The Daily Telegraph. MONDAY, MAY 28, 1883.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3702, 28 May 1883, Page 2

The Daily Telegraph. MONDAY, MAY 28, 1883.

One of the speakers at the meeting of tho Temperance Association hist Friday evening attributed the falling off by three millions in the Imperial revenue to the zeal of the Blue Ribbon army. In tho Queen's speech this deficiency Avas referred to as a matter for congratulation—" my people not using liquor as they did." Regarded, however, from any point of vieAV to that selected by total abstainers, the decrease of throe millions in tho revenue owing to the falling off in alcoholic consumption tells a tale the reverse of satisfactory. The Morning Advertiser, commenting ou a letter from the staticiau, Mr AY. Hoyle, to the London Times, says that in the matter of '' stemming the tide "'of intemperance there is not much to boast of in the three years. And if anybody cares to look a little further back still, Mr 'Hoyle's figures will repay him for his trouble. He will find that iv IS7G the value of intoxicating liquors consumed Avas, in round numbers, ,£20,000.000 greater than itAvas in 1881 and 1882. AVell, that Avas the last of the years of plenty, of fair harvests, of good wages, of advancing trade. In 1579-80 things Avere at then* worst so far as tho pockets of the workingclasses were concerned, and the consumption still decreased. The condition of trade is far from satisfactory iioav. ■ AVhen the greatest interest of the country, agriculture, is depressed as it is at this moment, when tho income of the landowners i'or the last three or four years may fairly be said to have been depreciated to the extent of some forty per cent, throughout the country, OAving to reductions in rent and tho number of unlet farms, it is inevitable that the rest of the interests of tho country should suffer proportionately. There cannot be as much money to spend; there is not the- same purchasing power: and the wage classes must feel the pinch and show it in decreased consumption of alcoholic liquors. It may be that wo wore richer, as tho Times says, in 1882 than avo wero iv 1870, although that is open to doubt But the broad fact established by Mr Hoylo's iigures is that m prosperous times the people of Great Britain will havo their drink, and that in hard times thoy go Avithout it. The temperance societies may do good work in suppressing drunkenness. In fact, every agency of respectability m the country is moro or less interested in tins work. But so long as tho inhabitants of the kingdom remain consumers ot beet, mutton, and pork, they will wash down their viands with beer and spirits. lo get a nation of teetotallers we must first of all have a nation of vegetarians. One liiterestino- feature in the returns uoav quoted is the fwfc that the decreased consumption m the vcir 188' ? - as compared with that of the preceding year is principally discoverable 111 one item of the liquor trade-that is ; aviuo. Tho value of the wino consumed m 1882 was about £1,000,000 less fchau in 1&81, whilst that of boor in the same year vus about .£IOO,OOO in excess. It follows, then, that tho progress Avhich has been made by the tciu-nerancc societies has been confined to the "classes most able to take caro of themselves, aud bc-*l educated. For nobody would for yn in riant contend thai the workin" dasse'-* arc wiuo-drinkurs, AVhother (j,o rL_.riea:.e hi the ■joiiiumptivn ol wines amongst the middle is due to the fart that the'- have nut so much money to bpeud in luxuries as they had, or that _ the Blue Ribbon Army is a sort of corps d'elite, from Avhich the Avorking classes are excluded, Aye Avill not pretend to decide. But the iigurcs .we havo quoted ought to show reasonable people that you cannot suddenly change tho habits and the very conbiiiutuni of a people; and that the attempt to enforce such a change by repressive legislation, which, l

AA-ould mainly be felt by the Avorking population, would be a most dangerous step for the governing classes to take.

The HaAvko's Bay portion of the San Francisco mail -will arrive here to-morroAV by the Union Company's s.s. Suva, Avhich left Auckland on Saturday. AVo remind our readers of Professor Hugo's lecture on "Hands " at St. John's schoolroom this evening. This will be Mr Hugo's concluding lecture, as ho leaves for Gisborne iv a few days. Mr R. Macalistcr, Government Auditor, is again in Napier in pursuance of his duties. He -will audit the. County Councils' and Road Boards' accounts, tho latter having now"*- to bo furnished him. Fo\* the information of those who may desire to Avitness the arrival of the Governor avo may state that His Excellency will land ou tho Avestem quay (neAV brcastAVork) punctually at 10 o'elosk. The standard barometer issued by Mr AVilkic at the Spit in his observations for Captain EdAviu registered 29.17 this morning, Avhich avc believe is loAver than has been knoAvn for many years past. Another advertising novelty has been introduced by the Ncav Zealand Insurance Company. This time it takes the form of a yard stick got up in the orthodox stylo, Avith the title of tho company emblazoned thereon in large letters. They may be had on application at the branch office, Hastingsstreet. The account that Aye publish in another column of the funeral of the late Fijian King, Cakobau, is from the pen of Mr F. AY. Thompson, formerly of Napier. Mr Thompson is now settled at Suva, the capital of Fiji, Avhere ho is practising his profession as a dentist with every prospect of success. Tho members of tho N.A'.F.B. arc requested to assemble in full uniform at tho brigade station at 9.30 to-morroAV morning to take part in tho display on the occasion of the arrival of His Excellency the Governor. They will afterwards march to the recreation ground, Avhere a competition -will take place. AYe notice in the English papers the announcement of the death of Dr. J. M. Gully, M.D., at tho age of 75 years. The deceased's name came prominently before tho public some few years ago in connection AA'ith the death by poison of Mr Bravo. Dr. Gully Avas the father of Mr C. J. Gully, formerly of this toAvn. Forty-six immigrants arrived yesterday by the steamer Manapouri, tAveuty-eight being single girls, thirteen single men, and one married couple AA'ith three children. Of this number 22 single women and seven single men arrived in the colony by the Raugitikei, and by the AVcstmoalh the married couple, six single women, and six single men. It will be seen by advertisement that MiBrandon's art union of pictures of Ncav Zealand scenery will be draAvn on AVednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. There are only about a dozen subscribers Avanted to fill up the list, and this number Avill probably bo made up to-night and to-morrow. As it AA'ill be necessary foi- winners of -prizss to select their pictures immediately after the draAving, subscribers are invited to bo in attendance. It lias been arranged that His Excellency the Governor is to visit the hospital and the district school to-morroAV afternoon. At the school some three hundred children will be draAvn up in the enclosure, and the National Anthem Avill be sungby them as the Governor alights from his carriage. To-morrow is a holiday at the school, but it is exjDcctcd that on au occasion of this sort there will be a full muster of children to do honor to tho representative of the Queen. Captain Preccc, as Trust Commissioner, gave notice in the R.M*. Court this morning that the folloAving deeds submitted to him for examination Avould bo certified to if no objections thereto Avere lodged within the next live days:—Conveyance of undivided interest Ma'tiri te Aro, Renata Pukututu, and Urania tc Kohi, to Her Majesty the Queen, part of Poupoutaki block -la. 3r. 10]). Lease of undivided interest, Paurini tc AVhiti to 11. R. Russell, Te Rowhitu block 52N, 10G acres. The Corporation and residents of Gisborne have laid themselves out to give the Governor as good a reception as their means Avillalloiv. They have erected triumphal arches of evergreens, AA'ith blazing mottoes expressive of loyalty and AA'oleoinc. In Napier nothing of the sort has been attempted, and in conscqucuco of the absence of shipping in harbor and roadstead no bunting can bo obtaiued. As the toAvn cannot be decorated, and as the shops AA'ill bo closed, all that AA'ill be wanted to complete the sadness of the residents Avill be rain to mingle Avith our tears. AVhat, has the committee been about ? AVo have been requested to call attention to tlic dan yerous state of the crossing knoAvn as Marshall's crossing on the PatokaTaupo road. As it is along this road that all stock has to be driven out of HaAvke's Bay for tho Auckland market no time should bo lost iv putting it into better condition. About tAvelvo months ago a sum of £45 Avas expended iv making a cutting to the creek, tho only effect of Avhich has been to completely spoil that which was previously passable. AYe AA'ould suggest that, before voting money for the assistance of Road Boards, the County Council should send the road OA-crseer to inspect and report on tho works proposed to be undertaken, and avc venture to say that had this course been adopted in the case of Marshall's crossing tho cutting Avould not have been made.

The notorious vagrant Paddy Lynch was discharged from Her Majesty's gaol at Napier on Saturday forenoon, having just completed a term of three months, but ere tAvcnty-four hours had elapsed he was again in the clutches of a minion of the knv on the charge of larceny. Paddy appeared in Court this morning looking as Avhitc as a snoAvball from head to foot, a result AA'hich it appears was attained by his having, for Avant of better employment in his cell yesterday, carefully transferred as much of the AvhitcAvash as Avas possible in the time from the Avails to his face and clothes. He was further " whito washed " for his crime of theft by the R.M., avlio ordered him to suitable lodgings on the hill for a AA r eek. It Avas too bad not to alloAv Paddy a chance of seeing the Governor to-morroAV. Ho Avould have helped to make things "lively," and his temporary retirement is therefore to be regretted. The football match, Country v. Town, that was to have taken place on the recreation ground on Saturday afternoon, got someAvhat " mixed" consequent on the bad weather. In the first place it had to be played on Cure Square, the recreation "•round not being in a lit condition to accommodate enthusiastic "kiokusts," andiu the second place very ftnv of the country players turned up, aud tho vacancies thus occasioned had to be tilled by all coiners from the club. Tho folloAving* represented the respective sides: —Toavii: Begg, AValker, AVake, Finch, McVay, Thompson, Simpson, Robinson, Cottcrill, Hunter R., Stronach, Harrap, and Parker; Country: Sr-ardon, Hunter T., AVhite, Milton, LcQucsuc, Broadhurst, Robjohns, Black, Thornton, Kennedy, I*\, Mountford, Morton, Arthur, Stubbs, and Chissoll, Tor the country Kennedy scored lavo tries, and LeQuesne, and T. Hunter a goal each. Robinson, Stronach, and AVake did the greatest work for the toAvn players, the latter scoring a couple of tries and the other tAvo a try each. The game thus resulted in a victory for the so-called " Country " team. Professor Kaposi, of Vienna, has introduced continuous baths for skin affections. Tho patient is placed in them on a mechanical bed, and rpinains there i'or fifty or one hundred days, not only taking* his meals, but sleeping while thus immersed in water. The Progress Medical pronounces them succcessful, and recommends their introduction into the Paris hospitals.' A raihvay conductor who has been describing in" the Philadelphia Press the different behaviour of somo notable personages on the cars, says:—" Oscar AVildc Avas more bother than all the women who CA'cr rode on a lailrqad car. He had an idea (hat ho avus the groatost man that America had overseen, and ho put on more airs than if ho had been the C/ar of Russia, the Prince of Spain, aud the .Emperor of Genu an j- all in one. AVould you belie A 0 it, he paid" the porter of the &keping-car to tell people at stations along tho lino wherever the train stopped that Oscar AVildo was in the car. He wouldn't drink Avater out of the glass at tho cooler, but sipped it out of silver and gold mug he carried with him, and he'd sit with the tips of his fingers pressed together and look up at the roof of the car as if he avp.s about to offer up a prayer. Herbert Spencer was the most restless traveller I ever saw.'.'

Though Arabi Pasha is in the eyes of the Ceylon Moslems an almost sacred being, they have no objection to making money out of him. Shortly after his arrival a Moslem butcher Avas called upon to send in a contract for tho daily supply of meat. His -y prices wero 50 per cent, above AA'hat they ought to have been. Arabi sent for him, and when he came, administered a severe correction Avith a stick. The butcher at once reduced his estimate by 50 per cont. It is clear that, in our own interests, avo ought to request Arabi to visit us, and to take in hand the reform of our o \vn butchers. —Truth. The Rev. J. Jessop tells the folloAving anecdote : —The late Mr Alexander, the eminent architect was under cross examination at Maidstone, by Sergeant, afterward Baron, GarreAv, aa'lio wished to detract from the weight of his testimoncy, and after asking him what was his name, proceeded: " You are a builder, I believe i" " No, sir, I am not a builder ; I am an architect." " Thoy arc much the same, I suppose'r" "I beg your pardon, sir, I cannot admit that; 1 consider them to be totally different." " Oh, indeed ! perhaps you Avill state wherein this great difference exists P" "An architect, sir," replied Mr Alexander, '' conceives the design, prepares tho plan, draws out the specifications—in short, supplies the mind, the builder iv fact, is tho macliiue, the architect the poAver that puts lho machine together and sets it going.'' " Oh, very well, Mr Architect, that AA'ill do. And iioaa', after your Aery ingenious distinction Avithout a difference, perhaps you can inform the court avlio Avas the architect of the ToAA r er of Babel?" "The reply, for promptness aud Avit, is not to be rivalled in theAA'hole history of rejoinder. " There wai no architect, sir, and hence the confusion."