ALEXANDRA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 539, 4 August 1865, Page 5

ALEXANDRA.

I (l'RO?r OI.'K OWN (.'OltKKs PONDICinT.) ! August 1. : A bktaciim"NT of the Ist Waikato "Regiment, in ! command of Captain Skene, arrived at this place per | Mouto i, on Friday ]a 4. Another company is ex- ' peeled u]> sho:d!v, when the whole of the 2nd Wai- | kato Regiment are to be siruek off pay. At present j the Ist hold tlm West Redoubt, the 2nd I that on tin? bank of the river. It does i hard upon the former corps th.it after thev have 1 h.'-n --e<<!• d at and have made many and eo.-ily iniprovene•]its in that dMrict. they .should he j ordered away lor a t'-mporary .lojourn at tins cettle- ■ incut to do (inly f-,r their fel ow-setders. | '1 lie Kev. Mr. Presbyterian minister at. i Papaktira, came over from loiLrlan on Saturday, and : pivaeln d before a nnmeri.us and attentive i ti-»n of seftiei-s, on Sundav fii'iernonn. lie left here : tor ilarapipi and r fe Mori at eaeli of wliieli places he inti nde-1 to hold a service. V. r e have heen ''avoir ed hv n visit from ?vfr. Yernoii ami ]ii-s i>r<i. Thev perfo m d Pur ni'iht the " i)<dieate Grounrl, or ! Paris in i7i)o," in which Mr. Webber as C'iti/.en S -.nufroid was highly appreciated ; " A Pair of i Pigeons," admi'abiy rendered by Mr. Webster and "Mrs. Koley, and ,4 iSAer/' a laughable fare"', in which iM'iss. ICHa Mertou made her oniy appearance, and which was evidently the grand piece of the evening. • \>n.-jiduring the wut weather, and the fact that, their month's pay is now due to the men, the ; entertainm- nt w:;s Well attended. ; iheKuh rtia arrived yesterday with a l«rge barge in low, conlainiiti jiotatues and eonun ssariat storesWe are obliged for your lucid explanation of the exiraeU frora the Gazette in your iesuo of the 28th.