TOWN EDITION. The Daily Telegraph TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1881.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3271, 27 December 1881, Page 2

TOWN EDITION. The Daily Telegraph TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1881.

Our leading article, correspondence, and other interesting matter, owing to pressure on our space, have been held over. The regular monthly meetings cf the brethren of Scinde and Victoria Lodges will be held this evening ; the former at the hall, Tennyson-streefc, afc 7.30 o'clock; the latter at the hall, Munro-streefc, at 8, when the W.M. elect, Bro. F. Bee, will be duly installed. Messrs Hallensteinßros. and Co./through their local agent, Mr Ziegel, were good enough to give an extra guinea prize for the winner of the Maiden Plate, and a further prize of similar value for the winner of the Boys' Obstacle Race at the Waipawa Athletic Club Sports yesterday. The Racing Club's Summer Meeting was held on the Pakowhai course to-day, and judging from the empty appearance of the town at noon we presume there must have been a good attendance. Our report of the meeting has to be held over till to-morrow, owing to the difficulty of getting messages from Pakowhai to Farndon. Colonel Russell, the father of the exmember for Napier, and formerly of the Legislative Council, and who was Minister for Native Affairs in the Stafford Government 1865-66, was on the Hastings racecourse yesterday, and looked remarkably well after his prolonged visit to the old country. " A fraternal greeting from the officers nf the Post-master General's Department, Wellington," is tho legend of a very pretty and well-executed Christmas card, the receipt of which we beg to a.knowledge with all the compliments of the season to the members of tbe Department in New Zealand to whose courtesy we are frequently indebted. Several constabulary changes, one of which affects this immediate district, are I on the tapis. Sergeant Maguire, late of

Invercargill, has been transferred back to his old quarters at Awanui, East Coast, and Sergeant Kidd, of Waipawa, is under orders to proceed to Invercargill. Sergeant Villers, late of Awanui, takes charge of the Waipawa station.

It is to be hoped some better arrangement for the admission of visitors by train to the Hastings course will bo made before the autumn meeting of the Jockey Club takes place. Two narrow gates, capable of admitting only one person at a time, cause an irritating delay, and unnecessary amount of crushing. In the interests of ladies an improvement is demanded.

An alarm bell caused some excitement last night at a quarter past eight o'clock when ifc was learnt that the Masonic Hotel was on fire. Fortunately, it proved to be nothing more than a bedroom curtain in a blaze, and the flames were speedily extinguished. Strange to say a similar accident occurred at precisely the same time at the Occidental Hotel with no worse result.

The opening of the new town hall at Hastings was celebrated last night by a ball, which was fairly well and influentially attended. The ball was opened by Capt. and Mrs Russell, Mr and Mrs J. N Williams, Mr and Mrs W. Birch, and Mr and Mrs Fitzroy. An exceedingly pleasant evening was spent, all app earing to enjoy themselves. The dancing was kept up till the small hours of the morning.—[Communicated.J

The absence of the professional bookmaker, and the illegality of harmless sweeps drove all who had a pound or two to spare to the totalisator at Hastings yesterday which consequently did a brisk business. Messrs Cohen and Stock were fche proprietors of the machines, and worked them to the satisfaction of investors. We only heard of one inadvertent mistake during the day, and the money in dispute was paid into the Hospital box.

At a summoned meeting of the Abbotsford Lodge 1.0.0. F., M.U., Waipawa, held on Saturday evening last the following officers were elected to serve during the current term :—Bro. J. H. Weaver, N.G.; Bro. G Abrahams, V.G.; Bro. E. Lowe, E.S. The Bubordiaate offices were also filled. Bro. W. Brown, the retiring N.G. takes the G.M.s chair, and Bro. B. B. Johnson retains his position as Permanent Secretary. Dr Yon Mirbaeh was re-appointed Lodge Surgeon by a majority of two votes.

On Sunday (Christmas) morning, St. Peter's Anglican Church, Waipawa, was handsomely decorated with evergreens and flowers. _. round the chancel window the following text was artistically formed in green leaves " Unto you is born this day in the city oi David a Saviour." At the back of the altar there was fixed a spray monogram, J.H.S., surmounted by a Latin cross. Tho pulpit, prayer desk, and fount were also decorated with choice flowers and evergreens. A sermon suited to the occasion was preached by the Rev. J. C. Eccles, Incumbent.

Despite the provisions of the Gaming and Lotteries Act, and the dread warning afforded to gamesters in the recent case against Sir W. Fitzherbert and others at Wellington, ifc would seem that there still exists a number of people who possess sufficient temerity and wickedness to indulge in that most lawless form of amusement—a race sweep. At Waipawa yesterday several half-crown sweeps were successfully negotiated, and the offenders still roam at large ! Where are our vigilant protectors of the peace ?

A heap of rubbish and blue-gum boughs on fire last night in " Begg's paddock" caused no little alarm to the residents in Coote road, who were under the impression that a cottage was in flames. Some persons ran up the hill, and by their exertions, with the aid of water and earth, the fire was prevented from spreading. Too much care cannot be taken at this dry season of the year by owners of ground having rubbish to burn. An unattended fire may extend to the surrounding grass, and in addition to the destruction of fences something more serious might result.

Unwelcome patrons in the fortn of a swarm of bees visited the Waipawa Athletic Club Sports ground yesterday. Cautious measures were promptly taken to induce the little strangers to seek some more congenial place of settlement, and after a little timely suasion on the_ part of a gentleman who wielded a formidable-look-ing blue handkerchief, they left for Harry's garden—taking their stings with them. For several minutes ifc was feared that the whole swarm intended making the grand stand their temporary place of abode, and driving to flight those occupants who had paid for their seats thereon.

Afc the Resident Magistrate's Courfc yesterday, before E. Patton, Esq., J.P., Peter Coyle, charged with drunkenness, was dismissed. James James was remanded until Wednesday on a charge of wilful destruction to property at Taradale, as were also Nahi and Aranga (two natives) charged with violently assaulting another native named Moko. John Higgings was fined 5s and costs for drunkenness, and 10s and costs for having publicly made use of obscene language. This morning, before G. D. Hamilton, Esq., J.P., Patrick Coyle was again put forward on a charge of drunkenness, and find 09 and costs. Manihera, charged with lunacy, was remanded until the 28th inst. The latter prisoner was arrested at Taupo.

Southbridge would seem to be a lively kind of place to live in. The local paper says, " Anniversary Day, which, in the good old times, vr&spar excellence the holiday of the year, was hardly observed in Southbridge. The principle stores, it is true, were closed, and the northwester, which felt bound to honour us with its presence on the occasion, was rollickingly boisterous; but beyond these, there was nothing to show that it really was anniversary day. There was no general holidaymaking, no picnics, no rural sports, 'no nothing.' "

The fallibility of physicians is often evidenced by the errors they make in diagnozing diseases, and this being the case, maltreatment is the inevitable sequence. There are certain ailments, however, that are unmistakable in their symptoms, such as indigestion, dyspepsia, loss of appetite, flatulency, nervous debility, kidney affections, and when these appear, instoad of seeking medical counsel, if the afflicted will only have recourse to Udolpho Wolfej's Schiedam Aeomatic Schnapps, much expense would be spared and much suffering alleviated.—f_-DTr.]

Cary's Juvenile Pirates to-night at the Theatre Royal. Afternoon performance on Saturday. Professor Fraser lectures on Phrenology in the school-room, Taradale, on Tuesday next.

Victoria Lodge, E.C., to-night at eight o'clock.

Banner and Liddle hold a land sale on Tuesday, January 3rd. Settling for the Boxing Day races, at Hastings, will take placo at Beecroft's Hotel on Thursday evening. A notice appears to the ratepayers of the Taradale Kivor District in reference to the assessment list.