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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3228, 3 November 1881, Page 2

G-ardeners and others in the country are complaining of want, of rain. . Two feet from the surface the ground is as hard as it can be. , The case Snelling v. Stevens, which was set down for hearing , at a sitting of the District Court to be held to-morrow, has been adjourned for fourteen days. We hear that measles are beooming very prevalent amongst children in Napier, and that several pupils at the district school have had to be ordered to keep at home. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before H. Eyre Kenny, Esq., R.M., John Pbillipps was charged with being drunk, and fined 5s and costs or 48 hours. We are glad to learn that our hint ye the Bath chairs for the Hospital has resulted in something substantial, as yesterday Mr Lyndon very kindly, with the assistance of some four others of the kindly disposed, raised a sum with which to purchase One of these useful articles for the use of the convalescent of our lotial hospital. The death is announced of Alfred Langley, a pon of the late Mr John Langley, of the firm of Langley and Newman. The ohild was playing at four o'clock yesterday afternoon with his brothers and sisters, when he was suddenly taken ill, and was dead at ten at nipht. The little fellow was the healthiest and most playful of the family. * The cause of death is supposed to have l;een t-unntroke. '-''■• There is no foundation for the statement that, though the electoral rolls have been printed, " they have not been advertised as open for inepeotion, as provided by law."/ The Registrar publicly notified on Saturday" ltis>t, by advertisement in the Daily TEE.E9BA.rH, that the electoral rolls for Napier, Hawke's Bay, and Waipawa, were open for inspection on Tuesdays and i'ridaya from 10 a.m. till 2 p^m. About the most sensible resolution the Mnuioipal Council has passed for a long , time was thai; which last night decided that, on the completion of No. 7 contract, the drainage scheme for which the loan was rained shall be deemed conoluded. The ratepayers will give a sigh of relief when they learn this news. The thousands of pounds that have been fooled away cannot be unearthed from where they have literally beon buried, but it ie some consolation to know the extent of the lose. The regard exhibited last night by Councillor Swan for the overworked officials of the Corporation office was refreshingly touching. It bad been proposed to pay the Corporation labourers fortnightly instead pf monthly as heretofore, when Cr. Swan raised t'ue objection to the alteration on the ground that it would cause extra office work. However, the alteration was carried, and while the change cannot increase the office work—and it would not kill anybody if it did—it will be of great convenience to the workmen and to tradespeople. We fail to see why the men oannot be paid weekly. . The case National Bank v. Dransfield was withdrawn from the District Court by mutual consent. The defendant claimed commission for certain . goods sold, also storage, and held in his stores goods belonging to the bank over which he considered he held a lien until all charges were paid. The plaintiffs offered 2J per cent, commission as full payment, but the defendant demanded full rates. The hank proceeded to law, declining an offer of arbitration. On Saturday Mr Dransfield received a telegram from Wellington that a satisfactory arrangement had been made with the head office, and that the goods might be handed over. Everybody knows that it ordinarily takes two people to cross cut a log, and if it rested with Englishmen it would never take less thaD two persons to do the work that a Yankee would discover could be done by one man. In Messrs Ruddock and Fryer's establishment there is what is called a riding saw machine, manufactured by the Farmer'R Manufacturing Company at Cincinnati, by which one man can work a lever with his hands and feet, and, sitting comfortably all the time, can oross-cut a log by himself as quickly as two men in the old style. The machine would be very handy at stations for cutting firewood. Meeting of the Scinde Lodge this evening at 7.30. Complimentary farewell supper to Bro. J. M. Batbam, P.M., at the Victoria lodgeroom this evening at 8. Meeting of the Mutual Improvement Society to-night. " Messrs. Banner and Liddle will sell "tomorrow flour at 11 a.m. Mr W. Rowtledge will sell to-morrow, at the Spit, Canterbury potatoes, at noon. Mr Lf. Monteith will sell to-morrow, at Messrs. Banner and LidcHe's rooms, a freehold property at Clyde, Wairoa, at 2 p.m. The Weekly Mehcttiiy published tomorrow will contain latest news for Home. Mr J. Hateley, Emerson-street, advertises brands, stencil plates, dies, &c, made to order. Tenders are invited for the position of steward and stewardess to the Napier Working Men's Club. Mr Lyndon will hold a sale of fruit, tea. produce, and books on Saturday next. A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted " column.