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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4173, 5 December 1884, Page 2

Our Supplement to-morrow will contain the continuation of our serial; a complete story; ladies' gossip; a sermon by a layman ; and a number of amusing.extracts. Mr T. Tanner has donated £5 to the fund' of the Onga Onga Public Library. The civil business of the Supremo Court VQuld just commence as we went to press. The anniversary services of the Methodist Free Church, will be held on Sunday. Madame Summerhayes and her pupils will give a private concert on Wednesday at the Ladies' College. The entertainment in aid of the Waipawa school, prize fund takes place this; evening. .There will be a special meeting of the Wastelands Board on the 9th January next. The defalcations of Roskell, the railway station master at Normanby, are said to be heavy. To mark the 100 th birthday of Weber, , the composer, a statue is to be erected at his homo at Entin. ' Owing to the absence of a quorum there . was no meeting of the Agricultural and. Pastoral Society's committee meeting , to-day. For the last of the criminal cases to be tried challenges were very numerous this morning. The time for closing the outward mail at Napier for San Francisco has been deferred iillS p.m. to-morrow , . The latest popular movement jn AiuJdand is to remove all harbour duties and make the place a free port. Miss Mario de Grey's Comedy Company, now performing in Melbourne, will visit New Zealand this summer. A meeting of the Napier Amateur Dramatic Club will be held this evening, at which the attendance of all members is desired. . ; The Garrison Band will give a sacred concert shortly with the object of raising funds for the erection of a drinking fountain in the Botanical Gardens.

It is stated by the Auckland Herald that Mr Fraser will probably proceed to Sydney with the s.e. Triumph, and thence take her Home..

Mr A. V. Macdonald, district railway manager having inspected the extension to Tahoraite, has decided to run the first through train on December 15th.

We once more remind our readers of the concert this evening in aid of the prize fund of the Spit school. The concert takes place this evening in St. Andrew's Hall. The usual laugh at the Maori was raised this morning in Court, when a native was asked if he knew English, the prompt response being, no. There are now twenty-four inmates at the lunatic asylum, namely fourteen-males , and ten females, Six women and one man, , the most confirmed cases, are to be forwarded to Wellington on Saturday.

At Hawera some youngsters have been cutting up sardine tins and passing them off as coin to the doorkeepers of shows'during the passing in of a crowd of persons. A remarkable feature in connection with the recent racing carnival at Wellington was the absence of drunkenness, which characterised the whole proceedings. Probably due to Parliament not being sitting.

This is the big gooseberry season, Mr Goddard has left here three gooseberries as large as pigeon eggs, of the variety known as Gregory's Perfection. The gooseberries were taken off bushes only planted four months ago.

"We presume the Government are aware that there is no coroner in the Hawke's Bay district. Drs. Hitchings and Reid have had to relinquish their appointments owing to their continuance in medical practice. The "Waipawa Mail says:—" It appears that all the trouble and anxiety relative to the Napier Harbor Board's forthcoming poll, is the consequence of a printer's error in printing the word 'roll' in one case as «rolls.' "

The protest entered against the election of Mr Ross for the representation of the I Ruataniwha riding in the Waipawa County j Council was heard before Captain Preece on/ Wednesday. , His Worship reserved his decision till the 17tli instant. A telephone station has been opened ay Havelock," county of Hawke's Bay;. - ; The office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 7 to 8 p.m. Telegrams for the office should be addressed Havelock North, to prevent them from being sent to the office of the same name in the South Island. We have received the following telegram from the local manager of the South Pacific Petroleum Company:—" Gisborne, December 5, pipes from America having now been lauded here they will be started for." the works to-day; [ and : boring operations will be resumed on Tuesday morning." Mr W. H. Triggs, well "and favorably known in connection with the Wellington. Evening Post, lias succeeded Mr Wakefield as the editor of the Tiraaru Herald. As a conscientious, able, painstaking pressman, we congratulate Mr Triggs on his appointment. ; , , ■■•■■■;:■ • Mr P. A. Birch has received official intimation that His Excellency the G-overnc r has appointed him to be patent office agent at Napier under the " Patenta"Act, 1883," and has also appointed the office of the Supreme Court at Napier to be a patent office. ... Mr T. R. Proctor finds so many calls on his business that he has been compelled to postpone his departure from Napier. Intending to stay here but one week, ho has had his time so fully occupied by patients that his visit has already been extended over a month, and he thinks he will be de« tamed here another fortnight. Heavy rains have-been falling for the last week throughout the Seventy-mile Bush, and in consequence very little work has been done on the railway line. There is a heavy flood in the Manawatu river, and the coach from Palmerston was delayed four hours this morning making it problematical whether the overland mail will reach town this evening. There appeara to be more activityln bdating circles this season than there has been for sometime past. The Napier Rowing Club has seven crews of four ,'in active training, and the banks of the Tutae-kuri present quite a lively appearance • every morning. The trial-foura, that will be pulled off on Saturday, 13th, nre attracting much interest. The heats will be rowed in two now four-oared sliding-seated boats, which will arrive'from Melbourne by the Te Anau on Saturday. Some days ago we ventured to state that Dr Grabham was not favorably impressed with the quarantine station as a site for the lunatic asylum. We now learn that we were utterly misinformed on the subject, Dr Grabham having expressed the opinion that, with very little expense the buildings could bo adapted, and nothing could be better than the site for a lunatic asylum. We have received from Mr E.A. Gibbon, of Wellington, a small pamphlet giving , a description of his patent floating cradle breakwater, the idea of which was furnished him bj r seeing the action of a gate'floating , in a river, the water of which; agitated by a gale of wind, was quite smooth to the leeward of this novel breakwater. . A match will bo played at Petanetomorrow, behveen the second elevena-o£ the Phoanix and Napier clubs, the following players will represent the Phceuix:—C. Yatos, J. Ashton, W. Yates, Morley, Pirani, W. Young, F. Smith, Edser, Parker, and Langhan ; emergencies Freeman and Lord. Tho eoaoh will leave town at 1 o'clock sharp. There was a large attendance of visitors and members at the meeting of the Albion Lodge of Druids held last evening in the Lodge-room. Among, those; preseut were visitors from Christchurch, Auckland and Hastings Several new members were initiated. It was decided to hold the anniversary dinner about the middle of the month. Tho establishment of a library in connection with the Lodge was decided-on.

The Licensing Committee for the borough, met at noon to-day in the Court-house. Present—Messrs. J. D. Ormond (chairman), J. H. Coleman, R. Price and Dr Bpeneer. The Police reports on the conduct of all the houses were good—no complaints having been made, nor any objections received. A transfer of the license for the Royal Hotel, from W. Ebbett to L. Lowten, was granted, as was also the transfer of the Albion Hotel from W. Stock to G. White. As

this was the last meeting of the committee before the annual elections, a resolution was passed recommending tho Municipal Council to vote £25 as remuneration to the Cleric of the Licensing Committee, that sum being but fair remuneration for the services rendered, and not in excess of what is paid in other parts of the colony.

At the" R.M. Court, this morning, before Captain Preece, R.M., George Lawson, tho bush lawyer, was fined f>3 and costs, for being drunk yesterday. He pleaded guilty. —Charles Ellis Avas fined £1 for being drunk while in charge of a horae;—William Randle was mulcted in a fine of os for

drunkenness.—Mary Alice Ray,, who has bpen before tho Court repeatedly' for drpnk.enne?s, was fined £4' for being drunk ypsfcerday, ' pv iff d'ofaujf; "J£ days' hard labor. — Charles F-e)iy wa? brought up on remand charged wfth the larceny of a box of cigars. ' pleaded not guilty, and'was defended byvMr Lascelles. After hearing the evidence, Hia Worship sentenced accused'to' seven days' hard labor. " • ,] ■'• ■ ■' ..

The rendering of the service of song, "Jessica's, First Prayer,'.'/ last evening, -(at Hastings Wesleyan Church, was an. unqualified success. There was a large and appreciative audience ' The reading of tho connective" pieces by Mrs J. J. Lewis. left nothing to bo desired, and was greatly enjoyed by those present. , The singing of the choir" was charming.' There was a marked improvement since the last service was rendered, much of which ia due to the patient and cmcieiit'training'given fey jf r Jas\ Reynolds, to whom, ' through us, tho committee desire to present their 'hearty thanks. Miss FinlaysOn presided at the JjarpiPiifUjH ivitb marked ability. " Tho singing of the dpxology bpught a loasi enteruijujiig 'apt}' enjoyable' eVennig' for $ close.

The first cup match of the season will bo played to-morrow afternoon at the Recreation Ground, when tho Rovers will inect the Phoenix, and as the members of Ij6th clubs havo been practibing hard, a very exciting contest may be anticipated. The Rovers will bo represented by Iho following:—Auder&on, Buchanan, C. Cato, N. Gato, Finch, Fulton, Gibbons, Hamlin, Hunter,- ..J. Liddlc, Newton, and Wood. Play /will cowmenco at ,1.30 p.m.' The

Hovers will also, send a-sfiopnd eleven ou> to Hastings to 'try'conclusions with the eleven of the H.B. County. The following will comprise.the term :—£ -Oat o,_Gv Oato, Chapman,, (3uy, Grubb, Black, nedjv H. Liddle, Turner, Tylee, and Wake, emergencies, Weber and. Williams. - The Waipawa- Cbunty Council held an able to take his seat. After some discusSon Mr Smith's amendment was earned. Mr Bibby was then elected chairman for the day, and the ordinary business .of the Conn- , rilwwars r proceeded with. # The following tenders wereaccepted :—Waipawa-Tamumu EoS N"- 1-K- McKenne, £19 7s 6d; No "5* contract—Rl McKenzie, £49 15s Cd ; Kaikora-Patangata Rbad—R. MeKenzie, £121; Porangahau - Wainui Road— J. Cripps, £35 15s; Webster's Road, Makaretu —Carl Pearsen, £1 14s 6d. The' Council then adjourned. ■ To the Editors Sir,—Would you kindly oblige by insertinir these few lines in your paper.'.. The health report of the Borough Inspector says ho had the honor to report on what " appears to be a small two-roomed cottage unfit for habitation. Sir, we have lived in tbo cottngo for the last ten years. The health report states that the internal condition is in domestic neglect, and bo would his be if he was in my shoes. If ho is not aware that the mother is in the hospital these five weeks it is a pit}' that his informant did not tell him He is informed, he says, that the condition of the children is a source of anxiety to parents whose children they play with Sir, that is false, and! challenge his informant to have their children cleaner in the person, and more healthy, than my five, which I got to see to during their mother's absence. He says there is no privy. If he took off his specs he would have seen two not more than fifty yards from him hanging over the tide. His informer complains of the chimney as being very dangerous, and says that it has had two naiTOW escapes, both of which I deny Vas false. The cottage : has been standing this last 14 years, and I challenge his informant to say that the chimney has been on fire once during that time—l am, &c., Thomas Mansfield, Spit. December o, 1884. Says the Timaru Herald—lf tho word of the Wellington specials is to bo taken for eospel—which is entirely a matter of individual choice—Sir Julius.Vogel has hit on a scheme of Civil Service reform that is calculated to be intensely popular at the seat of Government, the only scheme of Civil Service reform that over was popular at the seat of Government. One of the mam causes of discontent in tho Empire City for a lone time past has been the unwillingness of the young men in the Civil Service to marry. Society has spoilt them. They get so much pleasant female society without any of the charges or responsibilities of matrimony, that they.have given up all idea of changing their condition, and it is unanimously voted " bad form, by Jove, don tcherlcnow," fora "fellah" to be engaged. The dear little warm-hearted girls ivhoused to look on the Civil Service as their peculiar domaiir, and whose mission in life was to possess a six-roomed cottagewith a wellbred clerk and £300 a-year, now pme in solitude, and of ten go through awhole party and never get a dance. The thing was bocoming serious, and public opinion is thoroughly aroused. Sir Julius Vogel has seized the opportunity with characteristic adroitness. He has revived the question of Civil Service reform, and has let it be known through the customary inspired channels, that by way of a beginning every unmarried clerk in the Treasury—where the best looking and most eligible ones abound—will be dispensed with at the end of the year. The result, we learn, is that fourteen proposals which were considered hopeless, have been made already, and ever so many more aretan the ifff/M ; and the girls—especially thoXon the gushing side of thirty-all say Sir Julius Vogel is the darlingest duck of a Minister, and they only hope he will go on reforming the Civil Service till there isn t a bachelor left in Wellington. Talk about popularity ? Sir Julius Vogel knows a thing or two. Hβ -wasn't born yesterday, bless you! 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. All those wishing aid with weak eight should not lose this opportunity.— ADVT.] "Buchu-Paiba."—Quick complete cure for all annoying Kidney, Bladder, and Urinary Diseases. At-Druggists, lelton, Grimwadc & Co., Agents, Wellington. " Young and feeble mothers with frail children will both become strong by the use of Hop Bitters. Read. Analysis cannot lie, neither can the uniform experience of a quarter of a century be gainsaid. On these two vouchers rest the claims of WoWE'S Sciinatts to outrank all Other stimulants as regards purity and efficiency.—f.ADVT.]