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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3859, 29 November 1883, Page 2

An extra coach will bo added to the present tri-Avcekly servico after December Ist between Makatoku and Palmerston.

In tho Resident Magistrate's Court this morning John Lee was fined 5s and costs for drunkenness. Mr F. E. Hamlin was the presiding Justice.

Tho brethren of the Albion Lodge of tho Ancient Order of Druids celebrate their first anniversary by a dinner on December 13, at the Clarendon Club Hotel.

A match between the Petane and Napier Cricket Clubs will take place next Saturday afternoon on the Petane ground, not on the recreation ground as.previously announced.

Captain Jackson Barry, who styles ]4Jmself the "world-renowned lecturer," announces in the local paper that ho will shortly visit Wairoa, to give an account of his colonial experiences.

The case Fclloavos a p . Hamilton occupied the Supreme Court till a late hour last night. The jury retired about S o'clock, and after an hour's deliberation they returned a A'crdiot for Miss FclloAves, tho plaintiff, of £175 damages, AA'ith costs.

While there is a constant talk of the Corporation being Avithout funds avo find tho tarring of the footpaths in Tennyson-street attended to as though it AA r ero tho only thoroughfare iv the borough. It is constantly before those residing in other parts that not a shilling is spent, however small the requirement.

To-morrow, being St. Andrew's Day, tho banks will bo closed.

We have been requested to • inform the ladies and gentlemen who intend taking part in the concert at tho Spit school tomorrow evening that a trap will leave the Post Office at 7.30 p.m. to convey them to tho Spit. Wo hear that several of our lcad'iig amateurs aro to take part in the entertainment, which promises to bo Aery successful.

Amongst the arrangements made for tho arrival of the "Polk" Comedy Company in Napior our country neighbors havo not been forgotten. A special train Avill IcaA'O Waipukurau at 5.15 p.m. on Monday naxt, calling at intermediate stations, and returning from Napier after the performance of tho "Strategist." Return fares from tho various stations will bo found in our advertising columns.

The Napier Fire Brigade intend to giA'O their annual firo - works display in tho recreation ground on NeAv Year's eve. The brigade intend sparing no expense in making this popular fete a greater attraction than oven that of last year. They have spent some ,£BO in procuring the latest pyrotechnic novelties, and as this expenditure has nothing Avhatever to do Avith the brigade funds, being an entirely private venture, avc hope the fete will prove a financial success.

Wo remind our readers in and about Hastings that the Napier Amatour Dramatic Club's performance Avill be given in tho Hastings Town Hall this evening. In connection therewith a special train -will le.-vvo the Napier station for Tomoana and Hastings at 6.45 p.m., returning after tho performance. Return tickets, including admission to the performance, Avill be issued to visitors from Napier at 5s each, Avhilo visitors from Tomoana Avill bo conveyed to and from Hastings free of charge on purchasing a ticket for the performance.

A cricket match Avill be played at the recreation ground on Saturday between thoßovers and an eleven selected from tho avool whips now in tho bay. We hear there aro strnio good players among the latter, and given a fine day this match should prove a A r cry interesting ono. The ships will bo represented by the following:—Messrs. Moorhouse, Adams, Cross, Durell, Wheeler, and Skcct, from tho Wairoa; Millivard, Bclhirs, Gilding, Tacklcbcrry, and Harrington, from tho Waikato; and Wcllosfrom the Wave Queen. Captain Holbechc, of the Wairoa, has kindly consented to act as umpire on behalf of tho sons of Neptune.

AVo notice that Mr J. Wilson Craig is exhibiting a copy of the presentation plate of tho London Art Union for 1884, which every subscriber of a guinea receives. This Association has done much, during its forty-seven years of existence, to encourage art productions by popularising really good pictures by eminent artists, many of Avhich havo been of historic and therefore lasting interest. The plate noAV on vieAV is called "Tho Tuileries," and is from a painting by Mr Alfred Elmore, R.A., exhibited in the Academy in 1860, shoAving tbe Queen Marie Antoinette insulted by the crowd of sans-culottes on the 20th June, 1792. In this picture Mr Elmore has vigorously epitomised tho AA'hole French revolution. The leading figures of the mob aro finely distinguished. Foremost leaning OA'er tho table is an old ophthalmic hag Avith a horrible grin and skinny brown arms, avlio snaps her fingers at the group. Then tho thoughtful pitying gild of a better class is seen. Then thero is the horrid old man Avhose mocking A'iolcnce a demagogue restrains. Far behind amongst scythe-blades, tricoloured flags, and weapons is an admirable Hogarthian tout.li, the great vault of a shouting stupid mouth, tho only part of the face except the tip of the nose that is visible. But tho croAvn of tho Avholo is Avhat it should bo, the face of Marie Antoinette, Avhich, Avithout being theatrical, is instinct with noblo dignify, and the prido of centuries of crowned ancestors —not defiant, or Boadiooan, or proud, but tranquilly immoA'able and queenly. It Avould bo difficult to quote an}' picture in AA'hich the several characteristics of a sceno aro more distinctly individualised and strongly marked than in this composition. Mr Craig, as local agent, receives subscribers' names.

We understand that a iicav trial will bo applied for in the case of Followos v. Hamilton on the ground that the evidence failed to show any specific act of omission or malpractice on tho part of tho defendant in his treatment of the plaintiff.

To-day, as from the time of its introduction, Wolfe's Schnapps takes the lead of every other stimulant and tonic in the estimation of tho public and of scientific men. —[Advt . ]