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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3804, 24 September 1883, Page 2

The new uniforms for the Rifle Volunteer recruits have armed, and will be distributed shortly. Dr. Denton, lately of Taradale, has commenced tho practice of his profession at Wairoa. A football match between the Te Auto second fifteen and the Napier High School boys was phryod on Clive Square, on Saturday afternoon, and resulted iv a win for To Aute by two tries to nothing. ' ' " The death is announced of Mr John Davies Canning, late of Oakbourne, near Porangahau, a, wsll-known settler of this province. Tho deceased gentleman was one of tho pioneers of this district, and was not only a popular man but an onterprising settlor. The Trust Commissioner gave notice in the R.M. Court this morning that ho had refused his certificate to the proposed conveyance of the undivided interest in Tukemokihi block No. 2, containing 1973 acres, Urupene Puhara, as trustee for Hineira Timo, to Ellen Brown. Mr R. Wellwood has sold to the firm of Nelson Bros, (limited) his property known as Maxwell Lea at a satisfactory figure. Possession will bo given on the Ist February next. Messrs Nelson Bros, have also purchased Mr J. N. AAlhianis' property adjojning the Tomoana works. The reserved scat tickets for the dramatic entertainment at the Theatre Royal on Friday evening arc being rapidly bought up, and wo are requested to mention that, in order to prevent disappointment, those desiring a choice of seats should Bccur» the same at Mr Jacobs' without any delay. AA r e understand that Messrs Nelson and Co., of the Tomoana works, have applied to the railway authorities for some properlyconstructed vans for the conveyance of frozen meat from Tomoana to tho port. The vans will probably have to be made at Dunedin. The application has boon referred to the Minister for Public Works. Additions to the Post and Telegraph Office at AVaipukurau are intended to be made, and tenders for the works are to bo sent to the Minister of Public AVorks by noon on Friday next. Specifications aro to be seen at AVaipulrarau, and at the Electric Telegraph Office, Napier. Local contractors have not been given any too much timo to make their calculations. Mrs Dr. Anna M. L. Potts, says a Southern contemporary, delivered her lecture iv Christchurch at the Theatre Royal, which was crowded to excess by a seething mass of masculine and feminine humanity. Mrs Potts' agent, Mr J. P. Waugh, is at present in Napier, and has made arrangements for the COuTSO of lectures here to commence on Ist proximo. Mr F. J. Tiffen's letter, that we published on Friday, on the subject of "light weight," "recalls tho fact that it is now some years since an official examination was made of the local tradesmen's weights and scales. It is tho wish of all traders to have them periodically corrected, as constant use necessarily affects the bearings of all scales, and if Mr Tiffen's letter is the causo of another examination he will have done a public service. Judge Higinbotham's lecture at Melbourne on "Science and Religion" has been published in pamphlet form by Mr Braithwaite, of Dunedin, from whom we have received a copy. The lecture deals with tho relations of modern scienco with tho Christian Churches, the position and power of tho laity, tho waning influence of the churches, scientific revelations, church creeds, Christ's system of religion, and porplcxity of modern thought. On our last visit to the cemetery we were glad to notice its improved appoarance. Tho paths have nearly all been gravelled, and the borders put in order, while somo of tho pathways have been tarred. It has been a practice of many to weed the graves of their friends and and to throw the rubbish on tho footpath, instead of removing it to where its presence would not bo unsightly. In these cases tho curator has received instructions to roplace tho. weeds on the grave froni "which they have* been pulled up. A handicap rifle match took place at Petane on Saturday afternoon, at which nineteen members of the Hawke's ( Bay Rifle Association competed. The conditions, were five shots at 200 and 500 yards p standing or kneeling at 200 yards ; any position at 500 yards. A light wind was blowing up tho range, but otherwise tho weather was all that could be desired, and the shooting was highly creditable. Tho prize-winners were—Pram, 42 points ; Laing, 41; Langhan, 36; W. Cato, 36. The following mado 30 points and over:— Beck, 30 ; Ross, 35; W. Duncan, 34 ;C. Villers, 33 ; R. Duncan, 32 ; W. Cato, jun., 32 ; and J. Chicken, 30. A notification appears in tho Gazette that tho sum of £6000 voted by PariiStoent for distribution to public libarios will bo distributed on tho 31st January next, and claims must be sent in to the Secretary for Education not later than the 22nd day of the same month. The distribution will not be in proportion to the several incomes of the libraries; but a nominal addition of £25 will be made to the amount of each income, and the vote of £6000 will bo divided in proportion to tho amounts as thus augmented, but so that no institution shall receive more than £50, and that no payment shall be made in respect of income dorived from endowments or grants from Borough or County Councils, or of moneys received for building purposes, aud not simply for tho library itself. Through tho courtesy of Mr Weber are enabled to acknowledge our error hi N stating that, there was no proclamation covering tho railway encroachment on Munroe street. AVo were led to this statement by tho fact that the only official information to be obtained in the Corporation office was to be found in a copy of a tracing

deposited with the Registrar of the Supremo Court in 1876. This map showed the portion of the town taken by proclamation under the Public AVorks Act, and did not include any part of Munroc street. AYe accompanied Mr Weber and the Town Clerk to the Deeds Registry Office this morning, and there we saw the map issued in 1881 accompanying a proclamation that apparently included the Mimroe-strcct encroachment. It is significant that the proclamation was not issued till about eight years after tho encroachment. Ministers collectively visited the Wellington Meat Export and Refrigerating Company's Works near the Railway Station yesterday (says the Times ot Friday), and expressed their approval of the arrangements. AVith reference to this matter we may mention that, some time back when Te Whiti returned from his travels in the South Island to Parihaka, he occupied three days with a description of what he had seen on his travels. His compatriots listened attentively, as convinced as ever that if he liked he could raise the dead to life ; but at one point of his narration tbey became incredulous. He mentioned that he had seen the white men make use of the snow. Oh ! yes, they said, so can we ;we can get it from Mount Egmont, at the top. Yes,°thc prophet replied, but the white men make it by lighting big fires. Then his friends thought that the prophet was piling it up " too" mountaineous," and broadly hinted that ho was telling a big lie. Such is life! They could appreciate the compulsory resurrection business, but not that.

In place of consulting tho family physician, much trouble and inconvenience could be saved by taking a simple prescription which is always feasible and will invariably prove efficacious like AVoi.fk s Schnapps.—rADVT. 1