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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3571, 19 December 1882, Page 2

Articles headed " Where the House Fly Breeds," " Chinese Fishing Birds," " Defying Death," " Curious History of a Cirout Rider," also the acceptances for the Wellington Cup, appear on the fourth page of this issue. The auction announcements of Messrs Banner and Liddle, and the business notices of Messrs M. R. Miller and Potts, Hoadley, Lyon and Co., and others, will also be found there.

Mr and Mrs Know lea and daughter are passengers on board the Ringarooma, that arrived at the Bluff from Melbourne yesterday evening. They will reach Napier on Saturday next.

We understand that, all the tenders being considerably above the engineer's estimate, fresh tenders will be called for the construction of the sea wall on Marine Parade from the corner of Emerson-street southwards.

The Corporation of Napier derived an income last year of £200 from the registration of dogs. This shows a canine population of 400, a number that, for the peace and comfort of humanity, might be very well reduced.

We are requested to call attention f o Mr Ryan's auction sale to-morrow of English, American, and Continental fancy goode, toyn, bawketware, &c. The sale commenoes at 11 o'clock, and will probably extend over two days.

It was notified by the secretary to the Education Board at the meeting to-day that, in accordance with section 15 of the Education Act, Messrs J. D. Ormond, S. Locke, and Captain Russell, vacate their seats at the Board in March next, but are eligible for re-election.

The insufficiency of school accommodation in this educational distriot is much felt, there being, according to a recent report of the Inspector, scarcely a school that is not over-crowded. Captain Russell, in speaking on the subject to day, said that the children in the district school at Gisborne, which he had visited lately, were " packed like sardines in a box !"

A Poverty Bay correspondent telegraphs that at the Southern Cross Petrolenm Company's works the shaft has been sunk nineteen feet since the last report from the manager, and that excellent prospects continue. At the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, held at Gisborne yesterday, the proposal to lease on tribute a portion of the company's estate was lost by 24,200 votes.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Captain Preece, E.M., William Morgan, John Colville, and Richard Collins, were charged by the master of the schooner Carl Graf Attems with having left the vessel without leave, also with wilful disobedience of orders. The first charge was dismissed on its merits, and on ,the second charge each of the defendants were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for one week, and to forfeit two day's wagen, as well as to pay costs and counsel's fee £1 Is. The only remaining business was the disposal of a few unimportant civil cases. The Publio Works Committee of the Municipal Council held their usual meeting last evening, and agreed to recommend the Council as follows :—l. That the engineer's report of the 18th December be adopted, and that tenders be called for the repairs to Enfield-road. 2. That application be invited for the office of poundkeeper in place of Mr Skelton, who has resigned. 3. That a fine of £1 be imposed on the nightsoil contractor for three breaches of contract during the past year. 4. That the Council take no steps in the matter of repairing Jacob's Ladder. 5. That the vouchers for the fortnightly wagee, &c, be paesed and ordered to be paid.

It will be seen by <J reference to our advertising columns that Messrs Kellar end Cunard, Boyal illusionists, from the Egyptian Hali, London, will open in their unique and startling entertainment, entitled " A Night in Dreamland," in the Theatre Jioynl on Boxing Day, 26th instant. From a report of one of their performances in Auckland we learn that "Mr Kellar ia superior to any sleight-of-hand performer who has ever appeared in. that city, not even

Heller being etcepted." "In ehort (sajrfl the Eyßnibg Star) Mr Kellar is a most accomplished ahi versatile preetidigitateur, and is able, unaided, to sustain the interest of A an audience for several hoars with great ease. , Hie entertainments can Hardly fail to be highly popular*. "the Wellington Post says:—An interesting return has been compiled by direction of the Minister of Immigration with reference to the nominations which have been sent Home to the Agent-General in the past six months. These numbered 3,852 in all, and the sum paid in the shape of deposits amounted to no less than £10,475 for the half year. Of these 3,852 "souls" nominated In this dolbny to he brought out by the Government 608 were persons holding the closest degree of relationship to the nominators, that of husband, wife, or parent. That is to say, wires nominated by husbands who had oome out first to prepare the way for their spouses to join them; parents nominated by children, who had preceded them, or children by their parents who were in the colony before them. By far the largest proportion of the nominations, however, consisted of petsohs in the second degree of relationship —brothers, sisters, cousins, and nephews. Several cases of eunstroke have recently been reported as occurring , in various parts of the country, and present indications of a hot summer suggest that 6ther cases may follow. The following method of treatment, as recommended by the New Orleans Pioayune, is worth attention: —" so soon as you reach your patient take hold of him or her and carry or drag him or her into the shade. Place the body in a sitting posture, . the back against a wall,Jwith thefeet and lej<e testing upon the side-walk and extending in front of the body. Get ice water and a bottle of some strong essence of ginger. Pour the ice water over the head copiously; never mind the clothes. Then pour two or three tablespoonf uls of ginger in about half a tumbler of water and make the patient swallow it quickly. Keep the head cool by ueing a little of the ioe water, and if there is not muoh of a glow upon the body give more ginger. If this recipe is promptly used and fully carried out in every case the board of health will never have a death to record from this cause. It costs but a few cents and a half hoar or hour's time. Ginger is by far the best to use, but where it oannot be had quickly two or three good drinks of brandy will answer." Last year, according to Colonel Henderson's report, 26,170 new houses, covering a length of 86 miles, were built in the London Metropolitan police area, whioh now contains 4,788,657 persons—tbelargrest number probably ever packed within 15 miles of a common centre. Out of this enormous multitude 23 children and 154 adults were entirely lost. Their disappearance is one of the mysteries of London, upon which but little light is thrown by the fact that 54 bodies of persona found dead and unknown were buried before identification. There Wore three times as many people killed in the streets of London in 1881 as it cost to storm Arabi's position at Tel-el-Kebir, and ten times as many wounded, the figures being, killed 252, wounded 3,400. There were 800 fires, 274 suicides, 11 murders, and only three convictions: 470 burglaries, and oaly 91 convictions; 27,228 persons were apprehended as drunk and disorderly—a deUrease of more than 8 per cent, since 1881, although there has been an increase of population of over 80,000. One of the most valuable discoveries of modern times is the preparation known as " Lactopeptine." Its medicinal purpose is to bring about the digestion of food in a manner perfectly identical to that obtained under the influence of the natural gastrio juice; to restore the deranged and torpid liver to its normal condition ; and to relieve those unpleasant symptoms which attend a diseased condition of the liver, stomach, and bowels. Always in stock at Professor Moore's Medical Hall, W aipawa.—[Advt.] Just as great men are targets for envy and jealousy to aim their shafts at, so is a celebrated proprietary medicine a shining mark for tricksters to rob of its lustre. This Bpeciee of piracy is a mean type of pilfering. It is literally petty larceny, 'because, under cover of the name that " carrys the game," they can concoct the most pernicious beverages, the most destructive poisons, the roost bogus compounds, and overlaying them with the imprint and labels of some great original, like Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Abomitic Schnapps, palm off the stuff for the celebrated diuretic and tonic.—[Advt ]