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New Zealand Tablet, Volume VIII, Issue 415, 25 March 1881, Page 16

Messis W. Lave and Co., Maclaggan street, Duuedin, have obtained prize medals both at the Sydney and Melbourne Exhibitions for their mineral waters, wines and liqueurs. These will be found of the best possible qualities and extremely ■wholesome. i Since the colonial troops took the field to crush the present rebellion, 9,000,000 rounds of animunition— Snider. Martini-Hemi, and Westley-Richards— have been sent into the field ; 20,000 stands of arm? have been issued, and if 15,000 meu were marched into headquarters tai-morrow they could be armed. De e criptions have already appeared of the powerful siege guns and howitzers recently imported ; ■ and one each of the latter is now in the hands of our commanders at I Maseru and Mafeteag. four hundred and fifty rounds of howitzer I ammunition were despatched to the front this week and a large I stock is still on hand. The Commissary of Ordnance has also just j received the latest pattern heliographs, powerful reflecting lamps foT ! night signalling, and Bets of signal flags, all of which will be sent forward to the several commands without delay. — Watchman,