TOWN EDITION The Daily Telegraph FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1881.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3263, 16 December 1881, Page 2

TOWN EDITION The Daily Telegraph FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1881.

An attempt is being made, by the aid of twaddle and gush, to classify the new members of Parliament into two parties —Liberals and Conservatives. A more ridiculous classification could not be arrived at; but it delights the feebleminded " Liberals," who love to wallow in the slimy trash that has been poured over the land by Sir George Grey, to think that one half of the population of New Zealand walks backwards, and the other marches grandly forward to glory. Excepting interminable talk, the country

would very much like to know what Sir George Grey and bis followers have done for the advancement of this colony. Absolutely nothing, unless, indeed, we may credit them with being the real cause of the liberal measures passed by the Hall Ministry, measures enabled tobe passed through the determination of the country to keep Sir George Grey and his ragged crew from again ruining its prospects. But in spite of the miserable history of the liberal reign, the Wanganui Herald, Mr Ballance's mouthpiece, has the temerity to rave in the following fashion :—" It is now beyond all doubt that the Opposition or Liberal party have won a decisive victory, and if the Ministry were governed by constitutional precedent, they would at once place their resignations in tbe hands of Hia Excellency. We have no idea, however, that they will do anything of the kind. course will be to maintain that there is no such thing as party lines in this country, and they will set themselves to procure the assistance of those members who are to be obtained for. a valuable consideration, much in the same way as the " Auckland Four" were gamed in the last Parliament." In the same article it says :—" Mr Ballance's defeat on the other hand has caused a wide feeling of regret among the people, even in places where he is personally but little known." It may amuse Mr Ballance, it may afford him consolation, to think that there is a wide feeling of regret at bis defeat; but in reality there has been nothing of the kind felt; He is eminently one of the men in the old Parliament of whom it may be said that his place has been better filled. Mr Ballance's political character has been likened unto that of a spaniel—the mt.re contemptuously he was treated by bis lord and master, Sir Geoage Grey, the more steadfast he was in his allegiance. Our Wanganui contemporary refers to Mr Ormond's defeat as " very tantalising." but consoles iiself with the observation that "Mr Smith, the successful candidate, is a pronounced Liberal, and a very estimable man." Mr Stevens' success is regarded as a great triumph, for, though that gentleman is not a pronounced Liberal, he has defeated Sir William Fox. " one of the most rancorously unfair and scurrilous politicians this colony has produced — a man whose nature age does not mellow, and whose experience time fails to ripen. He had everything in his avor to have held his ground, but one- he had not gained the good-will of the people. The great landed-interest banded itself together to return him; he had a paper devoted to his side ; he had the prostgie of a Royal Commission, and he had Parihaka. All did not save him, and there is nothing left for him but the asylum for the destitute — tbe Legislative Council." Then again:—"Mr Dodson's triumph at Blenheim is one of the great events of the election. Mr Seymour has sustained a defeat over which every friend of liberty v,'ill rejoice. His tyrannical application of the ' iron hand' last session deserves the severest punishment, and he has received it. Mr Dodson is a gentleman fully deserving of the high honor the' electors of Wairau had paid him. His speeches are among the very ablest delivered duriug the election, and he has fought the contest in a manner to cover his unscrupulous opponent with shame." Thus the secrect is out. Mr Seymour's offence was the summary stoppage he put to obstruction of work; he shut the j mouths of windbags ; and as the Liberal

party is nearly all windbag and blow, his defeat is one over which " every friend of liberty will rejoice !"

There was not a single case for hearing at the Magistrate's Court this morning. Miss Kate Dunn, of the Napier district school, has carried off Mr H. S. Tiffen's prize of a gold medal for the best pupil in the Hawke's Bay education district. The Port Ahuriri district school children were driven out to Petane at 10 o'clock this morning, in busses provided by Mr Banl. Cotton, where they are to hold a picnic and grames in a paddock kindly lent by Mr W. Villers for the occasion. On the conclusion of the criminal calendar at the Supreme Court yesterday, His Honor said, as there were no more cases for the common jury this week, he had great pleasure in releasing common jurors from further attendance at the present sittings. The adjourned annual meeting of the Napier Holiday Association takes place tonight. We are requested to state that, as the adjournment was made to suit the convenience of those who were not present at the first meeting, a good attendance is particularly requested. Active preparations are being made to make the regatta to-morrow a success, as regards the matches, and attractive to the spectators. The several crews have been in good training, and the style of rowing should be a marked improvement upon the last trial fours. The first heat will be pulled off at half-past two o'clock, the course being from the Seaman's Refuge to a flag just above Long Point. For the Sailing Club match there are thirteen entries. Mr Buchanan, M.H.R., entertained his committee and friends, to the number of about sixty, last night at a dinner at the Caledonian Hotel. Amongst the guests were Mr De Lautour, M.H.R., and Mr Rees. Mr Buchanan occupied the chair, and Messrs Robjohns and Large the vice-chairs. An excellent dinner was laid by Host Barrows, to which ample justice was done. The toasts of the evening included the " Queen and Royal Family," " The NewHouse of Representatives," " The Liberal Party of New Zealand," " Mr Buchanan's Committee," " The Host and Hostess," and " The Chairman." The existing- arrangements for the removal of rubbish and night-soil will terminate at the end of this year, when a better system will be inaugurated under the new contracts. The conditions of these contracts will he plainly set forth, and penalties will be strictly enforced for breach of them. The rubbish-carts are to be covered, and the contractor will have to provide two nightcarts, instead of one as at present. These alterations will be appreciated ; with one night-cart the contractor cannot possibly do the work efficiently, while the uncovered rubbish-carts now in use merely piciiup tho rubbish to distribute the top portion oi the load along the streets. The spirit of emulation that has been awakened in yachting matters has created the fear that some accident may occur that will bring sorrow in its train. It has been said by men well able to form an opinion on such matters that some boats, by reason of the large spread of canvass, are decidedly unsafe, and rendered none* the less so by the evident want of skill and experience in sailing exhibited by the crews. One boat in coming to anchorage has " turned turtle " through mismanagement, and last Saturday there was a capsize in the bay. As long as tho racing is confined to the inner harbor the danger is somewhat reduced, but we quite agree with the opinion that in the open bay the matches are invested with an amount of risk to life that diverts them of all pleasure to sensible people. There was a fair attendance at the Protestant Hall last evening to hear Professor Fraser's lecture on " How to Succeed in Life." The lecturer treated his subject, as is usual with him, in a simple and interesting manner, and seemedto create a very favorable impression upon his audience. The Professor pointed out that principle, energy, stability, perseverance, conscientiousness, and eelf-oontrol, were the main

elements of success in man, and should be studiously cultivated. He strongly condemned the practice of parents putting their children to a branch of business totally unfitted sometimes to their physical, and at others to their mental capacity. At the conclusion, of the lecture Professor Fraser read the different traits of character of four of the audience from behind a screen, the hand of tbe subject only being visible to him. The last of the course of lectures will be delivered this evening. The subject, " Love, Courtship, and Marriage," should attract a larger assemblage than has yet greeted the Professor in Napier. The Wellington Post says :—"Surveying the roll of the new Parliament, it is by no means easy to classify the membnrs into parties, but, so far as wo can judge, the 91 European members may be classed as starting roughly aa follows:—Certain supporters of the Government, 44 ; certain Opposition, 34 ; Independent or Doubtful, mostly with leanings toward Ministers, 13. It depends, therefore, on the action of the last class whether the result of the general election will prove to have strengthened the position of the Government or otherwise." The following is from the Melbourne Leader:—" One William Drake, a bookmaker, late of New Zealand, was prosecuted on Thursday lass at the District Court for assaulting Mr Frank Pierpoint, of tha Victorian ring, when Drake was fined £5 and 40s costs. Whence they came and who they are we know not, but a more ill-advised lot of scoundrels than those additions to the ring we observed at, the late V.R.O. meeting it would be difficult to cull from any country. We cannot vouch for the correctness of his statement, but to every enquiry made the response was, 'From New Zealand.' " Mr Edmonds, a gentleman who has been engaged in trade in i iji, and is now on a visit to Dunedin, informs us (Daily Times) that in his opinion there will be a good market for New Zealand flour there. At present Adelaide flour ia worth £15 per ton not, delivered at Hiji, besides the duty of £1 per ton. He considers that Dunedin ought to make efforts to open up direct communication with Fiji, bringing fruit, sugar, coffee, tobacco, &c, as return cargoes. He is convinced from the rapid progress of Fiji that the trade will gr«w into importance. Butter is worth about 2s per lb in Fiji; cheese about Is 2d ; bacon Is 6d ; and there is a considerable demand for all these. Potatoes are worth about £7 per ton. Suva will after the Ist of January next be the capital, and is an excellent port; the trade of the Islands will, in Mr Edmonds' opinion, be centred at that place. The Rewa Sugar Company have erected plant at enormous expense within thirty miles of Suva, and will next year turn out soveral hundred tons of sugar equal to the best Mauritius.

At a recent meeting of the Wellington Philosophical Society, Dr. Hector, in referring to a paper by S. G. Cox, F G S, on the mineralogy of New Zealand, said that although pome of the minerals [arsenic, antimony, tellium, and bismuth] might not appear of much yalue, yet they indicated the presence of other and more important minerals. In speaking of the Thames and Coromandel districts, he pointed out the similarity which exists between the mineral deposits there and at the Comstock, in America, and Schemnitz, in Hungary. Twelve years ago the Comstock lode was worked for gold, which occurred in the form of electrum, a natural alloy of gold and silver; but now the lodes have passed in depth into silver lodes, and are worked at nearly 2000 ft from the surface, and the nature of the rocks and associated minera s afford reasonable grounds for expecting that a similar development may lake place at the Thames, as mining works are carried on. The minerals mentioned by the author show the influence of hydro-thermal action similar to that which is still in activity at Rotomabana, denudation having removed the superficial rocks afc tbe Thames, and exposed the core into which the mineral veins have been infiltrated. The same minerals described as found on the West Coast occur under different conditions, and in an older formation, similar to that afc Gympie Creek, in Queensland. He pointed out the importance of the diamond drill in exploring such deposits, and stated that New Zealand was yet only on the threshold of its true mining development.

The Dunedin Herald gives an account of an exciting scene in Princess street on Friday afternoon. A Chinaman named Sah Lee of Kaikorai, was unloading a dray at the warehouse of Mr Sew How, in Stafford street, opposite the polling booth for City South, when the horse began to move, and Sah Lee trying to stop it the bridle came off. This frightened the horse, which dashed away into Princess street, among the tram cars and a number of other vehicles, threading its' way, however, without colliding. When it got as far as Walker street it i-ud-denly turned round and went back Princess street in the opposite direction, again passing bptween other vehicles and clearing the way of pedestrians with great rapidity In the course taken the horse and vehicle described several circles, during one of which the animal got on the pavement by Mr Speddinsr's, and brought the cart into collision with an express backed against the path, which was swunsr round without being injured. Many efforts were made to stop the horse, but as there was nothing on its head to hold by this was difficult. At length, when opposite Liverpool street, a young man caught hold of its mane, and presently was seen to be on the ground among "the horse's feet, the dray passing over him. The excitement now was great, it being thought the man must be killed. A few yards further on the horse turned round again, and began to come back along the street, but being- now pretty well spent, a number of men, by holding to the tail of the cart, wore able to stop it. Simultaneously the man rose, shook himself, and except a few scratches on his skin and clothinsr he was uninjured, and everything being then safe, he asked the Chinaman to "shout" a pint of beer, which John immediately did.

Judging from the farming experiences of Mr W. Warnes, as told by himself, tho English land laws certainly need reforming. Since 1870 and 1876 respectively, he has been tenant of two small farms on the estate of Mr Bagge, near Lynn, Norfolk, of the total extent of 220 acres. His losses alone during that time have been remarkable—namely, two flocks of sheep,, worth £1600, five horses, worth more than £75 a-piece, and on one of the farms four years' crops by the overflow of a river. Consequently he has given up the farms, after having, as he alleges, improved them to the extent of £3000, and in corroboration of that statement it is mentioned that they are the only farms within fifty miles that will let at the old rents. Mr Warnes made a claim on his landlord for £120 for one special improvement rendered necessary by the overflow, but it was rejected, apparently in no very friendly spirit. The last act of the landlord was the seizure of his tenant's furniture for the unpaid rent, although there was at the moment £2000 of stock on the farm, and the landlord was about to become indebted to the tenant under the valuation for the sum of £500.—-Home paper.

The Liverpool Shipping Telegraph describes an apparatus on view in the local Underwriters' Association having for its object the ventilation of ships' holds and cabins. It differs from the ordinary shaft and bell-mouthed ventilator in being placed in the side of the vessel at the point where ingress of air is desired. In ordinary weather the valves remain open and a current of air passes freely through. When the rolling of the vessel or the heavy seas bring the ventilator under water, a simple but effective arrangement, causes the valves to float upwards and fit firmly into their sockets. No water, it is claimed, can then pass through. When the side of the vessel emerges from the waves, tbe valves fall and air once more flows in.

The lovely mansion of the 25uke of Westminster, known as Cliveden, near Maidenhead, it is reported, has been purchased by Mr Levi, proprietor of the Daily Telegraph, for £200,000. Seeing that the improvements and alterations now making

in Fleet-street for the above-named journal will cost many thousands, it appears that publishing penny newspapers is not such a bad thing, after all.

A wild man was recently found in a forest near Tifle's in Transcaucasia. That he was really human admits of no doubt; but he sj. oke no language; his body, limbs and face were entirely covered with hair, and an attempt to clothe him entirely failed; he tore the garments from hia body with savage energy. His nationality is unknown, and it is feared that ail efforts to learn this will be unavailing, as he appeared entirely incapable of giving utterance to a single articulate sound.

Some cheques have been lately proved, in a somewhat curious way, to be forged ones. They were offered to a chemist in Regent-street, London, who, finding a strong smell of cyanite of p jtassium emanating from them, and being aware of its ability to efface ink marks, suspected that something was wrong in the affair, and on. the men who offered them being arrested and a further examination made, it was found that the original writing had been defaced by the chemical above-mentioned.

Offers for Bradlaugh's torn coat are said to be numerous. One person, name withheld, offers £20 ; another writing from Plymouth, £10 ; and a third suggests that the garment should be raffled for, and offers to take 100 tickets. To all these offers the owner replies loftily :—" Wo are conscious of tho very kindly feeling that prompts these offers, but the ooat is not for use. The payment for the tearing will be made by foot and until that payment has been exacted, the coat has a very special value as a reminder."

"As shines a good deed in a naughty world," stands out, amidst the mass of trashy specifics and deleterious concoctions, the pure, unadulterated, palatable preparation known as TJdolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aeomatic Schnapps. It is a panacea full of balm, with healing in every draught. A mild stimulant, a gentle tonic, an effective diuretic, an invigorating cordial, a most pleasant and active elixir, performing* its offices with the swiftness and directness of a faithful and potent agent.—[Adtt.J Professor Fraser lectures on "Love, Courtship, and Marriage," to-night in the Protestant Hall. Annual trial fours in inner harbor to« morrow afternoon. Committee meeting Napier Cricket Club this evening at 7.30 at Empire Hotel. Mr Lyndon sells shares in the N. Z. Native Land Settlement Company tomorrow at 11 a.m. i H. Monteith and,"Co. sell produco and J stock at the Horse Bazaar to-morrow at 1.30 ; also two-year-old colt by Patriarch. Tenders for additions to the schools afc Clive and Hastings, and for alterations to the teacher's residence at Kaikora, close tomorrow at noon. Holders of slaughter-house licenses in the Hawke's Bay County must apply for renewal of same not later than to-morrow. Mr M. R. Miller has a large shipment of fencing wire to arrive. Henry Thomas, of Waipawa, has filed his schedule. First meeting of creditors at the Court House on 21st instant, at 11 a.m. Adjourned meeting Holiday Association this evening in Council Chamber. Nominations for certain events for the Waipawa Racing Club's meeting on Monday next, at Fletcher's Hotel, Kaikora. R. H. Robinson advertises Christmas tables. W. Willis resumes his duties as Borough, poundkeeper. j E. W. Blackwell has taken premises oppo- [ site the Post Office, and is now opening up | tweeds and coatings, &c. Special meeting of Hospital Committee on Monday next at 2 p.m. The Silver Cloud leaves for Newcastle, N.S.W., eight days after arrival in port. The Bale of the privileges of the H.B. Facing Club's summer meeting will take place at the Masonic Hotel by Monteith and Co. on Wednesday next. Nominations for several events afc H.B. Racing Club's Boxing Day meeting must be made by Tuesday next at 9 p.m. The steamer Oreti leaves for Wellington to-morrow at 2 p.m. George Scarfe wants ifc known that ha supplies materials for an enjoyable Christmas pudding. A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted " column.