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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3678, 28 April 1883, Page 2

There was a clean charge sheet presented in the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. A trial was to be made at 5 p.m. to-day of the. height at which water can be thrown from the high-level water main. The trial the other night was unsatisfactory, owing to the darkness. Auctioneer's licenses have been taken out by the following firms: —Messrs Hoadley, Lyon and- Co., Mr H. Montcitli, Mr E. Lyndon, Mr T. J. Ryan, and Mr D. Ciiamier (Woodvillc). Mr 'J. Shechan is not likely to take up his residence in Napier so soon as was expected. He is at present at Cambridge attending the Native Lands Court, which is likely to sit till close upon the ro-asscmbling , of Parliament. The members of the late Rifle Band have' resolved to re-organise under the title oftha "Napier City Baud," and as such wilP shortly make their first public appearance. Mr George Garry will continue to act as bandmaster. The Bank of New Zealand intend erecting banking premises at Woodvillo, tenders for which will be received up to noon on Monday, 21st proximo. Plans and specifications for the work are on vioAV at the Bank's brandies at "Waipawa, "Woodvillc, and Palmcrston North. The dog-tax collector for the county of Hawke's Bay collected this morning the foes for the registration of io Maori dogs. This is /rp-uto <i new departure for the natives, and we have leason tc believe a large number more will pay for tije legal safpty of their canine friends, Michael Gill, with his head and face looking as if he had been put through a planing mill with the irons set the wrong way, and who had evidently been fighting recently, was charged at the Waipawa Police Court yesterday with drunkenness. Mr A. St. C. Inglis was the jn-esiding Justice, and imposed upon defendant a fine of 10s and costs. The money was paid. Under the new prison regulations, published in last Thursday's Gazette, no smoking will be allowed for the future in the prisons of the colony. To a man addicted to smoking the deprivation of tobacco will in all probability be the sovovest portion of his ***"■ sentence. The general tendency of Captain Hume's superiiitendency of the gaols is to m.ike imprisonment ;i very unpleasant state of existence. Among the pieces to be rendered at the soiree in the Town Hall, Hastings, oii\ Monday evening, are the following anthems: —The ''Kyrie Eleiscn" and the " Gloria " from Mozart's Twelfth Mass, and "Behold I bring you Good Tidings." Several well-known amateurs are also expected to give solos and quartettes during the evening. The chair will be taken by R. "Wellwood, Esq. At the nomination of candidates 3'esterday for the Clive Road Board the following were propoijod:—Messrs J. McGlashan and G. Merritt for the Pakowliai ward; J. H. Loughnan and S. &. Haudyside for the Tuki Tuki ward ; E. Gonroy, TV". 'Orr, J, L. Mcllroy, F. Sutton, E.'Lcyland, A. 12, AY. LiisojiLis, J. Stoddart, and J. B. Hollis) for thf> Clive wfjrj}, A poll will be taken for the election of two members tor ihe Clivc ward on May ">.

The -winter series of entertainments in connection with the Napier Working , Men's Club will be commenced this (Saturday) evening , at the club hall, when a programme of songs, readings, &c, will be gone through. These entertainments will be continued each Saturday during the season, commencing at 8.30 p.m. It is also intended to re.r.cojty.monco at an early date the-- 4 - fortnightiy "Wc.dnesrJay pvening entertainments, for which ftic programme, including musical nights, readings, and lectures, is in active preparation. Members of the clis are invited to bring their friends with them to these entertainments. With reference to a paragraph that'*appeared in our columns a few days since, to the effect that fruit growers in the province had suffered fruit to rot because what was considered to be a " fair price" could not be obtained of retail buyers, Mr F. W. C. Sturm assures us that he offered his apples some time ago at 2W per pound, but could not obtain a market for them, and that, owing to the want of convenience for bringing the fruit into town, ho va-s unable to offer his stock at auction as he had intended. He has, however, "housed" some forty-seven varieties, the greater part being , excellent keeping apples, and certainly if the remaining thirty samples are as good as the seventeen we had the pleasure pf sampling to-day Mr Sturm has no reason jto be rts-ljamcd of the product of his orchards.

Mr Drake, the well-known bookmaker, .was a through passenger from Auckland today, and on landing m angry terms at the Hawko s Bay Jockey CluVfor having- "posted " him. He states that, by the rules of the club, ho should not be posted, and that he will employ tho best lawyer to be had in Christehurch in order to obtain redress. He states his claim for damages at fully £2000 in consequence of the treatment he has received. Questioned as to his alleged debt to tho widow of the lato Mr Ferguson, Mr Drake says lie paid it by promissory note : but lie asked if lie (Drake) had won tlje bet, and had died, would the money have been paicj. to his widow ? He thought not, and through having been posted ho does not intend to L pay it till the P.N. is produced. In a cooler moment he will probably alter'his mmd. According to the New Zealand Times of the 'ibth instant there are to bo eeen at the

Wellington Museum the jaws of an enormous shark that measured no less than 20ft ■when he was in the flesh. This monster, says our contemporary, was killed lately at Mahia, Hawke's Bay, and the story of the capture is worth relating. The fish was suen cruising about near the shove, and a boat was at once manned and put off in pursuit. Mr Shark, nothing daunted, thought he would make a meal of the party, and commenced at the steer-oar, which he snapped in two, but while he was engaged iv this unsatisfactory commencement of his repast, he became aware of a sharp piece of iron trespassing in what he had hitherto regarded as his private property. This was a harpoon which had been successfully lrlged in him. Probably thinking it unliecominsr, not to say xincomfortable, to sit down to dinner with a scarf-pin sticking out of his back, the shark started out to sea, where he might undress at a becoming distance, and remove the bauble. He, however, found that some incomprehensible power prevented his onward progress, the rope attached to the harpoon having, in facr. run to its extreme limit, and thinking that the joke had gone far enough, and losing his naturally calm temper, he rushed back open-mouthed to the boat for an explanation of this fooling, which was tendered m the shape of a blubber spade, a strong argument, some 6ft of which was pushed down his throat. This ended the entertainment, and the sea-lawyer had to "peg out," sadly lamenting, no doubt, the folly of frivolity. The jaws when open are large enough to make a ring for a circus rider to jump'through, and are armed with six rows of most formidable teeth, some of them being no less than an inch and half long and an inch broad at the base. The species of this great beast has not yet been ascertained, and it is supposed that he belongs to a species not hitherto found in New Zealand waters. The same gentleman who brought these jaws from Hawke's Bay also brought another monster of the deep—a perfect whale—no skeleton in pieces, but one entire and whole. The immense beast is about four inches long. |

The "Wellington correspondent of a contemporary says: —"A case of barefaced swindling was dealt with at the Resident Magisi rate's Court, when a Norwegian mined Peter Johnson was charged with being a rogue and vagabond, and that, on December :20th hist, he imposed upon the Benevolent Institution by falsely representing that he was in a destitute condition. When asked how he intended to plead, the prisoner said he might just as well admit the offence. The evidence went to show that prisoner and his family had for some time been in the receipt of £1 per week from the Benevolent Committee, whom he led to believe he was in very distressed circumstances, whereas it eventually transpired that he had a very snug little .sum to his credit in the Post-office Savings Bank. was sentenced to a month's hard labor.

With reference to the subject of sea-sick-ness, a correspondent signing himself "Iris" writes to the Hobnrt Mercury: — " About two years ago, having occasion to visit the other colonies, and desiring to avoid the usual unpleasant consequences of of a sea voyage, I determined to try the effect of a "preventive. My symptoms had always been violent and frequent retching and vomiting, first of bilious matter, then of a brownish fluid, and lastly, sometimes a little blood. Now, this is exactly the condition produced by arsenic. I took with me, therefore, some pilules of arsenicum, whenever the idea of sickness presented itself to my mind put one in my mouth. The consequence was that I never had the least feeling of sea-sickness cither in going or returning, although at times we had a α-ood deal of pitching and tossing. Ido not say that arsenic is a specific in all cases, but I have no doubt that in most cases, where violent retching (especially if accompanied with debility) is a prominent feature, it will be found to give great relief, if it does not altogether prevent sickness. In another case where it is indicated I have known tobacco to be of use.

The following is a description of one of the "homes" of Auckland: —The woman, Burtonshaw, who was committed for a month to prison, has a number of small children, and hourly expects an addition to her neglected family. Burtenshaw is said to be an industrious, hard-working man, and but for his wife's drinking habits, might be in comfortable circumstances. Tlic house in Chancery Lane is in a filthy, fever-breeding condition, and at the request of the police, was seen by one of the Star reporters. The poor children were in a dirty, ragged, and shoeless condition, and {f their faces had been washed within the last fortnight, the ablution must have been performed by "invisible Koap" and "im T perceptible water.'' The little Burtenshaw a were crying for something to eat. The elder of the " litter " said her mother was always drunk, seldom washed them, they were* starving, and their father was away at work. Several youths employed at S_hortlnnd-street Flour Mills hearing the "cry for bread, were moved by compassionate feeling, and fed the youngsters from their dinners. The home of the Burtenshaws ;a one qi the saddest scenes, akin to the ragged deus of St. Giles's, that has been witnessed in this benevolent and Christian city, and all through a woman's excessive love of drink, and against which argument ion bacitthiiuii is useless. Onehundredand seventy thousand Chinese die annually from the use of opium, and as many of the Anglo-Saxon race from dyspepsia, brought on by the abuse of liquor, tobacco, and quack medicines. Many people dig their graves with their teeth ; more die from bad drink than starvation. Jsy u-ing only the pure ieas sold by rlvi'tssor" Moore, of the Medical Hall, Waipawa, made up in lib packets, and sold at 2s. 2s od, and os each, sturdy health and lout?life may both bo secured.—[Advt.]

The few "choice spirits who constitute what we may call the medical jury of the country, were right in their verdict about Wolfe's Schnapps, and Time, the greatest and highest tribunal, confirms the decree. — [Advt.]