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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3673, 23 April 1883, Page 2

The Bay of Plenty Times goes in for three column leaders iioav. Words, words, Avords ! That's what comes of having only one ncAVspapor in a tcnvn. Our AVairoa correspondent telegraphs that a fine mob of 170 head of cattle, from Mr J. N. AVilliam's Edenham run, crossed the AVairoa river yesterday for Gisborne. A special meeting of the Municipal Council AA'ill be held to-morrow at noon for the purpose of striking the animal rates, and signing the rate book and burgess list for tlie year 1883-1. Tlie folloAving gentlemen Avere nominated for the Puketapu Road Board on Friday 1,,*. : _Messrs. J. Bicknell, S. Bolton, AY. Elbournc, J. S. Giblin, S. Graham, G. Heslop, and J. Heslop. Messrs Hallenstein and Co. —the Ncav Zealand Clothing Factory—aro about to erect handsome premises at Hastings, in much the same stylo of architecture -is that of their business branch house at Napier. There will be contested elections for members of the folloAving Road Boards :—Puketapu, Meanee, and Hastings. There are eight candidates in the field for Puketapu, eight for Heretaunga, and thirteen for Meanee. The rainfall at AVcllington during the three Aveeks of this month has exceeded aiiy previous corresponding period for the last seventeen years. AYe "think tho same may be said of "Napier, Avhere the clouds have been in almost a constant state of drip, though the rain has not been very heaAy. The AVairoa Guardian thinks it Avorth -while to chronicle the all-important fact tbat the representative of that journal, when in Napier some few Aveeks ago, had "a beer" with royalty as illustrated in the person of that rank old " swipcr " King Tawhiao. Big gooseberries are nowhere after this. HaAvke's Bay racing men Avho had not laid their money in other directions Avill be gratified at Captain Russell's mare Leonora winning tlie Auckland Easter Handicap. Siesta, "the favorite for the event, did not start, while Tim AVhifHor, avlio ran into first place in the betting market, Avas noAvhcre in the race. A month or lavo ago there Avas some talk of resuscitating the Napier Musical Society, and it Avas hoped that Mr Spademan's arrival here Avould hasten the formation of so desirable an institution. A correspondent wishes to know whether anything has been done iv the matter, or whether t]ie idea has passed away like the " lost chord." In our telegraphic report of the halfyearly meeting of the Bank of New Zealand at Auckland, published in Friday's issue, the amount of coin, cash, and balances on hand Avas stated at £1,157 os 4d, Avhcrcas it should ha\-c been £1,157,175 os Id. The mistake, as may bo seen, avus caused by the omission from "the telegram of three most important figures. AVilliam Shepherd, captain and leader of the Melbourne detachment of the Salvation Army, was tlie other day fined £5, and £•"> costs" for obstructing the streets and causing annoyance to the citizens. A few lessons such as this will teach thcSalvationiststhat it is Aviser policy to conduct their business indoors than to'disturb tho public peace by absurd demonstrations. According to a correspondent, Avriting under the signature of " Pro Bono Publico," it occasionally happens that there is a scarcity of bread at AVaipaAva. This is not a very "surprising circumstance, considering that WaipaAva is liable to sudden and unexpected influxes of visitors. No baker in a small toAvnship can be expected to kee]> a lot of bread on hand to meet only a probable emergency. Mr John Blackett, Engineer-iii-charge of tho North Island, Avas in Napier on Friday, and left by special train for AVcllington this morning. These high officials come and go very quietly, as though they do not care to have their movements made public. Had it been known that Mr Blackett was hereon Friday night the chances are that ho Avould have been interviewed on the subject of the Napier raihvay station, AVith the departure of the Jenny Lee company there is lik&y to be a lull in theatrical entertainments. The only dramatic '

troupe in the colony of any note at the present time is Miss Juno's company now in Auckland, who aa.ll open here on May 12th. Tho Italian opera company at Melbourne, it is thought likely, may A'isit NeAv Zealand. It is to bo hoped the scarcity of dramatic companies will not draw together the scattered remnants of brokendoAvn troupes to inflict upon us their wretched representations. The police discovered this morning' on the beach, slightly covered with sand, tho " A'isitor's box "of the Athenaeum. This box has stood for years on the mantel-piece of the reading-room, and \ r isitors Avere in -> the habit of dropping into it small coin by way of a contribution to the institute. The thief did not gain more than a few shillings by the robbery. From the appearance of the box an attempt had been made to force tlie lock ; that failing the slit iv the lid had been enlarged Avith a blunt pocket-knife; and finally, losing patience, the thief smashed the bottom of the box in, and so got possession of the money. If this theft is tho first result of opening the readingroom to the general public the experiment is not encouraging. At the annual banquet of the South Australian Farmers' Association the Commissioner of CroAvn Lands, in responding to tho toast of the Ministry, said that during tlie last tAvo years he had remitted the payment of interest to thousands of farmers, many of whom had had previous remissions. In fact, all they had paid for their land during the last six or seven years Avas the first deposit of 10 per cent. The agricultural distress had simply been caused by bad seasons. As regarded water conseiwation, the Government had constructed 12 large reservoirs, holding an aggregate of 11,")00,000 gallons, besides wells aud dams. The New York correspondent of the Argus, speaking of the Macc-Slade a .sit, says :— " Mr Mace says that having lost sundry thousands Avhich ho had gathered in Melbourne in the laborious calling- of betting on your horse races, he is seeking release from the tedium of existence by hying to arrange a battle between Mr Slade and Mr Sullivan, of Boston, popularly known as ' the Slogger.' Mr Sullivan, you may remember, is the gentleman avlio professed to be able to ' knock out' any man living in four rounds, but Avho hammered in A-ain for that purpose on the rosy countenance of Mir ' Tug' AVilson, of British fame. Air Slade is said to be a very fine specimen of the human brute, Avith flesh so hardened that he walks with pleasure barefooted over broken glass, and muscles so strong that he emulates the famous achievement of Marshal Saxe, and folds a horse-shoe into a tuningfork Avith one hand." Onehundredand seventy thousand Chinese die annually frojii tlie use of opium., and as many of the Anglo-Saxon race from dyspepsia, brought on by the abuse of liquor, tobacco, and quack medicines. Many people dig their graves with their teeth ; more die from bad drink than starvation. By using only the pure teas sold by Professor Moore, of the Medical Hall, AVaipaAva, made up in lib packets, and sold at 2s, 2s Gd, and 3s each, sturdy health and long life may both be secured.—[Adat.] To practise upon the credulity of tho public to the prejudice of its health, is the form of charlatanry. This is again being attempted by scampish vendors of bad liquor, fl.iA'Ourcd AA'ith some cheap drug, and asserted to bo similar to or the same as AVolfe's Schnapps.—[Advt.]