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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3079, 10 May 1881, Page 2

At the fruit sales to-day by Messrs Kennedy and Gillman and Messrs Banner and Liddle, Hobart apples and pears brought from 3d to 4|d per lb.

Mr H. Hill, who is now inspecting the Poverty Bay schools, will return to Napier by Saturday's steamer for Gisborne, so as to attend tbe sitting of the Education Board on Tuesday next.

The performance on Thursday evening of " The Coraican Brothers" and " David Garrick," by Herr Bandmann and his company, will bo under the special patronage of His Worship the Mayor and Munioipal Council. A correspondent signing himself "Enquirer " asks if we can inform him if the pilot sent instructions to the owner of the steam launch Sir Donald to remove the wreck from the traffic way, as was done in the case of the stranding of the schooner Silver Cloud a few months ago.

A correspondent draws our attention to the persistent disregard in this town of the " Employment of Females Act," and asks why the police here do not enforce the provisions of that enactment. Our correspondent's reference to the employment of female hawkers of fish, however, does not apply to the case in point, and, therefore, we have not published his letter.

We beg to acknowledge the receipt from the Town Clerk of a copy of the abstract of receipts and expenditure of the Napier Borough Council, for the year ending March, 31, 1881, and of statements connected therewith. From the above we learn that the assets of the Borough are put down at £90,391 lis 6d including £25,000 unexpended balance of loan and deposits, and the liabilities are stated as £76,868 Is 6d.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before H. Eyre Kenny, Esq., R.M., Alfred Poulson was charged with being drunk on the Napier line of railway, and also with committing a nuisance thereon. His Worship said the offence was a very serious one, and also dangerous. The law provided a penalty of £10, but he would not impose the full penalty. The prisoner would have to pay a fine of 10s, or 48 hours imprisonment for each offence.

We have been shown a sample of Poverty Bay paraffino, which is said to be found in inexhaustible quantities over a large area of country. In its raw state the paraffine looks like soft dirty-yellow colored grease. The sample shown ua was taken from a basin into which a rod was driven thirty feet without touching the bottom. The shareholders anticipate a rich reward for their enterprise in investing in an undertaking at a time when very few believed there was a chance of obtaining a return for the money.

A special meeting of the Borough Council was held at noon to-day. Present: His Worship the Mayor (in the chair), Councillors Monteith, McKay, Leonard, Cotton, Ellis, and de Lisle. A statement of accounts and balance-sheet for the year 1881-2 were laid on the table. Cr. Leonard moved that the statement of accounts and balance-sheet be passed and signed by His Worship the Mayor according "to law. The motion was carried, and, His Worship having Bigned the statement of accounts and balance-sheet, the Council adjourned. Mr F. Sutton, M.H.R., and Chairman of the Hawke's Bay County Council, visited Renata to-day with the object of ascertaining whether the natives are willing to contribute towards the formation and mainten. ance of the road from the new Redclyfre bridge to the Omahu bridge. This road, while it is necessarily of much use to the settlers, is of much greater advantage to the non-tax-paying natives, and as the chief Renata is fully alive to this circumstance it is hoped that he will assist the County Council in proceeding with this work.

It has been already announced that Sir Garnet Wolseley will be raised to the peerage. This dignity is conferred on the distinguished general, in order that he may, in the House of Lords, conduct and explain the new scheme of, military reform, whioh he will personally supervise at the Horse Guards. Sir Garnet, had, of course/ the first claim to the supreme command in South Africa. He is acquainted with every mile of the ground over which the anticipa-

ted military operations will be carried on, and must naturally have been most anxious to undertake the task for which he is so well fitted. It has, however, been deemed still more important that his services should be retained at Home in the important work of reorganising our military establishment.

In Dusky Bay, close to the shore, beneath the olear oalra water may be plainly seen the form of a large ship of foreign build. There she lies at the bottom of th? sea, under the shadow of the towering foreßt olad mountains. No one knows how she came there, but she is of no English or modern make, and some one who was adventurous enough to dive down and examine her, says she is made of teak, a wood much used by the Japanese and Chinese, and this must be the case or she "must have decayed long ago, for teak will last for centuries, and the old ship still looks firm and sound in her ocean grave. The Maoris have a legend about ber. They say that their grandfathers told them that in their childhood one morning a large ship sailed into Dusky Bay, and that when close to the shore she suddenly sunk and disappeared, that the crew swam off and lived for some time on a small island, and there one by one they died, but who they were or where they came from none can Bay. Prom this story it is plain that there have been visitors to New Zealand of whom we know nothing, and who have left no other record of their visit than the ship whioh brought them to these shores.—History of New Zealand.

In Germany some years ago (says tre Jewish Herald), the wealthy firm of Messrs H— ——-, at H —, were desirous of purchasing a large silver mine, but the house could not come to terms with the <

proprietors, the price asked being considered far in advance of the actual value of the property. The Messrs H- -, were however, strictly orthodox Jews, and as such never allowed their telegrams, letters, or other documents to be opened until the close of the Sabbath, no matter how important the case may be. Now, on a certain Saturday, during the time the negotiations for the purchase of the mine above-stated were pending, the firm. received no less than four telegrams from the proprietors, which were duly opened at sunset, with the following result:—The mine owners in the first telegram intimated their willingness to accept the offer of Meßsrs H , and, not receiving any reply, another telegram was sent with the reduction of two pcs cent.: this also remaining unanswered, another was despatched with a further reduction of 3 per cent.; to be followed by another later on with a reduction of 6 per cent. On Saturday evening Messrs H—— opened the telegrams, and were surprised to find at what advantage they were placed by their strict observance of the Sabbath.

The Thames Advertiser of a recent date contains the following:—"Our obituary column contains an announcement of the death of Mrs J. L. Hall (nee Wiseman), which took plaoe at her residence," Botanio House, opposite the Botanical Gardens, Adelaide, yesterday. The intelligence was oommunioated by cable to theßev. V. Lush from Mr J. L. Hall, in order that the rev. gentleman might break the news gently to Mr and Mrs Wiseman, the parents of deceased. Deceased was the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Wiseman and first exhibited a taste for the stage during the visit of the late G. V. Brooke to Australia, when she appeared in his company on the Melbourne boards. She afterwards appeared with Mr Hall before the Duke of Edinburgh, at the same place, and was a great favorite with' the late Walter Montgomery, when that gentleman visited Australia and New Zealand. From Christchuroh Mr and Mrg Hall came to the Thames early in 1868, and, in conjunction with the late Captain Butt, had the old Theatre erected in Shortland; After leaving the Thames, Mr and Mrs Hall appeared in Victoria, and proceeded to America, India and England, returning via America to New Zealand., After a brief stay here they returned to Victoria, and had several successful seasons at the

principal towns, ultimately settling down in Adelaide as proprietors of that well known boarding establishment and temper* anoe hotel, the Botanic House. It was Mrs Wiseman's intention to have proceeded by steamer to Adelaide in a week or two to

accompany her daughter to Now Zealand.

Mrs Hall was the eldest daughter, and had just attained her thirty-seventh birthday when she was called away. She leaves a family of three sons and one daughter. The column whion notifies the demise of Mrs Hall likewise announces the marriage of Miss Laura Wiseman, formerly of the Thames. Miss Wiseman like her sister, was an accomplished and estimable young lady, and her many friends and admirers at the Thames will be glad to learn,;that she is comfortably settled in life."

At the Theatre Royal to-night Herr Bandmann as Shylock at 8. Monthly meeting of the Victoria Lodge to-night at 7.30. Meeting of the A.0.P., Court Captain Cook, to-night at 8. Mr W. Routledge will sell to-morrow, at Messrs Kinross and Co.'s wool stores, grass seed, damaged, Messrs Blythe and Co., have very special values in brown hollands. The Artillery Volunteers will parade to* morrow evening at 7.30. The additional holders of game licenses are advertised. Messrs Banner andLiddle sell to-morrow, at 2 p.m., biscuits, leather, drapery, &c,, damaged. A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted" column.