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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3555, 30 November 1882, Page 2

According to foolish custom the Banks were closed to-day in honor of St. Andrew. Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co. report the sale of Mr R. E. Stevens' property at Patoka to Mr S. M. Hudson, of New South Wales, at a satisfactory price. Mrs Hampson, the lady evangelist, commences her mission in Napier on Monday next. Services will be held every evening during the week in the Wesleyan Church at 7.30, to which all are invited. The sittings will be free, and Sankey's hymns will be used in the services.

We are requested to draw attention to the sale of exhibits, materials of erection, <fee, of the Horticultural Society, which taKes place at 9 o'clock to-night. As the exhibits are composed of the best that can be obtained at this season, we should imagine that some good bargains ought to be obtained. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before E. Lyndon, Esq., J.P., Foreman, or freeman Strong pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness. This being his second offence within the past few days the prisoner was ordered to pay a fine of 10a and costs, or in default to be imprisoned for 48 hours. He accepted the latter alternative, and will therefore not be entitled to be called by Christian cognomen until Saturday morning.

The management deserve credit for tfee manner in which a partly intoxicated person was removed from the Theatre last night. The individual in question was sitting in the gallery, and was making a nuisance of himeelf by talking. After several attempts to induce him to keep quiet had failed a constable suddenly appeared behind him. As a bird is said to be attracted by the glitter of the serpent's eye, so was the man by the sight of the wellknown uniform, and he took up his bottle and walked.

The muster of both companies of the Napier volunteers for inspection yesterday evening was very small. Major Koutledge inspected those present, after which the men were dismissed. We hope, for the credit of volunteering in this town, that the attendances at parades in future will be larger, for it would be better to have no volunteers at all than the miserable musters which at present take place. There is too much apathy apparently shown by both officers and men, the latter in not turning out as they ehould, and the former in not enforcing proper attendance at drills.

Our Wairoa correspondent telegraphs that the body of Mr A Hassell was recovered at 12 o'clock yesterday by Constable Shaw. He left his horse at Potutu, and walked along the range of cliffs searohing for the body. On arriving a little on the Wairoa side of Waihua he observed the body lying on the beach. He walked to Waihua station, and procured assistance to remove the body, which wae found washed up by the sea about fifty yards to the north of where the deceased was killed. The body appeared very little disfigured considering the height of the fall, bat the lower extremities being much gashed. A stretcher was procured, and the body carried through the surf to the mouth of the Waihua river, where a canoe took the remains to the station. Ad inquest on the body was held at Waihua at 6 o'clock this morning before Captain Preece, coroner, and eight jurors, and a verdict was returned that deceased died by a fall from a cliff, but there was no evidence to show whether the fall was accidental or otherwise. The body will be interred this evening on a terrace near deceased's late residence. Surprise is expiessed that the interment did not take place at Wairoa, there being a good dray road and Waihua being only twelve milea distant.

"La Fille dv Tambour Major " was repeated at the Theatre Eoyal last evening by Mr Maoallum's opera company to a crowded house, the performance as a whole being equally successful with that of the previous night. The stage arrangements and effects were also carried out with even greater eclat than before. The only change in the original cast was the substitution of Miss Murielle for Miss Elsa May in the role of Stella. As prima donna Mies Murielle looked exceedingly pretty and sang and acted in a capable manner, her efforts being acknowledged by showers of floral offerings. Mr Vernon, as the Tambour Major, appeared to better advantage than ever, his acting and singing being generally admired, and evoking rounds of applause. Mr Drayton was again the subject of favorakle comment for his sterling acting in the character of Captain Robert. Miss Jjiddiard, as the sprightly drummer boy, was exceedingly humorous, and received quite an her song " Cold as the Snow." The remaining artistes were all good in their respective departments, Miss Blanch Lewis (Claudine) coming in for a epecial share of favor. Tonight " Billee Taylor " will be produced, when we expect to see another bumper houMe.

The Thames Star has the following on a misunderstood subject:—" Two gentlemen were disputing in one of the public thoroughfares yesterday as to whether ' tea-tree' was correct, r One held that it was, and the other as obstinately declared that it was not, but that' ti-tree ' was the correct spelling. It was referred by each. party to a friend, as two other gentlemen came strolling up, and he who lost was to subscribe the capital of four whiskeys. The matter was explained to tbe referees, and first one, with a bland 6tnile, declared teatree quite right. With great heat the other gentleman interpoj-ed, and said he had no right to assert that, for to his certain knowledge ti-tree was a native shrub and ought tojbe spelt according to tbe vernacular. A long argument resulted, but things remained as they were, and to decide the bet they all agreed to adjourn and 'go a bob in,' the winner to be allowed the correct speller. ' Ti-tree' had it, and the rest had whisky." Chance was wrong, we believe. The early colonists of New South Wales made an infusion of the leaves of a plant like our manuka ehrub, and called the plant tea-tree, and the name was given to the manuka which covered a large portion of this colony. But the Maoris had a tree which they called " ti," and which the settlers called tho cabbage tree. When we mean the manuka scrub, therefore, we ought to write " tea-tree."

According to the Christchurch Telegraph, the Gaming and Lotteries Act must be treated as a dead letter in Canterbury. Our contemporary says : —" Immediately after tho passing of the Act alluded to, some show of obedience to its principles was made; people arranged their sweepstakes in the privacy of their offices or clubs, or in some retired spot on the ground. There was in that at least some semblance of reverence for the anti-gaming legislation. But all this is done away with now; there is little or no secrecy about it. The gentleman of the gaming circle who owns the hat most suitable for the purpose stands with uncovered head just as he did before the session of 1 SSL The various members of the circle put in their hands and draw email folded elipe of paper containing the mystic

names, printed ly the Jockey Club for the very purpose, and supplied along with the ' krec' card. There is nothing concealed ; everything is above board, and the thunder of the law is most courteously invited. If ■we saw one, we must have seen twenty 'sweeps' drawn in this open manner on "Wednesday, and the participators seemed to have no fear, but, on the contrary, to be enjoying themselves immensely. The Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1881, is treated exactly as if it was not."

It was mentioned the other day that a ehot from the Orion smashed a carriage in a train bringing up reinforcements of the enemy near Nefiche, and that the train was upaet and the Egyptians fled. It is remarkable (the Standard's correspondent Bays) that this shot was fired without the gunners seeing the enemy. Forseeing the likelihood of the enemy bringing up troops by train, Lieutenant Carysforfc of the Orion, laid the 25 -ton gun upon a point of the railWay out of sight, the elevation and direction being determined by calculation and the use of the aztnuth compass. The line of aim was accurately laid down in one of the tops, and when Lieutenant Carysfort saw that the train was passing the point indicated, he gave the word. The gun was fired, and the train was struck and disabled. This was a triumph of scientific gunnery.

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