SECOND EDITION.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4300, 9 May 1885, Page 3

SECOND EDITION.

Ilemonyi leaves here to-night by the Rotomahana for Gisbornc, where he plays three nights, and from there leaves for Divncclin by the next .steamer, where he plays -at the Princess Theatre for four nights, afterwards appearing at Invercargill, and from there proceeds to Melbourne, opening at the Town Hall on the 4th Juno. Mr Wcston, the general agent for Remenyi, leaves by the Queensland mail in July for India, Java, China, and Japan. A month later Remenyi and the other members of the company follow, where they purpose spending two years, travelling the countries mentioned. Yesterday evening about twenty minutes to ten, while Mr Dennon was going home from the Survey Office, and when within fifty yards of his own house, he heard the word "challenge." Thinking nothing about challenge and that some men were talking to one another, he walked on. All at once a man ran across from out of the road, with a bayonet fixed on his rifle, who asked him why he had not answered. Mr Dennon naturally enough remarked why ho should answer, to which the retort was, "You should have answered when I challenged you." The unknown kept the rifle at the charge, but Mr Dennon seizing a cliancoraii about sixteen or seventeen yards, when he was again brought up, at which the pursued naturally let out an oath, and after some parleying, the unknown ordered him to go into the gate, which happened to be at Mr Dennon's residence. The man, though under the influence of liquor, knew perfectly well what he was doing, and Mr Dennon has very pioperly drawn the attention of the volunteer authorities to the matter, as well as communicated willi Major Scully. It is to be hoped the delinquent will speedily be found, and have summary justice df>alt ont to him. During a recent frosty night, which suddenly succeeded a rainy, sloppy day, a singular catastrophe, the American papers relate, befell a young man who had scon his betrothed to her home, and stood outside cxc! anging last words with her. The rnniden wns suddenly called upon by her parents to enter, and bidding good night to her companion hastily left him. lie in his turn pi epared to move on—the door being closed, but found to his dismay and astonishment he was unable to do so. Whilst conversing .

with his fiancee, a sudden change in the temperature having taken place; the mud and slush in which he alone was standing—his companion being on tho doorstep — had frozen, with the result that he was icebound, and literally unable to lift his feet. After a time he succeeded in attracting attention to his plight, and the young girl brought out a kettle of boiling water, with which she proceeded to thaw out her imprisoned lover.

The ship Northumberland is still loading withherfi eight of frozen mutton which it was intended to delay, and to finish after the s s. Arawa had been loaded. Owing to the detention in quarantine of the latter vessel at Port Chalmers, the Northumberland will continue the loading with meat, after which she will leave probablj' for Lyttelton to load with wheat and other produce for Home.

Notwithstanding that it is seme two months since the change was made in the District Engineer's Department no arrangements have been made to meet the case. We find that persons having claims on that portion of the Government service are put to great inconvenience to know when to get their vouchers certified to before sending to Wellington for payment. This should not be allowed, as when vouchers have been signed by the local representatives of the different branches of the service, frequent delays take place at Wellington, which of itself is sufficient, but in the engineer's dop'irtment there is tho difficulty of finding where is the office of the resident engineer.