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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5317, 6 September 1888, Page 2

It is fino weather throughout the colony to-day.

Prom E. Lyndon, Esq., we learn that the fall of rain last night registered l-03in.

Mr Bonfield Akors has accepted the office of choirmaster of St. Andrew's Church, Port Ahuriri.

Tho inclemency of the weather last night resulted in the proposed concert at St. John's schoolroom being postponed till this evening.

In a letter to tho Council last night a ratepayer signed his name with the word " Mr " in front.

The remains of the shop formerly occupied by Mr Colledge, watchmaker, damaged by fire, have now been carted away to miiko room for a new brick building.

The heavy sea last night did no damage to the brenkwater. A afood deal of shingle was washed up at tho root of tho work, and, of course, till the weather moderates, operations at the end of the breakwater have to be suspended.

Faint shocks of earthquake continue to be felt daily at Hokitika. Thirty-five shocks have been recorded since the severe shock on Saturday morning.

To-night, for the eighth time this winter, the members of the La Mascotte Quadrille Assembly will meet together for an evening's enjoyment. As the season is now fast drawing to a close, an unusually large attendance of visitors may bo looked for this evening, when wo can promise them a real treat in the terpsiehorean lino. Mr Newbould's string band will provide the music, and Mr K. W. Way, of tho Queen's Cafe, Emerson-street, tho refreshments.

The streets of tho town this summer ought to bo hotter watered than over they have been before. Additional stand-pipes am to be erected, and they will be so placed that, by the time the water-cart's load is emptied, another stand-pipe will be reached. Formerly tho water used was got from the high pressure supply, which made it somewhat expensive. Now, owing to the success of the largo artesian wells, the low pressure will be available for tho purpose, and as that costs nothing, the Council are likely to be very liberal in supplying it to the streets. In only one of the stand-pipes will the high pressure be required. One councillor last night expressed the opinion that it was a great waste of good water to use it on the streets at all, when salt water wa> available, but if the fresh water is obtainable at no cost, it is difficult to s.-e how that state of things could be improved.

The Union Company's s.s. To Knpo makes a second trip with horses to Calcutta, leaving , Lyttcltou and Wellington about the end of the present month. Of the last cargo of 250 horses taken 30 died on the passage, owing to it being the worst season of the year. One of the To Kapo's crew named Classen died while at Calcutta, of cholera.

The three retiring , councillors, Messrs Neal, MeVay, and ltobjohns, were to-day re-nominated without opposition, and have accordingly been re-elected. No better evidence of tho confidence of tho ratepayers in their representatives could possibly be desired.

We are glad to see other papers are condemning the absurdities of the cablo messages. The Poss writes:—"The Press Association cable messages are really becoming intolerable in their inaccuracy. One of them yesterday stated that Sir L. Sackvillo West, British Minister at Washington, had been created a Knight Grand Cross, and the other members of the Fisheries Commission Knight* of St. Michael and St. George. This is"utterly absurd. Sir Cbas. Tnpper, tho Canadian Commissioner, has long been a Knight Grand Cross of the Order to which his elevation as a Knight Commander is now cabled, while Sir L. Sackvillc Westhas been an Honorary Knigbt Grand ('ivss, a higher dignity in tne Order than that now said to be conferred uponhim. The third Commissioner, the Riarht Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, is well known to have refused a baronetcy, or any titular distinction, when he returned from Washington, so that it is in tho highest degree improbable that he has now taken a Knight Cotninandership of St. Michael and St. George."

Tenders will be called very shortly for tho health wall, Mr Carr'a plans and specifications being in a forward state. A meeting of tho Council will be held next Monday, to formally confirm the resolution passed some time ago authorising this very necessary ■work.

The following are to-day's mercury readings :—Russell 5-1, Auekfand 55, Thames S9", Cambridge 48, Tauranga 54, Taupo 48. Gisborno 50, Napier 52, Now Plymouth 50, Wanganui 5.), Wellington 50, Blenheim 47, Nelson 50, West port 40, Greymouth 42, Hokitikti 40, Bouly ;>5, Lyttolton 45, Timaru 51, Oamarti 52, Port Chalmers 50, Dunedin 40, Clyde 42, Queenstown 39, Balelutha 37, Invereargill 42, and Bluff 42.

Durinjr tho coal difficulty in Australia the e.s. Pukaki will come from Molbourno to Grey mouth, to coal for the round trip. She will then proceed to Sydney, New Hebrides, and tho Fiji Islands, returning by Sydney to Melbourne.

The Marino Parade again suffered severely from the action of the heavy sea yesterday and last night. Tho portion between tho stables of tho Albion Hotel and Mr Faulknor's coach factory has been the most damaged, very little of the road being left. It is hers that the high pressure water main, which after the last storm was sunk into tho beach for better protection, has been once more exposed, but it has suffered no injury ; on tho inlund side of it, however, the sewer pipes, tho lino of which was on the original level of tho water-main, have not only been exposed but smashed up for a considerable distance. From Mr Higgins' residence towards the southern end of tho borough the Marine Parade, as a thoroughfaro for wheel traffic, is absolutely ruined until the proposed sea-wall is erected.

Tho Now Zealand Stud Company's mare Locket, dam of Necklace, Thunderbolt, etc., died at Auckland on Tuesday whilst foaling.

It was stated last night ut the Council meeting that the cost of sinking tho two six-inch wells had only been a few pounds in excess of tho lowest tender for sinking one well.

In Wellington and Christclmroh considerable stir has been made by the announcement that tho Now Zealand Shipping Company's vessels are being managed by tho "brokers' ring." This journal was the first to point out tho groat difference in the cablegram as published in the Melbonrno Argus and by the Press Association.

The appointment of Mr Wundrara as returning officer for the South Ward was confirmed last night by tho Council.

An Auckland telegram says :—" Three men left on the '2Gth of August in a '20-foot sailing boat for tho Firth of Thames in order to fish, and bavo not returned. One of tho men was named Augustine O'Hanrahan, another (a negro) was known as Alfred Joe, the other was a sailor whoso name In not yet known. Tho men wera seen sailing on the "27th inst. from tho Thames to tho Miranda, but they hiivo not since bewi reported, and as tho weather on that day was very roncrh it is presumed that they have been lost."

At the mooting of tho select coininittoe of the Houso of Commons on pilotage, held on Judo I'D, Sir Edward Hortslet, librarian of tho Foreign (Mice, gavo some important evidence with regard to tho international aspect of a refusal to grant pilotage certificates to aliens. Ho said that "in Holland, for instance, British subjects were granted national treatment in all Dutch ports, but in some instances they did not get reciprocity. Tho treaties generally made no mention of tho granting of pilots' certificates. If Parliament were to decline to grant pilotage certificates to aliens, he thought that the Dutch might possibly consider such a step as interfering with their present treaty, but the question ;w to. tho interpretation of treaties was one of the most difficult, and ho should not liko to put an interpretation upon tho point. Most of the present treaties were to tho effect that no tonnage and light dues were to bo levied in the name of tho Government in tho ports of either country which .should not bo equally imposed on vessels in general. Some countries said they could not give them reciprocity. Ho was aware that the granting of pilotage licenses had been suspended, pending the decision of tho committee, but lie did not know whether nnv remonstrance had been inside to tho Home Ofliee. No correspondence on the subject had passed through his hands."

Last night, at the Council meeting, the Roads Committee were authorised to spend £5 in making a footpath at tho south end of Beach-road.

At the R.M. Court this morning, before G. A. Preece, Esq., R.M., a young native woman, on remand, charged with lunacy, was discharged.

In our Tues lay's issue we published that Fortune and Ulu'ck had recovered judgment against " William Hebden." The defendant should have been " William Fib-

lin." Hebden desires us to give this contradiction, as tho publication of his name in_ connection with this matter has caused him some annoyance.

We (Waikato Times) hear that Mr Hayr, tourist agent in Auckland, is about visiting Melbourne, with a vinw to floating a company to take over the coaching business and hostoleries on the road between Oxford and Napier, via Rotorna. It is estimated a capital of £20,000 would cover the interests involved. This is a matter that might be placed with advautage before Mr Cook on his visit to the parts of tho district interested. Last night's Borough Council meeting, being , the fourth from which Cr. Guy has been absent without leave, his seat becomes vacant. The appointment of Chief Railway Commissionsr for New Zealand seems going begging in London. A billet of £2500 a year, with exile for a term of years, is not

good enough for railway men in England. We believe tho fact is that the AgentGeneral is not empowered to select any one except a railway engineer, who would bo about the very worst selection that could be made. What is wanted is a business man.

A correspondent wires as follows from JRotorua : —"Last nitrht about 7.30 ten distinct flashes like litrhtning were observed in the direction of Tarawera mountain. Just before sunset it was observed that a large white cloud like steam was rising from the same quarter."

The "Popular Science Monthly" describes a curious and ingenious device called " Tho Echo-Maker," to he used on ships at sea. A flaring funnel is screwed to the muzzle of a rifle. When a supposed obstacle is near the vessel the rifle is fired in its direction, and if the obstacles is therf tho beam of sound projected through the funnel strikes the obstacle and rebounds, and as the echo is more or less perfect in proportion as the obstacle is more or less parallel to the ship from which tho gun is fired, and as it is near or remote, tho position of tho obstacle may bo inferred. The inventor claims that a sharp sound I projected at or nearly at an object, and only when so directed, will in every case return some of the sound sent, so that, theoretically, there will always be an echo, and tho difference in tho time between the sound sent and the echo will indicate tho remoteness of the object. The Naval Board tried the echo-maker and fonnd that a return sound could be heard from the side of a fort half-a-mile away; from passing steamers a quarter of a mile off if broadside to ; from bluffs and sails of vessels at about the same distance, and from spar-buoys 200 yards away.

Hardly any of our numerous publicspirited societies (says St. James's Gazetto) is more successful than anti-tobacco associations in meeting with the exceptions which are necessary to prove tho rule it seeks to enforce. There is now living atTarbes an old gentleman who has smoked every day since ho was fifteen tobacco to the value of 2?f(L Ho is in excellent health, and on the 21st of August next he will complete his 118 th year ; so that at a moderate computation he has so far blown away about a ton and a half of tobacco. And when the quality of the tobacco which finds favor in tho Pyrenees is borne in mind Ihe case is more than ever a striking exception to the sound rule that tho weed is noxious and unwholesome. M. Joseph Ribas—that is the name of this confirmed smoker, who yet has time to see the error of his ways— has outlived and outnumbered the years of a father, mother, brother and uncle, none of whom spent less than 111 years on earth.

Following up the announcement made in the circular recently issued by the Committee of Investigation, the Bank of New Zealand directors have nowcalled a ppecial meeting of the shareholders to consider a proposal for increasing the capital of the Bank to the extent of one million, by the creation of 100,0(10 now shares of the value of £10 each, to be issued in such quantities as may be deemed expedient. It is understood that at the meeting the committee will make a full report of the result of the exhaustive investigation which they have made into the Bank's affaire, and that the tenor of the report will be of a satisfactory nnd re-assur-ing character, fully establishing the soundness of the Bank's position, but recommending, in view of the magnitndoof its business, si further creation of capital. The wisdom of this recommendation will, wo think, bo generally admitted. The Bank of New Zealandis essentially a colonial institution, and its interests and those of tho colony are to a great extent inseparable. Any crippling of ite operations or suspicions of its position would most injuriously effect the whole colony, and it is essential that the credit of the bank should be equal to that of any of its competitors. Most of them have, "with the expansion of business, found it necessary to provide increased resources, and it has long been deemed by financial experts that the Bank of New Zealand should do likewise.—Post.

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EXHIBITION NOTICE.—Those young people who contemplate visiting the Melbourne Exhibition should first consider the advisability of settling in a home of their own. This could be done cheaply by purchasing their Ironmongery from Webber and Wilson, Emerson-street, thus ensuring happiness to themselves, and the pleasures resulting would be lastingand progressive.— [Advt.]

UMBRELLAS — SPECIAL. — Zenella Twill, at 2a lid each; Bright Finish do (stylish handles), 3s lid : Satin De Chenu (plain handles), Gs lid, 7s lid, Ss lid; New Silk Finish in Blacks, 7s lid —Searle and Co., The Ready Cash Drapers, Haat-ings-street.—[advt.]

Fearing your readers might wrongly construe your remarks about tho 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 inado and sold by him before the American snbstituto camo into the market.—[advt. |

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

NEW BOOKS! NEW BOOKS ! l-l am opening out another largo shipment of New Books ex " Tainui," including Presentation-Books (beautifully illustrated), the Newest Novels of the Day, also full supplies of tho Religious Tract Soceity's publications; Plain and Fancy Stationery. John Crerar, Bookseller, Hastings-street. Napier.—[advt. J