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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3138, 19 July 1881, Page 2

In our correspondent " Totara.'s " letter, which appeared in our last issue, the freight from Foxton is stated to be Is per 100 feet, whereas it Bhould be 4s. Mr Sutton is to ask to-day in the House, whether any allowance for house rent has been made to the persons as keepers of the Napier lighthouse; if so, what ia the amount in each case ? When Sir George Grey rises in the House to give a notice of motion, his phraseology is singularly different to that of other men. He invariably says, " I have the honour to give notice. " Other men simply say, " I'give notice, " or " On Wednesday or Thursday next, I give notice." The small difference in the phraseology shows the difference in the culture. Private letters received from Fiji per Southern Cross at Auckland, state that Mr Thomas' township allotments at Thurston, which, it will be remembered, were offered for sale here, have all been sold at from 100 to 150 per cent, above the upset price. The public offices and the gaol have now been removed from Levuka to the new capital Suva, and the "progress of the colony is rapid. Mr G. W. Thomas was awarded a silver medal for his views in Fiji by the Melbourne Exhibition Commissioners. Ifc will be Been from an advertisement that the County Council invite applications for an impounding ranger, whose duties will be to impound stock straying on the County and Road Board roads (where Road Boards desire it). He will be required to keep a diary of his work; receive all impounding fees, &c, and pay the same in to the Council; to lay informations against owners of stock injuring drains or trees on the County roads. Full particulars as to services required can be obtained from the clerk to the Council. Mr Fred Terry of Waipawa, writes to say that, being seventy-two years of age, he has seen much of the world, and his experience teaches him that the Chinese would be a very undesirable class of immigrants. Mr Terry describes them "as a filthy race, liars to the backbone, diseased with complaints unknown to Englishmen; clannish, and addicted to murder; sly and cowardly." This is rather a sweeping condemnation of a race numbering three hundred million souls, of whom Mr Terry could not have seen many thousands, and those evidently of the lowest class. A contemporary, writing from Waipukurau, says there is no foundation for the report that Mr Wilding intends to oppose Mr Orraond at the next elections. Our correspondent says :—" Mr Wilding is a gentleman who has too much interest in the welfare of the district to do anything to oust from Parliameut one who, for very many years, has exercised his infl.uer"e for the good of his constituency. Mr Ormond's influence and the respect wiih which he is entertained by all sections of the House point to him as the best possible representative a district can have. Mr W. C Smith's reported candidature is, I believe, true." As it has been proposed to place a surpliced choir in St. John's Church, it may be interesting to many of our readers to know the names of some of the English Churches in this colony where the practice bas already obtained:—St. Paul's, Auckland ; St. Mark's, Wellington ; St. Peter's, Wellington; St. Paul's, Wellington; St. Michael's, Christchurch ; St. John's, Christchurch ; St. Luke's, Christchurch; St. Paul's, Dunedin; St. Matthew's, Dunedin; All Saint's, Dunedin; St. John's, Roslyn; St. Mary's, Timaru ; Holy Trinity, Avonside ; St. Mary's, Merivale ; St. Bartholomew's, Kaiapoi; Holy Trinity, Lyttelton; All Saint's, Hokitika, Westland. Should to-morrow afternoon prove fine Clive Square will be the scene of a very good football match, and it is to be hiped the all comers will turn up strong. The following are the names of our team, which leaves for Waipawa next Saturday morning: — Messrs Mowbray (back), Gibbons and Begg (half-backs) ; Duncan, St. Hill, Thompson, and Whitecombe, will be the quarter-backs, while Dove, Edwards, Kennedy, Gracie, Beamish, Barclay, Price, and Waterhouse, will play forward. Emergency men : Pram, Parker, and Levison, in the order named. The new uniforms arrived by the Arawata, and can be bought on application to the secretary. Mr Dobson has kindly consented to go to Waipawa as umpire. Afc the Municipal Public Works Committee meeting last night letters were read from the Engineer and Road Overseer in reference to the recent summary dismissal of the two Corporation laborers Ready and Spencer. A motion for a sub-committee was lost by a majority of one to make further enquiry. The reason given by the Engineer and the Road Overseer for the discharge of the men was that they were insubordinate. The feeling of the Committee was that the authority of the Corporation ofccors must be supported. The following recommendation was made to the Council:—That the estimates, plans, and details of the works in No. 6 drainage contract, as submitted by the municipal engineer, be authorised, and that tenders be invited forthwith, made returnable at noon on the Ist proximo. Mr Turnbull to ask the Government, whether it is their intention to take any action on the following subjects and recommendations alluded to in the report of the Inspector of Prisons : —(1.) To abolish schools in the different gaols of the colony on the grounds stated in the reporfc, viz., tbat endeavouring to educate prisoners is a mistake. (2.) That each prisoner be periodically weighed, in order to test whether he is losing or gaining flesh. (3.) That the present dietary scale be altered, in order to check that undue propensity to increase in weight which prisoners at present undergoing sentence exhibit. (4.) The appointing a Medical Board, as recommended, to inquire how little a man can possibly exist, on, in order that a dietary scale may be adopted for that purpose. (5.) _ That gaolers shall be permitted, to punish prisoners at will, without the consent of the Visiting Justices ? At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Captain Preece, R.M., Kate Walshe was charged with being a common prostitute, and with behaving in an indecent manner in a public place. She was sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labor. Tho following civil cases came before tho Court: — Finlayson v Paki Paihau, claim £19 18s 6d for wages ; adjourned till the 2Gth instant, defendant to pay costs of adjournment, counsel's fee, and witnesses expenses. W. L. Rees v Pohuka Hapuku, claim £50 ; adjourned till 2nd August. W. H. Tucker v. Pohuka Hapuku, claim £37 3s; adjourned till 2nd August. W. L. Rees v. Puke Pufee Tauhinu, claim £39 15s ; adjourned till 2nd August. Waite v. Mclnerney, claim £15 3s for cartage, &c, judgment for plaintiff with costs.

Nominations for several races at the Jockey Club's spring meeting close at the Criterion Hotel to-night.

The annual meeting of ratepayers in tho Clive Highway District will be held fcomoiTo,w at 2 p.m. The Convent bazaar at the Theatre Royal to-ni-|lifc at 7. Messrs Banner and Liddle sell fruit and timber -o-morrow at 11 a.m. Accounts owing to T. A. Shirley, late of Masoni.-. Hotel, must be paid to Mr Elliot. Dye Bros, have received new season's tea. Messrs Banner and Liddle have a sale of clothing on the 28th instant. Messrs Blythe and Co. have made another purchase of ladies' costumes. Tenders required for the erection of loose boxes at Hastings. Applications wanted by Hawke's Bay County Council for the office of impounding ranger. A dark brown maro has been impounded at Napier. A four-roamed house is to let at the Spit. The catalogue of Messrs H. Monteith and Co.'s sale of thoroughbred stock has been added to. Mr Prebble has just received smoked schnapper. A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted " column.