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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 2993, 28 January 1881, Page 2

The Wesleyan Conference, sitting at Nelson, has decided to station the Rev. Mr Bunn at Napier, and the Rev. Mr Barber at Hastings.

The following crickdt matches will be played to-morrow :—The H. B. County v. Waipawa Club at Hastings, and Petane v. the Herald Club at Petane.

It will be seen from our telegrams that the United States Government, will in future pay half the cost of the overland New Zealand mails via San Francisco.

At the Besident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Captain Preece, R.M., John Davidson was charged with attempted suicide. At the request of Inspector Scully he wa« remanded for medical examination until Wednesday next.

As justifying the Rai'way Manager's demand for the " money down" before consenting to put on a special train for the ram fair, we may state that the total receipts from that conveyance amounted yesterday to only £5 6s 6d. The charge for the train was £9.

"Up to the hour of our going to press an enquiry was being held into the stranding of the Silver Cloud, before Mr Patten, the Collector of Customs, and Captain Gleadow, Nautical Assessor. The Pilot, Captain Balle, of the Silver Cloud, and the chief officer, were examined this morning. Mr R. Dobson, as agent for Lloyd's and tbe New Zealand Insurance Company, watched the case.

The cricket match between the Australian eleven and twenty-two of South Canterbury was concluded yesterday, the Australians winning in one innings by 108 runs. This is the most thorough victory the Australians have yet won in this colony, and it appears as if the defeat they suffered in Canterbury on their last visit had made them determined to give the players of that province a thorough " putting through."

Now that the Hon. Mr Rolleston is in Napier the opportunity should not be lost of deputationising him with respect to the Meanee race-course reserve. The people of this town cannot be said to have distinguished themselves by begging, and the small boon now asked for will cost the country nothing, while it would lead to the utelisation of a piece of waste land now locked up in the hands of an incompetent and idle Domain Board.

We would respectfully suggest to the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club the desirability of connecting th c gran d stand by telegraphic wire with Napier. The cost, which would be very trifling, as the main telegraph line is so close to the course, would doubtless be shared by the Agricultural Society, and by the auctioneers interested in the annual shows and ram fairs, while a small charge might be made to those sending messages to cover the expense attached to the employment of an operator.

His Excellency the Governor leaves Taupo to-day, arriving' at Tsrawera this evening, and at Napier late to-morrow evening. Bis Worship the Mayor has received the following telegram from Captain Knollys :—" His Excellency will reach Napier late on the evening of the 29th, and, owing to the late hour, and the following day being Sunday, he will be glad to postpone receiving until Monday." On Monday .morning His Excellency will be presented with an address by the Mayor and Corporation.

The boiling-down works in course of erection by Messrs Nplson Bros, on the railway line between Farndon and Hastings appear to be rapidly apnroaching completion. Seyeral cottages for the workmen— from seventy to one hundred will be employed—are being built, and suddenly quite a village has sprung up in what was a few months ago a larga grass paddock. The village of Tomoana, for that is the name given to the platform station adjoining the works, will soon, we trust, be a thriving and busy place.

Our Ormondville correspondent says that tbe election of the school committee was very lively and interesting. The school room was full, all thp settlers able to attend being present. At the hour appointed the meeting elected Mr Brabazon chairman,

Messrs Hobinson and Russell scrutineers, and Mr Thorns secretary. Tbe election was then conducted on the most approved principles of the ballot, the ballot being kept open until sufficient time had elapsed to make sure there were no more voters to come in. Tbe new committee elected Mr McKnight chairman, Mr Henry Smith secretary, and Mr Robert Groom treasurer.

The man John Davidson, who was charged at the R. M. Court this morning with attempted suicide, appears to have been in a desponding condition ever since the fire in the White Road, which destroyed his house. His straightened circumstances, want of employment, and the fear of poverty for his family, have worked upon his mind, and his conduct for some time has given serious concern to his wife, it appears that he was in a more desponding condition than usual last night, and two of the neighbors were called in, when they found th<»t he had hanged himself by a strap to the kitchen door. He was cut down and restored, and this morning was remanded from the R. M. Court for medical examination.

The'Lydia'Howarde company played to a full house last night. The operetta " Trial by Jury " was the first piece on the programme, and it was played with spirit and success. Miss Howarde as plaintiff in the breach of.promise case fully sustained her reputation; for careful vocalisation and acting. -'Mr Leopold made an admirable judge from the plaintiff's point of view, and the other parts were well filled. In the well-known musical drama, the " Child of tho Regiment," the company were thoroughly successful. Miss Howarde received a most enthusiastic recall for her rendering of " Bid me discourse." Miss Glorian made a very good Mirchioness, but Miss Leopold lacked that repose which we can fancy in tho ancienne noblesse. Mr Power as tho old French veteran was highly successful, and Mr Leopold was, of course, good. Altogether the programme last night was about the most enjoyable one this company have yet given. H.M.S. Pinafore will be given this evening. The company are to be assisted by one of our local amateurs.

Two aged authors have produced works recently—Mr Tennyson, the Poet Laureate, has issued a volume of poems; and Lord Beaconsfield, a novel. Both productions, says tbe World, re.'emble each other in some things-that they are the clearest indications which we have yet had of the literary exhaustion, and the intellectual decadence of two of the moßfe distinguished men of their epoch,

t?* —*Mi „> ll* 1 111 __—_——— A telegram from Sir W. Fox states that it is his intention to begin his new duties by a thorough and exhaustive settlement of the Native claims in regard to land on the south side of the Waingongoro River, with a view to-establishing confidence with the Natives, and settling each matter completely as he goes. He does not intend to return to Wellington before the Bession. Of hia early experiences as a journalist Mr Archibald Forbes says:—" I was running The Scotchman at that time. I was sent to Metz, and the paper died. I lost £1000, andswore I'd have nothing more to do with running a newspaper. That oath cost me £4000 a-year. When Edmund Yates started The World on £500, he wanted me to go in and put up half—£2so. I wouldn't join on that account. To-day The World pays Edmund Yates £8000 a-year. It was successful from the very start." The Wellington Post says:—" The late employees of Mr S. S- Griffiths assembled at the Bank Hotel on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of presenting a testimonial to him. Mr Kearnley, who presided, handed to Mr Griffiths an address, bearing 17 signatures, expressing their deep regret at the severance of a business relationship which had been (-olong and pleasantly maintained. The address was accompanied by a gold nugget and ring as a small mark of the esteem and good will in which the recipient was held." In reviewing Lord Beaconsfield's new novel" Endymion," The World says :—" It ih written throughout in the peculiar English of Lord Beaconsfield—stilted, slip, shod, sesquipedalian, with much affectation V of correctness and abounding in grammatical Vlooseness and inaccuracy." It speaks, of „ ' tbe novel as a ' silly book, a vulgar and '. tedious one' and ' a book written for Btiobs by one of their number.' Notwithstanding this severe criticism, we no not suppose the __ sale will be affected by a single copy; in ' ~> fact the chances are rather otherwise. > A remarkable statement was made by the Chairman of a Road Board. At the meeting of ratepayers he was asked :—What was the power of the Board with reference to overhanging trees ? His reply was this: The power of the Board is to go up to the heavens, from the edge of the fence, and straighten all the way up. It was sub sequently suggested that as the fabled story of Jack and the Beanstalk had been in some sort realised, there were many people in the district who would be thankful to have the heavenward road straightened up for them. Mr Beetham, the Resident Magistrate at Timaru, does not approve of the bare-faced ways of some bankrupts. " But," said his Worship theother day, "if there is one thing that annoys me more than another, it is to see bankrupts walking about and coming into Court and elsewhere, bejewelled with rings, and pins, and champ—it is positively disgusting." The explanation of the discovery is perfectly simple, and was given the other day at Wellington by a whitewashed debtor, who was asked how he managed to retain his buggy. " Why," said the insolvent, "I went through the Court, but the buggy didn't." A singular accident ocourred at Te Ore Ore on Friday last. A load of hay belong- ' ing to Mr Thompson had been piled on one of Mr Vile's waggons, when one of the men lit his pipe, and the gale which was • then blowing carried a small piece of 1 lighted tobacco into the hay. In aninstant 1 the whole mass was in a fierce blaze, and there was only just time to save the horses, ' by cutting everything loose, before the i waggon and all its contents were reduced ! to ashes, nothing being left, but the ironwork, which was twisted and bent beyond - recognition. The horses had the narrowest possible escape, aB in a moment after they , were released, by the traces being cut, the , heat was too great for anybody to approach. '' A n interesting discussion on larrikinism took place in the Victorian House of 1 Representatives. Mr Service asked the Premier if the Government were prepared • to adopt more stringent measures than at 1 present for the suppression of the nuisance, and suggested the lash. Mr Berry expressed warm syinathy with Mr Service's remarks, but thought the first step to be taken was that of compelling the magistrates to carry out the existing law without fear of favor. He said that if the House would support him he would summarily dismiss any magistrate whom he found remiss in, this respect, and the remark elicited loud cheers from both sides of the House. Then Sir John O'Shannassy saw his opportunity, and got up to have a fling at secular education. He said it was useless to adopt repressive measures against the Victorian youth who were yearly becoming more criminal, as was shown by statistics, and that the cause of this growing depravity was the education system. Mr Francis protested against this, but everyone agreed that something must be done for the suppression of larrikinism, which has assumed vsry formidable proportion in Melbourne and its environs. The Mount Ida Chronicle tells of a remarkable elopement from an important township in the north-west part of that country. Themost peculiar thing about, —-jr it, says our contemporary, is that the giddy pair are both married people; neither can be much short of fifty ; and further, neither could ever possibly be selected by any artist, however mad, as a model for a painting of Venus or of Apollo. The God of Love seems to have awakened a fiery and unhallowed flame in them at a very advanced period of their lives, for it must have been no ordinary attachment that induced an elderly man to desert his wife, ' and a grandmother to leave her husband and her children in such a manner as this. It is believed that the lady went via Blacks and Lawrence to Dunedin, while Adonis, journeyed via Pigroot—taking with him, as a mark of esteem and gratitude, a horse belonging to a gentleman who had befriended him for years which he left at Palmerston. The guilty pair met in Dunedin, and tho last that was heard of them was that they had left for the South, presumedly with the intention of catching the steamer for Victoria, whioh was then about to sail from the Bluff. The Panama Star of November 24th has this:—The late steamer from the South had some passengers who were not down on tho list, but made things lively on board. A new species of snake was shipped at a Southern port, properly boxed aud duly consigned to the Zoological Gardens, london. All went well, and the stranger to science enjoyed her homo in a life-boat \ fairly well. On the morning of the vessel's L arrival off Panama, about four o'clock, it was observed that a largo numbed'of young snakes were running over the deoks, ropes, stanchions, &o. A fight was organised by the officer on duty, who took au active part M until bitten in tho finger, when "the subsequent proceedings interested him no more." On arrival at this port the wounded officer was conveyed on shore and plaoed under Dr rVolfred Nelson's care, who at once used the new Anglo-Indian cure, by ejecting a solution of dilute ammonia into both arms, as well as administering the same internally, with stimulants. The finger was laid open and freely cauterized with pure nitric acid. The part had" turned black ere leaving the vessel. The outlook for a time was not cheering. Later in the day he was pronounced out of danger, and returned to the vessel. His ambition to fight snakes is over. During the night tho snake in tho life-boat had added upwards of fifty of these little jokers to the ship's company. They were from twelve to sixteen inches long, an inch and a half round, and very active, showing fight when approached. It is unnecessary to say that mother and family were duly consigned to the deep, except three specimens (dead) in Dr Nelson's possession. The Lydia Howard Company at the Theatre Royal play " H.M.S. Pinafore," at 8 o'clock. A general meeting of the members of the Napier Club at 8 o'clock. A special meeting of the Union Rowing Club at the Provincial Hotel at 7.80, Mr Routfedge will B ©U witMn & W>»tb,

&fc Hastings, draught fillies, goldings, and mares.

A pigeon match will take place at Tara dale on the 16th of March.

Mr E. Lyndon will sell at his rooms to morrow, apples, chaff, maize, &c.

Messrs H. Monteith and ('o. hold a salo of horses, saddlery, &c, at the Horso Bazaar to-morrow at 1.30 p.m.