Untitled

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5228, 25 May 1888, Page 2

1 ;,The final of tho handicap milo skating - race will bo run at the Columbia rink this evening. Next Wednesday there will bo some fun well worth witnessing, when two novices intend tiyir.g conclusions in a mile r.ice. Our uibles inform us that tho Bishop of Dunedin is to preach in Westminster Abbey on Juno '1-i. If we hud only known this a little curlier we should have started off by last mail to have been in time to have heard Jiim. Wor.vs's Schnapps. Only ihoso who never used thn genuine article arc imposod upon. ,

The half ineeiiig of thtf Hawked Bay District, A".O.F.,pvas had, an the Foresters ,, ' Hall on Wtynesdayjafternooii. A large amount of Jusinessfwas gone ttyrough. G' "•■■•il Jawi'nurnbeithi-eojiwus amended so :»a' iv givo po Exeiutivo power tp fix dates of -district tieetiiif?. The. following graduated scalep contributions were adopted _in the distaot: —Ibr sick and funeral fund : From 13 .years' to 25 years, 2s 2d per lunar month; 25 to JO years, 2s 6d. per lunar month; 30/ to 35 gears','3s per lunar month; 35 to -JO years* 4s per lunar month ; in addition to.theseparges not less than 2s per lunar nwnth 'to Jβ paid into the management fund. It was/esolvqd that 3d per member shouldhe paidpy tho Courts to the District Court, to go tavards forming a central fund for members' felief ,' after being incapacitated lor twelve i.ionths. It was also decided tv institute a/entral investment •body,, in which to iuvest fhe Surplus funds of count ry Courts. Thusariy country Court which lias funds lying/to credit, but not sufficient to bo invested (through the smallness of the sum, will b; allowed to forward the money to the ceitral investing body, receiving interest pro pta.

Tho_ anntul Garriion ball will bo held eariy in August. .' '

V A youngmarinarted Frederick Goodall, employed !>y Mr Diikson, Papakura, lost a hand yesterday, thibugh the breach of his jjun bursting. TJii unfortunate man was taken to the hosjital where Dr. Menzies amputated tho hand.

The latest idea in cablegrams thanks to the Press Association consists not in tolling us what won, but what did not win. In the Royal Stakes at iSydney we are told neither Mitrailleuse nor Cinderella were "placed; it might have been less expensive and a little more interesting to say who did win.

On tho 9th January last a Scandinavian named Peter Jensen, living on the West Coast, and employed by one of tho Wost Coast Harbor Boards, made a proposal for insurance. He was examined on tho 14th January, and on the 18th of the same month he was killed, "his proposal having iv tlie meantime been necopted . No premium had been paid on it in cash, but only the verbal underti king was made that it would bo paid in due course. Of courso thero wua. no legal clflim on the Department, which could havo taken advantage of tho technicality, *nd ignored tho proposal. However, the Government Insurance authorities have proved themselves superior to meanness of this nature, and have now paid to the deceased's representatives, for the benefit of his widow nnd child, tho amount of the policy, namely, £200. Such liberalty and promptness should commend the Government institution to tho public, who will do well also to deduce a valuable lesson from Jensen's untimely fate in the full flush of health, and from tho contemplation of the assistance) this assurance money will bo to tho bereaved widow and orphan.

To the Editor: Sir,—By inserting tho following in your well circuhited paper you will do me a favor; and also enlighten the minds of thoso intending to leave Hawke's Bay, to tho true slate of affairs here. Tho township of Broken Hill is about us large as that of Hastings, only iustoad of it being good weather-boarded houses, tho greater portion is under' canvas; and, according to report, tho inhabitants number 14,000, bo you may judge from that, what amount of work there is left for strangers. Wngoa, when you do get work are ranch tlio same as those of Hawko's Bay. Mechanics can earn about 10s per day, and laborers Bs. Board and lodging are very dear ; tho best hotels charge £3 per week, and tho cheapest in the town is 25s per week. Water is very scarce: it costs 4d per gallon, and is bad at that. It cannot be used for drinking purposes without being boiled first. If you uso it without boiling you are liable to dysentery. Then there are tho dust storms, which are very bad. When they are on you cannot see a half-dozon yards before you, and for about 200 miles around it is nothing , but sand. There is not a blade of grass or a green tree to bo seen, only a lot of stunted salt-bush consequently horses and cattle suffer a groat doal. Those that now come hero from 11.8. cannot say they came in ignorance. Hoping you will give this publicity, lam, &c, G. Williams. Broken Hill, May 10th.

Tho Waipawa Mail has lately been posing in a new line, namely as a saint among newspapers. In order to maintain this goody-goody style it has to misrepresent its contemporaries, aud then it pours forth such effusions by way of reprimand as make it appear ridiculous.—Woodville Examiner.

Threo individuals who drank the Queen's health yesterday in pewters, which, must undoubtedly have contained too much intoxicating liquor, appeared before the R.M. this morning to answer to the charge of drunkenness.. William Storey said ho took a " nip " for tho occasion. There were throe previous oonvictione., and on this occasion the R.M. fined him £1 with costs, in default 7 days' imprisonment with hard labor. Percy Huntloy, similarly charged, had a like exeneo. It was holiday gtiaio, and ho had kad a drop in commemoration of tho birthday ©f Her Majesty. The R.M. gave him somo cheap advice, and told him not to drink his sovereign's health so many times. Ho would be dismissed with a caution.—John Roach said he was drunk. He kept up tho holiday. Somebody started knocking him about at tho Spit, but he didn't laiow ' who tho person was. Hβ was asked for os with costs, or the alternative of 48 hours' | imprisonment with hard labor. j Tho following are to-dny's mercury wadings:—Russell 54, Auckland 56, Thames 68, Cambridge 58, Tauranga 52, Taupo47, Gisborno 43, Now Plymouth 53, Wauganui 51, Wellington 45, Blenheim 40, Nelson 45, Gre-ymouth 47, Hokitika 47, Bealy 28, LytloHon 35, Tiraaru 47, Oaruaru 4(5," Port Chalmers 46, Dunedin 44, Clyde 38, Queenstown 35, Balclutha 35, Invercargill 32, Napier 43, and.Bluff 40. A correspondent writes as follows:—"It is really sad to see so many men looking for work and iinding none. It is all vory well to say if theso men were steady and willing to work they need not be on the tramp. I beliovo moro than two-thirds of them aro steady, and, probably, all of them. Wo get nine or ten every night for supper, bed, and breakfast, and then they go on their weary journoy." We unintentionally did Mr H. Hill, Inspector of Schools, an injustice in classing him with teachers and inspectors who insist upon the importances of Bonding infants to schools. Mr Hill has ulways maintained JJiat infants in our public schools seriously Impair tho efficiency of our educational system; and it is his opinion that no child should be sent to school until he had arrived at tho age of seven years.

.When purchasing Schnapps specify Wolfe's Schnapps as it is tho only genuine Schnapps.

Wolfe's Sciinaits taken before meals is a wondorfnl appetiser. Try it..

Wells' Hair Balsam.—lf gray, restores to origrinal color. An elegant dressing. softens and beautifies. No oil nor grease, A Tonic Restorative. Stops hair coming out; strengthens, cleanses, heals scalp.

"Rough on Rats."-—Clears out rate, mice, roaches, flies, ants, bed-bugs, beetles, insists, skunks, sparrows, gophers. At chemists and druggists.

Horse clippers in great variety at Johi; M'Vay's. Prices from os Gd.—[ldvt.J

Our business cold. Retiro absolutely at the end of May. Must clear and sacrifice stock at any price. 5s in the pound discount, or any article to the value of 7s 6d for every pound's worth of goods purchased. Clocks, watches, rings, chains, &c , all must go; no reasonable offer rofused till the end of May. The old shop, V. Jonsen and Co.— [advt.]

Fortunes aro now easily mado. The quickest way for young married people to ensure themselves a competenco is to purchase all their ironmongery from Webber and Wilson, Emerson-street, Napier.— [advt.]

Koromiko Cordial, as a remedy for dysentry and diarrhooa, is unequalled. Care should bo taken to purchase tho original preparation as mado and introduced by H. Owen, Chemist, Hastings - street Napier, as tho success of tlm compound has induced others to imitate it. Prico, 2s 6d.—[advt.]

Spocial Removal No! ice.—Wo beg to inform our numerous customers and patrons that wo have secured the lease of those central premises in Hastings-street lately in the occupation of Messrs D. Palmor and Co.. and will shortly open up large shipments of New Seasonable Drapery and Clothing. In placing theso goods before tho public of Napier, wo feel assured wo can confidently recommond our different and well-known manufacturers' brands, which for valuo, durability, and finish, cannot be surpassed in tho provinao. Wo would also wish to remind all our frionds that in opening up our new premises wo have determined to conduct our business, as hitherto, on tho Ready Cash Principal, and to do this means no dab debts, smallest possible profits, quick returns, and the best valuo for your ironey. Scarlo and Co., Ready Cash Drapers, Napier.