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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3810, 1 October 1883, Page 2

Messrs J. Collins, 0. Limpus, 0. E. Bectham, F. J. Tiffen, and J. N. Williama have becu elected mombors of tho Ooro Road Board.

Mr Hcnare Tomoana, M.H.E., we notice, wears tho blue ribbon. Wo hope tho example he has thus set to his fellowcountrymen will bear good fruit.

A special telegram to the United Press Association received on Friday night states that it is reported in London that Prior Vaughan will succeed his brothor as Catholic Archbishop of Sydney.

We notice a telegram from London, published by a Southern contcmporar3 r , that attributes the cause of the failuro of the Mataura's cargo to tho meat hsving been frozen while the carcases were warm.

We again remind our readers of the service of song in the United Free Methodist Church schoolroom this evening. Tho object for which the entertainment is given should secure a large attendance.

Owing to the heavj r swell in tho roadstead yesterday a horse that was on board tho steamer Waihora consigned to Napier, could not bo landed with safety, it was thought, and was consequently taken on by tho steamer.

Entries of stock for tho Agricultural and Pastoral Society's show closed on Saturday, and were—Horses, 85 ; cattle, 4-1; merino sheep, 95; longwools, 10S. Wo remind intending exhibitors that entries for produce and implements closo on Wednesday next.

The half-yearly general meeting of the Niipior Working- Men's Club will bo held this evening at 7.30, when the election of officers for tho ensuing term will take place. The voting will be by ballot, and members may record their votes at any time between 7 and 9.30 p.m.

The nominations for assisted passages to be forwarded from Napier hy tho next outgoing mail number 21. They consist of two single men and one single woman, the remainder being married couples and children. The nationalities are G English, 3 Irish, and 12 Scandinavians.

Owing to the inclemency of the weather the opening of the boating season, which, was to have been inaugurated by a procession of the boats of tho Hawko's Bay Sailing Club in the inner harbor on Saturday, had to be postponed, and will now take place on the 6th instant, should tho day provo favorable.

Tho Native Lands Court opened tins morning, Judge Puckey presiding, with Mr Native Assessor Tapsell. Tho business before the Court was the settlement of succession claims of no public interest. Mr F. E. Hamlin acted as interpreter. It ia probable tho Court will continue in Napier till Thursday.

We may mention for the information of business people in town that tho Manapouri will only proceed as far as Port Chalmers this week, and in consequence the mail for Melbourne will close at the Chief Post Office, Napier, on Wednesday at G a.m., so as to catch the Wakatipu, which leaves Wellington on Friday.

His Excellency the Governor lias been pleased to cancel tho appointments as Trust Commissioners under the Nativo Land Frauds Prevention Act of tliirfcy-onlp gentle* men, as from the 29th day of September, and has vc-appointed seveti of thonvas from October 1. Captain Preece, R.M., is one who has been re-appointed.

An accident occurred yesterday morning on board the Union Company's steamer Waihora. While the second officer was passing along the deck he slipped down and dislocated his shoulder. Fortunately a medical man, who was a recent arrival in the colony by the steamer Doric, was on board, and ho quickly attended the sufferer. Dr. Menzies has favored us with the following . Hospital return for September:— Patients at commencement of month, 20 males and 13 females; admitted during tho month, 18 males and G females ; discharged, 16 males and -1 females; died, 1 male and 1 female; remaining at September 30th, 21 males and 14 females. Tho total numbor of in-patients received during the niiio months was 259.

There must have been very severo weather experienced up country during tho past two days. The hills to tho north of Napier this morning were heavily covered with snow, and for twenty years past such a white mantle has not been noticed so low down to tho sea. Tho Government meteorological observations to-day show that throughout New Zealand tho temperature has been very low.

To-morrow evening tho Waipawa Dramatic Club give an entertainment in the Town Hall, Waipukurau, in aid of tho County Hos2)ital funds. Tho programme will consist of two farces, " The Silent Protector," and " A Thumping Legacy," and a musical interlude. This programme was recently performed by tho amatears at Waipawa very successfully. As tho object for which the entertainment is given is a good one, it is to bo hoped there will bo a full house.

Madamo Cecelia Summerhayes, who, as a pianist and teacher of music, has gained a high reputation, proposes ere long to pay a visit to Nitpicr. We have been requested to state that, should sufficient inducement offer, this lady, of whom no less an authority than Sir Julius Benedict expressed tho opinion that she was one of tho first English pianists, will take up her residence in this town. She holds tho highest testimonials, and will no doubt command a very largo number of pupils.

A narrow escape from death took place at Waipawa on Friday afternoon. A man ramed John Martin, carrier from tho Tahoraite district, was handling a young horse at the stockyards attached to tho Empire Hotel, when the animal reared at him, striking Martin on tho top of his head with one of his fore feet, and making a frightful wound. The injured man was picked up and carried into the hotel, where a doctor attended him, stitching up tho lacerated parts. Martin is now progressing towards recovory.

Dr. Anna M. L. < Potts, the American leoturess and physician, arrived in Napier on Saturday afternoon by the Ringarooma, and, together with Drs. George and .J. 0. Harrison, who accompany her on her travels, took up quarters at the Criterion Hotel. This evening Mrs Potts will deliver her first lecture at the Theatre Royal, at which both sexes will bo admitted, and to-morrow afternoon she will lecture to ladles only. ! These two lectures will be free, and we may A expect to sec crowded attendances at each of them. The lectures, of which wo bclievo thero will bo ten delivered tho season, will treat of a variety of subjects, and will be illustrated by anatomical figures, charts, &c.

A correspondent, who has not furnished us with his name, suggests that a good dcop harbor for this port could bo obtained by fixing flood gates, after the manner of dock gates, to tho entrance of the inner hai'bor, which would of course have to be narrowed at the end of the moles for tho purpose. To obtain the scour the gates are to be shut at high water and opened as the tide ebbs. Our correspondent does not say how vessels arc tp enter the harbor with tho gates shut, probably he means them to como in only at low water. Neither does ho suggest a means whereby a ship could safely negotiate a narrow gateway, with a sea running. So much," for amateur engineering.

Mr F. Edwards, advanoo agent for tho Hegarty's Court Minstrels, arrived per Wuihora j'esterday, and lias made arrangements for opening at the Theatre Royal on Saturday, 6th instant. The company commenced their Auckland season in Abbot's Opera House on the 22nd ultimo, and were accorded the following flattering nqtico by the New Zealand Herald: —Hegarty's Minstrels inado their first appearance in Auckland at tho Opera House on Saturday evening. There was a very large attendance, the theatre being crowded in every part. Among the songs we may especially mention Mademoiselle Amor's " Still > Thine Qwii;" also, f< Don't Forget Me, * Little Darling,'' by Miss Sutherland; arid "The old Wooden Rocker," by Miss Eva Winnetto." The comic song, " Hannah Maria Jaybird," was very clovorly sung by Mr Buokley, and Mr Ccnvan, who was ong

of the groat attractions of the evening, gave the refrain, '' Will you be my Hollyhock ?'' Mr Shaw Cross was the interlocutor, and the jokes and ropartco kept the audience in a continual roar of laughter. The first portion of the performance finished with a very pretty song called "The Sleeping Beauties." After this followed the Ilibernicon comedy, " Mollie O'Connor,"_ in which Mr Oowan kept the audience in a state of merriment. Some very beautiful scenes were shown during the evening, among which may bo mentioned the "Lakes of KiUarney," "The Wreck of the Steamship Atlantic," and "The Devil's Glen." Tho whole performance was a great success. Tho entertainment is light and sparkling, and is free from all vulgarity.

A certain carter of this city (says a Wellington exchange) is afflicted with the possession of a horse whose somnolent habits frequently involve him in heavy expenses. The other day the animal in question, which had drawn a few hundredweight of campovens in a dray from a store down town, was left in front of a store on Lambtonquay for a short time, and a nose-bag , put on. ' Dobbin, who is noted to be of acomtcmplativo disposition, after a few moments spent in feeding, peacefully sank to the ground, and went quietly oft , to sleep. This somewhat unusual behaviour on tho part of a horse supposed to be on duty, attracted a crowd of persons, some of whom, after surveying the .sleeping beauty for a time, and finding his driver was not present, proceeded to take off the harness. The animal, after

mutually remonstrating with his biped friends for a short while, resented the in- *" terferonco by suddenly regaining his foot, but, unfortunately, in his efforts he broke one of the shafts of the dray. A. friendly policeman remained in charge of the equipage till the return of the driver, who expressed himself in language more forcible than polite at what he termed the undue interference of the gentle public. It appears to be perfectly understood by tho carter that the horse in question shall recline whenever he has occasion to leave it for a few minutes. A novel cricket match was played at Codford (England) in the beginning of August last, and is reported as follows in Wiltshire Times: —The conditions of tho game were that the ladies should play with cricket bats unci the gentlemen wore to "bat" with broom-handles, left handed, and to bowl and field loft handed; tho penalty of playing right handed was (heloss of two runs for every breach of the rules. Just previous to the commencement of the game a heavy thunderstorm came on, followed by a downpour of rain ; but it soon cleared up, and tho ladies having the preference of innings, sent in Miss Alice 'Flower (captain), and Mrs T. Flower, who were opposed to the bowling of Messrs Wrightwick and D.Willis, which, however, ■was somewhat erratic. Miss Alice Flower handled the bat in fine stylo, and sent Mr Willis's first ball to leg for a single. Mrs A Flower was missed at mid-wicket by Dr. Flower, and then played cautiously. Miss Alice Flower drove Mr Wrightwick for two, but was bowled by the next ball. Miss Lilian Barnes, tho next "nwn" at the wicket, was stumped, when Miss E. Hitchcock joined Mrs Flower and succeded in making six runs, but the other ladies were soon disposed of. The gentlemen, however, could not get on the wickot, and gave the ladies 2o wides. Tho gentlemen then went to the wicket, but the difficulty of "batting" broom-handles, left handed, was really more than they could contend against, and tho bowling of Miss Lilian Barnes, who played with admirable skill, was very destructive. This young lady succeeded in taking sovon wickets for only 17 runs. With eight runs to the good, the ladies again went in, and the captain and Mrs T. Flower cut and drove Messrs Wrightwick and D. Wills " all over tho field," but the other ladies were soon disposed of. With 39 runs to win, the gentlemen followed on, and finally won by 33 runs.

A novel experiment was made at Dover on July 28th. A seafaring man named Terry, who is said to have been a coxswain in the Niivy, conceived the idea of travelling from London to Paris on a tricycle. He left London on July 25th, and arrived at Dover on the following day on a trioyclc Which is an invention of hi.s own, and which is so constructed as to be able to form the framework of a boat. The boat is 12ft long, about 3ft 9in wide, and 2ft deep, and is formed of a simple covering of tarpaulin. The owner is furnished with a pair of sculls, all of which gear ho carries by road. There bciug- a slight north-easterly wind on the morning of July 28th, Mr Terry prepared his boat and left the harbor at nine o'clock for Calais, taking a course direct for that place. A large number of people assembled to see the start, and as the frail craft put out to sea there was a general expression of opinion that the occupant was exposing himself to great risk on his somewhat adventurous undertaking. Mr Terry was alono, had no other means of propelling himself than his sculls, and was said to bo quite unprovided against a long voyage. On reaching Calais it was his intention to reform histricycle and proceed to Paris. After passing the Admiralty Pier he drifted to the westward, and was reported by the mid-day Calais boat to bo about midchannel, where there was a heavy swell. The voyage was continued in safety, however, and Mr Terry arrived at Calas at live o'clock the samo afternoon.

Mr Grant Allon, in an article in Knowledge on the English black-cap, answers the question "Arc all birds flesh eaters?" in the affirmative, Although _ the old blankcaps eat largely of fruits, the young black-caps will eat nothing , but insects. Breeders of the canary—a seed eating bird —are also well aware of the fact that the young , must at first bo fed on animal food, usually given in the shape of boiled egg. Mr Allen says that this trait of the blackcap, common to many if not to most fruit eaters, may be put side by side with the one noted by A. R. Wallace, that the young humming-birds, which are developed flowerhaunting swifts, will eat nothing but spiders and small flies. In both cases the facts point back curiously to the original habits of the wholo race. There can be very little doubt, adds, Mr Allen, that all birds were at first carnivorous, and the greater part of them probably remain so to the presont day, The practice of eating . grains and seeds came later ; while that of living upon fruits or the nectar of flowers must have been the latest of all. Indeed, the development of succulent fruits or berries seems to be a very recent acquisition on the part of plants generally, and it must have proceeded side by side with the evolution of fruit eating habits in the correlated birds. Hence we find that the young still require to be fed on animal food; and, indeed, the adult black-caps, like many other similar mainly frugiverous species, cannot get along for any length of time without a liberal admixture of slugs and caterpillars in their food. On the other hand, the most advanced fuit eaters, such as the parrots, readily reverted to carnivorous practices in confinement, and the New ■ Zoaland species, since the introduction of sheep into the colony, has bcoome a perfect pest to the breedors by its partiality for animal dainties.

On May 10th, at about 10, a remarkable aurora borealis was observed at Ludvika, in Sweden. It began as a faint band of light parallel with the horizon, which gradually grew broader and broader. Tho extraordinary feature of the phenomenon was, howover, that this band had the appearance of

an.ice-covered lake on which the moon was shining. Promontories and shores covered with trees were seen, and also the faint outlines of farms. This phenomenon lasted about 10 minutes, when the aurora changed into a suffused pink luminosity, like that of clouds near the setting sun.

The public, and tho medical profession of Australia are unanimously of opinion that Wolfe's Schnapps is the purest and best stimulant tonic, and diuretic at present before the wqrld.—[Advt. |