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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3107, 13 June 1881, Page 4

Speaking of the system of teaching prisoners a trade, and especially the trade of printing, a morning paper, which is "bossed" by trade unionists, is of opinion that men under sentence of imprisonment could only be taught the mere rudiments of printing. So that " it is not kind to prisoners to teach them half a trade." On completion of their sentences " not one-tenth of them would be anything more than a nuisance in a printing-office, aud the tenth, who might superior intelligence have gained some knowledge of the trade, would be debarred from employment by his inability to show hia indentures, without which he could not get employment in any recognised society office —and all outside the society are mere "rat-shops," in which no decent man would care to work." We have all heard of the fox in the fable that, having lost bis tail by accident, called a meeting of foxes , , and advocated the total abolition of tails. We can assure our morning contemporary that the most respectable and the most influential printing offices in this colony are those which have refused to employ a " society " man unless he drops his trade union nonsense upon his engagement. When he leaves his employment he is welcome to go into such offices as the Jlerald, and bounce his eniployers to ihis heart's content. As a general rule it

Midhat Pasha, Mahomed Durmah Pasha, end seven others, have heen found guilty of the murder of the late Sultan Abdul Aziz, and sentenced to death. An interesting account of the horrible murder will be found in our fourth page. ' A meeting of the directors of the Hastings Town Hall Company was held on Tuesday evening, the 28th ultimo. Tenders for the erection- of the building were opened, which resulted in that of Lucas and Humphreys being accepted tor V: the Bum of £898. . --Mr-tL.4»jSmith received by the English mail a letter from' a firm, of solicitors in. London acting on behalf of the executors of the estate of the late Stokes Brothers requesting information in connection with I the Napier Hospital prior to the payment I of a legacy to that institution. I The steamer Hero, whioh left Sydney I with passengers after the Rotomahana had declined to receive either passengers mail?, must be approaching Auckland, it is to be hoped that the authorities there will take prompt measures to avoid any danger in the matter of small-pox. Up to the present time 1532 names of persons have been placed on the-Napier electoral roll, and 1260 on the Clive roll. Boths rolls have received a good many additions lately, but considering the near approach ot a general election more interest' should be exhibited in registering. The herds of Hawke's Bay have suffered a loss in the death of a bull calf by " Raby Knight," out of the " Duchess of Chamburgh." Mr McHardy fortunately haa many of the progeny of this splendid cow, but has no male stock by the eire out of the dam mentioned, which is much to be regretted. • '•'■. j The total revenue oolleoted at the | Customs, Port Napier, during the quarter ' ended June 30 was £9,812 14s 10d, as against £10,065 12s 6d for the oorresponding quarter last year. The revenue for the quarter includes the sum of £417 6s 2d for beer duty, of which £130 16s 9d was, collected during the month of June last. Br. Newman, eldest son of Captain man, of Arlington and Napier, has elected a member of the Municipal Council for the Thorndon Dr. Newman intends offering himself r candidate at the next elections fcl representation'in the General Assemt one of the Wellington city and his return at this municipal affords a good indication of his popularity.: The San Francisco mails for Bay arrived overland from WeUingtbnyjflHl day, having been conveyed by special from Master ton. so as to catch the train leaving Makatoko this morning. The mail consisted of 1700 letters, 463 books, and 3772 newspapers. The letters were all sorted for delivery in an hour after the ' j arrival of the train in town, and the rest of the mail was ready by 12.30 p.m.. The = despatch shown was highly to the postal authorities. ' .. "Madame Lotti Wilmot," says Observer, " who has not been appreciated fl in Auckland in the manner her attractions and many beauties of charactef > deserved, cleared out for Taranaki on Tuesf day, quite forgetting to settle her adver/'. tising account with us." This is too b? of Lotti after her portrait had been p , lisbed by the Observer, and considering hoTOJt ■'. that paper gratuitously advertised lectures on nasty subjeots. ' In removing a cottage belonging to Edser on the White-road, near the old V Maori Club, two perfect skeletons, less than 1 twelve inches underground, were unearthed. From the appearance of the bones the skeletons must have been very many year< in the situation in which they have bej-S' found, and are probably the remains •«. natives. Close to the spot were also picl. up two shillings of a late coinage date, b> these no doubt had been swept out of tfc* , cottage, or otherwise lost, and could or. possibly have any connection with the me- ,- whose skeletons have now been exposed, f According to the Oamaru Mail, a gc> authority on the subject estimates that t value of land all over the Colony will creased by at least £1 an acre by the ope tions of the proposed refrigerating companies. . .. . The sale of Chinese women is means uncommon in Sydney. -~Tb.o; states that " the prire of a Chinese delivered in Sydney is £38; but Chinese women only cost £52. j the heathen Chinese import their women couples. The importer never sees women before they arrive, and then generally selects the best looking °*? 4 The other is shown round to a number' well-to-do Chinese, and after they hay inspected her, she is submitted to what be called public auction." At a sale a girl of nineteen years was, after spirited bidding, sold for £120. The Ashburton Guardian in an the Judicature Commission tells the folk, ing atory illustrative of the law's delays costliness in the Equity Oourts: ""•<*• sH dispute between two merchants respectii , - jH the sale of a piece of land, which qpv. have been settled by arbitration by an.. two merchants or land agents in an hoir' time, was taken into the Equity Coin -■ The case lasted 13 months before it came ci. for hearing; five daya-jjfere occupied taking evidence, and two days by speeches. The costs ran up to £600, four times the amount at issue ; the perr whom the Judge stated to be the only c entirely free from blame in the transaction —namely, the defendant, vthe heaviest loser, and to crown absurdity, within a fortnight from time when the verdict was given . learned Judge privately informed defendant's counsel that he was not whether he had given the right decision."^^H

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