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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3246, 26 November 1881, Page 2

Wo have to acknowledge the receipt of on c guinea, from Messrs Swan and Ashton tho proprietors of tho Theatre Royal for the widow Stubley fund. Tho only case beforo tho Resident Magistrate's Court to-day was a, charge of drunkenness preferred against Henry Goldsmith, who was flaed sa, or forty-eight hours imprisonment. Mr Sutton's meeting at Hastings last night was the most enthusiastic that he has yet had. Ho was listened to attentively, frequently applauded, and resumed his seat amid ringing cheers.

Bare-legged and bare-footed, and attired in a nondescript calico costume and fez, apparently to represent the dress of an Eastern trader of the lower class, Mr Dye, of tho firm of Dye Brothers, paraded the streets to-day to tha amusement of all tho little children. In some towns Mr Dye ■would have been quickly introduced to a pair of trousars or the lock-up. An extraordinary instance of of the instinct of the carrier pigeon hda been brought to our notice. Four years ago Mr W. Miller, of Napier, cold a young carrier to Mr Baldwin, of Taradale, who kept the bird in confinement, and bred from it for that period of time. A fortnight back he allowed tho bird its liberty, when it at once winged its fight to the Napier gaol, where it was born. We may mention, with reference to the case against Mr Swan for a breach of the Beer Duty Act, that Mr Sainsbury, on behalf of his client, admitted the offence; biifc it was shewn that it arose from inadverteiice, and the Resident Magistrate promised to support a petition ior the remission of the fine, which, we understand, is about to be forwarded to Wellington. The Resident Magistrate had no alternative but to inflict the penalty of £20, tho only one provided by the Act. Tho Pomeroy Company closed their season in Napier last night, on which occasion Misa Pomeroy took her benefit in the character of Lady Gay Spanker in " London Assurance." Like all the pieces presented by this talented company, " London Assurance" was carefully and. most effectively perfonnedj and its representation afforded the very greatest pleasure to the large audience that had assembled to see for the last time a lady who during her stay here, has given play-goers so many genuinely artistic treats. The want of a reference library in Napier is very much felt. ThG old Provincial Council library was of considerable value, but since the Government buildings have been taken over by the central authorities the library has been packed up in a room and placed under lock and key. The Athenceum is of little or no public benefit for reference purposes. The numbers of Hansard for several years are scattered on top of a shelf as though they were rubbish, and to find anything in the institution relating to our Colonial Parliament would be impossible. Yesterday Mr Lyndon, as assignee of the effects of Mr W. H. Simpson, of Havelock, under a deed filed, put a person in possession, and further steps will be taken by which tho creditors hope to get something other than might have been expected if the debtor had been allowed to continue the delay that has been caused by him since.the first meeting of creditors was called. It appears that when debtors are announced as unable to meet their engagements, and the creditors meet, debtors appear to think theirs is the only interest to be studied, whereas wo think that, if debtors desire to be relieved of the odium attaching , to passing through the Bankruptcy Court, the more they can do for the realisation of the estate and for the payment to the utmost their assets will give, the more consideration they are likely to receive in the future at tho hands of the mercantile community should they wish to be again in business and to bo in good repute. It appears that the native chief Kemp, who is anything but a friend of the Q-overn-ment, thoroughly endorses their action in respect to Te Whiti, and is very angry at some of his people who are there for not returning to their home. What will Mr Stout say to this, for Mr Stout is Kemp's legal adviser ? Mr C. Richmond addresses a long and interesting letter to the Evening Mail on tho native difficulty, tracing its history from the early days. He concludes as follows :— " Tho New Zealand Government, through all their diversities and amid all their mistakes, have ever been unanimous in holding out a friendly hand to the Maori race. Forced in self-defence into a struggle, the colony has shown at all times great good temper and self-control. Its pins have been occasional credulity and weakness, never harshness. We are as clear of " blood guiltiness" as Mr Gladstone himEelf, and England's youngest offshoot may claim, in her dealings with the Maori, to have led the honorable way which England herself had never trod until, under Mr Gladstone, she withdrew from Afghanistan and retroceied the Transvaal to its inhabitants. No barbarous race has ever met with usage from its more civilised neighbor comparable for liberality and fairness with the treatment of the Maori by the colonists of. New Zealand." It is stated that among the more important recommendations decided upon by the Select Committee of the Imperial Parliament on bills of sale are the following:— That every bill of sale shall be invalid until it is registered ; that no bill of sale under £50 Bhall be registered ; and that in cases where extortion by money-lenders is proved, summary relief shall be granted by the County Court judge "It is marvellous, M. le President," a gentleman once remarked to M. Thiers, " how you deliver long improvised speeches about which you have not had time to reflect." You are not paying me a compliment," M. Thiers replied ; " it is criminal in a statesman to improvise speeches on public affairs. The speeches you call improvised—why, for ftity years I have been rising at 5 o'clock in the morning to prepare them. A little over a year ago a Chinese professor was engaged by Harvard College. At a recent dinner given by him to his fel? low professors, Lee Pin was much annoyed because the cooking was not to his taste. An American host would have waited until the company had departed and then found fault with his wife for the cook's shortcomings. Not so Mr Lee Pin. He said bluntly: "Me go and lickee wife!" bowed solemnly, and left the room. After a short interval ho returned, smiling and bland as usual, having administered judicious chastisement to his wife.—" The Hour." Dr Abernethy, the eminent London Physician, is reported to have said, ithat "his mistakes wculd fill a graveyard," and if this confession was volunteered by so distinguished a practitioner, what extreme caution should be used by those in quest of an adjuvant, a diuretic, or a tonic. To avoid all mistakes, ask for LTdolpiio Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, and by a continuous use of the same, secure for yourself an extended lease of life.