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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3602, 27 January 1883, Page 2

English sense of justice was outraged some few years ago at the judgment of a county magistrate in sentencing a, little girl to a month's imprisonment and four years detention at a Reformatory for plucking a geranium flower of no intrinsic value. A somewhat similar feeling has been aroused at Gisbo.mo by the Resident Magistrate imposing a fine of £10 on a boy who had robbed a garden of the value of two pennyworth of plums. The boy is a son of Mr Skipwoi'th, a well-known and highly respected, gentleman residing at Gisborne. The local Standard, in reference to this case, says :—Let it be clearly understood that we do not for a moment think that the boy should have escaped "scot-free;" on the contrary we arc of opinion that as he had done wrong lie deserved punishment, but the amount imposed is altogether too large for the paltry nature of the offence. There is an old story told about Eton College which appears to us to apply in the present case. It appears that the young gentlemen attending that institution were in the habit of robbing an orchard near the grounds, and it was in vain that notices such as " Beware of the dog," " spring guns," and "man traps," were placed upon the walls. Boy-like, the young fellows rather enjoyed the danger they expected to incur, and their depredations were more than ever. In despair the proprietor of the orchard waited upon the principal of the College and consulted him as to the best steps to be taken in the matter. The principal, after thinking for a moment or so, advised the gentleman consulting him to put up a notice, " All young gentlemen attending Eton College may enter these grounds and partake of as much fruit as they wish The lads, as usual, on the following day started out to secure their accustomed plunder, but when they saw the notice they turned on their heels aud walked away muttering, " The idea of such a thing. . If we want fruit we can buy it."

Mr Archibald Forbes gave his lecture, ! entitled " Kings and Princes I have met," at Waipawa, last night before a crowded aud most appreciative audience. Mr Forbes proceeds to Gisborne to-day by the Te Anau. Mr J. E. Macdonald, Chief Judge of the Native Lands Court, was a passenger by the Manapouri from Auckland this morning. A sitting- of tlio Native Lands Court will bo held at Waipawa on Wednesday, 31st instant. Preparations are being made by the chief Reuata at Omahu to receive and entertain Tawhioa on his arrival in this district. We hear that the Maori King will stay _at no other place but Omahu during his visit to Hawke's Bay. The nominators of the parish of Waipukurau met this morning with the Diocesan nominators, under the presidency of the Rev. S. Williams, and unanimously nominated the Rev. E. 11. Granger, of Taradalo, to the vacant incumbency of St. Mary's, Waipukurau. A detachment of eighteen men of the A.Cj force will arrive from the Wellington depo by the Kiwi on Monday. This detachmen 1 is ordered to Taupo, where the men will be employed in the formation of the road from Tapuaeharuru to Tokano. Sergeant Brown has arrived in town from Tarawera to take charge of the detachment. On being asked to assist the Hospital Committee in getting justice from the Government, Mr John Buchanan, M.H.R., said the only way to obtain fair treatment from the Government was to vote against them, aud this he was prepared to do. At one time Napier was a Ministerial stronghold ; it is now becoming a hot-bed of opposition through Ministerial neglect.

The district schools under the Hawke's Bay Education Board, the Napier High School, and the ladies' school at St. Joseph's Monastery, re-open on Monday next. _ Mrs May's ladies' school re-commences duties on Tuesday, Mrs Crowley's on Wednesday, and the" pupils attending the Napier Ladies' College re-assemble on Thursday. Duties at MrAplin's Musical Academy, Scaly road, will be resmned on Monday. Sergeant Bulleu, of Gisborne, arrived per Manapouri this morning bringing two prisoners, a native and a European, who were sentenced at the sitting of the District

Court, Gisborne, on the 22nd instant, the former to six months' imprisonment with hard labor for an indecent assault on another native, and the latter to a similar term for a common assault. Sergeant Bullen returns to Poverty Bay per Te Anau this evening.

Paddy Lynch, who was sent back to gaol for a month yesterday after a few hours of liberty, has spent the best part of his life in prison. He is a hopeless vagrant. The only Christmas day that ho has enjoyed out of gaol for twenty-one years was last Christmas, and it was the most miserable one of the whole for that period. _ He took very good care to put himself within the clutches of the law within twenty-four hours.

Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co. have received the following wool telegram from Messrs Sanderson, Murray and Co., dated London, 25th January:—" The next London sales have been fixed to commence on the 20th February. The Antwerp sales have closed at rates ruling about equal to the closing rates of the last sales ; 3950 bales were sold, and 1200 bales bought in, the French buyers operating with great reserve. ''

Messrs Kinross and Co. arc having built to their order at Duncdin a good-sized steamer of about the same tonnage as the s.s. Jane Douglas, formerly of this port. The new boat will be ready for next season, during which she will be _ employed in conveying wool from coast stations. The want of a handy steamer has been much felt, considerable quantities of wool being delayed on the coast through the inadequacy of the present service.

We notice that the Wcslcyan Conference has acceded to the request forwarded from the quarterly meeting of the society in this district, and appointed two ministers to the circuit, instead of one as formerly. This was deemed necessary in order to overtake the work heretofore conducted by lay preachers at Hastings, Taradalo, and other suburban township's. The new minister appointed, who will act in conjunction with Mr Lewis, pastor of Trinity Church, is the Rev. T. F. Jones, late of Hawcra.

The Juvenile Opera Company, under the management of the well-known hiiprcssario, Mr 11. Stanley, arrived in Napier this morning from Gisborne, and will open at the Theatre Royal to-night in " H.M.S. Pinafore." We may state that the juveniles (who, by the way, arc "hardly ever sick at sea") are in good form for this evening's performance, and everything is in perfect readiness for them to step on to the stage. We hope to sec them welcomed by a good house on this their first appearance on the local " boards." The native pupils at St. Joseph's Convent school have made two fire-screen bannerettes for presentation to Lord Clifford, who lately visftcd Napier. The screens arc of white satin, with gold fringe aud tassels, and beautifully embroidered on them in colored silk are two kiwis and fern leaves, the patterns being taken from Puller's Book of New Zealand birds. At the back of the screens is a short address in Maori. When mounted these bannerettes will form a very pretty ornament. They are to be forwarded to England by the outgoing mail. A very successful concert took place at Pukctapu last evening, and was largely attended. The chair was occupied by the Rev. E. H. Granger, aud a good programme was provided, the following ladies and gentlemen taking part: —Mcsdames Crowley and Hutchinson, Misses Hutchinson (2), Ellison, Pira.ni, Hawker, Lowrie, Weber, and Rvmer (2), and Messrs Hannah, Sladc, F. St, Hill, Smith, Gilpin, and N. Beamish. Mr G. E. Lee contributed two humorous readings. The proceeds of the concert are to be applied to the school fund. This evening the Artillery band will perform a select programme opposite the Fire Brigade station, where the "swearing in" of non-commissioned officers, gunners, and recruits under thencw Volunteer Regulations will take place, commencing at 8 o'clock. Captain Garner particularly requcsts_tho.se persons whose intention it is to join the Artillery corps to attend early, as _ the enrolling Avill occupy a considerable time. Those unable to be present this evening may be sworn in at the Provincial Council Chamber on Monday evening, at the same hour.

Mr A. Lasccllcs has written to the Town Clerk stating that the seed of the Vitir Californica, which he obtained from him last year, has grown, and that he (Mr Lasccllcs) has now two well-grown plants, from which cuttings will be available after this autumn. The plants have stood the frosts and floods, and so may be considered hardy. The seeds of this grape vine were forwarded to the Government some two years ago from California, and were sent to the various local governing bodies for general distribution, the vine being thought to be phylloxera proof. As the Town Clerk has no more seed on hand it is to bo hoped that others besides Mr Lasccllcs have been successful with it.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning-, before Edward Patten, Esq., J.P., two decent looking young men named John Idles and George Idles were respectively charged with having been drunk and disorderly in a public place at Hastings yesterday. "The landlord of the Railway Hotel deposed that the prisoners were misbehaving themselves in his house, aud annoying other guests. He repeatedly asked them to desist, but they took no notice of him, and subsequently commenced wrestling and fighting in the billiard-room. He then sent for the' police and had them arrested. Both prisoners pleaded guilty, and were lined 20s and costs each, or in default 48 hours' imprisonment with hard labor.

It is to be hoped that the public feeling is in too healthy a condition to allow of the foolish suggestion being carried out in reference to "the reception of Tawhiao on his arrival here. We can conceive nothing more utterly senseless than the proposal that Tawhiao should bo publicly received and entertained at luncheon. The so-called Maori King is not by any means a remarkable man, and the position he assumes, or rather has been thrust into, is one that no Englishman can recognise. He is less civilised than any amongst the Hawke's Bay natives, and in his own "kingdom" is without either the power or influence that might be worth while to court if we were not strong enough to crush.

As was expected the residents of Hastings, Tennyson, and Emcrsou-strccts have declined with few exceptions to contribute towards the cost of street watering. They fail to see why they should be specially taxed for the performance of a duty that properly devolves on the Corporation. In the principal business portion of the town the streets arc kept in a better state of repair, and arc better lighted than in the less frequented parts of the borough, and the residents should no more be called upon to contribute specially towards street maintenance and lighting than they should be asked to pay for "the watering. Retrenchment, the meaning- of which is so much misunderstood in the Municipal Council, docs not mean neglect of duty and the imposition of extra taxation.

Lord Shaftesbury, speaking at a Church Pastoral Aid Society meeting'at Wimborne recently, said references had been made to the "Salvation Army" commanded by General and Mrs Booth. Ho never admitted the title of the " Salvation Army." for to use that word, he had no hesitation in saying-, was downright blasphemy. He placed no reliance on such a movement. Ho wanted full and complete evidence of proof before lie believed in the so-called conversions of the members. He could not think any of the things said or done by the army were at all in harmony with the earliest ages of the Church, or such as would have received the approbation of any of the apostles, aud certainly not of the Lord Jesus Christ himself.

The Rev. John Caird, D.D., in an address to the students of the University of Glasgow, delivered some months back, thus referred to the "province of the sceptic" :—

"Now, whether the sceptic be right or wrong, one great service which he renders to society is, that he wakens reflection, and forces men to consider how far their unquestioned beliefs have no surer basis than tradition and custom. Of course if it turns out that the nation attacked is altogether erroneous, our debt of gratitude is greatest, as being that which we owe to the man who delivers us from the bondage of falsehood. But a belief may be inherently true, and yet not true to us. We may hold without reason that which is in itself rational, or our belief in it may be based on weak and untenable grounds. The conclusion may be right, but the premises by which wo reach» it wrong. In both these cases the assailantJ confers on us an inestimable benefit by revealing to us our intellectual insecurity, by cutting us away from our unsafe anchorage and sending us in quest of firmer moorings." J

The consumption of whisky in the United States amounts to about 70,000,000 gallons per annum. There are 947 distillers, 1,402 rectifiers, and 3,800 wholesale liquor dealers. The amount of whisky in bond in May, 1882, was nearly 90,000,000 gallons. In Kentucky, alone, the great whisky-producing State, there are 62,000,000 gallons in bond, and the production has increased in one of the districts from 6,000,000 in ISBO to 15,500,000 in 1882. Although the temperance agitators seek to decrease the consumption, by making it more difficult to obtain a supply, and by "stripping the saloon of its social attractions, '' and in spite of all the remarkable restrictive measures passed in many of the States, it is the opinion of American experts that the demand, for whisky has increased and is increasing. So far as whisky is concerned, prohibition does not appear to prohibit nor restriction to restrict its consumption.—Pall Mall Gazette.

A biography of Hans Christian Andersen, lately published in Copenhagen, contains a number of letters from the Danish writer which curiously portray his excessively nervous temperament. In every letter he alludes to his escape from some danger, real or imaginary. For instance, when only fifteen he wrote an account of his first journey by carriage across the island of Zealand, which, he adds, "was not without danger, for the road went up and down Mil several times." And throughout his letters he is for ever alluding to dangers of equal magnitude. Although of a healthy, if not robust physique, Andersen never dispatched a letter without alluding to some ailment from which he was suffering - , until it passed into quite a joke amongst his friends ; but the most amusing feature which this nervousness produced in Hans Andersen was a perpetual fear of being buried alive, so that when he went to bed at night he always placed by his bedside a piece of paper on which was written —"I am only apparently dead." Canadian newspapers just received are full of accounts of the destruction by fire of the Poor House at Halifax, at midnight on November 6th. The building was of brick, and was five stories in height, and contained 320 inmates, of whom 46 were in the hospital (or sick) wards. Strange to say these 46 helpless persons were placed in the most inaccessible part of the building; and 31 of them, of whom 23 were females, miserably in the flames. Some of the victims, both men and women, were seen at the fifth story windows, and were urged to jump out upon beds, &c., placed below, but the attempt looked hopeless, and as the fire crept up around they dropped back into the terrible furnace, out of which only two (of the thirty-one) human trunks, a few ribs, and a thigh bone, have since been recovered. The firemen rescued one person from the fifth story, and they and many volunteers worked nobly during the fearful night. One gentleman asked repeatedly to be shown to the sick wards, but f onnd none to direct him where they were, and smoke and fire soon rendered the stairs impassable. The building was insured for £10,000 (50,000dols). It was valued, with effects destroyed, at nearly double that sum.

Some tune ago a little American township decided to hold a mammoth negro camp meeting, advertising that "more amusement would be furnished than at any camp meeting ever held in Georgia." This naturally brought up thousands of negroes in anticipation of unlimited fun and whisky. The meeting became excited, a quarrel arose, and a negro was shot dead by a white. A dramatic incident followed. A near relative of the dead man—a drunken negress fell across the dead body, and exposed his death wound to the crowd, "as Mark Anthony the body of Caesar." Plunging her hand into the wound, she rose erect, with the blood dripping from her finger and called for vengeance. A general fight commenced, and a white was shot. After some shooting, order was restored, and a number of people were arrested, five of whom were sentenced to death. A curious defence was made on their behalf. To sell bad whisky is criminal. The whisk}' in this case was bad. Therefore, the men -who sold the whisky were the murderers. They ought to suffer. One witness, indeed, de- j clared that "ho didn't blame anyone for 7 committing murder after he drank it." In spite of this however, four men and one woman were hanged together—for the first time in the history of Georgia. A New York telegram says:—lt is related that Mrs Lang-try, after reading the first conflicting criticisms upon her impersonation of Hester, said she wondered what sort of actress she really was. The criticisms on her representations of Rosalind afford no basis for a similar remark. The Tribune says:—"The audience was frigid; we have never seen a weaker performance of the part." The Sun pronounces it more "imperfect than the first appearance might have led her friends to hope." The Herald accords the only praise, asserting that Mrs Lanjrtry made an ambitious and earnest, but unsuccessful endeavour. The Times declares that Mrs Langtry's acting is " neither brilliant, genuine, nor versatile, but mannered, mechanical, and artificial. Hester showed her to be without talent, and Rosalind without promise." Whilst Madame Patti always fills the and delights her hearers, Mrs Langtry only sometimes attracts full houses. Notwithstanding that adverse criticism has little effect upon the provinces, the knowledge of empty scats is nearly fatal to a successful tour. The Evening Post, a journal of much authority, says, "The entire performance was hopelessly incompetent, and a most melancholy and exasperating abuse of one of Shakespeare's choiccsts gifts."

Quinine is an alkaloid found in the bark of trees belonging to the Cinchona or Peruvian bark family, and is one of the most valuable febrifuges and antiperiodies known to medical science; while incorporated -"*-- with iron tincture it has no equal as a tome. Pure quinine and iron may be obtained put up in bottles of any size to suit customers at Professor Moore's Medical Hall, Waipawa. —[Advt].

No nervous sufferer of cither sex ever tried a course of that agreeable and wholesome stimulant, Wolfe's Schnapps, without being thankful. It is now and has been for many years a standard professional remedy.—[Advt.]