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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5674, 5 November 1889, Page 2

Chemis, who is undergoing a sentenoe of imprisonment for life, has been removed to Auckland.

Evangelistic services will be held in St. Paul's Church every night this week. Saturday evening excepted.

Dr. Macgregor, who is contributing some letters descriptive of his travels in New Zealand to the Scotsman, talks of New Zealand as " The Great Loan Land." ..'

By the Mararoa on her last trip there arrived at Auokland an expert en route for Coromandel to report on some mining properties there ou behalf of a Sydney syndicate.

The tonder of tbo Hawke's Bay Timber Company has been accepted for the supply of two thousand railway sleepers, at 2s 3d per sleeper. The Tamaki Saw-mill Company tendered at 2s sd.

The total area of land taken up for settlement last month was 28,744 acres,: as follows :—Cash land, 4539 acres, £4426; deferred payment, 2811 acres, £329;, perpetual lease, 2109 acres, £890.

Mr Daniells will conduct a religious service in Mr Waterworth's Hall to-night at 7.30. He will explain why Clampit and othor such "pious frauds" succeed in gulling the people. All persons interested aro invited.

Of tho exports from Napier during the September quarter, timber was responsible for £1184, cheese £168, hides £1547, preserved meats £2898, frozen meat £21,501, sheepskins £1945, tallow £1843, wool £16,756, potatoes £3816, phormium £1021.

We have received from Mr Prebble, fruiterer, some ripe prickly-pears, grown in Mr T. Tanner's orchard, Riverslea. This fruit is refreshing, and makes an agreeable addition to the dessert table. Just at present Mr Prebble has a fine show of fruit of great variety.

Tho plant growing in Clive Square garden that is commonly supposed to be a Yacca is in reality nothing less than a specimen of the Damjlirion Aiigvstifolia. This striking plant is not easily propagated, but if the pods arc allowed to ripen it might bo possible to get some seed from it.

Brevity, the soul of wit, is also often the soul of unconscious humor, aa witness this comprehensive sentence, which is taken from the bill of a South London music hall exhibited tho other day :—" For the benefit of M ra , who during the pasttwelve months has lost husband, home, and leg."

Tho three Irish delegates are quite young men. Mr Dillon is 38 years of age; Mr Deasy is 33 : and Sir Thomas Esmond, is 27. The latter owns estates to the extent of 8057 acres, and is in receipt of an income of £4563. Mr Dillon is a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland). At the request of tho chairman of the Wellington Education Board, the chairmen of the local committees and boad teachers met toconsiaer tnc reported pru-»loooo of scarlet fever in town. After consideration of the City Council's report on contagious diseases it was decided that there was no necessity to close tbe schools, as the scare was quite unjustified.

The first auction salo of land acquired from tbo Government by the Midland Railway Company took place at Christchurch, yesterday, and resulted in the salo of 5903 acres in tho Solwyn County at prices ranging from lgs to £4 15s per acre, the principal portion fetohinir 355; also, 5778 acres in the Mount Grey survey district at ISs to £2 10s., tha majority realising 30s. There were 1361 acres which failing to realise the upset price were withdrawn.

Tho imports at Napier for the September quarter were of the value of £52,723 as against £35,390 for - tbe corresponding quarter in 1888. Of the imports the United Kingdom claims £40,482 ; Victoria, £2715; New South Wales, £3031 ; Bengal, £3555; and China, £1299. The exports were valued at £53,275 as against £43,286 for the same quarter in 1888. The exports to the United Kingdom were, £42,962; to Victoria, £41S0; to New South Wales, £5070.

A fatal accident ocourred at the railway station, Wanganui, yesterday afternoon. It is tbe habit of the boys of the town to fish on the wharf opposite the station platform, and yesterday afternoon two porters wero shuHting trucks, when a lad named Britton, who had a minute before been fishing, came across tho rails unseen by the men behind the truck, and was knocked down, a wheel going over him, causing instantaneous death. Tho deceased was aged ten years. No blame is attachable to the railway employes.

Tho annual tea meeting of St. Augustine's Church will be hold to-morrow evening. Addresses will be delivered by the Revs. J. Parkinson, C. L. Tuke, P. H. Cornford, C. E. Beecroft, and Mr. J. Saunders. Tho choir contribute the anthems " Lord for Thy Mercy's Sake " and "Incline Thiue Ear," the carols " Good KingWeuceslas" and "The Wassail song," while solos from oratorios will bo contributed by Miss Large, Miss Williams, Miss Chegwidden, Mesdames Prime and Sorrell, and Messrs Atkit-son and Willcojks. Mr H. G. Spackman will preside at tho organ.

The Taranaki Herald writes :—" The public will bo glad to learn that the Government havo refunded to Judge Rawsou the whole of bis disbursements and costs in connection with the Royal Commission held at New Plymouth in March last. Tho report of tho commissioners so thoroughly exonerated Mr. Rawson from all the charges brought nfrainst him, that as the law was so defective as not to enable the costs to bo recovered from the complaiuants, no other course was open to the Government but to pay them out of the colonial chest. The amount paid was £346 19s. 9d., aud the repayment to Mr. Rawson was made by the Government voluntarily without any request from Mr. Rawson."

A fire broke out last evening at Messrs Warner and Co.'s Hall of Commerce, at the corner of Trafalgar and Bridge streets, Nelson. The firo already had a good hold when the alarm wa3 given, the flames almost touching tbe adjoining shop of Mr Dee, tailor. The Fire Brigade worked well, and soon averted the danger of the fire spreading, ultimately extinguishing it, but the damago to tho stock will probably be considerable. Tho insurances on the stock are as follows :—£2ooo in the Liverpool and London (re-insured iv the South British £400), North British £400, Standard £400, Pbeouix £400, and Norwich Union £500 ; on tho building and fixtures £700 in the Northern and £200 in the Union.

Mr. George Milnor Stephen, barrister-at-law, who of late years has been most conspicuously known iv Australia as an exp ponent of the art of faith-healing, otherwise called the red flannel cure, has (says a cablo message) for some timo past been resident in London, and haß been energotio in his efforts to bring his system into fashionable as well as general aotice. In this he has very largely succeeded, and he has established a very extensive practice. It is now announced that he has had the honor of applying red flannel cure to the Royal Princesses, but with what effect is not stated. In all probability this will lead to a still further extension of Mr. Stephen's practice in fashionable circles.

A statement has been made that the terraces at Rotomahana are re-forming but Mr. Mitchelson, who would probably have been informed of it had such been the case, heard nothing about it during his recent visit to Rotorua. He says fern has sprung up on the doposit of mud, and that many of the trees which were stripped of their leaves and brauches, especially the polmtukawas, aro putting out foliage well. The country, however, still wears a desolate aspect. The bed of Lake Rotomahana, which was so euHveed by the eruption as to take m the little Lake Waimakariri close by, is rapidly filling with water, but has not yet found an outlet. ' "here is now a depth in the lake of at least on o hundred feet of water. Mr. Mitchelson rode down Waiotapu Valley, and visited tbo small terraces and the hot springs to be found there. & a a ' so Trent over to O ra^ei Korako. This pla- 00 * rt out °* t ' 3e beaten track and difficult if ueoe&a, but it is well worth a visit.

to tho exportation of rabbits from Wellington, the correspondent of the New Zealand Herald remarks:—There haß been a good deal of curiosity about this novel addition to the exports of the oolony. Nd"body seems to know what the rabbit could be useful for in Rio de Janeiro. A medical friend gives me the following explanation, whioh he believes to be the correct one. Everyone knows that the yollow fever ia the scourge of Rio and Brazil. There is resident there a medical man who believes that the bacillus of this terrible malady oan be made sterile by being passed through the blood of the rabbit, which.undergoes achange by the process, and may then be used for the purpose of inoculation, so as ; to* lessen the liability of the human organism to .the, fatal effects of the disease.' This thettry is sftid to be suggested by the experiments of M. Pasteur, and is receiving great attention" from the medical faculty in countries where yellow fever prevails at certain seasons of the year.

Tho Publio Works Committee last night agreed to recommend the Council as follows :—" 1. That the question of >the storm water in Diokens'and Dalton streets stand over until the effect of the extension of the storm water sewer his been ascertained. 2. Ihat the weighbridge be removed to the pumping station, and be' thenyused ; a8 a public weighbridge, under the charge of the engineer at the waterworks. 3 That a call bell be fixed connecting Superintendent Waterworth's house .with, the fire brigade station before the end of this year 4. That the drainage of Thompson-road and the repair of the rcadway be authorised 5. That about two chains of the eastern end of Hardinge-road be forfiedand repaired. 6. That Bay View -road be repaired as suggested in the overseer's report 7. That the consent of the Council be-given to the applied for by Mr Hoadley, provided the roadway" be made 20 feet wide. 8. That three fire plum he placed in Shakespeare Hill for watering purposes." r ---.i^ f 8

At a meeting* of creditors of Andrew Graham at Gisborne yesterday, the .bankrupt stated that when he was in business with Mr Kinross of Napier the firm lost considerably over bad: and when tbe Glasgow Bank failure-came it had to realise all its assets. Since't&en the bankrupt had carried on business. ->Ud'' had lost considerably by depreciation 'In 6 the value of property and as surety for _..\lanre contract, besides losses ih trade and by firo. He had given up all to his ' ordditora! leaving his wife and -family destitute. Ia v examination by the solicitor for the Assets fcCorapany of Edinburgh the debtor ad- f mitted that £9500 set down as due ttf the company had been absorbed in the losses to which he had referred, though he was not authorised, to use any partio* th_ £9500 of the Asset Company's ftm&Ssr.a_ttiie waa X acting as the company's attorney: and'/"! that he did not disclose to the company'that theirmoneywa;s ( being'used in* that way. A motion ' was carried 'that'; the debtor should have his furniture, valued at | £250. The meeting adjourned sine die. As a politician Mr Ballance "rwas never celebrated for truth-telling in, the ordinary sense of the word. In that respect there is any amount of difference' between him' and George Washington. What is truth P Well we suppose that Mr Ballance -as a publio man has some sort of regard for it, but if we were to seek an answer to the question in his platform speeches we should be compelled to reply that it is any assertion whioh seems likely to fit m with the exigencies of the l' moment. _Truth of that kind is often hard J to distinguish from falsehood. In fact to~"v all intents and purposesitmay befalseho'od and we have not the smallest doubt that M. Ballance'e assertion with regard to the land settlement returns was of that character It; suited his purpose to discredit them, and it came quite naturally to him to say that they had been manipulated. From our point of view such statements are disgraceful unless they, are true. We prefer to trust to the good faith of the .department and to disbelieve Mr Ballance. We are sure also that the statement which he is said to have made about the appointment of tbe Railway Commissioners was false—not merely not the fact, but false in the sense that it was pure invention on the part of the speaker.—_ .maru.Herald. Our (Southland News) Pegasus correspondent states tbat there was an amusing scene on board the Dispatch last trip&rom ■-• tho Bluff to Stewart Island.i.ii The passengers included a party often Chinamen The weather was very rough, and the Celestials all suffered more or-less from mal-dc-mcr. In this situation John did not realise the necessity.: of going to the side, and the deck • well, readers can imagine - : tbe state of things for themselves. At last 7 Captain Anglem could stand it noldWer". L, Seizing one of the offenders by the scruff of the neck, he impelled him to the side: ; Poor John thought that nothing short of murder was intended, and loud above the wind and waves rose his yells of terror. The captain tried to explain, but as he didn't understand Chinese, and tho other was innocent of English, the result was not encouraging Firmly convinced that he was to be thrown overboard the Chinaman with : his "taper fingers " clutched with the grip of desperation at the nearest fixed object, while his companions in misery looked on in fear, expecting, no doubt that their turn would come next. skipper held on, and at length by dint of expressive pantomimic aotion caused John to "catch on." WTien he did he was a new being. The look of horror gave place to asmilo that was " childlike and bland," and John gazed placidly out on the foam crested waves. It would seem that at the present time th& state of Ireland is greatly improving. 'Me firm and consistent rule of this present Government, through Mr Balfour, is greatly lessening the number of outrages. But perhaps another and the greatest reasOh for the improved state of affairs is that thebulk of tbe people are becoming' wearied of the incessant incitement to disturbance kept up by men who are committed to political agitation as their life-work. , The Irish tenant feels that he has no real grievance, and that if he were let alone," with the mqderato rent whioh he may now secure, he ', might be a happy and prosperous man, having every privilege and every freedom which oan be desired. We believe that Ireland would ere thia have been peaceful and contented, had it not been for active assistance from abroad, in the shape of subscriptions for criminal purposes, and emissaries from such Booietias.as the.. Clan-na-Gael. _ To subscribe money to;maintain agitation in Ireland, when'therO is id serious grievance to be redressed, is a cruelty to the country and an injury to its people. JTbey do not want it. S« far as money is required for purely political agitation, the Irish are quite able to provide it. To send riioney from New Zealand is an aid from without to an illegal agitation, which could not ba supported from within.—N.Z. Herald. A verdict of " Not Guilty" was returned at Wellington yesterday in - the charges against Mrs Donnelly "and / others. In answer to a question from the Chief Justice the jury said they considered that tho trespass on unfenced land was made merely by way of reprisal. His Honor addressed the aocused as follows, Ms remarks being interpreted by Lieutenant-Colonel McDonnell :—" I don't think I ought to abstain from saying a few words to you. The jury have heard the facts and havo como to the conclusion that you are not guilty of tho offence with which you aro charged. It is manifest, however, tbat these modes of prooeedingare calculated to end in very serious trouble. ; It.is quite clear that oven though you were willing to abstain from actual force; that.kind of proceeding is very much calculated to compel those who were in possession of the land to resort to the use of firearms. I would ask i you to bear in mind the words of Turanga and his comment when ho was shot in the disturbance in June, because though his death-wound was not intentional he, was certainly intentionally shot in the first instance. When he held in his hand the pistol tbat was taken from his assailant ho did then what certainly few persons placed in a similar position would have done. Ho either discharged or thought he discharged >*» tho remaining barrels of the pistol in the air, saying that he would leave bis assailant to the law. Now let us hope that for tbe future you will do the same. You are discharged." ';. '

Ask your Grocer for Five O'Clock Tea at J 2s4dperlb. Davidson, Irvine, and Co., f agents.

WHEN ADAM took his family from his summer residence and pitched his" tent outSide the, gates of Eden, nothing was missed so much as a CHEAP IRONMONGER'S SHOP. The elder son would have started on his own account but he was not Abel. Had Webbbb _jjd Wilson been in the locality all goods could have been purchased at Sale Prices for Cash.—[advt.:|,

Riding saddles, colonial ra&de, with furniture complete, 30s,for cash.-- All other goods, of which I have a great assortment, very cheap, at John MoVay's, Hastings street, Napior, and. at Waipukurau. [Advt.] ■•-.,.■

Stylish and Cheap Summer Millinery finished with taste by competont hands. Seablb & Co., Hastings Street.

Fancy Basket and Ferns ls 6d, Large Sponges ls, Ladies' Baskets, New Lines Music Folios ls 6d and 3s 6d, Large Boxes Envelopes and Paper 9d, Transfers Id, ToyWhips, Barrows; Carts, Dolls, Trumpets &c.—Novelty Dep6t.—[ADVT.]

Dr. Moore will attend at-Mr. Owen's Pharmacy from 11 to 12 (noon) and from 7 to 9 p.m.—f_DVT.] -y