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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3053, 8 April 1881, Page 2

A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted " column.

Messrs Neal and Close advertise splendid value in clothing of all kinds.

For advertising spaces of tho Napier line of railway apply to John Dinwiddle.

A sacred concert will be given in Clive Town Hall on Tuesday, the 12th instant. The " Boojum " will leave the Spit for a moonlight excursion to the Kidnappers to« morrow evening. The meeting of the H.B. County Counoil tfL will be held on the 20th instant.

Meeting of members of Napier Club this evening a 8.

Bazaar in St. John's schoolroom this evening. Messrs H. Monteith and Co.'s weekly sale of horses, &c, to-morrow at 1.30,

At St. Marie la Blanche, France, a young woman who was supposed to have died in a fit was buried by order of some friends. While the gravedigger was filling in the grave he heard a noise coming from the coffin. The leading functionaries were summoned, and the woman, being taken from her coffin, was found to be alive. The shock proved tco much for her, as she was seized with another fit, and this time died in reality. The Nihilist programme is as follows :— " The Nihilists may and ought to aspire to office, dignity, and honor. They shall mutually help each other with all their might. They shall denounce the false brethren and the suspected They shall employ every means to assist the revolution, which consists in the most utter and radical destruotionn of the existing order of society. No more monarchy; no more recognised relic-ions ;no more property; the land belongs to all; the soil is like the air, everyone has a right to sustenance ; no more adminstration; no more armies. Kings, soldiers, priests, judges, the possessors of privileges and of wealth are our enemies ; at these we must direct our blows. Sentence of death is passed on every official of the Empire who shall show himself directly or indirecctly hostile to our plans."

This is the way some of the Paris papers chronicle fashionable arrivals :—" The beautiful Lady Dudley has just arrived in Paris. Lady Dudley is one of the most beautiful women in Great Britain. She is thirty years old—the age preferred by Balzac ; her eyes are blue, her features adorably delicate, and her figure as ethereal as that of a sylph. She takes gloves at SJ, and boots at 25i (4 \ English."

Since the formation of the Australian Eleven Murdoch has played in 97 innings, has been five times not out, and has scored 2,367 runs or an average of 25 runs per innings—a truly splendid performance. This is exclusive of supplementary matches played in various] parts of England to fill up time.

At a ladies' card party the other evening one old lady said she did not like playing cards with any remarks. Being English, she pronounced it " henny remarks." Another lady, Mrs Marks, indignantly rose from the table, saying " Then the wife of Henry Marks will not play with you."

A Protestant defensive union has been formed in Jersey with the object of counteracting- the influence of the Jesuits recently established on the island, who are said to be diligently propagating theic views by domiciliary visitation and the establishment of schools.

A recent return states that the number of persons under special police protection in Ireland on December 31 was 153, and the number of persons speciallly watched over by the police to protect them from outrage 1,149.

A Feildin g correspondent of the Manawatu Standard says:—" We have had a terrible depopulation lately. I don't suppose one house in three in the township is inhabited. In Halcombe it is still worse."

The Lancet states that there is a serious concurrence of opinion ahout the amount of female drinking that is going on in all classes of London society.

The Wellington Evening Post of the 2nd instant says : —Those who resided on elevated spots in the city had an opportunity of witnessing a grand sight last night. The whole range of hills from the sea in the Makara district, round to the Tinakoriroad, were aglow with fire 3. The darkness of the night and the northerly winds blowing added to the effect, and gave the scene a granduer rarely witnessed in Wellington. The hills are covered with the decaying trunks and stumps of trees, and these, as time went on, became red-hot and, aided by the breeze, gave out a twinkling glare which was quite dazzling to the eye. Scores of people, seeing the lurid glare high overhead, ascended to the hills in the neighborhood of the town to witnness the imposing sight. We learn from Mr W. Finnimore that the whole of his station (Goathurst Farm) was swept by the flames. The fire came from the direction of Karori, through Mr Monaghan's property; but it is not known bow it originated. In addition to the timber being destroyed, all the fencing within reach of the fire was burned, and it is feared a quantity of sheep also perished, although it has not been possible yet to ascertain the full extent of the loss sustained. A quantity of timber lying cut in the watershed from which the city supply is derived was burned. During the night the hout>e in which Mr Finnimore's shepherd resides caught fire two or three times, and the man and his family had to remain up all night in readiness to leave the spot.

—" It appears we never touch royalty but mistakes are made. Last time we killed the Czar according to the Post, and now from the same authority it appears we buried the Prince of 'Wales. We frankly confess we know little about royalty and its ways, and to speak plainly care less. It is not in our line, as Mr Swanson says. Very likely the Celtic character of our blood makes us prone to error—but there is a great lack wanting nevertheless. Most of the journals in London, for instance, which, understanding all about these Court mysteries, and the secrets of exalted personages, are owned, or edited by pork butchers, retired soap boilers, or dustmen, and having been in familiar intercourse with the servants of the people whose glories they describe, in their past avocations, have a natural aptitude for these things, which is lacking on our part. Now that the schoolmaster has not only gone abroad, but commenced work at home, men will soon feel more interest in a sick pauper than a sick marchioness, and the retailers of Court Scandals and Royal movements will have to find another avocation."

'I he Wellington Post has been facetious lately in reference to several blunders which have occurred in tho Wairarapa Standard's account of certain incidents connected with royalty. The Standard replies as follows:

Everyone who travels on our railway (says the Post) must have noticed and deplored the miserable disfigurement of some of the finest of the splendid Ecenery along its route, by the shameful destruction of the glorious primeval forest which adorns the slopes of the Rimutaka. If no preventative steps are taken the beauties of the Rimutaka will ere long be a thing of the past, and nothing but hideous bareness will be seen in lieu of the exquisite rimu, rata, and other trees which now excite such hearty admiration on the part of every traveller on our railway. In various parts of the Wairarapa the same regrettable waste and disfigurement are to be witnessed. No one can pass Carterton without grieving over the spectacle of blackness and desolation presented by the fine bush that has been so extensively burned around that town. Similar destruction is going on all over the colony, and the question is daily becoming of more and more serious import. Stringent measures are required if we would not see this fertile country deteriorate into a sterile wilderness.

The Rev. R. S. Bunn was entertained at a farewell tea previous to leaving Invercargill for Napier. There appears to have been a large gathering of the congregation to which he has ministered during his stay in Invercargill, and of friends from other churches. All the speakers referred in warm terms to their friendship for Mr Bunn, and their admiration for his public ministry, and his unceasing efforts for the good of the people amongst whom he dwelt. Addresses handsomely framed were presented to Mr Bunn by the office-bearers of the congregration, and the members of his Bible class. We understand that Mr Bunn will arrive in Napier by the Arawata to-morrow.

There was again a good attendance at St. John's Bazaar last evening, and there appeared to be a considerable demand for the fancy articles for sale. This evening the prices will be reduced to adults Gd and children 3d.

Napier,

It appears that there were several Hawke's Bay pedestrians who were willing to accept the challenge of Mr F. L. B. Clements, but owing to some unavoidable delay the deposit was not lodged on the day fixed by Mr Clements. He was interview, however, on tbe day following, and agreed to run Mr Poole, both deposits to be paid in to Mr Mayo'a on Wednesdry morning last. Neither Mr Clements nor his deposit were forthcoming on that morning, and it is said that there are several persons who have no pretentions to ability as pedestrians who would race for him if he were in

The meeting of subscribers to the Waipawa Public Library held on Wednesday evening laßt was wo understand very fairly attended, and the proceedings, although not pregnant with good results, were orderly, a state of affairs scarcely anticipated by many. No business was done worth speaking of, excepting the passing of a balance-sheet and report for the past eight months, and a notice of motion by Mr Harker re lowering the subscription rates. The meeting was again adjourned for a Wosk, "when tlie new- committee 'will positively bo elected.

Mr A. B. Thomson, the head master of the district school, bas successfully passed the examination for class "C." under the Department of Education. We understand Mr Thomson was the only candidate that came forward for this classification at the general examination of teachers held last January. For Class D. the names of Henry Bull and Albeit Morton are recorded as successful, and to complete former examinations Charles Augustus Bruford and Louisa Gosnell.

We call attention to a printer's error in our issue of yesterday. It was a " Group of Fruit from the Round," and not from the road, which took the first prize at the Auckland Society of Arts Exhibition. The competition being open to the whole of New Zealand, we congratulate Mr Rawlins on the success of his pupil, who is, we understand, a son of Mr Isaac Williams, of this town.

Mr Robert Stuart, " thrice Mayor of Napier," intends once more taking up his residence in town, though probably he will not leave his sheep station till the close of the winter. It is more than likely that he will be a candidate for the Mayoralty, and it is even hinted that he will stand in the Liberal interest at the next elections for the House of Representatives.

The Oxford and Cambridge boat race was fixed to take place on the Thames to-day. This will be the thirty-eight contest between the Universities, Oxford having won 19, Cambridge 17, and one being declared a dead heat. Laet year Oxford won by three and a half boats length.

The Hawke's Bay portion of the European mails via Ban Francisco is on board the Rotomahana from Auckland, and will be here early to-morrow morning.