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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3523, 23 October 1882, Page 2

The cricket match at Petane on Saturday between the Herald and Civil Service Clubs resulted in a victory for the former, the scores being—Herald, SI; Civil Service, 26. We regret to record the death of Mrs Q-. Ruck Keene, who died suddenly at Clapham Common, near London, September 2. The deceased lady was the sister of the Rev. H. W. St. Hill and of Mr Aehton St. Hill of this province. Memebers of the Ancient Order of Druida, of whom we understand there are a good number in Napier, will be pleased to learn that an effort is being made to establish a branch of the society here, a meeting for that purpose being convened to be held this evening at Stocks' Albion Hotel. In connection with the Fancy Fayre in the Theatre Royal a special train will leave Hastings at 6.30 o'clock to-morrow evening, intermediate stations, and returning again at 10 p.m. A large number of county residents will doubtless avail themselves of trie accommodation thus offered. A pigeon match is annouced to be held at Petane on Saturday, November 11. Since we last visited Petane Mr Villers has added other attractions to hie grounds, not the leaHt being a roomy pavilion, from which cricket and shooting matches can be comfortably viewed, and which ia very suitable for pic-nic parties.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Messrs T. K. Newton and E. Lyndon, J.P.'e, George Gibson, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s and costs, with the usual alternative. Peter Holm pleaded guilty to having committed a breach of the railway bye-laws in having entered a railway carriage at Waipawa while the train to which it was attached was in motion, and was fined 10s and costs. .

Private telegrams from Gisborne state that the shaft at the Southern Cross Petroleum Company's works is now down 150 feet, and that a blue sand-stone rock has been reached, from which oil is freely exuding. It is believed that as soon as the rock is pierced the news " struck oil" will be announced. As n-ay be expected these promising , prospects have excited quite a flutter at Gisborne, and have strengthened the confidence of shareholders in their investment. Cr. Ellison has given notice to move at the next meeting of the Municipal Council, " That the finance committee be instructed 1o submit to the next ordinary meeting of the Council (statements showing the probable amount of overdraft at the close of the financial year, and the means proposed to be adopted for the future equalisation of revenue and expenditure, such statements to show in detail the balances dus for works now under contract and the estimated cost of future services." We hear an amusing coincidence occurred during Saturday afternoon's sailing match. While waiting alongside the flagship for the Revenge to come up to the Starting point, a versatile member of the Wave Queen's crew, to while away time, sang a song entitled, " There be razors a flying in the air," and sure enough, as the boats passed the flagship on the first round, one of the crew of the Revenge was observed to be cutting away the leach reef earing of the mainsail with a razor, much to the astonishment and amusement of the onlookers.

We have much pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of Part I of " Picturesque New Zealand." The work is beautifully illustrated by Mr E. Rawlins, and the letter press is from the Den of that well-known and able journalist, "Mr Charles O. Montrose. The mention of these two names guarantees the excellence of the work. As the primary object of the publishers is not pecuniary profit so much as to cultivate a taste for the picturesque, and to make' more widely known the natural beauties, wonders, and resources of the colony, we trust that "Picturesque New Zealand" will meet with the sympathy and support of colonists generally. ._^ We are requested to acknowledge receipt of the following sums towards the Jack relief funds:—Jin), 10s; a friend, 10s; R. Thomson, 10h ; A. Preece, 10s; D.C., os; J. M.S., ss; A. S. and Co., 5s ; G. 8., 2s6d; J X , 2s 6d • W. P., 2s 6d; F. 8., 2s 6d ; P M 2s 6d ; F. J., 2s 6d ; H. M., 2s 6d ; A. T., 2s 6d; J. X., 2a 6d ; J. 8., 2s 6d ; J. Q., 2* 6d ; W. W. H., 2s Gd ; J. G., 2s 6d; ; J. C, 2s 6d; T. G-., 3s; E. 8., 23 ; Daisy, 2s • M' J. G., 2s ; J. O. F., 2s ; J. D. Karaeden, 10s 6d; J. Price, 10a 6d; W.Jensen, 10s; J. Hsley, 10s; J. Acclis, ss; J. M'Kenzie, ss; J. King, 5s ; B. Woods, ss; R. Lawsen, ss; J. M'Nicoll, ss; C. Smith, os • A M'Kenzie, 5s ; J. F. Turkington, 5s ; T. Sullivan, ss; E. M'Kay, ss; M.Roche, The Poverty Bay Standard of the 19th instant states that Mr J. W. Witty,_ with his wife and family, numbering eight in all, arrived in Gisborne this morning overland from Wairoa. The undertaking was no inconsiderable one. as some of the children are of tender years. There was only one night's camping out, and that was at io Reinga, after which the i°« rne -V?i steadily continued until the Bridge Hotel was reached and there the travellers made a halt. Mr Witty informs us that, with the exception of a small portion of the road between Opoiti and the Waihau Lakes, a trap might safely have been driven through. Mr Witty purposes at afuturedate establishin" , a business here as a land estate and general commission agent, but will have to return again to Wairoa to complete his work of assessment for the County Council. Under the heading " Local Industry " our Woodville correspondent writes as follows:—"It is always pleasing to have to chronicle any advance in the shape of local industry, especially in the Bush districts, where a few years ago nothing was to be seen but dense forest. Messrs Hull and Home, blacksmiths and wheelwrights, have just completed a spring cart to the order of Mr Thomas Moore, storekeeper, which would do credit to any establishment in New Zealand. The spokes are made of iron-bark, and the fellows of red gum, while all the ironwork was made on the premises except the springs and axle. The painting and lining reflects great credit on Mr Hull, who has certainly spent no pains to turn out a good article at a moderate price. Settlers need not go out of Woodville for work of tbis kind now, as they can get it done here

of better quality and at a lower price than from Palmereton. The cart just turned out is of excellent quality and finish, and well proportioned shows "that the builders possess a practical knowledge of that branch of the trade and the requirements of the district, and can well supply the want long felt by the settlers in this respect. The same firm has turned out of their shop a dray for Mr E. H. Harding, which is worth inspection, being also well suited for the place." Homoeopathy is the name given to a system of medical treatment introduced by Sir Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician, in 1796, and now extensively practised and having many adherents in every country and clime, amongst the number being not a few medical men of high distinction. The mode of treatment is extremely simple, and no home is complete without a supply of homoeopathic medicines. Country residents will find the largest stock in Hawke's Bay (by Marshall and other makers) of this invaluable remedy for nearly every ailment at Professor Moore's Medical Hall, Waipawa.—[Advt.] Suicides are rapidly becoming epidemic, and the distressing circumstance argues an unhealthy condition of mind. This mental unsoundness does not always arise from a merely morbid state of the organism, nor is it necessarily superinduced by a condition of despondency. Anxiety, cares, trouble?, may generate melancholy, but usually these causes of dispair are stimulated by bodily afflictions or infirmities. To avoid these operating influences, the body should be kept up to its normal standard; and nothing will bring about this desirable result so unfailingly as TJdolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aeomatic Schnapps.—[Advt.]