NAPIER LETTER.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7864, 15 May 1891, Page 2

NAPIER LETTER.

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A young man named William Glendt* ping, son of a well-known Napier conSI? tor, found quail shooting an It pensive pursuit last week. It i 9 W J,2 well-known that a great deal of u n Ws shooting gees on in Hawkes' Bay. andVk_ province, once full of tcame, is now a lm ft ,_ destitute of it except in a few Bpots ™J or less difficult of access. Glendinnin-* With some other youths from town was out shooting at Pukehamoa moa, on tho 19th irisr. „ h °* Messrs %V. Beamish and E. saw him shoot a cock California ouail which the latter picked up. Mr Beamish ia one of the Acclimatisation Sjcietv'i rangers, and the incident ended in th« R.M. Court, where Gleudinniug, who a> .fended the case, was fined £10 with costs' ■fitnesses expenses and solicitor's fee Thn ur.'lucky quail, which was produced in Court, weighed about half a pour-d so thai with the expenses of the defence it cost the would-be sportsman about \tl weight in gold. b IC3 At the last meeting of tho Hawko's n__ County Council Mr Thos. Tauner _? M.H.R., propounded a theory that no ratA amounting to less than a shilling shouM be levied, avid in support of his thesis to H of his own pitiable plight. He had re. ceived from .Pahiatu-i, about 100 mil>« from Napior, a rate demand for twoD_nc« with an iutima.iou that it it was not for warded forthwith legal proceedl*-*. would be taken. Mr Tamier did ,Ufj! £ being sued for two pence, so obtained » twopenny stamp to liquidate hi* liability pondering mean time over the fact that ft had already cost the Pahiatua local bod,: two pence and considerable stationery.! post the demand to him,, would cost him two pence and stationery to send it _n them, and again cost th.m two pence and still more stationery to acknowlcdtf« receipt. At the last moment he .3: another look at the dviaand __j there, to his astonish meal and dk may discovered a further intWj!,* that postage stamps would not be received in payment. So now he is in momenta™ expectation of a summons, as the po.i.i regulations forbid his po-ttinp twocopWr. aud the department will not issueap-jul note for twopence, and he supposes it win end in his having to go to PahlaCua and pay the rate in person. The Christchurch musical firm of Milner and Thompson opened a branch in Napier at the beginning of the present year with Mr W. E. Thompson in charge.' Mr Thompson has been endeavouring to resuscitate the old musical society, and aa a result of his efforts a new society, styled the. "Napier Choral nnd Orchestral Society," has been foraied, wi-h the folkj*ing oflicers •.—President, Mr W. E. Frazer-vice-presidents, Dr Hitchings and Mr c! Lyndon ; committee, Messrs H. U. Spackman, H. Auliu, A. P. Sheath, J. Roberts, and W. L. Prime; secretary, W. _J Thompson; treasurer, W. J. Willcocks : librarian, J. C. Fowler. The society has not yet appointed a conductor, but hope to pay that officer when secured. The salary will no doubt be merely nominal, and the office will be given to a local man. A chrysautheinum show held last week resulted in the display of a magnificent collection of blooms, which were quite a revelation to those who havo not been following the recent developments of the llowcr. The chief exhibitors and prizetakers were Messrs J. H. Coleman, H. S. Tiffen, and J. N. Anderson. The latter, a working man who exhibited for the nrs. time, and who has himself made and done everything in connection with his hobby of two years date, took no less thau seven first prizes. His success was very popular. He forwarded v few of his blooms to Wellington after the Nanler show, and despite the length of time they had been cut, and the knocking about they received iv their various journeys, took one first and one third prize. ' Mr Weddellpaid us a-lying visit in com. pany with Mr Gilbert Anderson, and met a number of those interested in co-operation and the frozen meat trade, to whom he explained the operations and scope of tha Farmers' Co-operative Associations ot ChristC-iirc- aud Tiraaru, and \m view? in connection with frozen meat, all of which you know.

What is more to the point Is that the Hawke's Bay Co-operative Association ia now an established fact. Up till a day oi two ago, applications had Deen received from 170 shareholders for 1431 £5 shares. Mr M. R. Miller has been appointed broker to the Association, aud a manager, at present in England, has been recommended by Mr Weddell and Mr Turn bull, of the Christchurch Association. Messrs John Bennett, R. D. D. McLean, Jos. B. Rhodes, Alfred Dillon, C. Cranby, D. Milne, W. Smith, Cartwright, Brown, W. A. Cowper, J. Bicknell. W. Speedy, R. P. Williams, G. S. V. Wenley, M. Mason, S. Bridge, M. R. Miller, John Chambers, junr., R. H. Mackenzie, Hugh Campbell, M. M'Michael, and Archie McLean, have been nominated as permanent directors, fifteen of whom are to be elected. The names will give- some Idea of the support being received by the Association to those acquainted with H.B. pastoralists. A Horticultural Society is to be formed, as an outcome of the recent Chrysanthemum Show,

Some idea of the steady progress ol settlement in the unsettled portions oi Hawke's Bay may be formed from the followine returns of land revenue collected in the Hawke's Bay wastelands district for the twelve months ending 31st March, in each of tbe following years -.—IBB7, £9,920; 1888, £10,208; 1889, £15,993; 1893, £13,062; 1891, £21,248.

The H.B. Rugby Union has held Its annual meetina:.. The union got into debt last season, owing to continuous wet weather upsetting its arrangements and causing losses on important fixtures,. but had otherwise a very successful year, playing four interprovincial matches and winning three of them. During the year regular contests between Maori and Pakeha were inaugurated, a first annual tourney and sports meeting, a fancy ball, and a concert were held,.and a new competition was inaugurated for third teams. The hon. secretary and treasurer, M. & D. Hoben, in his report, intimated that the i transactions of the Union had now become so large that the offices held by him must be the work was altogether too much for one man. Messrs F. Logan and E. D. Hoben were re-elected president and hon. secretary, respectively, and Mi C. M. Whittlngton was elected hon. i treasurer. Mr Logan was also re-appointed I selector of teams. The season is to be opened by a match Maori v. Pakoha on the 2nd May, in which all our representative players will take part. Three clubs have disbanded since last year, the old County Club, the new Tar&dale Club, both seniors, and tbe Rangers, a junior club. The failure of the two first to reform nw vastly strengthened the Napier Clot*. which last year was weak, and as «"■ |Te Aute College team has also J* 80 1 strengthened there should be a few fioMs to play off for the senior premiership this year. So far the clubs entered for tne various competitions are: First.teams, Napier, Te Aute, Pirates; second tea" 18 ; Napier, Te Aute, St. Mathews, BiTftis. third teams, Napler.Taradale, Abnriri, ana Caledonians. It is understood that a native club formed at Paklpaki, will also enter for the senior premiership, bub it b<*» nO JJ yet done so. The Te Aute College team intends to visit Wellington during the Vacation and play the clubs there, aud i know they are very anxious to mcci Christ's College. As their fifteen will include this year six ropresentave backs, tne Christ College men will find theffl worthy foemen should a meeting *&" A swimming race which attracted much attention was decided in tbe Bay «« a recent morning. There jrwnWg* entries, but only nine faced the st*-"**; The distance was 440 yards in tbefpen sea, and there was a surf rolling in at jns time. The finish was most exciting, tne three first men being abreast for the ■•wa yard or two. The result was Pattison UOsec) Ist; Cato (scr), 2nd; A. Chapman __osec). 3rd ; with G. Chapman and .*. Hutchison close up. Robison, Aiken, How ard and Jourdain were the other sWrters. Although the race was swum at 7.sw «••»• it was witnessed by many hundred* ■« Siectators, who followed the swimmers ong the beach. t- ., Mrs Fowler and the tourist P*«7Jr: whose attempted passage through trie Urewera country I wrote you, succeeaea in their attempt. They were three days on the road between the Waikaremoan** lake and the tribal settlement »« Ruatah una, from whence they wanton w Rotorua. They were well treated by uw Tuhoi. . ~», Mr W. H. Pritchard was presented witri an address by the Napier Operatic Society prior to his departure for EoglanaI mentioned a little time back the dini* culty created by the marine requiring the Union Company's teurter Ahuriri to carry boat accommodattoi equal to the number of passengers taKen to and fro. As this was impossible-ma difficulty has been met by the W*w steamer being literally festooned ww» lifebelts-105 f think is the number she » to carry. ~ _ t One of the Gladstone family, Mr A. J. Gladstone, a nephew of the G. O. Mm**? been visiting Napier. He is nowftttti" Hot Lakes,