TOWN EDITION.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5627, 11 September 1889, Page 3

TOWN EDITION.

Tho Rirautaka leaves Wellington at five o'clock to-night for this port. Blom is doing so well that it is expected ho will oe able to put in an appearance at the R.M. Court next Monday, when the ] other boy, Hutton, will be brought up - charged with wilful wounding. J About ten o'clook this morning, during a ! sudd„ squall, the chimney of the residence of Mr Bain, Napier Terrace, was blown j down. A child and tho servant, who happened to be in tho kitchen at the time, had a narrow escape, as the rafters and roof were smashed through. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (limited) have received the follow - iugoable from their London office, dated 10th inst:—" Frozen meat.—There is little demand. Canterbury mutton is worth 5Jd per lb, and Wellington 4-J-d per lb. The beef market is firm. Forequarters are worth 3id per lb, hindquarters4*d per lb." Tho reply of the Swis* Government to the last German Note on the right cf asylum question has been published. It has created I great satisfaction throughout Switzerland. I It contests iv the firmest language the ground taken' by Prince Bismarck in attempting to force on Switzerland the obligation under the Treaty of 1876 to examine papers of all Germans domiciled in the Confederation. Such stipulation has never been mado in treaties with other countries. It would rob Switzerland of au essential attribute of sovereignty, sin'JC it would place its right of asylum at the mercy of a foreign Power, and to that she will never consent. 'Die North German Gazette prints an evidently inspired articlo asserting that the action of Germany was not directed against Switzerland herself, but only against the German Social Democrats in Switzerland. A peaceful settlement of the question is anticipated. : Within tho last fortnight the Turkish Government has, it is said, abandoned the hesitating attitude which it is oredited with having previously maintained towards the Triplo Alliance and has made a decided advance towards Germany, Austria-Hun-gary, and Italy. Tho diplomacy of the British Embassy at Constantinople has (says the Times correspondent) contributed powerfully to bring about this chauge, the first manifestation of which has taken the form of direct personal overtures from the Sultan to tho German Government. Without having regularly joined tho League of Peace by signiug any treaty, the Porto has so far adopted the policy of tho allied Powors that the efforts of Russia in tho contrary sense may already be paid to havo failed completely. These efforts, to which French diplomacy gave assistance, were being energetically directed a littlo time since to raising fears of complications in the Sultan's mind aud to bringing tho Grand Vizier himself under His Majesty's suspicion. The Sultan has suddenly shaken off the apprehensions with whioh it was thought to disturb him, and has, pioprio motu, made an advance towards Germany, which must be taken to mark an entirely new departure in the policy of the Porte. The ceremony of crowning "the Rose Queen," in connection with tho work of lather Nugeo, of St. Austin's Church, New Kent road, took place at the Alexandra Palace. The Dowager Duchess of MarlI borough crowned the Jtosioro of the year. j There was a largo assemblage, and the Central Hall was crowded when the cere-

mony took place. A rose show was held at the same time. Father Nugee founded, twelve years ago, under the direct patronage of Her Majesty, a society of work girls of the poorest class, who should bo encouraged in their desperate fightfor life by the highest examples of honor, virtue, and parental duty. The society is known"as "The Girls' Protection Society," and there aro about 500 members. The Rose Queen of the presont year is a girl of seventeen, Ada Weldon, tho eldest of twelve children. She chose for one of her attendants a little sister of six, who rested her head on her sister's arm during the ceremony of crowning, and looked up with wonder as a great crowd of well-dressed people applauded tho crowning of her sister. The Rose Queen was arrayed in a cream polonaise with a pink skirt, and her graceful figure was enveloped in a lonir white veil. She bore herself with great modesty in the presence of the unwonted crowd of spectators. The Dowager Dnobess handed £5 to tho Rose Queen, and 10s each to four in her train, for their exemplary conduct during the year, and afterwards presented the prizes awarded for the best roses in the show held during the day. A Parliamentary paper which has recently been issued, in answer to an address of tho House of Commons, contains reports from Her Majesty's representatives in the various European countries on the bounties or subsidies granted in each in aid of the construction or running of ships. From these it appears that Franco and Italy are the only countries granting bounties for the construction, running, and repair, of ships. In both cases the mode of calculation is complicated. In Italy 442 sailing ships and thirty-two steamships earned the bounty on navigation in 1887 ;• the amounts of bounties on construction in the dame year was £4587, on repairs £7210, and on importing coal £6931. Tho total French bounties earned in 18P8 is estimated at 9,000,000fr. In Spain a bounty of 32s a ton is granted on construction. In Austria-Hungary no bounties are given, but materials required for the construction and equipment of ships aro imported free of duty; in Germany aid is indirectly given to shipbuilders by giving them Government contracts, and in exceptional oases by allowing them to import articles required in shipbuilding free of duty. The Russian Government gives no direct aid, but has sometimes given considerable indirect assistance by means of loans, and giving Russian shipbuilders advantageous coutracts. Belgium admits certain materials for shipbuilding duty free. Beyond these it may be said that shipping bounties exist nowhere in Europe except in France and Italy, and in a very mild form in Spain.