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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3174, 31 August 1881, Page 2

The vital statistics as registered at the Napier office for the month of August are as follovvß:—Births, 39; marriages, 3; deaths, 11. We understand that section 165 in Tennyson-street, _r3 it Mr Lyndon's sale yesterday, waa bought with a view to the erection of offices upon it £ot iha Permanent Building Society. Private letters have been received from, the Hon. H. R. Russell, dated July, on board the Pacific mail steamer Zealandia. Mr Russell writes in tho best of spirits, andsays that he has not had a day's illness since he left for England, and he hopes to return to this colony iv December thoroughly rejuvenated. The September quarterly meeting of the Primitive Methodist Church (Manawatu ciicuit) will bo held at "Woodville on Monday, September sth. A number of gentlemen are to address the meeting upon interesting subjects, aud the gathering will be enlivened with musio. Should the weather be favorable a large and enjoyable meeting may be expected. Mr S. Y. Collins resigned his offices of Deputy Commissioner under the Property Tax Act and 'Registration Officer to-day, and intends to proceed to Auckland at the earliest opportunity. We take this occasion for the expression of our regret at the severance of so able an officer's connection with the public service, and to thank him for the many acts of courtesy that we have received at hi. hands. The Convent bazaar, to be held in the school-room, Taradal6, on Eriday and Saturday, promises to be very attractive. By advertisement it will be seen that the Artillery Band will perform each evening, and that, for the convenience of persons wishing to attend from town, Rymer'a coach will be leave at 6.30, returning at 10 p.m. We have no doubt but that the bazaar will be in every respect a sucoess. We hear that a representation has been made to the Government to the effect that it would be advisable to place the administration of the Napier Lunatic Asylum in the hands of the Hospital Committee. Perhaps the mismanagement of the hospital is due to the Committee not having work enough, and, may be, it is hoped that the conduct of the lunatic asylum will obviate the operation of the adage, " Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do." It cannot be said that Mr Tylee's appointment as Registration Officer will be a popular one in the district. But there is one advantage Mr Tylee will have over bis predecessor ; he has been very long resident in the district, and his intimate knowledge with it, and the many Bouroes of information open to him, will enable him to dispense to a great extent with the services of the police in making up the roll, and this will enable the police to attend more closely to the proper duties attaching to the foice. It has been reported to us that it is not unusual for tradesmen to accept postage stamps in payment of small accounts. These payments, being usually tendered by lads, should excite suspicion, for, as a rule, the correspondence of boys is not so large as to require the possession of numerous postage stamps. Another thing to look at is this: that facilities for the disposal of stamps are a direct encouragement to petty theft, and any youngster offering stamps for sale may be not unjustly suspected of obtaining possession of them by dishonest means. Mr N. Williams desires to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following subscriptions in aid of the widow of the late Stephen Page:—Bishop of Waiapu, £2; Hugh Campbell, £2 2s; Rev. Mrs Crowlev, £2 14; Nathl. Williams, £2 2s; J. Williams and sons, £2 ; C. B. W., £2 ; John Griffin, £1 ; J. Sparrow, £1 ; Mr Thompson, £1; Jas. Rochfort, £1; E. T. Woodcock, £i ; Andrew Brown, £1 ; Col. Lambert, £1; Mrs Robert Foster, £1 ; W. Corbin, £1; Mrs Sainsbury, 10s; George Smith, 10a; E.bert Holder, 10s; Gh F. G., 10s ; Mr L., 10s 6d ; R. Williams, 10s ; C. Davies, 10s; Mr Bennett, 10s; Mr H. H. Holder, 10s; Mr Prebble, ss; Mr Large, ss; J. J. D., 2s 6d; Dido, 23 2d; Gaiety Club; £23 15s; per R. Barrows, £10 6s 6d. The Lyons' Tourist or Pleasure Party continue to draw well at the Theatre Royal, and their performance is nightly received with loud applause. Last night there was an entire change in the entertainment, and in some portions of it a decided improvement. The two light sketches given were highly amusing, and were well received. Miss Amy Horton was again the life of the musical portion of the performance, and gave several of her Bongs, notably the Irish one, with a wonderful amount of " go." The Wyburds again astonished the audience by the grace and eas9 with which they went through their most d-ffieult movements on the roller skates. To-night's will be the last performance but two of this talented company. The annual general meeting of the Napier Rowing- Club was held last night at the Criterion Hotel, Mr W. Bogle, the captain of the Club, being in the chair. The treasurer's statement and balance sheet were read and adopted. The receipts for the year had been £141 12s sd, and the expenditure £129 Is 6d., leaving a balance of £12 10s lld. The liabilities amounted to £23 9s 6d, including a sura of £21 voted to the club's representative crew at the last regatta, while the assets shewed £462 10s Id. The following officers for the ensuing year were electsd :—President, Mr J. D. Ormond (reelected) ; Vice-Presidents, Messrs. T. Tanner and T. W. Balfour; captain, Mr A. P. Sheath; deputy-captain, Mr R. J. Duncan ; secretary, Mr W. J. Tabnteau (re-elected); treasurer, Mr J. Begg; committee, Messrs R. Brooking, J. G. Gilberd, R. Price, W. Bogle, F. Bee,R. A. D. Mowbray, andH. F. Thompson; auditors, Messrs C. B. Hoadley, and J. Liddle. Votes of thanks to the retiring officers and to the chairman brought the proceedings to a close. A German lady, who was very deaf, stopped a milkman as he was passing the house the other day, and asked him how much he charged for a quart of milk, and then put up her ear-trumpet to catch the reply. He quickly drew a quart of milk, and emptied it into the trumpet; and the result has been that he has to go three miles out of his way to keep out of sight of that lady's son, who sits on the porch with a shot-gun, waiting for him to pass. The tide is turning at last. A young man in Nelson county, lowa, armed himself with a revolver and sallied out to shoot a young woman who had declined the offer of his hand. But she was up to snuff. She read the papers and had frequently seen accounts of similar affairs, quietly resolving that no discarded lover could make a victim of her, not if the court, or rather the courted, understood herself. When the young man arrived at the house on his deadly mission he found the fair but cruel one in the kitchen doing tho week's ironing. She didn't appear to suspect, and he expected to have an easy time preparing her for the coroner ; but when he reached around the pistol pocket, with the remark that her time had come, she stated, " I guess not 1 " and knocked him down with the flatiron, demolishing his nose and front teeth. Then she gave him the scalding contents of a tea kettle that was singing a cheerful air on the stove, and when the family came in she was mopping the floor with bim. The next

M»»-M---------__-t----------l time he proposes and is refused he will pro* bably conclude that thig settles it.—Ameri* can paper. Mr Bradlaugh's position is one of great difficulty. There seema to be little or no doubt that the legal proceedings to which Mr Bradlaugh is a party will culminate in hia He has pledged himself repeatedly to resign his seat as soon as he is declared a bankrupt, without waiting for the expiry of the period of grace allowed to bankrupt members before their seat becomes void by law. When he has been declared bankrupt he cannot appeal for re-election until after he has obtained his discharge. Unless, therefore, the legal proceedingg take an unexpected turn Mr Bradlaagh is not likely to reappear next session as member for Northampton. Not improbably a consciousness of this prompts his determination to make a last effort to take his seat in the House. Next session he may have no seat to take In that case the House of Commons will not only have inflicted a very grave injustice upon a duly elected representative of the people, but will als. have brought grave discredit upon its own reputation by the readiness with which it bas broken the law it ought to have been the first to maintain.—Pall Mall Budget.

The Lyons' Tourist and Pleasure Party to-night at 8. A promenade dance in the Protestant Hall to-night at 8. Convent bazaar at Taradale on Eriday and Saturday. The monthly inspection of the Napier Artillery Volunteers to-night at 7.40. Nominations of candidates for the Borough, Council must be sent in before to-morrow at noon. Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company open on Saturday. Mr W. Routledge will sell on Friday next, at the Spit, glucose, hops, sugar, et«., all slightly damaged. It is notified that three bankrupts will; make application for discharge on the 15th of September. The ordinary meeting of the Scindf Lodge will be held to-morrow evening. The Town Clerk inserts a notice that owners of licensed oarts failing to comply with Borough Bye-law No. 1 will be prosecuted. Messrs Price and Innes announce that they are making still further reductions in goods offered at their stock-taking sale, this being the last week but one of ita continuance. Messrs Banner and Liddle will submit to public auction on Tuesday next, on the premises, Lighthouse-road, the furniture and effects of S. Y. Collins, Esq. Mr W. Cato, commission agent, has his sample rooms at the back of the Maßonio i Hotel. A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted " column.