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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3564, 11 December 1882, Page 2

A communication from our Wairoa correspondent, a letter from Mr H. J. Williams answering certain queries re river improvement at Wairoa, and another from Mr Fremont Weber in reference to the race between the boats Comet and Revenge, appear on our fourth page. The sum collected on Hospital Sunday in St. Mary's Catholic Church, for the benefit of the hospital, we believe, amounted to £26 10s 9d. By tbe Te Anau yesterday Mr T. J. Ryan shipped to his agents at Sydney twenty-five bales of cross-bred wool. This, we believe, is the first shipment of Napier wool to that market. The account sales will be looked forward to with interest. We understand that the silver cup presented by Major Eoutledge for competition between ten men of the Artillery and ten of tbe Rifle Volunteers will be shot for at the Tutaekuri range on Thursday morning. The ranges are 200, 300, and 500 yards, with five shots at each range. A portion of the balance of the goods left from the sale of the exhibits in the Japanese court of the Christchurch exhibition is now on view at Mr H. Monteith's sale room at the Horse Bazaar. Lovers of the curious in porcelain and in wood work will no doubt find to-morrow's sale worthy of attendance. It will be seen from advertisement that bag-pipe and dancing contests have been added to the list of sports to be held at Petane on New Year's Bay. We understand that four Pipers have notified their intention of competing, so that some good speciment of Scottish music may be expected. Mrs Harnpson's service at the Theatre Royal last evening was very largely attended, the building being crowded in every part. A lengthy address was delivered, and a number of hymns were sung and prayers offered, after which a private " enquiry " meeting was held in one of the ante-rooms. To-night the " mission " will close, and to-morrow evening a farewell soiree will be given in the Theatre. The Licensing Committeo for the Meanee licensing district met on Saturday and granted a transfer of the license of the Waverley Hotel from H. J. Axford to W. Cox. Consideration of an objection lodged by the inspector to the continuance of the license for the Meanee Hotel, now held by Mrs Harriet Vaughan, was defered to Friday, 22nd instant, when an adjourned meeting of the committee will be held. There was no other business. Mr W. Wilson, the representative of the Christchurch shareholders in the Southern Cross Petroleum Company, was a through passengor to Gisborne by the Te Anau yesterday. From the opinions expressed both at Christchurch and at Napier the feeling that it would be desirable to remove the directorate from Gisborne appears to be unanimous. The South Pacific Petroleum Company, which has its directorate at Sydney, seems to be much more energetically worked than the Southern Cross. Some amusement was created in the Supreme Court this morning when the jury was being called in the case of Hare Mokena, charged with horse stealing. Out of twenty-two jurors who answered to the summons of the Registrar no fewer than ■ ten were challenged by the prisoner, who seemed keenly to appreciate the privilege he enjoyed, and it was not until His Honor reminded him that only two more jurors could be challenged tbat he and allowed twelve " good men and true " to take their seats upon the benches. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before Captain Preece, R.M, Martin Walker, for furiously riding at Havelock on the 9th instant, was fined 90s and costs, or in default 48 hours imprisonment: the latter alternative he accepted. John McCulley, fcr drunkenness, was fined 5s and costs, or 48 hours. Alfred Bailey, for the same offence, was meted out a similar punishment. A charge against George Gifford, for a breach of the railway by-laws, was dismissed. Edward Hogan, for leaving a cart unattended, was fined 10s., or in default 48 hours. Alexander Morrison, for not providing his hackney carriage with proper lights, was discharged with a caution. On Saturday last, at the Waipawa Magistrate's Court, J. Nicholson, lessee of the Imperial Hotel, Waipawa, was charged by the police with a breach of the Licensing Act by supplying one Patrick Windsor with liquor on a Sunday, December 3rd. Mr Guy appeared for defendant, and admitted'the sale of half-a-pint of brandy, but said it was said on account of a sickperson. Mr Guy also urged that the Imperial was an excellently conducted house, and that if the police were going to enforce the provisions of the Act they could find other houses in Waipawa where Sunday drinking was quite openly carried on. Tho Bench said, if the other houses were bronght beforo tho Court, they would be dealt with, and inflicted a fine of £1 and costs. We have to record a melancholy case of drowning that occurred yesterday afternoon in the Ngaruroro river at West Clive. Two brothers, Ebenezer and William Beck, l

nephews of Mr E. Beok, entered a boat, and pulled up the river a few hundred yards above the bridge, and, when in the middle of the stream, undressed for a swim. Ebenezer dived in first, but, not coming to the surface, his brother threw out a life-belt and jumped in the water. His cries for assistance brought Messrs H. Millin and J. Purkiss, who were in a boat, to the spot, and the body was recovered, but not before life was extinct. Every effort was made to restore animation, but without success. The deceased, who was 25 years of age, was highly esteemed and respected by all who knew him. A broad smile lighted up the faces of the auditors in the Supreme Court on two occasions to-day despite the serious character of the proceedings and the august presence of justice in the person of Judge Gillies. A witness in the horse stealing case was undergoing examination, and had just stated that the " prisoner came to his place with a chestnut horse," when Mr Cotterill, in the innocence of his heart, enquired, " And did you notice what color this horse was ?" The other laugh " came in " when the witness Ackland was being examined. In response to a question by Mr Lee the witness indignantly denied that he ever had a " spree," but he added almost apologetically, "I have had occasional rests !" Being pressed further he gave the finishing stroke to what the Court evidently regarded as a capital joke by admitting that these "rests" continued just so long as funds held out. " Pomade Vaseline " is the purest best preparation for the hair extant. It promotes growth and luxuriance, and keeps both the head and hair aweet and clean, besides freeing the scalp from scurf and dandrirL Pomade Vaseline contains no animal matter, and will therefore never become ra"cid, or render the hair a receptacle for decaying substances. In bottles at Is, Is 6d, and 5s each, at Professor MooreMedical Hall, Waipawa.—[Advt.] References are in their way the best recommendations. The opinions of those in whom we confide, whose experiences we respect, and whose judgments we admire, are generally sure to guide us right. At any rate, they are apt to be reliable. No friend will willingly mislead another, or seeing him in crooked paths would not try and guide him into the way that is straight. The authentic certificates that accompany Übolpho Wolt'e'b Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps have been the touchstones to ita success.—[Advt.]