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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5311, 30 August 1888, Page 2

Captain Russell, M.H.R., returned from Wellington last night. There will thus be but one Hawke's Bay member to attend the obsequies of the session.

His Honor tho Chief Justice gave judgment this morning in the case of Hamlin v. Sutton, for plaintiff for £106 4s Gd, with costs on the middle scale.

The ease of Mayo v. Sturrock has been fixed to be heard at the Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, September 11th.

The rails have been once more laid down along tho full length of the breakwater, and the big crane is again at work placing the blocks in position.

It will be seen by advertisement that Mr G. W. Denton has been appointed chief agent for Hawke's Bay by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, of which Messrs Baker and Tabuteau aro the local agents. The Equitable is the largest and wealthiest insurance society in tho world, and what we admiro about it is that its agents do not think it necessary to disparage other institutions to curry favor or to gain patronage and business.

At the R.M. Court this morning, before G. A. Preece, Esq., R.M., a native charged with having been found drunk was fined os and costs, in default 48 hours' imprisonment with hard labor.

Tho sub-committee appointed by the Municipal Council in referonce to the Marine-parade and sea wall met yesterday afternoon. Mr J. T. Can*, C.E., was iii attendance, and submitted his plans and the specifications for tho work, which were approved, and ho was authorised to call for

tenders for tho work, in accordance with the powers vested in tho committee by resolution of tho Council. Alternative tenders will be called for tho 00 feet and oO feet widths.

On the question of postponing everything to next session the Post says : —" The proseut session of Parliament has lasted some sixteen weeks, vet its record of good work

is almost a blank. Of mischief it has done enough and to spare. Its evil manners will remain written in brass, and for years to come the session which inflicted Protection on this long-suffering and much-afflicted colony will be remembered with feelings tho reverse of grateful or admiring. However, its duration and its power of working mischief are now both approaching an end, and every question which arises is being put oft' to next session. We wonder when next

session is to begin, and when it will end. If half the subjects already set down for it to deal with are hi be fairly considered, the session ought to begin about the Ist nf January, and it will then certainly last, till about the 31st of December. A great deal of absolutely necessary work must be done next session, and as it has taken upwards of

sixteen weeks this session to do so very little, what has to be done next session will, at a like rate of progress, certainly occupy tho whole year.

The annual meeting of tho Christohurch Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday afternoon. Mr A. Kayo was elected President. A resolution was passed in favor of a reduction of bids at the London wool sales from a halfpenny to a farthing.

At the Columbia Rink List night tbo Hastings men again beat tho Napier team in tho polo match, scoring three goals to one.

The committee of the Hawke's Bay Amateur Athletic Club decided last night to hold a meeting on the oth October.

The Queen was made a pround woman, according to the Campbells, when tho Marquis of Lome honored Princess Louise with the offer of his hand and heart. But how much happier must Her Majesty have been

when the Cork bandmaster apologised the other day for not having dismissed his men on their refusal to play the National Anthem. If there was one thing that was irritating the Queen and gnawing into her peace of miiid, it must have boon the knowledge that those men had not been dismissed, and that the bandmaster bad not offered any apology. Her Majesty has not, of course, anything to think about besides the National Authem ! and it was a distinct evidence of the rebellion in Ireland when tho Cork band refused to play that air. It may be accepted now that the sister Isle is pacified. Whether the bold bandsman has been brought to reason by fear of the Crimes Act, and the imprisonment of Davitt and the Redmond brothers, or by sincere penitence, tho cablegram does not say. The telegraph agent haviug thought it worth while to cable the nonsense, might just as well have immortalised the bandmaster by telling the world his name. The Novelty Depot, Hastings-street, is to be re-opened in a few days, Mr Cot-troll, who sold off the stock a short time ago, having returned with a miscellaneous collection of house-hold requisites, which will bo offered at very reasonable prices. The Napier Fire Police desire to aeknowdonations of £'1 2s from Mr P. F. Colled go and £1 Is from Mr Naphtali iv recognition of services rendered at the late fire in Hastings-street. The Tarawera, which arrived at Lyttelton this morning from Port Chalmers, is the bearer of au English mail ex Taiuui. The following are to-day's mercury readings : —Russell 51, Auckland iv, Thamesoo, Cambridge i>'l, Tauranga bo, Taupo 50, Gisborne -19, Napier SO, Now Plymouth 55, Wanganui 55, Wellington 59, Blenheim 5*5, Nelson 52, Westport -10, Groymouth 18, Hokitika 17, Bealy 11, Lyttelton 40, Timuru 50, Oamaru <5'J, Port Chalmers IS, Dunedin 15, Clyde 11, Qiiecnstown -12, Balclutha i'l, Invercargill 50, and Bluff 40.

Messrs Mutton aud White have been for some time carrying on experiments with a view to quicker destruction of parasites and eyrgs in connection with their valuable sheep-dip. The results show that all tho lice and eggs are killed instantly, all the ticks within a very short time alter the sheep come out of tho bath, and tho tick eggs will bo found compressed and indented, turning nearly black, tho vitality being destroyed. The result of a test made recently in further confirmation of the results already obtained showed everything dead within three minutes after dipping. The specific is now being manufactured for the forthcoming season to produce the abovo results, which, coupled with its other valuable qualities as regards tho wool and the ease with which it can be used, should ensure for it a very largo demand.

The Rev. Dr. Lanay aud Mr Leo, representatives from tie Congregation Union of England ar.d Wales, arrived at Dunedin by tho Tainui yesterday. In the evening they were entertained at a tea meeting, and afterwards addressed a public meeting, where they were warmly received and welcomed.

We understand that the police intend prosecuting two juveniles whom they have discovered playing with " trollies." Others should take a warning.

At a meeting at Auckland on Tuesday night tbo Operative Bootmakers' Union passed a resolution declaring tho town m strike, and a levy of five percent was mado on the earnings of member* in employment, it being also decided that the men who havo left work shall bo paid " strike wages " by the Union as follows:—Married mon, '25s per week ; single men, *20s.

A presentation was made to Father Prendergast who is leaving for Sydney, in the Marist Brothers' soli o,d-room last night, a substantial purse, of noveroigns having been collected by the Catholics of Napior, to serve as a token of esteem and affection in which the rev. Father was held by tho congregation. An illuminated address accompanied the purse of sovereigns, which contained £00, Father Prendergast, in reply, thanked them heartily for the testimonial, and said ho would always remember the kindness of (lie Catholics of Napier, no matter where he went. It had afforded him much pleasure, during his stay iv Napier to labor amongst them, and if tho congregation thought he had performed his duty, then lie was satisfied. However, ho was very sorry that ho had i,o part; from them. Mr Sheath made a few remarks touching upon the many good qualities possessed by Father Prendergast, and My John Begg also addressed a few words to those present, who throughout tho proceedings were very enthusiastic, and Father Prendergast having pronounced his blessing, the meeting terminated. j

It is raiuing to-day at New Plymouth and Christchurch,

Rather au amusing Incident occurred on one of the Victorian suburban lines lately. Four railway inspectors were travelling from Oakleigh to Melbourne. They had a compartment to themselves, and the time passed pleasantly enough, until ono of tho party suddenly uttered a wild shriek and began to execute a dance oil the floor of the carriage. For a inomeii t his: oompstn ions thought that he had been seized with sudden insanity, but the point of an auger protruding from tho cushion against which lie had been leaning explained the mystery. Someone in the next compartment had boved into the partition, and the point aitor penetrating the limb*-'-** and the cushions, had anally imbedded itself in the inspector's .back. The injured person seized hold of the auger when it was withdrawn with such violence that his Augers were badly bruised. At the next station Uio officials "uule a '.Ifsvi-iit upon the adjoining compartment, arm discovered an inebriated railway laborer peaoefnlly reposing by the side of the offending instrument. He was at ontic seized and conveyed in tho watchhouse, whore ho was identified as R, J. Connolly, a temporary railway employe. The inspector escaped with slight injuries ,_ Age.

The annual meeting of tho Bowling Club will bo held this evening at the Masonic Hotel, when office-bearers for tho ensuing year will bo appointed. On Saturday the opening match of the season will be played, sides being chosen by tho president and lice-president. Play will commonoo at three o'clock sharp, tho gamo being played in two spells of an hour each,

A telegram despatched by Capt. Bendall from tho Waii'.-ut P>ii* was received this morning by Mr !1. M. Lyon, secretary of the Underwriters' Association, stating that tho recent bad weather had not affected the position of the Kate Tnthnm, although it had retarded the oieni'mu of getting her off, and that at the first favorable opportunity ho would mako nit effort to float her.—Post.

A contc-n, orai v justly says that the following extraci; {-',»,i a report that appeared in the W.-ikmio Mail of 13th June, 1866, of the fouefiiu! in of an acclimatisation society in that district, will prove interesting. In the light of subsequent events the prophetic aud congratulatory tone of the report will be greatly relished: —"Yesterday witnessed, as did three years asro, the efforts of a few earnest men. On the first occasion, there was >i de-sire to obfcdn room for the plough ; on the second the object was to eticowauv sport and ensure additional comfort by letting loose some four-foole.l animals. At a meeting held the other evening it was resolved that an acclimatisation society should be set afloat, however humble the first movement might be. The fine climate of tiio Wakatip was dwelt upon, and it was determined then and there to en*'"}* out a long contemplated project, and the introduction of gamo and salmon, and the letting loose of various animals was fully considered. As the first stage to what there can be no doubt will prove an eventful episode, a number of gentlemen were found yestorday on the ground to let run a number of rabbits kindly presented by Mr M'Conochie, of the Lake View Gardens. This commencement was characterised by a hearty warmth, and we trnst tho same feelin.r wiil pervado the movement of the soeief v heve-ftcr."

Tho Secrrt-1 ry of the Ant-Slavery Society has sent out an epitome of news contained in an advance sheet of Petormann's Mediteranean for July, -whichcontains a lamentable account of the condition of the European prisoners in Khartoum. Two small letters, about four times the size of a postage stamp, were lately brought by two messengers from Khartoum to Cairo, one being written by Slatin Bey and the other by tho widow of an Egyptian officer. Lupton Bey is deseribod as having been compelled to work in the arsenals as a common Arab laborer, and without clothes excepting a pair of drawers and a fez. His friends would be glad to hear that his present condition is a little better, as he is now allowed to work in the mint. Slaten Bey is said to be acting as the Mahdi's forerunner. Bare- | foot and half-naked, lie has to run before j the Mahdi's horse, carrying lance and small banner, and is compelled to hold the stirrup of this fanatic whenever he mounts or dismounts. Neufcld, a German, is kept in chains, and out of mere wantonness has two or three times been ordered forexecution, but cut down after havingbeenhungup for a few seconds. Baron Secfcendarff's servant and a Prussian non-commissioned officer named Klote (who died twelve months ago) suffered similar tortures. One of tho messengers left Cairo on tho oth June on his return journey to Khartoum via Berlin, and besides carrying letters for tho prisoners of the same minute size as those that he brought, he was entrusted with a considerable sum of money for the use of the prisoners over 1 and above tho reward paid him for his faithful services.

" Buchu-Paiba."—Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney, Bladder, and Urinary Diseases. At chemists and druggists. Kempthorno, Prosser _ Co., Agts., Wellington.

Special Lace Show.—For a few days only we shall offer the following makes at half price :—Whito and Cream Orientals, 3id instead of 7Jd ; Colored Spanish, 6Jd instead of Is; White Torchon (Linen), Is 3d doz. instead of 2s Gd : Boigo Cluny, 3|d instead of *3*id : Fancy Orientals, instead of Is 3d ;'Cotton Pinafore Lace, Is Cd doz. instead of 2s lid doz. Searle and Co., opposite Masonic Hotel.—[advt.]

Fearing your readers might wrongly construe your remarks about the Koromiko Cordial, I beg to draw their attention to the fact that the cordial made by Mr Owen is prepared at his pharmacy from the fresh shrub, and was so made and sold by him before the American substitute ciuuo into tho market.—[advt. |

Cheap saddlery.—John MoVay is selling for cash Colonial-made saddles, with kneepads a*id furniture complote, 30s each. Hastings-street, Napier.

Important to the General Reader.—l am now opening out a really splendid assort-

merit of New Books, largely consisting of New Works oi Fiction in the Cheap Colonial Series. New Birthday Books and Cards, Cheap Novels in endless variety.— John Crerar, Bookseller, Hastings-street, Napier.—[advt.]

IMPORTANT TO BIDDERS and carpenters.—Webber and Wilson have just landed, ex Aoraugi, 12 cases carpenters' tools, including Bucks, Hand, and Rip Saws; Dovetail Saws : Mathoson's Planes; Ward's Chisels, &c. ; also 3 cases Stand Mangles, and 1 case Kerosene Cooking Stoves. Webber and Wilson, Ironmongers, Emerson-street.—l_ ad vt.]