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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5231, 29 May 1888, Page 2

A quantity of cable news and some interesting " Scissors " will bo found on tho fourth page to-day.

There was no criminal business at the R.M. Court this morning.

Tho Town Clerk has received a telegram from Mr Ashcroft, of the Electric Lighting Company, stating that he has completed his calculations, and hopes to forward full specifications and designs with tenders for lighting Napier.

In a jubilant, leader on the frozen me.it tri.de, the Lyttelton Times says:—"Freezing not only gives us double the return that boiling-down docs, but it gives that return in half tho time. Th. prospect here opened up is absolutely dazzling. . . .At last the freezing industry is beginning to do what it was expected to do at the outset."

At the Columbia Rink to-night, at halfpast eight o'clock, there will be a hurdle race, for which twelvo entries have been received. To-morrow evening thero will bo a match between a Waipawa resident and a Napier gentleman.

Some samples of f tone brought from tho Ruahines last week havo been tested, and found to contain upwards of fifty per cent of zinc. The finder says any quantity of similar stone can be got.

A. meeting of the members of the Ruahine Prospecting Association was held at the Masonic Hotel last night, Mr R. Price occupying the chair. Mr R. Sweetapplo was unanimously elected ton vacancy on the committee. Tho action of tho committee in reference to the selection of prospectors was approved, and the matter was loft in thoir hands to deal with finally. Tho eommitteo afterwards met, when a mass of routine business was transacted, and tho plan of prospecting approved.

Tho Hon. Sir Harry Atkinson was last evening installed District Grand Master of the Wellington (North Island) Grand Lodge of New Zealand Freemasons, E.C. Upwards of 500 Freemasons were present from all parts of tho colony. Brother C. ,T. Toxward, tho retiring District Grand Master, performed the installation ceremony, assisted by Brother 11. Thomson, Deputy Grand Master of the Canterbury Grand Lodge, E.C., and by the members of the District Grand Lodge. The ceremony took place in tho old Provincial Council Chamber, and was concluded about nine o'clock p.m. A Masonic banquet was afterwards held in the Masonic Hall, Boul-cott-street.

"Tennyson " was tlio subject of an essay by Mr G. White at, tho mooting of tlio Wesleyan Literary and Debating- Society last evening. The essay was both interesting ami instructive, and drew forth some friendly criticism from tlio members. Mr T. Laws occupied the chair.

No. 1 Hansard of this session is to hand. We notice that on pago 72 Mr Orinond moved tho adjournment of the debato on the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Bill. The motion was carried by 46 to 30, but Mr Ormond's name appears in the list of Noes. It is very rare to find an error in Hansard,

Tho harbor cable steamer Sherard Osborno has again returned to Wellington, having picked up tho two fractured portions of the cable. Tho recovered wiro measures eighteen miles. It has been ascertained that although the portion of tho cable recovered is in a few instances somewhat corroded, yet as a wholo the wire is in good conditio., and will, it is believed, last for some years to corao. The overhauling operation will bo comploted in about three days hence, and this having been accomplished it will be taken out and spliced to tho buoyed cnii nearest Lyell Bay, and tho remaining portion of tho severed cable will then be grappled for.

Captaiu Picece, R.M., having proceeded to "Wairoa, there was the usual hunt for Justices of the Peace this morning, to dispose of a number of civil cases. Messrs Neal and Lyndon wore at last obtained,, but the business before the Court was vory sinulli A fow cases were adjourned, and others were either confessed or settled out of Court. No civil action came on for hearing, those cases beyond tho jurifdiction of tho Justices, being adjourned till next Tuesday.

Th _ following aro to-day's mercury readings :—Kussell .57, Auckland SS, Thames GO, Cambridge 57, Pauranga 57, Taupo 50, Gisboruo 49, Napior 53, New Plymouth 54, Wanganui 53, Wellington -IS, Blenheim 61, Nelson 54, Wcstpprt Tift, Greymouth 62, Hokitika .3, Dealy 35, Lyttelton 43, Timnrn 50, Oamaru 5-1, Port Chalmers 48, Duneelin 46", Clyde 47, Queenstown 43, Balclutha 39, luvercargill 51, and Bluff 46.

The London corresponelent of tho Dunedin Star writes: —l hear that some of th.c largest importers nnd wholesale venders of tho best New Zealand mutton mean to not on tlio- hint griven by Sir Michael BioksBeach in tho House of Commons tho other night, and prosecute all retailers who sell Now Zealand meat us Scotch or English under tho Food and Drugs Act of ISSS. If tliis idea is carried out and can be worked it will havo, I promise you, a most beneficial effect on the trade. " Butchers themselves admit it; moreover, tho better-class tradesmen will not be sorry to bo obliged to ho, honest. Tho temptation to deceive customers has hitherto been almost irresistible. What Jones thought right Smith felt was justifiable. When, however, selling a leg of Canterbury mutton as prime Scotch becomes a felony things will bo altogether different.

A correspondent sends the following to. Baby, a monthly magazine (ievoteil to tho general management of children :—I Was staying with my wife and second littio snn, Guy, at tho Grand Hotel, Brighton, j where I often go, taking tho two boys ; alternately, from Friday till Monday. Saturday evening wo went out to dinner, leaving Guy alono at play in our privato sitting-room, after asking a chambermaid to put him to bed at eight o'clock. When •we civmo home, the whole hotel was convulsed with an excellent joke. |t aeems Guy soon got tired of playing, and rang the bell. When t'i° waiter appeared, lie said fo tho mini, «<Send the proprietor to me, please." Tho waiter delivered this message, aud the manager, a fow moments lator, entered tho presonco of tho young autocrat, who only said, "Bo kind enough to tell a ohtimbcrmaiel to como and put me to bed ; it appears as if I had been forgotten." Next morning I said to him, " Guy, whatever made you give so much trouble last night, sending for tho manager ; tho waiter would havo sent a maid to you _" " Well," rejoined Guy, " before I came away Hugh [my older son] told me that ono night ho was left alone, uud ho rang tho bell for somo milk, and thoy never brought it to him, so ho said to mo, ' Now, whatever you want, bo sure you ask to sco the proprietor, and then you will got properly attended to.' " *

A correspondent (" Colonial ") writes :— " The chief cause of depression and scarcity of food in thickly-populated Europe is, as a rule, tho high rents, and the chief cause in all tho colonies is the dread of labor. Eveiy boy attending school from tho age of tern years should be trained to uotiully work the land, and know how to cultivate to die extent of his own necessary requirements. To do this all schools should havo a model faqn connected with them, say a distance by train out of town so that day school lads could ge> and come free of ohurgo. This would givo young boys tho habit of labor and exeifiso conducive to strength and health. Young mon should not bo brought up with tlio idea of jumping into an easy billot or a soft clerkship. This method should be also adopted in girls' schools according to wommu's duty uud calling, such as all kinds of domestic knowledge, Sec Most of the colonials, if not all, i.c,, city men, run away with the idea that thoir sons must not do common labor. Well, his son is half educated, which is bad when brought up in idleness and falso expectation. Much better ho should bo taught to work tho land, then to givo him a small start in tho way of stock, „e."—N.Z. Herald.

" Huohu-Paiba."—Quick, complete ciu'o, all annoying Kidney, Bladder, and Urinary Diseases. At chemists and druggists. Kempthorne, Pressor Se Co., Agts., Wellington.

"Rough on Itch."—"Rough on Itch" euros skin humors, eruptions, riinr worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chilblains, itch, ivy poison, barber's itch.

Rin awa', laddie, and tell yor faither and maither that the chiel from Glasoio us surts the watches and clocks, and wha is unco quid at the wark, will be hero next Lnrtl's day. He has ta'en tho huso wliar V. Jensen lias rin tho trado for a guido many years, and I hear as how Jensen bus made a big fortshino of bawbees, and as this is his last week, ho is <rein six bob iv tho pound discount all free and for naethiug ; so rin and git yor siller, and tic a bit o' rope ro.und yer thumb so that it don't slip ycr mind. Rin awa', laddie, rin.—[Advt.]

Horse clippers in great variety at Jtvhn M'Vay's. Prices from os 6d.—[advt.]