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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5175, 21 March 1888, Page 2

After wo went to press yesterday tho Hurbor Board adopted the. engineer's report with the exception of tl.e recommendation to reclaim the road n! (he Spit. Tho vouchers wef« passed iov payment. MiMiller gave notice of the following motion for the next meeting:—"That v shed bo erected adjoining the lifeboat-shed to contain the lit'e-euvinvr apparatus obtained by the Board, and th;it the harbor-master train his crow in tho use of these appliances at least 0110 day per week." The annual statutory meeting was hold and the accounts passed, and then the Board adjourned. Messrs Lyndon and Sidey ofl'ored Mr Peters' beautiful estate 01 Rojieneath for m.Io yesterday, but it failed to find buyers. The property consists of about thirty acres of land, of the best soil in the district, and has been subdivided into allotments suitable for residental sites or market gardens, and either in whole or in part is a most eligible estate. Although withdrawn from public auction, the property is still open for sale, Messrs Lyndon and Sidey having been instructed to deal with it privately. Captain Edwin predicted yesterday that there were indications of a fall in tho temperature. His forecast was correct, for this morning at Auckland, Gisborne, and Napier the thermometer only registered 61 degrees, the highest in New Zculand. hi another column we refer to the low prices paid by the Auckland millers for wheat, but Hawke's Buy fanners havo still greater reason to complain, for buyers will only give 2s lOd for wheat, and Is 0d for ' oats per bushel. With such prices as these no wonder that agriculture languishes. ' Considerable surprise and regret was ex- ( pressed here when it became known that , Inspector Bullen, who was stationed in . Blenheim a few years ago, and who lias tho . reputation of bring one of tho most eou- ( soientious, able, and zealous officers in the force, was to bo removed from tho service. Wo aro glad to sco that this feeli/ig of regret is al»o shared in Napier, where \ Inspector Bullen is now in charge.—Marl- i borough Express. j Woi/FJt's ScrofAiTS is a noble exception to c the spirits e-f the day. Always ask for ] WOLrt'e. " 1

At the'R-M- Court this morning before Dr. Preston, J.P., John Hawker, for drunkennoss, was discharged with a caution. •

The Australian Star relates that daring tho recent retrenchment by tho Mayor of Sydney on behalf of the citizens, amongst othors discharged was a man who had been for years in the employ of the corporation. " What's agin me, sir?" he asked the Mayor. '' Nothing, but you are a single man and must go." That afternoon he presented himself before Mr Harris. "Well, sir," asked the Mayor "Oh, I made that all right, sir ; I got spliced to-day. I'd like to go on again, sir." "Ah, yes ! but you're in too much of a hurry* Come and sco me after the honeymoon," answered the genial Chief Magistrate.

One of the strangest of coincidences is related as follows by tho Ballarat Courier : —" About twenty years ago a woman, residing not far from the Barwon River, was the uufortunato wife of a drunken husband, whom she frequently upbraided for giving way to drink. One day he went to the rivur and drownod himself, leaving a widow and four daughters and a son. Time rolled on ; the widow recovered from her painful affliction, and sought fresh joys by marrying a publican. Her second lease of matrimonial life continued for some years, during which four sons aud a daughter were added to tho family ; but a few days ago the body of the second husband was found in tho river, within* 50ft of the spot where husband No. 1 met with the same fate."

The following are to-day's mercury readings ■ —Russell 02, Auckland 64, Thames 59, Tauvangra 59, Gisborne 64, Napier 64, New Plymouth 61, 60, "Welling--ton 53, Blenheim 62, Nelson 57, Lyttelton 57, Oamaru 59, Dunedin 50, Invercargill 61, Mid Bluff 46.

The Victorian annual fire brigades' demonstration was held at Geelong tho week before last. In the hose practice for eight men, run in pairs, the final round was contested by our old friends Ballarat and Ballarat City, tho former winning. The next event was a novelty—hose practice for six men, who did not compete for tho hose eight or for hose and ladder event. This

was won by the Ballarat City. The engine practice for eight men was won by St. Arnaud, while the engine practice for four men was won by Corowa. Tho ladder race was won by Chines. The hose aud ladder event was won by Ballarat in 26 2-otli sec, Ballarat City beiug second in 2Ssec. In the representative race for four men, Ballarat City in the first round run a dead heat with Kangaroo-flat, and in the final had a dead heat with Simpson's-road, the latter winning tho run off. The alarm aud disabled hose practice was won by Ballarat, while the representative race for two men was won by Hawthorn.

The Borough Council meots this evening at tho usual hour.

Tho annual pic-nic of the Juvenile Lodge of Foresters will take place on Friday at Petane. Coaches will leave Napior at a quaiter past nine in tho morning, and for the convenience of those who cannot go at that time, another 'bus will leave at eleven o'clock.

Mr Toxward, tho Danish Consul at Wellington, loft yesterday morning for Norsewood to render -what asswtuncH is possible to the sufferers by tho late fire.

The Groymouth Harbor Board received a telegram from the Government yesterday, requesting to know when tho members were going to resign, and asking them to state definitely whether they intended to do so, and when. This is tho first intimation tho Board have had from the Government, and the telegram came as a great surprise. It is supposed that a circular' similar to that sont to tho Westport Board is on board tho Maori, which has been outside the bar for several days. The Board are not likely to offer nnj- objection to resigning, as the works are advanced to that degreo which ensures a good bar and entrance.

Contrasts between ".then and now " are generally instructive, and often very amusing. We are c.-intinually lamenting over the hard times, but quite forgetting what the early settlers had to contend with, while the only boon they possessed, and of which we have been deprived, was coining their own money, i.e., by issuing tokens stamped will* the tradesman's name were made of tin or zinc, and cut out like large gun wads. During tho early days in Nelson a well-known boniface happened to make a call on a friend in the same lino about tho 3rd of the month, and being shown into the b:ick part of the premises, found tho owner with his shirt sleeves tucked up, and the perspiration streaming off him, and looking up quickly before his visitor oould say a word, 'lie exolaimed, with a strong adjective, "Don't interrupt mo ; can't stop ; I've got a bill to meet at the bank to-morrow, and I'm short of the coin yet. Good-bye."—Marlborough Times. The Public Works Committee last night agreed to recommend the Council as follows : —l. That a reply bo forwardeiWj4liD Athcniemn committee that the Council are 41 dt in a position to vote any grant of money, there being no funds available for the purpose. 2. That clause I of the overseer's report re waterworks map, and clause 2 re. lighting the town bo received. 3. That Mr Con-ford bo asked to give his opinion as to tho powers of the Harbor Board with re.forence to the proposed reclamation works. 4. That oOOft of delivery and the necessary longth of suction hose bo purchased in accordance with tho application of the fire brigade. 5. That tho consent; of tho Council be given to the Plarbor Board to lay out tho streets applied for by them. 6. That the Harbor Board bo informed thut the Council have no power to reclaim the continuation of Ossian-street, it not being their property. 7. That clauses 1, Paru-dise-road, and 2 aud 3, Coote-road, of the overseer's report be adopted. 8. That a reply be forwarded to the Gas Company that tho Council are not disposed to enter into any contract for lighting the streets on the terms offered in the manager's letter.

The members of tho Working Men's Club have decided to give n musical and dramatic entertainment in aid of the sufferers by the Norse wood fire.