in Lieut. Wardill, a marksman who can beat anything that has yet been done at Wimbledon. At 1,000 yards, this gentle- j man, in IS shots, scored 53 points — out of j a possible 60— -by 10 bulls-eyes, 3 centres, and 2 outers. At the last Wimbledon meeting a Mr. Fergusson, of Inverness, shooting under similar conditions, won £100 and a silver medal with a score of only 50. Mr. Wardill is less fortunate in the amount of his winnings, but the honour of having performed such a feat as his is not to be lightly esteemed. Should he ever be called on to operate on the carcases of our enemies, we trust his hand will be equally steady and his eye as keen, in which case he will prove a most uncomfortable antagonist." , . ===— — sbs=ssss~— — a. i i n i „,■ ——5—