The Daily Telegraph. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1884.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4141, 30 October 1884, Page 2

The Daily Telegraph. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1884.

Sir Julius Vogel cannot congratulate himself Oii\ the -success of the • Bills which have been denominated " .stock-jobbing" measures. Tlie Legislative' Council made short work of the District; Riiilwnj'S Bill, and" the Lower House has since tlirown out the South Seas Trading Company's Bill. There only remained the East and West Coasts Railway Bill, and this, contrary to expectation, ha* been passed by both Houses, though . considerably mutilated in its passage. This latter measure, however, differed very greatly from the onoihat jwas so'unceremoniously treated by tKe Lordsj= for it did aim at opening up the' country. The District Railways Bill, on the contrary, i had nothing to recommend it, forits pbject was merely to relievo shareholders who had entered into a speculation... to open'up and jmprove .the value oE private properties. The Christchuroh Press puts the" matter

very clearly. They wanted to sell their lands at a higher price than they would otherwise have obtained, and they accordingly- took steps to secure that object. At the time the majority of these lines were constructed, it was well known that those interested in them had made strong efforts to have them carried out by the colony, but had failed. They, ; therefore, determined to form companies and build the lines themselves for the benefit of their properties. They trusted, it would seem, to being able at a future date to bring such pressure on the Government ....0f.,.. the day as would compel the colony to take" these speculations off :,thoir hands after cliey had served their purpose, and it Would appear that if the House of Representatives/;:;-. had to be alone consulted, the _time has arrived when they would be'suQcessful.' But ■ the Legislative Council refused to be a party to a transaction the object of which was to relievo those speculators of their land speculations at cost price. . It was not even proposed in the Bill that the different bines ; were to be assessed at their present worth. " The total value of a railway," one of the clauses said, '' shall be an amount equivalent : : to the value of the railway at the timo ofentering into the contract," with the addition of the rates levied or to be levied up to March 31st last. In the Bill as .-.- originally introduced it was provided that the value of the railway was to be determined by arbitration, the award being that of three arbitrators. This was altered in Committee to a Compensation Court consisting of a Judge of the Supreme Court and two assessors. But the Court were still directed, in determining the value. "to take as a basis of the valuation the cost of other similar railway works, plant, rolling stock, in the colony afr the time when the works forming the subject of such valuation, , ■were consti'ucted.'' Such a direction would, . of course, prevent the Courts from arriving at the marketable value of the lines at the ' present time, and would virtually fix-the price at about what they cost their shareholders, less any depreciation and deterioration in the permanent way, rolling stock, &c. ■ Such being-what the Government proposals mean, it is evident that the District '■ .Railways Leasing and Purchasing Bill was ■ conceived, not in the interests of tho publfo of New Zealand, but in those of a numbir of large landowners and wealthy men. Tl:e object of the measure was to relieve those persons of liabilities deliberately entered mi o for their own benefit, and to transfer their burdens to the shoulders of the public. With the exception of Wanganui, N"apior last month had the highest death rate among the boroughs. At Piilmerston North there is a Scandinavian club consisting of no less than 102. .members. ■ • •; ;.-:\-;. •■'. The followmg was the result for the Spring Handicap at the Taranaki meeting, the principal event: —Bayard 1, Buzzard 2, Witiora 3. ; Seahorse who is being quietly backed for the V.RiC. Derby and Cup, is being trained at Dowling Forest, Ballarat, though not in the same stable as Blink Bonny. At the R.M. Court this morning, before Captain Preece, R.M., Annie Enright on remand charged with lunacy, was remanded till the 6th of November for medical examination. A high class concert will shortly be given in aid of the funds for the improvement of Clive Square. Messrs Aplin and Spackman have volunteered" their services, "and consequently we may anticipate a musical treat of a high order. ' ■ The Executive of the New Zealand Temperance Alliance (says the Lyttelton Times) hare sent a circular to the principal cities in the colonies, suggesting the desirability of extending the operation's of 'the' Alliance throughout New Zealand. A meeting of the members of the Clive Square improvement committeeywill bo held this evening, every member is requested to be present as the necessary arrangements as "to the shows in connection with the fair will be decided on. ■- ■] ' '.. Amongst other things destroyed with the burning of Mr Northes boat-building,shed w/ere Mr Spencer Gollan's two .gut-rigged racing skiffs that he brought out with him fiom England. They were two. beautiful boats, and were valued at .£9O. ••■.., In prescribing a sea bath for his horse's feet yesterday evening, Dr Fisher, unintentionally got ono himself. A wave camein, the horse reared, and" over went, the doctor into the surf. , No damag-e = being- done, -the spectacle caused the liveliest amusement. Another large consignment of vermin for New Zealand is about to be made; Mr. of Brig,- a dealer in vermin, or, in simpleparlanco, aratcatcher, having received further instructions from New; Zealand to send out a large number of stoats and . . weasels, at the handsome price of £6 it-head The Wairoa Guardian considers : it will be a mistake to destroy hawk.3 for tho furtherance of sport, and suggests instead that the Acclimatisation Society offereewards for . the destruction of /sparrows, hawks, and linnets together with their eggsV '■ ' " ' ' " '* ■ ■■-• ;-' .' ■-■ In another column we publish the apology of the Wellington Evening Press to Dr Jackson. -.Though, tardy in its .appjaaifaacp, and ungrammatical in its wording, it is in- Ti tended to be ample in the amends that it makes for, the cruel injustice the Evening Press did to the doctor 'while in quarantine. Ou- thei 18th October-ths intercolonial rifle match was fired at Sydney, ten men a side distance 300, 500, and 600 yards. -The scores were Victoria 1642, Now South Wales 1634, Queensland 1555, Tasmania 1553. The weapon used was the Martini Henry. ■•■■.,: After we wont to press yesterday after 7 noon, tho examination of Adam Smith, a bankrupt, was continued. Mr T. Sidey was appointed supervisor of the estate, the debtor to be allowed £1 10s per week, and furniture to the value of £25 out of the estate. The breeding of Californian salmon, afte? all is apparently not going to turn out a failure, as was generally supposed. About .ten days ago quite a numbor of them were observed near Williamstown, in Vicfcoija, ' almost simultaneously with the time tho.one was caught at Lyttelton. A southern contemporary in discussing the Groymouth and Westport.Harbor Bills in a favorable spirit ■ incidentally remarks that the prospect of the .passing of theso bills raised the shares of the Westport Coal Company from 10s to 30s at a bound,, with every prospect of a still further rise Says the Advocate :—The very inclement weather for the past week, or two has mado great havoc among the lambs in the Bulls and Sandon district. Wo hear of one farmer having lost sixty in three days, and nearly all the fanners are. losers niore or less. At Petane on Saturday.a match will be played between the Phoenix" and Petano clubs, the former will be. represented by the following:—W. Ash ton,.' Ca'rgUl,. Edser, Hamlin, Jarinan,. Kendall, Mullany; Nicholas, Percy, Robinson, Stubbs : emergency, Piraniand Morley. ■ We notice Mr Wheeler is now in Napier and has made arrangements for the advance proof of the Mercantile and Bankruptcy Gazette of New Zealand being again published, commencing , on Safoday first. This would be a good time for fresh subscribers to hand in their names. . The Referee had a special cablegram account of the running for the CaulfjeMCup, and it may be mentioned as a curious coincidence that the special cablegram gave the time the same .as the Press Association wire, which was different from that .given by the three Melbourne morning papers. We are indebted to the Auckland agent of tho Press Association for an account of a meeting between Tawhiao and Milner Stephen, which wo do not intend to publish. It is a matter of no public importance whatever whether Tawhiao is or is not • afflicted with rheumatic pains, and we have not the slightest intention of giving Milner Stephen a cheap advertisement. \ , : Tho Wanganui Herald states thatdurinff j he sitting, of the Native Land' Court at Wangamu" forty or fifty deaths have occurred among the natives c assembled there. "Our contemporary, says this large' number of deaths must be put down as" the result of their improvident, and thoughtless manner of living, the laws of health being tilmost entirely neglected by' them during their stay in the tents, and oven in the wooden houses 'about town. - ' : A special cablegram to the 1 Argus state* that the Hoy. Alphonso .Glorieur has'been appointed coadjutor-Bishop of' Sandhurst The Argus, however,-,.explains that the Roman Catholic authorities of Melbourne

aro unable to recognise the name and doubts " the likelihood of any appointment to the office being actually made ni view of theshort period that has elapsed ™£B«hop Crane found-it necessary to apply for ■ * ProWgandaat Rome that mvaoaWy precedes the appointment of a bishop. A witiv member from a gpldfields district of the Honorable Sir J. VogeL at the head of it, I know Ihav.e struck gold or else lam very nearstriking it. The color may not show on the surface, but it is somewhere about, and not far down either, and I am quite content, to let the boss work the claim for me in his own way. All I have to do is to look on and vote straight, and when we cleanup at the end. of the session, I shall get my share of the pile with the rest." The members of the congregation of St. Mary's are united in their expression of regret at learning that Father Cassidy has been appointed to the New Plymouth district A brilliant preacher, and unreimttiu g in attention to the duties of his cure, Father Cassidy has endeared himself to everyone oi his co-religionists, and vviil take away with him the respect and good wishes of all those ■who had the pleasure of his acquaintance outside the Catholic church. Father Cassidy leaves for New Plymouth next week.

From "Wellington we learn that Mr Ormond has lately been interviewing the Hon. Mr Richardson, Minister for Public Works, with the view of urging the importance of: pushing on the railway to Woodville. Mr Ormond has obtained a promise from the Minister that the section, Tahoraite-Woodville, sixteen miles shall be at once contracted for. . The desirability of connecting the Napier line with Palmerston, via the Manawatu Gorge, has also been pointed oat by Mr Ormond, and this route will, probably, be adopted.

Very little remains to be done before the new offices for the Corporation will be ready for occupation. Much credit is due to the contractors, Messrs. L. Blake and Lidford, for the manner hi which they have carried out the work,-the .best materials hoviii" been used, and no pains having been spared to finish every detail of the job in workmanlike style. The whole building will-bear the closest inspection, and will certainly give satisfaction to the most exacting of surveyors. It is a .great pity that while about it the Council did not show n little more liberality,in the matter of the "as fittings, which arc, apparently, of the character of the " cheap and nasty.

In a Palmerston contemporary we find a special telegram dated Melbourne October 26th, dealing, with the training of the horse." at Ilemington, and really we regret that our readers should not bo placed in a position to read such reliable information. The telegram is headed V.R.C. Metropolitan meeting. Well the V.R.O. have a Cup meeting, tut the only Metropolitan meeting is the Spring meeting of the A..J.C. Three horses are said to have gone twice round splendidly, Well the spectator must have had an ea"le eye to see that performance seeing two of the three are being trained at Williamstown about as near to Flemingtou as Hastings .is to. Napier. We are next told how much money, has been puton two five-year olds for the Derby. Well we thought Derbies generally were run for by three-year-olds. ■ Of course in Victoria things are probably different. Then a horse is backed at 100 to 12 for the Cup but that doo3 not make him favorite as there is a horse quoted at 10 to 1 ! Well it is said in Ballarat in the olds days the owner of a mino let on tribute, who was receiving onefifth of the gross amount of gold taken out of the mine, objected that that was not enough.: The miners asked him what he ■yrould accept, when the illiterate one replied, he would be content with an eighth, and it appears this is also true of racing in Victoria as dished up in a New Zealand journal.

VWlien Cooper and Bailey's menagerie visited.Wagga Wagga (says the Sydney Tribune) a bank clerk of that Tichborman province had the ill luck to be smitten by the very pretty daughteroorf r the very witty clown. Not many were the opportunities afforded the fast arid festive spark of pressing bis suit with the coy gipsy maiden, but Cupid invariably laughs at lack of opportunity for importunity. The favor of_ an introduction was an advantageattained without any groat difficulty, and as the ardent suitor commenced to force tho pace after the fashion of ah ill-disciplined racehorse, it was not long Before he asked the honor of a tcte-β-ilcdo,'where they might "meet by moon-lin-ht alone," and' "far from the madding crowd's ignoble ways." High were his pQints.'.and gay was his' prean of praise, when the damsel told him that she would meet him while the performance' was on if he would sneak round to the back of her father s tent, and vault over the calico enclosure at the side. At tho' appointed time, a bystander, peering, over the enclosure, was shocked to see what appeared to be a young man vigorously hugged by a damsel in a white robe that shall be nameless. Have some decency in you," shouted the uninvited Hibernian on-looker, " and go and put more clothes on, you ." What more he would have said was drowned in the moans of the young man, and closer inspection showed that he was being hugged, -hot by a damsel in deshabille, but by a tame white bear. His cries brought the clown and his daughter to tho spot, and the young man escaped with a few scratches on his neck, and on his body the print of the clown's biggest boot. The worldly education of the circus had not been bestowed, in vain on the clown's pretty daughter.

Catarrh of the Bladder.—Stinging irritation all Kidney and similar Complaints cured by "Buchu-paiba." Dnyygiste, Felton, Grimwadc & Co., Agents, Wellington. . . .

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The efficacy of Wolfe's Schnapps has been spoken and written of, but it is in the individual cures consummated it finds its highest award and surest advocacy. It is palatable, stimulative, and produces marked results.—[advj.] :