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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3742, 13 July 1883, Page 2

The Artilleiy Volunteers •will parade for inspection in front of ibe Athemeum at 7.45 o'clock this evening-.

Messrs Hoacllcy, Lyon and Co. sold the wreck and cargo of the schooner Transit yesterday for a total of £09 10s, of which the balance of tho cargo left in the vessel realised £4.

A mob of one hundred Merino rams, shipped at Adelaide for the Clifton station, will arrive to-morrow per Te Anan from tho South. The rams were bred by Mr James, of Cunowic, South Australia, and are said to be a remarkably fine lot.

The design of Mr 11. 0. A. Wundrum has been adopted out of fourteen sent in for tho proposed alterations and additions to the Working , Men's Club premises, Emer-son-street. Mr Wuiicli-tim, therefore, receives the bonus offered, namely, £10.

In tho Resident Magistrate's Court this morning , , before Captain Preece, R.M., William McWha, alias Robert McKay, alias " Colonial Bob," was charged on remand witli the larceny of a coat, the property of C. Dines. In the absence of Mr Nelson, one of the principal witnesses, at Wairoa, the prisoner was further remanded Tuitil Monday, when a second charge for the larceny of an overcoat, tho property of William Ebbelt, will probably be brought against him.

The quarterly meeting , of the Eose of Sharon Tent, 1.0. R., Waipawa, was held in the local Rechabite Hall last evening. There was a large attendance of members. The principal business of the evening was to elent officers for the ensuing half-year. The following were appointed to the principal offices:—C.R., Bro. E. Oakenfull; D.R., Bro. T. English ; Treasurer, Bro. T. Hobson ; Secretary, Bro. R. Phillips. During the past twelve months this Tent has groatly increased in numbers.

Our Melbourne cablegram adds a little to tlie information previously wired concerning Mr Culcheth's harbor designs. Wo think "there must some mistake as to the length of tho groins to be out between the Bluff and the eastern mole. A groin 2000 feet long at the Bluff would of itself form a very good breakwater, and the remaining nine groins might be utilised as wharves on their lee side. If Mr Culcheth were to visit Napier it is possible he might bo inclined to modify his plans.

The Napier Fire Brigade had a " wet practice" last night, "during which all traffic in the main thoroughfare by the Post and Telegraph Office was stopped. If tho brigade officers are so heedless of public convenience, the assistance of the police should bo requisitioned to put a stop to what has become a simple nuisance. The brigade could be just as well exercised, and the working order of the plant be qually as well tested, if wet practices took place in quarters of the town where traffic would not be interfered with.

Our advertising columns contain the announcement of the iirst porfomiance of the Napier Amateur Dramatic. Club, to take place on Wednesday next. It is jn-oposed to give a scries of performances, and with the proceeds to establish a charitable fund to be applied as occasion requires at the discretion of a committee consisting of His Worship the Mayor, Messrs E. Lyndon and M. R. Miller, and the committee of the club. Wo trust that tho public will come forward and support the efforts of the club, as the success of the undertaking rests entirely with thorn.

Gisbornc possesses one of the h'nest, , if not the finost, steam lire engines in the colour, and a grand length of '' tanned '' hose, but owing to internal dissensions the brigade broke up, and the whole of the excelient plant for the subjugation of fires lies idle, and would be useless in the event of a conflagration. This state of things is in marked contrast to our own Spit Fire Brigade, which when it found there were not sufficient funds for the support of so large a company as had been formed, dismissed its least efficient membors, and now to be chosen to fill a vacancy in the ranks is regarded as an honor.

A match between "Forwards and Backs " will be played by members of tho Napier Football Club on the recreation ground tomorrow afternoon. The following are the sides:—Backs: Begg (captain), LcQucsne, St. Hill, Wake, Black, White, Anderson, Chissell, Davis, T. Hunter, Lamb, Liddle, Macfarlane, Mountfort, O'Connor, Oudaille, Provis, Robjohns, Stubbs, and Thornton. Forwards: Kennedy (captain), Harrap, Parker, Robinson, Simpson, Lewis, McVay, Cottcrill, Couper, Finch, Fulton, R. Huutcr, Milton, Miller, and Pram. It is requested that players will roll up punctually. The Bricks will wear club uniform.

"Weundcrstandthatgreat discontent exists at tho action of the local Licensing Committee in cancelling , the license lately held by Mr Morgan, lessee of tho Wallingford Hotel. This Hotel was the half-way stopping place for the coach which runs from Waipukurau to Porangahan, and the accommodation usually found by travellers on that by no means good road is now out of the question, as the hotel has been closed since tho loss of its license. Not the least sufferer by this state of things is the coach driver, as there is now no place where he can stable his horses, or find lodging for himself when putting up for the night at the end of tho Witllirigford stage of his journey. A telegram has been received from Mr DcLautour, in which that gentleman ex]sressos his wish to be present at any public meeting that may be called at Napier for the purpose of discussing the scope and intentions of the Land Company's J3ill. It is probable that Mr Do Luutoirr would be accompanied by other missionaries on behalf of the Bill, but in order to allow of the presence of members of the House the meeting , would have to be called for kouic Saturday night. i'or ourselves we think the Bill speaks for itself, and we arc not aware that the people of Napier desire to have dust thrown in their eyes by Mr DeLautour or any other person interested in the establishment of what has been described as a. gigantic land monopolisation scheme.

The committee of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club mot yesterdny at their rooms, Tennyson street, when the following , were present: —Captain Russell (chairman), Messrs W. IT. Burke, Allan McLean, R. Wellwood, and C 13. Winter. A vote of thanks was passed to Messrs Beeoroft, Danvers, and James for the uso_ of their laud at the late steeplechase meeting-. It •was announced by the honorary treasurer that the latter meeting had added £207 15s to the funds of the club, making , a credit cash balance at the bank (including £500 on fixed deposit) of £910, after paying- all outstanding , liabilities. It was agreed to hold a committee meeting on the coxirtie at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday next, to consider improvements required. The .secretary was instructed to advertise for tenders for 300 loads of earth, to bo delivered on the course for top dressing Mr Winter kid the following proposal before the committee: — " That with the object of providing for the more uniform conduct of horse-racing in New Zealand, it is desirable that the uudernamed clubs should form themselves into an association, to be called the ' New Zealand Racing Association,' \i£., Auckland Racing Club, Canterbury Jockey Club, Duncdin Jockey Club, Hawke's Bay Jockoy Club, Taranaki Jockey Club, Wanganui Jockey Club, and Wellington. Jockey Club ; tho district for which the club named shall be tho Metropolitan Club to bo hereafter defined. Tho chief objects of tho association shall be :—(1.) The preparation of a comprehensive set of rules for tho

proper guidance and general conduct of

horse-racing throughout New Zealand ; such rules to include the necessary regulations for the guidance of hurdle racing and V ateeplechasing, as well as racing on the flat. (2.) To undertake, as Boon as it may be deemed advisable, the monthly publication of a racing calendar, in which all programmes must bo advertised. (3.) Such other matters as may be deemed necessary —for instance, keeping a register of colors, jockeys, &c., for the colony, also the annual publication of a Turf Register." Mr Winter stated his views at somo length, and moved that a Hub-committee, of the President, Mr W. U. Burke, and tho mover, be appointed to consider the proposal and to draw up rules for guidance in the matter prior to submitting the proposal to the clubs interested. This was seconded by Mr Wellwood and earned. A man named Marsh, at Auckland, has sent n. petition to tho House bitterly complaining that he was detained for four months in a lunatic asylum simply because he desired to investigate spiritualism. Ho implores that the medical men who caused his imprisonment should be subjected to a similar ordoal. One of the leading , hotels in Wanganui boasts of a "boots" who is a "regular swell." The other day a gentleman arrived in the town by train, and drove in a cab to the hostlery in question, and was met at the door by the said knight of the polishing brush, who av.os dressed "up to the nines" with "gold" dangling from his upper store,y and cigar stuck between his lips. The visitor naturally thought he had found "mine host," and interrogated, "The proprietor, I presume ?" "Oh no, Sir," was tho almost indignant reply, " I'm the 'cad boots." "Head boots," exclaimed the "" astonished visitor, "good heavens! what must the proprietor be like?" The question as to whether the temperance " blue ribbon " should be worn in the army and navy was decided as follows a short time since. A private soldier on leave at Devenport was arrested by a patrol for being , improperly dressed, tho "improper" part of his attire being the " blue ribbon " supposed to bo worn only as a distinction of certain honors, The man's leave wan stopped for 14 days. On the matter being brought before the Commander-in-Chief tho punishment was remitted as unnecessarily severe, and the opinion was concurred in by the Lords of the Admiralty. The decision being mentioned iv the House of Commons, in answer t3 a question, olicited cries of hear, hear ! A very novel entertainment is now being organised in America by tho notable characters Dr. Carver and Buffalo Bill. It is to represent Western life on tho prairies in a realistic manner, and will consist of about 200 various uiiimale, and the same number of men, including Indians, vaqueros, cowboys, and scouts, also Captain Bogardus, the shot. A procession will show emigrant waggons crossing the plains, attacks by Indians, mimic slaughter and torture, then cowboys on the trail. There Avill be exhibitions of lassoing, rough-riding, war-dances, hunting buffaloes, and shooting by the ._< great champions ; in fact, a living panorama of frontier life. The Indians are to bo commanded by Frank North, who is a "white chief" among them, and is ranked as the greatest scout living. It starts this month. A letter from Mr Blight, which was read at a recent meeting of the Hebden-bridge Parliamentary Debating Society, contained the following passage: "On the question of oaths, probably there is nothing in the New Testament more especiallly condemned and forbidden than oaths. To those who do not care about the Now Testament this fact will be of no weight. Tho practice of swearing to the truth of anything makes two kinds of truth and truthfulness. If oaths arc of any avail, by so much as they make truth more certain, by so much they lesson the value of an ordinary statement and diminish the probability of its truth. If ignorant persons are not sworn, they think they may tell lies with impunity, and their lying is made to a large extent blameless in their eyes. I think oaths and oathtaking have done more than any other thing to impair and destroy a regard for truth. A correspondent of tho Lyttelton Tirao.i writes as follows of mildew on frozen meat: —" I must still hold to my opinion that the cause of mildew is the want of ventilation in preparing the meat. I was at Belfast j at tho time the first sheep was killed, and will recount the method of working. Tho sheep, as soon as killed, are passed still hot and steaming into the cooling room, a room destitute of all A'cutilation—in fact, every means possible are taken to prevent it—and aro then living as close together as possiblo without touching. The first sheep killed have some small chance of the heat passing off, but as soon as the room is filled, or the day's work done, the doors are closed and all chance of ventilation cut off except tho cool air blown in by the cugino. Now, with 400 or 500 sheep fresh killed and hung in a close room, the amount of heat and steam must bo considerable, and it is at thi« time the mischief is done, and seeing that only part arc affected, does not tliis point to those last sheep as being mildewed ? Tho carcases should be hung in a free current of air for at least an hour before being placed in this room." The following extract from an old statute of Henry VI. may provo interesting:— Whereas time not long past, within the City of Norwich and the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, there were no more but six or eight atturheys at the most coming to the King's Courts, in which time groat tranquilty reigned iv the said city and counties, and little trouble or vexation was made by untrue or foreign suits ; and now so it is, that in the said city and counties there be four-score atturnoys or more, the more part of them having no other thing to live upon but only his gain by the practise of atturncyship ; and also the more part of them not being of sufficient knoledge to b* an atturncy, which come to every fair,

market, and other places of assembly of people, exhorting, procuring, moving, and inciting' the people to attempt untrue and foreign suits of small trespasses, little of-

fences, and small svmifi of debt. . . Tho aforesaid Lord and King considering tho premises, by the assent, and authority aforesaid, hath ordained and established that at all times, from henceforth there shall be but six common attorneys in tho said County of Norfolk, and six common attumeys in tho said County of Suffolk, and two common atturneys in the said City of Norwich, to be atturneys in tho Courts of Record.

Old Sores ! —Many persons are greatly troubled with old sores that they cannot succeed in healing; they try all sorts oj applications, lotions, plasters, poultices, liniments, &c, Sco., but all in vain—the open wound remains sullen and obstinate. For the only mode of healing" all such sorca consult Professor Moore, Medical Hall,

Waipawa, and receive advice gratis.— [Advt.] Wolfe's Schnapps lias almost been a household word in the mouths of the

thousands who have been restored or re-

lieved by its use, and it is certainly prorer-

bial for the wonderful cures it has consum-

mated since its introduction.—[Advt.]