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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3011, 18 February 1881, Page 2

J. N. Williams, Esq., has resigned hie appointment of Chairman of the Licensing Court for the district of Ngaruroro.

Privates Hansen and Cato were the successful competitors at the third firing of the Pifie corps this morning, their scores being 48 and 46 points.

The coming of age of Mr Ernest Tanner, son of Thomas Tanner, Esq., cf Riverslea, was eelebrator! by n. ball at Riverclea last night, at which there was a very large assemblage of the friends of the family from both town and country.

The Sheriff has summoned forty jurors to attend at the criminal sitting of the District Court on Monday. This will be the last drawing from the old jury list. The next drawing will be made from a new list to be made up in April.

The purvey instruments, papers, etc., seized from Mr O. D. Kennedy's camp at Tikitiki by the natives last week, were returned to him last night. The peverfil artioles had been sent up by train from Hastings, and delivered at the Criterion Hotel,

Ja-nes Huntor Campbell, E-q., has resigued his commission as a Justice of the Peace.

It will be seen from the account of the cricket match in another column that the H'awke's J3ay team havo twelve wickets to g*o i ~zi, and 45 runs to get to avoid a one inning's defeat, li.c gauie was resumed to day about 2..30, the cricketers left Napier by the 1.30 train.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before H. t yre Kenny, Esq., R.M., 1 nomas O'Keefe and Dennis O'Connor, sfiamen belohging to the barque Anazi, >7ere charged with disobedience to orders, and remanded until to-morrow for the production of evidence.

The entertainment by the Hawke's Bay Dramatic Club in honor of the Australian cricketers took place at the 'J heatre Royal lust night. I here was a good attendance, and the pieces, " Meg's Diversion," and ■' The Artful Dodger," were played with considerable success.

The criminal sitting , of the District Court will be held on Uonday next, bef re Judge Kenny. The following cases will come on tor hearing-:—John Davidson, for attempted suicide; Thomas Wilson, for unlawfully wounding; and Thomas Power, for indecent assault. The last case was sent from Waipawa, and the others were committeJ from the Napier Court.

Green linnets are becoming very numerous in the neighbourhood of Waitahuna (aays the Tuapeka Times). Several farmers complain loudly of the damage committed to growing crops by the ravagas of this pest. Hares, too, are rapidly on the increase in the came neighbourhood, and are proving , very destructive, particularly amongst the wheat crops. Rabbits likewise, are making considerable headway, and the outlook for the farmers is not very cheerful. Many acres of oats have already been rendered of little value in consequence of the ravages of imported birds and other game. At the present time the a cclimatioation Society, as a body, is not held in very high esteem amongst a number of the settlers ot Waitahuna, who will shortly be obliged to adopt stringent restrictive measures to protect their crops from the ravages of green linnets, sparrows, and hares.

The middlo of February is a eooii time to sow cauliflower seed. An open plaoe should be chosen, and the bed i-bould be composed of a moderately rich light soil. To ensure the germination of the seed, sow in drills six inches apart, and let the drills be thoroughly watered before sowing , the seed. '1 he most suitable sorts are Frogmore Forcing, Walcheren, and Early London. About the same time a sowing should be made of winter cabbage, lettuce, or Black-seeded Bown Co.'s for next season'" "V crop. As the seedlings become fit, good breadths may be pricked out for winter use. If not already done, sow the early Heartwell marrow cabbage, taking the precautions before advised to ensure germination in light sandy soil. Sow radish, mustard, and cress in sunny spots, and cover the beds with nea haulm or other light material, to break the force of the sun and arrest evaporation. The routine work of thinning: out tomato vines and keeping the fruit freely exposed to the sun must not be neglected.

A mining anecdote comes to us from Colorado which is worth repeating (says the Pall Mall Gazette), especially as it points to the great caution which should be exercised by intending investors in receiving reports of new ventures in the far west. A man living at Colorado Springs was desirous of making a sudden fortune, and eraployed an old miner to help him to discover precious metals in the mountaina in the neighborhood of Pike's Peak. When they had their prospect hole already they employed a mining expert to examine and report upon their property. He gave an elaborate description of the geology of the country surrounding the mine and of the rook in which it was found, to which n > exception could be taken; but when he came to discuss ihe origin of the pay ore he remarked that some mineral veins were charged by sublimation and some by precipitation, but that the ore under discussion was the first which he had been called upon to examine that bore unmistakable evidence of having been charged through the agency o f—a wheelbarrow. It is to be feared that the practice of wheelbarrow " salting has before now extracted a great deal of loose cash from investors in England, who are dazzled with accounts of Comstock Bonanzas and the fabulous winnings of Mackay and other adventurers.

Sensational accounts come from Maryhill, a suburb of Glasgow, regarding an invasion of rats under which the former place is suffering:. It is stated that they have suddenly swarmed into the town in thousands, filling shops, warehouses, and dwellings alike, and driving the inhabitants well-nigh frantic. A sudden for rat poison has enriched the local chemists, but they are the only gainers. One tradesman, under the pressure of a loathsome necessity, is reported to have invented a machine for capturing and killing the hated creatures, and by means of it has disposed of 136 in his shop within a fortnight, or at the rate of about 10 each day. It is a pity that no particulars regardiug so useful an invention have been made public. The rats have also been seen swimming down the Kelun on their way to Glasgow, while many more have travelled by land. It is believed the severe frosts in the early half of November, and the very stormy weather which followed, have caused the rats to swarm in from the country districts. In Edinburgh I hear that rats are becoming bo numerous in some quarters as to be not only a source of duquie% but of no small loss to house-owners, as the fact that rats are in a house causes tenants to leave, and deters others from taking their place. It in evident that rat extirpation presents a promising field to a man of inventive genius.

Says the Sydney Echo:—"ln those genial after dinner moments which often inspire the truth, Mr Berry the other night unconsciously laid bare the weakness of his position when he attempted to justify the necessity of protection for Victoria. After referring to the difference of circumstances between the various Colonies, and eulogising Queensland, t>outh Australia, and this colony for their' immense territory' and ' immense resources,' he points out howinferior in these respects is the 'small colony of Victoria —the very smallest of the group with a population absolutely larger than any other colony.' But he asks, with an air of after-dinner exultation, ' Why should not Victoria manufacture goods to meet the requirements of the other colonies, as well as Manchester, Liverpool, or Yorkshire P Why, indeed? The answer is plain enough, Great Britain, by her Freetrade policy, draws towards herself, as by a magnet, the raw produce and material of other parts of the globe ; and, being possessed of endless stores of coal and iron, v enabled by means of steam as a motive power to manufacture at a cost which defies competition, and secures for these manufactures a profitable market at the uttermost ends of the earth. But what does Protection accomplish for Victoria ? Her Protection laws shut out the produce of other countries, except in so far as their admission subserves hnr narrow and selfish intarests. She has neither coal, nor_ iron, nor tin, nor copper within her territory; and when her artificially stimulated manufactures supply her ' larger population,' and the time comes when she must export her surplus, how will she fare when her manufactures have to face the competition of countries who do their business undercircumstances of greater natural and other advantages ? Verily the policy of Protection dooms Victoria to the Israelitish fate and Egyptian bondage. She is, indeed, being educated to make 'bricks without Btraw.'"

£10,000 is the exaob price paid by Messrs Loneman to Lord Beaconsfield for his new novel Eridymion. This is £10 a paga, or 2s a word. Endymion is desctibed as a practical joke in which the late Prime Minister has very much the best of it.

The fallowing ia by telegraph to the Patea Mail: —" The Wellington cricketers plead as an esouno for not boating the Australian f earn, that the ground was unfit <0 play on, and that some of their number have been suffering some time from hydrobarmaidiana. The latter disease is now prevalent in Wellington."

A contemporary says:—"We are informed i>y a correspondent that Madame Lotti Wilmot, in addition to her lectures in the Northern district;, gave a few friends two private spiritualistic seances, one on Tuesday, at the Club Hotel, Rangiora, and one Wednerday evening, at the Crown Hotel, Amberley. Our correspondent informs us that he was present at both ssances, and that questions were answered relating to persons and matters of which Madame Wilmot could not possibly have had any previous knowledge, and she positively convinced all in the room that the moving of the table and knocks given by it were not due to any force used by her. Considerable amusement was caused at Amberley by an ex-Civil Servant at Kaiapoi being infoimed by the table that he would be blessed (P) with'a baker's dozen of olive branohee when he got married. Immed'ately upon hearing this important information, our Kaiapoi friend began to speculate as to the kind of house he would require to accommodate the coming burden."

Under the name of " Ericine, , ' anewdyej of a fine golden-yellow colour, is said to be now made in America from the young wood of various species of poplar, as well as from that of the heather, the generic name of which latter (Krica) is said to have suggested that by which it is known in trade. The process of manufacture is very simple, and is thus described :—Young , branches and shoots of pnplor are cut off, crushed, and braved, and are then boiled in alum-water, the proportions allowed being ten pounds of wood and one pound of powdered alum to each three gallons of water. The liquor ia boiled from about twenty minutes to half an hour, and then filtered. In cooling , it thickens and clears, throwing down a greenish-yellow deposit of resinous matter. When sufficiently clear, the liquor is again filtered, and then left exposed to the air for three or fonr days or more, according to the weather and the state of the atmosphere. Tt quickly oxidises under the action of the light and air, and assumes a rich golden tint. In this state it can be used for dyeing fabrics of all descriptions. For yellow and orange-yellow shades it is used alone; mixed with prussian-blue, it gives green ; with oak-bark, brown and tan; with cochineal, &., orange and scarlet shades; or the colouring matter can be precipitated, t and then makes a fine and perfeotly ' innocuous yellow body-colour for wall-hang" ing and such like purposes.

A correspondent of thd Nelson Colonist gives some interesting particular? of the recovery of Mr Buckridge's son, who drifted out to sea in a canoe, and in the attempt to rescue whom Mr Buckridge, his father, lost his life, as will be remembered. Three men, Messrs Thomas, Douglas, and C. Blade, jun., voluntered to go in searoh of the boy, though there was a strong gale blowing and the sea was very rough, They started at 1.30 p m.in a whaleboat. Mr Thomas took his bearing carefully at starting from the direction in which the canoe had been seen drifting eeaward. At a quarter to 4 that afternoon they discovered the object of their search, having Failed straight to it. The canoe was some 14 or 16 miles from land opposite Pepio's Island. After using the utmost precaution, they succeeded in getting the boat alongside the canoe, and threw a rope right over the boy, to which he clung most tenaciously. After hauling the boy into their boat, the weather was m tempestuous that theyVere obliged to let the oanoe go adrift. The brave boy although only some 12 years of age, while in the canoe had been trying to make himself some paddles out of a piece of wood, also to mend the rowlooks of the canoe. In doing this work he lost a costly pocket-knife, and he expressed to his rescuers a fear that his father would be displeased thereat. Poor little fellow, he did not know then of his far more Eerious loss—that he was fatherless. Owing to the wind not keeping up its ftny, but increasing the force of its blasts, and changing to south-west the boat was not got back to its starting-point, the west entrance of the Moutere, till half-past 8 o'clock next morning (Thursday). The men and the boy were drenching wot and cold, and the former were thoroughly fatigued by their efforts to reach the shore. The thankfulness of the bereaved family on. receiving back their lost darling can be much better imagined than described. If ever three brave men deserved the decorations of the Royal Humane Society, Messrs Thomas, Douglas, and fclade do.

The Municipal Council meets at 8 o'clock to-night. Messrs Monteith and Co. sell at the Horse Bazaar to-morrow at 1.30 p.m. 16 horses and hacks.

Messrs Kennedy and G-illman have for sale cocksfoot f.o.b. at Lyttelton. Samples can be seen at their office. '

Creditors in the estate of Charles Butler, junr., are informed that they must prove their claims by the 25th instant. Anniversary sermons will be preached afc the United Methodist Tree Church, Shakespeare road, on Sunday noxt, and a tea meeting will be held on Tuesday, the 22nd instant.

The stock-in-trade of Mr Harris, which is to be sold by auction on Tuesday next, will be on view on Saturday and Monday, and in the evening from 7 to 9 o'clock. Notice is given by the Hawke's Bay County Council that all dogs found unregistered in that County after the Ist March will be destroyed, or the owners prosecuted. A magpie which has been lost is advertised for.

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