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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3558, 4 December 1882, Page 2

The Bank of New South Wales opened business in its new promises to-day. The Municipal public works committee meet this evening at the usual hour. Over two hundred persons availed themselves of the special train from Waipukurau and intermediate stations yesterday afternoon.

We have received the Bradshaw's Guide for New Zealand for the current month. This useful publication fully maintains its reputation, and is invaluable to travellers in this colony.

The Bamples of crude and refined mineral oils from the Southern Cross Petroleum Company's ground, that were exhibited at the Christehureh exhibiton, and which attracted so much attention there, are now on view at Mr Woods' chemist's shop, Hastingsstreet. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Captain Preece, R.M., Charleß Rennison pleaded guilty to the larceny of a pair of boots at Port Chalmers, and was sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment with hard labor. Ernest Passfield, charged with drunkenness, failed to appear, and his bail of £1 was estreated. Oliver Mosen was—fined ss, with costs lis, and expenses of witness 3s, for furious driving, at Taradale. John O'Shannassy, William Lucas, and Charles Siddells, were each fined 5s and costs for a breach of the Borough bye-laws in having left their cabs unattended in a public street. On the information of Annie Painter a man named James Maddox was fined 10s and costs, with the alternative of 48 honrs' imprisonment, for having assaulted the informant. A case under the Destitute Persons Act, Ellen Grimley v. James H. Grimley, was struck out in the absence of both parties to the suit.

A sailing match for £10 aside took place on Saturday afternoon between the yachts Revenge and Comet, the latter being a new boat just completed by Mr J. Norths, boat builder of the Spit. Tho race excited no small amount of interest amongst the boating fraternity, being looked on as a match between the merits of local workmanship and that of Auckland, and proved highly exciting to both spectators and participants, the boats appearing almost equal in speed, and keeping well together throughout. A good start was effected by mutual agreement from anchors off the eastern pier at about 2 o'clock, the course lying round the ships, round the Pania buoy, and home by the same route, finishing between the piers. At first the Comet had rather the best of it, the wind blowing lightly from the N.E., but a fresh puff off the Bluff placed the Revenge a few yards to windward of ber opponent, which advantage she maintainedpassing the Pania buoy a few secondahead. The run down to the ships now commenced, but did not materially affect the boat's positions, the Comet sometimes gaining a little and then dropping astern again. The Revenge, however, got slightly ahead when passing the ships, but lost her advantage _y keeping too straight a course for the goal, this being effected by the ebb tide, the wind at that stage having fallen very light, and allowed the Comet, who kept more to windward, to arrive at the eastern mole about two lengths ahead, but tbe tide unfortunately catching her bow swerved her from the course and allowed the Revenge, who kept close to the shingle bank, to win as she liked, the race not being finished until the boats arrived between the two river heads. This, however, is now disputed by the losing boat, who declares that the race was finished on reaching the eastern mole, and it will probably have to be referred to arbitrators for decision.

The admirable properties of Vaseline render soaps in which it is incorporated indispensible in the family and for infants and invalids. They furnish a free and rich lather, and by their use the skin is kept healthful, smooth, and soft. Competent judges everywhere pronounce Vasaline soaps to be the beet in use. To be had in tablets, Is each, of Professor Moore, Medical Hall, Waipawa

Dr. Schleiman's discoveries of ancient sites and buried treasures will enthuse all lovers of classic history, and form a valuable accession to the achievments of patient search and zealous inquiry. They fix and locate events, it is true, and verify or contradict the teachings of centuries. But really they are not as important as some of the developments of medical science, nor will they revolutionize the world of original ideas, as did the discovery of Uiolphq Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps. —[Advt.]