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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4168, 29 November 1884, Page 2

Mr J. Sheehan is at Tahoraite. On Monday tho Rovers play Wairoa, so we learn from the Guardian. Nominations for the three handicaps _ for Boxing Day will close on Tuesday evening. His Honor Judge Gillies took Chamber business this morning. Nothing of public interest transpired. At the R.M. Court this morning before Captain Preece, R.M., George Smith was fined 5s for drunkenness. There was a grand display of fireworks at Te Hapera, Poverty Bay, in honour of the roturn of Wi Pore, from Wellington. • It is stated that Tawhiao is to leave Whatiwhatihoe, and tako up his residenco in Lower Waikato. Captain Edwin wires as follows :—lndications glass further fall, and after 16 to 20 hours from now strong wind from between north and east and south-cast. About a dozen handy men and carpenters rolled up to the.working bee, to get the ground opposite this office in readiness for tho fair to shortly take place tliere. On and after Monday next the railway time-table will be altered as follows: — Napier depart, 10.50 a.m., Farndon 11.10., a.m., Hastings arrive, 11.30 a.m. The subject of Mr Paterson's sermon tomorrow morning is "Tho sweetest words that ever fell on human ears," and in tho evening the subject of lecture will bo " Honey out of a strange hive.' ? A letter in the Auckland Star says:—" I think you will find the Osprey that yisited Auckland in 1849 was owned at and belonging to Hobart Town, and the owners names were Burns and White."

The Government have just imported from the English Mint a quantity of new silver threepenny pieces and bronze penny and halfpenny pieces. Bad news for the Church 33 the importation of the first named coin. It was reported by some of our contemporaries that the office of the District Engineer, Mr J. T. Carr, had been re-mdved-from Kopua to Woodville. We are authorised to say that no such removal has been made. • ,\ Archbishop Moran has summoned all the Roman Catholic Bishops in Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania to a national council, which will be held in Sydney, on the Sth September, .1885. - -

In reply to a correspondent, we may 'state our contemporary is in error in saying yesterday was the first day of the tt ellington Jockey Club's meeting, it was the first day of the Wellington Racing Club s meeting, the other club's meeting having been held on Thursday.

The Taranaki Herald says:—The effect of tho Franco-Chinese war is being felt even here, and shows itsalf in the decreased demand for. fungus, with a fail in price, and the export by one local firm alone has decreased by some thousand, pounds a month.

It is reported that the natives propose cutting up into suitable blocks the wholo of their lands in the Seventy-mile Bush, and disposing of them by sale or lease. Should tho report be true, we think the Government should interfere to prevent the total destruction of the forest by insisting on ample reserves being made.

We are glad to learn that the Government have reconsidered their intention to remove tho A.C. force from Wairoa, and that now the men are to be concentrated at Onepoto, Waikaremoauav During the war this was considered a most important station serving to keop the" turbulent Uriwera tribe in check.

The Hon. William Swainson, mentioned in our Auckland telegram as lying dangerously ill, was tho first Attorney-General for this Colony, having been nominated to that office by the Crown iv 1841. He held tho position till 1856, when the colony was granted its Constitution that. established Responsible Government. ] f . A meeting of the Board of High School Governors was held yesterday. It was decided to call for tenders for a new residence for the head-master of the Boys' School. Miss Gerkens Was appointed junior assistant mistress of the Girls' School. ; Certainl reserves at Waihua, Port Ahuriri,' and Kereru •wore ordered to be put up to auction At the Gisborne Parliamentary Union, Mr. Hamblett asked, Would the Premier (Mr. T)e Lautour) cause the steamers Stella and Hinemoa to be fitted with freezing apparatus, for the" conveyance of fish from Picton to Gisborne, so that hdn. members might have an opportunity of indulging in that excellent brain fertilizer ? : At Gisborne lately several ladies visited Professor Hugo, who was telling character by physiognomy. One of the visitors turned the tables, informing the professor that she was positive he did not love his wife, &c, owing to the flatness of the back of his head. The professor objected to being dealt with in this way., ....... .'. .. .V. As showing how much Hawke's Bay loses from the want of a harbor at Napier, we may mention that any number of fat cattle may be bought here at. 15s per lOOlbs., while in South Australia the price' is 455. Hawke's Bay,: however, canuot take adTantage of anoutside 1 market through the absenoe of any facility for shipping cattle. When the railway is opened to Tahorsite> the journey from Napier to Wellington will be easily accomplished in a day and a half. Leaving Napier by the early train, Masterton can be reached the same night, and Wellington by mid-day the following day. On leaving here by the 3 p.m. train Woodville can be reached that night, and Wellington tho following evening. We hear that the railway authorities will be ready to open the line to Tahoraite by tho loth December. A cheap excursion on the occasion of the opening would be both popular and remunerative. When the lino was opened to Kopua we remember that return tickets were issued at 10s, the result being that 600 excursionists were carried by train on that day.

... • ¥ A complaint of excess m missionary ngo at Raiatea Society Islands, recently reached the London Missionary Society. The Rev. Albert Pearce, the representative of the Society, issued a code of laws binding on natives and upon all foreigners in the island. Lately two settlers played a game at cards. They wero at once taken before some sort of court and fined. As they refused to pay the fine, they were turned out of the island, and a boat belonging to them was confiscated.

Iv Bankruptcy this morning, before Judge Gillies, the following business was transacted :—The examination of E. Jerrard was again ordered to stand over; Alex. Brown, examinationadjourned; William and Walter Greaves, passed their public examination; W, Barlow, passed his public examination; W. E. Combs, passed his public examination ; Batten and Oliver, the latter passed his public examination ; T. B. Andrews, passed his public examination; J. A. Cunningham, examination adjourned ; J. P. Ward, examination adjourned ; and R. B. McCartio, passed his public examination.

A contemporary writes :—" Many of our readers will not be aware that Pearce, one of the two survivors of the ill-fated Loch Ard went home in the Loch something or other, and was wrecked near his destination, saving himself miraculously for the second time. Miss Carmichael also returned homo, where she went mad, and is now probably an inmate of Colney Hatch or some other asylum. Who can doubt that truth is stranger than fiction ?" The first part may bo true, but the second is not. Miss Carmichael has kept up a constant correspondence with Mrs Gibson, at whose station she received d very kindness after the Loch Ard wreck, and some months ago was happily married.

To the Editor: Sir,—l see that Mr D. Joll has complained to the County Council about the Ranger, now had Mr Joll laid the complaint any other time, it might have been thought he had done it for the public weal, but as he did it immeniately after having some of his.own stock (which wero found trespassing on the roads) impounded, it is clearly to be seen he did it out of malice and spite, and therefore the complaint loses all its force. As long as his neighbors' stock were impounded he found no fault, but it became a very different question when his stock got into the pound. I think most of tho settlers will agree with me in saying that it would be hard to get anyone who would do his work more satisfactory than the present Ranger does. I am, etc., Hastings. Hastings November 29, 1884.

Mr A. T. Haultain, who arrived from Poverty Bay this morning, brought to our [ office a" leg of mutton preserved by a newly patented process discovered by Mr E. J. Bennett, of Gisborne. " The sheep of which wo were shown the leg had been killed hiuo days, and was perfectly sweet. Mr Bennett has opened up a trade with Auckland, and Auckland has opened up one with Fiji, from whence comes the news that Gisborne killed mutton is sold at Suva in a condition that defies detection of having been hung 45 days. Mr Bennett's discovery opens up a wide field for inter-colonial trade, which may be gathered from the fact that the freight on thirty carcasses of mutton and one of beef from Gisborne to Auckland ia 30s, whereas the same carried alivo~would be £7'los. A case has juat come under the notice of the Legacy Duty Office at Somerset House which surpasses the wildest flights of the novelist's imagination. It appeawb that a woman upon the death of her husband cohabited with the husband's brother, and a son was born to tho parties. Upon tho death of the natural father, it appears that the son actually went through the legal process of marrying the mother, and in the eye of the law became to all intents and purposes the legal husband of his own mother. Three months after the marriage the mother died, leaving all her-belongings to her legal hnsband, thereby avoiding the 10 per cent, legacy duty which would have been chargeable had she bequeathed them to the same man in the person of her illegitimate son. All that was wanted last uigh.t to make Madame Summerhayes' moonlight promenade concert a brilliant success was tho crowded atttendance that it merited. Since our last visit to Petano a ball-room of moderate dimensions has been addled to tho sumrner-houso, the two appartments formiug an excellent hall for a concert. Here ~ Madame Summerhayes and her ivpeal and instrumental assistants took their places, as well as those of the audience who preferred being inside. Tho doors and windows being'

thrown opeiij,. and group.s. b| >chairs placeclon " the.lawn,, there was every • for. .all who remained, outside: the In addition to the chairs there was a seihi-; circle of forms enclosing a large portion of the lawn which was tastefully .lighted with Chinose lanterns.'" The "programme. of the concert opened with Mendelssohn's march, "Athalie," played as a pianoforte. duet, with violin and drum accompaniment, ly Madame Summerhayes, and her daughters the Misses Anderson, a very, brilliant piece' of instrumentation, which was thoroughly enjoyed. .Roeckel's pretty song_, "Down' the old stream V sung by ; Mrs Dickson' followed, and this was succeeded bya'pianoforte solo .by .Madame Summerhayes, "Squvonir.de Verseilles," in.'which that lady displayed her .remarkable' command of the instrument. Miss Anderson then sang "Twickenham Ferry" with much taste. Mi-Withers' comet solo, ."Sommmbula," accompanied by Madame Summerhayes on tho piano, was much, admired, while Mr. H. Smith's fine song "Silver Cup," and' Mr Finch!s rendering of "Good-bye at iiio Door '* were warmly applauded. The arranged programme was at this point somewhat departed from, and dancing commenced earlier than had been previously intended. For.this purpose the floor was all that could be desired, and under a most efficient string band dance" succeeded dance till half-past eleven o'clock warned .every one that it was time' to return fo town. Madame Summerhayes is certainly to be complimented on the delightful entertainment, she provided, while the arrangements mado by Mr W. Villors ensured tho success of a most agreeable evening.

T. R. Proctor, oculist's optician, opposite Parker, Blacksmith, Hastings-street, has determined to prolong his stay for one week longer, owing to the pressure of business. Alb those wishing aid with weak sight should not lase this opportunity.— ADVT.]

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