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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3243, 22 November 1881, Page 2

Captain Russell addresses the electors at Hastings this evening. The meeting of the Holiday Association, to consider the question of a holiday on St. Andrew's day will be hold this evening, and Dot to-morrow evening as has been stated. The friends of Mr Robert Stuart; will be greatly pleased to hear that gentleman has much improved in health. Ho arrived at the Bluff yesterday in the Ringarooma from Melbourne, and the private telegram giving us this information also contained 1 these words :—"Will run Buchanan." This little sentence is pregnant with meaning. It means that " Richard's himself again !" There is wailing in tho camp of the Scandinavians. Fifty-three North countrymen, whose names were on the old electoral roll, find themselves out in the cold under the new rolls. They say that they are naturalised, and that they are freeholders. We would remind them, however, that the onus of proof of naturalisation rests with themselves; the bare assertion goes for nothing. His Worship the Mayor has consented to bo once more nominated to the office he has so worthily filled for the last three years. His address to the ratepayers, which will be found in another column, mentions the interest and the pride he has taken in the borough, and we are sure that every one will credit Mr Vautier with having done all that ho could to the very best of his ability for the good of this town. Wo hear that the Rissington estate is to bo cut up into small sheep farms, ranging from five thousand to ten thousand acres. It is perfectly true, as tho Premier staled to the electors at Leefcton, that there ia no occasion for a bursting up tax on land ; where the demand arises the land owners will find it more profitable to sell their estates in small blocks than to hold on to properties too big for their capital to work with profit.

A trap accident occurred this afternoon at the foot of the Shakespeare hill. A horsQ in a cart shied at some tar casks lying on the footpath, and ran into another cab passing. One of the horses waa slightly cut, and one of the cabs was considerably damaged. This is not tho first danger that has arisen from the carelessness shown by those engaged on Corporation work, and until some one tries to make the Corporation responsible for the damage done probably there will be no alteration made in this matter.

At the Kesident Magistrate's Court this morning, before H. Eyre Kenny, Esq., R.M., the remanded case of the police v. M'clherhey was called. This was a charge of Stinday trading, and came up for hearing on the 14 th instant, when Mr Lascelles appeared for the defendant, and submitted that the information was bad; inasmuch as it -was laid under an old Frovintiial Ordinance, which w&9 abolished by the new Licensing Act. His Worship adjourned the case until to-day to consider the point, and at the sitting of the Court this morning he said that he had come to the conclusion that the information had been wrongly laid, and would bo dismissed. The following civil casea were then dealt with ;—S. Pell v. Goldsmith, claim £3 16s ; judgment for plaintiff with costs and counsel' s fee. Hacket v. Williams, adjourned for a week. Berry v k Clark, claim £3 is for rent; judgment for plaintiff with costs. Cassin v. John Morgan, claim £4 10s 10d ; Mr Lee appeared fer plaintiff; judgment for plaintiff with costs and counsel's fee. Kelly Hickey, claim £30 11s 6d for service of certain bullocks; Mr Lascelles appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Lee for defendant; judgment for plaintiff for amount, with costs and counsel's fee.

That the production of " The School for Scandal" by tho Jromeroy Company was looked fotw&rd to with pleasurable anticipations by the play-going public of Napier ■was evidenced by the large attendance at the Theatre Royal last night. It is to be regretted that, owing to the illness of several members of the company, it was not possible to put the play upon the stage as cast on the programme. The management is in no way to blame for this disappointment, but it was grevious nevertheless. Miss Pomeroy's Lady Teazle was an admirable performance ; full of the captivating sprightleness which charms her admirera; There was nothing common plabe about her performance, but we can imagine her infinitely more charming in the character when better supported. The Mrs Candor of Miss Grey was a remarkably good one; full of grace and ease, like all this lady's performances. Mr Hamilton as Sir Peter Teazle was at a great disadvantage. It appears that he had to take the part at a very short notice, and, having to take it in place of Mr Hoskins, was altogether td his disadvantage. We can only say that he wag ths mildest Sir Peter we have ever Seen. We cannot admire the Charles Surface of Mr Holloway. It is not our conception of the easy-going reckless spendthrift we have been accustomed to. Mr Fleming's Joseph Surface was a careful scholarly piece of acting. The Sir Oliver Surface of Mr Wallace was admirably done. All the other characters were taken in a manner infinitely below what we are accustomed to even in Napier. To-night "East Lynne" will be repeated. Under the title of " A Disclaimer," a Southland elector addresses a local paper as follows :—" Sir, —I see by this morning's paper that you announce me as a candidate for legislative honcrs. I distinctly deny this, as I am particular as to the company I keep, and goodness only knows what a crowd I should meet with in Parliament— landsharks, Maori-pakehas, and others.— I am, &c, — Wm. Lawson." The RevJCharles Fraser, of Christchurch, in a contribution to the Catholic Presbyterian, says : —lf Scotland is still what it formerly was, there must be many honest, industrious, and intelligent families who would find comfort and independence here such as they will never reach at home. There are no drawbacks in climate, soil, wages, or land laws ; our chief obstacles are scepticism and whisky. The recent census, which, by the way, brings up the European population to about a half a million, returns a surprising number of sceptics. In Dunedin, infidelity is somewhat outspoken and rampant. As to intemperance, the money spent in intoxicating liquors would support all the churches, all the schools, and* all the poor. Still, this is a great country with a great future. Mr DeLautour, writing to the Gisborne Herald in reference to the New Zealand Native Land Company, says:—"lcannot myself see what harm the co-operation of nearly two hundred persons, of all classes and ranks of life, for the purpose of finding ways and means to unlock large tracts of unoccupied land for small farmer settlement, can do to Gisborne. A limited experience leads me to believe that your town wants two things :—Money and guaranteed titles for small settlers. These two things the Company is able and willing to find. A small syndicate of wealthy persons, I admit, might be dangerous ; the dangers, however, fade away when a largely spread and numerous proprietary exists to control the directors." The Volunteers are now leaving Parihaka andja contemporary says it maybe concluded from this that all danger of an outbreak is at an end, and that the troubles which have so long continued on the West Coast will hereafter cease to exist. Te Whiti has been brought before the R.M. at NewPlymouth, formally charged with the offences of which our readers are well acquainted, viz., of instructing his followers to erect fences across the roads and otherwise acting in a manner calculated to endanger the peace of the country. What will be the outcome of the breaking up of Parihaka and the imprisoning of Te Whiti and his followers we are not at present in a position to state. No doubt they will, ultimately, be liberated and given a piece of land to settle upon, when there is nothing more to fear from them. ' A remarkable instance of canine sagacity is told by a tradesman in a London suburb who possessed a dog and a cat which, on the whole, lived together on very anu3able terms. One day, about a fortnight ago, the cat wandered on an adjoining railway line, probably in pursuit of a bird;,' but, whatever its object, it was so intent in watching it that an advancing train approached unheeded, cutting off one of the poor puss's feet. It would seem to have remained for a time unnoticed, but ultimately its household companion, doubtless attracted to the place by the pitiful mewings, came tc the spot, and, tenderly taking hold of the cat in his teeth, carried it home. When he had directed the master's attention to the cat's unfortunate condition, the dog went straight back to the railway line, sniffed along until he found the missing paw, and carried it home, too, laying it down beeide poor bleeding puss, which had in the end to be poisoned. A prodigy among the clerks in the mansion office at Washington is De Winter Dumas, a coal black negro, born in London and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He speaks French, German, Italian, and Portuguese, knows Latin and Greek, writes 200 words a minute in shorthand, is a fine penman, says he was once an official reporter in British House of Commons, and is 35 years old. His wife is an intelligent and refined white woman. The Paris paper France publishes a startling piece of news from its St. Petersburg correspondent, which, however, it prints " under all reserve." It says that a search which was made in Baron Kuster's residence by order of the new Minister, M. Marenkoff Dachkoff, led to the discovery of a difference of three millions and a-half roubles in his cash balance. The correspondent of the France adds that the Baron, who is tho Major Domo of the Palace, and the administrator of the Imperial Theatres, was arrested, but succeeded in committing suicide by swallowing a large dose of morphia. In the United States a " Jersey fever " is springing up. At a late sale, forty-six

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