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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3649, 24 March 1883, Page 2

Monday being a general holiday the Daily Telegeaph will not be published.

AA r e learn that the tents of the natives at AVai-o-hiki were nearly all bloAvn down by the gale last night.

AYe understand that Tawhiao and his folloAvcrs leave AYai-o-hiM on Monday, and proceed to Petane where they will stay a couple of days, and then go on to Taupo.

The choir of St. Mary's Catholic church intend holding a jiic nic on Alonday at Alaraetara island, Mr Alargoliouth haiing kindly granted his permission.

The Hon. the Premier arriA-ed in toAvn last night oAerlaud from AVellington, and stayed at the Criterion Hotel. He AA'as to have proceeded to Auckland to-day by the steamer TaraAvera,

A correspondent wants to knoAV if the HaAvke's Bay Rifle Association is still iv existence. He states that he Avas the Avinnor of several events but though tho meeting Avas held on Boxing Day last there has as yet been no distribution of prizes.

According to an established rule of the Church, the offertory collections made in the various Anglican places of Avorship throughout New Zealand on Easter Day (to-morroAv) will be handed over to the clergymen of the parishes as an Easter offering from their congregations. There could, perhaps, be devised no better scheme for enabling parisldouers to mark their appreciation of their pastor's work than that referred to.

The meeting of the Hawke's Bay Racing Club that Avas calledj for Thursday hist did not come off owing to the late hour at Avhich the honorary secretary returned to toAvn from the country. The meeting was accordingly adjourned to a day to be fixed by the secretary.

Large numbers of people from toAAii and from Hastings visited AYai-o-hiki yesterday under the belief that there Avas to have been a grand haka. On arrival it avus discovered that the Rev. S. AVilliams had preceded them, and Avas holding morning service, and intended to have another service in the afternoon. In reply to enquiries the natives said there would be no haka, Good Friday being " all the same Sunday."

In reference to Air Price's name being left out of the A r aluation List, the Gisborne Herald says, !! jf, is a singular fact that newspapermen, although constantly watching the interests of everybody else, seldom think of themselA-es. They are tho least selfish men in the Avorld. Had Air Price given self a thought, there Avould have been no necessity for his retiring from the Council."

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Captain Preece, R.AI., John Brooks was fined 5s and costs for drunkenness, and Christopher Ross similarly charged was dismissed in consideration of his having been locked tip since Thursday night, Elizabeth AVright, also charged with over-indulgence failed to appear and her recognisance of £1 Avas estreated.

An accident occurred at Kaikora on Saturday Avhich has since turned out to be more serious than Avas at tho time supposed. A boy named Duncan, AAdio was playing on a straw slipped and fell to the ground, striking a piece of timber Avith his hip as he fell. His parents thought his hip was wrenched only when they examined him after the fall, aud applied homely remedies, but as the limb manifested Avorse signs, Dr Todd was called in on AVcdnesday and found that tho hip joint was broken. As it Avas decided to administer chloroform before attempting to reduce the fracture, Dr Reed was called, ill to, ' assist. The operation, which is a fare and difficult one, Avas successfully performeci yesterday (Thursday) morning, and the injured lad i& now progressiߣ favorably.