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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3560, 6 December 1882, Page 2

The Licensing Committee for the Ruataniwha district held their quarterly meeting at Waipukurau on Monday. An application for the transfer of the license held by D. Twomey for tha Takapau Hotel to W. O'Connor, was granted. There was no other business.

The following weather forecast, taken in Wellington by Captain Edwin at 11.34 a.m. to-day, was received here this afternoon :—Bad weather approaching between N.E. and E and S., glass falling very soon, and sea heavy in tbo bay within twelve hours. The indications show rain.

A poll waa taken on Saturday of the householders within the licensing district of Puketapu for the purpose of determining whether there may or may not be an increase of licensed houses in that district. Apparently only ten householders exercised their privilege of voting, and the poll was in favor of allowing an increase of all descriptions of licenses. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before E. Patten, Esq., J.P., Joseph Newton pleaded guilty to having been drunk at Hastings last night, and waß fined 5s and costs, or in default 48 hours imprisonment. The prisoner, being only in funds to the extent of 2s Id, retired to Mr W. Miller's hermitage, whither he was escorted by Constable Cargill. The " Mission" commenced by Mrs Hampson in Trinity Wesleyan Church on Monday was continued last evening, when the building was again well filled downstairs, tho gallery seats, however, being only partially occupied. The service was of much the same character as that of the previous evening, and the address was listened to with evident attention by all present. A good sized shark entered tbe Iron Pot to-day, and made his way under the Spit bridge at the Union Company's offices, and so on into the inner lagoon. Two boats were at once manned, and gave chase, and some good sport was obtained, but up to the time of our reporter leaving a capture had not been effected. Close by Weber's old mill the shark got into shallow water, and an energetic onlooker rushed in and stabbed the monster twice with a butcher's knife. A good many people were on the lookout for the trancit of Venus to-day, but this event will not come off till to-morrow. The first external contact takes place at lh. 25m. 575. a.m.—that is to say, the planet apparently touches the edge of the sun at that hour, which of course makes it invisible in New Zealand, the sun not having risen. The sun rises at Napier at 4h. 7m., at which time Venus will bo about half way in transit. The transit will be completed at 7h. 42m. A meeting was held last night of the Fire Brigades Association Reception Committee, when it was resolved to request the Borough Council to nominate two councillors to represent the Corporation on the committee. Wherever the New Zealand Fire Brigades Association have held their annual meetings some demonstration of hospitality has been shown ibem, and for the credit of this borough a similar recognition of volunteer fire brigades to the public generally should not be omitted on their visit here in January next. A burly Scandinavian named Scholder was charged at the Waipawa Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Rechab Harding, Ei-q., J.P., with being drunk and disorderly at Waipawa on the 4th instant, and also with using threatening language to Mr J. Pettit, hotelkeeper. In evidence it transpired that prisoner was very disorderly, and theatened to shoot Mr Pettit with a revolver. Prisoner pleaded guilty to the charges, and was fined 20s and costs, in default seven days imprisonment. Prisoner was allowed two days to procure the money to pay the fine. An entertainment in which several well known local amateurs will tak6 part will be given in St. John's school-room to-mOrrow (Thursday) evening in aid of the fund for the relief of the Schoeffler family, whose sad case was recently brought under the notice of our readers. It is to be feared that counter attractions may prove detrimental to the attendance, and we would therefore suggest tbat those other engagements can assist the good object in view equally as well by sending their subscriptions on behalf of the widow and young orphans to this office. Any sums received will be duly acknowledged. The Napier recreation ground, Carlyle street, being now in readiness to meet the requirements for which it was intended, will be formally opened on New Year's Day. when a grand fete under the auspices of the various Friendly Societies in the district will take place. Hitherto complaints were numerous that no suitable ground for athletic sports could be obtained in town, and many persons who otherwise would attend were debarred from doing so in consequence of the expense and inconvenience entailed by these sports always being held in the country. This hindrance has now been removed, and we have little doubt but that the Friendly Societies fete on New Year's Day will he largely patronised by the public. The sea-wall along the Marine Parade is in a very unsatisfactory condition, the only part that is sound being that from Emer-son-street to Browning-street. From the back of Messrs Neal and Close's to the southwards the wall is crumbling down in places; and, in the other direction, from the Hawke's Bay Club to the Coote road, the wall has long been in ruins. We understand tbat the property owners are willing to pay half the cost of repairs, or rather of rebuilding, along the beach from Emersonstreet if the Corporation will provide the other half. From the Club to the Coote road a considerable portion of the frontage belongs to the Government, and prison labor could not be more usefully employed than in rebuilding the wall facing the gaol reserve. This evening " Billee Taylor or the Reward of Virtue" will be presented for the last time at the Theatre Royal by the Tambour-Major Opera Company. Incidental to the piece Mr Dark will Bing his immensely popular song, " An Artful Little Scrub," and the Misses Lewis will contribute a double hornpipe. One special feature, announced for this night only, will be a pianoforte solo by Miss Florence Lewis, whose instrumental performance at the late sacred concert was so greatly admired. There is perhaps no more clever pianist than Miss Lewis travelling tbe Australian Colonies at the present time, and we recommend all who desire a musical treat not to miss the opportunity of hearing her. We notice that one of Mr Grant's coaches will leave Havelock for Napier at 5.30 this evening and to-morrow evening, calling at Clive, to convey passengers to witness the company's two final performances. The Wanganui Chronicle reports a case in which eating raw meat had caused the introduction of insects known as hydatids into tho brain, with fatal results. In the case in question uncooked hams had been the meat eaten, and the Chronicle suggests that people should be careful in ascertaining how the pork tbey use has been fed. The following is from a Melbourne paper :—A gentleman suffering from consumption, and being annoyed greatly by mosquitos, placed pure carbolic acid at his bedside. It not only proved a protection against them, but it is reported it had a very beneficial effect on his lungs. The remedy is so simple that anyone afflicted with this disease would do well to give it a trial. The carbolic vapor inhaled destroyed the bacilli. Carbolic acid possesses many valuable properties, probably many not yet recognised practically. The Christchurch Telegraph in commenting on the legal aspect of the decision in the Adams-Longhurst case says:—Our attention has been directed to an old Statute of the reign of Edward I. inwhich the offence of conspiracy is defined in the following words which very singularly include exactly what the court of appeal has just now held not to be conspiracy. " Conspirators be they that do confer and bind themselves togeiherby oath, covenent, or other alliance that every one of them shall aid and bear the other falsely and maliciously to indite or falsely to move or maintain pleas, also such as cause children within age to appeal to men of felony whereby they are imprisoned and sore grieved."

The uncle of Sir Garnet Wolseley's greatgrandfather was the Colonel Wolsely who in the old " No Popery " days, gained the battle of Newtown, and caused the Mayor of Scarborough to be well tossed in a blanket in tho market-place for making a speech in favour of King James. When

Sir Garnet Wolseley was young he waa good deal of a fop in Dublin, as was the Duke of Wellington in his youth, and he used to drive a draff with Lis brothers into Dyce's repository, now the family seat, near Dublin. He then wore long carls. Time has worked much change. He is now spare, lantern-jawed, with short grey hair, and a blonde moustache. In the field he wears a yellow sun-helmet, wound about with a handkerchief of check; his red coat is open at the chest, and spotted with many stains of grease; he has a variagated cravat, a woollen shirt of a loud pattern, greychecked trousers, yellow riding-boots, and spurs, an opera glass yellow case and strap, and yellow revolver-belt with cartridgecase; yellow gauntlets, a violet pockethandkerchief stuck in his red coat, a gigantic pair of dark blue spectacles, and in his hand he flourishes a fan to keep off the flies. " Pomade Vaseline " is the purest and best preparation for tho hair extant. It promotes growth and luxuriance, and keeps both the head and hair sweet and clean, besides freeing the scalp from scurf and dandriff. Pomade Vaseline contains no animal matter, and will therefore never become rancid, or render the hair a receptacle for decaying substances. In bottles at Is, Is Gd, and 5s each, at Professor Moore'« Medical Hall, Waipawa.—[Advt.] Marvellous cures! —Mr Milner Stephen, Barrister-at-Law (whose wonderful cures in the Australian colonies during the last two years have been published throughout the civilised world), has arrived in New Zealand, per Australian mail steamer, and will commence Healing Patients in Napier at a time and place to be duly advertised. Patients can be referred to hundreds of testimonials of permanent cures, and recent extraordinary cases — including two of moon-blindness, and two of cancer—successfully treated by him.—[Advt.] Caution may serve as a foil, but there ia no puissant safeguard against real dishonesty. It circumvents all our efforts to shield ourselves from it, because it lurks in secret places, hedges us about, and springs upon us when least aware or suspicious of its presence. It assumes one of its direst forms when it comes in the shape of a sham, because it is apt to impose on the weakminded and credulous. Its most hideous phase is when it essays to usurp the place of a splendid article like Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, in the spurious trick of a base imitation.—[Advt.]