WAIMEA RIELES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 154, 3 July 1888, Page 2

WAIMEA RIELES.

On Satnrday, 1 30fch June, the above corps fired for the Company's gold medal, Bilver cup, and for H.D.O. money prizes.

The deep affection of the German people for Emperor Frederick manifestad itself from time to time in touching ways. A deaf and dnmb painter, named Kinder, at By ko vine, in Silesia, wrote lately to Sir ltforell Mackenzie, offering to sacrifice hie healthy larynx for the Emperor if it were possible and advantageous to use it. Ia his reply Sir Morell says :— " Your devotion is deserving of all honour ; but I cannot accept the great sacrifice which you offer, for it would unhappily neither help his Majesty the .Emperor nor serve the cause of science."

The trousseau of the future Empress of China is beiag mada in Vieana. The prinoipal court dress is of very rich blue velvet. On the front there is an embroidered eagle, the wings of which, are ornamented with over three hundred small diamonds and five pearls. The hat to match this dress is of folded velvet ; between the folds there are rows of diamonds, iso that the headdress has the appearance of a diamond crown. There are besides three gala dresses mads of Chinese satin ; one is sky-blue, one purple-blue, and the third of the dark indigo shade. The fronts of these gowns are embellished with mottoes in the Chinese language worked in gold. One haß " Wan.fn " (eternal happiness), another " W&n-shoa " (eternal life), and the third "Wanncar" (eternal lovej. The material of which theie dresses are com* posed is samptaons in the extrsme.

A correspondent at Camborne, Cornwall, say 6 the following story is fully authenticated :— The wife of a miner at Dolooath, named Davis, of Cross street, Camborne, had been ill for some months, but could obtain only'partial relief from the doctors of the town. She staled that for some time she had felt something aliv,e which almost choked her, and the choking was evidenced by the color in her face. Last Thursday she went to a doctor in a neighboring town, who was satisfied as to'the truth of the woman's statement of her symptoms, and ie managed to extract a four-legged colored reptile, measuring three and a half inches, from her throat. He attributed its presence in the woman to the drinking of impure water during the drought last summer. Mrs Davis ia fast recovering her usual health.

The Philadelphia Times states that the Chinese bavo already made p repartitions to evade tbe Anti-Chinese Treaty. A " Bureau of Convenience" will be started to accommodate Chinamen who wish So return to the United States, end whose entrance is d>ni«d because they have neither a wife nor 91000 worth of property them. The bumu will furnish them W'th temporary wives and $1000 worth of property for a consideration, and thus enable thorn to oomply with the requirements of th« law.

A correspondent of an English contanaporwy writes: — Pa-fling a house in Hajnpstead yesterday I thought for a moment that it must be on fire. The new "fire escape," which, Bpnakiog rougbly, consists of a sort of obair that slides down ropea, was in active HS9, a lady being at the very moment aesoending in it to the pavement from an upper windftw. A orowd of boys and others greeted her cafe. deposit; on tho flagstones' with loud obesrs. Oa inquiry, I learnt d that there was a " party " inside, and th»t this was the host's way of entertaining his guests — oombioing instruction with amassment. I have cince been told that this new kind of entertainment promises to become poralar.

The Wellington. Press of Monday, June 25, says: — The funeral service in commemoration of the death of the late Emperor of Germany was held last evening in the Congregational Church in, this city. The building was draped with blaokerfipe. The service was attended by his Ixoellency the Governor and suite, the French, German, United States, and Scandinavian Consuls, and several members of both Houses of the Legislature. The service opened with Chopin's . " Marohe Fun&bre," played by an i orchestra of 30 iastruments, under the leadership of Mr McDufKßoyd, Herr Mosoh acting aa conductor. At the conclusion of this the German Consul, Mr. Catendyk, gave « short biographical sketch of the late Bmperor, after which the choir sang Luther's Hymn, and an eloquent sermon was preached by Paator Thiele, who had just arrived from Germany. The Benediction having been given, Beethoven's " Fuaeral March on the death of a Hero " was magnificently played. This is the standard funeral* march played »t the obsequieß of all great generals in Germany. Heer Mosoh presided at the organ and over th« most musical part of the Btrvice. The churoh was literally packed with people, and crowds remained outride* listening to the musio within. There has, we beHeve never been a more remarkable and impressive ceremonial service performed in Wellington, nor one which has had the advantage of finer orchestral music.

A correspondent of the Chicago Herald has recently published some interesting particulars of his journeyings to the Asiatic empires, where he had gone some time back for the purpose of introducing 1 the electric liffht. He found that his mission was warmly espoused by the Japanese, and says that their principal cities are lighted by •lectricity. The palace of the Mikado at Tokio is similarly lighted. The Chinese did not e«em so ready to avail themselves of the latest advances in science, and his success with them was therefore not so pronounced. The Ooraans, on the other hand, were eager to believe in anything born^of the Fnited States, and welcomed the new light. The king's palace was illuminated for the first time with 300 lights on the occasion of the birthday of his mother-in-law, a festivity not generally so much honored in more civilised communities. But the workmen ran an uncomfortable xiak in placing the wires, for, by the law of the country no foreigner may look upon the features of the king and queen without suffering death. For this reason, they were carried to and fr«m their labors in palanquins, while trumpeters were sent before them to warn any loitering members of the royal family to get out of the way,

Company's Medal. 200 yds 500 yds Tl. Pvbßullard 35 27 62 Serg'. Fowler 36 23 59 Silver Cup. 200 300 500 Tl. Corpl. G. Higgins 20 20 11 51 Lieut Riokotts ... 20 16 14 50 Corpl Arnold ... 21 19 8 48 Sergt Tannioliffe 18 19 8 45 Handicap. ... 200 500 hep TL Lieat; Riokete ... 43 23 for 66 Pvb Hoalfc ... 37 21 8 66 Pvt Bullard ... 35 27 3 65 Pvt Taanioliffe ... 38 18 8 64 Corpl Dsnoker ... 38 17 6 61 Sergfc Hodgson ... 35 19 6 60 Pv6 Craig ... 28 20 12 60 Sergt Fowler ... 36 23 »or 59 Col-Sergt Rioketts 38 17 4 59 Pvt Eden ... 34 21 3 58 Sergt Tannioliffe 34 15 5 54 Corpl G. Higgins 27 18 8 53 Pvt Chine ... 26 11 15 52