Untitled

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3604, 30 January 1883, Page 2

Tho number of pupils attending to-day at the district school was about 550, which number will likely be largely increased next Aveck.

Miss Montcith who for the last four years has filled the position of pupil teacher at the Napier district school, has left- the Board's service, her term of engagement being up. AYe understand she has accepted a responsible position in a private school at Hastings.

Tho Defence Department, having been communicated with as to persons under eighteen years of age being allowed, under certain circumstances, to join the volunteer force, has officially replied that " at' the enrolment the regulations must be strictly adhered to."

That cause celebre, John Harding v. WaipaAva County Council, claim for value of a avUloav tree, that was set down for hearing to-morroAV at Waipawa, is not to come off after all. The defendants haAing paid £5 and expenses into Court, the plaintiff, by advice of Mr Lasccllcs, agreed to accept the compromise.

Mr AY. P. Finch, late of Oamaru, has taken up his residence at Hastings, a. ere lie intends to practice his profession of architect. Mr Finch has taken an office iv tho premises occupied by Mr T. AVood, aud from the high testimonials that he brings with him from the South we make no doubt that he will have no occasion to regret his resolution to settle in Hawke's Bay.

Some idea of the amount of good useful Avork that is.being done by the Hospital here, and lioav worthy that institution is of support, may be gathered from tho fact that, in addition to the ordinary patients, there Avere no less than 701 out-door patients treated during the past year, who required 1495 attendances. Tho out-door patients consisted of 3/4 men, 206 Avomcn, and 121 children.

The French newspapers announce that counterfeit Bank of England notes for large amounts have been successfully disposed of by tAvo Englishmen in Paris. They succeeded in defrauding one great banking establishment alone of £16,000, and the total nominal value of the worthless notes which they "got rid of is, so far as is ascertained up to the present time, no less than two millions of francs, or £80,000.

The final enrolment of members of the F. Battery of Artillery took place last night in the Council Chamber, when a sufficient number of men were sworn in to complete the full complement allowed by the new Volunteer Regulations. A number of applications, including several from late members of the Battery, had to be refused. During the enrolment the company's band played a select programme in the GoA-ern-ment laAvn in first class style. '■ ' '

We hear that the home partners of Messrs Nelson Bros, and AVilliams decline to ratify the sale of the Tomoana works and business to the HaAvke's Bay Meat Export Company. The hitch that has thus occurred may eventually prove to the advantage of sheepfarmers, as the company Avill probably establish works of their own. The district is overstocked with fat sheep, for which there is no outlet. At AVanganui and at Patea fat sheep are selling at 9s Gd each.

An inquest Avas held yesterday afternoon, before T. Hitchings, Esq., Coroner, touching the death of Miss Katherine Williams. A A-erdict of '' found drowned was returned. The jury brought before the notice of the Coroner the desirability of having*, in a place like West Clive, a proper set of grappling irons kept at the police station. The Coroner was of opinion that life belts and ropes should also be aA-ailable in case of need, but he did not knoAV who the authorities Avere Avho should supply them. To-morrow A\ill be a gala day for the youthful residents of AVaipaAva. For some Aveeks past the ladies of the Presbyterian congregation have been collecting money for the purpose of giving a picnic to all the children in the neighborhood of AA r aipaAva. The children Avill meet at the district schoolroom at 11.30, form into procession, and, headed by the brass band, march to Mr AVooster's paddock in the bush. There swings, kc, have been put up, and all sorts of arrangements made for the enjoyment of the youngsters.

It AAill be noticed that Captain Blythe Avill attend at the Criterion Hotel this evening from 8 till 9 o'clock for the purpose of enrolling members to complete the full strength of the Rifles, only some five or six, aa'c believe, being required. We hear that Lieut. Cato has handed in his resignation, feeling disinclined to continue his services under the new regulations, and it is much to be regretted that the Rifles should at this juncture lose so efficient and painstaking an officer as Lieut. Cato has proved himself to be.

Captain Preece, as Trust Commissioner, gave notice in the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning that the folioAving deeds submitted to him for examination during tho past week would be certified to if no objections Avere lodged within the next five days : —Lease of undivided interest Huru te Hiaro to Henry Gaisford, Oringi AVaiaruke block of 12,008 acres; lease of undivided interest Huru te Hiaro to William Frederick Knight and Frederick George CoAvper, Kaitoki block of 11,045 acres.

At the AVaipawa Magistrate's Court yesterday, before H. AVilding, Esq., J.P., T. Fitzgerald was brought up in custody, on remand, charged with the larceny of a mare, the property of H. McGreeA-y, on the 22nd of September last. The circumstances connected Avith this case have been previously reported. Mr Lee appeared for the prisoner (who was undefended at the first hearing), and ably revieAved the evidence taken, urging that there was not the shadow of a case for a jury. His Worship said that, having given the case deep consideration, he Aviis induced to concur in the remarks of prisoner's counsel as to a true bill being found if prisoner were committed. Tho case would therefore be dismissed.

At the conclusion of Mr Archibald Forbes' lecture at AVaipawa last week, the Mail says, '' a few gentlemen residing in the district entertained the lecturer at dinner; but from Avhat Aye can gather, those aa-lio attended it do not appear to have been overwhelmed by such admiration for Mr Forbes as to make them wish for a second edition of his comments upon men and things." The " dinner," we believe, lasted to an early hour in the morning, and concluded with foot racing in the street and stone throAving at the hotel. Mr Forbes, Avho retired early to bed, had not a Avink of sleep throughout the night, and brought away with him an impression of "Waipawa not flattering to the credit of that hospitable toAvnship.

The announcement appears in the AVellington papers of the death of Mrs George Worgan at the ago of 71 years. Mrs AVorgau AA-as very Avell knoAvn in Napier, she and her husband being amongst the early settlers of Hawke's Bay. For manyyears Mr AA r organ was shccpfarmiiig in this provincial district, but insufficiency of capital, together with low prices for wool and high rates of interest, compelled Mm to relinquish the pursuit. Being an able and professional musician Mr AVorgan came into Napier aud taught his art for a b_ng, Mrs AVorgan acting as librarian at the Athenaeum. Mr Worgan is _ now over eighty years, and is nearly blind, yet is still pursuing his calling at AVellington according to a letter he recently Avrote to a friend in Napier. Many here cherish a kindly feeling for the old gentleman, and Avill sympathise with him in his loneliness.

AVhile Captain Fairchild was at Waipapa Point in the Government steamer Stella during his recent trip round the Middle Island, ho took advantage of a calm day to Aisit the Avreck of the steamer Tararua. He found that the hull had been broken to the level of loav water, but that the cylinders of the engines projected about 3ft. " They were in a nearly upright position, and there was no difficulty in standing on them. Beyond this the scene presented nothing Avorthy of note.

The Governor of A 7 ictoria has been induced to extend the royal clemency to a young nam named Cronghey, a brother of one of the victims of the CresAvick mining disaster. A few months ago he and another lad Avere sentenced to a term of imprisonment for assault, but under the affliction now being suffered by his mother, aa-lioso it may be added, AA-as made a Avidow by the catastrophe, it Avas represented that his release Avould be a gracious act. After the usual enqniries had been made, the order for his liberation Avas accordingly given. His companion Avas rolcased a feAv Avceks ago, as tho precarious state of his health rendered it desirable that he should be handed over to the care of his parents.

The Alcnna correspondent of the Standard mentions a report that the British Govcrment purpose to annex the port of MassoAvah, on the Red Sea. The object of the annexation is said to be "to employ the place as a coaling station for British vessels, and to insure it from disturbance and hostile attack by placing in under the Britishflag." Thepopulation of MassoAvah is 3000, and it is defended by a strong garrison under the command of an Egyptian Governor. It Avas not till tho year 1565 that the place was annexed to Egypt. Up to that time it had been claimed by Abyssinia, nor has the Negus up to the present moment eA'er ceased in his endeaA'or to recover it.

In the last Post Office London Directory there are ten pages of the name Smith alone, averaging one hundred and sixty names to a page, and AA'hen reflected that the book is eight inches thick, weighs over half a stone, and that every name inserted in it involved a visit to the local habitation of its owner,whose initials are appended in each case, this Directory may, Avith truth, be A-ieAvcd as a great national Avork, and some faint notion may be had, not only of the pen work bcstoAved, but of the shoeleather expended in its statistics. By labor, manual, crural, mental, and cerebral, it has been compiled, a credit to the hands and heads and feet employed. Tho year ISS_ is its eighty-third publication.

A Philadelphia jury Avas called upon to decide, in a customs case, Avhethor a jexvsharp is a toy or a musical instrument. The question put to the expert witnesses AA'as, "Is the jewsharp capable of producing a succession of harmonious sounds!-" One Avitness played to the jury "The heart bowed down," and " The skids arc out today," aid the reporter says that the jury seemed restless and depressed. Their verdict was that the jewsharp is a musicial instrument,

"Disestablishment of the Church of England is said to be the next trump card of Mr Gladstone. The cloture . will give • the powers that were so absolutely necessary to carry this measure.

Liverpool ranks as the most important port in the world, Avith an annual tonnage of 2,647,372 ; London stands second, with a tonnage of 2,330,688 ; Glasgow third, with tonnage of 1,432,364; New York fourth, with a tonnage of 1,133,676. As a manufacturing city, New Yorks leads the world.

English convict statistics show that ofthe 10,261 prisoners three-fourths arefifc for hard labor, and only one-thirtieth unfit for labor of any kind. It appears that the ages between twenty-five and thirty-four contribute far more that their proportion of criminals, and this, therefore, may be taken as the criminal age, after which a tendency to crime rapidly diminishes. Some one in" England has made the suggestion that if those whose career evinces a marked criminal tendency could be locked up, or kept supervision till they had passed say forty years of age, a vast deal of crime would be prevented. . .

Quinine is an alkaloid found in the bark of trees belonging to the "Cinchona or Peruvian bark family, and is one of the most valuable febrifuges and antiperiodies knoAA-n to medical science; .while incorporated Avith iron tincture it has no equal as a tonic. Pure quinine and iron may be obtained put up in bottles of any size to suit customers at Professor Moore's Medical Hall, Waipawa. —[Advt],

The feeblest system may be fortified against the effects of unwholesome air and rapid changes of temperature, by the occasional use of that celebrated tonic and invignorating cordial, Wolfe's Schnapps.— [Advt.]