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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3269, 23 December 1881, Page 2

Mr C. C. Driscoll has* been appointed Waipawa agent for the Daily Tei/egiuph and Weekly Meecttby aa from the 22ad instant.

It is reported that Mr Thomas Tanner is in treaty for the purchase of Mr Hutton Troutbeck's run at Petano.

The railway parses jn«t issued to the newly-elected members of Parliament entitle them to travel over the railways of New South Wales and Victora, as well as ef this colony.

The only ca«e before the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning , was one of drunkenness, in which the delinquent, Henry Douglas, was fined 5s and costs, or the usual alternative of 48 hours imprisonment.

Dr. Hamilton, M.D. whoee first intention it was to reside and practice his profession at Napier, has, at the request of the settlers in the district of Has'ings, taken up his residence in the township there, where he has been joined by Mrs and Miss Hamilton.

We call attention to an advertisement in another column giving the caste of characters for the production of "The Pirates'' by Cary's Juvenile Opera Company at Napier on Boxing night. The troup, which consists of 59 anistes, arrives* here from Wellington on Sunday morning, 25th instant.

The 26th instant (Boxingr Day) and the 2nd January will be observed as holidays at the Post Offices throughout the colony. The Napier office will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on above dates. On Saturdays, the 24th ani 30th instant, their will be a delivery of lettere, &c, to the public from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Mr W. Eoutledge sold to-day the privileges of the Petane races to be held on January 2, when the following prices were realised : —Publican's booth, W. Villers, £7 ; refreshment boch, W. Villers, £l s<; f ruic stall, Miles, 10s; fancy goods stall, M'Cirthy, 5a ; gates, Torr, €39; cards, Taylor, £5 10s; grandstand, Eitchie, £10.

At the Mayor's gathering of " the mutual admirers " on Wednesday night no mention was made of the economy and forethought shown in the formation and metalling of Raffles-street, and the subsequent dentriic- ♦ ion of the work by the drainage works. Before drainage Raffles street was the best finished throughfaro in the town, and as the road was not in the least likely to be cut up by truffia the ratepayers were naturally delighted at seeing s<i much money spent in that direction. Although tho work has been destroyed, and the money wasted, it cimnot bo mud that the engineer's department is not v perfect model of prudenoo and abiliiy.

Wo beg to acknowledge tho receipt of tho following , milisoriptions for the Christmas dinners of convalescents at tho hospital and tho inmates of tho Refuge :—E. W. Knowlos, 10s; \V. Thoinns, Ss ; Mr Glendinning, 5s ; A.l\, 2s 6d ; 11. H., ss; LSyrapathiso-, 2s Gd ;K. S., lO.s ; Friend, 3s; G., 2s Gd ; Gilberd, 2s 6.1; Waddell, 2s 6d; Manoy, 2h ; Smyth, ss: Villers, ss; MeCarthy, 2s Gd ; Fuszard, 2s Gd ; Fergusson, 2s Gd ; Hiimlin, 2s 6d ; W. Knowles, 2s Gd ; por Mr Gray, £21 U ; J. K. Coleman 10s ; (for Old Men's Refuge only), per Telegraph Department, £1 3s Gd. The half of what we collect will be handed over to the chairman of the Charitable Aid Committee, and the other half to the matron of the Hospital, Miss Stenson, for the purchase of what is necessary.

Mr E. Bourgeois, French teacher in this town, has given for inspection the work of Bomo of his pupils under the age of 13 to Messrs Hill, Inspector of Schools, Gilltnan, and Capt. Bower, who have been educated in France. These gentlemen testify that the translation is perfectly correct, and that an average of one mistake in an cxc cisc of thirty lines is a marvellous result for such young children, when it is considered that" they have only been four and a half months under M, Bourgeois' tuition. Miss Elizabeth

Holt 236 marks, maximum 250 (prize); Master Edgar Rudmau, William Rudman, 210. M. add that the special prize. ve 4HßHHMKf|flF rencD class at tfaA Rev. lias t» ©rower, t ~ T ~ tM^ iHPitimeto tfme W» nlßpcipal endowment estate, «£ jjfflfejf res in the Seventy-mile Bußh # -refarre<lHpo* a white county be paid upon it, and fMfc M%iptH in. At the last meeting of Cr. Monteith moved that a committee, Wonsisting of himself and Crs. Cotton *nd McKay, be appointed to visit the estate, and report upon the best means of utilising it. The committee could not have been better selected, all three of the members having had practical experience in working rough country. Cr Swan desired, to add the name of the municipal enginear to the committee, but the proposal was very properly negatived, as that officer could n.ot possibly have brought any assistance to the object in view. Ultimately the whole question was thrown into chancery, being referred to the Public Works Committee.

" What Sir George Grey, X.C.8., as Governor, Superintendent, M.K.R., Premier, gentleman of fortune, and landed proprietor has done for widows, orphans, poor people, end particularly for the working man." Seeing the announcements round the town and in the Press that we were to learn all these things by pamphlet, we (Auckland Free Lance) looked with much interest for the gratifying information, and were therefore sold in our tenderest feelinsrs, when a beautiful little pink-covered, book, with the title elaborately printed, was put into our htinds and we discovered that beyond the clap-trap title, decorated we noticed with spider's web*, and the note on the back " Vox et prteterea nihil," " Talk and nothing more," it was a blank from beginning to end. The cruellest part of it is its truth, and that the good St. George has really done nothing , . Like its subject the book is a blank fraud. It is a clever skit and caused considerable amusement.

The Lyttelton Times is rather severe on. Mr Saunders, who has ju-t been rejected. It opens an article reviewing: his candidature in these terras:--" Mr Alfred Saunders ouarht to be highly delighted at the turn which his affairs have taken. Practically he is getting the benefit of the proverbial red herrintr, and he ought to like red herring , . For there is nothing else in the history of his present election contest for him particularly to care for. His little eccentricities weighed him down like lead, and his little inconsistencies were like no many morasses, in which he was fast losing himself in fits of floundering, was the strait in which electioneering had landed him. Before the electors he was like the garment of Joseph, parti-colored. He was at once the friend and enemy of the Government; he was the protector and the adversary of the squatter ; he was the pure politician and the log roller."

Sir George Grey made a statement at the declaration of the poll for Auckland City East to the effect that he felt assured that the Opposition in the new House of Representatives would have a considerable majority, and that a number of members who had been set down by the Press as Ministerial supporters or as independent had lost no time in assuring him by telegraph that they belonged to the Liberal party. The statement was telegraphed at the time ; but believing that Sir George Grey would havo mentioned the names of those who were so exceedinaly anxious to deularn which party they belonged to wo (New Zealand Times) awaited the arrival of our Auckland files. These, however, furnish no additional information, and as we are not aware of any members having published a disclaimer, we may be pardoned for drawing the inference that the telegrams had not actually been received at the time Sir George Grey spoke, but that they were hourly expected.

A correspondent writes an follows to the New Zealand Herald :—" It cannot be too strongly impressed upon officers and Volunteers that they are now liable to a very heavy penalty for that which in the past has been treated with impunity. For instance, certain members of a corps meet, we will say, for a company drill, being but a few they decide not to have a drill. The officer or non-commissioned takes down the names of those present, and gives them credit in a return for a company drill, unaware of the fact that he is liable to a fine of £100 for so doing, as vide clause 47, Volunteer Act, 1881. The reason why he is liable is this : The "Volunteer Regulations very properly stipulate that a drill to count as such shall last for a certain time (about an hour) from commencement to finish. A word to the wise is enough, so Volunteers beware. As the clause in the Act will affect Volunteers in many cases besides such as that mentioned above, would it not be as well if it were posted in drill-sheds and on rifle-ranges, so that no one conld plead ignorance, which plea by the way would not save them ?"

The New Zealand Journal of Science is the title of a journal to be brought out in January by Messrs Wilkie and Co. It will be published every alternate month, and will be 48 pages in size. The prospectus says that " its pages will contain original contributions and notes on every branch of science, reviews of scientific books, and correspondence. Papers on New Zealand subjects in foreign periodicals will, when of sufficient interest, be reprinted, and thus rendered accessible to colonial readers. Records of the researches being carried on by scientific workers will from time to time be published, as well as reports of meetings of the various societies in the colony." Mr G. M. Thomson, F.L.S., science master in the High Schools, will edit the new journal. Sanguine anticipations seem to be held of its ultimate successs, as the promise of illustrations eventually is held out. "We hope the undertaking will be as successful as anticipated, and cordially wish it so. Amongst the contributors to the first number will be Frofessors Button and Parker, Captain Brown of Auckland, and Mr Haskell, of Christchurch.

Probably (says the Post) no steamer has ever carried so large a number of saloon passengers on the New Zealand coast as did the Rotomabana from Lyttelton to Wellington on Friday. No fewer than 70 were bound to this port alone, but beside these she had on board the MontagueTurner Opera Company, numbering about 40, on their way to Auckland, and also a great many papsengers for Napier and Auckland. She had, we believe, Nome 150 through passengers from Melbourne, and brought 60 who had just arrived from London by ihe Orient on their way to settle in New Zealand. Wβ understand the total number of the Rotomahana's saloon passengers exceeded 300, and a considerable number of intending passengers by her were actually shut out at Lyttelton, and their money refused on the ground that the ship was already too full. The scene on board at nigbfc is described as an extraordinary one. Every cabin, state room, &c, whs packed as closely as it could hold. The social hall, saloon, and smoking-room, were crammed with sleepers, who lay extended on tables, seats, sideboards, and even all over the floors. All the decks also were strewn with slumberers, main-deck, quarter-deck, and hurricane-deck alike. Several sought extemporary couches in the boats on the davits, and one large family was berthed on the floor of the engine-room. The social hall was absolutely filled with ladies and children, the latter beiner on board in dozens. The spectacle presented in the dead of the night, when the prostrate forms of several hundred people Jay thus scattered all over the decks, floors, seats, tables, and sideboards, as if struck down by some mysterious power, was singular in the extreme, and the trip one to be remembered. The passengers say th»t the officers of the ship did their utmost to make thintrs as comfortable as possible under such exceptional circumstances. The meals had to be served in three successive relays. It is evident that the new boats will not be out any too soon for the traffic.

Two feet in a week is the rate at which Borne hop vines at Ashurat, Manawatu district, are reported to be growing.

The Hotham cricketers are the victims of an awkward mistake. Their caretaker bo wed turnip seed instead of grass seed on their grounds.

A correspondent of the Star ■writes :— Mr Beresford, of Normanby, has in his possession a human skull, discovered by Mr H. Downey, about 200 yds from the tree from which Yon Tempsky was shot, at Tβ-Ngutu-o-te-Manu. From its size and appearance, the flkull is supposed by sOiflS people to be that of the late Major.

The Ashburton Guardiau of 10th instant says:—" We reerefc to learn, from a private telegram placed in our hands to-day, of the death of Mr R. Reid, the senior partner in the well-known firm of Reid and Grey, the famous agricultural implement makers. Mr Reid was on his way out to the colony in the Lady Jocelyn, and died at sea on the 15 th of October. No further particulars are yet to hand."

A base of sudden death under extraordinary circumstances is reported from Fielding. r lhe report states that a married woman named Streeter was engaged in conversation with a friend when a funeral passed. Nhe inquired whose it was, and then for the cause of death. Immediately after being informed that it was heart disease, t>he dropped dead into the arms of her companion. She had been suffering from heart disease, and the shock is supposed to have caused her death.

The Reformation oi Luther revolutionized many fixed and radical tenets. The masterspirits of many an age subverted established theories, and on the uprising tide turned adrift new forms of government, heterodox ideas, social innovations, strange physical and social and religious formulas. Galileo and Copernicus subverted old dogmas, and startled the world by their daring assumptions. Enough! Udolpho Woujb's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps sweep away the old inoperative pre-criptions, and is now the universally recognized panacea for many of the "illsflesh is heir to.".—[Adyt.] The boundaries are inserted of the follow* ing school districts : —Makotoku, Waerenga-• hika, Orrnondville, Norsewood, Port Ahuriri, Napier, and Meanee-omn-Taradale. The cast is inserted of the " Pirates of Penzance," to be performed on Boxing Night by Cury's Juvenile Opera Company. Wanted known the excellent aecommoda« tion at Yeuell's restaurant. The prices of admission to the Hastings course on Boxin? Day are notified. Novelties in U. Brett's Christmas window Excursion to Wairoa in the steamer Manaiii on Monday. Robinson's tables are newly stocked. Several alterations are made in Mr M. B. Miller's advertisemeub of the sale of the Rissington estate. A number of new advertisements will b* found in our i( Wanted " column.