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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 8069, 2 June 1888, Page 2

-\ mpuri of the opening of a new lodyo of Oddfellows at Woorlville will be found on lire fourth paye. At tho Ixusident Magistrates (>ourt yesii'.rdiiy, Mr .1.11. Vautier, J.P., olii cinltii^', Mary y\rm Scarle wa-5 lined 5n -mil <;osts for driiiikciincss. j'J'liu X.'v. Mi- M'Ni'coll, who has been away at, iMoll:iiurnc atLcniliiig the triennial ROhfoiviifM* liii'ii', returns today by the Htciunnr, jiii-I wil] conduct the nervieos at 't'ri:iity Chnreh to-morrow. 'i'llß Hawl.i;':; V,ay Aniiilcnr Atlilctic Club have deckle;! to accept joat eutrics

for kicking the. football and tho egg and basket race at their meeting on the 9th inst, A list of the various handicaps will be found in another column.

The subject of the Rev. J. Edwards' discourse at the MetfjtfdisJ Free Ohnrch tomorrow morning will be ''Koeked in the Cradle of the Deep," and the evening subject; vrtU be "A Friend that sticketh closer than rt Brother." -All seats are free:

The stratfenst tUrif* in connection with the tariff is thai it ho* tile support of all the Opposition papers', dtid fa strongly condemned by papers that havd Jfrtherto supported tho Government. If looks as if Bif Harry Atkinson will now have to be reckoned tt'iiioflg the "Liberal" loaders.

The service lit titPtiiiVa Church tomorrow fmWon wifl W ftwdncted by the lie*'.- I.' WfntpSti, ftfe atihjetli l«tog •f The Dying TWo'f.", In the evening the service will bo conducted by.the Rev. J. G. Fatorson, the pastor of tlte' 6ongregation, who returns to-day from Ms holiday tour.

RJr Car.twright Brown has sent us a sample 6* thg ensilags made at Greenmeadows by BlnmV's press. - It has a strong sweet smell, and we areimormed, that the cattle eat it greedily. A good dertlof coarse herbage appears to have been incorporated in the stack, but it is apparently all eatable.

It was stated at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday that an advance of a penny a pound on wool meant £71,000 to Hawke's Bay alone on lasb year's clip. One member of the Chamber mentioned that the advauco established at the last September-October sales gave him over £4000 more than he would have received at the previous sales.

On the Sunday mornings in Juno a course of addresses will be delivuitd at St. Andrew's Church, Port Ahuriri, on "The Principles of Christian Democracy." Tho subjects will be as follows :— Juno 3rd (to-morrow"), "Christ, the Working Man's Friend;" June 10th, "Christ and Socialism ;" Juno 17th, " Christ and Trade ;" June 24th, "Christ and Liberty." Each address will last a quarter of an hour.

Mr Hamilton lias sonic fine specimens of actinia, or sea anemones, in a glass vessel in tho corridor of the AtheuaiUtn. They are a kind of tmimal flower, a sort of halfway house between the animal and vegetable kingdoms. They were called anemones from the species of garden (lowers bearing that name. They have low powers of locomotion, and can subsist for a long time without any food, but will readily take and assimilate jilorscls of meat. They are interesting objects of study, and will no doubt be an attraction to visitors. Mr Hamilton procured his specimens from NY ellington. Tho German Kmperor recently decorated Sir Morell Mackenzie and Dr. Mark Hovell, the former receiving the Grand Cross of the Hohenzollern Order with the star of the saino order, Mr llovoll getting tho second class of the Kronen Order. On taking leave ot them the Emperor said to Sir Morell, " When you first came to Berlin I had confidence in you, because you were recommended to me by my German doctors, but I have since learned to appreciate your skill my.j self. 1 have much pleasure in giving you this Order in recognition of your valuablo servicea^gnd in remembrance of my succession to the throne." A tobacconist in town ami a customer were yesterday discussing tho tariff, and the effect of raising the duty on cigarettes to 7s per lb. " I suppose," said the customer, "that in this as in all other cases the consumer will pay the tax." " He will," replied tho other, " but also, as usual, he will not know it. The packages are made up in tens and twenties, and at present a given number go to the pound. The cigarettes will be made slightly smaller, so that a much lamer number will go to the pound._ The consumer will get less tobacco in his cigarettes, and as the duty is charged by the pound the Government will get little if any more revenue. ' A football match will be played on tho Recreation Gronnd this afternoon between a. team from the bush districts and a representative town team. lieing the first occasion of a visit from tho " bushmen," the game will excite more than usual interest both among footballers and the onlookers, and should attract a larger attendance than usual at tho ordinary cup matches. It has been decided to admit ladies to tho ground for sixpence, which should act as an inducement to the sterner sex to take themselves and lady friends. Tho following will represent the town : — Full back, Jas. Fleming ; threoquarters, Percy and LeQuesno ; halves, Dempsey and Norris ; wings, Patterson and Swan ; forwards, Hawkins, Synionels, G. Fleming, Childs, Peacock, Jno. Fleming, and Moore. The game will start at li p.m. sharp. The visitors will bo entertained at the Masonic Hotel at S o'clock in the eveuing, when as many of the local footballers us can attend are requested to be present. Our correspondent writes as follows under yesterday's date : — This place oilers no exception to the rulo that in small communities, where everybody knows everybody, one cannot get lost in tho crowd. Once friendship is broken no amount of patent cement will stick it together again. Thus, "he said this," or " she said that," leads to serious complications. Homo time since a man named Peers was burnt out lump and stump, lock-stock-nnd-barrol. Not a stick was saved, and he had actually to borrow a hafc nncl other "items" to appear publicly without risk of shocking decency. It was perishing cold and wet after the lire, and the man and his wife, with a, newly-born babe, had to huddle up in tho wet bush all night. Spiteful rumor hinted that the man set the place on lire to obtain the insurance, but it turns out lie was not insured, nor would any office bo soft enough to ensure an old tenement with a wooden ■sliimnoy. But forall that ugly and lying rumor has injured the man over and above what he and his wife suffered, added to which their material loss amounts to £250. Tho wintory biting blast is, after all, not so cruel as man to man.

The usual monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday afternoon, Mr M. K. Miller, president, in the chair. Tho chief business was the

consideration of the desirableness of woolgrowers and agents combining to demand farthing bids (instead of a half-penny, as at present) at tho London wool sales. Mr Gnlliths, of Sydney, initiated the movement and sought the cooperation of the Chambers of Commerce and the woolgrowers of the colonies. Those present interested in the wool sales generally agreed to assist Mr Grifliths, and signed a requisition to that effect, addressed to tho AVool Merchants' Association of London. Mr Miller stated that Mr J. N. Williams was carrying a similar paper round in tho country. A motion approving tho change was canied, with an expression of regret that so little time was left in which to obtain the signatures of wool-growers. Mr Kinross dissented from the motion. The next business was contained in a letter from the Chamber of Commerce, Christchurch, advocating the abolition of the totalisator, and covering a petition to Parliament to that effect. Several members thought the totalisator was better than bookmakers, but concurred in the motion which had been carried in the House, in favor of taxing all investments in the machine, the money to go to charitable aid ; while others favored the course suggested by the,Ohrißtchurch Chamber. It was ultimately decided to hand over the petition to the Mayor after being signed by such members of the Chamber as were in favor of it. A letter from the Wellington Chamber covered resolutions in favor of the settlement of the waste lands of the Crown, but the consideration of tho resolutions was postponed. A short discussion on the proposed new Customs duties ensued, a general opinion being expressed that if more rcvonue musk bo raised through the Customs, the duties should bo imposed for revenue purposes only, and not with the object of Protection. It was urged that though the protective duties -might for a short time produco revenue, in the end the revenue must fail, and then new duties would have to be imposed, to the continual disturbance of trade. On tho motion of Mr Kinross, seconded V>y Mr Craig, the following resolution was unanimously passed : — " That in the opinion of this Chamber the Customs tariff recently in force provided sufficient protection to local industries, and that any additions should wholly have regard to a necessary increases of revenue." The secretary was instructed to telegraph tho resolution to Mr Ormond. as member for the borough.

< )ne effect of the late German Kmpmor's death is that fully thirty thousand of the German* resident in England who evaded the conscription and Hie rail to .'inns on the breaking out of the Franco-Prussian war .will be now free to visit the Fatherland without incurring the risk of bcinj; tried by court-martial a.s deserters, as their offence is only cocvnl with Iho lnlc Kmporor's reign. The statistics of tin* progress of tliu Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, Iho wealthiest, and of the Ancient Order of Foresters, numerically the largest friendly society in iho world, have just been completed for the past year, the former by Mr T. Collins, ami the latter by Mr S. Shawcro^s, the secretaries of the respective Orders. On January Ist, ISSB, the Manchester Unity numbered 627,594 financial members, a net increase of 10,007 during last year. There ivere nl together 39,91)4 portions initiated into the Order, 37,u7>2 in Great liritain, and 2342 in tho colonies ; lint 23,418 had left j tlic; Unity, or been suspended, and the i deaths had numbered 75u'!J. The Ancient ! Onler of FoicstciK on January l«t, 1888, j numbered GSG,I27 ami 16,429 honorary mcnil'U'ij ahowing an. increase during last I

year of 18,557 beuefit and' 777 honorary members. Thore were altogether 56,845 benelit members initiated during ' 1887, but tlie deaths numbered .6890, and 30,650 had from various causes left. the Order. lhe Juvenile Foresters Society numbers 72,377 members, with £36,542 capital, an increase during the year of 4874 members, and of £7324' in funds. The " A;M.C," or annual Parliament of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, was. tliis year held aS Gloucester during Whit week, and the High Court of the Foresters will be held in August at Reading; where the High Coflrt is now i located.