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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4042, 5 July 1884, Page 2

A mission service will be held this even ing at 7.30 in St. Andrew's Church, Spit.

The Key. Mr Paterson will preach in the Theatre Eoyal .to-morrow owing .to the alterations being carried out at St. Paul's Church. • . . :

The subject of Mr Pateraon's-.sermon tomorrow morning is " Setting His Face to Jerusalum." In the evening the subject of lecture will be "ThoMan for the Present Crisis." ■ ..- ; ::;..■■ ,\ \

Letters addressed to, R. S. Williams, Christchurch, and Mis* Stanford, Dunedin, hare been ■ picked up in the street. They may be obtained at the Police Stationjby their owners. ".""'.''.'

Captain Edwin telegraphs: —Indications of glass falling within twelve houvs.-from now, aiid after twenty hours strong wind: between north and easb and south-east,' with rain and warmer weather. 1

A private-telegram .from Gisborne states that Mr Gannon has 'withdrawn his candidature in favor of Mr Reos, to , the..contost will now be narrowed down to a' tigfflj between Messrs Locke UndHees

, j Two men were yesterday caught iv; the act of robbing , the hospital box placed iv ihe bar of a Napier, hotel. « The,hotelkeepor did not. give them in charge, but meted out to them "what they deserved,, a sound thrashing

The service to-morrow; evening at {he Hastings Wesleyari* Church ■ -will be of a special nature. The' subject of Mr T.jF. Jones' sermon will be "The Wise and Foolish_Vii£ins," and"Tennyson's " Too Late," will be suii|j 'fcy-'a lady' member- of the' choir.' • ■ ■ ,; ' ! ' ■■'•' ■'•'• '

At the R.M. Court this morning, before Captain Preece,, 8..-M., .Lawrence , Currie, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s and costs, or in:default.43 hours' .hard labor!— ■. John Clifford, for a similar offence, was 4eal£ with in,a like manner.--John Pettison irsts nndcted m also for drunkenness', '][ . . ■

' -•"-Waipawat" sfinds ; us-the'following - :~ ' ' In the Maiden Steeplechase i Assegai r and Coacher ran: ai dead heatif or first place, are alLbetsioff, OV'would i&e layer'of the'.waa:ex

have to pay half stakes ? : : A has laid B £10 to £1 against Assegai, and also £10 to £1 with C against Coacher, how would the bets go?" B receives £5 on Assegai, and C receives £5 on Coachcr.

At the meeting of the Companions of the Royal Arch Chapter of Lodge Victoria last night the following officers were chosen : — J. M. Girdlestone, Z.; R. Brooking, H. ; J. W. Upchurch, J. ;' R. M. Miller, E. ; H. Rudman, P.S.; W. C. Wundrum, Treas. The election of N. was held over till the next Con vocation-, ■■when the above officers will be duly installed..

The ojjening meeting commencing the sixth session of the Olive Square Mutual Improvement Association was held last evening, when a programme was drawn up and office-bearers elected for the ensuing session. Twenty-two new members wero nominated, a number of whom were ladies. The next meeting will be held on Thursday next at 8 p.m., when elocution will occupy the evening. . •

On Tuesday, August 19, 1879, there was a public meeting at the Theatre to celebrate the driving of the first pile of the Port Ahuriri bridge. The meeting was of a semi-political character, the chair being supported by the principal liberals of the day, such as the Honorable? J. N. Wilson, Colonel Whitmore, J. Sheehan, and Messrs Rees and others. In his speech Mr Sheehan said :— "On taking office, in 1877, he and- his colIcayues found that in the list of public works to be undertaken was the Spit bridge, and therefore they placed £10,000 on the estimates for its construction." This disposes of the claim now set up by Mr Sheehan's supporters that Mr Sheehan was the author of the Spit bridge..

We have the authority to state that at the opening of the Native Lands Court at Hastings on Monday next all the cases set down in the Gazette for hearing will be called OTCr, and all those blocks which are in the Wairoa district will then be adjourned to be heard at Wairoa. Tho date of hearing will be announced as early as possible. This will enable the Wairoa natives concerned to return to their homes at once, and to take with them the knowledge that their cases will be heard and adjudicated upon in their own locality. It is to be hoped that tilt! inconvenience and expense tho natives in that district have been put. to in having been palled upon to attend at. Hastings will not again be repeated. :

We have been requested by scvoral of our readers to say something "about the need of more than one polling place in Napier. AH Wβ can say about tho matter is that at the last general elections the appointment of but one polling place caused a very great deal of annoyance .and inconvenience. Wo remember that at the dinner hour it was found impossible to take the votes of the electors who presented themselves between 12 and 1 o'clock, aud after waiting , nearly the hour many men had to go away and return to vote between o aud 6 o'clock, when again there was a weary delay. The number of electors has since been largely increased, and with but one polling place the greatest inconvenience may be experienced.

Our morning contemporary appears to bo suffering from some extraordinary aberration of intellect. The Herald is not a journal that exhibits much editoral industry or intelligence at any time, but this morning it has indulged in a literary caper that would not have been unbecoming had it occurred in Bedlam. The article is in abuse of Mr Sutton, and must have been surely contributed by some violent partizan absolutely blinded by ranco&r and malice. The article is not only false, but every sentence seems dictated by malice and hatred. We think it must be a contributed article, for the reason that no one with a month's experience of journalistic work could have been guilty of suchan ill-considered effusion, lit pretends to a research where none has been made;.it pretends to give references which, when examined, arc found not to exist, and it turns facts ujxsidedown. Siieli an article is worthy of no detailed notice, and one or two more of a like kind we should think would ruin any journal. :

To the Editor : Sir,' —Does it not. appear that the church is rather overstepping I its legitimate boundary when it takes up and enters into : the political fights of tho day ? Of course we know that recently certain preachers (uot ministers) havo used very questionable taste in endeavouring to '' bringgrist to the mill" and pushing their business .with their recently well-advertised sensational sermons, but to go straight iiuto politics is just a; little more than I can stand. We may 'be sure : we'shall be told that Johnny is a very naughty boy and must not be bent to Parliament, while Davie is aveiy good one and must. Would it not add fun to the'ball if the rival pulpit tx>ok' ; up !the cause of and ran the rival candidate. It would "draw" and fill the coffers. I think, if I were on Johnny's committee, I would suggest that one of the iralpits should be bought over; it would not cost more than £10, and that would be cheaper than run-, ning a paper, and perhaps do as much good. —I.am, &c, J.G.P. \

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