The Daily Telegraph. SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1883.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3701, 26 May 1883, Page 2

The Daily Telegraph. SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1883.

Op all the principal centres of population in New Zealand Napier still bears the reproach of putting all her eggs into one basket. The pastoral interest is the only interest we have as yet in Hawke's Bay. Some few years ago there was sonic talk about tho advisability of establishing a woollen factory, but it only ended in talk. There was a public meeting ; there was _ an investigation made into the probable capital required ; and nobody knowing anything at all about the practical part of the business the scheme was abandoned. AYe arc not quite sure but what there was not a sort of feeling of relief when it was finally decided that for Hawke's Bay it was premature to think of manufacturing. It is to be feared that there is a disinclination to .swerve front tho old grooves, and it is, perhaps, to this that may bo attributed the readiness shown to drop the idea of establishing the meat freezing industry at the first check the scheme received." Iv the meantime other parts of the colony find it to their interest to promote to the utmost of their power those industries that will encourage tho , settlement of population. Last Monday a nuinbcr of gentlemen interested in the promotion of a AVoolleu Factory Company at AVellington met iv the Athenaeum Hall. Tho meeting was convened by circular, signed by Mr Jacob Joseph, and containing tho names of nearly 120 persons or firms whose willingness to take an interest m tlic company was presumed from tlic tact ot their being nominated in the_ circular as a provisional committee. The invitation was responded to hy about eighty gentlemen attending the meeting, among them being representatives of nearly all_ the nicrcantile firms and business houses in AVellington, besides wealthy residents. The proposal m the circular was to form a limited liability company, with a capital of £100,000, iv 20,000 shares of £o each. Mr AY. Hutchison, M11.R., in support of a resolution, and referring to Mr Isaac AVjlson, M.H-R.j who had just entered the room, said that, as chairman of tho Kaiapoi Company, Mr AVilson would bo able to bear him out as to tho paying capability of a woollen factory. As to the capital required, he believed that other factories iv the colon V had been hampered in developing their extending business by having started with too small a capital, and they had . been compelled to increase it. The nominal capital of £100,000 need not all be called up, but it would be there if required to ex- : tend the business after starting it. The Mosgiel Company's shares, on which only ' £3 10s had been paid, were now quoted at :

£4 3s Gd, and those shares . regularly paid 10 per cent., besides £12,000 being carried to reserve. Looking to the success of those companies, he could see no reason why a AVellington factory should not be equally successful. One special reason wh_L/ such companies prospered was that 16 per cent had to be paid as Customs duties ail valorem on imported goods of this class, besides cost of freight, insurance, and other incidentals. This new company could profit by the errors of other companies* without having to pay for the same hard experience. Nor was this necessarily a competing company, for there was plenty of room to supply a demand which was already too great for the existing factories, so that the new company would really bo supplementing what others were unable to supply. The present might be said to bo a bad time for making investments, but surely this was the very time to give an impetus in AVellington, by starting a local industry which would employ, probably, 500 persons. Let them realise, if they could, the immense difference that all would feel in this dull time, by adding a now industry that would give fair and regular wages to 500 persons, in addition to tho present weekly turnover of money. Investment during the land .panic was, of course, very speculative, but he regarded the investment in this factory as permanent rather than speculative.

The Hon. J. C. Richmond and a Mr J. AY. Barnicoat have been called to tho Upper House. The former gentleman is justly entitled to tho honor. He was Colonial Secretary in the AVeld Ministry in 18G5, and Commissioner of Customs in tlic Stafford Cabinet from 18GG to 1860. Ho sat for many years iv the House of Representatives, and has always been associated with the politics of the colony. His elcvation-to the Upper House is a graceful compliment to bis abilities, the more especially as ho cannot be regarded as a supporter of tho party now in power. Mr Barnicoat wr.il formerly a member of the Nelson Provincial Council, and is almost unknown outside his own district. Why he should be called to the Legislative Council.it.is impossible to say. In raising that gentleman from a semi-privacy, which he doubtless adorned, to a public position, tho Government havo slighted an old political supporter who haa fully earned what honor can be derived/ from a seat in the Upper House. AYe allude to Mr A. de Bathe Brandon, who for twenty-one years in the Provincial Council and in the House of Representatives sat as the member for tho AVellington Country Districts. Arriving in the coloiry in 1840, ho has been all along connected with the Legislature of New Zealand. On tho redistribution of seats in 1880 Mr Brandon declined to stand for re-election, and this intention was made known to Ministers. Up to that period he was the. " Father of tho House," and his retirement, according to received notions, should have been followed by a call to the Upper Chamber.

AVnoEVEn is responsible for the cleaning out of tho carriages on tho Napier railway line cannot be complimented upon the manner in which that duty is carried out. A traveller who a few days since had occasion to travel from Kopua by the morning train informs us that the state in which ho found the only first-class carriage available—the other being a " smoker "—may fairly be described as disgraceful. Tho cushions (bless the mark) ho says were dirty and sticky, tho floor covered, or partly so, with an apology for a cocoa nut matting, while the whole interior of the carriage bore an air of discomfort sufficient to givo anyone doomed to a long journey in a slow going- train a fit of the blues. In ono corner of the compartment on the seal lay a slice of broad elaborately buttered, with, of course, the buttered side down. This addition to the other no less greasy portions of the carriage furniture was permitted to lie where our informant first' saw it until the train arrived at Napier, and if not there still the mark it must necessarily havo left behind it has doubtless served its purpose long ere this iv causing irreparable damage to some lady's or gentleman's wearing aji- j parol. There is no excuse for this kind of-, tiling being tolerated, as the railway authorities have the right of action at law against any person guilty of damaging the carriages or iittiugs, and when passengers pay their fares they expect, if not comfort (for it would seem that that would bo too much to expect on a government railway), at least cleanliness. It is about time that tho comfort of passengers on tho Napier line received a littlo more attention both iv the matter of station accommodation and better appointed carriages. At present everything seems to be done in the how-not-to-do-it style.

The District Orders issued yesterday by the major commanding tbe district havo been cancelled, and volunteers will now bo guided by those published' in the Daily Telegraph to-night. Tenders, Nos. 1 and 2, in connection with the forming nnd metalling- of the Pakowhai road from Farndon, were opened to-day by the Clive Road Board. . Fourteen tenders were received, Mr A. Cammock's being accepted at 10s llfd, and 10s Gd. AYe arc desired to state that, if tho Friendly Societies wish to take part in the reception of His Excellency the Governor, His AVorship the Mayor requests that they will communicate with him Avithout loss of time, iv order that the necessary arrangements, can be made. His AA r orship tlic Mayor has bcCn officially informed by telegram that His Excellency the Governor will hold an Undress Levco on Tuesday next at 2 p.m. Gentlemen attending the levee will provide themselves with two visiting cards, one to bo left on the table at the entrance door, and the other to be given to the aide-de-camp. The s.s. Southern Cross brought from Auckland on Thursday last fifty immigrants per ship Rangitikei, not AVestmcath as previously stated. Tlic immigrants consisted of three married couples and families numbering in all thirteen souls, seventeen single mon, and twenty single women. Tho remaining immigrants per Rangitikei Avill arrive hero to-morrow by the steamer Manapouri. "Society" journals apparently ticket themselves "Rubbish may be shot here," and contributors accordingly shoot their rubbish there, for nowhere else could it find a resting place There is an individual in the AVairoa who contributes to the Auckland Observer, and of this person's writings the AVairoa Guardian says they aro both "offensiveand untrue," and the author is referred to as "a vain shallow-pated cad." The Napier Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association held their weekly meeting last evening, when, no doubt owing to counter attractions, there was not as good an attendance as usual. Two essay's wcrp read, one on Oliver Cromwell, and the other on AVar, each of which merited tho favourable criticisms meted out at their conclusion, The programme for the next meeting was announced to bo the reading of tho Magazine. A match for £100 between Mr IT, AVyim AVilliams, of Taupo, and Mr AY. N. Poole, of Napier, is to be rim on the Napier recreation ground on Saturday, 1 Gth June. AVilliams is a well-known runner, having won several races from scratch in AVellington on New Year's Day, while Toole is as well known as a sprint runner iv this province. The match will no doubt be a keenly contested one, and has already created a good deal of interest amongst our local athletes and others. Tho distances will be 100, 150, I and 220 yards. Iv tho Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Captain Precco, R.M., George Ewart, a young lad, who has several times previously been before tho Court at AVaipaAva on charges of petty larceny, was charged, on the information of Dclectivo Martin Grace, Avith having, on the sth instant, feloniously stolen and carried away a silver Avatch and gold chain, valued at £5, the property of Frederick Smith. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Avas sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labor. His AVorship said he hoped this severe sentence would be a lesson to tho prisoner, and be the means of causing him to n;-ei}d his Avays. —Mary AVyatt, on remand, charged with lunacy, Avas committed to tho Napier Lunatic Asylum, the examining' doctors having certified that she is insane, and not fit to be at large.— Frederick Ingram, on remand, charged with having obtained goods under false pretences, was remanded to AVairoa, bail to the same amount as before being accepted for his appearance. The Reception Committee, Avhich consists of the Mayor and Crs. Margoliouth and Ncal, met yesterday afternoon in tho Town Clerk's Office, and made final arrangements for receiving the Governor on,

Tuesday. His Excellency will land at 10 o'clock, the Boojnm being in attendance on the C. G. S. S. Hinemoa ; a Vice-Regal Salute will bo fired by the Artillery company, Avhich, Avith the Riffc Volunteers, Avill also furnish a guard of honor. Tho Aolun- rteer Band will be in attendance. Tho Governor will bo received by His AVorship the Mayor and Councillors, ancl an address Avill be read by the Toavii Clerk. . The Governor Avill be conveyed to town in a carriage drawn by four grey horses supplied by Mr Rymer. There Avill be a Fire Brigado demonstration at the engine station, aud the water pressure from the high-level mains Avill be tested. The Governor Avill then be taken to the pumping station, and from there driven to the district school. This Avill occupy the time till luncheon, and at 2 o'clock His Excellency -will hold an undress levee. At 3 p.m. His Excellency Avill visit the recreation ground, and in the evening Avill be entertained at dinner by members of tho Hawke's Bay Club. As shoAving the extent of the rabbitskin trade avo (Otago AVitness) might mention that Mr E.R, Bradshaw, Avho recently started au exchange, has now five hands employed, and is turning over 5000 skins per day. Mr Bradshaw informs us that ono order received by last mail Avill, if satisfactorily executed, command a business turnover Avith one of the largest felt manufacturer at Home of over £2000 per month, mostly in rabbitskins. Among the attractions advertised for a Salvation meeting at Adelaide Avas " a boy Avith hair like Heaven." Of course, there was au immense audience, all agog to see this wonderful specimen of humanity, aud ill due time "Captain Gibbs called on "Zulu Jim" to come forward. Putting his hand upon his curly matted locks, the "Captain" declared him to bo the boy mentioned. "Look at his hair,_ friends," he said ; " there's no sign of parting there, is there 'i Nor is there any sign of parting in Heaven.—(Deafening 'Aniens.') So, whenever Jim puts his hand to his head ho thinks of Heaven ! " The London Medical Press and Circular suys;—"ln Abyssinia it Avas found that after a time the soldiers Avere unable to digest the coarse and imperfectly cooked rations issued to them, and that their physical strength Avas rapidly giving away, ,but Avith an allowance of spirits all this hccanio changed. Iv other words, tho military efficiency was maintained on that occasion by rum. It is on record, also, that during tho Ashantcc campaign a taste of navy rum helped a favoured regiment on an occasion Avhen many Avould have broken doAvn completely. It is the abuse, not tho use, of strong, drinks in the army that ia to bo condemned."

The "resurrected" body of a Chinaman Avas sent from AVellington to Dunedin by tho Mahinapua hist trip. Tho New Zealand Times says: —" In the coffin, avc aro told, there Avere placed two bottles of brandy, a pair of sucks with the tops cut off, so that they might bo put on Avithout difficulty, a hat with tho leather cut out, two-boxes of cigars, and 50 sovereigns. AVhether it is expected that the deceased heathen will pny liis passage home from Dunedin, or Avhether the supplies which Avere put in are intended to defray expenses which might be incurred after the funeral in China, avo have been unable to ascertain, but Aye venture to predict that tho brandy, as avcll as the money, Avill be exhausted before six mouths have expired." Tho Lyttelton Times thus speaks of the exhibition of frozen meat iv a Christchurch butcher's shop:—"The meat was good, fat crossbred mutton, in excellent condition, and absolutely free from the lcastappearanco of taint or decay. Tho only point to Avhich objection could' be taken Avas the fact that in somo cases the carcases had been pressed out of tho proper shape, evidently having boon janibcd together in the chamber before boiii" - ' frozen. This \A-as most noticeable in two C or three sheep, the hindquarters of Avliich, instead of presenting the plump, full appearance Avhich is desirable, Avere somewhat flattened, and not at all sightly-look-As the appearance of meat goes a long way Avith the average purchaser, it is to be hoped that the mutton sent to the Home market Avill be such as to satisfy the most fastidious in this respect." At a public meeting held iv the Toavii Hall, Melbourne, in favour of opening the Public Library and the Museum on Sundays, there Avas an immense attendance, anil a large proportion of those present consisted of artisans. Mr Justice Higinbotham presided. The Rev. Dr Bromby, avlio Avas enthusiastically received, moved a resolution declaring that the opening of tho institutions lv quostion aa-oulcl havo an elevating tendency, and be a just concession to tho people's rights. Tho motion Avas carried by an overwhelming majority. Mr 11. G. Turner moved another resolution, embodying a petition to tho Assembly, praying that the House Avould sanction the step taken by tho trustees. This motion Avas seconded by the Rev. Charles Strong, avlio on rising Avas greeted Avith round after round of ringing cheers. His statement Avas that although he had been brought up in tho heart of Presbyterianism, and in tho heart of Scotland, ho had always enjoyed tlic Sabbath more than any other day, and his defence of tho movement produced a telling effect. A vote of thanks to the trustees for their action Avas moved by tho Rev. T. Cahill, Avho, on behalf of the Roman Catholic community, expressed his thorough approval of the action of the trustees. The Sydney Morning Herald, in an article referring to tho singular outburst of violent crime Avhich has been Avitncsscd in Australasia recently, says : —" 'We can sum up a list of crimes committed Avithin tho last month such as have seldom in modern times shocked, and injured, and insulted humanity. AYe have scon cases of cruel murder followed by determined suicide, of rash murder committed by a girl—avc have seen school-boys plotting to Avrcck trains and destroy many human lives; youths shooting mon down because they Avere alive, or because it Avas better fun than rabbit shooting: also a father mutilating his son with a square of cedar board; ancl avc have heard of the larrikin element—insolent, obscene, offensive, and iv many casos practically triumphant." "The law," it proceeds, " may do its best, and should and must do its best; but there is much to be done Avhich is far beyond any as is religious conviction or sceptical denial. Certrin it is that avc havo not looked to our schools enough. We have not recognised that avc must teach morality as avo teach arithmetic; that the child and the man is one-sided and eccentric Avithout it; as likely to break off at a tangent, aud Avith much annoyance and destruction to others accomplish its oavii ruin, as to move with regularity upon the broad social plane, rising or progressing by legitimate paces in equitable Avays. The State must look to its schools in the matter ; and, taught by many terrible examples, surely the people might be expected to look to their homes. The Speaker of the British House of Commons begins his Parliamentary dinners Avith the Cabinet always, and gradually gets through the whole House. These banquets must cost him at least £1000. His salary is £5000, Avith a splendid furnished abode adjoining the House. The Lord Chancellor, though Speaker of the Lords, does not officially feed them. "A rational nature admits of nothing but what is serviceable to mankind." For illustration of this apt quotation call at Professor Moore's Medical Hull, AVaipaAva, and examine his extensive and varied stock. Music and physic, those great healers of both tho mind and body, are there represented. An immense stock of musical instruments, comprising 173 different kinds, at prices from Is to £25 each.—[Advt.] After groping in the dark for centuries in epiest of a thoroughly pure stimulant and tonic tho Faculty found it some thirty years ago in the now celebrated AVolee's Schnapps.—[Advt.l