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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5426, 16 January 1889, Page 2

We have to acknowledge tho receipt from some unknown friend residing in the Waipiuva district of complete filos of the Weekly Northern Whig. Wo tender our, best thanks for the gift.

Tho Borough Council meets this evening at tho usual hour.

John Tait, charged with drunkenness this morning at the R.M.. Court before Mr. Lyndon, J. P., was fined 5h and costs.

The staff of the Daiiy Telegraph beg - to acknowledge a card from tho employes oi the Wellington Post, wishing the former tho compliments of the season. The- names of thoso employed in the difforent departments of tho Post are given on the card, which is printed in colors. .

On Saturday afternoon tho juveniles will be afforded an opportunity of hearing a performance by the Jungfrau Kapollo. As tho pi-ices will be popular ones, and the various instrumental selections are sure to meet with approval from 'tho juveniles, a large attendance may bo relied on.

Mr. J. 11. Dalton has secured the oontract for supplying- tho railway employes of the North Island with uniforms.

Something like fifty summonses went out to-day from the Corporation office to be served on defaulting ratepayers.

Tbo Whitochapel murders call to mind one of Dβ Quincey's fragments, a sequel to tho essay upon "Murder ac a Fine Art," wherein ho describes with frightful vividness a sericß of murders in this same East London in the year 1812.

The secretary to the Harbor Board has received a telegram from Dunedin stating that tho contractors for the second section of tho breakwater will be in Napier on Saturday. Wo may therefore expect that work will bo resumed without delay. ;

Lieut.-Colonel Huino will hold his annual intipection of thp Navala, Bifles, and Garrison Band this ovoaina. '3 tjin <lrin« shed, the former at 7 o'clock and tho two latter ut 8 o'clock, in review order. The inspection of tho Artillery takes place to-, morrow morning at 5.30 o'clock, the Hastings Rifles to-morrow evening, and the Woodville Rifles on 'Friday''evening.' This being an inspection held once a year, it necessitates the attendance of every man on tho roll. No leave of absence will be grunted, and defaulters are liable to a heavy fiuo for absenting themselves. : '

The lire brigadea' demonstration has been abandoned «■> far as Invercargill is concerned, the committeo haying so decided last night. The primary reason of tho failure is no doubt tho withdrawal by tho Government of the subsidy of £230 paid to the united fire brigades, and which was. n chief factor iv tho success of previous demonstrations. Tho assigned reasons for abandoning the affair wero that it would not be a financial success; that tho insurance companies, banks, and mercantile firms will not contribute sufficiently; that the art union was not a success; that the public do not interest themselves in the doinonutration ; and that very few entries of brigades have been received.

The advent of tho American girl into English society at first was a curiosity. It soon became a porteut. It is now nwmraing the dimensions of a menace. Before long it will bo recognised as a calamity. Of all the forma of competition there is none so deadly as this.' Wo can stand out farmers being ruined by American corn; we can listen unmoved to the waila of the groziera made bankrupt by the influx of Amerioau beef, but the American girl is too much. Already wo hear the murmur of the cry of tho drawing-room, of the despairing Belgravian mother who sees, season nfter season, American girls swoop down upon tho most eligible partners and cut out native girls out buforo the eyes of their distracted parents.—Pall Midi Gazette. Tho Wellington Supremo Court was occupied all yesterday heaving an action in which an iusurance canvasser named O'Neill nought to recover from the representative of the Colonial Mutual tho sum of jGGOO damages for alleged libel. The case w-us hoard beforo a special jury. Tho plaintiif said ho was employed in tho Now Zealund Life Insurance Department. The defendant induced one Curry, a bootmaker, to write to Mr. Luckie, stating that O'Neill had obtained from him (Curry) , a proposal for insurance iv the New Zealand office, knowing that a similar proposal had boon rejected by tho Colonial Mutual, and that O'Neill told him (Curry) not to mention this fact when applying to bo insured; that in consequence ho was dibinissed the service of tho Government Insurance Department. Tho defendant smd that the plaintiff was formerly canvasser for the Colonial Mutual, and while the plaintiff was in the employment of tho Government office it came to defendant's knowledge that plaintiff had allowed persons making proposals of insurance to the Government office to conceal the

fact that they had already been rejected by tho Oulonittl Mutual, and"that at the request of Mr Luckio hs (defendant). disclosed the fact aforesaid. He therefore pleaded that it was a privileged communication, and he further pleaded that tho matters alleged to be a libel were true. The jury at a late hour last night roturned a verdict for defondant, with costs. Mr Justice Richmond characterised, tho claim as most impudent, and the action as most unjustifiably wasting , the time of the country. Mr Toole, tho comedian, had lots of practical fun during his recent holiday in Switzerland. One afternoon, on a Lake Lucerne excursion steamer, a voice at the bow was heard calling : " Cook's coupons this way ! Glass of sherry and a sandwich free of charge!" The ingenuous tourists who responded found nothing but a little man admiring the scenery. After an interval the same voico in a. higher key was heard at tho stern: "Gaze's coupons this way J Glass of champagne and a sandwich free of charge !" There was another rush, with tho same result. Tho fun was heightened by tho curiosity of what appeared to bo a very old gentleman with long hair and hard of hearing, who engaged Mr Toole in a dialogue which considerably mystified the bystanders. Gossip lias it that this was Mr Irving'.

The services of an interpreter being wanted in a mining eaeo heard at Rivevton tho other day, a bright looking Celestial, who said he came from Waikawa, -was called upon to act. Liko any other Christian (says the Star), lie was sworn, on tho Bible, and ou being asked by the Wardon if ho knew the nature of an oath, replied quite jocundly—"lf I no tell truth, so help me, God."

At a meeting of shareholders of the proposed Napier to Taradnlo Tramway Company, held yesterday afternoon, it was decided to at oneo registor the company. The money already subscribed will be

placed on deposit in tho bank for a short time. Mr. Close was appointed, chairman during Mr. Titfen's absence.

The Appeal Court luia granted leitva to appeal to the Privy Council in the case of Booho v. Attorney-General. In this caso the Court ruled that Mrs Iloehe, a married woman at Dunedin, could not hold a publican's license. Tho Union Company's steamer Waiuui has been despatched to Samoa under special charter with urgent cable despatches received from tho Berlin Government for tho German Consul in Samoa.

The following "tallyarn" in. the New York Tribune:~- A trayellef; tejls the following, story to illustrate tlbe inBensibOity of Maoris to pain. "My friend," he says, "had given a Maori ; a pair of boots, but they were too short for .him*:' iFor some time he endeavored to force them on, but this was impossible; so he seized-a email tomahawk (hatchet)'and out off Ms' large foe to the length of his other toes; and then applied some juice of the flax plant (" Phormium tenax") to the cut to stop the Weeding, and pulled on the boot, which was not removed until the toe healed. He put on the other boot after a similar operation. I have known several instances, which appear to prove that the Maoris are less sensible to pain than, Europeans. , ',. : ..-

It is- astonishing the favor in which Wolfe's StaJAH's is held—We suppose because it is a first-class article. . The immense Print Trade dpno .this season by Messrs. Searle andfConipany, 6f Hastings street', is beyond all expectations, a fact which, convinces , them the only, true and ; honest course is to adheie to , their motto —" Small profits and quick returns," buying only in the Cheapest Markets, and selling for Ready Cash. Thus it is plainly seen you can buy a Good Print Gown at 3fd per yard, tho same as you pay 5d for in other shops.—[a»vt."P ' 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 co made and sold by him before the American substitute came into the market.—[advi. | " \ Cheap saddlery.—John MoYay ia selling forcash Colonial-made saddles, with kneepads aud furniture complete, 30s each. Hastings-street, Napier.. .• . ; Webber and Wilson, Emerson Street, from this date will close at, six o'clock. Builders and Furnishing • Ironmongery in large variety at reasonable prioes. Agents for the Patent Orion Ranges, the best selfsetting Ranges made, prices £3 10s, £4 15s, £6, £8, £10 10s,. £15. Send for descriptive catalogue.—[advt.] ,