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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3231, 7 November 1881, Page 2

It may appear to some that, because no shot was fired or no blood spit, the Parihaka arrests on Saturday partook of the nature of a farce. There was an overwhelming force to surround an open pah, and to take two old unresisting men prisoners. The children were playing in the village, the girls skipping, tbe grown people were squatting on the ground in front of their ivhares, and the old chiefs quietly urging resignation, patience, and peace, while a circle of armed men was forming slowly and surely a wall of fire in case of need. An unadorned story of the arrests is as of the mountain that brought forth a mouse. But what a different tale there would have had to be told if the forge

had not been present to make resistance hopeless. In the presence of superior power Te Whiti and his fighting general Tohu can be as peaceful as lamb?, as harmless as doves. A mere detachment of Armed Constabulary, however, would no more have been permitted to take either of those two men than they would have been allowed to make a prisoner of Hiroki. It would have been worse than a blunder to have failed, for failure would have exalted Te Whiti to a divinity, would have fired the fanaticism of the natives, and undoubtedly led to war. The fact that Te Whiti, Tohu, and Hiroki were walked out of that pah prisoners without a shot being fired is the best evidence of the wisdom of the arrangements made by the Government. The work that had to be done has been done so far well, and we may rest assured that that which has been commenced will be accomplished thoroughly. We are informed on good authority that tho writs for the new Parliament will be issued to-morrow. Mr Sheehan, M.H.R., arrived in Napier thio morning, having travelled overland from the South. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning before H. Eyre Kenny, Esq., R.M., John Franklin was charged with leaving his express unattended, and was fined 10s and costs. A cricket match between the Herald and Civil Service Clubs was played at Petane on Saturday last, and resulted in an easy win for the Herald men on the first innings. The scores were:—Civil Service, 17; Herald, 43. The Town Clerk despatched on Saturday by the outgoing mail the order to Messrs McEwan and Co., of London, for the water works extension plant. We understand that the cost of the plant delivered at Napier will be about £4000. The following weather forecast was made at Wellington at 12.40 p.m. to-day by Capt. Edwin:—Watch barometer. Bad weather approaching between north-east and north and west. Glass further fall, and after twelve hours increased sea and likely rain. The following deed, was submitted to the Trust Commissioner for consideration during the past week:—Ripata Morula to H. R. Russell, a lease of seventeen years from 27th April, 1881, of Te Ante block No. 2, 258 acres; MrH. M.White, solicitor for applicant. Mr Leonard's first auction sale will take place to-morrow, and will comprise the whole of the stock-in-trade, furniture, and effects of Mr G. Fuszard. From the large assortment of goods to be sold, and the popularity of the new. Knight of the Hammer, we anticipate a large attendance at his first sale. Mr J. Hateley, of Emerson-street, has established quite a new industry in. this town as a die and letter cutter, and rubber stamp maker. One of the blocks of his making is to be seen in our front page, and we have been shown a collection of rubber stamps for official purposes that he has just completed to order. There appears to be some difficulty in understanding the Order in Council refering to the alteration in tho use of receipt and postage stamps, and we understand that a number of business people in town are using receipt stamps on their postal letters. The Post Office! authorities here have received no instructions in the matter, so that, until further information is received, we would advise people to adhere to the old rule. Kuripapanga that, a few months ago, was a desolate spot on the track to inland Patea, has now assumed quite a bustling appearance. The erection of the bridge was the first work that broke the Btillness of that wilderness, and now there are two public-houses and two blacksmith's shops in course of erection. A chimney of a house next to Mr Krause's bakery caught fire yesterday morning, and from the volumes of smoke a serious conflagration was feared. The fire-bell was rung, and the streets soon filled with people, but it was not long before the nature of the fire was discovered, and all alarm ceased. Complaints have reached us that the new regulations with respect to private boxes at the Post Office has not been complied with. Yesterday the door was closed throughout the day, and no admission whatever could be obtained to the boxes. Now that the attention of the Postmaster hss been called to this matter we trust there will be no further cauße of complaint. The nominations for the Waipawa . County Council are as follows :—Waipawa Riding, Messrs Bibby, Robb, and J. J. Buchanan (of Hampden); Waipukurau, Messrs Harding and Smith ; Wallingford, Mr W. Newman; Patangata,- Mr Dillon ; Ruataniwha, Mr Ross; Tamamu, Mr Johnston; Porangahau; Messrs Hunter andHirtzell; Nor6ewood, Messrß Wilding and M'Greevy; Woodville, Mr T. P. Fountaine. We remind our readers that Mr W. H. Manning, will deliver a freethought lecture by Colonel Ingersoll, entitled " What must we do to be saved," at the Theatre Royal this evening. This is said to be one of the ablest of Ingersoll's orations, and in the hands of an elocutionest like Mr Manning it will lose nothing of its power. As Mr Manning leaves for the North by the first steamer this will be the only opportunity the public will have of hearing him give the deliverances of the eminent freethinker. The new electoral rolls for Hawke's_ Bay and Waipawa are by no means giving satisfaction. We hear of several persons, who months ago applied to have their names registered, who now find that they are not on the roll. Others sent in claims to have their names placed on two or more rolls, and they discover that they appear on one only. A good many claims witnessed by Mr "F. Sutton have, apparently, been lost, the names not appearing on the rolls at all. The only remedy these people have is to get placed on the supplementary rolls. Another of the great Johnston household is seeking a seat in Parliament. Should the candidatures of tbe members of the family be successful the following little party would present itself in the Legislature : — The Hon. J. Johnston, M.L.C.; the Hon. Dr. Grace (son-in-law), M.L.C.; the Hon. W. Johnston, M.H.R, for Manawatu; Mr C. J. Johnston for Te Aro, and Mr 8, Johnston Waipawa. As a Minister a seat is certain to be found for Mr Walter Johnston ; Mr C. J. Johnston's chanoes are very good for Te Aro, but Mr S. Johnston is likely to be left out in the cold. The Hon. J. Johnston arid. Dr. Grace ars ? pf course, fixtures in the Legislative Council. In order to keep pace with the increasing circulation of the Daily Telegbaph a powerful " Wharfedale" printing machine has been imported and set up in the office of this paper. This beautiful piece of machinery is from Dawson and Son's factory at Otley, is fitted with patent flyers, and all th 9 latest improvements. Driven by our Crossky'sgaaengine, the " Wharfedale" is capable of printing off fifteen hundred impressions an hour. Mr J. B. Vernon, engineer, of this town, put the machinery together with his accustomed skill. Other alterations and improvements have been made in fche composing and jobbing departments by which every description of printing can be turned out with despatch, and in the best and newest styles. Fiji doesn't seem to suffer from too little police supervision. A Suva correspondent of the New Zealand Herald writes :—Every mechanic here has to pay a license to the Government —JBI per annum, I believe; and in default of " drunk and disorderlies," of whom there are remarkably few here, the unfortunate carpenters get an overhauling. Some days, when the police get on the war T track, they clear as much as £12 or £16 at the Court-house for a single morning's performance. A hotel-keeper was fined £2 for

having a little "Pinafore " sung in her house without a special permit from Messieurs Tea' Gendarmes; and again, a man was fined for building his own house without a license. " If I might suggest an improvement in the licensing business,l should imagine a license granted to policemen would he a good idea, so that when anything specially villainous occurred on their part they might be suspended or "sacked" off-hand. The Nelson Colonist says:—-" Amongst the numerous metals which have been delved for in the district, tin was not hitherto included, but from what we learn it appears highly probable that at no distant date tin mining will take rank amongst the more important- mineral productions of Nelson. During the past few days a very large area of land situate between Rait'a ' Accommodation House and the River Owen skirting the Buller road, has been taken up for the purpose of' mining for metals other than gold.' At this locality gold mining . I has been carried on for a considerable time, although not upon a vary extensive scale, but from what we learn an old tin miner, who was working this ground found there was more alluvial tin than gold, and this discovery has led to much activity on. the part of speculators and others." The Australasian of the 15 th instant contains, in its agricultural section, an article on the dairy factory system, in which it comments at length and in a commendatory strainonthe paper lately read by Mr J. Church in the publio hall, Maheno. It justly characterises as "a sensible suggestion" Mr Church's remark that "could glass bottles to contain from lib to 61b be manufactured and sold to dairies at a reasonable price, they would become the safest and. best medium for transferring a high class butter to the wealthy consumers of Europe and India." Our contemporary recommends to the consideration of those interested the latest phase in the American factory system. " A principal objection to the old factory system, both of cheese and butter making, is," ■ observes the Australasian, " that the whey and butter-milk are both lost to the farmer, who is thus deprived of the opportunity of using' them in the feeding of pigs. The new American.system of butter making is not open to this objection. The milk is now set at the farm producing it, and the agents of the factory drive round daily to each farm in an allotted district, skimming the milk, and conveying the cream to the creamery, the - term given to the new factories. This system is now in operation in forty or more creameries in the state of lowa, where it is said to give great satisfaction to the farmers.''

" Canst thou not minister to a mind Diseased ?" asks the great master of Human Nature, little recking that to reach the seat of mental malady, the physical organism must be first put in a healthy condition. Tbe poetry of the thought, however, ia answered in the philosophy that teaohes that a judicious use of "Übolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aeomatic Schnapps will not only produce a sound sanitary status, but leave the mind unaffected and unimpared.

Mr W. H. Manning will deliver Colonel Ingersoll's lecture " What shall I do to be saved" at the Theatre Royal to-night at 8.

Mr Sydney Jonhston addresses the electors of Wiapawa at the Oddfellows Hall, Waipawa, to-night at 8. '''■'■ Messrs Leonard and C 0. ,; will, sell to« morrow the stock-in-trade, furniture, and effects of Mr G. Fuszard, at 11 a.m.

Messrs Miller and Potts will sell tomorrow, at Waipawa, furniture, &c, at 11

Tenders for additions to the Occidental Hotel must be sent in to Mr. T. R. Cooper by to-niorrow.

Entries for several of the events at the Friendly Society's fete on Wednesday will be received by the secretary any time up to the starting. The members of the various societies are requested, to meet at the Napier Fire Brigade station at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning.

Mr W. Ritchie announces that he has commenced business at .Hastings as a fruiterer and fishmonger. The Acclimatisation Society advertise, the 4th section of the Animals Protection Act for general information.

The offices of the H.B. Permanent Building Society will be open this evening from 7 to 8 for receipts of payments.

Mr J. A. Mackenzie has been appointed Napier agent for Messrs Zohrab, Newman and Co., of Wellington.

A meeting of the Clive Rowing Club will be held at the West Clive Hotel to-morrow, evening.

The annual sports of the Waipawa Athletic Club will be held at Waipawa on Boxing Day.

The Registrar of the Supreme Court announces that the sale of the Matuku, Aranui, and Taupara properties is postponed until the 21st instant.

The ordinary meeting of the Victoria Lodge of Freemasons takes place to-morrow evening.

A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted " column.