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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3530, 31 October 1882, Page 2

The charcoal filter-boxes for the sewer vents are finished, and we hear that the municipal engineer has given instructions to have them placed in position without delay.

Wo hear that a Bingle-wioket cricket match will be played at Petane to-morrow between two of our local players and two commercial travellers. Play will commence at 3 o'clock, and coaches will leave the Empire Hotel at 2 o'clock.

A meeting of the borough finance committee was to have been held yesterday afternoon, but as only His Worship the Mayor and Cr. Margoliouth put in an appearance, the meeting had to be adjourned till this morning for want of a quorum. In consequence of the thoughtless manner in which carters have helped themselves to beach shingle, thereby threatening the foundations of the sea-wall, the municipal works committee last night recommended that no one should be allowed to take shingle without a permit from the Town Clerk. The Tambour-Major Opera Company, that opens here on the 20th November, arrived at Auckland this day from Sydney. From our Australian files we notice that the company have been highly successful in their tour through the sister colony. Lovers of good music in Napier will hail their near advent at the Theatre Royal with feelings of pleasure.

Miss Bedingiield, the assistant mistress in the district school infant department, having accepted the position of mistress of the Heretaunga school, the teachers and children amongst whom Miss Beddingfield's work has lain presented her yesterday with a very pretty papier-mache inkstand and blotter. Mr Hill, the Inspector made the presentation, which was suitably acknowledged.

Mr Lascelles is a gentleman who evidently esteems very lightly that colonial product, yclept beer. In the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, while explaining away the charge of "threateningbehaviour" brought against a client, he remarked that tbe rows on the racecourse did not take place until after lunch time, when the people had imbibed quantities of " bad colonial beer— poison in fact." From this it may be inferred that Mr Lascelles' weakness is bottled English.

The Olde Englyshe Fayre was only moderately well attended last evening, the gross takings, including £7 entrance money, amounting to £27 odd. Several novelties were introduced, and tho Artillery Baud discoursed appropriate music during the evening. All the goods for sale have been reduced in price, and to-night " no reasonable offer will be refused," as it is desired

to clear off the entire remaining stock. To-morrow at noon all the plant, fixtures, &c, will be submitted to auction in lots to suit purchasers.

The trustees of the United Methodist Free Church have applied to the Corporation for permission to remove the church bodily from the Shakespeare road to a site near Olive Square. The trustees guarantee to repair all damage done to the streets by the process of removing the building, and not to impede traffic further than can be helped. If permission is granted the work will bo done at night. The only fear is that some accident may happen to the gear by which Hastings-street may be blocked up for more than a day; it has also to be remembered that the sewer and water-pipe connections are but a few inches below the surface of the road, and that the church building probably weighs seventy tons.

The Public Works Committee of the Municipal Council held their usual meeting last evening and agreed to recommend the Council as follows:—!. That Mr Stewart, C.E., Auokland, consulting engineer for the waterworks extension, be requested to visit Napier to inspect and report upon tbe machinery now landed. 2. That no person be allowed to remove shingle from the foreshore of the borough without first obtaining a "permit" so to do from the municipal engineer, who will also point out the particular part of the beach from which it is to be taken. That a notification be placed in a conspicuous warning persons that they will be liable to prosecution for removing Bhingle without such authorisation ; the fee for such permit to be Is.

It seems there are certain disreputable persons who attend the Agricultural Society's shows for the purpose of enriching themselves at the expense of exhibitors as well as seeing the sights. At the late show more than one complaint was made of goods being pilfered while the owners' backs were turned, and we are glad to learn that in one of those cases at least the identity of the thief has transpired. The pilferer is a resident of Napier, and an old man whosejripeness in years and experience should have taught him that " honesty is the best policy." It is not intended to deal with the offender as he richly deserves and have him branded as a criminal, provided he complies, within one week, with certain terms notified elsewhere by Mr Goddard, from whom the goods were stolen.

The hon. secretary to the Athenaeum, in his canvas for contributions to the art and industrial exhibition, has met with a degree of support that promises well for the success of the affair. The exhibits will be numerous and -various, and the collection as a whole will be a surprise to visitors. Numerous local industries will be represented, and several ingenious mechanical contrivances will be shown at work, notably tbe art of printing and stereotyping and a novel American type-writer. Exhibitors may rely upon the greatest care being taken of everything lent for the occasion.. Mr Bear will himself superintend the collection and arrangement of exhibits, and every article will be returned in perfect order within a day or two after the close of the exhibition. .

A correspondent himself signing " Pro Bono Publico" writes as follows :—" lam at a lo«8 to understand why the Athenseum committee should elect to hold the proposed art exhibition, &c, in the Athenseum hall, as (judging from the advertisement) is clearly their intention. Why not hold it in the recognised plaoe of public entertainment—the Theatre ? There would thenbe ample space, for both visitors and exhibits, and persons who frequent the Athenaaum reading-room and library would not be subjected to any disturbing influences such as must result through a public exhibition beiug held under the same roof with them. As far as I understand the Theatre is not engaged for next week, and no doubt the proprietors would be willing to come to favorable terms with the committee if application were made in time. In any case the committee will require to take out a license to hold the exhibition in their own building."

According to the Antiquary, the oldest bank-notes are the "flying money," or " convenient money," first issued in China, 2697 B.C. Originally these notes were issued by the treasury, but experience dictated a change to the system of banks under Government inspection and control. _ The early Chinese " greenbacks" were in all essentials similar to the modern bank-notes, bearing the name of the bank, the date of issue, the number of the note, the_ signature of the official issuing it, indications of its value in figures, in words, and in the pictorial representation of coins or heaps of coins equal in amount to its face value, and a notice of the pains and penalties for counterfeiting. Over and above all was a laconic exhortation to industry and thrift —" Produce all you can; spend with economy.' The notes were printed in blue ink on' paper made from the fibre of the mulberry tree. One issued in 1399 B.C. is preserved in the Asiatic Museum at St. Petersburg.

Modern research in pharmacy has provided many remedies for preserving the beauty of the human hair and preventing its premature decay, and as a natural consequence not a few spurious compounds manufactured iv foreign countries by disreputable persons have been foisted upon the market under the name of genuine preparations. Professor Moore's hair oil,however, stands alone on its merits, and once used is always used ; it renders the hair charmingly beautiful, and effectually prevents it from falling off. To be had only at the Medical Hall, Waipawa. —[Advt.J

The universality of the use of Udolpho Wolfe s Schiedam Abomatic Schnapps is readily accounted for. It is a natural reluctance on the part of persons, especially invalids, to- venture on any untried remedy, and it is only when one is talked about, discussed, commented on, and referred to, that people seek to test its virtues. UDOLPHO Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps has been almost a household word in the mouths of the thousands who have been restored, or relieved, by its use, and it is certainly proverbial for the wonderful cures it has consummated since its introduction.—[Advt.]