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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3077, 7 May 1881, Page 2

We hear that the Juvenile Pinafore Company, now performing at the Theatre Royal, Wellington, under the management of Mr Walter Reynolds, intend opening here on Saturday, the 21st instant.

The trustees for the creditors of Mr E. Bourgeois, we hear, have been advised to sue that gentleman's iate boarders, the members of the Napier Club, for the amounts owing for tradesmen's accounts.

We have received the first supplementary number of the Auckland Free Lance, entitled " Matariki." It is published in the Maori language, and "is intended to be circulated extensively amongst the East Coast natives.

Mrs Brennan and three children, of Tauranga, reported to be passengers on board the Tararua at the time of the wreck, landed at Dunedin, where Mrs Brennan visited a brother, who persuaded her to postpone proceeding to Melbourne for a week. Mrs Brennan thus escaped a watery grave.

Mr H. A. Banner, who was appointed by the Supreme Court as arbitrator in a case of disputed accounts between Henare Tomoana and Mr W. L. Rees, took a portion of the evidence this morning, and in the absence of one of the principal witnesses adjourned the taking of further evidence until Friday next.

The ratepayers of this borough will read with no little alarm the statements contained in Mr Swan's letter which we publish in another column. Mr Swan contemplates an extension of the drainage scheme ! When is this miserable folly to cease ? When are these drainage works that drain nothing, and which apparently are to have no end, to be dropped as a foolish waste of money ?

The Mr John Daly who took his passage to Melbourne by the Tararua was not the Mr Daley, late of Ormonville, who was supposed to have lost his life at the wreck of that unfortunate vessel. The Mr Daley from Napier who was amongst those who were drowned had been iv the service of Messrs Connor and Davies for some years during their contracts in this town, and, having Bayed £600, was oh his way to England via Melbourne.

A Maori prisoner,' by name Wainiata, committed for trial ar Gisborne on a charge of horse stealing, was brought io Napier in the Ringarooma this morning, and coaveyed to gaol.

Herr Bandmann and his company arrived by the Rotomahana to-day, and will make their first appearance at the Theatre Royal this evening. During their stay in Wellington the company had one continued success. Their performances appear to have delighted the playgoers of. the empire city, and crowded houses, arid the frequent attendance of the Governor and Lady Gordon must have made Herr Bandmann'a visit to Wellington a pleasant and profitable one. The appearance of the company in Napier will give the admirers of the legitamate drama an opportunity whioh has not before been offered in this town. The company is a strong one, and their repertoire a most select one. Their performance of Hamlet and Othello we have already referred to, and in addition to these it is probable that Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Kichelieu, and As You Like It, will he presented. Their performance of Much Ado About Nothing appears to have heen particularly acceptable to playgoers in other towns, and we trust it will be included in their list of plays to he performed here. Judging from the well-known abilities of Herr Bandraann,the strength of th. company travelling l with him, and the unwearied efforts of their genial agent Mr Gray, we should say that tbe success of their short season in Napier is secured. The prices for admission are popular, and transferable tickets for the season can be had at a considerable reduction.

The Hospital Committee met in the council Chamber yesterday afternoon. Present—His Worship the Mayor (in the chair), Dr. de Lisle, and Messrs Tiffen, Smith, M'Kay, Banner, Cotterill, and M. R. Miller. The balance at the bank was stated to be £787 2s 2d. Accounts to the amount of £543 4s 2d were passed for payment. Mr Cotterill moved that the visiting committee should enquire into the ordinary expenditure of the hospital, and report upon it with a view to its reduction. Mr Tiffien seconded the (motion, which was carried. Three garden seats, whioh had been purchased by Mr J. A. Smith in Dunedin at a cost of £5 14s 6d, were offered by him to the committee at cost price. The offer was accepted with thanks;: The secretary was instructed to sell the gasoline which had been purchased at a cost of £84, it appearing that the insurance company refused to insure the main building unless the recepticle for the gasoline was placed at a distance of 90 feet. The secretary stated that the sum of £25 8s had been .paid into the bank on account of the old hospital reserve. After considerable discussion the salary of the resident surgeon "was raised from £200 to £300 per annum, and that of the matron from £60 to £100 'per annum. It was also resolyed that the £100 pet annum paid to the consulting surgeon should ceape oh July Ist, but that he be asked to continue his servioes. The secretary stated that when in Wellington the Colonial Under-Secretary told him £1 for £1 subsidy would he continued. In. reference to the man Laird's charges against the doctor and matron of the hospital the following resolution was passed :—" That the committee having heard the report of the visiting l committee in reerard to Laird's charges, desire to express their entire confidence in the mariner the dootor and matron have performed their duties." In reference to the recent case of confinement: at..the hospital it was stated that the gill refused to be examined, and so the matter.dropped. The consideration of Dr, de Lisle's motion to give power to all medical men in Hawke's Bay to give orders of admission to uthe j hospital was adjourned until next meeting. The committee then adjourned. O

In his recent work on Japan, Sir Edward J. Heed tells us that in the palace at Kioto, tbe old capital until lately the god-emperor dwelt. Here he was enthroned, here jOaarried, here lived, here died. When! he walked in these gardens, mats were laid before him aB he stepped to keep his feet from touching earth; and when he left them, as be rarely did, he was conveyed in a carriage closed in by screens; and, as '■ he passed along, the people stopped and worshipped. Any eye that saw his sacred form would, the people believed, be blinded by the sight. Such, it appears, was -the state of things thirteen years ago only; and now the Mikado drives about the streets of Yedo in an open carriage, dressed in diplomatic uniform.

A gentleman living a short distance out in the country, who has a telephone in the same circuit with several other instruments, has come to the conclusion that the system possesses many objectionable features. He heard that loud conversation near the transmitter could be heard by all other parties along the line. The other evening he had a quarrel with his better half near the " plaguey little talking machine." At the conclusion of the discussion Mr , remembering the distinctness with which the conversation must have been heard by the others in the circuit, explained through the telephone as follows :—" If you*havb been listening, let me explain that my dear wife and myself are practising our parts in an amateur play."—Troy Times.

A somewhat amusing incident is told of a woman, whose husband, a wealhy man, died suddenly without leaving any will. The widow, desirous of securing the whole of the property, concealed her husband's death, and persuaded a pGor shoemaker to take his place while a will could be made. Accordingly, he was muffled in bed, as if very sick, and a lawyer was called in to write the will. The shoemaker, in a feeble voice bequeathed half of all the property to the widow. 'What shall be done with'the remainder,' he replied. ' I give and bebequeath to the poor litsle shoemaker across the street, who has also been" a good neighbour and a deserving man ' —thus securing a rich bequest for himself. The widow was thunderstruck with the man's audacious cunning, but did dare to expose the fraud; and the two rogues shared the estate.

The necklace now being executed in Paris for Sarah Bernhardt is near completion, and is considered one the finest specimens of the jeweller's art of the nineteenth century. It is of the flat shape so much worn of late years—a mere band worn round the throat of the kind called collier de cliiev. It is composed of two rows of magnificent brilliants about an. inch and a.quarter apart, between which a wreath of field flowers in precious stones, representing'the natural colors of the rustic blossoms, seems to flow with the greatest ease and grace imaginable* The minute poppies are composed of rubies, the cornflowers of sapphires, the marigolds of topaz, and so on, while the leaves aie of emeralds. No two flowers are alike, and altogether this necklace is pronounced one of the finest composed during this generation.

Collette, the eldest daughter of Alexan-. dre Dumas, is engaged to be married to M. Maurice I ippman, a wealthy manufacturer in the south of France. Collette's grand--mother was a poor seamstress who was never married; her father is an illegitimate child ; her mother is the widow of a Russain prince, and was the original of Diane de Lys and and La Dame auxPerles. Her father is a>. Oman Catholic; her mother belongs to the Greek Church ; her betrothed is a Jew. Her father is the grandchild of Creoles of Martinique; her mother is a Russian; her betrothed is an Alsacian. The story of her courtship is curious. The first ball she attended threw her for the first time with her betrothed. It was a fancy ball. She entered the room dressed as a lady of the first Empire, with a chaise top bonnet, under which her immense blue eyes 'looked heavenly,' and a rose and white skirt, and a fanciful reticule on her arm. M. Lippman fell in love with her at first sight, instantly sought an introduction, made himself so agreeable that he left aB deep an impression on her as she had made on him, and next day he asked her hand.

At the Theatre Royal - to-night Herr Bandmann will appear in Hamlet, at 8. Tenders for clearing a paddock at Pakowhai must be sent in by Monday next.

The time for receiving tenders for building a flour-mill at Hastings is extended to the 11th instant.

Messrs Leonard and Co. will show, on Monday next, specialities in ladies' paletots, jerseys, &c.

Mr j. A. Rearden has room for one pupil boarder at tho Meanee College. Mr R. G. Graham is authorised to collect Mr J. A. Rearden's accounts.

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

DIVINE SERVICES TO-MORROW. By the Rev. R. S. Bunn at Trinity Church, Clive Square, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. By the Rev. J. Spear, at Puketapu (Holy Communion at 11 a.m.) at Taradale at 3 p.m., and at Meanee at 6.30 p.m. By the Rev. W. Nichol, at Havelock at 11 a.m., and at Maraekakaho at 3 p.m. By Father M'Guinness (Mass) at the school room, Takapau, at 11 a.m.

By the Rev. J. C. Eccles, at St. Peter's Waipawa, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. By the Rev. F. H. Long, at St. Mary's, Waipukurau, at 11 a.m., and at Onga Onga at 3 p.m.

By the Rev. E. Barnett, at the schoolroom, Kaikora, at 11 a.m., and at the Methodist Church, Waipawa, at 7 p.m. At Trinity Church, Clive Square, to-mor-row evening, a special funeral service will be preached by the Rev. R. S. Bunn in connection with the los 3of the Revs. J. B. Richardson and J. Armitage in the Tararua.

By the Rev. C. Penney, at the Free Methodst Church, Shakespeare-road, tomorrow, both morning and evening. By the Rev. G. Sass, in the Scandinavian language at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. By the Rev. C. Gaustad in the German language at 2 p.m.