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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4850, 25 February 1887, Page 2

Oro morning contemporary finds fault with the system of administering charitable aid on the "round that it opens the door to impostors? "Under a proper system of charitable aid administration," it said, "such cases (as Mrs Corbett's) would be strictly enquired into, and the sooner the colony gets such a system tho better." We quite disagree with such % statement. We want no beadle Bumble in this colony, no stout, consequential hard hearted official to let a poor woman and her children starve while "enquiries"'were beiug strictly made as to whether thoy were hungry,.and if so whether they .ought no.t to be sent J?ack to their last known place of residence before they were givien Anything to eat. We maintain that under the present executive the system of . admiiustermg charitable aid could ntf k§ WgtmA upoa

in this district, and, probably, it is carried out with as much efficiency in all other parts of the colony. The system is one that has created purely "' local administration, for although the General Government supply one-half of the needed funds there Iβ no Government nominee on the Board. For charitable purposes this district is composed of the boroughs of Napier and Hastings, tho counties of Hawke's. Bay, Waipawa, Patatigata, and Wairoa, and each of these is represented on the Board, as follows :— ; Napier 3 members, Hawke's Bay 3, Waipawa 2, and the others one each. Practically the administration of relief is left in the hands of the chairman (Mr Margoliouth) who is assisted by the master of tho Refuge and a clerk. In addition, the Board has the valuable assistance of the Police Department, to which every case of relief is referred, and the information required is invariably given promptly and correctly. In spite, however, of every precaution there are bound to be occasional cases of imposition, but they are speedily discovered, and tho mistake, if any, rectified as quickly as the dictates of humanity will allow. Now, in the case of the woman alleged to be in receipt of relief, who was able to pny her lawyer a couple of sovereigns to defend her against a charge of stealing flowers, it is true she had been receiving charitablo aid. But when ? Sho had been occupying , a " Government cottage " before tlie Charitable Aid Board was created,'and vrith some difficulty she had been removed from it somo weeks back, and her rations had been struck off before she committed tho theft. The chances are that in the absence of relief sho went back to those evil courses which formerly brought her into trouble. With regard to economy of administration no fault can be found. The expenditure for tho whole district has been £3000, the executive expenses amounting only to £200. We fail to see how this can be improved upon. We have poor and distressed amongst us, and the Government have wisely thrown their care on a local board of administration. When we know that the poor are looked after kindly and wisely, with a minimum of expense, we .want no alteration of the system.

A meeting of the Fire Police was held last night at the Masonic Hotel, Captain Cohen in the chair, Twenty-six new members were sworn in before the Mayor. The revised rules were agreed to. A pattern helmet was adopted, and a supply will be ordered. A concert will be held at an early date for the purpose of raising funds to provide a reel, tarpaulins, ropes, &c. A vote of thanks to the chairman brought the meeting to a close.

The Auckland Bell has opened fire on the steamers' syrens and whistles, with which it says the " harbor is cursed " :—" Anything more fiendish in sounds it is impossible to conceive than this weird shriek of the syren, and to an invalid or to a person in whom life is flickering, and the least startling may provo fatal, nothing could be worse. Why the sound should be attuned to such a wild, meaningless, but excruciating key one cannot conceive, unless on the supposition that it is in pure cussedness intended to annoy." Increased accommodation is required at the Refuge for the housing of deserted wives and children. One of the buildings at the Barracks, that, out of courtesy, is called the*"Volunteer stores, would be just the thing, and would save the Charitable Aid Board the rent of a cottage. This building only contains a few cartridge-cases and shotbelts, which might be stored anywhere, or thrown away. There was no criminal business at the R.M. Court this morning. The following are to-day's mercury readings : —Russell 66; Auckland 74, Thames 70, Tauranga 67, Thames 70, Tauranga 67, Gisborne 65, Napier 68, New Plymouth 64, Wanganui 68, Wellington 67, Blenheim 65, Nelson 66, Farewell Spit 70, HoMtika 60, Christchurch 66, Timaru 67, Dunedin 62, Clyde 68, Invercargill 61, and Bluff 60. By the arrival of the steamer Tainui, Messrs Nelson Bros: will be able to ease their freezing chambers at Tomoana, and enable them to resume killing.

The bill to be introduced by Mr Tole for abolishing coroners' juries provides that where possible the magistrates shall do the work now done by coroners and juries, and in cases where coroners are necessary they will sit without juries. The fees of the coroners are to bo reduced one half.

Monday's Nelson Mail says:—"There were large congregations in the cathedral church at both services yesterday.especially in the evening, when the building was crowded. In the morning , there was an. ordination, when the Revs. A. R.. Watson and Alan Innes-Jones were admitted to priest's orders. The sermon was preached by the Rev. F. Innes-Jones, whose closing exhortation to the candidates —one. of them being his own son—was most affectionate and deeply impressive. In the evening the preacher was the Bishop of Waiapu, whose address dealt principally with the work of the Church Missionary Society in various parts of the world, especially in India, where he was a missionary for 22 years. He referred to those who had gone out into the missionary field from the Theological Institution at Bishopdale, especially to the Rev. St. Clair Tisdale, who went from thence to India, where his wife speedily succumbed to the climate and left him to labor alone."

In future a mare and tliree of her progeny form a class at our show, and the progeny may be exhibited in their several classes in addition. Thus one of the progeny may be shown as entire best calculated to improve breed of carriage horse, may be shown as a weight carrier, may form one of a pair, of three, or of a team of four. In fact, as Mr Coleman pointed out, two mares and her progeny would constitute not a bad show. The society is following in. the footsteps of kindred bodies.

Christchurch items.—Four persons were fined £5 each with cosls by the_ Magistrates for neglecting to supply within the prescribed time to the Property Tax Commissioner written statements of their property.—The entries for the Rifle Association meeting from Canterbury number on a rough calculation 200. —The temperance candidates were defeated in the Sydenham licensing election, the old committee being returned by large majorities.—The temperance men who were beaten at St. Albans have petitioned against the return of the successful candidates on the ground of some informality in the nominations.—Yesterday Captain Somerville (Wanganui), Captain Wilkinson (South Dunedin), Lieutenant Oakenden (Peninsula Navals), and Private Hughes (Wanganui) tested Kynock's ammunition at the Kaiapoi range with satisfactory results. Filing 7 shots each at 200, 300, and 500 yards the total scores ranged from 71 (Somerville) to 67. No bullet fell short, and all pronounced the ammunition equal to any thoy had fired with except, perhaps, the English. Government issue of 1879, which was the best ever used in the colony.

The hop yield of Victoria will average this season 8 cwt for 50G acres, a total yield of 4018 cwts., this is not equal to the local consumption, so prices are expected to be remunerative to growers.

American Shakers, who number about 4000, are worried over their own wealth, which is valued at about 12,000,000d015. The elders begin to feel like monopolists, and that the possession of so ipuch property is contrary to the Gospel scheme which they desire to follow.

The Eangitikei Advocate and the Feilding Star both approve of the proposal to confer the franchise upon -women. ""Women," says the Star, "are keener and better judges of character than men, therefore we believe that in making choice of a candidate on whom to confer the honor of their votes, they would do so with gTcater wisdom and discretion. It is quite probable — and perhaps as desirable as probable —many, men who pose as professional politicians might lose their seats altogether, inasmuch as a candidate's moral character would be taken into consideration by women electors when his qualifications as a representative of the people were weighed, quite as much as his mental ability to exercise the functions of a member of Parliament. Assuming, for the sake of argument, our contention to be correct, the tone of the House would be raised even still higher than it now deservedly stands."

A testatrix has recently given the Court of Appeal a very neat little puzzle to work out. She bequeathed a portion of her property to her "cousin Harriet Cloak." That neemed simple enough; only, unfortunately for its simplicity, she hadn't a cousin "Harriet Clonk. There was a Harriet Cloak who wasn't a cousin, and there was a cousin Harriet who wasn't a Cloak—and yet in a way the Harriet Cloak was a cousin for she had married a cousin, and in away the cousin Harriet was a Cloak, because she was a Cloak before she became the wife of a certain Mr Crane. The thing seemed as near a tie as possible between the claims of the two Harriets. If one Judge decided one way, it was a dead certainty the next Judge who was appealed to would decide the other way. That was exactly what happened. The Court of First Instance decided that "my cousin Harriet Cloak " meant the cousin Harriet whose maiden name was Cloak, and not the Harriet who had only become a cousin and a Cloak by. marriage. From this decision there was an appeal which resulted in two of the. three Judges revorsing the decision of the Court below. The matter could not hav.e been better balanced, for there were exactly two Judges on each side. The testatrix who produced this neat complication and. diyidod so evenly judicial opinion gains for herself a place in the law reports, but tho honor is probably dear at the price of that portion of her bequest which will go to neither of the Harriets, but into tho capacious pockets of the law. After all there i 3 sense in the traditional custom of lawyers, when they meet on the festive occasions of drinking to the health of testators who make their own wills,—Canterbury Press.

The New Zealand Times says on his recent visit'to "Wellington from Nelson the Primato of New Zealand was the only person who rose from bis dinner to view the celebrated French Pass.

• Tho Key. Father Prcnderg-nst, who has beeii acting as assistant to the Rev.-Father Kirk for somo months, has received orders from the Bishop to proceed to Napier. He will take his departure for his new quarters almost immediately.—'Wanganui Herald.

The secretary of the A. and P. Society ■will communicate with the donors of special prizes last year, asking them to renew their prizes for the next show. There -will have to be three cosily viaducts on the northern tiimk line, one of whioh is the Waititi contract just let at the northern end. This and another in the southern portionwill cost about £30,000* each; the third in the centre will run some £40,000 more, the three representing about £100,000. Yesterday, at Auckland, Dr Stockwell, health officer, reported that two additional cases of scarlet fever had broken out in the same house in Carlton Gore-road in which the two previous cases occurred, resulting from the negligent quarantining of arrivals at the South from the Old Country. At the annual meeting of the shareholders in the Thames Valley and Eotorua Valley Railway Company the report and balance-sheet were adopted unanimously. The directors express regret that the final payment to shareholders will shilling per share^--- —: -^^ At a meeting yesterday of the Wellington College u>9s stated that the arrears in foes at "the Wellington Collejre amounted to £500, and for the Girls' High School to £211. The Board intend to take steps to recover the amounts. Several serious cracks have been discovered in the reservoir at Wainuiomata Wellington, from which tremendous uantities of water have been escaping daily, thus reducing the pressnre in town 5 and causing numerous complaints. ' Invalids who "require stimulants can safely rely upon Wolfe's Schnapps. Bβ certain they get Wolfe's. Ask for Wolfe's Schnapps and be sure you purchase the genuine article. Beware 01 imitations. Wolfe's Schnapps—Look for " W A S " in a Diamond on the wrapper. <« Womb's Aeomafio Schnapps." "v^jsb " Buchu-Paiba."—Quick, complete cure all annoying Kidney, Bladder, ami Urinary Diseases. At chemists and druggists, Kempthorne.Prosser and Co., Agents, WeU ington. ° ' Counterfeit half-crowns being in ciroula- ?\£? ppu r c are formed that Webber and Wilson, Ironmongers, Emerson-street are supplying for two shillings goods valued at above amount. Just landing— 2 cases carpenters' tools, including double-hooped chisels, planes, &c.—[advt.] It is gratifying to know that, despite the dull times, business at the Premier Hairdressing Saloon is steadily increasing. This speaks well for the quality of the goods kept in stock. You can get there the best brand in Tobaccos, Cigars, and Cigarettes; also a large assortment of Pipes in Meerschaum Briar, Myall, Cherry, and Olive-wood' Cigar and Cigarette Holders at all pricesTobacco Pouches, Purses, Playing X!ards Pocket Knives, Brushes and Combs, Perfumery, and every requisite for the Toilet Eazors Set, Pipes Repaired, and Hairwork of every description done at cheap rates. N.B. — The. Hairdressing Rocm is still under the management of Mr Pirio; private entrance to Ladies' Room. W. H. Badley Hairdresser and Tobacconist, Emersonstreet, Napier; opposite Blythe's.—[Advt.] Something Worth Knowing—That the finest selection of Fancy China and Glassware is to be had at the Novelty DopSt, Haetings-street (next ■Carter's). Dinner, Tea, and Toilet Sets ; Newest Designs direct from Home, at Jie lowest possible Prices for Cash. Inspection Invited.

Gladstone Bags and Portmanteaus in. Great Variety at John MoVay's the Cheapest and Best Establishment for Saddlery and Harness.—[Advt. - ] • - - -