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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 2976, 8 January 1881, Page 2

The District Court sitting, appointed for the 13th instant, has been adjourned till Thursday, February 3. Mr N. Marchant was a passenger by the Eotorua from Wellington to-day. He is staying at the Criterion Hotel. Mr W. Routledge announces that he is prepared to receive entries for rams for sale at the Earn Fair to be held at Hastings on the 27th instant. In consequence of the Hastings cricket ground being otherwise engaged for the 15th instant, the match English v. Colonials has been abandoned. Mr Hasolmayer's agent arrived by the Eotorua this morning to make arrangements for his principal's opening. Mr Haselmayer will arrive on Saturday next. At the committee meeting of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club yesterday it was resolved to expend JS/50 in enlarging the weighing and jookey's rooms, alterations to judge's stand, etc., on the Hastings course.

Messrs Goldsbrough and Co., of Melbourne, cabled to their agent here, Mr M. E. Miller, stating that the wool market was quiet, and that at their sale yesterday 2,600 bales passed the hammer.

We understand that it is contemplated to establish an Athletic Club in this town, and a meeting of those favorable to the project is convened for Tuesday evening next, at 8 o'clock, at the Masonio Hotel.

The New Zealand Times says there is reason to believe that the bad florins now in circulation are manufactured in tho Wellington District. The Post denies that any counterfeit money is in circulation.

Nearly every pnblican in Wesporfc was fined yesterday for permitting their licensed houses to remain open after 11 o'clock on the night of New Tear's Day. In the majority of the cases fines wore inflicted.

His Worship the Mayor " has been pleased to refuse" the request of five town councillors for the postponement of the special meeting of the Council from Thursday afternoon to Friday evening. No reasons are vouchsafed, None are wanted.

We understand in the matter of the civil action, Seymour v. Doull, that was heard at the last sitting of the Supreme Court here, and decided in favor of the defendant, that at the next sitting of the Court in Banco at Wellington the plaintiff will make application for a new trial.

At the Agricultural Society's committee meeting yesterday it was resolved that in future the monthly committee meeting be held at 11 o'clock in the morning. Mr Tanner also gave notice to move," That the future winners of champion cups shall have the liberty to choose in what form the prize shall be given."

A special general meeting of the Napier Bowing Club is called under rule 9 to be held on Friday next for the purpose of eleoting a committee to select the crews for the coming regatta. In our issue of yesterday the name of Mr T. P. Balfour was inadvertently omitted from the names of those calling the meeting.

Hip Excellency the Governor left Wellington in the steamer Hinemoa last evening for the Manukau on his tour through, the North Island. He is accompanied 6y the Hon. Mr Dick as far as Auckland, where the latter wiil meet the Sydney steamer and proceed to Australia to represent New Zealand at the intercolonial conference.

The election of a Councillor in the room of Or. McVay will be hotly contested by the two candidates, the supporters of each being determined to make a grand struggle. The question asked of the electors is, " Do you believe in Swan, or do you put your trust in McVay ?" Neither of the candidates has addressed the ratepayers, but it is generally understood that Mr Wall represents Mr McVay'e opinion upon Municipal affairs, and that Mr Ashton represents the vi6WB of the householders.

Mr F. Buckland put up Mr Farmer's stud of racehorses to auction at Auckland yesterday, together with, some others. Florence was sold for 37 guineas to Major George; Rewi, 120 guineas, to Mr Joseph Banks; Paramena, 161 guineas, to Mr Joseph Ellis. For Lara 95 guineas were offered, but he was withdrawn at a reserve of 125 guiness ; Hilda, 88 guineas offered, withdrawn for 150 ; Sportsman, 186 guineas offered, withdrawn for 250 ; Lone Hand, 150 guineas offered, withdrawn for 350. The bidding was spirited.

Last night, a few minutes after seven o'clock, a fire was discovered in the stables opposite Reynolds' hotel, Havelock, and but for the timely assistance rendered by a fewwilling volunteers the consequences might have been serious. There were several horses in the stables at the time, which would have most probably have been destroyed witk the buildings. It appears that it originated in one of the stalls, "in which was packed a considerable quantity of green hay in trusses ; these, getting over-heated burst into a flame, which was spreading rapidly, when it was fortunately checked before much damage was done.

The youngest Councillor is already in hot water with his constituents, who openly express their regret that they voted for him. His supporters say that he has " thrown them over;" that they put him ill to succeed Mr Oliver under the impression that he would work with, and vote for the ratepayers party in the Council; that the middle ward, is not now represented at all, Crs. McKay and de Lisle having deserted their colors, gone over to the enemy, and dragged Cr McDougall along with them. These three Councillors may think that they are representing the burgesses of their ward, but in reality they are only representing themselves. If proof be needed let them call a meeting of their constituents, and see if they can get a vote of confidence.

In this utilitarian age it is not surprising, perhaps, that some of the winners of the Agricultural and Pastoral Society's champion fifty guinea cups are not satisfied with the possession of mere trophies, however splendid they may be. Hence, we presume, Mr Tanner's notice of motion at the Society's committee meeting yesterday. Some winners would like the coin in preference to the silver cup ; others want something useful in the shape of a tea service. But the objection to this is that, as the champion prize must be won three times before it becomes the absolute property of the winner, a teaservice may be bandied about for years before its final ownership is determined. In the course of that time it would probably have become a very shabby piece of property. There is after all nothing to beat the trophy which, being absolutely useless, is not likely to get spoiled. There are four of these cups still lying at the Bank, the owners not caring to take them away.

In the Waipawa Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr Kenny, R.M., the following civil cases were decided, and judgment was given for the plaintiffs with costs :—Mirbach v. Bishop, claim £1 8s 6d. Hamling v. Bishop, claim £2 19s 2d. Waipawa Mail Company v. E. Bell, claim £1 10s 9d. Same v. Green, claim £1 Us. Same v. Hague, claim £2 7s 6d. Same v. Carmichael, claim £1 10s 6d. Same v. Mortensen, claim £1 Bs. Same v. Laurvig, claim £1 10s 9d. Same v. Jackson, claim £2 7s 6d. Capper v. Harris, claim £11 4s Od. Same v. Jackson, claim £14 6s 9d. Ebbetfc v. Moriarty, a claim for cash paid on account of oats alleged to be non-de-livered ; Mr Gruy appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Lee for the defendant; plaintiff was nonsuited with costs. Brighouse y. Herbert, a judgment summons; defendant was ordered to pay amount claimed forthwith, or go to gaol for one month. Waipawa Mail Company v. Coward, claim £20 upon judgment summons, defendant proved his inability to pay, and plaintiffs were nonsuited.

The delegates appointed by the four principal Cricket Clubs in Hawke's Bay, to make arrangements for the match with the Australian eleven, met at the Criterion Hotel last evening. Mr R. Brathwaite was voted to the chair. After considerable conversation it was resolved to appoint one member from each club to form a committee for the purpose of selecting the twenty-two to play in the match. The following gentlemen were appointed :—Messrs Fulton, Liddle, Brathwaite, and Edwards. It was stated that it would require between £15 to £20 to put the ground in good order, and it was resolved to appeal to the public to raise the required amount. Messrs E. Tanner and J. Williams were appointed a committee to attend to the ground. The meeting of delegates then terminated, and the Match Committee then met to select the team. The following thirty players were selected, from whom the twenty-two will be picked:—Messrs Atherton, Bostock, Baker, Brathwaite, Q-. Crosse, Craven, Dixon, Dewes, Davis, Edwards, ' Fulton, Gilberd, Gibbons, Hamilton, Kendall, Luke, Liddle, T. Moore, H. Martin, J. Martin, Pillons, Pram, Sees, H. Smith, Scrooby, Sainsbury, Salmon, St. Hill, E. Tanner, and Watkins.

Tbe Australian cricketers commence their firat match at Invercargill on the 17th instant. It is reported that application has been made to the Minister of Railways asking him to grant free passoe to the team throughout the colony.

The Bible in Schools Committee met yesterday afternoon, and the secretary, the Rev. J. Spear, reported that since the last meeting circulars had been addressed to the clergy of all Protestant denominations in the district asking their co-operation in forming a Hawke's Bay Bible in Schools Association. Replies had been received, all of a favorable nature. A similar circular hod been sent to the Secretary of the Otago Bible in Scheols Association, who had asked to be kept informed of the movements of the committee. The Chairman said he was thankful for the encouraging statement laid before the committee. lie felt the time was ripe for the formation of a Hawke's Bay Bible in Schools Association and suggested that it be inausurated by a public meeting, and that Sir William Fox be invited to be present and address the meeting. This was unanimously decided upon, and the chairman was requested to invite Sir William Fox to Napier at as early a date as possible. Mr T. Tanner was elected treasurer, and the Committee adjourned till next month, when they will consider the draft of a petition to both Houses of the Legislature for adopti on at the public meeting.

The movements of the Rev. Charles Clarke have been often inquired about since he left New Zealand and the Australian colonies. We learn from a correspondent that a letter was received by the last mail, respecting Mr Clarke, from the Rev. J. Godfrey, Baptist minister, Bullwell, Notts, from which the following is an extract :—" I saw a copy of the Weekly News by this mail that it had been rumoured in Melbourne that the Eev. Charleo Clarke htid joined the Roman Catholic Church. Mr Clarke was educated in the same college as myself, though six years earlier. He is now living here at Nottingham. I have been on the platform with him twice recently. He had no pastoral charge since his return from Australia, because ho is in such requeet as a special preacher and lecturer. He has had invitations to settle, and, probably, will accept one by and by, but for the present he is a member of the Rev. W. Wood's church, George-street, Notts."—Auckland Herald.

Dr Heath, of Durham (observes a London paper) may be a very clever, but in our judgment he is a very injudicious man. It is possible, we know, to drink too much tea. The cup that " cheers and not inebriates " should not be drained two or three times at every meal of the day. But, surely, this is scarcely a time for a physician to come forward and toll the world that " the great increase of teadrinking as a substitute for wholesome food was having a most pernicious effect on the physical condition of the laboring classes." Apart from the fact that Dr Heath's theory is in direct onposition to the expressed views of men at least as eminent as himself —perhaps more so—in the medical prosession, everybody who has eyes to see must know that one of the greatest curses of the day which religions teachers and philanthropists have to grapple with is the vice of drunkenness. Yet Dr Heath comes forward to tell the working classes, in effect, that the less of tea they drink the better. If tea and milk—for there are other wiseacres who occupy themselves by denouncing milk—are not good for them, what are they to take ? Dr Heath may cay water, but he must be aware that if tea-drinking is abandoned gin-drinking will almost inevitably take its place.

Whatever schemes statesmen may be evolving for the future of Constantinople, (observes a London weekly) the English residents, at any rate, do not regard their stay there as likely to be of short duration. With that wonderful power of acclimatisation and of making himself at home which the Anglo-Saxon shares with, and in which he rivals, the Jew, our compatriots at Constantinople have just begun to carry on one of the most essentially English of all English sports under the shadow of St. Sophia itself. The Constantinople Football Club has just been founded upon the Rugby Football Union rules. The Eight Honourable J. Gc. Groschen has accepted the post of President, and Baker Pasha, Mr J. H. Fawcett, and Hobart Pasha are among the patrons. All university and public school men, military and naval officers, and secretaries of forcing missions are to be admitted as ex-officio members; the subscription is to be half a lira a year, and the colours are light blue and brown. A contemporary last week pointed out how our soldiers worked off the superflous energy in Afghanistan by playing cricket before they got up to Candahar, and by riding steeplechases after having relieved it. The Constantinople Football Club is another evidence of the same national trait.

One of the most fearful cases of hydrophobia known amongst the faculty terminated fatally at St. Thomas' Hospital, London, on Saturday, 2nd October. It appears that at the latter end of July Mr James George Taylor, aged forty-three, a law stationer, residing , at Southampton Villas, Aldham road, Wands worth, went out for a walk with his dog. Mr Taylor changed his mind as regards taking the dog with him, and ordered it to go home, saying, " Back, go back." The animal, instead of going away, snapped viciously at its master, and bit him rathor severely. As the dog wai a quiet animal, Mr Taylor took no notice of the occurrence, and the wound healed, but five days afterwards the dog died with strong symptoms of hydrophobia. The fact had such an effect on Mr Taylor that he fell into a very nervous, depressed state, in which frame of mind he remained until the 30th of last month, when he grew worse, and was ultimately admitted into St. Thomas' Hospital. He was there attended to by Drs. Jones, M'Cormick, Pitt and other gentlemen, but, notwithstanding the care and attention he received, the patients of the same ward were at five o'clock on Saturday morning awakened by hearing fearful noises, similar to those of a dog barking. The nurses then discovered Mr Taylor foaming at the mouth, and struggling , in a fearful manner. Mr Lunn and Mr Ballana, house surgeons, were immediately summoned, but, after a scene of the most terrible nature, the patient died in great agony.

The proceedings of the Boston (U.S.) Shipping Convention, says the Times, throws an interesting light upon the blessings of protection. Since their present high tariff came into being, the mercantile navy of the United States has practically disappeared from the high seas, and its extinction has been hastened by the suicidal rule which permits no vessels to be registered in the United States that are not built there. By reason of the tariff il is impossible for the Americans to build ocean-going iron thips. Their cost would be so great that they could not possibly compete with the cheaper foreign vessels ; and in spite of the boasted equality of wooden vessels, they are also fast disappearing. The confession of Mr Seth Low, of New York, is on that point highly significant. His firm's one remaining ship out of thirteen ia now sailing at a loss. Yet Mr John Hoach and others manfully uphold the existing state of things, and roundly assert that it is owing to high wages alone that America cannot build ships as cheap as they are built on the Clyde; but the facts are all against their line of argument. Had the real difference between the cost in the States and on the Clyde been only 10 per cent., the American navy would not have disappeared, and there would be no nesessity now to sing the praises of wooden ships, or to call loudly for Government subsidies. Mr Lincoln, of .Boston, spke much more sensibly, and we trust that his words will yet bear good fruit. The peeple of the United States may, at all events, rest assured that, while their restrictive system prevails, nothing that the Government can do or pay will restore to them their mexoantile marine.

Preaching at Melbourne the other day, the Rev. Eabbi Davis, of Sydney, expressed a firm belief that Queen Victoria was a descendant of a noble Jewish family of antiquity, and he supported the theory of the AngloIsraelites, who believe that the English people are of Jewish descent.

Here 13 something , for the of our athletes :— At the late athletic in Carrick-OQ-Suir,Mr P. Davin, the celebrated Irish athlete, jumped 6ft 2|in, the jump having been measured from the centre of the bar to the gronnd, the bar having been tested with a spirit level. This is an unparalleled feat, and exceeds by lin Mr Davin's great jump at Kilkenny, of 6ft l£in.

Do parrots require water ? (asks London Figaro) Mr Bartlett, of the Zoological Gardens ought to be a judge, and he says : —" Having during the last 30 years kept many hundreds of parrots under my charge, I can say most positively that parrots do not require water. The valuable collection of birds in the Zoological Gardens, London, the finest in the world, are kept without water altogether.

A well-known, citizen returned home in rather a " how-come-you-so " condition the other night, and in reply to his wife's remonstrance, said he had been attending the meeting of the election committee, and pushing forward the movement. " But how came all that mud on your coat ?" she asked; to which he replied, meekly, " I've been putting my shoulder to the wheel." She was satisfied.

He was an expert in absinthe and a oonnoisseur of the sparkling wines of his native country ; but hitherto his palate had been virgin to the taste of " whuskey." " Well, Monsieur, comment ga va-t-il ? How do you like the whiskey, oil f" " Oh! mois it is what you call droll zis viskey, nest cc pas ? It does resemble, I would think, what you call turpentine and smoke mixed tres intime together, eh ? Ido not much care for your viskey,mon ami!"

Cfilhooly lives down on Galveston Avenue, not far from a milkman. Yesterday he met the milkman, and taking off to one side, asked him "Wasn't there a fire in your barn'SHß yesterday ? I had a great notion to rush ojrer to your assistance." " Why, there wasn't no fire about the barn," said the milkman, his eyes sticking out like door knobs, " What made you think so ?" " Nothing, except I saw you pump two buckets of water right quick, and rush into the stable with them where you milk your oows."—lnsurance World, Pittsburg.

According to the London correspondent of an Indian contemporary, great amusement has been created at Aldershott by an order that Sir D. Lysonshas issued. During . the recent manoeuvres a couple of horses ■ came into collision somehow or other, one belonging to an officer in the Fifth Lancers, the other to an officer in the ■ Fourth Hussars. This awful calamity has V caused the Commander-in-Ohief at Alder« ' shott to issue a Brigade order to the effect j that cavalry are warned by no means to go m faster than at an easy trot, in case their :■ horses or themselves should get hurt. aM A French engineer asserts that the V fatigue of the eye when reading by the aid » of artificial light is due more to the want of light than the excess; for the pupils are afl more dilated in a room brilliaatly illuminated than they are by daylight, and dilation produces fatigue of the muscles controlling the mechanical part of the organ of vision. He suggests that, as the electrio light oontains a large proportion of chemical rays, the remedy may be found in the use of yellow-tinted globes for the lamps. It does not seem to have occurred to the physicist that what is wanted is an eleotrio> lamp capable of defining the light. A Rußsian statistician has amused him«" self calculating the distance travelled in a~ year by the hand of a printer. Hβ t»kea-\ the principle that a skilful compositor, \ working ten hours a day, allowing for \ distribution and correction, srfs up 12,000 } letters. In counting the yea'at 300 work- ■■• ing days, he makes, them a total of

3,600,000 letters. Consequently the distance from the case to the stick and from the stick to the case being estimated at two feet, making in all 7,200,000 ft. There being 5,280 ft. in a mile, the distance made in a year under these conditions by a printer's hand is in the neighbourhood of 1,350 miles, or 4|- miles a day. Another gentleman sails for New Zealand (writes a London correspondent) in a few days, to visit and report to English farmers. His special destination, I believe, is a property of 200,000 acres, near to Nelson and Blenheim, which it is intended, if pos« sible, to put into a company, and settle with English farmers. The gentleman in question is a Mr Herring, from near Wakefield, in Yorkshire, where he has a good deal of influence. He is a highly respectable man, and has written one or two small books on English agriculture. This step has grown, I think, out of the Grant and Forster deputation, as I know that Messrs Grant and Forster have been in. frequent communication with Mr Herring,

A Holstein peasant, uninstructed in microscopical research, and not possessing the requisite instruments of precision, haa . devised for himself a new test for the pre- J^ sence of trichinse in pork. When he killed ' a pig, he was careful to send a portionrflf „_ it—a ham or a sausage—to his pastor, 'Mid then waited the consequences for 11 days. '"H If his pastor remained healthy, then he felfc ."^β perfectly easy in his mind, and well assured M tbat his pig fulfilled the requisite oon- jfl dilionp of soundness of food, and he proceeded to dispose of it accordingly in his own family. This ingenious method of |^H research has not been considered satisfactory by the district physician.—British Medical Journal. The Daily News says—" Mr Gladstone, we may assume without the slightest dread of making any mistake, is resolved to deal in some comprehensive way with the Irish '^^| land question at the earliest opportunity. We do not see why there should necessarily be any such delay in completing the . evidence collected by the Land Commission ; and making the report, as would prevent ; the Government from dealing with the ; question in the coming session. The Government will have doubtless to walk ' with, a firm tread between two lines of tbeir extreme opponents. It will be a I perilous enterprise but, if it be carried to M success will be worth a lifetime of political struggle, and will mark an era in the history of these countries."

The capacity of portions of Taranaki land, says a Taranaki paper, has been put to a crucial test this season. Wheat aftei maize is the teet, and a crop now in ear, near the Parihaka block, is described a& something extraordinary. Last year the same paddock produced a splendid crop of maize. This seems to have excited great deal of interest among the New Plymouth people, so much so indeed that a number of the leading settlers have telegraphed to the Government, suggesting that it might be worth while to offer facilities to experts to view the crop, by giving them a free passage by the Hinemoa on her next visit to the West Coast. This is, of course, in order that the capabilities of the land there might be brought into prominent notice.

According to the English papers, dressing at Brighton is characterized by boldness rather than by good taste. At a concert recently a young woman appeared dressed like a gigantic child, wearing a short—veryshort—loose frook without a waiet, with an extremely wide bright-yellow sash. It would have done capitally for a fancy ball., as " Baby." Accompanying this child was "Sμ person in a waggoner's smock frock, buckled in at the waist, the headgear a soft felt, in keeping with the dress. This would have done for the " Jolly Waggoner." Another, also more fitted for private theatricals than for walking, was a short blue serge with a twine-net trimmed with corks artistically enough draped, a red Masaniello oap on the head, flesh-coloured hose and sand-shoes. Tarn O'Shanters are of every desoriptioa and kind.

The New Zealand Herald says: —Some pleasant stories on the effects on different minds of Mr Proctor's lectures were current yesterday. A digger had treated himself on Wednesday evening, and it was evident that he had been powerfully impressed by the fate of the moon, utterly used up and exhausted, for he was heard to .fisinark to his companion, " Well, it's plain tfte moon is duffered up." A venerable citizen spoke yesterday morning , to a friend, " Proctor says the sun is ninety-three millions of miles away ; now, how can any man tell us anything about anything that's ninetythree millions of miles away ?" The reply was, " You believe your Bible, don't you ? We are told that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still. If he could do that at ninety-three millions of miles away, surely Proctor can tell us something." The questioner bas now faith in Proctor.

Here is a little anecdote for our bee-beep-ing friends to store up amongst the records of apiology. We give it on the authority of a Timaru paper :—" A son of Mr W. G. Allen, of this town was engaged the other day in the juvenile pastime of kite-flying, when he was rather astonished at a sudden change in the appearance of the tail of his kite, the appendage beooming visibly enlarged and of a densely black colour. The youthful genius had read of Benjamin Franklin drawing lightning from the clouds, and elated at the prospect of some wonderful scientific discovery, he proceeded to explore the phenomenon by drawing in his flyer. His amazement, if not disappointment, may be imagined ■when, on reaching the ground, he round that a young hive of fugitive bees Pi clustered to the apparatus. Bees, a swarming, select curious sites at but this is the first instance, so far 3 are aware, of a hive swarming on the .f a kite in mid-air." ie following interesting facts concern-

ing the b arial place of the Maoris —the Cave —have been communicated to the Grey River Argus by Mr Mutu, the son-in-law of the late chief, Tainui. The Cave -was a •burial place of the original tribe of Maoris to inhabited the "West Coast before it was k n possession of by Tainui's tribe, w it was resolved that the Cave should

PM (;• burial place, bones and other remains R/cra found in it, which were cleared out. The first body deposited in it was that of Tuhuru the father of Tarapuhi and Tainui, in 1854. There is still believed to be some of the old Maori tribe living in the southern parts of the West Coast, and not long since a female was captured with finger nails like claws, some inches in length, but in consequence of the appearance of a number of males of the tribe hercaptors were compelled to let her go. The Hon. Mr Taiaroa, M.L.C., who is regarded as the head of the all but lost tribe, has several times desired to send out a party of natives to ascertain the retreat of the tribe, but it has been considered up to the present time that it would be almost useless, as the tribo is no doubt conoealed in fastnesses unknown to either Europeans or Maoris. DIVINE SERVICES TO-MOREOW. The Eev. J. J. Mather will conduct Divine service at Olive in the morning, and Hastings in the evening. The Eev. "W. 0. Oliver will conduct unvine service at Trinity Church, Clive Squar morning and evening. Tht lev. C. Penney will conduct Divine service at the United Methodist Church, Shakespeare-road, morning and evening. The Key. De Berdfc Hovell will conduct Divine service at St. John's (Jhuvch to-mor- ■■ ~ follows : —8 a.m., celebration of Holy ;>m 'in; 11 a.m., morning prayer, y. d sermon; 3.15 p.m., children's .■■ 7 p.m., evening prayer and sor'xxY- Nichol will condnct Divine v.nclc'- kyterian Church, Have<WariV ">e> and at Clive in the