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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3156, 9 August 1881, Page 2

Some very cold weather has been experienced at Taupo lately. On Sunday anow was falling thickly, and the whole conntry around there wears its white covering of winter.

We draw attention to the important sale of sections at Ormondville to-morrow that, are to be sold by Mr W. Koutledge at the Criterion Hotel at 11.30 a.m. Home of the land is heavily timbered with valuable totara and red and white pine trees.

A passenger by the coach to Wellington last Monday telegraphed to a friend in town to-day that the journey was made through heavy rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning. The road was blocked up by fallen trees, and the way had to be cleared by axe woik.

The punts that are to be used in connection with, the dredging operations at the Spit, are now being built. Mr Briggs, the contractor, received a cargo of heavy timber by the Orpheus the other day, included in which were some splendid totara pieces fifty feet long for keels.

We regret to hear that Mr John Heslop, sen., has sustained rather a heavy loss in the death of a handsome colt by the wellknown sire Robin Adair, out of the imported mare Highland Mary. Mr Heslop had intended to exhibit the colt at the Agricultural and Pastoral Society's next show in October.

The life-hoat was taken out this morning for crew practice. A ntiff breeze blowing the sails were set, but it was found that for any other purpo-e except for running before the wind they were very little use, the boat being driven to leeward. The oars belonging to the boat are also too small, a new set being much wanted.

The Gaiety Dramatic Club will perform Mr H. J. Byron's sensational drama " The Lancashire Lass " on Friday evening next in aid of the widow and orphans of the late Stephen Page, who wa« a member of the Napier Lodge of Oddfellows. We understand that tickets are being rapidly disposed of. Sensational drama is the special forte of our local club, and we do not doubt that this performance will draw a crowded house. Mr D. Cotton has undertaken that residents at the Spit who wish to contribute to so good a cauce shall be brought to the theatre free of excense.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning Mr Kenny gave judgment in the case of Aldredge v. Retter, evidence in which was taken yesterday. The defendant was charged with slaughtering several sheep on his premises at Clive, such premises not being a licensed slaughterhouse. Mr Lascelles contended that the case did not come under the Act, inasmuch as the defendant was not a butcher within the meaning , of the Act. His Worship held that the word butcher meant a person who either kills cattle or sheep himself, or who cuts it up, and sells it either in a shop or by hawking. The defendant in this pise I did not come within the exceptions provided in the Act. Under the circumstances he thought a fine of ss, with costs and counsel's fee, would meet the case, but if the offence was repented a substantial penalty would be inflicted. Henry M'Kinley whs charged with vagrancy, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labor. The following , civil cases were disposed o f -.—Tucker v. Hapuku ; Mr Lascelles for defendant, consented to a judgment for £30 13s 10d, which was accepted by Mr White, who appeared for plaintiff, and recorded. Judgments for plaintiffs were given in thd following cases:—Neal and Close v. W. Higgins, claim £'2 2s; Blythe and Co. v. T. Clancy, claim £3 13s; same v Hansen, claim £9 Is 2d. The native case, Te Apatari v. Hapuku, a dispute about a horse, was occupying the Court when our reporter left. One of the bookrnaking fraternity, met with a serious loss ju»t before starting from Sydney on a voyage home via San Francisco. His wife died and left him a disconsolate widower, and on the voyage he was noticed to be very low spirited. A clergyman who, perhaps, had heard of his bereavement, accosted him one day in tones of sympathy, and told him to be cheerful, as it was not a man's part to be downhearted. The metallician listened to the clerical exhortations for some time, until at last he broke in with-" Oh, 'tis all very well for you to tell a fellow to be cheerful, but there's not ad man amongst yo who knows how to play 100 ! " Tho interview therefore ended. A Wellington paper has the following :— " For several days past almost every household in the city has been rendered thoroughly uncomfortable and wretched by the foul and unhealthy odours which prevaded all the rooms at night time. In many cases drains have been broken up in vein searoh for tho origin of the nuisance

and many persons concluded that the muggy weather which has of late prevailed was responsible. Othnrs went so far as to blame the planets, which are at present congregated as far away from us as they can reasonably get, and to prophesy that the period of pewtilenco which has been predicted had set in ; and all the time the fault lay in the quality of tho gas which has been supplied, asafcetida being sweet when compared to the odors which reeidantg in this city have been compelled to inhale."

If anybody. Wonders why the Irish should lova England, let him look at the comic papers just now. Hatred and contempt gli>ton in every line of these caricatures of the national type. It/ may be said that such tbingx ac these are trifles, and that Irishmen do not mind. It may be so, for anything- that we know; but, if it is, then the Irish nre more calli.ua than any other people ever were before. As a matter of fact, it is pretty certain that they do mind, and that the.*e ferocious satires, showered by asbrohgj dominant peonls oti a very weak one, produe's ah antrrier and a deeper resentment than would come of ever so many harsh laws. Nobody would be co etung as an Englishman by odious caricatures like those which he relishes without scruple when directed atrainst Irishmen. Yet we profess to be amazed at Irish ingratitude and antipathy towards us.—Pall Mall Gazette.

An American correspondent of the Otago Times says : —" I perceive from the Daily Times that you have the plague of leprosy in Tuapeka. Leprosy follows the ChifaeSQ everywhere. Experience demonstrates thafc it is infections, but it is so slow in developin sr thafc the ill effects of contact with one of ;he diseased is not apparent for several years. When it does develop its progress is rapid. The Sandwich Islands bid fair to be depopulated of the native inhabitants by this Chinese plague, and Europeans are fast becoming victims to its ravagesi Especially is this the case with children of tender years, owing to their handling by Kanaka nursegirls, and quite a demand has risen for Kuropean female servants in consequence. Leprosy is in every city, town, hamlet, and mining camp in this State, and nothing will get rid of it but strict isolation and fire. You cannot be too careful or too watchful against its ravaees. The popular medical idea is that it is not contagious, but, as I have said, facts incontestibly prove the reverse."

The New Zealand Times says:—" One swallow does not make a summer," and ap* parently neither does one ultra-radical measure suffice for a Parliamentary season. Sir George Grey's Law Practitioners Bill has been received as a lively joke by some, and by others aw. serieux. The following draft Bill, picked up in the lobby of the House, shows that some member, "believing that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," is humbly following in Sir George Grey's footsteps, either as a jokisfc or most steadfast admirer: -A Bill to amend the Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877. (1.) The short title of this Act phall he the Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877, Amendmet Act, 1881. (2.) Notwithstanding any* thing in the said Act to the contrary, it shall be lawful for the examiners appointed thereunder to issue a certificate of competency as master, mate, or engineer of any Bea-goin<r vessel, to any person of good feme and reputation, who shall pass the examination as in Section 24, 25, and 26, of thp said Act provided, and without requiring any certificate of service or any evidence that such person has ever had any practical experience among shipping, or that he has ever been to sea." There is no name attached to the document, and our readers must eurmiee for themselves who the possible parent may be.

The cablegrams from Melbourne which appeared in a recent issue announce the death of Mr Marcus Clark, sub-librarian to the Melbourne Public Library. Mr Clark will be better remembered, however, from his connection with the colonial literary world, his writing's being to the Australasian public familinr as household words. The age of the deceased gentleman is given in the telegram as 34 years, which is evidently a mistake, as the deceased was quite 40 years old at the time of his demise. Hβ arrived in Victoria about 18 years ago, furnished with letters which procured him a situation in one of the banks. The atmosphere of a hanking chamber, however, proving , uncongenial to Mr Clark, he very shortly afterwards exchanged the duties of a ledger-keeper for the Bohemian life of a magazine writer and a newspaper contributor. Mr Clark was possessed of a most prolific pen, but perhaps his happieet effort as a serial writer was " His Natural Life," which first appeared in the Australian Journal. As the writer of the weekly gossiping papers which appeared under the norn de plum " Peripatetic Philosopher," Mr Clark first gained both reputation and monc;y. About twelve years ago he married Miss Mari.a Dunn, a soubrette actress of considerable ability, by whom he had several children. Aβ a magazine writer Mr Clark had no equal in the colonies, and his death will leave a void which will not easily be filled.

Monthly meeting of the Victoria Lodge this evening at 7.30. Mr W. Koutledge will sell at the Criterion Hotel to-morrow 51 sections of land at Ormondville, at 11.30 a.m. Mr A. Bryson has sawn timber in large quantities for sale at his Hampden mills, and at his yard in Hastings-street. The annual dinner of the Kifle Company will take place at the Caledonian Hotel on Thursday evening next. Messrs Miller and Potts will sell on Friday next, at Hastings, steers, heifers &c. Messrs Kennedy and Gillman will hold a grand annual sale of poultry on Saturday next. The anniversary tea and public meeting of Ft. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Waipnkurau, will be held on Thursday evening next. Mr W. H. Schipper has commenced business as watch and clock maker at Hastings, and solicits patronage. A bay pony impounded at Napier will he sold at noon to-morrow unless redeemed. A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted " column.