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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5140, 9 February 1888, Page 2

At tho R.M. Court this morning, before Messrs Patten and Preston, J.P.V, Eugene Sullivan, charged with having been found drunk, was fined os and costs, in default 4S hours' imprisonment with hard labor.— Georgo Lewis, a .small lad, was charged with having on the 3rd February last, stolen three shillings and sixpence in silver, the property of one John Henry Cobb. Inspector Bullon .stated i» this case tho accused and his brother, were he might say, waifs. The father could not always stop at home, having to go away to, look for employment. It appeared yesterday tho accused boy stuck up a littlo child in the street, and took a purse from her, whioh sho was carrying. Tho sum of three shillings and sixpence was taken out, the boy handing back tho purse. He thought it would be advisable to ask theßesidenfcMagistrate tocommit them to the Industrial school, and under thoso circumstauces, he would apply for a .remand till Monday, which was granted.—George Moffat, ou remand, was charged with having, on the I.7th February last, at Kaikora, stolen threo towels, valued at six shillings, tho property of W. T. Limbrick. The Inspector said accused stayed at Mr Limbriok\; hotel for a night, and came to Napier, certain circumstances arising which led to the discovery of the towels upon accused. W. T. Limbrick and Constable Callen gave evidence, the latter stating that when arrested accused said he got the towels from a Maori woman. In reply to tho Bench, Moffat said a Maori woman came out of a pah at Kaikora whilst he was waiting for the traiti. She asked him for some matches, and wanted a smoke, and some tobacco. He gave her a couple of sticks of Juuo, and she gave him the towels in exchange. Had he known they were stolen he would not havo taken them, and if he had noticed that they were marked, ho would have thrown thorn away. Ho was a stranger to tho place, and did riot think ho would recognise tho Maori woman again. Mr Limbrick recalled, said there were no Maoris living within sovcu miles of the hotel. The Bench did not believe accused's story, and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment.

The following are to-day's mercury readings :— Russell 69, Auckland 71, Thames 71, Cambridge 65, Tauranga 08, Taupo 05, Gisborne 72, Napier 72, New Plymouth 07, Wanganui 07, Wellington 00, Blenheim 72, Nelson 07, Westport 55, Groymouth GO, Hokitika 57, ' Bealy 52, Lyttelton 70, Timaru 05, Oamaru 00, Port "Chalmers 00, Dunedin 02, Clyde 0-1, Queoustown 58, Bulclutha 57, Invercargill 54, and Bluff 10.

In our account of tho fire at the National Bank wo gave Sub-Superintendent Gilberd credit for independent und intelligent action that rightly belongs to another. We have siueo learned that it was Inspector Bullen who entered the building and discovered the scat of the lire. Running down the stairs and into tho street h« s.tw Superintendent Waterworth, and told him what should bo done, but finding him loth to take advice he took him by the sl'-evc of the coat, and leading him to the top of the staircase, showed him tho key of the position. Then Mr Waterworth ordered Mr Gilberd to take a hose up, and the tire was put out in a. few minutes.

The Public Works survey party, under Mr Holmes who have been mainly engaged in surveying the line of road connecting Hawko's Bay with the main trunk railway, left town this morning <n rente for Stratford, Taranaki. It is thought a survey is to be made of the alternative line for the main trunk railway; and Mr Holmes and party will be engaged upon it.

Sir George Grey is ill at Kawatt, und is too weak to go to Auckloiul, where his presence was desired at some function in connection with the Art Gallery and Library which he has so magnificently endowed.

There was another incident at, the National Bank tire which deserves mention. While the Brigade were employed iv uselessly washing windows to the entire satisfaction, apparently, of officers and men, Inspector Bullen went up to the bruuehmen and said, "Why don't you go up the ladder and break the glass!'" To which he was answered, " We havo our Superintendent, Sir!" Inspector Bullen said, " Thou turn the branch away, and I will go and break the window." He went up, and the idiots in charge of tho branch then directed the full force of the water at him and compelled him to como down ! Wo wonder when' the Corporation, on behalf of the ratepayers who pay for this tomfoolery, are going to take the matter in hand.

It, was a commercial traveller, wo think, who said that New Zealand had no climate, it only had samples of weather. The statement had its exemplification to-day, when, at tho Bluff, the thermometer registered 40 degrees, ut Napier 72, and at the Thames 7f.

Iho Railway Band's concert last night attracted a good audience to the square. The contributions to the .uniform fund amouuted to £ 1 10s !)d.

Wa Chong and his wife Clam have been committed for trial for the murder of their infant child.

Bodily comfort is tho accompaniment of healthful vigour, and it will return whoa Wolf's. B«Bttw_ is employed.

Mrs Story was yesterday afternoon presented with a -written testimonial, signed by many of the ladies who have attended her various lessons, bearing high testimony to her excellence as a teacher, and acknowledging thegreat benefits herpnpilshad received from her course of instruction. We understand Mrs Story on her return to Sydney purposes publishinga cookery book, and many of the Napier ladies have handed in their names as subscribers.

An advertisement in our columns last eveuing for furnished apartments, resulted in ten letters being l received for the advertiser by last night's mail.

It was generally thought at the Rain Fair •yestorday that Mr T. Tanner's sheep that wore penned, and offered for sale, were never intended to be sold. Fifty-two guineas wero bid for one of these rains, and no moro being offered tho animal was withdrawn. If rams aro valued for sale at a price that no one can afford to srive. the pens should be placarded " for exhibition only." Every stud flock, probably, contains one or more animals whose owner could not afford to part with at any figure.

The steamship Great Eastern has at last met her doom. She was sold a few days before Christmas to a firm of metal brokers in Swansea, South Wales, for tho sum of £10,500, to be broken up and sold as old material. It is civlculated that it -will cost at least from £10,000 to £15,000 to demolish her. A religious paper says :—The reason why she was never a success was on account of her first unlucky name the "The Leviathan," which was asserted to be a Biblical synonym for tho evil one.

A most excellent flow of artesian water has been obtained by Mr Doney at the Napier Park race course. This is the first, of a number of wells which wo referred to a fortnight ago.

It was reported in town to-daj- that, in consequence of' the well-merited strictures passed on the management of the Fire Brigade at the National Bank fire, it is the intention of Mr Waterworth to resign his position of Superintendent. It was also said' that this would bo followed by the resignation of Sub-superintendent Gilberd. Both these gentlemen aro good firemen, but the}- have never displayed qualifications which are looked for iv those in command, and their resignation will be a first step iv the right direction.

Mr Villers, the Graphic's war correspondent and artist, in a lecture ho recently delivered in London eidi vencd it considerably by some revelations as to the scant supply of clothing which officers and soldiers took with them for the , last Egyptian and Soudan troubles. .Lord Wolseley, who was sitting in the front benches, was ■ rendered somewhat uncomfortable when Mr Villers put the matter in the following preposition :—-" It tho leader of a great expedition had only two shirts (one off and one on), how many did Tommy Atkins have ?" Half apologetically he told of one general who started on an important expedition with a bit of soap, a toothbrush, and a towel. And again ho peached on a comrade of his in the Soudan who rushed from London in such a hurry that he had only the suit of clothes he was wearing and nothing more. Tho suit which was so suitable for the Soudan was a frock coat, a silk hat, and a pair of light summer trousers. And the coat proved a treasure; the pockets were so capacious !

Mrs Fawcett Story j-esterday afternoon by request had for her subject " Highclass Cookery," in which the various dishes were selected by the ladies who have attended the cjnrse. The lecture was as successful as any that preceded it, and many useful hints were given. In the evening Mrs Story delivered a lecture on

'• Housekeeping and Thrift," in which sho strongly urged on all the necessity of acquiring.a thorough knowledge of domestic economy. Sho denounced in unmeasured terms the waste which goes on'in colonial homes, and spoke strongly in favor of cleanliness and a strict attention to.sanitary requirements. In a few feeling words she expressed her regret at leaving Napior, where she had made many friends ■ during her short visit.

Mr J. Donovan and Mv W. Field are canvassing for subscriptions in aid of the Nash fund. William Nash, it will be remembered, crushed his foot at the harbor works thirteen weeks ago, and since ho has boon in the hospital it had to be amputated. The sum of £30 has already been collected, and the money has been entrusted to Mr John Scott, of tho Crown Hotel, Spit. The subscription list is still open.

Our Waipawa correspondent hints at the probability of the newly-formed ; Fire Brigade of that town issuing a challenge shortly to the Woodville Brigade. It is to be hoped that the Waipawa Mien will do nothing so foolish. These competition matches have not resulted in the improvement of any Brigade in tho colony ; they havo failed to make efficient officers, or to increase the discipline of the men, while they havo worn out the plant at tho cost of the ratepayers' money.

The following from Truth of 29th December throwssoineliirhtupou the cable message recently received from England announcing the suspension of tho jockeys C. Wood and Barrett:—l have reason to believe that startling and most cogent evidence, both of turf malpractices and of flagrant breaches of the laws of racing, especially those relating to the ownership of horses by jockeys, is in possession of the stewards of the Jockey Club, whose thunderbolts are likely to descend iv quite unsuspected quarters. I am informed that the riding licenses of at least two "fashionable" jockeys will bo withdrawn, and that there i.s to be a weeding of the Newmarket trainers. It is.:well that the stewards have at last really grasped the broom of purification in order to cleanse their Augeau stable.

While everybody talks of tho depressed times, Messrs Fortune and BluckVbisouit business "has been growing ut so great a rate that .some time ago it was decided by the partners that the most labor-saving machinery was a necessary adjunct. A visit to the factory this morning, in whioh the whole process of biscuit-making was seen, proved interesting. What first strikes the observer is the cleanliness everywhere apparent, even to the very yard. So as to keep pace, with their trade at great exponso "Bailey-Baker continuous heating oven," which, among other advantages, allow of an increased production, while at the same time there in a large saving iv fuel, has been adopted. The heat is regulated at will, and thero is no stoppage for heating np, the dampers excluding or admitting heat from the hot air chamber. The oven is the fourth that has been erected in this colony, and tho first of its kind to bo introduced to Hawke's Bay. The spirited proprietors of this flourishing industry are to be congratulated on their enterprise.

An Ohio correspondent writes : —Allan Cowden, a well-known locomotive engineer, has just hud a thrilling experience. While coining down a steep four-mile grade into Marquette the train broke in two. Realising the danger of a collision, Engineer Cowden endeavored to pull away with the cars that remained with tho engine, but .the rear section steadily gained, until tho pace of tho tlyiug trains became fearful. A mile out of Manjuette he thought of the many men at work iv tho yard who might be killed by tho rnuaway train, and devised a plan to save them. Ordering tho fireman to cut loose from the train he crowded on every pound of steam. As the locomotive shot forward he sounded three long blasts of the whistle, indicating that he wanted to keep the main track, and for the switchman to send the train on the siding. The switch - man on duty responded, aud as the engine passed over the frog at a mile a minute ho turned the lever, aud the two sections of the train dashed into the siding and piled the ears up iv an indescribable mass. Cowden had suved ids life aiid that of his fireman, besides twenty employes in the yard, but the train was a total wreck, which, however, it would have beeti iv any ease.

it is understood that tho Government have virtually resolved to give M. Pasteur's rabbit pest remedy a thorough trial. The scene of operations is to be some uuiuhabitcd island on the coast of New Zealand. The experiment will bo a thorough one, aud will prove whether tho discovery i.s all that M. Pasteur claims it to bo.

On Saturday last at Wellington the torpedo launch ran into a boat, aud one of the crew of the latter had a narrow escape. An enquiry was held yesterday by Captai'.i Falconer ut the instance of the Defence Minister. He has reported that the mishap was caused through Private Grey, the steersman of the torpedo launch, failing to sec the whaling gig which he rati down. General Schaw, who was consulted on the subject, stated that the whaling gig lay so low iii the water that Grey would be unable to see her from where he was .standing. In consideration of this fact, and of Grey's bravery in jumping overboard and rescuing seaman Yarrow, Mr Fergus has decided to take no further action in the matter.

We are requested to state that thero will bo no orchestral practice of tho Musical Society this evening.

The Napier Rifle Corps parade this evening' for thoir usual company drill, and an Lieutenant Tait's examination is drawing near, a strong- muster is desired, to enable him to work up iv practical knowledge.

A strange story of • a will conies from Paris. About a year ago, an elderly maiden, Mdllo de Cuzion, died, and to the horror and dismay of her kith and kin a will was produced bequeathing her property, amounting to £100,000, to hospitals, asylums, aud other charitable institutions. Pier distracted relatives had almost forgottou their chagrin ami disappointment when they were amazed a few days ago by tho receipt of the intelligence that the old dame's gurdener—who had been retained in the household, had, while tidying a greenhouse, lit upon a later will drawn up h, the- most unimpeachable legal form. The wdtthy man, on lifting a melon glass, found a company prospectus, mildewed and discolored, and was about to throw it away, when another picco of paper slipped from it-. which, to his surprise, turned out to be a will framed by Mdllo. de Cozier oulv three days before she expired. ,Thy whole of the property, with the exception, of a few legacies, is bequeathed to tho lady's family.

To invigorate the system and rectify irregularities of the bowels, drink Wou'e's Schnapps.

WoLi'ii's Sc'Hnaits is a standard medicinal beverage-, u.ud is highly rceomiueiidvd by medjcit] wen,

Ono way the Government ha« taken by way of saving or ret;em h-mmr, :.- to -end a few thousand of br'o 1 ;- up here that sue required in some additions at tho Napier gaol. These bricks, a very bud sample, were carted from tho Welllm.lon <■ iol brickyard to the wharf, <.'iii-r r " ( r;>v ore of the Union Company"s boa:-, an:, thou carted

from tho Spit v> tl- ga.,l ].v: p. _he freight, we venture ;n 1» 'lie-, c, i>. i.meh greater than the brick.:, o rAd hay.' b 'en purchased for delivered on the ground.

"Rough on Corns."—Ask for Well's " Rough on Corns" Quick relief, complete,' permanent euro. Corns, warts, bunions. At chemists and druggists. "Rough on Itch."—"Rough on Itch " cures skin humors, eruptions, ring worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chilblains, itch, ivy poison, barber's itch.

Koromiko Cordial, as a remedy .for dysentry and diarrhwa, is unequalled. Care should be taken to purchase tho original preparation as made aud introduced by H. Owen. Chemist, Hastings - street Napier, as tho success of this compound has induced others to imitate it. Price, 2s Gd.—[Ai>vr.~i *

14 CASES just landed. Builders and cabinetmakers' ironmongery in largo varieties. New patterns in drawer-handles, and locks of every description. Call and inspect our stock. Webber and Wilson, General Ironmongers, Emerson-street.— [Adyt.l

1000 inhabitants of Hawko's Bay are now wearing Watches bought of us, and each ono would willingly give a testimonial testifying to their utmost satisfaction. Bring your watches to us and have them repaired by practical tradesmen. All work warranted for 12 months. V. Jensen aud Co., the Old Shop, Emerson-street, Napier. —[advt.]

John M'Vay, being., greatly overstocked, is offering saddlery and harness of alt kinds, portmanteaus, Gladstone bags, &c;, kc, at largely reduced prices for cash. Hastings-street, Napier, and at Waipukurau.—[adyt.l

Weakness and sickness changed to health and strength with Hop Bitters always hoso made by American Co. Seo.