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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3908, 29 January 1884, Page 2

Mr W. C. Smith, M.H.R., addresses the electors at Waipawa next month.

; A special train will bo run in connection with the ram fair, the auctioneers having arranged for one, : leaving Napier at 8.45 a.m., "and returning from the show ground at 6.30 p.m.

The only nominations forwardod by the several School. Committees for the vacant seats on the Education Board are those of the three members who retire by effluxion of time, namely tho Rev. D. Sidey, Messrs Harding and White.

We hoar that the portion of the education vote allocated to the Hawke's Bay district is scarcely enough to cover tho Board's overdraft. This looks like the beginning of tho end of a monstrously extravagant system that has grown out of all proportion to the means of tho colony to support.

■- The following represent the Civil Service in a cricket matcth with the Hawke's Bay County Club, to be played on the Recreation ground on Saturday, commencing a 1.45 sharp :—Ashton, Cargill, Jarman, Norris, Nicholas, O'Connor, Pram, Poole,. Stubbs, Turner, and Yates ; emergencies,, Oudaille and Robinson.

The present month being that in which recruits are received into the volunteer companies, the Rides have not been idle, but filled up the vacancies arising from otic cause aud another during the past year with a very desirable class of recruits, so that in all probability, when the enlistment ceases on Thursday, the company will again be up to the maximum strength.

Yesterday afternoon a serious accident occurred to John Chicken, working at Mr Holt's mill, a pieco of timber striking him violently on the right side, knocking him senseless. Dr. de Lisle examined the injured man. when it was found that, though no bones were broken, the muscles of his side wero much strained. The injured man was conveyed home, and is progressing favorably. We are glad to learn' that Chicken" was insured in the Accident Insurance Com-

pany. .-•■■-■■ A Petane settlor writes as follows : : —"I think thero exists a great dereliction of duty on the part of the settlors of tho district with regard to attendance at meetings called for the purpose of assisting to keep up the means of educating their children., On no account should heads of families absent themselves from these meetings, when matters of great importance, such as education, require tho mental assistance" of all. It is to be hoped that the next timo your special visits a meeting of the above important nature that he will bo able to chronicle a much'larger attendance thau the ono in the school-room last evening."

Wo arc glad to learn that a Napier Young Women's Mutual Help Association has been formed. One of tho special objects in view is the assistance, not so much • with money as with advice, which is so greatly needed, to thoso lauding on these shores from England and other colonies, and who aro often at a loss for want of a guiding hand in their early experiences in a new land. Another object which the association has in view is that those leaving the district for other parts of the colony may get suitablo introductions to kindred societies elsewhere. Rules have been adopted, and the objects of the society will doubtless be fully set forth in as public a manner as possible There will be plenty of scope for such an association, and it has o.ur best wishes for its success.

A correspondent writes to say that he does not quite understand how practical men like the Hon. M. Holmes and Mr J. B. Reid can propose such a thing as an exhibition of stud sheep in Wellington "about October next." Our correspondent does not think that many will bo found to send valuable sheep to such a poor market, and to send them there merely as advertisements of the flocks from which they wero drafted, and to bring them back again, would only knock the sheep about for nothing. The time of year is also against the proposed exhibition; in Hawke's Bay "about October" shearing begins, and further south it is the lambing season. What with quarantine regulations, expense, and risk, our correspondent is of opinion that the proposal will not meet with hearty support.

At tho R.M. Court this morning, Captain Preece, R.M., gave his decision in the sly grog cases. Ho overruled the objection taken yesterday by Mr Lascelles and decided that the provisions of tho English Act of 1850 were adopted by local Acts of: 1851,' 1868, *nd 1878, and masculine gender included females. His Worship fined tho defendant £5, costs 2ls, witnesses' expenses 6s, or in default one month's* imprisonment without hard labor. —Anna Tipeno was similarlymulcted for alikcoffenco.—William Goldie, on a chargo of stealing a saddle as far back as the 7th June last the property, as alleged, of J. D. Hollins, on the application of tho police was remanded till Saturday. It was agreed to accept bail for tho appearance of the accused.—John Thomson, for drunkenness, was fined ss. Tho usual excuse, had taken a glass, of beer, and got sick as the result, hence his appearance.— Stewart McGlashan, on remand charged with vagrancy, was sentenced to a month's hard labor.—Judgments wore given for the plaintiffs in the following cases:—Lee and Sheath v. A. Anthony (Mr Dewes for plaintiffs), £46 5s lid, costs £1 ss, solicitor's fee £2 2s ;R- W. Jensen v. J. Trask, £1 5s colts 7s; R- W. Jensen v. A. List, £2 12s, costs 10s ; P. Gillespie v. J. Rolfe (Mr Lascelles for plaintiff), £6 14s Bd, costs lis, solicitor's fee £1 Is. Beck and Co. v. J. Oldfield (Mr Lascelles for plaintiffs), £12 10s, costs 19s, solicitor's fee £1 Is. J. Sims v. T. Gebbie, £19 13s 3d, costs £1 2s. J. Sherlock v. D. Sullivan, £1, costs 7s, witness' expenses 10s.

A London special to the New York World savH: —It is quite a mistake to suppose that most of the American women -who marry abroad marry Englishmen', or for title alone. Lady Harcourt has a largo life income as a jointure, but her sister, Mrs Sheridan, has no considerable fortune. JJCr's Arthur Paget will probably some day havo £10,000 a year. The son of Lord Augustus Loftus is married to the daughter of a very rich Philadelphia lady. . Lady Hesketh will have a very large fortune. Mrs Edward Balfour probably has a £100,000. Lady Mandpyille and Lady Lester Kayo assuredly were not married for money. ' On the other hand, many French and Germans have rich American wivos. The daughters of American Irishmen long resident in Paris havo married French grandees. Tho daughters of Fisher, the rich dry goods man, married Italian nobles. Some ladies named Loo, daughters of a Now York wholesale grocer, have married into the crime de la crcmc of fiermany. One is the wife of Yon Moltke's adlaius, who is, in fact, eocoud in command o|tboar»y.

Maccabe has been a great success in America. A Catholic College is to bo erected in Wellington. Herbert Spencer's works are appearing in Japanese. Auckland is wakening up and going in for tramways. ' A statue has been erected at Liverpool to Lord Boaconsfield. The consumption of tobacco now totals 2,000,000 tons per annum. The Governor is expected to visit Auckland late iv February or early'in March. Henry George threatens -to lecture throughout Great Britain on Land Reform. Mr Hally, of Cambridge, recently lost three valuable horses through being fed on wheat. ._ ... .... ... George, tho English champion amateur, it is said, has run 10 miles under.sl minutes in a private trial. . The American Bible Society cannot supply the demand for Bibles, although making arrangements for issuing 2,000,000 this year. . ' Banks in Japan charge from 35 to 55 per cent interest. The 255 banks iv the country in 1881 declared dividends'representing 13 per cent on the capital. , ; .... _ The introduction of post-cards in Franco has not hitherto been very successful. Only 32,000,000 were used in 1882, against 140,000,000 in England. Three Tmnclrecl emigrants recently arrived in Tasmania by the Cape Clear, got engaged within a week, and within a month got up a strike for increased wages. ' - • > A man named Kelly was. .burnt to .death at Fortitude Valley, Queeustowii, oil tho 12th of January, whilst lying on a sofa. It is su|.|.o..od that tho-'ashes oCJp's p ; pe ignited his clothes. .... Miss Bella Guerni, the first lady who took .a B.A. degree in the Melbourne .University, is not coming, to Now Zealand after all, but will be appointed to the staff of professors in the Ballarat school of Mines. , i.. . i A warrant for desertion has been issued by tho wife of James ; Deane, who was , flogged at Darlinghurst, New South Wales, , on 12th January, for indecently assaulting ■ several females. He will be Uken to [ Gundagai, • where his wife resides, directly he is liberated. •..■?/'. >, , A directory of '' American heiresses'' hns ; been published in London, giving the name, - age and address of each young unmarried , lady in that country to wn'om a fortune has , descended or is about to descend, for the specific benefit of impecunious British peer. o , , broken - down Irish landlords.,. and. other , foreign adventurers. s A lady of mature age is consulting her .■ lawyer about instituting proceedings for t divorce. _ "I perceive," said tho lawyer, x "you wish to obtain a separation because -. of his cruelty." " I wouldn't have minded , so much being beaten," sobs tho lady, "If " r he had beaten mo in an ordinary manner, j but he didn't—tho scoundrel didn't sir—ho j used to thrash me with—" "With what? Compose yourself, ■ madam." ". With my ' poor first husband's cane !'' s The' following cannibalistic iucident is related by the Cootamundra Herald:—"Two l men quarrelled at Murrumburrah on Boxing r dayover the sports there, one being a pedt cstriaii and the other a member of the come mitteo of handicappers. ■ The former, in i trying, to escape a savago attack, by the i latter, had to mount a fonco ; arid as he was s getting over, the committee man Beized tho p pedestrian's calf with _is teeth' an _ worried it like a dog till he tore away a good moutht ful of flesh." r Scientists aro not at all agreed as to tho * causes which produco tho peculiar rod glow fi seen about sunset recently, and visible in 3 both the northern and southern hemispheres. 0 The whole globe is surrounded by a strange c cloud of dust, or vapor, or something, s which may or may not be heralding some - portentous catastrophe. If half tho time - i that has been devoted by clever men in the -- past to barren theological controversies had been spent in inquiring into the operations 1 of nature tho inhabitants'of the globe would ? be much wiser and better than they are. t . -1 Mr Hudson; leader of The Surprise Party, performing at Garner's Theatre, r6eeived intimation from the polico authorities of "' Lahore, India, on the 13th January, announcing the recovery of portion . ■of the 1 14,000 rupees stolen a year ago while the company were performing in India. Tho ' money was accidentally found concealed in an old unused building, near the Avenue " Hotel. The amount of the money recovered equals Mr Hudson's loss (£300) by the destruction of the Academy of Music, Adelaide, where he lost by the fire the " company's wardrobe; scenery, &o. . A severe sentence has been passed upon , the proprietor of an old-established resr taurant in Paris for selling at a high price to his customers "■ eOiK-uution wi.; cn p Ur . , Pfrtod to bo champagne of the .bivnd of , ono of tho best known firms of grower. . - \ According to tho evidence the waiters J^ showed much dexterity ,as accomplices in . tho fraud. Being. provided l corks bearing tho stamp of the firm question, thoy would, open a bottle i the customers and adroitly substitute one , those, for that which they drew out. Tho " ' great majority of the frequenters of the . restaurant who indulged in the luxury of ■ high-priced champagne "do not appear to have discovered that there, was *" amiss. The sentence upon tho defendant ! was a fortnight's imprisonment, 2000 fr. fine, 10,000 fr. damages to be handed over to the firm, defrauded, and the cost of inserting the judgment hi ten newspapers. . Dr. Sinclair, the eminent dentist, will arrive shortly. See advertisement.-^Advt.]