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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4859, 8 March 1887, Page 2

There was no criminal business at R.M. Court this morning. To the Editor: Sir, —I quite agree with^^^^H the remarks of your correspondent tbat^^^^H many very taking songs are "done to^^^^H death," and had the selection been left in^^^^H my hands I should certainly not have;^^^^| inflicted him again with '' The Little f^^^H Hero ;" but as I was particularly requested by the promoters of the concert to render-^^^^B that item, I had no option in the matter. |^^^H I should not have troubled you with any explanation, but, as a sti anger, I thought j^^^H the selection of my name and song for remark rather invidious. I am, _c. Walter Granthak. j^^H After we went te press yesterday the United District Charitable Aid Board allotted £300 to Waipawa and £100 to Fatangata. The following resolution in reference to the boarding out of neglected children moved by Mr Ormond was carried unanimously:—"That is is desirable the children committed at different times to institutions outside Hawke's Bay, should return to Hawke's Bay, and be provided for by a system of apprenticing j^^^H where the children are of a suitable age and j^^^| can be so provided for, and in other cases by being distributed under the care of the Board among people willing to take charge of them, and that application be made te the Government to authorise the children so committed to outside institutions to be returned to Hawke's Bay.'' New Zealand has after all much to be^^^J thankful for, as according to the latest market report of the National Mortgage and Agency Company, of all the Australasian colonies New Zealand maybe con-fl^^H sidered as having fared the best in the^^^H matter of wool realisation in the past year. For, owing to the incidence of the arrivals, j^^H some 54,000 bales only out of a total of 261,000 were catalogued at the two first series of the year, and of this quantity some 16,000 bales were sold in the JanuaryFebruary series before the most serious decline had taken place. Four-fifths, therefore, of the New Zealand clip was marketed after the substantial advance had been established in June. From another cause also New Zealand obtained some advantage, and this was the fact that a large proportion of the wool from that colony was crossbred, the coarser grades of which did not suffer in the same degree as merino and kindred qualities. Since the opening of the Wellington and Manawatu railway the losses of the Manawatu Steam Shipping Company have been £200 per month. The Jane Douglas is to be sold. The Standard Insurance Company have declared a dividend of 11 per cent. 9__ The result of the storm in a tea cup yesterday at the meeting of the tfis-united District Charitablt Aid Board was to show that the sum voted last year for charitable aid expenditure in the Waipawa and Patangata Counties was voted for distribution by the United Hospital Bo.ird. This Board, however, never handled the money; it operated upon by the Waipawa Council, and that body is best described as Smith, and nothing else but Smith; 9^| According to the existing time-table takes five hours to go by rail from to Tahoraite, a distance of S2 miles. Wellington-Manawatu railway is 84 long, and the distance is covered in four and a quarter hours. ' The High School Volunteer Cadet Corps broke up its encamrjment yesterday afternoon, and marched from Petane into town in the evening. The encampment was great success, and was thoroughly enjoyed by the boys. t^M Tho museum and library of the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute have reached a tH standard of value that demands safer and H more suitable premises than an upper a storey of the Athenaeum building. Ne- m\ gotiations have been going on for some ij time for a site, but nothing exactly suitable Ml has been found. _| At tbe annual meeting at Auckland yes- H terday of the Mercury Bay Timber Company H the balance-sheet showed a loss of £492 the past half-year's operations, principally iS attributable to loss on two consignments of H timber to Australia. B The Napier Rifle Cadets mustered strongly H last evening for their usual weekly drill, H sixty members being on parade. The corps H was put through the manual exercise, at which they were kept for about two hours, and at the end of that time they pretty well understood it. The Glengarrys, and belts, were served out last night. evening (and not to-morrow evening as«B stated by the Herald this morning) Cadet Corps will march to the Spit, they will pay a visit to the Naval new hall. iV Tho annual general meeting of the mem-|H bers of the Hawke's Bay Institute was held last night in the nreum building. Mr J. Goodall presided X_| Mr A. Hamilton, the hon. secretary, the report, which referred to overdue sub-flj scriptions ; the "number- of meetings; negotiations with the Government for a for a building ; to Mr Cohmso's election asfl F.R.S,; and to sendees rendered by MrS Meinertzhagen in London. The report was] adopted. The following office-bearers were] elected for the ensuing year:—President, Mr J. Goodall; vice-president, Mr F. W. C. Sturm ; council, Dr Spencer, Dr Caro, and Messrs H. Hill, R. C. Harding, N. Heath,' and J. Hardcastle; hon. secretary and curator, Mr A. Hamilton ; hon. treasurer, Mr Bowerman ; auditor, Mr T. K. Newton. ' The only judgment summons set down for hearing to-day was that of Nicholls v. Shedden. claim £12 0s 6d to be paid at the rate of 5s weekly, in default ten days' imprisoment. The Rotomahana, which arrived at Auckland from Sydney this morning, is the bearer of a Brindisi mail. A Syndicate is being formed in New York' to excavate the Atlantic and Mexican Gulf canal, on the survey made by General Q.A. Gilmore. The cut is to commence at the mouth of St. Mary's River, on the dividing j line between Georgia and Florida; run to St. ! Mark's on the Gulf of Mexico, and thence to ( New Orleans by the existing lino of waterways, saving .1200 miles of dangerous navi- ! . gation. The inspector under the Adulteration of Food Act took twenty-six samples of milk at Auckland yesterday with the view ofascertaining whether typhoid is propagated, through the medium of mi_c supply. Th<* samples have been handed over to the district analyst. ■'...'. ''".'". .^ The Press Association has referred Messrs ■ Macmahon and Lcitch, who are threatening' an action for libel, to their solicitors. .' The tickets .for the concert to be held in aid of the Cadet Uniform Fund are. being sold rapidly, and there should be a large attendance at the Theatre Royal to-morrow' evening to witness the entertainment. The programme is a varied one, and one in which some of the best talent in the town I will take part, and at the same time the J concert is given for a good object. Rehearsals have been held for some time past, and judging by the character of the items there rendered, those who patronise the concert to-morrow night will have the pleasure to listening to some really capital music. i Decisions wero given for plaintiffs in the I following civil oases this morning:-— ! Ruddock and Fiyerv. J. Ashton, £18 15s 6d, costs £1; A. Lascelles v. T. Gilligan, 9s 2d, costs 3s; same v. M. Reilly, £2, costs j 6s; G. Wrightson v. J. King, £10 2s 2d, ■ costs £1; E. Cavenagh v. E. Mortimore, j £2, costs 6s. I An old resident informs us that the late Mr Thomas Reynolds, whoso 'melancholy ' end we recorded yesterday, commenced business in Napier as a small goods butcher, ! and was the first man in Hawke's Bay to | make a sausage. ~. The following are to-day's mercury readings :— Russell 67, Auckland 73, Thames 70, Tauranga 68, Gisborne 60, Napier 59, New Plymouth 64, Wanganui 64, ■Wol- ! lington 63, Blenheim 64, Nelson 64, J Hokitika 54, Christchurch 60, Oamaru 58; 1 Dunedin 54, Invercargill 60, and Bluff 53! J It is fine all over the colony, with tho ex-1 ceptions of Gisborne, Lyttelton, and Inver- 3 cargill, where rain is falling. I . "Rough on Rats."—Clears out rats,B mice, roaches, flies, ants, bed-bugs, beetles J nsects, skunks, jack-rabbits, sparrows/w gophers. At chemists and druggists. •• I Compulsory sale at the Novelty Depot. I Call early to secure bargains. White and Gold China Cups and Saucers, full size, Bs, dozen. Large Plates 6s dozen. Jugs and Basins to match Is each. Handsome China Tea Sets, 40 pieces. 20s set. Small Dinner Sets, new designs, 355. Printed Cups, and' Saucers, large size, 4s dozen. Toilet Sets from lps 6d. Everything else equally low in price. See the windows and be convinced the sale' is genuine. — Cottrell Bros., Novelty Depot, Hastings- street, next Carter's.—[Advt.] .'.Just to hand, ex Tainui, a fine assortment of. Race Saddles direct fromßoyce and Rodgers, tho.celebrated race saddle-makers Newmarket, England. John McVay' Hastings-street, Napier.—[Advt.] Counterfeit half-crowns being in circulation, the publio are informed that Webber and Wilson, Ironmongers, Emerson -street are supplying for two ahillings goods valued at above amount. Just landing—2 cases carpenters' tools, including double-hooped chisels, planes, &c.—[advt.] Bowerman and Owen's original BToromiko Cordial, for dysentery, diarrhoea, and summer complaint. Price 2s 6d.—[Advt.] Weakness and sickness changed to health" and strength with Hop Bitters always if those made by American, Co, g w , \ '',"■ ■ A "

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