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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3570, 18 December 1882, Page 2

Our fourth page to-day contains furfc her particulars of the supposed and alleged attempted murder at Auckland, and also the auction and business announcements of Messrs M. B. Miller and Potts, Mr Ryan, Messrs Hoadley and Lyon, &o. With this issue we present our readers with a sheet supplement showing a plan of the lands at Woodville to be offered at auction by Mr M. R. Miller on the 22ud instant. The public works committee of the Borough Council meets this evening. The principal business will be in connection with the tenders for the annual contracts. A epeoial meeting of the Council will he held at noon on Wednesday, at which His Worship the Mayor will be formally installed. It ia not a very large sum that the Corporation pays for watering the streets, but, whatever the amount may be, it is so much money almoet thrown away. The watering cart should have been going constantly to-day, but because the streets were more than usually dusty, and the heat intenee, just one little sprinkling was vouchsafed before mid-day. It ia time that some better arrangement was made than at present prevails. Mr Slesinger, veterinary Burgeon, whose preparations for the cure of rheumatism, sow throats, chest affeotions, &c, in the human body, as well as his invaluable horse and oattle medicines, have gained for him wide and highly favorable distinction throughout the Australasian Colonies, is at present on a visit to Napier, and may, ai will be seen by advertisement elsewhere, be

consulted at the Criterion Hotel, wher< orders for any of his specifics will also b< leseived. Captain Preece, as Trust Commissioner, gave notice in the Resident Magistrate's Court thia morning that he would certify to the following deed submitted to him foi examination if not obj , . cted to within the next live days:—Conveyance, John Sbeehan. as executor trustee of the will of Karaitiana Takamoana, to William Frederick Knight and Chailes William Cowper, Kaitaki block 79n., containing 16,045 acres, undivided interest. Shortly after the departure of the Rotomahana yesterday much curiosity was excited on shore by the movements of the vessel. r lhe steamer twice appeared to bo putting back to port, and then to be running for Wairoa, and not at all to be going , her proper course for Gisborne. Enquiry led to the information that Captain Underwood was " swinging hia compasses," a proceeding that is done by the Union boats four times a year, and generally the place selected ia Hawke'e Bay. The civil sittings of the Snpremo Court were resumed to-day before Chief Justice Sir James Prendergast. The case of Jobnson v. McKay (Poverty Bay) was heard before a special jury, of which Mr C. B. Winter was foreman. This was a case of disputed title, both parties to the action having simultaneously registered a block of land that both had purchased from the Bame native. There were other issues arising from the dispute of no pnblic importance. Mr Chapman and Mr Carlile appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Travers and Mr Kenny for the defendant. The regular monthly meeting of the Hawke's Bay County Council should have taken place thia forenoon, but at the appointed hour the only members in attendance were Crs. Sutton, Bennett, and Kinross. The latter went in search'of Cγ. J. N. Williams, who waa known to be about town, but as neither of those gentlemen had turned up at 11 o'clock the meeting was formally adjourned until noon. At that hour Cr. Kinross was missing, and Cr. Williams undertook in turn to hunt him up, but the search proved fruitless, and a further adjournment took place, the date and hour of meeting being fixed for Saturday, 23rd instant, at 9.30 a.m. Amongst those who received free treatment from Mr MilnerStephen at the Theatre Royal on Saturday afternoon we noticed a few patients of both sexes who could well have afforded to pay something for a con- i eulation. Now this was scarcely fair, as we shall show. It had the effect, for instance, of keeping back several really poor persons who were anxiouely waiting to be experimented upon, but whose modesty prevented them from intruding themselves before others who had the appearance of a little higher respectability aboutthem. Wehope that on the next occasion only those who are actually in poor circumstances will put in an appearance on the stage. In last Saturday's New Zealand Times *yS pppears an announcement by the New ' Zealand Shipping Company that their steamer Britinh King, 3550 tons register, will leave London for Wellington and Lyttelton on January 20, leaving the latter port on her return voyage at the end of March. The British, King is the pioneer steamer of the company, and will be followed monthly by equally roomy and powerful vessels. Our Wellington contemporary says :—" There is no mistaking this announcement, and now has to be taken into grave consideration the imperative necessity of according the new enterprise every ounce of support that can be made available. As soon ac the steamers commence running, an end will, of course, be made to importing by steamers via Melbourne." In the Resident'Magistrate'g Court this morning, before Captain Preece, R.M., the notorious Paddy Lynch was put forward charged with, drunkenness and disorderly conduct in a public place, and, notwithstanding that Paddy pleaded eloquently for *' another chance," averring at the same time that he was about to proceed to Sydney by the next boat, he was fined £1 and costs, or in default seven day's imprisonment with hard labor. The same prisoner was further ordered to pay a fine of 5s and costs, or in default to be imprisoned for 48 hours with hard labor, for wilfully destroying a blanket in the police cell. Of course the fines were not forthcoming, and Paddy will therefore spend his Christmasin hisoldquarlerson the hill. James Shaw Chase pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 5s and costs, with the alternative of 24 hours imprisonment. James Chadwick against v. 'whom two previous convictions were rer corded during the past week, was ordered to pay_ a fine of £1 and costs, or in default to be imprisoned for seven days with hard labor, for drunkenness and disorderly conduot. Edward Sullivan, for having behaved himself in a manner calculated to create a breaoh-of the peace, was fined £1 and costs, or in default to be imprisoned and Irept at hard labor for seven days. Mohi, a native, charged with drunkenness at Taradale, was fined 5s and costs. Charlotte Butwell was charged on the information of Isabella Mathews with having on the 13th instant unlawfully and ■wilfully damaged a pane of glass in one of the windows of the informant's house of the value of 2s. This cat-e, which possessed Borne spicy details, waa disposed of by the defendant Butweli being fined 10s and costs, together with the valuo of the damage done, or in default of payment three day'a imprisonment with hard labor to be inflicted. After some little delay the fine, &c, was procured and paid.