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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3132, 12 July 1881, Page 2

The electoral roll for the district of Clive contains the names of over thirteen hundred names.

We are requested to say that Mr H. R. Gunn intends to continue his offices at the Spit.

The little rain that fell the other day succeeded in choking- up that precious storm-water drain, which was only cleaned out a week or two hack. Not only has the silt trap filled, but the drain itself has now a deposit in it of about eleven inches in depth. It costs more to clean this drain out than did the old system of clearing the water channels, without anything to compensate for the extra expense. We believe the whole of our drainage scheme will prove to be an equally expensive mistake.

The football team to play against Waipawa on the 23th instant, will be selected from the following :—Messrs J. Begg, P, Duncan, J. Dove, P. Fdwards, H. Gibbons, H. Humphries, J. Hanna, C. Kennedy, H. St. Hill. G. Pram, C. Levison, G. Po"tt, J. J. Moyniehau, W. Miller, P. Ormond, H. Thompson, R. Westerna, G. Whitcombe, R. Mowbray, W. Beamish,' Barclay, and Price. There is first-rate material in this crowd, and if they do themselves justice by taking a fair amount of practice and training, they should be difficult to beat.

We have received the following special telegram from Wellington :—" Plan of proposed Representation Bill is prepared ; all single electorates; Napier Borough one, Hawke's Bay County one, Waipawa County one, Wairoa and Cook Counties one, district to be called Gisborne-Tauranga one. This will give an extra member for the East Coast district. The bill is not yet introduced. The Local Government Bill will probably be introduced to-day, and the debate on the Finincial Statement will probably take place on Friday. Brogden's petition is going on before the Petitions Committee; it is likely to be a long case. Traver's bill is approved."

A statement having been made that " dozens upon dozens of names are improperly " upon the Napier and Clive electoral rolls, and that it is two years ago since, through the aid of the police, those rolls were " brought into something like decent shape," we may state, for the information of our ill-informed contemporary, that it was only last September that the rolls were thoroughly revised, when over 600 names were struck off the Napier roll alone. This revision was undertaken by the Registrar, with the assistance of the municipal and police authorities. The Napier roll now contains the names of over fifteen hundred persons, Rome of whom are dead, some have left the colony, and two or three are absconding debtors. Considering the difficulties the law has placed in the way of purging the electoral rolls, the condition of the list of voters for the Napier district is remarkably pure.

As showing the paltry character of Major Atkinson's proposals with regard to the rating of native lands a case at the Wairoa may be cited. Exactly opposite the town-

ship, on a plain of very rich soil, the Maoris hold by Crown Grant eleven hundred acres. Of this area they cultivate barely twenty acres; tho remainder which they wil neither let nor soil, is permitted to lie in a ttate of nature. This land is valued in its present condition at £15 per acre, and at that price could find numerous buyers. The land is bounded on one side by the Te Kapu road, and on the other three sides it possesses a navigable river frontage. Under Major Atkinson's proposals this valuable and much coveted piece of country is to be valued for purposes of rating at 6s 8d per acre, which would return a rate of 4d per acre to the County Council, and even this miserable tax is to be paid by the Government, lest the poor natives should be hard pressed to pay it themselves !

The Christchurch Telegraph states that there exists an old lady in one of the suburbs of Christchurch who becomes periodically demented, and who openly states that it is her divine mission to kill somebody, and that the deed must be done.

The Wairarapa Star says that " it is understood that the reason why Mr Murray, M.H.R., quotes scripture in defence of Chinese immigration to New Zealand is that an ant-hill of Chinese miners is; situated at the Woolshed, a portion of the Murray estate, and for the privilege of digging for gold, contributes largely to the Murray family exchequer."

From Home papers to hand per 'Frisco mail, we (New Zealand Times) learn that Mr Henry Irving, the eminent tragedian, is still suffering from ill-health, and that his medical advi-ers insist upon his taking a period of rest and perfect quietude at a distance from all scenes of present excitement. He has relatives in Nelson, and it is not improbable that he will visit them, and find in the healthy and perfeot tranquility there pervading the rest and restoration he so much needs.

We clip the following from the Volunteer Service Gazette: —" Members of artillery batteries will be interested in knowing that the debated question of color of the card on. the regimental facings has been after much debating, definitely settled. That a scarlet —the same as the British Volunteer Artillery—has been ohosen over white and yellow, both of which had their advocate. In connection with this it may be stated that new dress regulations for the regiment have now been issued from the Government press. They are neatly printed—fcap. Bvo size, including a voluminous index, extending to forty-two closely-set pages."

The following, from the Melbourne Age, will interest tea-drinkers in New Zealand : " Some samples of a shipment of tea by the s.s. Ocean have been submitted to examination by the Central Board of Health. The tea was subjected to an analysis by Mr Mclvor, analytical chemist, one of the members of the of the Board, and was found to be adulterated with willow and other leaves, the mixture being colored with Prussian blue, and containing an admixture of iron filings, which could be separated by the aid of a magnet. There ie also reason to believe that there is now a considerable quantity of inferior and deleterious tea in the market."

Is not the labourer " worthy of his hire," and if you are foolish enough to go to law, why, in the name of common sense, should you not be willing to pay through the nose for your amusement ? A lawyer's stook-in-trade consists of forced constructions, verbal criticism, nice distinctions, and a plentiful supply of quills, parchment, and red-tape. Such articles cost money, to say nothing of the valuable amount of brass and sheek, which the legal profession demands of its disciples. The crafty politician who asserted that language was made to conceal our thoughts, did not go further in his theory than do the members of the legal profession in their practice. Their trade is to make black appear white, and vice versa and the accomplishment of Buch a task deserves to be handsomely rewarded.— Public Opinion.

An accident, which has created unusual excitement in the minds of the Sydney people, happened early last month. Mra Triten, well known in the best circles there, was taking an evening stroll, when a hansom came up, being driven at a furious pace, and, before she could get out of the way, bhe was knocked down and literally smashed to pieces. Several gentlemen who were passing at the time, seeing that the hansom went on as madly as ever, the driver not stopping to see the damage he had done, jumped into other vehicles and pursued the " murderer," but with no success. The hansom-driver, having good horseflesh in his cab, dashed first up one street and than down another, until all trace of him was lost. The matter has been in the hands of the detectives for some days, but up to date they have been unsuccessful in bringing the man to justice. £50 reward is now offered. — Sydney correspondence of the Ashburton Herald.

The Royal Princes had a good time of it in South Australia, and enjoyed themselves very much, in ways that must be entirely new, even to their travelled experience. As the guests of Mr Thomas Bowman, of Campbell-houee Park, they assisted at a grand kangaroo hunt, first bagging their game, or rather their ' tails,' through the potent agency of powder and shot, and afterwards following the dogs on horseback and enjoying a regular hunt after the antipodean tripods. At night they witnessed the novel sight of a grand corroboree, got up in their honor, enacted by about 500 natives, on a scale more extensive than any ever before attempted. Comparatively very few young Victorians have ever seen a blackfellow's corroboree, with its singularly weird aspects and curious dances of painted and grotesque savagery; and the spectacle of 500 dusky aboriginals, hideously and fantastically painted with "colored earths, their naked forms festooned with gum leaves, shaking and rustling in unison with the wearers' startling movements—these, seen by the nickering and fitful light of a circle of bu*h fire?, muft have appeared to the sailor Princes a native Pandemonium, interesting for its singularity, and remarkable for its grotesque hideousness.

A correspondent of the Stockton (Cal.) Herald gives the following as a cure for small pox, and also for scarlet fever :— " I herewith append a recipe which has been used to my knowledge in hundreds of cases. It will prevent or cure the small pox, even though the pittings are filling. When Jenner discovered the cow pox in England the world of science hurled an avalanche of fame on his head, but when the most scientific school of medicine in the world- that of Paris—published this receipe as a panacea for small pox it passed unheeded. It is unfailing as fate, and conquers in every instance. It is perfectly harmless when taken by a well person. It will also cure scarlet fever. Here is the receipt as I have used it, and cured many children of scarlet fever. Here it is as I have used it to cure the small-pox, when learned ph) sicians said the patient must die ; Sulphate of zinc, one grain ; fox-glove (digitalis),one grain; onehalf a teaspoonful of sugar ; mix with two tablespoonfuls of water. When the above has been thoroughly mixed, add four ounces of water. Take a teaspoonful every hour. Either disease will disappear in 12 hours. For a child smaller doses according to age. If countries would compel physicians to use this, there would be no need of pesthouses. If you value advice and experience, use this for that terrible scourge."

Musical entertainment at Havelock tonight at 7.30. Ordinary meeting of the Victoria Lodge to-night at 7.30. A meeting of the church members of St. John's Parish will be held to-night in the school-room at 8. . The annual parish meeting at Taradale will be held this evening at 7.30. Mr W. Routledge will sell to-morrow, at Port Ahuriri, one acre of land at Norsewood, at 2 p.m. Prospectuses of the East Coast Native Land Settlement Company can be had a* Mr M. R, Miller's office. Found a bracelet.

W. Prebble has just received a consignment of cooking apples. Messrs Kennedy and Gillman will sell on the 21st instant one case of persimmons. Tenders are invited for cleaning out tbe storm-water sewer. A number of new advertisements will be found in our "Wanted" column.

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