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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3904, 24 January 1884, Page 2

The comet was distinctly visible last night between 8.45 and 10 o'clock. The nucleus is large and bright, but the tail is rather hazy. The brethren of the Bedford Lodge, 464, J.C., intend opening their nnw hall at Waipiikurau on Monday, February 4. Past Master Beilby will officiate on the occasion, which will attract a large number of the members of the Craft. A number of the settlers in the Waipukurnu district are talking- -j! forming a Jockey Club, with the object if possible, of putting down road Bide public-house race meetings. All lovers of truo sport will wish the proposed new club every success. Wo have to acknowledge the receipt of an excellent loaf of bread from Mr Heron's bakery, Emerson-street. The loaf is duly stamped, and has apparently, been forwarded to us to show that the Act relating to stamped loaves is strictly observed. Handel's Messiah will be given by the Napier Musical Society this evening in the Theatre Royal, commencing , at 8 o'clock. The chorus will be nearly 90 strong, and, as the rehearsing has been very thorough, an enjoyable entertainment and a large audience may be anticipated. Tho Napier Amateur Dramatic Club have now in ' rehearsal "Tho Lyons Mail," a drama in throe acts translated from the French of Messrs Morcau, Siraudin, and Delacour. This piece lias already been made famous by Mr Henry Irving, and will no doubt bo mado more so by the Napier amateurs. It is long since the shearing , season lias been so backward as it has been this year, the clip from some of tho ]<irge flocks not haying-yet reached port. The Hon. H. Russell's and Mr J. Mackcrsey's sheds are not j r ct cleared. The grain crop is also very backwai'd. At Hastings harvesting is going on, but further up tho country tho crops are far from ripe. Th c folio win g cablegram has been received by Messrs Kinross and Co., the local agents of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company from the London directors, stating that traffic on tho Egyptain railway has been resumed, that it is fully anticipated the Italian quarantine will be shortly reduced or entirely removed, and that tho quarantine at Marseilles will be virtually shortened by three days. It is perhaps superfluous. to remind parents and guardians that the district school I'c-opeiis after the summer vacation next Monday. Ah many changes have lately taken place in the statf of the district school at Napier, it is hoped that parents will see that their children attend on the opening day to facilitate arrangements, and that all now pupils will attend for classification at 9 o'clock on Monday morning. It will be seen by advertisement that tenders have at last been invited for alterations and additions to the Napier railway station. It is said that all things come to those who wait. Long suffering travellers have waited weary years fyr some improvement to the station, some sort of shelter from rain, for some soi'tof comfort, and though perhaps many have gone down prematurely to their graves the survivors ■ have; the satisfaction that there is now a prospect of patience being rewarded. : The civilian team fired off yesterday afternoon for the tea and coffee service presented by Mr W. Villors to the Hawko's Bay Rifle Association and won by fchp civilians at the , late meeting. Tho trophy fell to .the lot of Mr Chambers.' Tho following are the scores, five rounds at each distance; — . 300 400 500 Tl. Chambers .. ..13. 20 10 — 49 Chicken, Joseph ..14 15 1C — 45 Wilson.. .. .. 18 IS 7 — 43 Williams, F. W. .. 12 14: 12 — 38 Villers ...... 4 .5 0— 9 , Wo warned ou,r contemporary yesterday of tho risk it ran through taking f* locals " from anybody without going to the trouble of verifying the information. This morning we notice that tho Herald has fin item to the effect (hat after parade last night the members of the local, volunteer companies met Mr Shechan by invitation at tho Criterion Hotel, whero they partook of his hospitality. Mr Sheehan oappons to be in Auckland, although fyc may have left instructions, that tho volunteers should bo .entertained at r his: cxpenße,; The Herald concludes by saying that f .' in (ho cou'rso' of tho ovoniug Mr Sheehan's consent was obtained to. bo nominated honorary colonel of the corps." Wo would ask wjiich corps] , . Sir (-reorgo Whitmoreis the honorary colonel of the Now Zealand, Regiment of' Artillery, and the Rifle corps> has not" asked Mr Shechaii to be its colonel.' For tho Herald's information we may state.that it is not usual for a company to liavQ'a 'Colonel. '

At the R.M. Court to-day, before Mesir E. Lyndon and F. Sutton, M.H.R., J.P.s, George Bell, on remandcharged withlunacy, was discharged.—Kate Wyntt, on a similar charge, was remanded for a week.—William Puttman, on remand, was charged with neglecting to join his ship. Mr McLean appeared for Captain Setten, of the ship Pleiades. The charge was brought under section 123 of the Shipping and Seamen's Act. Mr McLean said, when Captain Preeoe dismissed the previous case, lie was tinder the impression that the articles had to be signed before the Chief Collector of Customs, but he now kriew:that any Collector of Customs,; was ; snfficient under the Act. The accused again urged that tho enso should be tried before a Resident Magistrate, as he had" been already tried for tho same offence. ; After Capt. Setten had given his evidence, as proviouely reported,, Mr Pram gave evidence that tho articles were signed before ■ him:. - : Mr McLean was allowed by the bench to address them after the prisoner had made his statement, which is clearly an unjustifiable innovation. Tho Court ordered" accused to be conveyed on board ship. Mr McLoan said he must ask for a term of imprisonment, as the captain had made other arrangements. The Court , then'ordered Puttraan to "be imprisoned for seven days. Search is to be made for the exact house at Portsmouth where Charles Dickens was born. Mr Moody says that hia three weeks' ■work in Ireland was the most productive of his life. A firm composed wholly of wonibn have started a barber's shop in one of the leading streets of New York. '■■■■;'> ■ ,: " Newspapers aro not sold by boys' but by women in France, who occupy' fanciful sentry boxes in tho principal streets. ~ The wedding ring piven by Martin Luther to his bride is still in existence, and has lately been placed on exhibition, in , Frank-fort-on-the-Main. - "Webster's Spelling Book, > still itl use in some United' States schools, has been in print for 100 years. The' sales td date aggregate 75,000,000 copies. ■> ' -•'-■■ . J ' : William Porton, who stood close to Nelson when the-latter received• Uis mortal wound at Trafalgar, has justdiod iti the Wolverharapton workhouse. /' ; ;; The congregation of Notre Dame Church, Palis,., has dwindled from; the thirty or forty thousand of. former times , to. two or three hundred even on festival days. For the nine months of the financial year concluded the gross railway receipts have been £65,000 below the estimate. The increase of expenditure also for tho nine months is over £40,000 compared: with tho corresponding period of the previous year. ■ The Sydney Town and Country Journal announces that it will give a premium of 100 guineas for the best water-color or oil painting painted by a colonial artist, depicting characteristic scenery or social life in Australia, the picture to be reproduced for representation' to subscribers at Christmas. The picture presented/with the last Christmas number of the journal'is said to have cost £1000. ■' -■ ■ ;,; .' The North: Otago Times understands that a gentleman in Oamaru has designed an appliance which is said to be likely to revolutionise the operations of the. Harbor Board's dredge. A patent has been, or will be,; applied for. , In two years' time, or less, the inventor reckpns that the work of dredging the harbor will be completed, and the largest vessels be able t to find a suffioient depth of wator to accommodate them in safety. In an affidavit placed betore Judge Ward lately in a bankruptcy the' trustee had sworn that he "had reason,.to.believe tho debtor had not' given up all his property." His Honor remarked that this was too negative a form of assertion altogether, and involved also an estimate of the trustee's reasoning powers. . He doclared,tho affidavit insufficient, but fortunately for him tho debtor was present and able to give evidence to remove the doubt. The same thing , occurred in a second case. Tho Graphic Christmas Number, published simultaneously in England and America on Dec. ,3, has two coloured plates instead of one, as on.former occasions, and the pictures throughout maintain the high standard we are accustomed to. from this journal. In connection, with the marked development of color printing, it may be interesting to know that this edition reaches 560,000, and that, owing, to the.number of colors, which necessitates a fresh impression for every tint, these sheets rep. resent a total number of 19,600,000 impressions. Last week Judge Hardcastle held a District Court at Ashburton, and heard a case in which a person claimed £100 damages for personal injuries arising from tho negligence of the defendant. His Honor awarded £5 and costs. The Mail remarks on this oaso—the most remarkable thing in conneo- ' tion with the case is that as this is a separate Court district, i arid .'Judge Hardcastle (in the absence of Judge Ward), has been appointed deputy, and the appointment only for Christohuroh and •Timaru districts, Judge 'Hardcastle has consequently no jurisdiction. The proceedings arevoid. The breeding , of fish is a' recognised industry in the United States, and promises to bocome one of the regular occupations of a farmer. The astonishing success which has attended the introduction of the German carp is sufficient to induce every one who has a pond, or can make a, small pool of water, purchase a pair of carp, and . theii' fecundity and rapid growth soon compensate for tho original outlay. Some years ago a Mr Smiley, of Washington, imported about forty pairs, and this year it is estimated that the number bred in the ponds of tho district of Columbia is no fewer than 400,000. The fish thrive boat in tho warmer States, and when liberally fed with anything that can be classed, as table refuse, often obtain in a few years a weight of between 121b to 15lb, while the average price for a pair for breeding purposes is as much as a sovereign. Tho United States Fish Commissioner is, however, now sending them gratis to all parts whore he is assured they will have a chance of propagating the species. Dr. Sinclair, the eminent dentist, will arrive (shortly. See adA'ertisement.—[Advt.]