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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3622, 20 February 1883, Page 2

Mr C. B. Hankey, manager Napier railway line, has obtained six months leave of absence commencing next mouth, when he proposes taking a trip homo to England.

An cntortainment will be given in the United Methodist Free Church schoolroom this evening, the programme of Avhieh will include singing and readings, between the performance of which fruit will be distributed amongst the audience.

At the Waipawa Police Court yesterday, before A. St. C. Inglis, Esq., J.P., John Fitzgerald AA-as charged Avith drunkenness, and fined 5s aud costs. At the same Court on Saturday Patrick Cassells was brought up on a similar charge, and Avas fined 5s and costs, or 21 hours' imprisonment. Prisoner chose the latter alternative. As there have been some reflections cast upon the verdict of the jury in the case of Orlando Lagor, heard in the District Court yesterday, we have authority for saying that the" jury were unanimous in their opinion that there had been no eA-idence before them as to the clothes destroyed by the defendant being of a value exceeding £5. The verdict seems to have been in accordance Avith public opinion. The ordination of the Rev. E. Robertshaw took place in St. Mary's Church, Waipukurau, on Sunday. The ceremony AA-as impressively performed by the Bishop of Waiapu, assisted by the Rca-. H. W. St. Hill, of Hastings. In the evening the newly-ordained minister preached an excellent sermon to a largo congregation. A collection, in aid of the Woodville Church building fund, Avas taken up after each service, and the sum of £3 12s lOd obtained. At a meeting of the Waipukurau Road Board, held on Friday last, it Avas resolved to expend a sum of £30 on the road to Takapau through the Gorge, to put it in better state for traffic. The tenders of W. Ebbett for carting 400 yards of metal on the Waipukurau-Tamumu road, at Is -Id per yard, was accepted. Instructions AA-ere given to the road overseer to have a small bridge on the road betAveen Waipukurau and Flemington repaired, the bridge being reported to be in a Aery dangerous state. A sad case of droAvning occurred on Sunday last at WaipaAva-mate, near WaipaAva. A two-year-old son of Mr W. Spencer, fellmouger, Avandered from his home in the direction of some of the Waipawa-mate bridge contractor's tents. His father saw him leave the house, and a short time afterwards left to fetch him back homo. On searching the tents Mr Spencer found that the child had been there, but had left again, taking the direction of home. The neighborhood Avas at once alarmed, and search made, Avhen tho poor child was found in_ a deep hole in a creek about a quarter of a nule aAvay, floating face dowmvarda, and quite | dead. The hole was about ten feet deep, and had a bank eight feet high, so that the child must have wandered off the track home, and fell over the bank. An inquest Avas held on the body at the WaipaAva Hotel yesterday, before Dr. A. Todd, coroner, when a verdict of found droAvncd A\as returned.

It is telegraphed from London that Sir Arthur Gordon Avill probably be appointed Governor of Ceylon. The appointment is a coveted one, Avith a salary of £6000, or rather 80,000 rupees, Avhieh, at the usual rato of exchange, say Is Bd, amounts to £6600 odd. To a man of Sir Arthur's temperament it is not improbable that he may prefer tho Indian post to his late antipodean one.

The writer of the " Ladies' Lette r" in the Christchurch Telegraph says:—"Sir William and Lady Jervois have, I understand, four children. The eldest son is a clergyman in England. The second is in the army, and during his father's Governorship, acted as his aide-de-camp, iv AY-hieh capacity he was a general favourite. Ho remains as adjutant of the Volunteer forces in Adelaide! One Miss Jervois recently married the Rev. Dr. Bust, sou of the Dean' of York. Mr Bust is knoivn to many people in Noav Zealand, as he was travelling for his healthh here and in Australia before his marriage. The other Miss Jervois is Avith her parents in Wellington."

The following is from the Melbourne Age :— '• A cowardly asyu-alt was committed on an old man, 83 years of age, in a street off Wellington-street, CollingAvood, on Friday evening as he Avas with the local corps' of the recently formed Salvation Army. The corps Avas marching peacefully'do avii the street, when a man standing iv tho A-craudah of his house picked up a champagne bottle and deliberately threAV it at the old man. The missile Avas thrown Avith such force that it broke on his arm, and inflicted a Avound which bled profusely. The old man ivas conveyed to Dr Singleton's dispensary close at hand, Avherc the Avouud Avas dressed. With a view to the prc\-ention of such maltreatment iv tho future, a summons is to be issued against theperpctra-tor of the assault."

The divorces granted in San Francisco during the year just passed outnumber those "of last year by two, and those of 1880 by thirty-three, the total number being 3G6 —or 14 per cent, of the Avhole number of marriages contracted during the same time. An analysis of the cause of divorces slioavs that AY-hile nineteen women obtained divorces from their husbands for adultery, sixteen husbands obtained their freedom on the same ground ; AY'hile eightynine husbands deserted their Avives, fortyfour Avives deserted their husbands; for habitual intemperance fifteen men Avere deprived of their AY'ives, and seA'cnteeii Avives of their husbands; for failure to provide and Avilful neglect, seventy Avives obtained divorces, and seventy-nine men and tYVO Avomen Avere adjudged unfit for the marital state by reason of their extreme cruelty.

A Avoman named Alice Allen, a member of tho demi-monde in Melbourne, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment, Avithout the option of a fine, for shocking cruelty to a child. The child was a girl of five years old, Avho had been adopted by the accused. The evidence Avas to the effect that the Avoman had deliberately, in a fit of passion, tliroAvn the child out of bed, its head coming violently in contact Avith a Avashstand ; and one AY-itness said; "I. saYV her bite the child, and lift it from the floor AY'ith her teeth, I told her to leave the child alone, Avhen she said that she Avould do the same to me." The doctor who treated the child deposed that Avhen she AS-as brought to him she had about twenty bruises upon her body, that she had seven or eight bites from incisor teeth on her shoulder and buttocks, and that though she Avas not suffering from any injuries which Avould cause death, she had been most shamefully beaten.

In his paper on the progress of the _ telephone read before the British Association at Southampton, Mr AY. H. Preece referred to tho powerful currents Avhieh sometimes traverse telophouc lin_ ami. interfere A\ith their Avorking. That these currents maybe also fraught with clanger is piwed by two recent accidents, one at the Strasburg Cathedral, in Avhieh a fireman using a telephone Avas partially stunned with the instrument blazed up in his hands. A someAvhat similar occurrence is also reported from Philadelphia, where a gentleman in the act of speaking into a transmitter had his forehead pulled on by a ckrw, and lost his senses for half an hour. AVhen he recoA'crcd lie foimdhisAvatch totally deranged. The former mishap occurred during a thunderstorm, but the hitter during clear Aveather. These accidents show that it is advisable to have an arrester in the telephone circuit. Coal of A-cry superior quality for household, smithy, and gas-making purposes has been discovered on'Mr J. S. Anderson's farm in tho Tuturau district, about five aud a-half miles from the Dunedin lino of railway, says the Southland Ncavs. From indications observed Mr Anderson Avas induced to call in the aid of Mr Macaljstcr, the Avell-knoAvii prospector, ay'lio after boring to a depth of 30 feet in Avhat his experience suggested to be a likely locality, came upon a seam of true coal, underlaid by good fire-clay. Ho estimates from the geological features of the country that tho coal measure Avill extend for a considerable radius, and further, that it will be easily Avorked. Tests made by Mr Macalister show that for oil-making purposes tiie mineral would be valuable, yielding at the rate of Go gallons per ton of good oil. Samples supplied to and tested by Mr Robert Smith, gas engineer at luvercargill, are faA'ourably reported on by that gentleman, avlio is obtaining a larger quantity for special test, so as to ascertain accurately the cubic feet per ton of gas, illuminating power, and cooking qualities. A method has been discoA'cred of making ivory out of potatoes by boiling them in diluted (sulphuric acid, potato ivory is not A-ery unlike the ordinary " vegetable" kind, but is said to be more eA'en "grain," as ivell as easier to turn, while it is not so liable to split A\'hen exposed to the influence of a very dry atmosphere. Potato ivory is of a creamy white tint, hard, durable, and elastic, it being- even adapted, it is stated, for the manufacture of billiard baUs. There is no difficulty in .dying cr coloring the material either during the process, ot preparation or afterwards, and altogether it Avould soom that this uoav product is one Avhieh is capable of an immense number of useful applications. To its other good qualities it adds that of being exceedingly fieap.

A most extraordinary and painful phenomenon has lately occurred in Warsaw. A lady died under somewhat peculiar circumstances, Avhieh gave rise to a report that her death had been caused by her husband'.s ill-treatment. Hence, several weeks the interment, her body was exhumed for ' post-mortem examination, when it was found that in the grave a perfectly healthy child had been born. This gives a startlingly neAV meaning to the word "posthumous." Mr Preston, author of "Unclaimed Money," has startled Londoners by announcing that the magnificent pile of buildings known as the Palace of Justice, which the Queen opened on December 4, has been mainly raised Avith the surplus interest of suitors' money; section Gof the Courts of Justice Buildings Act, 1865, giving power to apply for £1,000,000 from the "Surplus Interest Fund" for this purpose. Mr Preston asserts, and without fear of contradiction, that no less than £75,000,000 aro in the Chancery Funds, the number of accounts being 35,545. A hundred years ago it Avas £7,500,000, and 2,385 accounts. An amusing incident is reported from Madras in a Bombay paper. Mr Springßranson, barrister-in-law, who has hitherto worn a very fine beard, appeared in Court on a recent date clean shaved, and rose to move the Court to take an insolvent out of gaol. Mr Justice Keman looked at the learned gentleman very hard, and then with a smilo remarked that he had made a, very barefaced motion. The Court was in roars of laughter. A local paper reminds the learned judge that '' Patience is in actiA-e rehearsal by the dramatic society, and rumour has it that an alarming sacrifice of beards is to take place among gentlemen qualifying to be heavy dragoons. Such is the enthusiasm for the drama in Madras! An establishment in Birmingham, England, Avhieh manufactures gods for t_ orientals, advertises its Avares thus in a Calcutta paper some time ago :—" Yamen, the god of the dead, in fine copper, embossed, and Aery tasteful. Rirondi, the prince of demons, splendidly designed; the giant on which he rides is of a perfect model, and the sword is of a modern pattern. Varodi, the god of the sun—a brilliant piece of art; his crocodile is of copper, and has a silver tail. Bouberen, ___ the god of Avealth ; this god is of superior l workmanship — the manufacturers have • expended on it their best skill. Also, other small demi-gods and inferior <_i_ities, a very large assortment. Credit Avill not bo given, but a discount made to cash payments." Are you troubled with any affection of the LiA-er ? If so send at once to Professor Moore, of the Medical Hall, Waipawa, for a- box of his Podophyllum Pills. Podophyllin is the most reliable liver stimulent and alterative known Avithin the whole range of the vegetable kingdom. Controlled and modified in action by the addition of other vegetable active principles, Professor Moore's Podophyllin Pills are perfection.— [Advt.]

Knowing its absolute purity, powerfully iiiA'igorative and corrective action, and its value as an anti-dyspeptic and diuretic, it is no wonder that physicians so frequently prescribe AVolfe's Schnapps.—[Advt.]