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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3771, 16 August 1883, Page 2

Mr John Begg has sold his Korokipo property to Mr T. Foreman for about £17 per acre. Tho Napier Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association hold their usual weekly meeting- this evening-. The programme comprises the reading of an essay on Bret Hart, and selections from that popular humourist's works will bo given ilHistrativo of his varied style of writing.

_ The advertisement announcing the intention of the Corporation to sell certain *" sections unless the rates be paid has had the effect of unearthing owners, and agents for owners, and rates are coming in from unexpected quarters in a manner gratifying to the municipal authorities.

Mr Montague Smith's team of racers arrived this morning from Gisbornc, and were sent out to Hastings to be put into active training for the Jockey Club's spring meeting. The reason why Mr Smith's horses have arrived so early is that there is no training ground at this season of the year in Poverty Bay.

We hear some talk about the Waipawa Brewery Company buying out Mr G. Ellis of the St. Aubyn's brewery, Hastings, and shifting operations to the latter place. There is no more compact or better arranged brewery for its size in the district than that of St. Aubyn's, and many of the latest improvements are to be seen there.

To the Editor: Sir,—l think the quality of the herrings that have lately been sold about town is worthy of note. The quality is remarkably line, in fact I hardly remember seeing any finer. Last Sunday I saw some boys with a net near the outlet of the town sewer make a grand haul of this delicate fish. —I am, &c, Off-Color.

The Corporation reserve between the Court House and the Fire Brigade station, in its unenclosed state, may be almost regarded a public nuisance. It has long been used as a receptacle for rubbish of all kinds, from shavings to zinc cases, and persons crossing , there at night run the risk of breaking their shins, or coming into collision with the clothes drying apparatus that is erected on the ground.

Hawkers trading within the borough must renew their licenses on Saturday next. We understand that hawkers of moat will be prosecuted if they trade without a license, notwithstanding that our late R.M., Mr Kenny, ruled legs of mutton to be farm produce, and therefore exempting their hawkers from the lieenso fee. The Corporation has no such word as fail in its vocabulary, but we hope legs of mutton will Avin all the same.

Some of the councillors think it desirable to re-insert the clause in the building regulations that imposed a " scale of fees for the examination of new buildings." We do not see the object of such an imposition unless to add to the income of the municipal engineer for performing an absolutely useless labor. We know one householder who paid 10s for the privilege of building a wash-house, and no one in authority inspected the structure either during or after its erection.

We (Waircia Guardian) learn that thes.s. Bella got ashore on the north spit at the entrance to the Mohaka river last Sunday while entering that hazardous waterway, and was hove up high and dry on to the beach. Mr AY. Balfour, and a female servant of Mrßrathwaite's, were passengers on the occasion. We have not heard how the former fared, but the latter, we are informed, hung on to the rigging of the vessel with great tenacity, and though the seas were washing over her, cheerfully exclaimed, that " it was nothing." It appears that this intrepid female was wrecked in the City of Auckland, and familiarity with a greater danger made her look upon this Mohaka episode as a mere bagatelle in comparison.

A very good opinion from a competent authority has been expressed concerning the hops grown at Wairoa. Some time during last May, Mr G. H. Swan sent to England to one of the principal brewers near London alarge consignment of these hops, and by last mail he received a letter, from which the following is an extract: —"The hops shipped by you per British King came to hand on July 4, and were in very good condition. I find them of very nice flavor, and can use them for dry hopping, which was just the hop we were most short of. They are, however, not strong, being more like our West Surrey hops than the East or MidKents. Altogether we are pleased with the experiment, and it might yet lead to a periodical. use of them, for dry hopping especially." To the uninitiated we may mention that before beer leaves a brewery for consumption a certain quantity of hops' is put into tho cask to give more flavor to the beer, and this is called "dry-hopping."

The tea meeting , and concert held at—< Hastings last night proved a groat success. The promoters will have obtained, we should think, if not the whole amount required for their purpo.se, at least a considerable jjortiou of it. The tables in the halls were tastefully laid out and decorated with such flowers as the season affords, and wore covered abundantly with everything that was inviting. "We withhold the names of the donors of the various good things out of deference to their wishes. After the tables were cleared the musical portion of tho programme began. Capt. Russell, who occupied the chair, made a few introductory remarks referring , to the success of the Sunday school of St. Matthew's from its opening under the ablo superintendency of Mr Reynolds to its present condition under the energetic care of Miss Percy, and pointed out how religious education was everywhere admitted to be most valuable. A couple of solos on the pianoforte were executed by two young ladies (Miss B. Kelly and Miss Baynes) with great taste and brilliancy. In the vocal pieces Miss Large and Mr Gilpin took, of course, first place. Miss Hawkins sang with her usual sweetness in a solo, also in a duet in which Miss Percy took part. The latter young lady also performed very pleasingly in a duct with Miss Kelly, whose voice has lost none of its power. Mr Robinson and Mr H. St. Hill sang with good taste and effect, but Mr Lucas wanted more courage and precision. Mr Spademan's accompaniments were played with his usual skill and taste. Some members of the Haveloek choir sang very prettily, the youthfulness of several of the members winning the ready > sympathy of the audience.. A few words from tho Rev. IT. W. St. Hill on the part of the Sunday-school teachers and himself as one of them, in acknowledgment of the kind help they had received from their friends, especially from those who had come from a distance, brought the evening to a close. We must say one word on the exceeding good order which prevailed throughout the evening; the applauso was hearty, but never rough.

To avoid all mistakes, asked for Wolfe's SciixAPrs, and by a continuous use of that celebrated cordial, secure for yourself an oxtended lease of life.—[Advt. J