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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4005, 23 May 1884, Page 3

The Petane course is reported to be in excellent condition for the race meeting on Monday next.

The time of receiving tenders for tho Okawa-Konini and Konini-Mangawhare contracts has been extended to Tuesday next.

The Rev. Father Chesnais, it is announced, will give a lecture in the Theatre on. the 3rd proximo on the subject ot " Secularism and Rationalism. liio proceeds of the lecture will be for the benefit of the Convent schools.

The Harbor Board was to have met this morning at 11 o'clock to receive the report of the Commissioners on Mr Goodall's harbor scheme, but the report was not ready by that hour, and the Board adjourned till 1.45 p.m.

Captain Blythe of the Volunteer Rifle company, to - day passed the import entries for the uniforms for the Garrison Band, so that at the Recreation Ground _on Monday the bandsmen will make their first appearance in their new dress.

The o-lass of the St. John's memorial window to the late Bishop Williams arrived to-day by the Omapere, and the workmen are busily engaged in getting the framework into the western wall, so the glass may be expected to be in position on Sunday next.

A meeting was held in the Supreme Court to-day in the bankruptcy of John Pearson. A bare quorum was present. The Official Assignee was authorised to realise the estate as early as possible, the debtor to be employed for tAVO weeks at a remuneration of £2 10s per week.

The Garrison Band will meet at the bandroom this evening at 7 o'clock.

'■' Clyde road has been completely spoilt by tho foolish extravagance of the High School Board in putting up a high close-boarded fence, that effectually shuts out one of the prettiest views in Napier. When School Boards have so much money that they can throw it away in costly fences, it is time for Parliament to enquire into their revenues, endowments, and general utility.

Since they have been here the Harbor Commissioners have been working night and day to get their report ready. Although at work till after midnight yesterday the report could not be presented to tho Board till this afternoon. The utmost pains have been taken over the Avork, and an exhaustive and valuable report has been the result. The Commissioners, Messrs Bell, Scott, and Goodall return South by tomorrow's steamer.

At tho usual meeting of the Clive Square Mutual Improvement Association, held last evening, the Magazine was read before a very appreciative audience. The folloAviug articles composed the Magazine,'' Thistles, "Football," "Laziness," "A Fishing Excursion," "Reading," and "The Masher," all of which proved both amusing and instructive, more especially tho last mentioned. Next Thursday evening an essay will be read on " The Planetary System " by Mr C. H. Laws.

That most accurate of all colonial journals, the New Zealand Times, says:—"Sir George Grey will not have time to deliver an address in Napier, as he is anxious to get back to his island home and spend a short time there ere leaving for the session. Already in thattownapaperhasbeen started, called the Ahuriri, which is to be run in the interests of the Opposition, so it would seem as if Mr Sheehan, M.H.R., meant to contest the seat with Mr Ormond." The Times may have seen the first number, but the public of Napier are ignorant of its publication.

To the Editor:—Sir,—Can you tell me Avhy the Girls' High School charges £9 9s a year for day boarders, while private establishments can support themselves on fees amounting to £8 per annum P If the "High" School denotes high charges; if the " High " School means having "high old times " at the expense of public reserves and landed endowments, then all I have _to say it is very rightly named. In addition to nine guineas I have to pay, I received this morning a littlo bill for 5s Gd for stationery. I think it iniquitous that the country should be studded Avith these costly schools, designed to kill private enterprise, when the lands with Avhieh they are endoAved could be better utilised in the endowment of primary schools for the education of poor people's children.—l am, &c, A Paeent.

At tho R.M. Court this morning, before Captain Preece, R.M., William Emery, on remand charged with forging a cheque, was, at the request of Inspector Scully, remanded till Monday next. At prisoner's request hail was allowed, himself in £200, and tAVO sureties of £100 each. B. J. Harrison was charged with an offence against the Harbor Board bye-laws in taking luggage Avithout a permit. Mr Logan, who appeared for the Board, asked that the lowest penalty should be inflicted. A AVitne3S named William Gill produced a receipt from the wharfinger for the luggage. Tho cabman accused understood that the luggage was passenger's luggage, and therefore not liable. The case seemed a very harsh one. A fine of 2s was imposed, with 9s costs and witness' expenses 2s.— John Retter, charged with keeping two unregistered dogs, was fined £1, costs 9s, and witness' expenses 7s.

St. John's school-room Avas well attpnded last evening, though business did not seem particularly brisk. Tho music last evening alone was well worth' the admission money, and the other attractions Avere considerable. The music, it will be seen, was in capable hands, when Aye say Madame Summerhayes played, while Misses Kennedy and Ellison contributed songs, and the Orchestral Society gave instrumental selections. The side shoAVS, if we may so designate them, were novel and clever. For sixpence you had your fortune and future foretold with that unerring accuracy Avhieh can only be acquired by considerable practice on the part of the teller, and, though sensations were scarce, more than one venturer seemed to return Avith an elongated face. Then there Avere our old friends Punch and Judy, while the refreshments were on a colossal scale, even the oysters seemed large. Tho work for sale is as varied as could be desired, and the prices seem reasonable. The sale differs from the bazaars in this, there are-no raffles, nor are you pressed to buy, infact the proper name Avould be a woman s exhibition of industry. .For this evening the musical attractions are good.

Information reached the police-station yesterday (says tho Waipawa Mail) that a man had been drowned at Patangata, whereupon' Constable Brosnahan proceeded there at once to make inquiries. It appears that Mr Ashton, who keeps an hotel about twenty chains from the river, was standing on the verandah talking with some persons, when they observed a man come by the coast road and enter the river, at a point below the usual crossing. When he had got in a littlo way he seemed to try to turn his horse round, to get back, but m doing so got into a sharp rapid, and both horse and rider went over, and the latter separated from his horse. Mr Ashton and the others ran to his assistance, and saw the body floating away down the opposite side of the Tukituki, but owing to the river being high they could do nothing. Some school children who were on a hill overlooking the river saw the body floating in mid-stream half a mile further down. Constable'Brosnahan proceeded some distance down the : river, but saw nothing of the body. The horse struggled out, and returned the. way it .came...... The .man is supposed to be George Berry, of Kaikora, who worked for Mr Hickey, of Oero, on his way home to see his wife, who is ill.

The double bill submitted last evening at. the Theatre Royal constituted an enjoyable evening's entertainment, in which the company, appeared to the usual advantage. «' Meo-'s Diversion" went with great smoothness, and many of the situations evoked loud applause from the audience. As Margaret Miss Crawford satisfied all requirements, though we have seen her in other pieces which we prefer to that given last night. As Cornelia Miss Lawrence looked °charming, and acted with great piquancy., .In the smaE pari of Mrs Netwell Miss Johns seemed to please her audience. Perhaps the best played character in the piece was Mr Teece's Ashley Merton. As a matter of course Mr Rede as Jasper Pidgeon was a great favorite with the audience, while as Ey tern Mr Wilkinson kept them in roars of laughter. Messrs Herman and Alexander Avere very effective in'their respective characters. " The Spitalfield's Weaver," capitally played by all concerned, but in which the honors Avere fairly divided between Miss Lawrence and Mr WilkkisoDj served to send those present

home in capital spirits. To-night Pinero's " Imprudence " will be given. The piece is an amusing one, being well constructed, the dialogue at times brilliant, the plot wildly improbable, and the tone not very healthy, in fact here and there it is spicy. The scene is laid in a boarding-house, where a young wife is ready to flirt and accept attentions from everybody except hei husband. The piece is full of humor, at times slightly broad. The misunderstandings and entanglements are of course all arranged before the curtain falls. £500 will be paid for any case that Hop Bitters will not cure or help. Doubt not. See. , , Besides being a powerful and wholesome tonic, Wolfe's Schnapps is an unequalled brain medicine, imparting healthful vigor to that sensitive organ and to every fibre ot the nervous system.—[Advt.]