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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3854, 23 November 1883, Page 2

The HaAA'ke's Bay County Council has engaged the services of the Avell-lcnoAvn contractor, Mr John Orr, to undertake tho ■work of turning the Ngaruroro and of opening the mouth of tho river at.its old channel.

Tho proposal to hold monthly sittings of the Borough Council instead of fortnightly is nothing* iigav. A long time back it Avas suggested as being all that Avas necessary, and noAV that there is no money to spend wo fail to see the utility of the Council meeting every fortnight. The proposal has been referred to the Public Works Committee.

Tho shocking termination of the life of tho Rev. Mr Shirriffs will bo learned with much regret by tho largo circle of the deceased gentleman's friends, and the greatest sympathy will be felt for his bereaved wife and family. The reverend gentleman had been quite out of his mind before he left Napior for Wellington, and committed tho fatal act in a state of insanity.

AYe hear that considerably more activity is being slioavii in pushing on thoMastcrton end of the raihvay than is being displayed at this side of tho line. From the Masterton side one contract of ten milea is nearly completed, and a second one is on the point of being let. At this rate, says the Examiner, the sixty miles of railway botAveen Masterton and AVoodville will bo completed before tho sixteen lying between Woodville and Danevirke.

Cr. Margoliouth has given notice to move at tho next meeting of the Municipal Council, " That this Council take the necessary steps to obtain compensation from tho Crown for lands within the borough taken for public works purposes." Itissomewhat surprising* that a motion of this kind has not been proposed long ago. Privato individuals have obtained compensation for land taken from them, and at the next sitting of the Court Mr Colcnso will advanco his claims against the Crown. '

The Trust Commissioner gave notice today that the folloAving deeds had boon submitted to him for investigation, to wliich ho has decided to cortify if not objected to in the course of the next five days :—Conveyance of undivided interest in the Kaokaoroa block G6N, 1132 acres, to William Doughy by Te Orora Hokokakuu, of the first part, and Hori Kiokio of the second part, dated November 15, I§S3 ; and tho lease of undivided interests in tho Kaitoki block TON, 1G,0!5 acres, to AVilliam Frederick Knight and George Cooper, by Nopcra Kuikainga and Harata Hawca, dated September 28, 1883.

Tho committee of the HaAvko's Bay Sailing Club havo decided that tho last series of matches, the first of which, was sailod on tho 10th November, shall fall through, and that a ucav scries be instituted having a different handicap aud no entrance foe. Messrs AY. Wilkie and R. Duncan have kindly consented to act as handicappers, and the committee hope that their decisions will give satisfaction to all. The first of tho new scries Avill bo sailod to-morrow over the same course, and starting witli two guns as usual. The positions are—No. 1, Nymph; 2, Resolute; 3, Nautilus; 4, Kelpie ;5, Fairy ;G, Osprey;' 7, Tui; 8, Comet; 9, AVavo Queen; 10, Revenge; 11, Nancy Lee.

Tho petition praying that Hastings may be brought under the ToAvn Districts Act was forwarded yesterday to tho proper quarter through Mr F. Sutton, M.H.R. As tho petition is very largely and inuuontially signod there can be no doubt the prayer Avill bo granted. A week or so back a resident of Hastings waxed very indigmtnt Avitb us for twitting that toAA'nsbip AA'ith being behind AVaipaAva in its anxiety for local government, and he asserted that th<j petition had been sent to its destination "some time ago." AVo Avere not in a position to contradict him at tho time, but tho information that avc give above as to tho petition haA'ing only been forwarded yesterday is authentic.

At 11.30 o'clock last night at Hastings Constable Lawliss discovered the premises occupied by Combs and Co. to bo on firo. Mr AVilliam Can tie, AA r ho is in charge of the shop, and tho constablo arrived at the door together, and on entering found some articles of clothing in flames. AVithout much difficulty tho five was extinguished before any injury was done to the building. About £10 worth of damage Avas done to tho drapery stock. Tho origin of tho firo is supposed to havo been caused by the flame of a candle that had apparently been left burning on the counter closo to whero some drapery was hanging. Mr Cantlo was only absent from the premises about ton minutes Avhen tho fire avus discovered. The stock is insured in tho Union office for £500.

Tho Dramatic Club, at the request of a number of Hastings residents, havo decided to repeat their last night's performance at Hastings next Thursday. Wo can assuro our Hastings readers that they have a treat in store, and they will have the additional adA'antage of seeing the company at its best, as this will bo tho third representation of the burlesque, and the performers are quite at home in their parlfe. The pieces will be put on the stage in tho same complete manner as they have been in town, and will havo the assistance qf My. George Garry's full orchestra. Tho proceeds of the entertainment will be devoted to the charitable fund of the club. Should tho venture prove a success Aye understand that it is the intention of the club to make periodical visits to Hastings during tho summer months.

Tho only business at tho Resident Magistrate's Court this morning was an application by Mr McLean for a re-hearing of a case in Avhich judgment was given on tho 23rd October last. Tho case Avas betAveen AVilliam Parker, Receiver of Borough Rates, and George Scott, of Hastings, for the sum of £2 4s for borough rates on property in Napier owned by defendant. The ground on Avhich Mr McLean airplied for a re-hear-ing of tho case was that the sum of lis costs was improperly or by mistake alloAvcd to the plaintiff in the action. Mr McLean addressed the Court at some length in support of his application, and Mr Logan replied on behalf of the Corporation. Tho evidence of Messrs AY. Parker and R. AVilliams, and the Clerk of the Court having been taken, His AVorship refused the application on tho ground that Mr Parker having applied foja. witnesses' expenses in tho first hearing, and His AVorship having granted them, ho did not iioav desire to disturb tho judgment.

Tho fourth performance of tho Napier Amateur Dramatic Club was given last night at the Theatre Royal, which Ava£ fairly well filled. Tho opening piece was the sparkling little comedy " AVlio Speaks First," and it was played in such a manner as would have done credit to actors of much more ambitious pretensions than our local club. All the parts were happily cast, and the characters played well up to each other. Captain Charles, as represented by tho gentleman who has so apppared at the Theatre Royal witli such' marked success, Avas admirably played in ei-ory particular, and rcccivod warm applause from the audience. Mr aud Mrs Militant were also successful in their rcspectivo characters, whilst tho young lady avlio played the part of Smart, a pert Availing, maid, was full of vivacity, and contributed largely to tho success of tho piece. Potter, the last character li> the epm°4y, though, hy no moans least, was represented by an old Napier favorite, who always plays conscientiously, and last mgbt was l 1 ™ his element. Tho burlesque tho "Maid and the Magpio" folloAved, and wont infinitely bettor "than on its first production, the performers being also more familiar with tho text than on the previous occasion. Ninetto again sang most pleasingly, and her duets with Gianotto wore very successful and warmly applauded. Pippo's acting all through tho burlesque was capital, and he received a hearty encore for his song and dance. The part of Isaac received amplijA justice, and his make up avus excellent, the local hits also tolling witli good effect. Fernando again caused shouts of laughter by his mock tragedy air and his attitudes generally. Tho ducts betAveen Isaac and Fernando wero loudly encored, and in ono

caso had to bo repeated. Tho parts of i Lucia, tho Magistrate, and Fabrizio Avere mil fairly avcll rendered, and tho burlesquo as a Aviiolo Avent Avith much spirit. The orchestra under Mr Garry played during tho evening in a capable manner. During tho discussion on tho Public Health Bill, the other night, says the Melbourne Ago, Mr Coppin suggested that a provision should be inserted to check the smoking of boys under a certain age. The practice, ho said, had grown to a great extent, and tho nuisance in tho streets should bo checked. Mr Richardson strongly supported tho suggestion, and stated that ho would even go so far as to prevent mon from smoking in the streets. Tho lion, member told the House, lioav, on one occasion, he was in a railway carriage with a number of members of Parliament avlio persisted in smoking in spite of his objections ; but Sir AY. Collard Smith, avlio had evidently been ono of the party, retorted, "Eleven out of tho twelve of us were against you." After some further discussion, in which Messrs McLellan and Duffy opposed Mr Coppin's suggestion, Mr Kerferd promised to take" the sense of the House on tho question at a subsequent stage. " Zamiel," in tho Auckland Star, relates an amusing incident, in Avhich Mr Daniel, M.H.R. for AVallacc, Avas the central figure. Iv the early days of Otago the scattered little settlement in which Mr Daniel resided was thrown into astateof the greatest excitement by the arrival of Bishop Sclwyn, Avho was on a pastoral visit. On Sunday people of all denominations flocked to Mr Daniel's residence for the purpose of hearing a sbvmoii from the august visitor. The congregation being seated, a musical box avus produced for the purpose of assisting in tho harmony. The Bishop offered up a prayer, and Mr Daniel gravely wound up the musical box. Tho prelate was scandalised by hearing the instrument belch forth "You may kiss me and caress me and I Avon't say No." Before ho had time to recover from his state of speechless astonishment, the mechanical musician was in dulcet strains beseeching "Tommy to make room for his uncle." "What does this moan ?'' gasped the Bishop. " It's all right, sir," said Mr Daniel, " tho next tune is Old Hundredth. Here she comes. Now thou, you fellows— ' Al-1 peo-plo tha-a-t,' " and the devotional exorcise proceeded aud was carried to a successful conclusion. The following clipping from mi Australian paper will he interesting to our country readers :—" A trial of reaping and bindiii"- machines took place to-day on the farm of Mr R. M'Neil, at Undera. The trial was carried out under tho of tho Undera Farmers' Union, and its object was chiefly to decide which of tho several machines now offered to the farming community AA'as most suitable. Thoso which took part in the competition wero the M'Corinick, the Buckeye, tho Osborne, the Samuelson, and the Hornsby. The two other machines at present in the market— %c AY. A. AVoods and tho Howard s Simplex—were not represented. The trial took place in a crop of oats just come into ear, and was a severe test, the crop being short and uneven. The soil Avas, however, level and firm, and this Avas in favor ot the machines. Each Avorked in turn, and the judges, of whom there wore five, after a careful examination of the work done and the manner in which it Avas accomplished, decided to place the Buckeye and the .M'Corinick equal. The next best Avorker to the aboA r o machines wan undoubtedly the Samuelson. Tho Aveather Avas lino though hot, and upwards of 200 farmers wero present. Very «reat interest avus taken in the trial. ' The* Morning Post thus illustrates the necessity for the now code of luavs promulgated by the Marylebono Club: —"The neAV code contains one addition that has been no doubt suggested by an amusing piece of slu-rp practice which Avas much talked of in cricket circles not long ago. It happened that on tho first day of _ a match a bowler and a batsman on opposite sides wero staying in a country house, and ' after dinner Avcro talking over the day's cricket. " I am very glad," said tho latter, "that you did not appeal when you bowled the last ball to-day, for I believe I Avas leg before wicket." Tho bowler said nothing, but at tho beginning of tho game next morning, and before a ball was boAvlcd, enquired of the umpire, " Hoav's that?" " How is what?" said the umoiro. "The last ball bowled yesterday," avus the rejoinder. " Out," said the umpire, Avho ron-iombererl tho lets before wicket, and out tho unlucky batsman had to go, determined to be iv future less confiding over his Avins. It is, avc presume, lo meet a case of this kind that the ucav code provides that an appeal to the umpire shall not bo made after any cessation of play. This is, indeed, oiily a single ono out of many instances Avliich might be given of the caro with Avhich the new code has been framed, and avo fire sure that tho skill bestoAvcd on tho work will bo generally recognised and appreciated." Miss North, tho enterprising and accomplished lady traveller, Avas at Dcrulem on the. Ist of last month. So far from having been disappointed in the fioAvers of South Africa, the accomplished artist Avritcs Avith enthusiasm of the country and its flora. "Every fresh place," sho says " shows me fresh flowers, but Avintcr has begun, and there are not many now ; but I always find enough to do." About forty miles from tho frontier of the Orange River State, Miss North had been tho guest of Mr Saunders, one of the oldest settlers, Avho never moved from his homo during tho Avhole time of tho Avar, and who has tho entire confidence of the Zulus, his neighbours. In Mrs Saunders, Miss North found a lady of kindred tastes, who "has painted nearly all the flowers of Natal." " AtDorulem," she writes, "I had a great treat: a botanical ' butcher' took me in his gig to see one of tho biggest aloo trees in the world, perhaps, and I have painted it so well that tears came into his eyes when he looked at jt. There aro three trees standing together on a high bank over the river, and thoy make a fine subject; they are forty feet lii"*h, with hundreds of heads on tho ends of the branches, AA'hich keep forking into two, like the dome palm. The trunk, a yard above the ground, is quite tAvo foot through. AVhen in bloom every head has a bunch of < red hot poker flowers ' coming out of it, and tho mass of scarlet can be seen thirty miles off, Mr Hill says." Miss North was to start for Mauritius on the 15th, intending, if practicable, to go on to Madagascar. In America it seems that wives are occasionally disposed of, for the cash value of a young German Avoman residing at Brooklyn has just been fixed by her husband at a hundred dollars. Possibly, as tho Ncav York Times observes, tho quotation may not afford an exact indication of tho market, on account of the peculiar conditions of the transfer; but it may serve as a guide to determine the average valuo of a "pretty woman, tall and slender, '.with long black hair and dark piercing eyes." Tho lady, " transferred " by her husband's consent, left her house recently in tho company of an admirer, taking with her 170 dollars, deposited in her OAAm name at the bank. Her husband applied to the police, recovered possession of the f u<ntivc, whom ho kept, so to say, in pawn, until sho was redeemed by the partner in hor flight, avlio was informed that sho would bo restored to him on payment of a hundred dollars. Tho latter demurring to tins, tho husband, an eminently practical man, offered to throw in with the lady a certain quantity of furniture ; tho bargain was then concluded, the lady, with the goods and chattels surrendered, and a deed of transfer was signed by all parties. The transaction being a somewhat mixed one, it is not easy to determine pvecisoly Avhat pi-icp tho matron really was estimated at by iib'r spouso'; hut, says the Ncav York paper, . "everyone must admire the exccllont spirit sliOAvn j n briiuring about an amicable settlement of a dispute which, k some casos, would have led to annoying litigation. Statisticians have pronounced the United States to bo not only potentially, but actually, richer than tho United Kingdom. Counting tho houses, furniture, manufactures, railways, shipping, bullion, lands, i.attlo, crops, investments, and roads, it is estimated' that there is a grand total in tho United States of §19,770,000,000. Great Britain is credited with something leas than §40,000,000,000 or lioarly $10,000,000,000 less than tho United States. Tho wealth per inhabitant in Great Britain is estimated at §1,100 and in tho United States at $99». With rogard to tho remuneration of labor, assuming the produce of labor to be 100, iv Great Britain 50 parts go to tho laborer, 21 to capital, and 23 to government. In France 41 parts go to labor, 30 to capital, and 23 to A' government. In the United States 72 parts go to labor, 23 to capital, and 5 to government, i.i -IT There are employed m tho ship-building establishments and marine engineering works of Great Britain 100,000 men, whose annual wage earnings amount t0£7,000,000.

It is reported that Ilanlan and Laycock may soon bo matched, Tho telegram referring to Lavcock's challenge to Hanlan to row for 5000 dollars and the championship of the world, says that no distance or date is specified, tho details being left until Hanlan is heard from. In determining a case at Tapanui tho other day, Mr Nugent AA r ood, R.M., felt constrained to say that there Avas no such thing as morality in connection with horse or land-dealing. People seemed to throAV honesty to the Avinds once they commenced to deal in horses or land. For stealing nine Australian sovereigns, AA'hich he had received from an emigrant named Koosch, on pretence that he could set them exchanged with a profit of one shilling on each, John Lewis, a provision dealer,' has been sent to gaol for four months from tho Mansion House Police Court. Mr Edward Isaacs, says the New Zealand Herald, received a letter by the San Francisco mail from his daughter, Lady Samuel, informing him that she bad used New Zealand mackerel and flounders for the table, Avhich had been sent Homo from tho colony in a frozen state, and that the fish Avere in excellent condition. " Anglo- Australian " (of tho European Mail) i.s r of opinion that the condition of Ireland Avould now be different from Avhat it is Avere tho Irishmen at Home generally as true and sincere as their descendants at tho antipodes. The fact is in Ireland sedition has groAvn into a regular trade, and genuine patriotism is now Avell nigh impossible. A novel request was, according to the Taranuki Herald, made lately by Robert Barnes, carpenter, avlio applied to the Resident Magistrate, iv open Court, that a prohibition order under the Licensing Act, might bo granted, prohibiting anyone from supplying himself Avith intoxicating liquors for twelve months. The order Avas of course granted. The la-"gc forging for the stern of tho s.s. Rotomahana, damaged in tho late disaster at tho AVaipapa Point (says the Otago Times of AYeclnesday) lias now been completed, and lies at the (loekhead, Port Chalmers, open to the inspection of all interested in matters maritime and engineering. The Rotomahana Avill be received in dock immediately after the removal of the Takapuna, to be fitted with her new stern-frame, kc

Tbe latest Yankee advertising device is described as follows :—" A shapely girl ap-

peared at a fifth-story Avindow in Boston. Her long hair was loose, and her gown avus white, so that to the uncritical eye sho looked like a person right from bed : but she Avore shoes and stockings, as was subsequently observed, and there \vere numerous touches of a careful toilet. However, she

■airly represented a girl hastily aroused from deep by fire. Her moA'cments avoi-o rapid, ;00, and her manner wild. She Hung open ;hc sash and climbed out on tho sill. The

square fronting the building Avas almost instantly eroAvded. 'With a shrill cry she dropped herself. A thrill of horror ran through the multitude. But the girl was not dashed to pieces on the pavement. Sho descended Avith great but harmless celerity

nto the anus of a man, Avho began at once

to expatiate upon the merits of his device, Avhich consisted of a single Avire attached to

a kind of harness, and pulled out from a box by the weight of the person hitched to it. The girl was liked, but nobody cared any-

thing about the apparatus, and its ingenious exhibitor did not make a single sale, the people disappearing as soon as sho did." The proof of the jmdding is in the eating. If tho virtues claimed for AVolee's Sciinait3 Avere not to bo found in the preparation, its sales Avould neither be so extensive nor outspread throughout the colonies.—[Advt.]