SECOND EDITION.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4734, 8 October 1886, Page 3

SECOND EDITION.

The owner of a valuable dog poisoned it accidentally last night in a very curious manner. He had placed some meat saturated with poison where the rats congregated, and the rodents had dragged the saTOury morsel across the floor some yards, to where the canine discovered it. This once more illustrates the care that should be exercised in laying poison about. It may seem safe from domestic animals where placed, but then, what has also to be calculated is, where will the pests loave it r

A story is current that the night before last the cash-box of the proprietor of the Masonic Hotel was abstracted from a cupboard in the office, and that it was seen by some bookmakers in the possession of a " spieler," who was compelled by them to return it. We do not know whether there is any truth in the story, but Mr Smith, of the Masonic, says he found his cash-box where he had left it, that it had not been tampered with, and the cupboard where it was kept was iocked.

Shearing commences at Mr Chaytor's today and it is stated that 17s 6d per lop is to bo paid by him, and that the shearers intend to stand out for that price all over Marlborough. It is rumored, also, that eighteen shearers from this district are leaving for the North Island, wbere the price paid ranges from 17s 6d to 20s.—Express.

We have received the following further ■wire from our Hastings correspondent ie the R.M. Court: — Robert Garrett was charged with travelling in a railway carriage without being provided -with a ticket. Mr E. H. Williams appeared for defeudant, who pleaded not guilty. The information having been wrongly laid the case was dismissed.—Beecroft v. Whitehead. Enlarged until next Court day. Mr E. H. Williams for plaintiff.—Knight Bros. v. Davidson, claim £5 9s 9d. Mr E. H. Williams for plaintiff. Judgment for amount claimed and costs.—Dennett v. piiflord, olaim for 10 per pyint. of the winnings of tne race horse Silence, amounting' to" j6 ! l 2 iOs.' Mr Cornford'"for plaintiff, and Mr E. 8,. for defendant. Dudgment for £-11 4s, costs £{ 3s, witness's expenses 10s, solicitor's fee £2 2e, —Mr John Glass is the new landlord of the Exchange Hotel, Havelock. Ho takes possession to-day.

In reference to the recent horsewhipping case in Auckland, particulars of -which appeared in our columns a few days ago, we have been requested by friends of, and in justice to, the young lady, who reside in Wellington, to explain that the fracas did not arise from jealous rivalry between the combatants in the Northern city, but was the outcome of slanderous statements made against the character of the innocent victim, who at the time of the assault was not in Auckland. The lady in question was not " brought up to Auckland by Spencer with a view to marriage," nor waa he <• put put by Sisson." In short the lacjy was the victim of some proceedings. whioh\ niay lead to' air action for Hefaination'of. "

The annual tea and concert in connection with St. Andrew's Church, Spit, was held last evening in St. Andrew's Hall. There was a very good attendance, all the seats being filled. The tables were sumptuously provided with sandwiches and a great variety of cakes, jellies, fruit, &c, and woro most artistically decorated, reflecting groat credit on tho ladies who provided the tea. The following ladies presided at the tables:— Mesdames "Kraeft, Plested, Evett, Taylor, Heald, Prebblo, and Baxter, and Misses Collins, Russell, Jago, Holt, Campbell, Kraeft, and Spence. After justice had been done to the edible portion of the entertainment, several ministers ascended the platform, the chair being taken by the Rev. De Berdt Hovell, who called upon the Rev. Mr Baumber to open the proceedings with prayer. The Rev. J. Walsh, the pastor of the church, gave a short account of the working of the church during the past year, stating there had been an increase in the attendance and in the number of communicants. The Sunday-school was also making headway, eighty scholars and ten teachers being on the roll. The church and hall were paid for, the only liability of the district being about »48 for current expenses. The total income for the year was £689 17a lid, and the expenditure £689 9s 2d. A most interesting entertainment was then gone through, the programme consisting of short addresses by the chairman and the Revs. Baumber and Parkinson, interspersed with pianoforte selections by Misses Holt and Kraeft, songs by Mrs Fletcher, Misses Blackmore and Fletcher, and Messrs Pratt, Walker, and Simpson, and readings by Messrs Wilkie, Hodgson, and Hornsby. Every item was well rendered and received with applause by the audience. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the several ladies and gentlemen who had provided the tea and taken part in the programme, and also one to the chairman. It was announced that the children attending the Sunday-school would be entertained at a tea in the hall this evening at 5.30 p.m.

A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Edward Lockyear Ingpen was held at the Courthouse this afternoon. There were nine creditors present. Mr Begg appeared for the Assignee, and Mr Moore for the bankrupt. There were twenty-three unsecured creditors, who represented £209 3s 9d. The value of tho bankrupt's furniture was £20, which was the only asset that could be shown, leaving a deficiency of £189 3s 9d. The Ansignee adjourned the meeting till 3 p.m. 011 Monday to allow him to thoroughly investigate the estate.

An English paper states that the landowners of six counties have agreed to prohibit tho export of Btoats and weasels to New Zealand or anywhere else. Tt has been found that tho balance of nature has been seriously disturbed by the great decrease in the number of those vermin, and that ruts have enormously increased.

It is commonly regarded as a pretty fiction that the performance of the marriage ceremony makes the twain actually one— merged in each other "like meeting streams, which but to themselves are lost." The editor of the Inangahua Herald appears to hold this idea in all its force and beauty, for in a rooent issue he said that—" A presentation was made to the Rev. Mr Gow and Mrs Gow, the resident minister."

The Electrical Review states that the new organ now being constructed in the Canterbury Cathedral'tEngland) by Messrs Willis will be, when, completed, in every way worthy of tho grand old edifice of which it is to form a most important part. The entire instrument will be operated by electricity, the supply being derived from a battery which is being placed in the old singing school. Some idea of the wondrous properties of the ne«- instrument may be gathered from the fact that the length of the cables conducting the electric currents average 120 feet from the console (or keyboard) to the pneumatic levers operating the valves of the sound boards. The organist will occupy a raised position in the second arch of the south aisle, just over the spot where the old instrument played, his manipulation of the keys being Hashed by means of electricity through the 120 feet of cable to the action of the instrument in the triforium above. The organ will be blown by four men in the old singing school. Mind you get Wolfe's Schnapps.