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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3690, 12 May 1883, Page 2

We are requested to state that there will be no seri'iee held in the Presbyterian Church at Kaikora to-morroiv

Mr H. Fletcher has disposed of the Railway Hotel at Kaikora to Mr J. Pettit, formerly of the Settlers Hotel, AVaipawa.

Owing to the inclemenoy of the weather the proposed match betiveon sides chosen from the Napier Football Club had to bo postponed this afternoon.

Mr Raven has forwarded his resignation of the office of poundkeeper to tlie Toavu Clerk. Mr Ebbett, who has succeeded Mr RaA'en in the pi-prictors-rip of the Royal Hotel, will act as poundkeeper until his appointment is confirmed or othenvisc by the Council.

In spite of the by-hiAV made and provided to the contrary, horsemen and carriage drivers go at full speed round street corners, to the imminent danger of foot passengers. A wholesome example in the Resident Magistrate's Court Avould perhaps have tho effect of mitigating this nuisance.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before J. G. Kinross, Esq., J.P., John A. McKcnzic, charged with having been drunk at the Spit yesterday, failed to appear, and his recognizance of £1 was estreated. AVilliam Roberts, similarly charged, ivas fined 5s and costs. There was no other business.

For a Saturday the town did not present its usual busy appearance to-day, and had it not been for the capers of a cab horse in front of the Ncav Zealand Bank nothing of note Avould have been stirring. The horse became frightened at the deserted state of the street, perhaps, and kicked about till ho slipped on his haunches, from which position he could only be relieved by cutting a trace.

Included in the programme of sports to bo hold on tho Recreation Company* ground on the Queen's birthday Avill be a maiden race of 150 yards, a quarter-mile handicap hurdle, and a quarter-milo flat race, besides numerous other flat races. It is expected that the committee ivill be in a position to offer extraordinary inducements in the shape of prizes, so that the various events aro likely to be Avell contested.

The only amusement our Chiuose fellow settlers indulge in after their hours of labor is a little gambling' or opium smoking-. And now twenty-three Mongolians have been fined at Greymouth for playing amongst themselves a little game called fan-tan. In default of gambling tho Chinaman Avill smoke opium. AVhich is the most degrading P Besides Avhich, Yankee Grab is just as unlawful as fautan, and quite as harmless.

For want of a hotel, or a public hall the meetings of local bodies belonging to the district of Puketapu have often been held under tho trees. Sometimes the schoolroom has been utilised, but it is seldom available except at hours Avhen a meeting would be inconvenient. Members of the Road Board, kc, have to come from a distance to meet each other, and get back to their homes beforo dark, and to these and to tho general traveller the hotel just erected by Sir Elbourne ivill bo a most grateful accommodation. A rehearsal of tho pieces to be presented at the Theatre Royal on tho 21th instant for the benefit of Mr C. S. Mogridge took place last evening, aud augured avcll for the success of the performance. Tho comedietta "Naval Engagements," and the popular farce entitled "Turn Him Out," Avith a musical interlude, ivill constitute tho bill of fare. Already a large number of tickets have been disposed of, and we greatly mistake the feeling of the Napier public if Mr Mogridgo's benefit does not attract a crowded house.

Miss Juno's dramatic company arrived in Napier per AVairarapa this morning', and were landed shortly after 8 o'clock. SpeoiaK arrangements having been made for getting tho luggage and scenery ashore these ivero delivered at the Theatre by 1 p.m., so that there ivill be no disappointment to tho public as regards the openiug performance of the company taking place to-night. AA r o need hardly remind our readers that the "bill" for tins cveinng comprises the Adelplu drama "Flowers of tljo Forest," and the Scotch comedietta ''Bonn.. Fishwife. '' Full particulars of the cast will bo found in another column. As Miss Jiiuo enjoys the reputation of being" a poivorful exponent of the legitimate drama, and this being her first appearance in Napier, it is to be hoped a fitting rocej.tion will be accorded her.

In reference to the export of hops, tho Nelson Mail says:—During the current month of April, which for the purpose of this calculation may be considered as terminated, as there ivill be no steamer leaving on Monday, no less than 809 bales of hops have been exported from Nelson, making, Avith the GOO sent aAvay in March, a total of 1-109 bales. It ivill not, we think, be an over estimate to average the value of theso at £35 per bale, at which rate the tot.d valuo will be £53,502. As the area of land in the Blind Bay district devoted to this particular crop ivas 598 acres, there must be at the loAvest computation 1000 more balesin stock, a very large proportion of which will be available for export.

Mr Chester's report to the Colonial Secretary of Q,ucci.._s.ud on the annexation of New Guinea and the slate of Poit Moresby has been published. It show, that tho influence the Rev. Mr and Mrs Chalmers the Rev. Mr and Mrs Laivcs exercised on the Natives Avas very great for good, and tho children were being educated, many of them sliOAving c\'idence of great intelligence. Altogether the report is of surpassing interest just iioav.

An extraordinary scene occurred at a recent sale at Sandhurst for non-payment of rent cf .stock, etc., of a tenant of the late Rev. Dr Backhaul., at the Campaspo. A member of the Strathfieldsayo Co.ai.cjl and a Justice of the Peace attended with a large body of supporters to prevent the sale, and a species of boycotting was indulged in, a disgraceful scene ensuing. However, everything Avas eventually sold at good prices except a stack'if hay. The opponents of the sale threatened to burn this, and as it could not be removed everyone ivas afraid to bid. The obstructionists Avero acting hi tho interests of the evicted tenant.

1 The detailed Recounts which havo reached ■ this country of the terrific fire in Kingston, ' Jamaica, aro both sad and Interesting. No ■ less than seA'eu thousand people have been i rendered homeless, and many of them have lost their all, for the property destroyed has '< been very inadequately insured. Premium 1 rates were so high, and, as tho event proved, rightly so high, that many' owners could not afford to insure. The result is that'out 1 of a total loss estimated at about £3,000,000, not much more than £300,000 appears to have been covered by insurance policies. . The local companies will bo ruined by the -A claims made upon them for all that, and the English companies will lose about £150,000. But tho pitiful sums tho insurance represents will do little to fill the gap Avhich equals six years' revenue of the entire colony. If Jamaica is to recover from the terrible ; calamity f.l.at has befallen'it, tho Government and pUA'aip benovolcncc both ivill havo to unite and provide the ppcple ivith tho means to rebuild their toAvu ''and to be'gfo trade again. A curious history attaches to the toAvn of McGregor, in Tcxes, ivhich is situate 150 miles west of Tyler and tAventy miles Avest of Waco. The site Avas selected as tho cr.oss.ing of the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe'and'tho .'c:. a? and St. Louis Railroads, one day iv "September, . ..?'-- The report spread, and by the next morning tho p],aco was staked out in town lots, ivith all the details of streets, squares, &c, which aro generally the Avork of time on the part of surveyors. At the opening sale the lots Avere "disposed of at the rate of one and a half per minute. In tho aggregate, 412 lots, covering 300 acres, AA.ro sold, aud tho other three miles distant. Shanties appeared on the prari.es moving with all speed-on rollers to McGregor, and by the second day twelve houses were under construction, while the owners camped round in tents. At the eh. .o of two months the town nnmbcrd' 170 houses, with a population of 500 souls. ' A weekly 'paperpalled tho Plaindealer appeared "in the course of aiiofiicimonth, and thirteen more how houses wcj;c )■ built. Tho prospects of McGregor arc said to be most encouraging. Lust sumincr flip railways carried away 15,000' bales from th'ji. thriving young town, and the raihvay authorities havo begun to build a local freight aad passengor depot, Avith transfer facilities.

The American export trade is_ increasing. The exports of ivhcat and flour in the a\ .ek ending January _4, from seven Atlantic ports, amounted to 1,705,13S bushels, as against 1,000,444 in tho samo Aveek of last year. AYe learn that considerable anxiety is left in Copenhagen as to the fate of the Danish vessel, tho Dijmphna, commanded by Lieut. Hovgaard, of'the Danish navy, aa_io started last year on a voyage to the North Pole. Mr Hovgaard intended to attempt to penetrate by way of Franz Joscp Land, and to winter this year at Port Jackson. AVhen last seen, sonic three months ago, the vessel was icebound in the Kara Sen. The expedition was equipped for three years, and was despatched at the expense of a Danish merchant of Copenhagen. This gentleman is now organising a search and relief expedition by way of Siberia.

Recently a temperance lecturer gave some most remarkable statistics in regard fo the cost of intoxicating liquors iuEuglu.ud. He estimated the annual average spent in the last tun years at. £1,14,000,000. This gives an expenditure of £1 '2,000,000 per month, of £3 000,000 per week, and of £5 a second. There arc said to be 3,..0S,-ISO letters in the Bible, aud if forty-one sovereigns were placed on every letter, this would represent the annual expenditure for intoxicating drinks in England. The grain consumed by broAvers and distillers is sufficient to provide four loaves per Aveek to every family iv the United Kingdom. These certainly are startling facts for the abstinence party.

Do you feel sleepy and languid on rising in the morning? If you do your liver is out of order, and you should not fail to send at once to Professor Moore, of the Medical Hall, AVaipawa, for a box of his famed Podophyllum pills. They ivill euro you at once, and impart a, healthy tone to your whole constitution. The purity of the drugs kept at the AA'aipawa Medical Hall cannot be surpassed anywhere.—[Ada..] The splendid virtues of AVot.ek's Schnapps grow iv celebrity, and the increasing demand for this incomparable cordial shows the strong hold it has taken on popular esteem iv this colony.—[Advt.]