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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3508, 4 October 1882, Page 2

The Daily Telegraph will not be published to-morrow. The Municipal Council meets this ingHis Honor Mr District Judge Hardcastle left for Wellington by the overland route this morning, There will be a general holiday to-morrow, the second day of the Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society s Show. Up till noon, admission to the show ground will be half-a-crown, and after that time one shilling. For further parturalars we miut refer our readers to theadvertieement The railway time-table will be the aame as yesterday's. . Ibis intended to give an organ recital in St. John's Church some day towards the latter end of next week in the f nnde of St. Augustine's Church district, P*™ , *** Srsof wSioh will be shortly announced. The recital will be conducted by Mr Brown, organist of St. Johns, .and i: « expected that Miss Mitchell will sing on the occasion so that the affair is likely to prove highly successful. The Zulu War exhibition will, by special request, be exhibited again at Hastings

to-morrow morning, commencing at 7 o'clock. Wβ advise those of our country readers who have not yet inspected this oollection of interesting views not to miss the opportunity afforded them to-morrow night, as the exhibition -will positively close after Thursday. Among the presents to be given away on this occasion will be one gold and one silver watoh. Every visitor receives a present of some kind. The dramatic performance in aid of the Hospital library fund given in the Theatre Royal last evening wai fairly well attended. Owing to the non-appearance at the hour for commencing of the leader of the orchestra the curtain was not raised until 8.30, and the delay evidently caused much annoyance amongst the audience. Wβ withhold our criticism of the performance until next issue. " The Willow Copse " will be repeated to-night, when we hope to see a full house, the object being a good one. Horse-stealing seems qnite the rage at Waipawa. Some time on Sunday—very early it is supposed—a horse thief lifted the gate of Dr. Mirbach's paddock off the hinges, and levanted with the doctor's horse. The horse was afterwards found, very much knocked np by hard riding, in a paddock near Tamumn. It ia supposed by the police, who believe they have a clue to the perpetrator of the theft, that the horsestealer became timid after taking the animal a considerable distance, and so turned it adrift. An accident of a serious nature occurred last night to a lad in the employment of Mr George Heslop, of Chesterhope. The lad was, it appears, riding home the racehorse Ohikakarewa, and on the way, while endeavoring to open a gate through which he required to pass, the horse became" restive, and the rider was thrown under the animal's feet and severely trampled upon. Dr Hitchinge was immediately sent for, and on examination found tbe lad to be suffering from severe wounds over the left eye, cheek, and temple. It is hoped that the eight of the eye may be preserved by careful attention. The Waipawa School Committee met on Monday evening last. Only three members of the committee, Messrs Bibby, Johnson, and Arrow were present. The school inspector's report on the last school examination was read, and was a highly favorable one. Mr Arrow was of opinion the inspector had worded the report so as to magnify the good points and hide the bad onas, and that the school was in an unsatisfactory condition. It was resolved to apply to the Board to distemper the infant school, and to build a belfry. Messrs Eccles and Robb were appointed a visiting committee. There was no other business beyond the passing of a few accounts. The committee appointed to report on the repairs, &c, required at the Waipukurau cemetery, presented their statement at a meeting held on Monday evening in the English Church school-room, Waipukurau. The committee recommend that the paths be cleared, the trees and shrubs attended to, and the fences repaired, besides other improvements. The meeting unanimously resolved that tenders be immediately called for the worka. The members of committee were requested to make a vigorous canvaa for subscriptions to raise sufficient funds to carry out the works, and also to take means to successfully bring about a concert for the same purpose. Wβ .are requested to acknowledge receipt of the following sums towards the Jack relief fund :—Mr T. W. Le Cocq, 10s; Mr John Stuart, 10s; Mr W. O'Connor, 10s; Mr Robert Bell, ss; Mr Thomas Taylor, 5 8 ; From Grwavas station—Mr Alfred Giblin, £1; Mr Nenn, £1; Mr D. M'Millan, 10s; Mr Ben Hall, 10s; Mr T. Thurlow, 10s; Mr W. Munro, 10s; Mr Edward Pictost, 10s; Mr Maude Todd, ss. From the Nordens Haab 1.0. G.T. Lodge—Mr T. M. Johansen, ss; Mr A. M. Johansen, 5s ; Mr C. O. Hegh, 5s ; Mr Erniel O. Olsen, 2s 6d; Mr M. Inzooldsen, 2s 6d; Mrs Neilson, 2s 6d; Mr F. Engebreteon, 2s 6d; Mr Frederick Andersen, 2s 6d. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Messrs J. A. Smith and E. Lyndon, J.P.s, Anthony Brown (alias Andrew Anthony), Charlet Noble, Cornelious Collins, Hugh McKeown, and William Campbell, charged with having been drunk at Hastings yesterday, were each fined os and costs, with the alternative of 24 hours' imprisonment. John Robertson and John BlcTaish, similarly charged, failed to appear when called, and their recognisances of £1 each were estreated. Rangi te Puriri, charged with being drunk and disorderly at Hastings, was fined £1 and costs, or in default five days' imprisonment. The same prisoner was further charged with having assaulted and beaten Constable Harvey while engaged in the execution of hie duty, for which offence a fine of £2 and costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment, was inflicted* Fred. Smith, charged with drunkenness, was fined 10s and coste, including cab hire 2s 6d, or in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Wβ have received from time to time several letters from various correspondent sorely complaining at the appointment of a certain teacher to one of the country schools that is not under the control of the Education Board. Our correspondents state that they will not send their children to that school, and that, as their religious sentiments preclude them from making use of the Board's schools, the children are roaming.about in idleness and in ignorance. Wβ have received a whole budget of letters on this subject, but we must decline to publish them. The matter treated upon has nothing whatever to do with the public. Parents have the remedy intheir own hands, and if they choose to keep their children away from school because they disapprove of the master on the one side, and decline to make use of the eecular schools provided by the Government on the other, all we have to say is, that the sooner the compulsory clauses of the Education Act are brought into force in that district the letter it will be for all concerned. Quite a number of circumstances combined to mar the pleasure of those " patrons of the turf" who visited the racecouree yesterday, all of which might have been easily avoided by a little forethought and more attention to details. The totalisators or rather totalisator, for one of them refused to work—were a failure ; the starting was bad from first to last; there were no enjoyments to occupy the time between the several events; and the luncheon in the grand stand dining-room was—well it was not what one might expect for 3e anyhow, and altogether it reflected very little credit on the caterer. We hope to see some better arrangements in force for the supply of luncheon at future meetings, as it is abundantly clear that the present system of celling the privilege to the highest bidder is open to objection. It is only fair to mention that an excellent, luncheon was provided at a moderate charge by Mr E. Ashton in the outside booth, and that both he and Mr McCartney, which latter held the publican's privilege, were commended generally for the manner in which they carried out their respective contracts.

Last evening, as the 5.20 train from Hastings was passing between Awatoto and the two-mile post on this side of Napier, a young man i.amed Frederick Derrant, a harness maker, late of Wairarapa, and who was employed by Mr Holder, of this town, felloS the platform of the carriage on which he had been sitting, and was instantly killed, several of the carriage wheels passing over and mutilating him in a shocking manner. An alarm was immediately given, and several persons in the train proceeded back to the scene of the accident. The mangled remains of the unfortunate man were subsequently brought into town, and placed in the Terminus Hotel. Dγ de Lisle was called in, and on examination of the body expressed the opinion that death must have been instantaneous, as the deceased had evidently fallen on his head. It is supposed that Derrant was asleep through the influence of drink obtained at the racecourse when he tumbled off the train. He was, we learn, a single man. An inquest was held on tho body to-day before Dr Hitchings, soroner, at 2 o'clock, but the inquiry w*e not concluded when we went to press.

The totalisators on the racecourse yesterday were a eignal failure, and caused widespread dissatisfaction. After an unsuccessful attempt to work the machine located outside the lawn it had to be abandoned, while that inside the grand stand enclosure was, to say the least, very erratic in its movements. As an instance of we might mention that in the Spring Handicap the machine showed, prior to the race, a registered total membership of (we believe) 419, whereas a dividend was paid for 332 shares only, the proprietors of the totalisator explaining that a mistake had occurred. We do not mean to suggest for a moment that any " dark" practices were being carried on in connection with the affair, but mistakes of this kind are calculated to shake the public confidence, and should never occur. It was also a grievance with many that the sharei on the principal events were £2 each, not a few being prohibited from investing on that account. In consequence of these irregularities a meeting of stewards was held upon the course, when, we understand, a resolution was passed to the effect that in consequence of the very indifferent manner in which the totalieators were worked other arrangements will be made for the future.

Quietlyjdisposed people—people who don t drink, nor crush and worry their way through a greedy crowd of gamblers to invest a pound in the totalisator —had precious little to amuse themselves with on the course yesterday. The«e sort of people don't know one horse from another, and I they soon get heartily weary of the whole thing. Tie fun of the English racecourse, the .Talk outside the lawn to see the .tu/flblers, the doodle-em-bucks, to get your ' -future told, to invest in the lucky bag, or spring the wheel of fortune, to see the wonderful ways of earning an honest or a dishonest penny, has all flown from New Zealand race meetings. The pall of a forgotten Presbyterianism that blended whisky with long sermons has iflllen over our public holiday gatherings. The only relaxation permitted on such occasions—so peculiarly Scotch—is intoxication. And so, for wan', of any other outlet for their money, people drink, and drink, and then they fought. There was more fighting yesterday than haß ever before been seen on a Hawke's Bay course, and the drinking and the fighting may all be directly attributed to Parliament allowing itself to be ruled by a little set of unsophisticated goody-goodies.

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