Untitled

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3226, 1 November 1881, Page 2

The Native Lands Court will be opened at Wairoa on the 18th instant. We hear that there are 700 shares already taken up in the Napier Recreation Ground Company,

Mr Joseph Leonard has added his name to the list of auctioneers, and will hold his first sale of drapery stook in the course of a few days.

It will be seen by advertisement that Dr. Hamilton, M. D., has made application to be placed on the registered list of medical practitioners.

The following cases are set down for hearing at the sitting of the District Court on Thursday next:—Kinross v. Walker, Morrin, and Russell, Rathbone v. Hallasy, and National Bank v. S. R. Dransfield.

The Mammoth Gift Company concluded their short season at the Theatre Royal last night with their usual ventriloquial and legerdemain entertainment, and a liberal distribution of gifts at the conclusion. Tonight they open in Waipawa.

At the fruit auction sale at Messrs Banner and Liddle's to-day oranges brought 14s per case, and lemons 14s per case. Messrs Kennedy and Gillman sold oranges to-day at from 13s to 19s 6d per case, pineapples lis per dozen, new potatoes l|d per lb, coooa-nuts from 10s to 12s per sack.

We are indebted to Dr. Menzies for the following report of the Hospital for the past month :—ln Hospital at last date, 12 males, and 6 females; admitted during the month, 8 males and 5 females; discharged, 9 males and 3 females; dead, 1; remaining at present date, 10 males and 8 females.

"Black Watch" writes to say that he thinks the Government are making a mistake in ignoring the presence of a very large number of men in the colony, who, in. the Imperial service, have smelled powder and stood fire. In this town and district alone -' Black Watoh" says he could get sixty men who have served either in India or New Zealand who have seen fighting, and who would be ready "togo to the front" at an hour's notice at the call of the Government.

We are requested by the secretary of the Hospital to suggest to persons possessing invalid chairs, but having no present use for them, that they would be doing an act of charity by lending or giving them to the hospital. It sometimes happens that convalescents would derive much benefit from a little change of air and scene, but in tbe absence of wheel chairs patients are forced to remain in their wards until they are sufficiently strong to walk witassistance.

The first annual meeting of the Napier Land and Building Society, No. 5, was held last night in the Council Chamber, Mr W. Smith in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the report and balance-sheet were read and adopted. The report stated that 553 shares had been registered during the year, of which 29 had been either forfeited or withdrawn. The balance of the profit and loss account gave a profit of 3s per share. The following officers were then elected in the place of the three retiring members of oommitfcee :—Mr J. O. Ciillen (re-eleoted), Mr A. Davidson, and Mr Chamberlain. Messrs Soarfe and W. Smith were elected auditors.

The monthly inspection of the Artillery and Rifle Volunteers was held in the Protestant Hall last evening by Major Routledge. There was a good attendance of both corps. After the inspection of the Artillery was completed, Major Routledge congratulated the battery on its efficiency and appearance, and brought before its notice the state of affairs on the West Coast, intimating that he had received notice from the Government that no more men were required at present, but should occasion arise he would be most happy to forward the names of any men' who wished to volunteer to the Government. It was unanimously decided that the services of the battery should be placed at the disposal of the Government. Both corps were marched out after inspection. The parade state showed—Artillery : Capt. Garner, Lieut. Pell, and 45 men ; Rifles : Capt. Blythe, Lieuts. Cato and King, land 42 men. ,j •,.',:■-'. At the last sitting of the Harbor -Board an application was readlfrorn'Mr Saunders] the Clerk of Works, for an increase of salary." At the same ="H6adley sent in. his resignation of the office of There can be no doubt tbat Mr Saunders has been underpaid for the work he 'has done, and the saving he has effected to the Board, and, probably, it was only owing to the state of the funds that his salary has'not long ere this been increased. The secretaryship being now vacant an excellent opportunity presents itself for amalgamating the two offices, an arrangement by which Mr Saunders might obtain an increase of £100 a year to his salary, and the Board save £50 per annum. Much of Mr Saunders' time has been taken up in oommunicating daily with the secretary, and by ;the _amalgamatiQn'snggqstedhit- will* be seen that bolh time and money can be saved. Mr Saunders js, of course, thoroughly caoable of performing the duties of both offices.

. The Public Works Committee of the Municipal Council met last evening, and agreed to the following recommendations: —1. That a reply be forwarded to Messrs Wardrop and Co., informing them that no concession with regard to altering the levels of streets can be entertained. 2. That the Hon. J. Johnston be informed that the Corporation will take over the road mentioned in Mr Lyndon's letter conditionally that he contributes the sum of £20 towards the expense of the said road, and pay tho cost of conveyance ; the Council will then form the road when they consider it necessary. '' 3. That permission be granted to Mr Colenso to make the road mentioned in his letter, and convey it to the Council. 4. That the engineer's report be adopted, with the exception of clauses 1, 2, and 4 thereof. 5. That the present drainage contract, called " No. 7 contract," be regarded as a definite conclusion to the drainage scheme for which the loan was raised. G. That the present condition of the law, re charitable aid expenditure, is faulty, and urgently demands attention at the hands of the Government.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before H. Eyre Kenny, Esq., R.M., tbe following civil cases were dealt with:—Helander v. Roper, and Roper v. Helander, adjourned for fourteen days. Kelly v. Hiokey, adjourned for fourteen days. Cassin v. Bean, claim £5 19s 4d; judgment for plaintiff for amount and costs, to be paid in one month. Cassin v. P. Diamond, claim £2 15s 6d; judgment for plaintiff with costs. Judgment summonses: —Barry v. Robertson; Mr Lascelles for plaintiff, and Mr Cotterill for defendant; I Mr Cotterill took the objection that the I defendant had not been tendered his expenses, and the case was adjourned for three weeks. Trustees in Somerville's estate v. S. Anderson, adjourned for three weeks. Same v. T. Barter, adjourned for a week to enable expenses to be tendered to defendant. Same v. Tangatake, claim £2 10s ; order made that defendant pay the amount forthwith, or be imprisoned for fourteen days. Same t. Urupene Puhara, claim £17 16 lid; order made that defendant pay amount and costs forthwith or go to prison for a month. Samev. Hirini Takamoana; adjourned for 14 days for further; evidence. Brett v. Ah Keong, claim _1 9s lid judgment for defendant with costs and «»U£*"*" fee. Evans v. Hirini Takamoana, ajjourned. till 15th instant The Court then adjourned. Advices from Fiji state that the natives are making strenuous efforts to raise the purchase money of the Clyde steamer. Some thousands of dollar 1 * had been collected, and the strong probabilities are that the sale will be effected. By the Fetulele W. J*Hunt returned to Levuka as a prisoner, under sentence from the High Commissioner's Court in Apia. It appears that on his arrival in that port, per Clyde, he was immediately arrested upon a warrant, dated in March last. When brought before the Peputy High Commissioner he claimed the right to call native witnesses for the purpose of disproving the evidence npon which the order of prohibition first issued, but permission was refused He was sentenced to three months' _ imprisonment for disobeying th© prohibition

i, ~ , ,ir, I. ~ if, i,,,■■.""■',■ ■'" order, and sent'back to Fiji to serve hia sentence. Upon bis arrival the matter was reported to the police, and the High Commissioner was communicated with, and about nine o'clock in the evening an order wai. given for his release as there was no ohargi against him. . <y Comet or no comet (says an American paper) this year starts in right to become famous for murders, assassinations, shipwrecks, tornadoes, conflagrations, floods, scandals and other sensations. Deviltry seems to move with the speed of an express train. A writer in a Taranaki paper gives the following as an instance of " high tone" in the young ladies of that place:—" The other morning one of these ladies knocked at the door of a certain house in the Bubnrbs in a very imperative manner. The door was opened by a daughter of the house, to whom the visitor addressed herself as follows:—« Will you please tell your mother that my ma cannot wash for you to. day, and she'd better engage another lady for this week.'" A contemporary says :—" His Lordship, the Bishop of Wellington is quite a humorist in his way. A few days back, when addressing the Syond at its opening, his Lordship gravely remarked that "The Parihaka district still continued to present an unfavorable field for Church work. Now, with all due respect for the the Bishop of Wellington, and a strong liking for hig sense of humor, we should say that if Church work had the necessary vitality in it, Parihaka is the spot at which to make a trial. *. The Patea Mail gives publicity to the following:—" Private information enables us to state that the Governor has reported to the Colonial Seoretary in London, and has asked for instruction. We believe more than one message. has passed. It is also known that the Governor's version of the question is being backed up by some politicians here and in London. A combined Vattempt is being made on a small scale to force a dissolution of the Ministry. If the Governor be instructed from London, h# will dismiss the Ministry." The Wanganui Chronicle concludes in an ar tide on the Society papers, as follows:— ' If one or two of these Sooiety journal men were sent to hard labour on the roads for a few months, the plague would be stayed. The payment of damages in cases of this sort has not nearly such a satisfactory effeot y" as the prison garb aDd the bread and water of affliction. Meanwhile many of the aggrieved persons prefer to take the law into their own hands. One man tharshea an editor, another a proprietor, a third has to content himself with a compositor, a fourth smashes up a newspaper plant, and yet a fifth batters a news-agent, who, by-the-by, may be quite as guilty as the trumpeter in the fable." The story of a dynamite scare, or some-, thing like it, comes from the head of Lake Wakatipn. A chinaman, who had probably been reading of the Nihilist and Fenian explosive machines, came into Glenorohy with a story that be went into bed as usual the previous evening, and wis awoke during the night by a fizzing noise under his bunk. On looking bellow, he espied fuse in * very lively state of combustion, when he made a hurried exit, but was hardly out of the place when an explosion blew up his hut.: He declared that he suspected another-Mongo-lian, to whom he had sold a '* shicer" claim for £6, and who, failing to get his money back, had made the diabolical attempt. The Wakatipu .Mail, however adds :r-",,The latest news- is that 4he owner' of the hut, whose name was Sing Chuey, did the mischief himself..-/He wasroelebrating a feast with his mates, when some Chinese crackers, let. off near the hut, accidentally/ ignited the gunpowder." . I have before me now (says " _E_leß" in the Australasian) a taxed bill of costs whioh is in its way a curiosity. Some time ago a professional man's cheque was, by the mistake of a bank officer, dishonored. The bank offered reasonable reparation, and believed that the matter was settled. It was a surprise, therefore, to be served with a Supreme Court writ for a large sum (say £1000) as compensation; > However, £25 was paid into Court as sufficient satisfaction, and the result of the action was that the Court awarded £5 more. The presiding Judge said that the action ought to have bden brought in the County Court. The plaintiff's bill of costs was rendered, and appearance before and after shearing in the woolshed of the prothonotary is enough to wring tears of anguish from any attorney. Here are the results :-—Amount of plaintiff's costs Covering three foolscap pages, £127 13» Bd'; taxediofl?,' £l_s"_ss 9d; paid .for taxing;'4d'; costs allowed at £6 18s 4d. After such cruel treatment as this, one may expect a lot of cancelled 'indentures and a rush for church curacies. Full particulars are now available regarding the changes effected in■■* the numerical strength of our population by the immigration and emigration of■; the present year so far as it has gone, that is to say, of tbe three quarters which* ended .on the 30th ult. It appears that the total arrivals in the oolony from ■"' " foreign " (i.e. outside) ports during the nine months were 7060, and the total departures. 6582, thus leaving a balance of 478 in favor of the colony. Taking the various "ports seperately we find that the arrivals were most numerous at Auckland, the number being 2464 as against 1473 departures. On the/ other hand Dunedin had the largest number of departures, viz., 2181 as against 1844 arrivals. Wellington had 614 arrivals and 1031 departures; Lyttelton 619 arrivals and 440 departures ; Invercargill 475 arrivals and 536 departures; .Greymouth" 733 arrivals and 345 departures : Hokitika* 265 arrivals and 130 departures; Napier 116 arrivals and 270 departures; Timaru 9 arrivals, and 69 departures ; Nelson 10 arrivals""* and 49 departures; Russell 11 arrivals' and \ 31 departures. Kaipara, Wanganui,. and Oamaru had no arrivals, but their departures numbered 14, 2, and 8 respectively.—Wellington Post. Messrs. H. Monteith and Co. will sell tomorrow, at the Shamrock ■ yards, bullocks, mixed cattle, Ac.', at 1.30 p.m. , Messrs. Blythe and Co. are opening up a new shipment to-day. _ . * Messrs. Leonard and Co. advertise as auctioneers and general commission agents. Their first auction sale will take place in a few days. A complimentary farewell to Bro. J. M. Batham, P.M., will be given by brethr-n _of the Victoria Lodge on Thursday evening Dr. Agustus Priestly Hamilton notifies that lie will apply on the 2nd December to have his name placed on the register of medical practitioners in the colony of _Jew Zealand. Mr F. Tuxford has now landing ex Wairoa, Ac., from London, a large assortment of new goods. The annual Boxing Day races are announced to be held at Hastings, and the programme published. The fine 100 Al iron barque Coolefen is advertised as on the berth for London, to have quick despatch. Messrs Leonard and Co., hold their first auction sale on Tuesday next, when they will offer for sale the whole of Mr Fuzzard'a stock-in-trade and effects. Mr Saunders invites tenders for the erection of a Forester's Hall. The programme of the Hawke's Bay ... Pacing Club's summer meeting has been considerably altered, to which we direct tfieV attention of those interested. Tho railway time-table for the 9th Novomber is published. Board and residence on moderate' terms can be had at Mrs Harding's, Percy House, Tennyson-street. The loss of a small bunch of keys is inserted, and also the lobs of a chestnut horse. A number of new advertisements will bo found in our" Wanted" column,