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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3662, 10 April 1883, Page 2

Persons interested :'i the wrongs of Ireland has sv .red at the hands of the Sax _ dr ring past centir ies w_ probably find eujojment iv atte_ : _g this ovcn'ng the Hon. Mr Bi-omby's lecture glv." g Us version of tho lrstory of that eorutiy.

The valuation of the Country of Hawke's Bay for property-tax assessment is about ..,317,077. Thes.c figures may bo sightly altered at the sitting of the Board of Reviewers, but the above will be found an approximate value of the couutiy, and it differs very _tle from the last valuation.

A gentleman visiting Napier after a lengthy absence went into the covitry the other day, and on 1_ ret. \n was whether he noticed much change. " Yes,'' ho replied, " grass iv the place of fern ;it is a ll , grass and sheep, sheep and gi*ass. I had hoped to see some evidence of men taking the place of sheep, and coi.i tak'-ig tho place of grass."

At a mcet*'-ig of the newly-elected AVaipawa Pub-'c Library Committee, held at AVaipawa on Saturday evei""*ig, tenders were opened for the construction of a libraiy hi "'ding at AVaipawa. The tender of AY. McDougall was accepted, the price being- £315. Messrs J. Harker and AY. Goldsmith were re-elected chairman and treasurer and secretary respectively.

The official enquiry held yesterday into the circumstances connected with the standing of the Johann Adolpli resulted ?u the Con t acquitting of any blame the several persons engaged in the'romoval of the vessel. The Com t, however, recommended that the Harbor Board should cause the obsti action to nay Igatiou in the inner harbor near the mouth of the Iron Pot to be removed with the least possible delay.

A sudden death ocevrod at Patangata on Satu-day even'-ig last. A man named George Sanderson had been to Ka-'kora with a team, and returned in the evernuj to Patangata. He appeared to be then i-i good health, and partook of a heaity tea at Mr R. AVard's, for whom he was work-ig. Shoitly after, however, he called up J-s employer, and told him he was very - l,_ at the same time falling-into b-s aims, asl -ig for water. Ward place 1 hun on a sofa, but Sanderson died a'most . i-nicdiately. An inquest on the body was held by Dr. Todd yesterday, when a verdictwas retr\_d that deceased died from natural causes.

Mr G. P. AViTams, a surveyor i .ider the General Government, has arrived in Napier -with instructions to proceed without delay with a fiy"'ig sv-vey for a ? : ne of railway between here and Te Awamutu, Waikato. There arc three alternative routes for a main trunk North Island railway that have to oe submitted to Par "ament, fl.'st, ironiTe Awamutu to connect with Taranaki, second to connect with Rangitikei, and th'vd to connect -with Naj.ior. The Tarana! ' route is the shortest; the Rangit' _i is the longest, but gees through the best pastoral country; the Napier line woidd open up some splendid forests, and develop the resources of large areas of land adm'rably adapted for settlement,

The second specimen of the electric skate (Torpedo Fairehildciij that has ever been caught in New Zealand was captured last

Saturday in the inner lagoon, opposite Weber's old mi 1 1. Mr A. Hemilton, of Petane, being an_ ; ou<s to seci*. a specimen of this fish, had offered a reward of ten shilling's for one, and it was taken to h'm and by him brought into tow .1, and was placed iv a bath of spirits of wine by Mr Bowerman. The fish has attracted a large amount of attention, and has been photographed by Mr Carnell. The first specimen that was caught was captured by Captain Fai .-child when he commanded the Government steamer Sturt, about thirteen years ago. Dr Hector being on board, noticing some variation from the common European torpedo, named the fish after its capturer.

The committee of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club met last afteiiioon. Present: —Captain Russell (chairman), and Messrs J. H. Coleman, AY. J. Birch, C. B. Winter, A'ban McLean, and AY. Douglas. A letter was received from Mr H. P. Cohen in reference to the recent total'&_tor case. Mr Cohen enclosed his cheque for £3 (being the amor-it of the duidend claimed by Mr McGr'rc) to indemm'y the Jockey Club ri the event of the ticket being presented to them for payment; if not claimed then the amoirit to be handed over to some local charity. - The committee endorsed Mr Cohen's aciion in the matter. A very fi-.1l aud elaborate report on the workiug of the tota _atoi": was read from the totalisator supervisor, Mr G. T. Crops, in wh'.ch several valuable suggestions were made as to the future worl_g of the machines. It was resolved to hold the annual meeting of the club on Monday, 30th instant.

Unless something is done to reg r_te the traffic on the road at the railway station we shoeld not b3 surprised to hear of an accident some dark evening on the ai rival of the last train. No consideration is shown whatever for people on foot who have to dodge horse's heads and cab wheels as best they can. The cabs ore '_•*_-,_. up ii a double i: re from the station door, and through the alley thus foimsd people have to w.ik at the imminent i.'sk of be ,- "igi_ ovev. Repeat' 1 cunphrnts have been made to 'he railway authorities on the subject, but they state that nothing can be done v it'" l , the space in front of the station is fenced. AYe faT to see the force of the argument. Wheel traffic is not a'Vwed todo just what "t _■'•«*_ fo the risk of pubic safely in any other thoroughfare, and we do not see that it shoi:_ havo more" ex- _ ided ]'.bOi. u y at a it' 1 way station than it has at a theatre.

It was decided by the conmrittee of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club, at llu_ meeting yesterday, to hold a steeplechase m- _igon the Hastings cor-se on Thr *sday, 28th Ji le, a_d the fo'low'-ig prog/am me was ai janged for the occasion: —Maiden Steeplechase, of 80 soys., dis'an-o 2rc _s, weight-for-age; L-.id*'cs ; Bracelet, value 30 soys., with 20 soys. in specie added, for horses that hare never wo i a race exceeding 20 soys. i*i value, ."stance 1\ miles on the flat, gentlemen riders, a ll , horses to be nominated by lad-cs; Hawkc's Eiy Steeplechase, a hunt 1 "cap of 200 soys., distance n*ks ; Hack Stcepleci ase of 20 soys., once ror'id and a distance, 10 st. up; Consolation Steeplechase Hand-cap, of 80 govs., distance 2 nr'es. Nominations for the Handicap Steeplechase must be made on Tuesday, the oth Jr ie ; acceptances and general ent.le-; close on Tuesday, the 19th Jirie ; weights wMI appear on Friday, the Sth Jrie. No qua'-fica "on fee is to be charged.

Analysis caviot 1: e, neither can the u*ilfoi_ experience of a quurier of ac*nti:iy be gf'nsaid. On these two vouchers rest the cV'us of AA r OLFE's Sc_r.'i*r_- to outrank a ll other st'-nr'ant3 as regards prrity and efficiency.—[Ad>t.] •