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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3679, 30 April 1883, Page 2

At the Telegraph Office to-day a memo. is posted from Wairoa that the bar is good,

The Municipal Public Works Committee meet this evening to frame recommendations for the Council meeting next Wednesday.

Messrs J. Nairn, A. McHardy, J. McKenzie, A. Logan, and E. C. J. Price have been elected as members of the Tainumu Road Board.

Letters of naturalisation have been issued by His Excellency the Governor under the Aliens Act, 1880, in favor of Mads Sattrup and Peter Rasmussen, of Ashley-Clinton; Mr McKnight's pleasure steamer Leisure Hour has, Aye hear, been sold to Mr Liglit, who intends to take her to the Wairoa and run her on that river as a feeder to the s.?. Maori.

. The following have been gazetted .as the Licensing Committee for the Norsewood district:—Messrs R. Harding, J. Brabazon, H. M. Lund, C. E. Pettersen, and J. Patterson. -

The rule of tho Resident Magistrate's Court of June -29th, 1881, providing thatT* plaintiffs aud defendants in civil cases ' shall find their own interpreter has been cancelled by His Worship, Captain Preece.

Cr. Ellison has given notice to move at the ensuing meeting of the Borough Council the abolition of the', appointment of Impounder. Because the holder of the office has not given every satisfaction we do not see why there should be no public impounder.

The Rev. Mr and Mrs J. Townsend, formerly Incumbent of .St. John's parish, Napier, but now of Lyttelton, arrived from the South yesterday, and is paying a visit to some amongst his numerous friends iv this district. The reverend gentleman is looking in excellent health.

Messrs Brown Bros., late proprietors of the Tauranga Guardian, which ceased publication a few weeks since, '' killed by the credit system," have made arrangements to establish a bi-weekly paper at Opotiki. The plant of the defunct Guardian will be utilised for the new venture.

The Gas Company at Wellington has declined to tender for the lighting of the streets of that city. Mr J. R. George, th« manager of the Gas Company, in his letter to the Council, stated that one of the reasons was that the practice of extinguishing the lamps at midnight caused general dissatisfaction to the public. •

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Captain Preece, R.M., Charles Pidgeon, was charged with trespassing on the railway near Tomoanaonthc 19th instant. The accused.pleaded guilty, and was fined 3s and 7s costs, His Worship remarking that he only inflicted a nominal penalty in the hope that the case, being the first of the kind that had come before the Court, would serve as a warning to others not to trespass on any portion of railway property that was not specially intended for the use of the public., • .

Tho trial of the height to which tho new high level pressure can throw water did not come off on Saturday afternoon as was expected. From what we can learn the previous trial was undertaken without the sanction or even knowledge of the engineer, and he accordingly gave strict orders that no further tampering v.ith the mains should be permitted. The engineer's department was not aware that a trial on Saturday was contemplated until Mr Black read the item of news in the Daily Telegraph, and in obedience to instructions he at once ordered the turn* cock to shut oft' the pressure.

In consequence of the wetness of the season the inland Patea road is in such a wretched condition that it is found impossible to bring down the balance of the wool from the several stations in the upper districts. This is a very serious matter for tho settlers, who arc naturally anxious to wind up their affairs of the past year. It is one of those things,' however, that cannot be helped. The County Council did its best to got the rijads open for dray traffic in time for the carriage of last season's clip, but the rains commenced, and fyavpp6Vsl.Btoi.tly continued, which have made" the formations impassable.

Captain Preece, as Trust Commissioner, gave notico in tho Resident Magistrate's Court that the following deeds submitted to him for examination during the past weok would be certified to if no objections thereto were lodged within the next five days : — Lease of undivided interests Haketa Te Awe and others to William Frederick Knight of Tahoraite Block No. 1, contain- -\ ing 3473 acres; lease of undivided interests Hoani Meihana and others to H. G. W. Henderson and others of Tipapakuku Block, Maiiif,w~atu, No. 4a, containing '2414 acres; conveyance &f undivided interests Toha Rahurahu and others to Hugh McLean, Putore block, Wairoa, containing 17,0G5 aaros, Igss reserve for natives of 42G4 acres. The certificate in tho lastmentioned case to be withheld until fivo days after notice is published in the Wairoa Guardian.

Rather an amusing instance of the difficulty of getting at the meaning of some of tho long winded mass of verbisms which comprise the indictments in the perjury cases in tho Supreme Court, took place on Wednesday morning (says the Wanganni Herald). Hata Rio had been indicted for perjury, and the indictment (covering some square feet of svritten parchment) had been interpreted to hiiii, wh-ij; at the conclusion he replied that he did not uudej.staiid it. The absurdity of so much time having been devoted to impress upon the prisoner' the' nature- ,of hiu offend, ivi'oved irresistible, and "a" general laugh ensutd hi which. Ills Honor ijveix seemed inclined to join', amplified nature of the offence was explained to ii_> prisoner, and he said he knew that well enough, though he could not make out all those words which had been read to him.

A correspondent writing to a Nelson paper thus describes a ' whale that, was stranded a few days ago near Bird's Island, at the head of Blind Bay." "I should estimate'the' whale tc bo over fifty feet in length, and about eight feet They liavo got about one third of the blubbef os. I was very curious to see the size of the swallow on account of poor Jonah. I eiitcwJ'l h}.s iaws, wliich arc large enough for a dozen p.eopu. ift' sit down in, but the swallow is very small—jiot more 'than two inches. The mouth has no" teeth, but U fui'iilsiiGd with iv kind of sieve formed of thin strips of whalebone, such as is used by ladies Inside the mouth is a kind of hair like the mussel beard. I think it is a oow whale." Very like a whale, we should say.

A Wellingtonian who has been doing Melbourne gives his impressions of theatregoers in that city :—" I coidd not help being struck," he says, " with the fact that Melbourne audiences arc the least critical I over knew. They are excessively lavish in their apphmso, and the stranger is.porfeetly oblivious as to what it is all about. They will ' split their sides,' as the saying gqet;, over the silliest and most far-fetched of puns. They will giggle at double vntendro of the most transparent quality, and will even tolerate vulgarity without the slightest show of murmur' or 'disapproval. New Zealand audiences, on the contrary, are not quite so easily pleased, nor will they allow people- on Urn stage to indulge in vulgar gag with impunity, as I havo known them to do in Melbourne; and to ihe credit of tho respectable portion of tho New Zealand Press be it said that it is ever ready to eondcimi everything in connection with public entertainments' that borders on coarseness or indecency. The Melbourne theatres are all very comfortable, and at the Opera House I discovered the great benefits conferred by

electricity—firstly, in lighting the place with greater brilliancy; and secondly, in the absence of that heated atmosphere which gas rendered unbearable and unhealthy."

In the case of Hodgson, a bank clerk at Nelson, charged with embezzlement, the following came out in cross-examination : — Hodgson was in the bank's service about four years. His salary before he was removed to Christchurch was £80, and he had been teller about twelve months. As teller he would have to account for any mistakes he made in his cash, but any large amount would be subject to application to tho Inspector. It is not uncommon for a teller to pay away too much. He had also to contribute towards the Colonial Banks Guarantee Fund. All Bank officers have to contribute to this fund, which is a guarantee against peculations, and also insurance. Hodgson was insured for about one thousand pounds. If it was one thousand, he would have to pay about £8 a year. If an officer is convicted of embezzling money from the bank, this fund makes up the loss. The irregularities in the books of the accused extended over a period of six or seven months. He would have an average cash balance in his hands of between £2000 and £2500.

Mrs Doloughty, widow of the man for whose murder Francis Hyncs was executed, sailed forOtago on March 1, with her seven children. The Mail newspaper got up a fund for her amounting to £154, and MiClifford Lloyd gave her an additional £50. After Hyncs' execution she was completely ' ' boycotted by her neighbors, and found it impossible to live in the country.

According to Lord Cranbrook, the colonies are "distracted and distrustful," owing to the utterances and actions of the present Government. "The minds of all our fel-low-country-men in the colonies are affected." These are grave charges, and Aye (European Mail) ask"; with the Echo, Where is the proof ? In what single colony is there disaffection, or any sign of it ? Why should there be ?

AVhen the Supplementary Estimates for the Egyptian campaign were before the House" of Commons on March 2, an interesting discussion arose, in the course of which Mr Onslow said " he did not see how India had derived greater advantage from the rcsidt of the war than Australia or New Zealand. If India must bear any part of the expense, some others of Her Majesty's colonies ought also to be called upon to pay for the safety of the Suez Canal, being an Imperial concern."

Onehundredand seventy thousand Chinese die'animally from the use of opium, and as many of the Anglo-Saxon race fro in 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. By using only the pure teas sold by Professor Moore, -of the Medical Hall, AVaipawa, made up in lib packets, and sold at 2s, 2s Gd, and 3s each, sturdy health and long life may both bo secured.—[Advt. ]

Oh ! that men should put an enemy into their mouths to steal away their brains; AVolfe's Schnapps, will produce the most exhilarating,effects without clouding the brain or impairing the faculties.—[Advt.]