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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4045, 9 July 1884, Page 2

On Our fourth page will: be'found the commencement of Mr Tanner's address at Waipawa. ... . - j There was no business at the R.M. Court this morning.' - The prices of admission during Miss Georgie Smithson's season will be found in our: advertising columns. i i A class for' Confirmation! candidates will .be held'hVSt. John's school : roorii this eveiir 'nig, at 7.45, by tho Rev. De Berdt Hovell'. Mr Percival Bear gives. an elocutionary '' entertainment 'in the Workhig Men's /Club '■ this evening at 8 o'clock, at which there.is , bound to be a good.attendance. 1 . An interesting lecture entitled "A Peep into Natural Life " was given by the Rev. J. Hill in St. John's schoolroom last evening. The lecture was illustrated by some very beautiful lime-light views. There was a good attendance. -. ;;■••• -v ! '.:. ,:■ The Oamaru ex-bailiff has not' been dila--1 tory in laying claims to his new'- honors. ! The local papers contain the following . domestic announcement: —"Birth. On . June Bth, at her residence, Exc street, the | Viscountess Reidhaven of a daughter." ], ... There will.be a tea-meeting -to-night in V connection with the special services which \ hayo been lately held at the Spit. After . ■ '.the tea meeting some dissolving views will I be shewn by the Rev. J. Hill. There will ■ be no charge for admission to the meeting. I We understand that Mr Harker, at the I instigation of a number of friends and wellj wishers of Dr. Menzies, has commenced a subscription list for the purpose of presenting the doctor with a substantial testimonial \ before he leaves the hospital, after five years ' faithful service, for England. ' • - -• A good many'people seeiri.' ho have lost sums of money lately. An; advertisement in last night's paper notifiedthe finding; of a sum of money, and this morning, • before ,9.30 o'clock, we, had no less than six applir cants for it, each one differing in,the amount,; and not one giving a description of the sum which had been found.: ; •. .' An interesting telegram reaches us from Blenheim. It is just twenty-one years ago since the, Maoris at Wairau'turned back a survey, party, and which led to the massacre of Captain Wakefield and twenty-one others with him, and to-day we read of the .consecration of a church that has been built by the subscriptions of -.the,-descendants of the warlike natives. : •- The Native Lands Court was opened : yesterday morning at Hastings by Judge Brookfield. The list of cases was read over,' and those relating to blocks of land situated in Wairoa were adjourned to that district, with the exception of two cases for which > 'application had been made that they might ; be heard at Hastings. The Judge reserved his decision oh that application till to-day, and then' adjourned the Court, as Native Asse'ssbr Honi' Taipua'had not arrived., Mr Taipua reached Hastings last night. Here is the latest and neatest thing in the mauagementof our railways. A traveller ; buying a first-class at Awatotu for. Napier was charged 2/I,.arid ori returning in' the evening from Napier to Awatotu he' was only charged 1/10. A repetition of the first named charge from Awatotu made him enquire the reason, when he learned'iri the absence of any cause if he bought a ticket from the guard he would only be charged 1/10, hence it is that people now, ,travelling ; from the station named' trouble the guard and saye threepence, and so the work, of the ptatidn'official.is" lightened. , Such is' railway management in New Zealand r to-day. Wemakenbcbinriient, but ieave the facts' to owr.readers. , „'.!,':,.' Miss Georgie Smithson gave one: of,her entertainment perforriiarices at Hastings last, night to a ' fairly attended, houso.'jrThe v marvellous manner in Avhich she changed, not only her costume, but her voice, her whole,. character, , and appearance was wonderful. It was hard to believe that tho stout Scotch fish lass was the same person as poor half-starved Consumptive Jo. Her' best characters;.were; the Lancashire Lass, the Fish Lad, the Woman's Right Lecturer, »nd the; Sco,tch Pish Lass. 'Her : dancing and -Tsmging in the different | characters wasalv? ywy- clever. Sho per- ' forms here again /when she will -, impersonate fresh,p.haracter*!. W e . should ] advise all who appreciate clever .acting no£ ! to miss the opportunity. Mr Tanner gave mi able and an im'r-'-J pressive address at Waipawa last night, a : i full report of which we give in this issue, i Mr Tannsr spoke slowly, and had evidently i well thought over the subjects on which he i: i treated. His proposals in relation to local 1 government aro well worthy of grave at- < tention. Wo suggested'something of the I kind in our leading columns some time ago ; , c upon- which, we notice, • Mr Tanner has . elaborated, and he is certainly entitled* to i the credit of' being the first candidate for a Parliament who has dealt with the local i

government question in a practical manner. We shall refer to Mr Tannar's address more fully on a future occasion. MrTanner had a most attentive audience throughout his meeting, and received a hearty vote of thanks at its conclusion.

The Wosleyan quarterly meeting of preachers and office-bearers was held in Trinity schoolroom last night. The Rev. J. J. Lewis occupied the chair, and reported 96 members, Son trial, and4o catechumens, being a considerable increase on last quarter. One Sunday's collections were granted to the Sunday school fund at Napier and Hastings. Mr T. Laws was appointed circuit agent for the New Zealand Methodist, and. Messrs G. Walker and .0.; H; Laws reporters for Napier and Hastings respectively. Very encouraging reports were received-as to the state of the Sabbath schools, in the circuit. It was decided to commence Veekly cottage services in various parts of the. town. The next meeting was decided to beheld on Tuesday, September 30, at 7 o'clock. The local preachers' meeting followed, when it was' decided to hold _ fortnightly Sunday evening services at Clive, to ; commence at 6.30 o'clock.

After our report of the Hospital.Commifttee meeting had gone to press yesterday the following business wastransacted:—-A letter was read from Mr J. Anderson enclosing a cheque for £14, amount of subscriptions collected by him, and-expressing dis-. sent from the resolution of the committee in the matter of a resident surgeon. A letter from Mr W. Nelson, enclosing cheque, was read, in which tho doing away with a resident surgeon was characterised as a " monstrous proposal." : A letter was read from Dr. Menzies, expressing his satisfaction with the services of Miss Kobelt, tho matron, Miss E Scullin, nurse of female ward, and Mr Fowler, wardsman,- and recommending an increase to, their salaries. The Chairman said the tenor of Dr Menzies' letter had taken him by surprise, but he .was pleased to find the doctor speaking so well of Miss Kobelt, and the others named in his letter. A discussion then took place on the proposed new arrangements, Messrs. Sutton, Sheehan, Williams,, and- Cohen, stating that doing away with a resident surgeon was regarded with much dissatisfaction'by a number of subscribers. The Chairman said that he was by no means wedded to the proposal; and; he was glad to state that he had received-two applications for the appointment of. surgeon, one was from Dr; Chilton of Kaiapoi, . formerly <in charge of the Christchurch Hospital, and another was from Dr.' Stolker, of Auckland, and no doubt there would be other applicants. ■ Mr Cohen gave notice .to move at the next meeting :—-" That the resolutions passed at the meeting of the -Hospital Committee held on tho 10th of June, re .appointment of two .visiting surgeons in the place of a resident surgeon be rescinded, and that applications be invited for the office of resident surgeon for the Napier Hospital." The following lenders were accepted: — Bread and flour, Heron; rerated water, Thomson ;and Co;.'; 'coals and coke, Vautier; funerals, Fuller ; medical comforts, Nenl and Close; meat, John Higgins ; dairy produce, Dowling Bros.; groceriesj G. Scarfe. To restore nerve and brain waste nothing equals Hop Bitters. Belierethis. Sbe. Catarrh of the Bladdor.—Stringingirritation, all Kidney and similar Complaints, cured;, by ''Buchu-paiba.". ;, Druggists. Felton, Grim wade &.Co.,.Agents,; Wellington ; ...... : . ■■■■.■■ I '',- =;•!-,: .■■;■■',■:■ .-: ;• The most flattering tribute to tlio merits of Wolfe's Schnapps is to be found'in the .fact that although repeatedly pirated.arid often imitated, nothings has ever' hec'n produced that even simjlates this matchless preparation. —[Advt.] ; : ' '" : .' . • ■'' :