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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4044, 8 July 1884, Page 2

At the R.M. Court this morning, before Captain Preece, R.M., judgment was given for the plaintiff in the following case:—F. W. Garner v. T. Gilpin, £13, costs £1 3s. Apparently election matters are having an influence on the civil cases in the R.M. Court, for the cause list this morning was the smallest that has been presented this year. The steeplechase horse Bateman was sold on Saturday last by Mr H. Monteith for twenty-four guineas to Mr Stock. Bateman ran a grand horse at the last Hawke's Bay Stecplechaso, coming in third. Mr T. Tanner addressed an influential and representative meetins: of settlers at Kaikora last night, Mr James Lawrence in the chair. On the conclusion of his address Mr Tanner was accorded a unanimous vote of thanks. Tho meeting was most satisfactory to Mr Tanner's candidature. At the inquest held yesterday afternoon on the body brought up by the dredge, two mon identified the corpse by means of the clothing as that of James Craig, who formed one of the crew of the s.s. Weka, and has been missing since the 26th of May. '' A verdict of found drowned was returned. .A correspondent writing under the signature of " True Briton "desires to know whether Captain Russell, if elected, will do anything to assist the Catholics in the matter of public education. "Trueßriton " will have to wait till to-morrow evening, when- Captain Russell will address the electors at Taradale. ■ ■ - Of Major Atkinson's speech of Thursday, the Hawera Star says:—" There is but one opinion about Major Atkinson's speech last night, viz., that it contained neither pledge nor policy. Readers of the report will be able to judge for themselves of the correctness of this critical way of disposing of a Ion" - speech. In the main it cannot bo disputed." Miss Georgie Smithson, the female Maccabe, of whom in a recent issue we spoke so highly from personal experience, commences her season of two nights at Hastings tonight. On Thursday she opens at the '

Theatre Royal, Napier, for three nights, and we can only once more repeat in her line she has no superiors, and throughout the colonies has been a great success. We beg to remind those of our readers who wish to consult Signor Hug that he leaves Napier for Hastings by the first train on Thursday morning, after which he visits Waipawa, Waipukurau, and Woodville. We understand that Signor Hug will revisit Napier in the course of six mouths, and he has expressed to us his thorough satisfaction with this his first visit to Napier. A Maori youth was seriously injured yesterday by a buggy accident in Shakespeare road. The youth and a native woman were in the buggy, when the horse suddenly bolted. The woman jumped out and escaped with a few bruises, but the youth did not fare bo well, the buggy capsizing, and ho had his thigh fractured. He was conveyed to the Hospital, where he was promptly * attended to. The buggy, which was badly wrecked, was the property of Paora Kaiwhatu. Mr H. J. Hills called on us last evening to assure us that there was never any truth iv the rumor that has been circulated that Mr Faulknor was sacking his men because of their political opinions. He says, owing to the slackness of trade, he was asked to stand off for a week, but will resume work next Monday. He was never asked how he was going to vote at the election, which is just the lino of conduct which those who know Mr Faulknor best would think he would follow. We have the authority of Mr John Sheehan to Bay that he was present when Mr Sutton gave his "pair" to the Opposition Whip to be used against the veto for the payment of the full honorarium. It has pleased our morning contemporary to invent all sorts of stories with a view, to damage Mr Sutton's election, aud amongst others it defied Mr Sutton to prove that lie had paired on the above question. Mr Sheehan's love of fair play has induced him to bear testimony in the cause of truth. At the R.M. Court this morning, before Captain Preece, R.M., John Madden, charged with drunkness yesterday at Taradale, was fined 5s and costs. Mr Lascelles said the accused had severely ill-treated his wife yesterday while in a state of drunkenness, and Mr Lascelles asked the bench to give him a caution that if he did so in the future and was brought up he would be severely punished. His Worship gave the accused a long lecture and a warning that he would be severely dealt with if brought up on such a charge. Considerable amusement was caused in tho R.M. Court yesterday (says thePalmerston Times of Friday) during the hearing of a native case, by the plaintiff, who is of rather a choleric nature, when seated at the counsel's table, exclaiming to the opposing barrister in a rather loud whisper—"l'll bet you JSS on it." The presiding magistrate who overheard the remark gravely observed that betting could not be permitted within the precincts of the Court House, as such an offence would be tantamount to contempt of Court.

The following is a neat thing in electioneering:—Alluding to the "pedigree" question in the course of a speech at Turakina, Mr Arkwright said ho . had never heard before of choosing a member of Parliament by the length of his However, he could give Mr Bruce two >'

stone and a beating over that course, for Mr Bruce's family only went back to the Kings of Scotland : whereas he imagined that his own must go back to the deluge, for there was no doubt that Noah was the original Ark-wright. At Mr Hutchison's first meeting on Wednesday last at Wanganui quite a number of ladies were present to listen to the address. A new departure. The Herald speaking of the meeting, says:— "Last evening's electioneering meeting was one of the quietest which has been held in Wanganui. There were a few noisy individuals, one of whom caused a good deal of laughter by his interjections, during the delivery of the speech. One of the audience had provided a dead rat for his own amusement, and at intervals this was seen flying through the air, and now and again one or other of the questioners received the benefit."

In answer to J.W., a correspondent who enquires why we did not report Mr Desmond the same as the other candidates, we need only say that the whole proceedings from first to last were of a farcical nature, and were taken as such by the audience. We also think that it is a pity to rob other districts of such a treat, for the fun would not be nearly so great if they knew exactly what was coming. If Mr Desmond ever had the ghost of a chance of pollinsr a hundred votes in Hawke's Bay, Saturday night's proceedings certainly wiped out such a prospect. The electors may cheer and jeer him, but if they have no more sense than to throw their votes away by giving them to Mr Desmond, that would be carrying a joke too far. The members of the Working Men's Club held a meeting last evening in connection with the project for the improvement of Clive Square. Mr Hammond, the president, presided, and, after stating the abject of the meeting, called on Captain Blythe to explain the improvement scheme. Captain Blythe went into the matter at some length, explaining the details of the scheme, tho advantages to the townspeople if the project were carried out, and also the question of finance in connection therewith. After a brief discussion, in whioh it was pointed out that the matter was one more for the consideration of the citizens of Napier than for the members of the club, Mr T. M. Murphy moved, and Mr "W. Ward seconded, "That the members of the ***■ Working Men's Club express their approval of Captain Blythe's scheme for the improvement of Clive-square, and that this meeting suggests to him the advisability, of calling a public meeting of the citizens of Napier to further such project." The motion was supported by Messrs Bcecham, Black, and other members, and carried without dissent. The customary voto of thanks to tho chair terminated the proceedings. To restore nerve and brain waste, nothing equals Hop Bitters. Believe this. See. *' Buchu-Paiba."—Quick complete cure, all annoying Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases. At Druggists. Felton, Grim' wade & Co., Agents, Wellington. Persons who suffer from sleeplessness. If in lieu of opiates those who suffer insomnia would make a judicious use of Wolfe's Schnapps, they would soon fall into the way of this nocturnal balm.—[Advt.]