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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3003, 9 February 1881, Page 2

The election of three members of the Harbor Board will take place on Monday next, and a roll ef of Aapier—is being compiled for the occasion.

It will be seen from our telegrams that the Zealandia has arrived at Auckland with the English mails via San Francisco. It is probable tbat the Napier portion will be forwarded by the Union Company's boat, arriving here on Saturday next.

Mr Glendinning, the concrator for the erection of the bridge over the Tutaekuri at Redcliffe, is now well under way with his work. The piles, eighteen in number, have been driven for three of the spans; the driving, however, is very much harder than was anticipated.

We understand that the members of the Hawke's Bay Dramatic Club intend giving a performance in honor of the Australian cricketers on Thursday, the 17th. It ia intended to arrange a first-olass programme for the occasion, and no doubt it will be largely supported by the townspeople.

The members of the Union Rowing Club who intend taking part in the forthcoming regatta on the Njjaruroro river are practising pretty steadily, and begin to show marked improvement, ihe Napier Club is not doing half work. The representative crew has only been oat once, and the senior fours crew, we understand, has not yet been picked.

Besidents on the hills having their rain tanks empty are obtaining their water supply by carts filled from the borough stand pipes. Great complaints are made as to the quality of the water so supplied. If the reservoir water is being used we are not surprised at the grumbling, for, exposed to the sun and dust, the water must be almost unfit for use unless boiled and filtered.

The presentation of the Humane Society's medals and ihe Rifle Association prizes will take place at the Theatre Royal this evening. Mr Swan, on behalf of His Worship the Mayor, will present the Society's medals, and Mr H. S. Tiffen, the Vice-President of the Rifle Association, will preside at the distribution of prizes. The use* of the Theatre has been kindly granted by the proprietors free of charge. The dress oircle will te reserved for ladies.

The following deeds were submitted to tbe Trust Commissioner during the past week for investiuation: —Rapata Tiakitai to ttev. S. WiUliama (1) Awaporirua blook 6UO aorea, (2) Otukatorwhero Blook 98 aores; dated 3rd January, 1881; Messrs Wilson and Cotterill, solicitors. Maata te Heipora, first part; Hone Whareraoko, second part; Rev. S. Williams, third part, Oukotorenhero blook, 9_ acres; Awaporirua block, 600 acres; dated Ist January, 1881; Messrs Wilson and Cotterill, solicitors.

Mr Forrest brought to our office this morning a magnificent bunch of grapes grown olose to the swamp adjoining Carlyle-street. Mr Forrest states that the foliage of his trees were early attacked by the dreaded phylloxera, but he sucoeeded in clearing them thoroughly by sprinkling with sulphur. The foliage, and the fruit when just formed, were sprinkled with water, and the sulphur dust blown all over them. His three vines are now entirely free from the mildew, and have borne something like one owt. of grapes.

A little after nine o'olook this morning Emerson-street was in a state of excitement caused by the bolting of two horses with a trap, the owner Lucas being absent at the time; but, upon his becoming aware of the " bolt," he made desperate efforts to check the runaway steeds, and succeeded in grasping the reins. However, they were going at such a desperate rate that he found it impossible to retain his grasp, and the horses continued their mad career until they reached Craven-street, where in turning off to reaoh their stables they came in contact with Myhill _ store, injuring the corner of the building, and giving the trap a serious shaking. Fortunately there was no other acoident, as the street was filled with children at the time on their way to school, and it seems a miracle how they escaped.

The Napier Sohool Committee met last evening in the committee-room of the district school. Mr Dobson occupied the chair. A report from Mr Thompson was read stating that the number of children on the roll wan 674, with an average attendance of 571. It was also suggested that Jevon's " Political Economy" should be taught in standards 5 and 6 instead of physiology. The suggestion was agreed to. Mr Menzies applied to be admitted as a teacher without salary ; he was desirous of ascertaining the working of the sohool system in New Zealand. It was resolved to recommend the appointment, providing Mr Menzies agreed to remain six months under the control of the head master. Some conversation took place in reference to the voting for members of the Education Board, aud it was resolved to apply to tlu chairman of the Beard for information. This concluded the general business of the meeting.

It has been finally arranged that the Australian eleven play in Hawke's Bay on the 16th, 17th, and 18th instants. The eleven play at Wanganui on Friday and Saturday next, and leave on the Monday overland, arriving in Napier on Tuesday evening. Tho match will be played at Hastings on the County ground, which has been under the care of Mr Luke for some weeks past, and should be in fair condition. The twenty-two that have been selected to do battle for Hawke's Bay may be said to be fairly representative of tbe cricketing power of Hawke's Bay for the last two seasons. There a number of old cricketers in the district, who, if they could have ceen got into practice, would have strengthened the team ; they have been good men, and certainly know how to handle a bat, which is mon than can be said of some who are included in the twenty-two. However, we trust that fortune will favor them, and that they will be euabled to hold out sufficiently long to secure a fair display of cricket on the part of the redoubtable eleven. An effoat will be made to geD the Holiday Association to declare for a half-holiday on each of the three days. We trust they will strain a point to enable as many as possible to witness tbe match. The privileges of the ground will be sold by Messrs Banner and Liddle on Friday next.

The "Loafer in the Street" in the Christchurch Press has the following:— The best thing that's come to me yet in connection with the visit of the Australian Eleven is as follows:—Two visitors to the ground, who might have had a nip or two, were examining the scoring board: " Well Bill," said the most screwed of the two, " there's no use in staying here any more. The excitement is all out of this thing." " How's that P" said hiß mate. " Why there's 42 out for 4 runs. It's a regular farce." Exeunt.

A Canterbury farmer, writing lately to a friend in New Plymouth, among other useful items, asked " Why don't your farmers turn their atttention to potato farina f It only requires a capital of some £500 to get into business thoroughly, and farina is worth £32 per ton at home. We are sending home next mail for specification of plant required, and if any of your farmers think it worth while we will give them all particulars when we get it."

The total redaction in the Property Tax assessment made by the Board of Reviewers for Wellington Uity and Hutt ' ounty was within a trifle of £25,0 0. The reduction made in Chrii-tohurch. was 3458, and in Sydeham £2510. This means about £10. less revenue than would have been received had the valuation remained unaltered.—■ N.Z. Times.

It is the intention of Mr Bryoe to address his constituents immediately after the Pre» mier has addressed his constituents, the latter event is expected to be in about a fortnight. Mr Bryce in this instances defers as a matter of courtesy to a late colleague who Das the right of precedence, and the constituency of course will view the natter in the same light.

It is stated that there is no bacon curing going on in Canterbury worth mentioning, as the provision men have to pay fid and 5Jd for pigs now, in place of and the trade on the West Coast ha? departed entirely. Consumers there get all the supplies they need now from Australia, and even American bacon oan be laid down oheaper, but the local production among tbe Westland farmers now nearly equals local demand.—N.Z. Times.

A book-asrent, who has retired from active service upon the hard-earned accumulations of a life of industrious effrontery, says that the great secret of his success as canvasser was,whenhe went to a house where the female head of the family presented herself he always, however old she might be, commenced business by saying, " I beg your pardon, miss, but it was your mother I wanted to see. That always used to get'em, he asserted. " They not only subscribed for my books themselves, but told me where I oould find more customers."

Colonel Gordon, who has been on s tour of tbe whale West of Ireland, writes that tho condition of the people is more severe than that of any other people in the world. A gulf of antipathy exists between them and the landlords. Citing as a preoedent tho measures taken to abolish slavery in Wegfc India, he proposes that the Government should buy out all the landlords west of the Shannon at a cost of eighty millions of pounds, of whioh % great part will be repaid by tenants, and the canoer will be oared. Ha also proposes that the lands thus acquired be administered by a Land Commission, supplemented by an Immigration Commission.

The Wellington Post says:—lf a local inventor is not over 'sanguine, the days of concrete nagging are numbered, and. we shall no longer be compelled to import cement, at a heavy oost, for the purpose. At the meeting of the City Council, a letter was read from Dr Munro, in which he stated that he had succeeded in making oonorete equal, at least, to that now made from cement, but with the enormous advantage tbat the cost of the materials he used only oome to about as much as the freight of the oement from England. .The mixture would set in six hours under water. The communication was referred to the pity r> engineer.

The obituary of the Times of Deoembe. 16th contained some remakable illustrations of prolonged existence in nine persons— viz., five gentlemen and four ladies, whose united ages amounted to 787 years, giving an average of 87 years and over five months.., to eaoh. The oldest lady had reached the ; great age of 95 years, the youngest of the;;; same sex was 81 years old. ' Of the men, the oldest was also 95, the youngest' 85. The following were the respective* ages •- 81, 89, two at 85, one each at'B6,'B7i". 89, and two at 95. The same obituary recorded the death* of half a score of genarians at ages ranging from 70 to 79V" and giviner an average of 74 years and over two months to eaoh. ! ; ;

The Maoris at Parihaki have harvested: the whole of their wheat, and almost 'all of it has been saved in good condition. They • are now about to thresh it out as quiokiy '■■ as possible, and will employ five separata.; horse-power machines for the purpose. : A»: large number are now returning from ' Parihaka, and intend remaining at' their, settlements for some little time .to come. ■ .They have been warned that they had better ■; dispose of their pigs on the Plains as soon ; as possible, otherwise they will probably ' lose them, and seem inclined to take the i hint. They report that Whiti predicts* that Major Parris will not retain'"his' present office for another year. He also declared that Mr Bryce undertook to, takeall the land within a year,, but pointed out that he has not j?otit, but, on the contrary, has lost his position as Native Minister.— Hawera Star.

The Bruce Herald says:—" We have good news for our local growers of oats, and our intelligence if we mistake not, will attract the attention of farmers in every part of New Zealand. A representative of; an eminent Glasgow firm is now in New ; Zealand: The firm to which he is attached are large dealers in oats and oatmeal,- andtheir usual source of supply is now and for years been the United States. .. The de>.. mand for bats is increasing, and the samples of New Zealand oats sent Home attracted • the attention and admiration of dealers ia farm produce. The firm referred to require annually a supply which amounts to £ 160,000. Their representative has reoeived commission to erect oatmeal mills' in the colony, whioh must be a boon to all conw'i cemed, but which will be positive source of]wealth to the whole farming interest in the ; colony. The question arises, Will out farmers—we reter to the whole body, _.6tj_p-{ any particular locality—be able to supply: this unexpected demand P If teey can give; a practical answer in the affirmative, a source of wealth will be utilised and extended, which will open up numerous avenues of employment, and a permanent industry will take root and flourish in New Zealand."

Yesterday (says the Times of Deoember Bth), in accordance with % very anoient civic sustom, presents of black livery cloth of the finest material, each 4J yards long, were forwarded on the part of" the Corporation of London to the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chamberlain, the Vice-Chamber-lain, the Lord Steward, the Treasurer and r'omptroller of the Household, the Home Secretary, the Foreign Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, the Recorder, the Town Clerk, and the Common Serjeant. The origin of the custom is thus explained:—ln the early periods of our history the retainers of great lords wearing their liveries were so numerous aa to be dan_erouß bothto the King and the laws. Tho disorders arising from them required all the vigor of the King and the Legislature to restrain, and many statutes extending from 1377 to 1504 were passed for that purpose. An exoeption was introduced in the prohibition in favor of guilds and fraternities and men of the mysteries of cities and boroughs. This probably gave rise to the " liverymen" of the various companies, and is supposed to be the origin of this gift of " livery cloth," as it is called.

A painful sensation, says the Paris correspondent of the Times, has been oreated by the arrest of M. and Mdme. Friedland, the latter charged with forging her grandmother's signature to acceptances amounting to 198,000fr. M. Friedland is a Hungarian, who takes great interest in the turf. He married, five years ago, Mdlle. Marie de Persigny, daughter of the Duo de Persigny, the well-known Minister and prompter of Napoleon 111., and granddaughter of the Prinoesse de Moskowa. The latter has a life interest in property valued at 12,000,000fr., whioh, on her death, will revert to her daughter, who since the death of her second husband, M. Lemome, who was in the Khedive's service has resumed her title of Duchesse de Persigny. On the Friedlands getting deeply in debt, the Duohesse was unwilling or unable to aid them, but the grandmother signed a bill for 30,000fr. In a few weeks, bills, with renewal expenses, fell due, amounting to 192,000fr. The grandmother peremptorily refused to assist, but Mdme.. Friedland is said to have handed to her husband, as genuine documents, acceptances for 198,000fr. These were negotiated with

bankers and others, but the Princesse disclaimed having signed them. Mdme. Friedland went to Chiselhurst, the Empress Eugene being her godmother, but without result, md both she and her husband are now under arrest.

An interesting seafaring native of Dundee, named Criohton, sailed in the last century to seek for fortune iv. the East Indian Seas. He was in a tight ship, freighted with all sorts of stores, and Dundee thread and Osnaburghs were down in the bill of lading. The terror of those seas in those days was Angria, the active and ferocious pirate into whose hands Criohton and his ship fell after a rough fight of a day long. At the oloso of it the pirate was too hungry to trust himself with having the man before him who had so nearly brought him to grief, nor did that Criohton was in much of a condition to answer his queries, Accordingly, he ordered dinner for two in separate oabins, and ho commanded Criohton to attend to him as soon as •he got " his skin full." At the appointed time the two foemen met, and the " materials " ■were on the table between them. When eaoh had mixed his draught as he best liked it, Angria in fair English questioned Captain Criohton. " Aye! aye!" said the pirate, "so you're a Dundee man," and then he examined him as to the town, and people, and environs, in a way that made Crichton stare, but as he replied with readiness and exactness, Angria exclaimed, " Weel! I see ye are just what ye desoribe yoursel', an' deil hae my saul if I hurt a hair o'your head; for ye see, Cap'n (Sriohton, I'm a Dundee man mysel', an' I ken what's oorraot betwixt fellow-towns-men."

Dr B. W. Richardson, in a lecture delivered at the Sanitary Congress, Exeter, England, on " Woman as a Sanitary Reformer," opens a new field for the exercise of female talent. He advooates that ladies should be sufficiently versed in anatomy and physiology to.understand the general construction and meohanism of the human frame, as well as the nature of different foods, and the methods best adapted for making them digestible and nutritious. If women understood the effect of wellselected aliments on the growth of the body in youth, diseases suoh as rickets, with its bowed legs and crocked spines, would, according to the opinion of the eminent leoturer, .disappear from the land. The sanitary "angel in the house" should understand the law of ventilation as well as the methods of house-warming and the effeots of heat and oold. She should also be familiar with the j_u_tu_ _\f the drains and kDr-rsuiiißlining about the principles of drainage; she should be able to detect the hue of wall-paper whioh indicates the presence of arsenio, and be sufficiently informed concerning the water supplied to the household; to direct, if necessary, how impure water may be made wholesome and potable. A knowledge of the use of disinfectants should also constitute a part of her education; and in short, a fair information oonoerning the enemies of the health of the household, with the weapons which would drive them from the door, would be not the-least valuable of her accomplishments.

The appointment of Lord Coleridge to the high offioe" of' Lord Chief Justice of England is in apoordance with public expectation. _ There were several reasons why Lord Coleridge should he" chosen as the successor of Sir Alexander Cookburn. As Chief Justice of the Common Pleas he oocupied a position- h ardly inferior to that held by the late Lord Chief ' Justioe of England, who, at least titularly, stood at the head of the Administration of the Common Law. The great difference between the two offices is that the one whioh was held by Lord' Coleridge is the'one which de-Is with disputes between subjects of the Sovereign, whereas 1 that held by the late Sir Aleiander Cookburn deals ■ With disEtttes' between the • Sovereign and 6r subjects. The nomination of Lord Coleridge to the Lord Chief Justiceship of England possesses this particular advantage, that it will enable the Government to unite the two branches of Common Law. Administration—the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas—under one head. It will, in fact, be possible to abolish the Chief Justiceship of the latter tribunal now that the holder of that office iajmade Lord Chief Justice of England. Personally/ Lord Coleridge 'will- carry with him to his new duties the Bincere congratulations of all who, either as advocates or litigants, have had business to transact in the Court of Common Pleas. Like the late Sir Alexander Cookburn, he is more than a mere lawyer, and his varied accomplishments. haVej like jthpse of his predecessors, certainly not dimmed the brightness nor blunted the sharp edge of his judioial intelleot. —European Mail.

Presentation of medals and prizes at the Theatre Royal at 8 o'clock. . .":

Meeting for formation of Town Hall Company at Hastings at 8 o'clock. Parade of Volunteers, Artillery at 7, and Rifles at 7.30.

There will be no service at Trinity Church this evening, in consequence of the valedictory service at the Spit in connection with the departure of the Rev. Mr Stewart.

: sMeefting of the Ark of Friendship Lodge, 1.0.G-.T., to-morrow at 7.30 p.m.

Cricket match, Australian eleven v. twenty-two of Hawke's Bay, on the 16th, I7th, and 18th.

Messrs Banner and Lid.dle will sell ground privileges for cricket match on Friday next, Cucumbers wanted for shipment.

Dissolution of partnership of Messrs Ohappell and Scholes is notified. Patent for teethed flexible folding harrow is gazetted. The polling for three members of the Harbour Board will take place on Monday next.

Lost a low set liver and white Spaniel.