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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3654, 31 March 1883, Page 2

Mr Fuszai _, we hear, relinquishes possession of the Masonic Hotel to-night. AYe learn from Poverty Bay that boring operations will be recommenced on the new site at the South Pacific Petroleum Conri pany's works next week. The Bishop of Auckland, Dr. Cowic, will preach in St. John's Church to-morrow morning, and not in the evening, as we stated in our yesterday's issue. A small hit of 500 sheep have been shipped from Gisborne for Auckland, where they are to be slaughtered and frozen, and sent to England by the Mataura. The vital statistics registered in Napier for the month of March are as follow :— Births, 38 ; marriages, 5; deaths, 2'i, and of these latter 15 were children under five years of age. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning three persons were charged with drunkenness. One was dismissed with a caution, and the other two were fined 5s and costs each, with the usual alternative. The Right Rev. Dr. Luck, Catholic Bishop of Auckland, arrived here per Tarawera this morning, and will celebrate Mass at St. Mary's Church to-morrow. Bishop Luck will ul.so i>reueli „fc l„_fc __a-ss _„ a.t A'cspers. In reply to enquiries wo may generally that the Municipal Council has no power to impose a sanitary rate upon any portion of the borough without receiving a petition so to do from the ratepayers who would be affected by it. The Customs revenue for the month of March collected at this port amounted to £4233 Is lid, and the beer duty paid for the same period was .£IBG 5s 9d. Forthequarter ending to-day the revenue was £11,175 lis 9d, and the duty paid on beer £G2G 7s Sd. The quarterly general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, that was to have been held last afternoon, had to be adjourned until AVednesday next for want of a quorum. Only some three members turned up yesterday at the hour appointed for the meeting-. Mr G. P. Pierce, one of the lay representatives of the Auckland diocese at the General Synod, is now in Napier. Mr Pierce is manager of the New Zealand Insurance Company, and Provincial Grand Master under the' Irish Constitution _£" Freemasons. Haroini, the widow of the late chief Karauria, mother of Mrs G. P. Donnelly, and who recently married Henare Matua, died last night at AVai-e-hiki. The death of this distinguished native lady will bring a large gathering of Maoris at AVai-o-hiki to the taiiiji. It is expected, should time allow of it, that Major Atkinson will visit Napier before Parliament meets, and deliver lectures here on political subjects. Major Atkinson is a good speaker, and personally popular. It is said that he bears a close resemblance to Mr J. H. Coleman Owing to the wet weather, aud the consequent bad state of the roads, Tawhiao was compelled to postpone his departure from Petane. He visited town to-day, and to those he conversed with he did not express" any impatience at the enforced delay of his return to his seat of government. AA r e are requested to mention that the address at the children's service in St. John's Cliuroli to«i_orrov; afternoon will be do-

livered by one of the visiting clergy. AYe may also again remind those of our readers who are interested in the temperance movement of Archdeacon Harper's sermon on the subject in St. John's to-morrow evening. The Egyptian AA'ar Exhibition opened at tho Oddfellows' Hall, AVaipawa, on Thursday evening, and was well patronised. This afternoon and _ tonight the exhibition will again be on view, and as the pictures are really first-class, and most of the presents given away very valuable, the proprietors should be rewarded with a full house. At tho meeting of thoAYaste Lands Board yesterday it was decided that the following lands be offered for sale for cash :—Blocks 07 and OS, at 15s an acre, and blocks 1.81 and IS2, at 20s an acre, Makaretu; also certain sections in blocks 1 and 2, Ruataiiiwha district, including block 93, Makaretu settlement. Tho Board also resolved to recommend his Excellency to proclaim as open for sale on deferred payments a number of sections in blocks 1 and 2, Ruataiiiwha district. Cr. Ellison has given notice to move, "That a sub-committee consisting of Crs. Wall, Monteith, and the mover, be appointed to define the future of MiLamb as consulting engineer." This is taking time by the fore-lock with a vengeance. 0 Who knows that Mr Lamb is going to be consulting engineer for the borough 'i Now that that gentleman has accepted an appointment under the Education Board, which requires his frequent absence from town, it may suit his convenience to sever his connection with the Corporation. In any case "to define the duties" of a "consulting " engineer appears ridiculous. Have the duties of a consulting solicitor been defined ? Country residents requiring patent or proprietary medicines, toilet requisites, fancy goods of any description, stationery, Sec., will best consult their own interests by calling at Professor Moore's establishment, AVaipawa, where there is a large and well assorted stock to choose from. On hand Coutts' acetic acid, the noted cure for rheumatism, neuralgia, and all nervous complaints ; an unfailing remedy requiring outward application only.—[Advt.] The purest and best tonic for the overstrained nervous system is the celebrated A\ r OLFE's Schnapps, the most powerful, wholesome, and successful of modem restoratives. —[ Advt. ]