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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3883, 29 December 1883, Page 2

"Tips" for tho Waipawa races, furnished by our own sporting contributor, will be jmblished in Monday's issue.

Tho Bishop of Waiapu and Miss Stunrb are passengers by the steamer Wairarapa from Auckland, which will arrive hero tomorrow morning.

Onnondvillo settlers will bo glad to learn that their repeated representations have at last received attention, and that tenders are called for fencing in tho railway line from Kopua to Makatoku.

We are requested to state that, for the convenience of visitors via Okawa, to tho Woodthorpe races on New Year's Day, guide posts will bo put up at each of the crossings of the Okawa creek pointing tho way to the racecourse.

Tuesday, the Ist January, is a close holiday at the Post Office The mails usually despatched on a Tuesday will be closed at 8 p.m. on Monday. A delivery of- town letters over tho counter will be made from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday.

The privileges in connection with tho New Year's Day sports on the recreation ground were sold by Mr 11. Monteith this morning. The following are the results :— Publican's booth, £18, MrEbbett; luncheon booth, £3 10s, Mr Fuszard ; fancy goods' stall ss, and cards 15s Mr F. Casein.

In the intercolonial match now being played between Victoria and New South Wales the latter team includes in its ranks no fewer than six colts, while the former team has only one player who has not previously played in an intercolonial, while seven of the eleven have been members of an Australian eleven.

The Boojum this morning fixed a 300----prallon tank in position, painted white, as a target for the Artillery practice. The tank is moored at some considerable distance from tho shore, so that frequenters of the beach may havo no fear as to any stray shots in any way disturbing them. The firing will take place this afternoon.

At the R M. Court this morning", before Captain Precce, R.M., Robert ColiniP (who occasionally figures at Court under different names from that given above) was charged on the information of Detcctivo Grace with, .stealing a pony, the property of a Maori, valued at £12, as far batik as the 26th May, 1881, and was remanded for eight days.

All tho immigrants for Hawke's Bay per British King, and who arrived hero last Monday have found ready employment, domestic servants at from 8s to 20s a week, and farm laborers at from 25s to 30s n week and found. For men able and willing to work there is a good demand, not only hern but throughout the colony. Street loafers, and drunkards, nnd tho three-days-a-week workmen form the unemployed class about which we havo heard so much lately.

The performance of Gilbert anl vane operatic cantata "Trial by Jury," which has l>e(;ii in preparation for somo time past, will take place at the Theatre Royal on Friday next, January 4th, under the" direction of Mr G-. Gurry, and should bo tho means of attracting , a numerous audience. Tho piece is hisrhly amusing, its music presents no difficulties which may not be easily overcome by our amateurs, and it is altogether a production which they may reasonably essay. A considerable amount of attention has been devoted to practice by the principals, chorus, and orchestra, and wo may fairly expect to witnr»s«i a creditable rendering of this favorite cantata. Tho half-yearly meeting of tho Loyal Napier Lodge of tho Independent Order of Oddfellows was held last evening in the lorlge-room. There was a large attendance of members. The election of officers for tho ensuing year resulted as follows:—N.G-, Bro. A". F. Cavill; V.G., Bro. J. Crouohcr ; E.S., Bro. Storkey; Permanent Secretary, Bro. F. Bee (re-elected); Warden, Bro. Goddard (re-elected). Bro. P. McGormick, tho retiring N.G., was elected G.M. Tho auditors were for the third time re-elected. Bro. Deputy Prov. Grand Master Waddell, ass-steel by Bro. Prov. Corresponding Secretary Fielder, conducted the inauguration of tho newel v elected officers in a most impressive and efficient manner. Tho funds wpre reported in a satisfactory condition, notwithstanding tho heavy charges on tho sick fund during tho half-year. The rocipts for the ovening , amounted to £61 I3sßd. . The man Patrick Loughnan who wan * remanded yesterday on a charge of burglary has a history of his own. He arrived in the colony as a free immigrant only a few years ago, and ainco then has e-iven most of his time to the service of Her Majesty. On four separate charges of burglary ho was sentenced to four years hard labor at Dunedin where two previous convictions certifiod to his character, and in the circle in which he lias moved ho is considered a nerson of groat ability. Sinco his arrival in this district ho has worked as a Cooper at the Hikutoto boiling-down establishment, and when work was slack in that line lie took a contract to paint a sacred edifice at the Spit. It is snppoFO'l, nnd not without good reason, that one of our local importers involuntarily supplied t>ie materinl for this work. In other -ways Mr Loughnan has co distributed his patronage that few tradesmen can grumble at not having contributed towards his household expenses. . Tho Clivo and surrounding tradespeople will therefore miss tho favors of this gentleman during his temporary seclusion. An inquest was held at Southward upon tho body of Henry Stockc-r, aged 45. Tho wife of the deceased stated that on Sunday night hor husband returned home about 10. She was out at the time, and in consequence i of this their son, a lad 11 years of ape, refused to go inside at his father's bidding. Her husband was a very passionate man, and of hasty temper, and on seeing the boy run aw ~ he exclaimed, "God strike me dead if I "don't kill him when I catch him." I He ran nftor the boy, and mot witness "* whilo so doing. Ho was dreadfully excited, but she got him back into the house and to bed. Soon after ho jumped up and said ho felt as though ho would choke, and then became insensible. A doctor was sent for, but death ensued. Mr M. Cock, surgeon, gave evidence to the effect that deceased had had a very violent fit of passion, which caused a rupture of one of the valves of tho heart, and so produced death. Tho coroner said it was an awful thing for any man to use such an imprecation as tho deceased had done, and it looked as if bis wish had been answered.

The drill-instructor of an old English regiment—one of the old stamp of martinet sergeants—who was the terror of every recruit, and tho remorseless tyrant of tho awkward squad, was putting a firing party through tho funeral exorcise. Having opened the ranks, so as to .admit tho passage of the supposed cortcr/e between them, the instructor ordered the men to " rest on their arms reversed." Then by tho way of practical explanation he ; walked slowly down the lane formed by tho two ranks, saying as he moved: "Now I am tho corpse ! Pay attention !" Having reached the end of tho party ho turnod round, regarding theiii steadily with, a scrutinising eye for a moment or two, and then romarked in a solemn tone of voice; Your \ 'ands is right and your 'cads is right, but **{ you 'avon't that look of regret you ought to 'avo,"

Tho Greeks arc erecting n statuo to Mi Gladstone.

/ Geneva has a public-house for every inhabitants.

Tho composing , room of the Melbourne Argus is now lit by electricity.

Seven of the members of tho Federation Conference are Australian natives.

Without exception the whole of the Lou don Aldermen are engaged in trade.

In tho United States 120 newspapers are either published or edited by negroes.

The two-pound loaf ia retailed for threepence at Masterton, and at Wellington for ioiu'penco.

London's daily milk bill is £20,000. How much belongs to the cow with the iron handle ?

Mr John McLachlan is a candidate for tho vacant scat for Selwyn in tho House of Representatives.

A specially prepared glass is taking the place of wood and iron in the building of railway bridges in England.

At length a process has been discovered, so it ia alleged, for taking photographs in colors, being produced by the action of tho light ulono in tho camera.

Ernest Longfellow, a son of tho poet, is to supply twenty illustrations to a new edition of his father's poems. Mrs G. Cotterell {nee Carandini), after a lengthy visit to the old coimtry, is returning to Wellington, where she will resume her music und singing classes.

The Commissioner h.i.s decided to supply

.the passengers on the Great Northern line, South Wales, with iced drinking-water gratis during tho summer months.

There ia no point on the American side from which Niagara Falls can bo Keen without paying for the privilege. Tho Major might try a charge for viewing Milford Sound.

Ireland's yearly liquor bill amounts to £14,000,0(10. The roritul of all the agricultural land is only £11,500,000. Another answer to Duffy's famous question, why is Ireland poor ?

W. R Gilbert, tho cricketer, a cousin of the Graces, who visited Australia, lias been declared bankrupt, with liabilities amounting to £8(J0. The assets consisted of four cricket bats.

The new opera Hip Van Winklo was produced on Christmas Eve at the Opera House, Melbourne . A clever critic, says it will be a failure—the opera is on the same lines as the play, too much so.

The Board who enquired into the case of Attcnborough, the letter carrier accused of being connected with the levanting sweep promoter "Loco," has found him guilty, and ho lias been dismissed from thu service. Tho Tnsmanian Mail points out that New Zealand meat ran be bought in London for

less than meat can bo purchased in llobart

It is not generally known that cattle are J. regularly imported to Hobart from Victoria for slaughtering.

Miss Martina Simonson, after making , consi'lerable advanco in her profession in Melbourne, has left for Sydney, e/i route for America, where she will fry to obtain an engagement. Her mother, M'dtne Simonson, still remains in Melbourne. La Presso has an account of a peasant nnmed James Zygelof, who just died lit Odessa, aged 117 years. His son is still alivo at the age of 115 ; he has a grandson of 85, and a great-great-grandson of '15. Ho never drunk nor smoked. An agitation is going on with reference to tho Pollard Opera Troupe, tho parents hero (in Victoria) stating that Pollard took their children to India without their knowledge Or consent. Probably a delegate will be Senfc to bring the children back. Tho Sydney Bulletin recently had a clever cartoon in which the Grand Old Man (Gladstone) recommended Messrs Service and Berry to annex Australia first, the map showing much country "unoccupied,"

"unexplored," "vacant," and "to let."

It is probable that Shakespeare will shortly bo burlesqued in tho United States on a very extensive scale. According to ono statement an enterprising American

manager has employed an author to parody each of tho pieces in which Mr Irving apand an actor to caricature him in the whole of his parts.

In tho year 170(5, we arc told by a lady writer for tho Hampshire Telegraph, " that a lady of distinction at tho west end of tho town took tho following method of testifying her sorrow for the loss of her husband : She dressed herself entirely in black crapu, had two black servants to wait on her, eat nothing but black puddings, and drank nothing but black cherry brandy, for one whole year."

Another immense shark, of the white or diamond-toothed species, was caught in Portland Bay recently, having become entangled in tho Fishing Company's nets. The monster is 19 feet in length, and about two tons in weight. It had six rows of diamond teeth, in splondid condition, and its skin was deeply cut and scarred from old wounds. Tho shark has been sent to Ballarat for exhibition.

Sixteen hundred trains a day run over tho Claphum Junction in London. The r;iils Ho together like the wires of a piano. There is no shrieking of whistles or clanging of bells; the signals aro kept for their officials, and trespassers expose themselves at their own peril. A tunnel way for passengers connects the whole, ao that no one is allowed tr , cross tho rails except the employes, who grow reckless and occasionally come to grief. On an average, one man is lulled on tho crossings every six weeks.

A coiTospoudeut, ■writing' of the Vienna exhibition, says :—"Even the cabman here havo become enamou-id of electricity. Leopold Frank, No. 737, is the first cabman who has introduced electric lighting , into this useful class of vehiclo. Tho municipal authorities found no reference to anything but oil lamps and tallow candle in tho cab rules, and made somo difficulties at first about authorising this worthy enterprise, but a noblo persistence has overcome all difficulties. Frank has got the sanction of the chief magistrate.

Tho following marvellous escapo is narrated in a recent issue of the Liverpool (New South Wales) Herald:—"A man was leisurely crossing the viaduct near the paper mill, when the goods train came along at a rattling pace. As he saw no chance of escape by running or jumping, ho throw himself down between the rails and allowed tho engine and trucks to run over him. As noon as the last van passed he stood up and waved his hat to ii number of ladies who ■witnessed tho affair, and who screamed lustily all the time.

The oldest musical instrument known to bo in existence is said to be in tho museum of Copenhagen. It is a largo bronzo war trumpet, which was found in a graveyard in Schleswig. The instrument is cast of ninetenths copper and onc-trnch tin, is very large, and its tube is in the shape of a corkscrew, so that it must have encircled the player. Tho mouthpiece is comparatively very wide, and tho opening is fiat, like a cymbal. Tho length of the instrument is nearly seven feet; it has a very low, full, and exceedingly far-ranging tono.

A correspondent of a Home paper suggests the oiling of the Straits of Dover. Ho writes: —"A passage a mile brond woxdd cost roughly £250, or if done daily, £75,000 a year. 'Perhaps the oiling would not have to bo done daily, as probably after .a few weeks the sea would be thoroughly ;becalmed; but even if it should cost that ■.sum, it would not exceed the endless sums .that are now spfint in quackeries by intending passengers and advertising the said quackeries, or the inestimable sums which passengers would give when half-way across."

A shocking accident is reported from Podolia, one of the Russian provinces. In the town of Cracow, during service in the synagogue, some person cried out that the edifice was on firo. A panic immediately ensued. Men, women, and children arose and attempted to gain the doors. The strong trampled on the weak, and for tho period of a minute tho situation was appalling. Thirty-eight women were either trampled to death or suffocated, and nearly fifty were seriously injured. Fivo aged men and at least a dozen children were taken out dead. The number wounded, while not exactly stated, i.s said to be large. Nearly 2000 persons wero in the synagague when the alarm was sounded. Many of tho women in tho galleries leaped down to the main floor, and were so bruised and stunned that they could not extricato themselves from the panic-stricken throng. It was not until lato in the afternoon that tho wounded were all cared for. An oflieial investigation of tho disaster Ijas been ordered.

A Mauritius merchant has sent to Lord Granville uu estimate of tho damage done to his sugar plantation near Tamatave by the attack of the French on that place. Ho estimates tho damage to this year's and the tyro succeeding- crops at £G(),000, and if his mill has been destroyed £40,000 additional. Shippers of goods to Madagascar by tho Tamar O istlo are also forwarding to the Foreign Office claims for damages on account of their goods not being allowed to be landed. Further claims by "British subjects at other points, such as at Temoarofo and Majungii, will also bo forwarded as soon as their oxteut can be ascertained.

The alarm at the increasing density of tho network of telephone wires in London does not subside. Almost every day the dragging of a new wire across the old onea brings home the fact that the leading.streets of tho metropolis are being systematically roofed in. No less than 14U0_ telegraph and telephone wiros, it is said, stretch across Leadenhall street. Over Queen Victoria street they intersect each other at almost every foot. Already nervous persons avaid riding outside omnibuses. Meanwhile the authorities one after the other repudiate all power to control the opposite interlacing of chimneys and stacks. There is no one oven to remove or look after tho number of disowned, unused, and decaying wires.

It seems to be a well-recognised fact that human beings cannot exist in a state of health on animal food exclusively for any length of time. Vegetables aro necessary to prevent certain diseases, and to remove these diseases when they have invaded tho system. But vegetables can be used a.-s an exclusive diet and yet maintain the body in a state of perfect health. Herodotus implicitly attributes the activity and healthiness of the Persians of his time to the variety and abundance of fruit and vegetables which they consumed. They hud at meals not only .several dishes, but several courses of vegetable food preceding a very moderate allowance of solid meat. Chambers says : "I feel sure that the puniness, infertility, pallor, fetid breath and bad teeth which distinguish some of our town populations, is to a great extent due to their inability to get those articles of the table fresh."

Life Insurance as a provision.—The importance of seourcment of means for those we might elsewiso leave in needy circumstances, is not more wise than the procurement of and extended lease of life by the continuous use of Wolfe's Scusaits.— [Advt.]