The Daily Telegraph. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1883.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3819, 12 October 1883, Page 2

The Daily Telegraph. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1883.

His Excellency the Governor has issued letters of naturalisation under the Aliens Act, 1880, in favor of Poter Hansen Skjoth, laborer, of Takapau. AYe aro requested to remind country members that the Hawke's Bay County Council meets on Monday, and the Education Board on the folloAving day. A football match Avill be played at Waipawa to-morrow afternoon between teams chosen from Te Aute and Masterton natives dt present attending the Land Court. MrH. Hill returned from Poverty Bay by,,the,steamer Southern Cross yesterday, after an inspection tour of the schools in the northern portion of the Education Board district. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Captain Preece, R.M., Eliza Goodier, of Hampden, charged Avith being a lunatic not under proper care and control, was remanded for medical examination. It will be seen by our telegrams that a large shipment of immigrants may shortly he expected for this district. Their arrival will he Avelcomcd, there being at this timo a large demand for station hands and general domestic servants. The mania for boxing appears to be spreading. Hastings started the ball rolling, then AVaipawa, followed suit, and noAV Waipukurau is going to form a boxing club, a meeting for that purpose being called for to-morrow evening at the railway station. Mr C. W. Mackenzie has . left at our office samples of Messrs Brachio and Co.'s prize medal Australian wines, for Avhich he has been appointed sole agent for Hawke s Bay The samples include claret, reisling and shiraz, and are all of excellent quality and flavor. A totalisator was in operation in the grand stand paddock at the A. and X. Society's show yesterday during the trotting and jumping matches, and a total sum of £443 was put through it. Particularsof tho odds, aim the amount of dividend pud in each, of the three events, will bo:found in our report of the show m »nothei column. The AVaipawa brass band will give the second of their scries of open-air concerto this evening, the cUstrict school, Waipawa. The.following programme will be gone through "Loved ones gone before;" polka "Pretty JFoot; march, " Docs your heart beat true

to me;" quadrille, "Inspiration;" schotische, '' Florrie ;'' valse, '' Daybreak;'' march, " Ormthia."

AYe are glad to know that Captain Blythe, of the Rifle Volunteers, proA-cd himself yesterday to be a strict disciplinarian. An unruly individual, for disobedience in the ranks, was fined ss, and later in the clay the same man was promptly fined £2 for drunkenness. We are informed that this volunteer is under "arrest," which means suspension, and that steps are to be taken to expel him from the service. This is as it should be. To play at soldiering is contemptible puerility.

It will be seen by an advertisement elsewhere that MrT. Waterworth has been appointed sole agent for Napier for Mills' patent burglar alarm till. The invention is a most ingenious contrivance for protecting shopkeepers' tills against thieves, and is avcll Avorthy of attention. The till can be so secured as to prevent the possibility of its being tampered Avith Avithout an alarm bell being rung. The apparatus is capable of being set so as to be opened only by one knoAving the number, letter, or mark by which it is set, tho lock haA'ing 26 different combinations.

A A - ery nasty accident occurred on the Hastings course yesterday during the leaping matches. In spite of tho clerks of the course and of the police the people would crowd beyond the rails and encroach on the space reserved for the horses. Tho result was that, in returning from his leaps, one of the horses bolted, and went straight through a mass of people, knocking them down like nine-pins. Mr Cotton and a boy Avere severely hurt, but it Avas a miracle that somebody avus not killed. If tho police and the clerks of the course Avere not so absurdly lenient such an accident could not have occurred.

At the next Agricultural Society's show it is to be hoped that the Rifle Volunteers Avill be pleased to select some other revicAV ground than that in tho vicinity of exhibited horses. Tho firing led to one accident, and might have caused several more through the horses breaking away. A charge of draught entires Avould have been much more serious to the people than, perhaps, anything Avhich the volunteers could have done to an enemy. There is another objection to volunteers making themselves too conspicuous on holidaA'occasions; over-indulgence, unnoticeable in a civilian's dress, becomes glaring Avhen in uniform, and brings discredit to the company. Yesterday there Avas one case of intemperance, and many moro of disregard of the rules of tlie A. and P. Society, Avhcn about a score of volunteers scaled the fence of tho hiAvn Avithout paying for admission. Volunteers should bear in mind that before their liberties will be tolerated they must first prove that their enrolment is of the slightest public advantage.

" The Century AYe Live In " formed the subject of a highly interesting and instructive lecture delivered last night by Mr A. B. Thomson under the auspices of the Clive Square Improvement Association. The lecturer, who was accorded a most attentive hearing by a largo audience, contrasted the civilised Avorld of a hundred ycrrs ago with that of to-day, and gave prominence to tlie discovery of the use of steam among the causes of this change, in that it afforded greater facilities for communication, and had greatly increased man's productiA'e poAver. The great scientific and geographical discoveries Avere next dealt with, and the progress in engineering as evinced by such Avorks as tho Suez canal and Mont Cenis tunnel Avere touched upon. The lecturer also spoke of the progress made in medicine, Avhich had done so much to alleviate human suffering, especially by the extended use of vaccination, and expressed his opinion that our gradually increasing knowledge of the use of electricity would in the future work even greater changes than steam has done in the past. A hearty vote of thanks to Mr Thomson for his excellent lecture brought the meeting to a close.

Hcgarty's Court Minstrels drew another good house at the Theatre Royal last night, and Avere again successful in Avinning the favor of their audience. Tho first part of the programme Avas entirely changed and imparted a pleasing variety to tho entertainment. AYe think, however, that the finale " All the World's a Stage " is not at all likely to become as .popular as "The Sleeping Beauties," Avhich it succeeds. Miss Sutherland sang with great success the ballad " Only to see her face again," and Avas loudly applauded. A like compliment -iva.s pa.i& to Miss Viva. "Winnette, ivlio sojigAvith much expression the pathetic song "Empty is the Cradle." But the item most appreciated Avas undoubtedly the ballad "Be sure you call as 3-0 a pass by," AA'hich Avas rendered by Miss Vesta Amor in a style that cal'cd forth thunders of applause, and it required the interlocutor's explanation that, encores Aveve 1100 permitted to satisfy the audience. Messrs Cowan and Buckley Avere as good as ever, Avhich is saying a great deal, and their songs and comicalities were duly appreciated. The entertainment coToludcd Avith the comedy of "Mollie O'Connor." To-night the same programme will be repeated.

As a holiday resort Hastings is in a fair way of being ruined through the execrable character of the railway management. The weather yesterday Avas not inviting enough to drive to Hastings, and numerous families remained iv toAvn rather than suffer the discomforts of a raihvay trip, livery time anything takes place at Hastings that brings together a large number of people there is the same utter disregardof public convenience. The railway carriages aro Avholly deficient in number, and uncleaned trucks and cattle vans were called into requisition as though it was quite the proper travelling accommodation to provide. It is scarcely exaggerating the state of the case when we state that the carriages yesterday Avere filled to suffocation, that the platforms Avere most dangerously crowded, and that in some of the trucks there Avas scarcely standing room. Nothing better can perhaps be expected from a Government railAvay run on tho lines laid doAvu by red-tape. But if the Agricultural Society's shoAVS and Club's meetings arc to continue to be attractive, there must either be different raihvay management, or some other place than Hastings must be selected.