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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3144, 26 July 1881, Page 2

We understand that Mr Sydney Johnston is actively canvassing the Clive electors for support at the coming election. Our obituary notice contains the name of Mrs Bygum. This lady was well known in Napier. She was formerly the wife of the late Mr James Wood, the orginal proprietor of the Hawke's J3ay Herald. Mr George Smith, and old settler of this district, returned the other day from EDgland after an absence of nine years. Mr Smith, who is a brother of Mr Melville Smith, returns with a wife and family, and intends to settle permanently in Hawke's Bay. The late storm has had a bad effect on the bar, there being only ten feet of water on it to-day. The consequence has been that, though the Silver Cloud has been lightered of eighty-two tons of coal, she has not been able,to attempt to enter for fourteen days. We are glad to hear that favorable accounts have been received from Auckland concerning the health of Mr A. C. Dewes. Although some weeks must elapse before Mr Dewes will be able to return to Napier, his physicians do not despair of effecting a permanent recovery. A Maori did a smart thing at Masterton the other day. His horse was impounded, and fees and damages amounted to £2 7s 6d. No owner claiming the beast it was put up to auction in due course, when the Maori proprietor boughtjihe horse in for 6s 6d, thus saving £2 Is. Owing to the bad weather since the termination of the holidays the attendance at the district school has not been so large as it might have been. This is the more to be regretted, as the inspection is rapidly approaching, and pupils by their absence may lose their chances of promotion. The new light at the end of eastren pier at the port is, we learn, a great improvement, and throws a light across the entrance to the harbour to the western pi&r sufficient to allow a person to read if sitting on that side, at the same time not consuming as much gas as the old light near the pilot house. The dangerous condition of Hyderabad road, between Battery Point and turning to Taradale, causes no little alarm to all who have to travel that way, especially at night. What between excavations on one side and the railway on the other there is little room for traffic, while the muddy state of the road renders it all but impassable for foot travellers. There was much dissatisfaction expressed at the Albion bringing down no mail as usual from Auckland, only a few letters and eight newspapers reaching here, a sort of supplementary mail. There are two conjectures for the omission, —one is that the Albion took our mail on, and the other is that it was by mistake put on board the Arawata that left for Sydney much about the same time that the Albion steamed for the South. A company is being floated in Napier for the purchase of the Theatre Boyal. The proposed capital is £3500, in £1 shares, 5s paid up, with calls of 5s at intervals of three months. Thn provisional directors are Mr F. Sutton, M.H.R., Captain Knssell, M.H.R., Messrs J. R. Davis, J. Heron, Swan, Barrows, B. Asbton, and M. Irvine, of Christchurch. We hear that 1000 shares have already been taken up. The Theatre is an excellent property, and we make no doubt the company will prove a financial success. At the Hawke's Bay County Council meeting on Monday there was some conversation concerning the grazing of stock on the unused roads in the Pukahu district. Mr Tanner said he did not find fault with sheep being turned on these roads, as they did no damage, but cattle tramped the drains down. Mr Kinross thought some revenue might be made by closinsr the roads for a certain period in each year for the collection of grass seed. Mr Tanner was of opinion that the small settlers would thke very good care that the grass should not seed. No resolution was passed on the subject. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Captain Preece, R.M., Thomas Taggart and Ann Searles were charged with drunkenness, and each fined 5s and costs, or 48 hours imprisonment with hard labor Walter George Slater was charged with a breach of the Destitute Persons Act, 1877, in neglecting to obey a judgment of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Kumara ordering him to pay a stated sum for the support of his wife and family. A warrant had been sent up for the apprehension of Slater, and the police applied that he be remanded to Kumara. Mr Lascelies appeared for the defence, and contended that the warrant was informal; the offence had been committed at Kumara, and must be dealt with there. The magistrate was only empowered by the Act to take evidence in the case, and had no power to remand to Kumara. His Worship determined to dismiss the case. There was a full attendance at the special meeting of the Football Club held last evening at the Criterion Hotel. Mr Bogle occupied the chair. It was resolved to postpone the match against Waipawa until after the Gisborne match, unless the Waipawa team were able to come down and play the match in this district on Saturday next. This resolution was arrived at in consequence of several of the Napier team being unable to get leave of absence for both matches. The secretary was instructed to communicate this resolution to the Waipawa team, and enquire if they would be able to come here on Saturday next. It was arranged that the team to play against Gi?borne should leave Napier on the evening of the 4th of August, in the Kiwi; play at Gisborne on Saturday, the 6th, and return on the 7th. The committee have a selection of about twenty names before them at present, and the team to visit Gisborne will be decided upon within a few days. Mr T. H. Hannahwas plaoed upoa the oommittee in. place of Ms

Westenra resigned. The meeting then terminated. On the plains nf Nevada, a mile from any house, a gentlenitm noticed a cat—a huge one. It lay on its back, its feet uppermost, and was apparently dead. Around it, feeding unsuspectingly, was a flock of small birds. Just as he was thinking how much. easier it would be for the animal to feign death and catch a bird by deceiving it th&Jf --■ by slipping up to it, he was astonished to see the cat suddenly roll over and grab one of the feathered tribe that was very near. The other birds flew away a hundred yards or so and alighted. The cat only made one or two mouthfuls of the game, and then, crept around to the windward of the birds, laid itself out again, and once more successfully played the dead dodge. The great Maori war dance to-night at the Theatre Royal at 8. The further adjournment of the District Court is notified. Mr James Irvine has been appointed trustee in the estate of John Madden, a bankrupt. Mr E. Lyndon will sell on Thursday next 300 packages of this season's tea. The amended prospectus of the East Coast Native Land Company is advertised. Messrs Large and Townley have just received another shipment of the "New Vertical Feed " sewing machine. For sale, at Kaikora, an express complete. A meeting of the church members of the parish of St. John's -will be held to-morrow evening. Messrs Kennedy and Gillman sell the balance of the tweeds, &c, unsold at last sale, on Saturday next. All accouats due to Mr Shirley, late of the Masonic Hotel, are to be paid to Messrs Cross and Smyth. Singer's sewing machines can be had from the agents, Wright and Co., Emersonstreet. A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted " column.