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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4935, 9 June 1887, Page 2

Mr Lambio, • the local agent for the Union Company, has received instructions to despatch the Te Anau early on Sunday morning, so as to enable her to work Gisborne on the same day. Tho last launch will therefore leave the wharf at .7 a.m., instead of 7 p.m. . ' <■

To-night, in Wardrop's store, Mrs W. R. Blythe will present the prizes'to the successful competitors at the recent Rifle Company firing. -The High School Cadets,' under Captain' Wood, will be present out of, compliment to the Rifles. ■ '•':',. ; '! ■'■■■'

Mr Close, - hon. treasurer of the Sir Donald-Boojum fund,i.begs to acknowledge the receipt of £28 15s foX the Sir Donald,' and £12 15s for the Boojiim fund, collected by Mr McHardy, bf 'Blackhead; also the sum of £8 collected at Mr C. J. Nairn's station, Pour'erere. V ' *

The schedule of prizes won in the competition musketry firing by the several corps in the colony _, places the Napier Rifle Company .loth in, the list, .and £10 as the amount of prize money. Of the companies armed with carbines the Napier F. Battery and the Napier Naval Brigade' Btand 15th and 16th respectively, gaining a prize of £5 each. The total amounts disbursed were £451 for, Rifle companies,. and £186 for Carbines.

Mr W. Bogle, than whom no one is more capable in such matters, is, by request, initiating arrangements for holding a fancy dress ball in aid of the Jubilee relief fund. It will be remembered that when money was being raised for a children's ward at the Hospital, a fancy dress ball was held at the Spit for adults; which netted £100, and another was held at the Theatre for juveniles which brought in £60'; Mr Bogle's idea is now to jret up a fancy dress ball for adults in Mr M. S. Boll's building, to be: followed the following night by one for juveniles, so as to save the expense of redecorating the rooms: With the aid of ithe ladies' .committee and another one of gentlemen, these balls should be most successful. . ; ...

The following are to-day's mercury readings :—Russell 66, Auckland 60; Thames 64, Tauranga 59, Taupo 50, Gisborne 47, Napier 56, New Plymouth 59| Wanganui 56, Wellington 63, Blenheim 56;'Nelsori 60, Greymouth '46,' Hokitika' 46, Bealy 43, Lyttelton 50, Timaru 53, .Oamaru 55, Dunedin 50, Balclutha 42, Invercargill si, and Bluff 46. ' "-■ '" : '■

A'VfiVy good, suggestion has been thrown ouf by Mr Beetham as to tho mode of raising money for charitable purposes. Mr Beetham is going to suggest to the Government the advisableness of following the French system ofcollecting a small; tax in stamps on all tickets sold for theatrical ,and other amusements,,such tax 'to be; for the purpose of charitable aid. Why does not Mr Beetham suggest* penny postago stamp on photographic portraits—they at least cannot be considered " works of art ? " and would bring in a far larger revenue than the plan he suggests.

It 'is reported in Wellington that Mr Ballancc, at the desire of several friends, will contest an Auckland city constituency, probably Newton, at the forthcoming election. ' " -.■■•-. :

At the R.M. Court this, morning, before MrE. Lyndon, J.P., John Kelly «/icrs Rake was charged with being: a person under recognisance to appear and give evidence at the trial of a person accused of an indictable offence, to wit, one Joseph Lyons, for robbery, and that, ho the said John Kelly will absent himself from such trial. Accused was rewarded till Saturday, llth June.—John Gilbert, charged with having been found drunk, was fined os aud costs, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Another charge was preferred against Gilbert, that <of having ,used - obscene language iv iHastings-street yesterday. Accused: was sentenced to 48 hours'imprisonment.

A gifted writer in an American contemporary tells.' How_ some Popular Songs were written.' ' Beethoven was asked'oh one pc- : casion—a pouring wet day—to loan his timbrella-to a friend ; he'at 1 once pulled out his note-book and dashed off ' Wait Till'the Clouds Roll By.' Franz Abt, dining at a five-miniites-allowed-for-refreshments railway station, observed the furious gulps made by his • fellow-travellers to get-their moneys worth within the time allotted,: and "wrote 'When the Swallows Homeward Fly.' Claribel wrote ' Take Back the Heart that Thou Gayest' to a partner at whist, who revoked diamonds led. ■ Sullivan, after hunting ; all over the house for a piece of string to tie his boot with; sat down in a •furious passion ahd ; produced ;,< The Lost Chord.' Guglielmo once called upon a betrothed couple, and was invited to dine with them. The young man,-while carving the turkey, was so abstractedly gazing at his sweetheart that he sent the gobbler three times into the lap Of the composer, knd caused seven streams of gravy to run over his face. Guglielmo left - without eating anything,' and went' home and ; composed ' The Lover.and the Bird.' ',

Mr W. Hodgson desires to acknowledge the receipt of £s.from Mr F. Sutton, in aid of the Boojum-Sir Donald relief fund. :

The result of last'night's entertainment at the Spit'will 1 be .the addition of about £15 to tho Marine Disaster Fund. . 1

?; Mt James Sidey entered upon-his duties torday as Deputy'jOfncial Assignee;*; 'All estates' still in bankruptcy up to to this dato 'will continue to: be administered-by Mi-F. W. : Garner., '' ! '[''\' .'■"■'

The amount of Customs duties, collected in-Napier under the tariff proposed in the Financial Statement, and. which has now to be refunded, is i! 215 5s 8d ; under-proof spirits contributed,the most,of,-this-sum.

The^Wellington.Woollen Company mten.d to try Ne- South Wales- as"- a'market for t&Mr tweeds,- and.'are'.'liaving light itweeds manufa<fture,dto suit the climate of New South Wales,

; A'novel method of carrying'money is resorted to by'a Cliinese vegetable vendor who does business in Wellington." John; had occasion to pay six or seven shillings the' other day to a tradesman in the city, whom ho electeifiedhy. extracting tho money from one of his ears.';' Thinking that there might be some slight-of-hand business about the feat, ■' the expressed* surprise -at the unusual nature of the receptacle, whereupon the Celestial turned jound.and called attention to. several coins ir>Bi/le his other ear.. The Jlaori, who so proudly carries his cutty pipe suspended, from.the Ipbe of liis ear, must now acknowledge that his yellow;-, skinned brother has found a more, practical use for tlie organ.—Post. ' ' ■'- ,"

The select committee of. the_ N.S.W. Legislative. Couucji appointed to' consider the Rabbit Nuisance Act state that much evidence has been, elicited to the effect that the persons employed in tie destruction of rabbits are more or less directly interested "in the perpetuation of. the pest, and that the Act has failed to carry out its object. The enormous. expenditure was desoribed by. many"witnesses*as wowo than useless, because the result of the means employed had been to'spread the pest further and further-over the colony. One common opinion- runs through the whole of the evidence/ that it is useless to persevere in the existing: "or any system ot destruction unless separatelholdpig's or groups of holdings aro secured by, rabbitproof fencing. The lessees of Crown lands declare their inability to incur this expense, but they propose that if the-Government will deliver on their holdings the necessary wire-netting and attach it to their boundary .fences, they will agree to pay the interest oil the cost and the carriage of the netting. at the rate of 4 percent,, and;a~further; I charge of 2 cer> cent. ; to, form, a smking tfund? A strong oj>?nKm;-has been elicited from the grazing interest ftattpe'ftWto' niont bf the rabbit nuisance should be£ ftce inthe hands, of local boards, and that those j persons who secure their runs with rabbitproof fences and keep their runs clear should be exempted' from whatever assessmeat may I be imposed." - '•,'''••'■'"'.■'">.■■■""'■ ; ■ "'■•■ ; ''-':. v j

* The F-Battery of Artillery paraded last night for: gun drill at Wardrop's store. The annual meeting will be held next Wednesday.

Mr R. S. McLean's lecture on "Hard Times, their Cause and Cure " will be given this evening in the Athenaeum.

./■ Private advices received from Sydney announce the death of Mr E. A. Hart, of •' Happy Hours'' fame.

An old war veteran, who had been through half-a-dozen campaigns, and was not very particular about what he ate, was invited out to a swell dinner party. He sat almost directly opposite the hostess, aud was painfully conscious that .every move he made could be observed by her. Suddenly, at the height of:. the festivities, the veteran came across a caterpillar in his salad. A furtive glance at the hostess disclosed the fact that she, too, had discovered the embarrassing circumstance. It was a critical moment, but the old soldier was equal to the occasion. Without changing a muscle he gathered up the caterpillar with a forkful of the salad and swallowed both! The look of gratitude which he received from his hostess, a few minutes later, warmed the very cockles of his heart. In duo time the story leaked out, and when somebody asked the old campaigner how he liked caterpillar salad, the reply came like a hotshot: "Do you take me for a man who would spoil, a dinner party, for a little thing like a caterpillar!"

In New Zealand there are 102 Roman Catholic priests, of whom one is Italian, one a Colonist, 3 Germans, 8 English, 1 Scotch, 21.French, and 64 Irishmen ; 3 Bishops, of whom one is an Lishman and the other two Englishmen.

In the Waitekauri district once the scene of a "rush," a 50-acre agricultural lease with a six-roomed house and outbuildings brought £2 at auction.

Mr Dobsori, who is to act with the two other Commissioners under the Representation Act, was at one time a bookseller and stationer in Blenheim, and " engineered ". the Picton and Blenheim railway.

. At. the Salvation Army Barracks, Wellington, the other night they had a "Happy Married Couples' meeting," when as a 'novelty, the meeting being public, the husbands were allowed to speak first.

Mr Kerr remarked in the House on Tues.day that his father was the first person to put a plough into the South Island. ,'

. The death is announced of Lady Stuart, the widow of the late Sir Alexander Stuart, and tho sister-in-law of tho Right Rev. the Bishop of Waiapu:

The Temuka Linseed Company (says tho Oamaru Mail), like most local industries, does not seem to be in a very flourishing condition. At a meeting of the shareholders held last" Monday it was stated that the bank overdraft amounted to £-1400, and other outstanding liabilities to £600.

The mythical and oft-quoted orentleman whose "name is Walker," usually represented as being of a roving disposition, and given to standing with his foot upon his native heath, was mentioned most unex:pectedly but not iriaptly.in the course of last night's debate in the House. As showing the effect of the uncertainty of the land tenure in this country, Mr Bruce mentioned that a gentleman; who arrived here with £60,000 left, taking his money with him, when he heard of the existence of the Land Acquisition Bill. The Premier was sceptical, apparently, and asked for the name of the gentleman. Mr Bruce did not reply at the time, but later on he rose and said, " I forgot to reply to the Premier's question as to the name of the gentleman.'; His name, sirj was Walker !"—N.Z. -Times.

The reception'of the Queen at Windsor Castle on the occasion of Her Majesty's Jubilee will, it is believed, far. eclipse that of King George 111. in 1809 (remarks the Pall. Mall Budget), j The Queen, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of "Wales and other members of the Royal Family, and guests invited, attended by a brilliant . suite, will leaye Buckingham Palace on Wednesday,, June 22, and, escorted by a detachment of' Life Guards, proceed to Paddirigton station on tho Great Western Railway, where they will enter a special train soon after 4 o'clock en route for Windsor. Castle.". The Royal party will alight at Slough, and proceed by road to Windsor, receiving addresses en route. To commemorate the etfent, over 10,000 children will be entertained to dinner and tea in the Home Park. Dinners will also be provided for all aged persons and poor, and by command of Her Majesty all the children will he conducted over the state apartments of the Castle. ' ''" ,;j .-•■• ■: '

. The death is announced at Berlin* of • General Samuel Alexevitch.Greig, formerly Russian Minister of Finance. His father and grandfather were well-known Russian Admirals of Scotch extraction. He himself was brought up for the army, and served in the but then took a civil post in the Ministry of Marine, had for seven years the second place in the Ministry of Finance, was next, for four years, Con-troller-General,'and in 1878 succeeded his old chief, Reutern,-as Minister of Finance. He had consequently to settle the expenses of the Turkish war, and concluded two internal loans .of 300 million, roubles each. In 1880 he contracted'a metallic loan without resorting to the assistance of foreign syndicates. He devised five new taxes yielding 21 millions annually, and was actively pursuing fieoil reform andretrenchment when a court intrigue deprived him of office.

"Rough on Catarrh." corrects offensive odors at once. Complete cure of worst chronic cases; also unequalled as gargle for diphtheria, sore throat, foul breath.

"Rougnon Piles."—Why suffer piles? . Immediate relief and complete euro guaran'teedi Ask for " Rough'on Piles." Sure cure for itching, protruding, bleeding, or i any form of piles.

" Ready Relief " for the tooth -acho. It gives instant and certain relief from pain, and is obtainable only from Bowerman and Owen, Hastings-street, Napier.—[abvt.J

For Hair-cutting, Shaving, Shampooing, go>to F. Badley's in Hastings-street, next Wclsman's Pharmacy. The only saloon in Napier where yon can get your hair brushed by machinery. Hair Work of every description by a 'practical man; also for the best brands of Tobaccos, Cigars, Cigarettes. ■ A large stock of .JPipes, Pouches, Cigar and Cigarette-holders, \ Shaving Brushes, Razors and Strops, Walk- t ing Sticks, Cigar and Cigarette Cases, Brushes and Combs, Soaps, &c, &c, &0. - * Tobacco cut for the trade. Private room - for ladies. ' F. Badley, Hairdresser and Tobacconist, Hastings-street.—[Advt.]

. Webber and'-Wilson',.' Ironmongers only, Emersourstreet. '.'' Having devoted • our energies in this business, and haying no surplus capital or time to expend on outside lines, customers may feel confident that;by : oalling upon us the result will be greatly to their advantage. Any customers requiring watches, cheap •or otherwise, we would intimate that the watchmakers still carry on business in Napier^fAovT.]

Dressmaking.—All who require a .really nice dress at" a. moderate price should not delay placing their orders, • as. .we are now very.; busy in. this- deparlaient.' " Wo guarantee perfect satisfaction. Riding habits made and-finished equal to tailormade, at about half the cost.. Carter aud Co., Ready; Money Drapers, Hastings- - -

It is well known-that'John M'Vay's horse covers are a better shape, are better made, and are much better value than any other horse "covers made or supplied in tho district; Prices vary according to size and quality, commencing at 12s each. Trade supplied at low rates.—[advt.]

We are glad to see the Novelty Depot lias again renewed its usual bright and attractive apptaranqc, and the variety of goods displayed in one window is something marvellous and well worthy inspection; Most of the goods being marked with price tickets, intending purchasers can see *. they, compare favorably with any house in V Napier. Note the address: Cottrcll Bros., jT Npvelty Depot and China Warehouse, next ' Carter's Hastingsrstreet.—[Advt.]

Weakness and sickness changed to health arid strength with Hop Bitters always those made by American Co. See.