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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3675, 25 April 1883, Page 2

It is stated in AVellington that at present it is considered likely that Parliament Avill meet on Thursday, June 14. The "hands" on Mr Douglas McLean's station, Maraekakaho, have forwarded to the secretary of the Napier Hospital the handsome sum of £33 10s in aid. of the building fund. Messrs Douglas McLean, John Anderson, AA r . A. Neale, A. Harding, J. Lyon, M. AValker, and H. Mason have been nominated for election as members of the Maraekakaho Road Board. It Avill be seen by our telegrams that Mr H. 0. Johnson, of Hastings, has passed the Pharmacy Board examinations of candidates for registration as pharmaceutical chemists AYe congratulate Mr Johnson on his success* The ucAA'ly elected Road Boards within the County of HaAvke's Bay will hold their first meetings on Tuesday, May 8, at at their respective places of meeting, for the election of chairmen, and other business The Governors of the Napier High School opened the tenders last afternoon for the purchase of the girl's school in Tennyson street, and that of Messrs Hardy and Sidey, ironmongers, Hastings street, at £608, was accepted. The neAv uniforms for the Artillery recruits haA'C come to hand, aud will be seiwed out at the drill-shed to-night. The uniforms are of blue serge, tho coats being furnished Avith silver buttons bearing the regulation monogram. OAving to the unfaA'orablc state of the Aveather, Major Routlcdgc has issued orders announcing that the A'olunteer parade tonight -will take place at the drill-shed, instead of in front of the Athenaeum, as originally ordered. The Wednesday evening sen'iccs in St. John's Church, Avhieh have been intermitted during the session of the General Synod, AA'ill be re-commenced this evening at 7.30, AA-hen the Rev. AY. Ronaldsou, of St. Peter's, Cavcrsham, Dunedin, Avill preach. Mr J. Morrison, of Napier, has presented the AVaiparva Public Library Avith a copy each of AViiiAA r ood Rcade's " Martyrdom of Man," and Rice and Besaut's "Ready Money Mortiboy." It is to be hoped that the good example thus set -will stimulate others to like acts of generosity. There Avas a clean charge-sheet presented in the R.M. Court this morning. To-mor-row the Coiu't will be occupied in hearing the remaining evidence in the " Blue Gum Case," AVallace v. Harker, adjourned from tho 10th instant. Judgment will also be giA r en in the civil case Colledge v. Benjamin, the evidence in which AA'as taken yesterday. The Clive Square Mutual Improvement -< Association held its Aveekly meeting last night. There was a fair attendance of members, notwithstanding the inclemency of. the weather. The evening Avas occupied by readings, recitations, and dialogues, all of which Avere suitably criticised. The next night will be devoted to the delivery of extempore speeches on subjects to be chosen by the chairman. AA 7 - hear that "any amount" of fruit has been thrown to the pigs, or allowed to rot on the ground, because a "fair price " cannot be obtained for it in toA\m. Now, fruiterers in Napier are always open to give 4d per lb for sound apples, which are retailed at 6d, but growers, Aye are told, want the retail price for a wholesale transaction, the consequence being that no business is done, and fruit is said to be scarce when tons of it are rotting through either laziness or greed. The wet weather has rendered the Beach road, from the corner of tho Fire Brigade station to the Hawke's Bay Club, a veritable " slough Of despond," and persons lnwing business at the Court House are unable to reach the building without wading through • mud almost ankle deep. This state of affairs should certainly not exist. There is an old proverb that "the nearer the church tha farther from grace," which in this connection might bo paraphrased to read " the nearer the shingle beach the farther from good roads." The Napier District School Committee, at its meeting last evening, resoh'ed to nominate Mr D. Guy for election to the vacant scat at the Education Board. Miss A. M. Corbin's resignation of her position -"*■ as assistant mistress was received and aocepted. The visiting committee reported that nothing had yet been done to. repair the leakage in the infant school; the need of other necessary repairs was also reported, and they were authorised to be done. A sub-committee was appointed to consult with the architect on the matter of tho proposed gymnasium, and to report to the next meeting. The committee then adjourned. In the days before the municipal loan, before this borough entered upon the scatter-aud-squander policy of public money, Avhen residents wanted a bit of a footpath, or a mud hole in a road filled in, they Avere required to petition the Council, and signify their desire to pay half the cost of the work. Then folloAved the splatter-dash administration, and kerbing, and footpaths, and thousands of pounds Avorth of metal decorated the streets in the name of drainage AVorks. Noav all this has come to an end. Cr Ellison would perpetuate Avaste, extravagance, and folly by increasing the rates, It is to be hoped that a return to common sense and economy Avill mark the election of Mr Neal to the Council. t Bishop Sehvyu addressed a crowded meeting at St. John's schoolroom last evening on the subject of mission work ill Melanesia. The rev. speaker traced the history of the mission from its inauguration by the late Bishop of Melanesia doAvn to tho present time, and pointed out the advancement that had been made in the, work of planting the Christian religion amongst the natiA'C islanders. At Norfolk Island, he said, there -were 200 children. attending the schools, 150 boys and 50 girls, besides a fcAv adults preparing for ordination. A vote of thanks to Bishop Selwyn, proposed by Mr J. Kelly, and seconded by the Bishop of Dunedin, concluded the proceedings. The Bishop of AVaiapu occupied the chair. Therehasbeen leftat ouroffioe a silhouette, the Avorkinanship of a printer, and made out of combination ornamental border pieces. It represents the Municipal Council of Napier. The Council is depicted as a broken tree, emblematical of the expenditure of tho loan. On the dead stump of a branch sits an oavl, representing the Mayor. Lower down on the loft Cr. AVall, avc presume, in the form of a squirrel nibbling an acorn, has disclosed the fact that he has got a footpath up to his house as the fruits of office. On the other side a twittering wagtail appears to represent Cr. McDougall absorbed in the exercise of loquacity, and, ciiA-ying the flow of such verbosity, is a little sparrow that, Aye suppose, is intended to typify Cr. Monteith. At the root of the tree" is a fox looking upwards, Avaiting, apparently, for anything that may fall from above. Is this meant for Cr. Graham 'i A solitary unoccupied perch probably represents the seat that ought to be, but Avhieh A-ory seldom is, occupied by Cr. Ellison. Mr R. O. Bishop, a Tasmanian by-list, > has ridden a hundred miles under twelve hours. He travelled from Snakebank, 100/? miles from Hobart, to that city, and did tho distance in 11 hours 25 minutes, or 10 hours 15 minutes actual riding time. He rode a oi-iuch "Matchless.''

Sir H. Parkes has given notice in the New South AValcs Assembly for a loyal address to tho Queen, stating that the Parliament and mass of the people in the Colony hue no sympathy with, and strongly disapprove of," the disloyal agitation set on foot in this colony by strangers. Mr R. E. N. Twopenny, one of the promoters of the Adelaide and the Christehurch Exhibitions, makes, through the correspondence columns of the Argus, a suggestion that there should bo an Australian Exhibition in London, supported by the joint efforts of the several colonies. New Guinea, just annexed by Queensland, is the largest island (excepting Australia) on the globe. It is about 1200 miles in length, and its greatest width is over 300 miles. The population of New Guinea, Avith the immediately adjacent islands, is supposed to be about 800,000. Onchundredand seventy thousand Chinese die annually from the use of opium, and as many of the Anglo-Saxon race from dyspepsia, brought on by the abuse of liquor, tobacco, and quack medicines. Mampeople 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, AVaipawa, made up in lib packets, and sold at "s '2s Gd, and 3s each, sturdy health and long life may both be secured.—[Adyt.] Unshaken in popularity by the competition of worthless imitations and importations mendaciously represented to be equally remedial, or to possess the same qualities, AVolve's Schnapps will soon drive from the field these trashy competitors.—[Advt.]