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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3036, 19 March 1881, Page 2

The settling up for the races was prompt and satisfactory, and, although the bookmakers' trade has heen largely cut into by the totalisators and by amateurs, the fraternity have had no reaeon to complain, as a body, upon the results of their visit.

Signor Paladini arrived by the steamer today from Wellington. He still looks very ill, but says that; he will be able to take part iv the eacred concert to-morrow night.

Mr J. H. Smith, the enterprising agent for the Simonsen Opera Company, proceeded this afternoon by steamer to Auckland to make arrangements for an opera season in that city.

Madame Lotti Wilmot left Napier to-day by the Northern steamer. Her visit here, we are of opinion, has not been a pecuniary success, and from an educational point of view has been a failure.

At the Resident Magistrate's ©ourt this morning, John Howard, Christian Denison, Robert Collins, Patrick Crowe, Hallan Dickenson, Robert Grealhead, and Lasharih Barnes, were charged with drunkenness, and each fined 5s and costs, or 48 hours imorisonment with hard labour.

A sad accident occurred to Mr Douglas's bay filly Camelia near the finish of the Produce Stakss yesterday. In coming round the turn into the ftraight the mare slipped her hip joint, and in her frantic efforts to right hergelf must rave ruptured herself internally. She died a very few minutes after the finish of the race.

The proprietors of ihe totalisators on the racecourse at the H. B. Jockey Club's meeting paid over to the club £120 Tβ, being the price of the privilege nnd half the profits from per per cent deduction from the amounts pasced through the machines. The first day £1010 were passed through, and on the second day's racing £997.

The following tenders have been opened by the chaiftnan of the Waipawa County Council: —For cutting fascines.—H. Hartshorn (accepted), 4d each ; Coria and Jones, ;C. Ramlose 4|d. Contract for Grant's Uutting.—C. Ramlose (accepted), £10; Peter Christiansen, £lo ; John Ireland, £20. Seventy-mile Bush metalling.— J. Martin (accepted), Is 5d per yard; Miller and Lines, Is 7d ; Harding and Smith, Is lid; A. Peebles, Is lid. TamumU metalling.— Held over for further consideration. Contract for delivery of timber, Waipukurau.— B. Kemp (accepted), 133 6d per 100 ft. ; P. H. Drower, 16s.

The programme of the sacred ooncerfc to be given by the Simonsen Opera Company to-morrow evening has heen published. The first part will consist of Eossini's master piece, Stabat Master, while the second part will be compobed of selections from the oratorios of the " Creation" " Meseiah," "Elijah," and "Twelfth Mass," &o. A finer concert we are not likely to have till another good opera company visits the town, and we make no doubt but what there will be a orowded audience to hear the grandest mueio ever composed. The concert is advertised to commence at 8.30 p.m.

The Eev. Father Le Mennant preaohed a very practical and instructive sermon on temperance in the Catholic Church yesterday evening, in the course of which he pointed out in a vivid manner the evils which result from the excessive U3e of intoxicating beverages, and in -which he exhorted his hearers to abstain altogether from indulging in intemperate habita. There will be no sermon to-night, and the mission will be concluded to-morrow. Father Le Mennant will preach to-morrow at 10.30 am. and at 7.30 p.m., and there will be a procession of the various religious societies and confraternities connected with the church in the afternoon at 3 o'clock.

There was great excitement on the course yesterday over the winning of the Tradesman's Handicap by Mr Murray's Mavis. Libeller, Mavis, and Natator, were the leading horses down the straight, Mavis, being in front, but lessening the distance at every stride. Opposite the judge's stand the three appeared to be dead level, some going so far as to say that Libeller was first. Amidst shouts of " Mavis," "Libeller," the judge gave the race to Mavis, causing immense gratification to that horse's backers, and an equal amount of indignation to Libeller's supporters. We do not pretend to dispute the judge's decision, but there can be no doubt that a verdict of "dead heat" would have given more general satisfaction.

A correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald, writing from New Caledonia, says : —" An evade (escaped convict) was lately picked up at sea, four or five miles beyond the reef, in a canoe he had cut out of a tree with a tomahawk. He was en route for Australia, his sole provisions being 100 cocoanuts. with which liberal commissariat he begged those arresting him (civilians) to allow him to proceed. Had this poor wretch succeeded in his effort he would have well earned his liberty. He tried the same mad thing laat year, beinar picked up by a Government vessel at sea in a pirogue (native canoe)."

The death of an aged couple is thus alluded to by the Taranaki News: —" There died recently in the Taranaki Valley, within eleven weeks of each other, an aged couple who had been united in wedlock for the long period of seventy-seven years. The man came to this colony at the age of sixty, and after forty-two years' active colonial life, succumbed to death at the age of 102. Eleven weeks after his aged partner died in harness at her household washing at the age of of 96. The old lady had rinsed her clothes, had carried them to a fence, and hung them out to dry, and then quietly sank down by the side of the fence and yielded up her life."

The Christchurch Press says. On Monday afternoon the Louse occupied by Mr Billens, sen., at the corner of Victoria street and the North Belt, was subjected to the vagaries of a hurricane-burst of wind, which strauge to say confined its operation to a line about 4ft. in width. Beginning at a shed, roofed with a couple of sheets of corrugated iron, it stripped off one, and blew it about 60 yaida; the other sheet was left intact. The wind next blew open a chamber window, whereupon, presumably by suction, the objects on a dressing table were swept through the window. Of several articles of jewellery some were carried to the opposite side of the street, others as far as the Presbyterian Church. Fortunately, all the articles were recovered. The novel points about this burst of wind were the very limited area upon which it played, and the unwonted calmness of the atmosphere "immediately before and after the incident.

The cultivation of the vine in Otago is proving to be eminently successful. On Saturday afternoon we (Morning , Herald) bad the pleasure of visiting the vinery under the management of Mr Ward, gardener to Mr Daniel Haynes, Smith street. The size and quality of the grapes were buprining", and the success already attained will doubtless lead to an extensive cultivation of the vine in Otago. Part of the garden, entrusted to Mr Ward is a magnificent vinery, containing ten vines. The vine?, which six years ago were a foot high, bearing very small specimens of fruit, are now about 24ft in length, and yield this year an average of twenty-eight bunches each. The bunches measure from 18in across by 18in long to Bin across and 12in long, and their average weight is from 6|lb to 31b. The grapes are black, and they haveja remarkably delicious flavor Some of the finest bunohes were exhibited at the Kaikorai Horticultural Society's show on Saturday, and were much admired.

The Siinonsen Opera Company at the Theatre Royal this' evening in " The Bohemian Girl,' , and to-morrow evening in a grand sacred concert. A Bank of New Zealand ten-pound noto paid away on the race-course on Thursday is wanted. _ . . Mr E. Lyndon will sell on Wednesday next sections of land at Hastings. We draw attention to Mr A. Ernesto's advertisement as piano tuner. Mr Erneste's stay in Napier is very limited and any who wish their instruments carefully repaired or tuned should take advantage of his visit.

Tenders are required up to Tuesday next for metalling on the Tβ Mata road. The Napier Gag Company announce a re« duction in the price of gas. The Town Clerk notifies that the reclaimed swamp sections, whioli have been subdivided will be sold by auction on Tuesday, the 29tk " instant. New advertisements appear in our " wanted" column. DIVOT SERVICES TO-MORROW. Mas 3 will be celebrated by the Boy. E. Reignier at Clive at 11 a.m. By the Right Rev. the Bishop of "Waiapu at H areloek at 11 a.m., and at Hastings at 7 p.m. • By the Rev. J. J. Mather afc Hastings afc II a.m., and at Clive at 7 p.m. By the Rev. W. Nichol afc Havelock at 11 a.m., .at Clive afc 3.30 p m<, and afc Hastings at 7 p.m. By the Rev. J. Spear afc Konini (Mr Shield's) at 11 a.m., afc Mangarowhare (Mr Walerhouse's) afc 3 p.m., nnd afc GHenross (Mr Balfour's) at 6.30 p.m. Services will be held at Taradale afc 11 a.m., and afc Puketapu at 3 p.m. By the Rev. J. C. Eccles afc Waipawa afc 11 a.m., at Kaikora at 3 p.m., and afc Tβ Aufce afc 7 p.m. By the Rev. Mr Long at Waipukurau at 11 a.m., and 7 p.m. By the Rev. R. Praser afc Waipukurau afc 11 a.m., and afc Takapau afc 3.30 p.m. By Mr W. O. Robb afc Hampden afc 11 a.m., Onga Onga afc 3 p.m., and Waipawa afc 7 p.m. By the Rev. E. Bornett at Tamuinu at ' 3 p.m., and afc Waipawa at 7 p.m. The Rev. E. Neilson will preach in the Sandinavian language to-morrow, in Trinity Church, Clive Square, afc 4 p.m. By the Rev. W. C. Oliver, in Trinity Church, Clive Square, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. •