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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3852, 21 November 1883, Page 2

Thero was no business in the R.M. Court this morning.

AYe are recpicstcd to state that the Garrison Band will not perform to-night, owing to tho uncertain state of the weather.

AYe are desired to remind members of tho Napier Amateur Dramatic Club of tho rehearsal which takes place at the Theatre Royal this evening at 7.30.

AA r e observe that the rumor is revived in a Northern paper that the Hon. AValter Johnston, Minister of Public AA r orks, will succeed Sir Dillon Bell as Agent-General of Now Zealand.

An oxhibi tion of horso - taming will be given to-night in Mr Monteith'a Horse Bazaar, when Mr Currie, of Havelock, intends bringing in a couple of nutrained horses for Mr St. Leger to exhibit his skill upon.

AA r e arc requested to call the .attention of volunteers to the Government daylight drill announced for this afternoon atG.lo. Tho interesting proceedings in the Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday last will doubtless cause a full muster on this occasion.

To tho Editor: Sir, —Not having a Peerago in my possession, will yon be good enough to fell me who tho Lord Berehaven is who you mentioned in your last issue as having been a visitor to Napier?—l am, ko., Clive. [Viscount Berehaven is the eldest son of tbe Earl of Bantry, and was born in 1311.—Ed. D.T.]

His AVorship tho Mayor was tho only nomination to-day for the Mayoralty. Dr. Spencer's re-election to the office without opposition -marks tho approval of tho burgesses of his conduct of municipal affairs, and is an assurance to him that, as tho representative of the borough on the Harbor Board, he has the confidence of the peoplo of Napier.

AA'e remind horticulturists that tho flower show, on Friday and Saturday next, close with the secretary, Mr H. Lascelles, to-morrow at noon. Tho members of the Horticultural Society now number over one hundred members, and as considerabJo interest lias been taken in the forthcoming show there should bo an excellent exhibition.

The Education Board's meeting yesterday was looked forward to with much interest by a large number of girls and their parents in the hope that an award would have been announced in the matter of tho competition for Captain Russell's prizes for sewing. No mention of tho subject was made at tho meeting, however, owing to the ladies who acted as judges having furnished no report to the Board.

A commencement has been made of tho work for tbe ro-openimr of tho old mouth of tho Ngaruroro. The corn sacks have been delivered to the county authorities, and tho punts are now being prepared. Tho .scheme is to build up a training wall composed of sacks filled with shingle, at tho point where the river has turned to tho north, so as to direct tho current to the opposite beach.

Tho guardians of the public peaco appear to have been particularly fortunate in recent "consultations." A member of tho force who docs duly in North Dunedin (says tho Otago Times) is pointed out as the lucky winner of a ;£2OOO prize as the holder of Martini-Henry in a Melbourne sweep, and in the Christchurch papers it is stated that the first money in " Robin Hood's " consultation on the Melbourne Cup came to a Dunedin policeman, the amount being £636 <ls 2d.

Tho intelligence of the death by drowning at the Spit of Mr Stephen and Mr A'eiteh, iii-st and third officers of the ship Pleiades, now in the Napier roadstead, wan received with much regret at Christchurch, where both gentlemen wore well known. The Press gives the following particulars regarding them:—" Mr Stephen was a son of tho Rev. J. Stephen, of Dumbarton, Scotland. He was formerly a lay student

at the Edinburgh University, but his health

failing he was recommended to a sea life, and lie became an apprentice in the Albion Shipping Company's employ, afterwards joining Capt. Settcn. Mr A r eitch was a son of Admiral Voiteli, of Portsmouth, and had served his time with Capt. Settcn, his apprenticeship being finished this voyage." The writer of "Comments " in the Otago AVitness says:—"Thero arc good constitutional reasons why the Government should have two representatives in the Council. Next session the Government business is likely to be particularly heavy, with a Reform Bill on the programme, and it goes without saying that Mr Oliver Avill need assistance in conducting it. Mr J. C. Rich-

mond would, we should think, be as good a, , lieutenant as Mr Oliver can get, and in spito of Sir George Grey's abuse of the " Atkinson clique" tho public would look upon him as a suitable man to assist in the Government of the colony. It would bo impraoticrtblo foi- tlie Minister of Public AVorks to be in the Council, or else Mr Oliver was tho ono man who would have fitted tho Public AVorks Office— not because he is an Otago man, but because he had secured as largo a measure of success previously in tho appointment as any man is likely to be ablo to achieve in these days."

Referring to the recont adjournment of the New South AValcs Parliament over tho Melbourne race week, the Sydnoy Morning Herald writes:—"The first true note of federation was struck in our Legislative Assembly on AA'cdnesday evening last. In almost absolute silence, without any prelude of debate or magnificent peroration upon tho glorious possibilities of the foundation then hud. at 20 minutes to 11 it was moved that this house do now adjourn, and till AVednesday evening next. There was a perfect consensus of opinion upon the matter. New South AVales adjourned out of interest in Victorian concerns. There was a federal interest, federal desire, federal thought, and ! consequently federal action. Great men havo died before, and the Houso has adjourned for a day, but seldom without some demur. Tins case stands marked by tho unanimity of opinion about it. It was every man's opinion that New South AVales legislators could not and should not work while the metropolis of Victoria kept high holiday. The Melbourne Cup claimed the

undivided attention of Australia."

Sir Arthur Gordon and Mr Tennyson were Mr Gladstone's companions in his

recont yachting trip in the Pembroke Castle.

Mr ITulkc, of Taranaki, according to the Herald, hau received :t loiter from his i . friends, who live at, Deal, speaking iii high terms of the New Zealand mutton. The writer says:—"l must now tell you how your New Zealand mutton is appreciated. A tradesman told me that he hud a leg of mutton sent down to him from London

which had just arrived from Now Zealand, and when hn cooked it, it was the best he had tasted for a long time. Indeed, he had lived here for twenty-seven years, aud could not remember to have ever had ono so good."

At the mceti.i-ot tho Irish National Con vention iv Melbourne, a telegram was rt ccived from Mr Parnell wishing sucees; Dr. O'Dogherty was elected president. . long series of resolutions wore passed dc ploring the present condition of Irclain. and pledging the Convention to assist i trying to ameliorate it; adopting a petitio to the Imperial Government iv favour c local government in Ireland ; deploring th crimes which stained, the recent history o Ireland, and declaring the coercive polio; to bo a fruitful source of disorder and crime Tho next Convention is fixed to be held ii Sydney next year. Mr Justice AVilliams, of Victoria, travel the AVestern Circuit on a bicycle. Tin matter has been referred to iv Parliament for we find tho following in acontomporary —"Mr Charles Campbell says that whci he was a young man at home the judges, a. directly representing the Sovereign, wen; the objects of much pomp and glory, anr demeaned themselves accordingly. .Rut now they had seen the spectacle o! ;i Supremo Court judge (Mr Justice Williams; about on a 'bicycle.' Some lion, members interjected, ' He's only a yt.mn.ij judge ;' but it was clear that Mr Campbell regarded the innovation as a dangerous one." The Lyttelton Naval Brigade has obtained a new boat from Sydney. On the arrival of Sir AVilliam Jeivois at Port ou Saturday (says the Press; bis U.celleney was asked'to christen this, the first of the corps' purchases in the line of vos.-els for war purposes, aud quaintly named her Ao Fayrc Childe. As Captain Fairchild, of tho Government steamer lliuemoa, was

present at the moment, the happy thought of tho Governor found expression iv a hearty laugh. The- pretty lines of the boat, and her generally pleasing appearance in tho water, ipiito entitled her to the term 'fayre,' as hor size from a gunboat point of view warranted the other title.

"I had the other day (says a writer iv the European Mail) a good example before me of quick communication with the Antipodes. In the office of the Agent-General for Now Zealand I saw a telegram dated Christchurch, 20th September, t.10p.m., and received iv London on 2Gtlt September, 9.f a.m. Slaking due allowance for the difference in time between the two points, this is pretty prompt, and certainly brings the two Britaius into wonderfully close proximity for familiar communication. How marked an influence it would soon havo_on .our social relations with the Australasian colonies could ocean telegraphy be but materially cheapened !"

"iEgles" iv the Australasian tells the following harrowing story :—" On a station between" the never - flowing I'iogar and Cobar were found the remains of a man (his swag had been discovered on a fence by a boundary rider some ten months previously, j He had apparently lighted his fire at the base of a box-tree, which burned down in tho night, and fell across him. But ho was not crushed. Where the tree crossed his body it was slightly bent, and he was hold to the earth without being mercifully killed outfight. He had worked a trend) in the Boil with his hands in his ineffectual struggles to free himself. Meanwhile tho logcontinued on fire, and actually burnt to within a foot of his body. Just, picture Ihe horrors of the .surroundings— dies, ants, orows, iguanas, thirst, starvation, solitude, with the prospect of being slowly roasted. and part of tho time, probably, under a summer sun at 100 dog. ! One more added to the mournful list of Nevor-heard-ofs ! Edgar Poo and the sensation-playwright have traded on less thrilling incidents."

The Avritor of "Notes" in tbe Timaru Herald gives the correct version of a Legislative joke which is going tho rounds just now, but the point of which has been entirely missed. It was the session of the famous, or infamous 10 per cent, reduction, and the joke was this: Among the miscellaneous items in the Estimates was a vote for a small refund in the intestate estate of a man named Jeremiah, 'there had been a running fire of satire and ridicule all through the Estimates on the score of the 10 per cent, reduction, and when this veto was called on, Mr Hirst, member for Riverton, one of the most humorous men in the House, rose as if from slumber, and with a wellaffeotcd air of .simplicity asked the Colonial Treasurer to statu who this Jeremiah was, aud gravely proposed that tho vole should bo reduced by 10 per cent. The unconscionable meanness of levying black mail on the proceeds of an intestate estate struck everybody iv a moment; and Air Hirst's apparently idiotic motion—though of course it was never put from the chair—was perhaps the. hardest slap the Government got over that odious measure, the 10 per cent, reduction. Among recent arrivals in 3Eelbournc is the Baron R. Jliohel, an ...ftiee of the department of the 3linister of Trade and Commerce in France, who has been commissioned by the French Government to make enquiries with a view to the promotion of direct commercial intercourse between France and tho Australian Colonies, and to report to the head of his department on the subject. This gentleman has give., some information regarding the price of meat in Paris which leads the Argus to think that the city should furnish the refrigerating companies with a fresh field of operations. It is said that the commoner kind of meat cannot at prcccnt ho bought in the French Capital for less than 13d per lb, while as much as 2s Gd per lb is charged for " prime cuts " of first-class qualify. The price nowruling must, of course, place meat beyond the reach of thousands, and the appearance of a cheaper article in the Parsian market., would call forth an entirely new class of customers. Joints at from Is Id to 2s Od per lb can only bo indulged in by the few, but largo numbers could afford meat at from Gd to 8d per lb. Tho Argus thinks the market might at once be tested by sending small parcels from England. The Dunedin Star's London correspondent writes as follows: —"There is a new piece at the Globe Theatre, in which your old friend 31rs Lingard acts the heroine. AYe got scats for the first night with some little difficulty, and found several Antipodean friends in the stalls, attracted, no doubt, by tho presence of the so-called "Australian actress." 3lr AY. 11. Lingard, resplendent in a vast shirt-front and diamond studs, was sitting in one of the private boxes surrounded by professional acquaintances. Mrs Lingard made her appearanco in a very deeol/ele ball-dress, which showed to full advantage hor magnificent neck and bust. Her acting is just what it has always been—clever, but disappointing. She comes so near being a Xgood artiste in many respects that her palpable failure in others irritates one. To be candid, the blemish which mars all Bho docs is artificiality. Never for a moment, either in pathos or comedy, does her acting move you a jot or seem the least j_b.it real. Up to the other night I used to think Mrs Lingard a thoroughly capable comedy artiste, but after seeing her on the same stago with Lottio Venue (one of our cleverest ingenues) I changed my mind. Though the'latter had only a few words to say, and looked almost plain beside the beautiful "Alice," she entirely monopolised tho attention of the audience when the}' wcro on the stage together. 3lrs Lingard\s dresses, however, arc superb. Her first is of pale Nilo green satin, trimmed at the neck with Venetian lace. The folds of the skirt are particularly well arranged. The second dress consists of a white silk skirt, trimmed with five deep flounces of tatting, with overdress of old gold in raw silk. The third, or walking dress, is of electric blue plush, with vest and nuclei-folds of silvergroy silk and hat to match. AVith this 3lrs Lingard wears an old Indian silver chatelaine and brooch and grey gloves, with monogram embroidered iv blue."

Mr Parnoll has, it is stated, out of the national tribute, paid off the charges on his estate amounting to £13,000. The amount was paid by a single cheque on tho National Bank endorsed with the certificate of the manager that funds to that extent were iv his hands. There wrs but a single mortgagee to receivo payment. _ Mr Parncll's estate, which is said to yichh » together with his. sawmills, an income of. i between £2000 and £3000 a year, is now] to be absolutely free of debt. j

A massive silver model of a A-'ictoriaii gold mine has been sent to Calcutta. •

,c A telegram from Rockhamptoii says ai is 'dli"Mtor o\ ci- 10 feet long ha . been shot a h RiglanCr.dc. 10 A luount-iin of ilmo-i pure hvn has beei iV found at Cl-n.nce Town, u.-.t Maillaud 1; New South Wales. Nt u-ly fifty "'Fu'ii'-i|> tl C pencils huv< i iieii'iioue.l Cue Vi i ifi-tu (hjverniiiLut ii ', favour of ,i im'uigi.r.ioii. 1 TheNoi-lh Ot i ••<) Times stales that (lit 1 Oini.mi Il.rbor Bond loan of C2o,'H)o 0 boaiing int.'i-i st at •") p-r < ent. per annum, has bjc-i shi ■e-sl'ullv floußd in London, the price r ivod for' the'debeuturr-. being CO) per '.MO. The Journal of Science is ihe authority V. for the ns-erfion that f ome p> rson- who are - ]-.iui'-.i!ifly -■n-ilho to the bibs of gnats , and midges experience a return of the i original irritation at regular intervals of i twelve and twent v-fo'.r h-.ui >. Thi- fact. f if faei it be, would -< "in to lend strength to ■ the opinion that girds and mosquitoes are f Ihe bearers of the germs of m tlari il fever. From the 1 ile4 siutisfks of suicides in • great cities it appear., that Rati" o. copies a 1 Wry- mi"n\iihl.. posjti ,n. The rath) of .sui-Mis for c.-civ million ./ inhibit ints , ny rages v. u-lv 'l') 2. while in Naple- it is ■ o:' - .51. The 'Run h c.oi'-.i is (Ml : the s-idl.s. uuell as ilic in Europe. 'Luc ratio for „■' dp'--is as follows- - Si k l-hfilm. P.".! tthis high a-v.T.i'-."' i-'| lllc on v. ount.iblo ii tn ■ northern city, v, here t!ie pros,nre of life i- not great,: 0.-pen-h g.it, ;jo_ ; Vienna, -_is 7; liriis-el-, 271; 21o: St. J'etei-sburg, 2'>(. ; l-'lor, nee, ISO : P,'-lip, 17i>: Nov Vurk, 111; Genoa., IMo : London. S7 : ami Rome, Si. Loudon th.Hi.-.-'ipiei a very advan-tae-oiH iio.itioniu the lid. With regard to X"w York, it is s nd th-.t the m ijority of the .-ui'-id' s in that city a'e Cror.n.'ii-. The di ith is aiuciunt cd of Mr Oromwdl Flet.t-A'K d Varlev. the t mil,cut i le -trii i in. lit cl,iini"d to I).' a:nou'.--t the mo-t direct destend ints of the J'iud ■'• -. and <\ i- nmii in Kentish Town on _\| ril <»h. 1 .■>-.. \ and \va.ih"..on of Mr ''ormlius Va'!-/, the actual originator of the Old Water-color So. iel \. Mr ('l-.novel! \' i.-lt y devoted hims, It to thfeii'.i. in,- br nidi of i •l-c.r.tphv, an 1 dc-i,cd a up ih >d of h). ding distant Viult-, in 1 i't'l win- \. ni< R nitt ifted_ the •p 'fi.il ,i tie.it mi deugi-p -r-a ml eh '-n-icians. 11 • Jin illy b •!■ im • i lii f '-'luim ■.'}' and ile •'rician'i') the Pile in•• n. I Internal ion i! Teh .r.iph Compi'iy. and lull thi- olii •■• until Ihe taking o\er of tip- telegraph-, by tho Government. Prominent among his eirly inventions was an apparatus for transmitting electrical signals, which so mil-h increased the .viisiti vm ss and trust - \\i)i-thiu"--i of the relay that it b"came practicabli' for tip- iir-t time to work from London to Edinburgh dinct. He was assi.ei.Lied with Rob-rt Stephenson,_ _Sir William Fairbairn, ami others in de-vising the Hist Atlantic cable which may be said to h n c a. hi" vi d suceesj. The WiMiiiiglon ( irri'spontlent of tho Cle.ehml L-a.lerwiite-: -"Th.- Washington Monument is the wonder of Washington, and its beauty the admiration of both Amei-icius and fort ign. r-. Alri ,nly over •'iVift high, it; rises from tho banks of tho i'otom ie a great whit" marble sharf, piercing the dun 1,, and back. I againd the blue of the sky. it is already the grandest obelisk the world has ever seen, and in the history of the future, should Ihe nations of the davp.iss avvav, b-iving no more records of their pio_.Tcss than the miirhi v ones of tho Egvj.tian pas), it will .surpass the Pyramids in the wonder of its construction. It, is a! read v higher than the Third Pyramid, and within a few feet of the size of the set ond. itisf.dler thi.uSt. Raul's Cathedral, and, when iinidied, it will be the highest .structure in the ivorld. To-day, the Calhtdial of C..loi.ne. .'.12fl hp..h. 'is the tallest worl; iv the world, Xe\t comes the Great I'vramid, h-Mft: high : then the Strasburg' l ith l ilr,d, led ft ; 'then the St corn! I'yr.imid, LVifl : th-uSt Peb-r's. _:.l)ft ; St. Stephen's at Vicuna, tloft; and St. Paul'), at London, 3h ! ft. A " lady's letter from London" in the Dunedin Star contains the following: - " One of the first theatre.- —— took me to on our return to town was tho Lyceum, to see Mary Anderson. I like the 'great American actress ' very fairly well, but I do not think 1 ever siivv a much .sillier play than fngomar. Aliss Anderson has a beautiful figure, and look's adorable in classic costume. Her first dress •'designed by Mr Lewis Wingfield, the novelist; is a lovely cream-white, trimmed in classic pattern, with a border in two shades of Pompcian red, hand-embroidered, and loose drapery of Ihe same two shades —one very pale, the other very dark. A. simple rod tillet binds the hair. .1 let second dress is iv two shades of tunpioiso blue, with over-drapery of orange, spotted with large hand-embroidered daisies. All the dresses in the play are made "if tussore silk, which drapes more classically and more resembles the drapery of a statue than any other material, and yet has the advantage of not looking like silk to the l audicmeo. Miss Anderson wanted to play Galatea next, a part for which her appearance fits her admirably, but Gilbert with characteristic crankiness has declined to permit the management to produce his comedy." AVho steals my purse steals trash, 'tis something, nothing. But he who filches from me my good name, ko. AVho brands some impure compound as AVou-'k'.-. Schnapps " filches '\ fn.m it its good name.—[Advt.]