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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3640, 13 March 1883, Page 2

The favorites for the Napier Handicap are Mischief, if the course is not heavy, and if it is then Leonora, Luna, and The Poet.

The weather does not look promising- for the races. The glass is falling , , so there is small prospect of better weather than we are now getting , .

Mr Monteitlrs cuttle sale, originally advertised to be held at Hastings to-mor-row, has been postponed until Wednesday next, 21st instant.

Captain Precce, E.M., will preside at the Ormondvillc Resident Magistrate's Court to-morrow. A large number of eases have been set down for hearing , .

In Denmark, instead of a drunken man being taken to the lock-up, lie is conveyed in a cab to his place of abode, and the fare is charged to the landlord who served the inebriate with his last glass of liquor.

It is currently reported that the late Mrs Foster held very " low church. " views and that in her will, though leaving all her property to the Church of England, she has stipulated that no place of worship shall derive any benefit from her bequests where surplices are worn.

A fruit banquet will be held in the schoolroom of the Free Methodist Church this evening, commencing at 8 o'clock. Music and readings will be given at intervals, and, judging from the success that attended a similar description of entertainment given a few weeks ago, there will no doubt be a good attendance.

Our Waipukurau correspondent telegraphs to us thiit a splendid mob of sheep, numbering 1200, were despatched at 11.30 a.m. today by special train for Farndon. These sheep are destined for the Hikutoto boilingdown works, and will be the first lot to be boiled down by the new plant erected by Messrs Kuowles and Co.

The half-yearly district meeting , of the Hawke's Bay District of Oddfellows, M.U., will be held in the hall at the back of the Theatreßoyalto-morrow (Wednesday). In the evening- a complimentary dinner to the delegates will be given in the Theatre Royal. Further particulars may be found in our advertising columns.

His Worship Captain Preecc intimated in the II.M. Court this morning- that in future he would mako it a rule of the Court to allow specified iixed charges only for the translation into Maori of summonses issued against native defendants. There would be two scales of fees, one at ;J.s, aud one at 10s, to be applied at the discretion of the bench.

A gentleman and landowner from the Waipawa district, now in England, writes to a friend in the neighborhood of Waipukurau that a new refrigerating company is now being formed in London, with a capital of £200,000, for operations in Hawke's Bay. This is good news if true. Competition'in the freezing business cannot but bo beneficial to stock raisers.

By an announcement in another column it will be seen that a new firm of boot manufacturers is about to commence business ill this town. Messrs R. Hannah and Co., of Wellington and Wanganui, have taken those premises next the Loan and Mercantile Agency company's office, and will open tomorrow with a large display of foot coverings. The business is _to be conducted on tl*e '' cash '' principle.

Letters have been received from Mr J. Sparrow, formerly of this town, when ho practised as an architect. Mr Sparrow has joined his brother in the purchase of a largo furnishing warehouse at Reading, England. From the"illustrated catalogue, which gives exterior and interior views of the establishment, the Messrs Sparrow have entered into a very extensive business, and their friends will be glad to hear of their success.

About two hundred natives passed through Hastings this morning on their way to Omahu. The procession put spectators in mind of the old nursery rhyme about the " beggars are coming to town." Some were riding, others driving, and many walking, while costumes ranged from the height of fashion to tho lowliest rags. One man sported a scailet coat, and a woman was arrayed in a brand-new bed counterpane.

We implied in our article yesterday that, from the silence of the. Town Clerk and tho Keceiver of Rates, they were more or less parties to tho action of the Valuer in the matter of the removal of Cr. Price's name from the valuation list. Wo havo received the absolute assurance of tho Town Clerk that ho was as ignorant of what had been done as was Cr. Price, and Aye have much pleasure in stating that we place the utmost confidence in the reliability of his assertion.

The usual weekly meeting- of the Clive Square Mutual Improvement Association will be hold in the vestry of Trinity Wesleyan Church this evening at 8 o'clock. The subject for discussion is one of general interest — " Would Protection be more beneficial to New Zealand than Freo Trade ? " —and a profitable debate may be expected. We aro requested to mention that visitors will always be made heartily welcome at any of the meetings of tho Association.

Mr W. E. Woods, of the Apothecaries Hall, Hastings-street, will remove to-mor-row to more extensive premises opposite Mr Monteith's Horse Bazaar. It is only some eighteen months since Mr Woods commenced business in Napier in the shop adjoining tho Criterion Hotel, since when, owing to ii steadily increasing trade, the need of greater accommodation has made itself felt, hence the present removal. The transfer of stock, fee., will of course necessite a slight delay in opening the new establishment, and Mr Woods' business will consequently bo suspended from to-morrow until Saturday morning.

The curate of a church in Kent, a few Sundays ago, prayed for the soul of the late Archbishop of Canterbury during the morning service. It is reported that the churchwarden has interfered to prevent a repetition of this scandal. No one would wish to meddle with a minister's views in regard to religion ; but if he be a Catholic, he should not be a curate in a Protestant church to give offence by such opinions as these. —Homo News.

Says an export circular: —"The condition of the Scotch whisky trade has been ono of marked prosperity. There Ims Lecu a vast increase iv the demand, both at homo and abroad, which appears likely to prove of an enduring- character. The trade in Irish whisky in 18S2 has to some extent suffered, owing- to the steadily increasingpopularity of Scotch, and though transactions in large parcels of old bondings have taken placo from time to time, the prices realised have not as a rule been satisfactory, and have tended to discourage speculation, in new whisky."

Whilst extolling in no measured terms Sir George Grey's extraordinary munificence in presenting to New Zealand his unique and world-famous library, the English literary journals seem to have doubts whether you colonials are sufficiently cultured to be capable of properly appreciating the gift. "If," says one of them, "these priceless volumes, *for the use of some of which many an English scholar and antiquary woidd give his head, are to be allowed to moulder untouched and uueared for (save as curiosities) on the shelves of some commonplace mechanics' institute at the Antipodes, we shall by and by be wishing Sir George Grey had acted less generously. Certainly it is better policy to make a collection public property than to leave it like the treasures of Hamilton ralu.ee and the library which Beckford collected to be dispersed over the world only to feed tho vanity of a few connoiseurs] and we earnestly hope caro will be taken to see that the Grey Library is a well-known name not only in Now Zealand, hut throughout the civilised world." The most flattering tribute to the merits of "WoLra'B Scies-aits is to be found in the fact that although repeatedly pirated and often imitated, nothing has over beon produced that even eimiiatcs this matchleS3 preparation.—[ Advj. J

Country residents requiring patent or proprietary medicines, toilet requisites, fancy goods of any description, stationery, &c.,* will best consult their own interests by calling at Professor Moore's establishment, Waipa-n-a, where there is a, large and -well >- assorted stock to choose from. On hand Coutts' acetic acid, the noted cure for rheumatism, neuralgia, and all nervous com- -— plaints ; an unfailing , remedy requiring , outward application oniy.—[Advt.]