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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3095, 30 May 1881, Page 2

We learn that a bazaar in aid of the Catholic schools of Napier will be held about tbe second week in July next.

Invitations have been issued for a Masonic ball to be held at the Theatre Royal on the 24th June in celebration of St. John's day.

We regret to hear from Wairoa that the illness from which Dr. Ormond has been suffering for some time past has assumed a more alarming aspect.

The Christchurch Jockey Club has endorsed the decision of the Dunedin Jockey Club in the matter of the disqualification of the mare Miss Domett,

It is reported from Wellington that the police intend to oppose all applications for new licenses on the ground that there is sufficient hotel accommodation in that city.

It is the intention of the Government that the R.M. Courts at Awanui in the Waiapu district, and at Tologo Bay in the Poverty Bay district, shall close on the 30th of June.

Mr T. S. Weston, formerly District Judge of this district, we are glad to learn, has determined after much persuasion to stand for the representation of Grey Valley, in opposition to Mr J. G. Fitzgerald.

It ia not improbable that the Government next session will introduce a bill to vest all the unsold Crown land in the Wairoa district in a Waste Lands Board to be constituted in that settlement. This will be a step in the right direction.

Twenty-four applicacions for the office of Receiver of Rates for the Borough were received ht tbe Town Clerk's office up till noon to-day. We imagine that the successful applicant will be selected at the Public Works Committee meeting this evening.

In another column will be found a list of subscriptions received for the purpose of erecting an English Church at Ohinemuta, and an earest appeal from the Bishop of Waiapu on behalf of the scheme. It appears that many Of the natives in the neighbourhood are anxious to have a place of worship erected in their midst, and have set apart a site for the building in a suitable position.

The Wairoa Guardian understands that Captain Russell has been promised by the Government that £50 a year for a doctor to attend the natives will be paid to any duly qualified medical practitioner starting in the Wairoa district. This, in conjunction with the £50 offered by the local Friendly Societies, ought to be a sufficient inducement to any young doctor to settle at Wairoa, where there is the prospect of a growing practice before him.

There is some talk in and around Waipawa that at the next general election Mr Ormond's return is to be opposed. Mr W. C. Smith's name has been mentioned, but we have it on pretty good authority that he has no intention to stand. It is not, however, unlikely that some well-known public man outsiae Hawke's Bay altogether may be induced to present himself as a candidate. Mr Ormond's hold in the district, we imagine, is quite strong enough to defeat anybody likely to be brought forward.

The Juvenile Pinafore troup terminated a most successful season at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening. The management reverted to the same cast as on their first appearance in Napier, and everything went smoothly and well. The only change in the programme was a sailor's hornpipe danced by Miss Any Brooks, who arrived in Napier by tbe Te Anau on Saturday morning. From the manner in which she acquitted herself we should say she will be a valuable addition to the company. We understand she ia to appear in Auckland as " The Ruler of the Queen's Navee."

It is much to be regretted that the County Council of Hawke's Bay has found itself unable to connect the Omahu and Redclyffe bridges by a continuous road. A motion was before the Council at its last meeting to the effect that if the natives and settlers along that line would contribute £150 the Council would find the balance of the money required. The Bank of Australasia, as proprietor of the Korokipo estate, promised £50, if the natives and others concerned would subscribe the JGIOO, but ifc has been found impossible to raise this small balance just at present. It is in cases of this sort where Maori occupation becomes a drag on the progress of settlement ; where it is felt to he an unmitigated nuisance; and where the exemption of natives from the payment of local rates is seen to be an injustice, and altogether a mistake.

At tbe Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before H. Eyre Kenny, Esq , R.M., the following civil cases were disposed of:— The Deputy Property Tax Commissioner v. W. O'Meara, claims£l 9s Id ; judgment for plaintiff with costs. Same v. Robert Cooper, claim £18 lis 3d; judgment for plaintiff with costs. Same v. John Dick, claim £3 os Gd; judgmentfor plaintiff with costs. Same v. Kate Gannon, claim £13 4s 4d; judgment for plaintiff with costs. JSame v. J. Bidgood, claim £2 8s 8d ; judgment for pbintiff with costs. Same v. E. W. Mills, claim M 9s Gd ; judgment for plaintiff with costs. Neagle v. Sruale, claim 12s; judgment for plaintiff with costs. The'trustee in Somerville's estate v. Tracy, claim £6 8s Id; judgment for plaintiff with costs. Benjamin and Co. v. John Anderson, claim £2 2s 6d; judgment for plaintiff with costs. In the case Napier Grammar School v. Harding a stupid error in the affidavit of service of summons rendered it necessary to postpone the case for fourteen days. Owing to the illness of Mr Lee the following cases were adjourned until Mon. day next: —Scarfe v. the Napier Club ; Ruddock and others v. Sinden and Hill, and Saro v. Mirback. Dinwiddie, Walker and Co. v. Rymer, claim £10 5s 2d ; Mr Lascellea for plaintiffs, Mr Rymer conducted his own case; £5 2s 6d had been paid into Court; judgment was given for plaintiffs for £6 14s lid, with costs and counsel's| fee.

The Redclyffe bridge is to be publicly opened by the Hawke's Bay County Council for public traffic on Friday, June 10. There is to bo a tent on the ground within whWh lunch will be spread; there will be some speeches, and other appropriate proceedings in connection with the completion of this most useful public work;

The North Otago Times says that the present may be called the most propitious season which the agriculturists of this district have experienced for many years; in fact, so suitable has the season been that a settler resident nineteen years in this district informed us the other day that it absolutely left the farmer without a subject for grumbling that is, if the sparrow and the price of oats are left out of consideration.

The Auckland Free Lance says:—" Sir George Grey has started an accommodation house at the Kawau. This will lessen tha tax on his too liberal hospitality, and, with the discharge of a " serf " or two, enable him to make both ends meet and pay the property tax. Visiting serfs can "tuoker " in his boarding house at reasonable rates ; the piece de resistance. of the bill of f are iS wallaby pie. For ' sundowners' there is no sliow in the kingdom of Kawau."

The Fiji Royal Gazette has a list of ministers registered for the celebration of marriages. Two are Church of England, one is a Jew, ten (all with European names) are Roman Catholics, and the Wealeyan Methodists boast of no less than, fifty-eight "reverends." Of these, eight soem to be Europeans; but we somehow fancy that the Rev. Mark Tagisakibau must, with the Revs. Jonah Ulninaceva t Naphtali Qaligorogoro, and forty-seven more, be allowed to be aboriginals.

The New Zealand Times says :—" I'he Yen. Archdeacon Stock supplied us with the following interesting information. laSt night: —I have just seen a Bright c,oniet ii?. the west. It is visiblfc to the naked eye, and c-tn be found by drawing a right angle from Canopus and Sirius—the two brightest stars in the west, and the comet will be at the apex of the triangle. It is travelling towards the sun, and is somewhat low down; an opera glass shows it well. I could see a very small star with my telescope, right through the brightest part of the tail.''

Speaking at Adelaide, the other evening, (says the Sydney Bulletin) the Rev. J. Watsford related that the late Rev. Mr Waterhouse, who perished in the Tararua had a warning of his fate in a dream, in which ho saw himself and his son going down in a sinking ship; and also mentioned, that just at the time of the wreck, a young woman who was dying in Melbourne) suddenly exclatned to her mother, " Mother, yonder is Mr Waterhouse i he is standing bn the shore, beckoning to me." The Rev. Mr Morley also intended to sail by the Tararua, but his wife had a presentiment of evil, and prevailed on him not to go.

An interesting flutter has been created in Wesleyan-Methodist circles (says the Auckland Star) by a young minister at Parnell. Among the statutes of the church is one which virtually prohibits marriage till aftet four years' probation. This enactment has been boldly set aside by the Rev. L. M. Isitt. Mr Isitt had only passed his second year, and en ered his third ; yet during the past week the rev. gentleman sailed for New Plymouth, and by Monday's steamer brought back a happy bride. The lady ia well connected at Taranaki, and is the only daughter of Mr Caverhill. It is expected that the matter will be brought before the District Meeting and conference, but it is whispered that if so the grave censors will be reminded that other laws are broken and brethren held guiltless.

It is reported that Mr Chayaux, of Lyons, has recently invented a game for facilitating the study of geography by children. This new-game, approved by the Paris Society of Geography, consists of a large planisphere map of the globej accompanied by numerous objects representing animals, plants, flags, costumes, towns, and landscapes. These objects, of painted cardboard, stand upright when the small inscription accompanying them is folded back; they carry, moreover, a number corresponding to one on the map. Placing each in its proper DOsition, the child becomes acquainted with the subject—if it be a plant, he knows the place which produces it, and its use ; if a town, he knows its population, its position, &c. The map is folded and, with the various objects, put into a box.

Conjecture already is rife as to the probable coming Minister. It may be stated at once that the matter has not yet engaged the attention of the Cabinet, and is not likely to do so seriously for some time to come. Indeed, as we have previously said} it is not intended to take any steps in re« "*c gard to filling up the vacancy before the commencement of the session. Several names, however, have already been mooted by popular rumor as coming men. It is looked upon as certain that the vacancy will be occupied by an Otago member, to avert any jealousy on the part of that somewhat sensative locality, which would hardly be satisfied to lose half its representation > in the Cabinet. The names already mentioned are those of Mr G. M'Leani M.H.R. for Waikouaiti; Mr H. Bastings, M.H.R. for Wakaia ; and Mr J. W. Bain, M.H.R. for Invercargill—the last-named being perhaps the " favorite" in the betting. All this, however, is, of course, the merest guessing.—Post.

Dr. Blandford, an eminent London physician, makes the following remarks in his work on "Insanity and its Treatment " :—'' Supposing we have to deal with a young man, whose parent, or brothers, or sisters, have been insane, or who, at an early age, has shown that he is himself not free from the family taint, we Bhould advise that such a one should be put to some occupation or calling not attended by any great harass or responsibility, one of which the duties and work are of a routine character, affording a fair opportunity of holiday and recreation. He should not follow the profession of a lawyer or doctor, for in them he will find hard and constant work, and the necessity of appearing in public; and his work and anxieties will follow him to his fireside and hours of sleep. In the Church he will or may be assailed by religious doubts, by a sense of duties insufficiently discharged, and by all that tends to religious melancholy. In the army he will be exposed to the temptations of an idle life and the vicissitudes of climate. No post is so suited to these individuals as that of a Government office. The hours are light, the responsibility not formidable, tbe holidays long, and if the emolument is not large, it is at any rate certain, and certainly is above everything desirable." Suoh work would, no doubt, be very suitable for weakminded persons, but what about the efficiency of the Civil Service ?