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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5163, 7 March 1888, Page 2

Napier was first lighted with gas in 1877. The town was not very populous at that , time and forty lamps we.ro considered sufficient for street illumination. The contract price paid the gas company for lighting that number of lamps was £35 17s od per month. Iv ISS7 tho street lamps numbered fifty-nine, and tho price paid for lighting was £38 2s Id per month. Thus we have nineteen more lamus at only an extra cost of £2 4s 7d per month, and some of the Councillors grumble that the Gas Company has not reduced its charges. It is a pity that they did not make the simple calculation that, the charge has been reduced from £10 10s per lamp per annum to £7 los per lamp. Now let us see what kerosene would cost, withont taking into consideration the primary cost of lamps and wicks, and breakage. Supposing there were sixty lamps instead of fifty-nine «s now, for keroseno is not as brilliant as gas ; supposing the lamps were kept burning for six hours per night for ;)00 nights in the year, the consumption of oil would be one pint per lamp for six hours, at 2» per gallon would be 3d per lamp per night, or los for sixty lamps, or £'22.'> a year for oil alone. The sixty lamps would*require the services of two men for cleaning, lighting, and extinguishing, or another £200 a year at the lowest, and the wicks and breakages might be reckoned at another .£2.) a year, or a total of ,Eloo, m against £-!.')7 which we now pay for gas. Where is the saving, oh sapient Councillors; :

Stscj-: 15».57, when he succeeded to his father's title, the Duke of Ruthtid, whose death we recorded yesterday, has not been much heard of in the political world. As Marquis of liranby, howeve», tho deceased nobleman was no nonentity. Entering Parliament at -- years of age, he sut for Stamford iv the Conservative interest from ISH7 to 1851?, and for North Leicestershire till 1857. It is needless to say that he was an opponent of Sir Robert"Peel and his Freetrade measures, and wa« as thorough-going a Tory in tho interests of Protection as the most, out-and-out Liberal in New Zealand could desire

Lieut. I£o.-s arrives by tho l:uo train this evening, ami will bj escorted from the railway station to town by the Garrison Band, the Fire Police, and the members of the Napier and bpit Brigade.-. After the profession there will be a smoke concert at the Gaiety Theatre, tickets for which have been fixed at a low charge, .so that the gathering may be thoroughly representative.

Some of the Councillors are under the impression that the town will submit to be lighted with kerosene iv the place of gas. If the Council is so egregioiisly mistaken as to take tints step backwards at the instigation of those of its members whose best claim to consideration is That, they ;ire penny wise and pound foolish, then will the ratepayers look ;i!iNiou.>ly forward to theiiext nmnicipiii elections, when they will b>) able to replace the? lovers of darkness by putting iv sensible men.

Tho Waihora, which arrived at Auckland last night from .Sydney is the bearer of a Brindi-i mail.

'J 'he Register held a sitting of the Superior Conn, of Bankruptcy at 11 o'clock this morning, when, on the application of the Official Assignee, the following bankruptcies were declared closed : — Walter MaddiNon, Waipawa; William Corbett, Hastings ; A. A. Stanley, Ilastiugr,; W'm. I'ulfJrd, Woodvillo ; Ralph JJaily, Napier ; ami J . M. Macduuuld, Napier.

A friendly rirlu match will take place on the Havelock rango next Saturday, between the llahtirig-.s and NapitT ".Rifles. The following will represent their respective corps : —Hastings ixiiles —• Lieuterants McLcod and Hansen ; Color-Sergeant Northo ; Privates Sowersby, Hobroyd, Tong, Smith, McGregor, AY. (i. Fiiulknor, S. Northe.; emergencies, Privates Kerr, Koss, Kllis, and Gilpin. Napier Rifles — Lieutenants Chicken and Tail; .Sergeant Litnghan: Corporals Cantle and Strndwielc ; Privates Shirley, Walker, Chambers, Miller, and Harpham; emergencies, Privates Townshend and Sinclair." The conditions will lie :— "Wimbledon targets and marking, 7 nhots each tit 200, ;s()0, iind .500 yardo. The Napier team will assemble at tin; railway in undress uniform (without .'■idc-iinns) by 1.4.) on uftoriioon. to proeoed to I fastings by tlie - J o'clock train.

Auckland is tlie liottosfc place in the colony ro-duy, with 72 in the shade. It is fine weather throughout the colony, with thu exception ol' Cireymouth, where it is raining, and Eealy, where drizzling rain is falliri';-.

As!; for and obtain Wolfe's Sciuarrs; the propi-iotor is not responsible for the ofleets prodtieed by counterfeits.

"A good name is better than precious ointment." Wom'k's Sni:;.\W'.s posses-e.s a good name wou by mevit.

The .Railway Baud give a concert tomorrow evening in Mr Ryan's paddock, Taradale.

Bankrupt estates generally pan out so bad—to use raining parlance—that very frequently creditors do not go to the trouble of proving , in them. The other day a Hastings man sought the protection of*the Bankruptcy Court, -which is nothing very exceptional. No meetings could be held in the estate for the want" of the necessary quorum, only throe creditors going- to tho troublo of proving- their claims, and even they would not be bothered by attending to hear any explanations. The foresight they exhibited in proving their claims has now resulted in their receiving a dividend of eleven shillings in the pound. In future we advise creditors to prove iv all estates.

Tho following are to-day's mercury readings:—Russell 69, Auckland 72, Thames 68, Cambridge 65, Tauranga 64, Taupo 50, Gisborne 60, Napier 69, New Plymouth 68, Wanganui 67, Wellington 70, Blenheim 67, Nelson 6S, Westport 65, Greymouth 65, Hokitika 59, Bealy 56, Lyttelton 67, Timarti 67, Oamaru*66, Tort Chalmers 61, Duuedin 64, Clyde (57, Queenstown 61, Balclutha 62, Invercargill 60, and Bluff 56.

At the R.M. Court this morning, before Mr J. W. Neal, J.P., May Kennedy, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty. The J. P. trusted that this would be her last time to appear before the Court, and dismissed her with a caution. Her grief overcame her, and she departed from the Court in tears.—Frank Christy admitted having been drunk. If tho Bench would overlook this offence ho would leave the town. The J. P. allowed accused to step down, discharging him on the condition that he would reform.—George A. Jackson was similarly charged, being the fourth convictiou for drunkenness. Ho was ordered to pay the sum of 10s into the Court coffers, in default to be imprisoned for forty-eight hours with hard labor.

An individual who rejoices in tho name of Mark Green was sauntering past the Courthouse this morning, juat ns the proceedings in tho R.M. Court, had been concluded. His jrait was very unsteady, and it was observed that ho 'had imbibed more than was good for him of the intoxicating beverage. Quite unconscious of two guardians of tho peace behind him he appeared liaj:.py, mumbling some incoherent words. He was perhaps thinking that an additional glass of liquor would be acceptable when suddenly ho felt a hand upon his shoulder. Looking to his right the form of the Sergeant met his astonished gaze, while turning to the left the sight ot another constable seemod to fairly" paralyse him. He bethought himself of escape, which ho was not long in carrying into effect. Brushing aside the two men in blue, be made tracks, with the policemen in pursuit. Mark was not fleet of foot, and appeared to have exhausted all his energies in running a few yards ; he collapsed, and tho polico pounced upon their x>rey.

Thobalanoe-sheet of the Auckland Harbor Board for the year was submitted yesterday. The total income was .£73,004 17s, and the expenditure t'G5,132 8s Bd. Tho assets were estimated at £667,102 lis Id, and the liabilities at £400,719 12s 2d, leaving a credit balance of £21)6.4-13 Is lid. The receipts of the Board under the head of ordinary revenue were£'29,(i7's 17s Sd, while tho expenditure under that head was £3t>,!)23 Ss -id. leaving a balance to tho bad of £7217 10s 6d, but other receipts yet to come in reduce the balance to .£(5124 6s 10d.

Arrangements are being made, to place within a week 150 convicts at work on the forts at tho four principal ports.

Tho following notice has been issued by the secretary of the New Zealand Shipping Company, dated the 2nd hist, to shareholders in that Company : —" Referring to the notice dated 11th ultimo, sent to you, I ant instructed by the London Board of Directors of this Company to inform you that so much of tho notice which refers to tho payment of interest on capital, if advanced by shareholders, has on consideration been rescinded by the Board. Shareholders can. however, still avail themselves of the option mentioned in tho notice, of making payment in full of their liability on the whole or any number of their shares."

Major Jervoie, private secretary to his Excellency the Governor, is about to resign t.hnt position, being- required by tlio rules of the service to rejoin liis corps, the Royal Engineers, in which ho holds the rank of captain.

There is one tiling no family protends to Jo without—that is a hammer. And yet there is nothing- thrtt goes to make up the equipment of a domestic establishment that causes one half as much agony and vexation as a hammer. It is always an old hammer, with a handle that is inclined to come off, and always bound to slip. The face is as round as a full moon and as smooth as glass. AVhen it strikes a nui! full and squnre— which it has been known to do—the act will be found to result fiom a combination of pure accidents. The family hammer is one of those articles wo never proiit by. When it glides off a, nail head and mashes down a couple of finders, we unhesitatingly deposit it in the yard, and observe that wo will never use it again. But the blood has hardly dried on the rag before we are out. of doors in search of that hammer, and ready to make another trial. The result rarely varies, but we never profit by it.

The hearing of the petitions lodged with the view of upsetting the return of the present licensing commissioners for the Auckland city wards was commenced yesterday before'Mr H. G. Seth Smith, lt.M. The grounds of tho petitions were that nomination papers of tho candidates were delivered too late to be valid, Tho Ponsonby petition was heard first, and the informality being admitted the Bench declared the election, in the Fousonby district, where tho prohibition " ticket" was returned, to bo void.

The kind of education afforded in this country (remarks Iron) is by no means to bo compared with that of Cronnauy and other countries in the matter of technical and special training. Hours upon hours of tho day are continually wasted in our board atd other schools in teaching the three R's and the dead languages, instead of the pupils being , instructed in those practical requirements calculated to fit them for the battle of life. The be.->t and only thing to be done under the present circumstances is to supplement the work of the School Board and other schools by institutions for technical education. In this country there is too much of a feeling , abroad among our youug won and lads to avoid, if possible, trades which require the work of the hands or mechanical labor. Last year, iv Lo.idou alone, there were no fewer than 10,000 boys whose only aspirations were to become city clerks, who would sooner go into a city office as a ulerk at ten shillings a week than tako up trades which entailed the work of the hands in tho production of articles which wore the requirements of lifo, and bring their., in all probability, wages four times that amount.

Tho Ilangjtikei Advocate of Saturday last contains the following , :—Messrs Bruco and Nowman, M.II.R.'s, returned to Murton yesterday afternoon, after completing their examination of tho country to bo traversed by the Central railway. Both gentlemen speak in the highest possible terms of tho land and the timber. Dr. Newman says that the stretch of really good country which the railway would open up is enormous. Slaking comparisons, he assorts that the good land to bo opened up by this railway would be like a " run " to an orchard when placed side by si do with thi'country developed by the far-famed Wellington-Manawatu railway. He goes on to affirm that, taking a general average, he lias, seeu no country between Napier and "Woodvillo equal to that through which the Central railway would pass. Much of the country is capital agricultural land, and tho rest ismamlvood i-'rr.zin-- lurid. There iire splendid forests of pine, black mairo, and, most important of all, totara. On the much-derided pumice land, Messrs Newman and Bruce saw fine crops of oats growing in small patches, the land having previously bc;n cropped with turnips. The opinions above quoted from Dr. Newman arc endorsed by Mr Bruce, j

Wolfe's. .Simixaw.-.; is an article of superior merit, therefore ask for it, mid accept nothing else.

"Rough i.m Hrits."—Clears out rats, mice, roaches, fli'-s, ants, bed-bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack-rabbits, sparrows, gophers. At chemists and druL'irists.