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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5676, 7 November 1889, Page 2

This evening the sixth entertainment of the season will be given at the Working Men's Club. Members are cordially invited to bring their friends.

From Messrs Neal and Closo we havo to acknowledge receipt of the first pictorial calendar of the season. The picture is an amusing one—"Settling the Irish Question."

At a special meeting of the Borough Council held at the close of the ordinary meeting last night, a special order taking over Priestley road as a public street was confirmed.

At the K.M. Court this morning, before Mr J. H. Vautier, J. P., Mary Roae, an old offender, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s and costs, in default 48 hours' imprisonment.

During last week the barque Prince of Wales was being dismantled of some of her sea-going spars, when one of the lower topsail yards get adrift from alongside the ve&ael. Yesterday a spar, no doubt the lost one, whs found nlonir the Petane sea beach, and was brought to tho inner harbor.

The Exhibition band contest has been fixed for the 13th, lltb, and 15th of March, and will be open to the world. The prizes are £100, £-15, .£3O, £25, and a special priza for quickstep and solo playing. The maximum number of playera will be twontyfive, and the minimum number fifteon.

Benson— "They tell me that laughter is a great health promoter." Young Grant— " Don't you believe it, old fellow. My father fell down and smashed his shin yesterday, and I laughed till I was ready to drop. When ho got up ho ' whaled' tho life almost out of mo. a health promoter ? O, no ! " —Kearney Enterprise.

To the Editor: Sir, —The advertisement iv connection with the Friendly Societies' Fute is rather a peculiar one, as it omits to state what the charge for admission to tho ground in. lam aware that the art union ticket procures the "open sesame," but are horses and carriages admitted ? If so on what terms. —I am, &c, Landau.

There whs a splendid muster of Volunteers at tho inspection parade last evening. After inspection by the Major commanding, there was a march out, headed by tho Band, to Clive Square, where the parade was handed over to Cnpt. Smith, with Capt. Lewis as Adjutant. A g:ood hour's battalion drill was gone through, and the parade dismissed.

It was nearly ha!f-past eight last night before a quorum was present at the Council meeting. One Councillor was given up to verbosity, and Councillors generally were in a humor to undo what they had agreed to in Public Works Committee till, as tho Chairman put it, he was humiliated, consequently the meeting did not terminate till a late hour.

The Napier Rifles were iuformed last night, prior to dismissal, that as their new undress uniforms were expected here by Saturday's steamer, arrangements had beeu made to get them landed and served out on the day of arrival. The daylight parade on Monday next will therefore be in the new - uniforms, so in the meantime members cau arrange with the Color-Sergeant to receive them.

The Victorian Parliament have passed a Bill granting to Captain Whitney the leaso for S)'JO years, at a peppercorn rental, of five acres of land near Melbourne on which to erect an ammunition factory. The Government have also agreed to pay to Captain Whitney £5000 on tho delivery of the first 500,000 cartridges, and to puobase what ammunition is required, estimated at about •2,000,000 annually.

Professor Borreson, whoso projected visit to Napier wo mentioned last week, arrived in town last night from Palmerston North, and has taken offices in Emerson Street, near the Provincial Hotel. Professor Borre.son. who as a phrenologist has a high colonial reputation, will open his clasises at once, and receive clients at his office, and before the termination of his visit will probably deliver one or more of his popular

Several vvell-knowu members of the Simrmsen Opera Company, to the number of fourteen, hare decided to organise themselves into a company to visit various country towns and the West Coast of tho Middle Island and produce a few favorite operas. Tho company will be known as the Seymour-Walshe Bijou Opera Company, aud include Miss Florence Seymour, Misw Ethel Maolcay, Messrs Walshe, England, and T. Pollard.

There has been considerable talk at Dunedin during- the last few days concerning the disappearance of a well-known solicitor whose "shilling shockers" under the ■ norn tie plume of " Gilbert Rock" gained him more than local notice. His affairs were understood to be very much involved, and he left for Christchurch some timo back ostensibly to consult a relative by marriage living there, with the view of puttiug his matters straight. Since then ho has not been heard of.

Ah an evidence that Mr Egoson's last weather prediction affected the colony by producing » ioeliiig of alarm and insecurity amongst pastoralists and those about to take up land, it is stated by the Sydney Telograph that on tho day" the prediction was published a proposed purchaser of a large station property was to attend at one of the Banks and sign the necessary documents. Ho, however, took fright at the bad times that were prophesied, called off from the bargain, and has since, wo are informed, decided to take himself and his money to South America. For his peace of mind it is to bo hoped that there are no weather prophets there of Mr Egeson's confident nature.

The Garrison Baud's open air concert in tho Olive Square rotunda last evening attracted a very largo number of spectators to that place, A fine moonlight night, an excellent programme ot selections, with v ! good band to play them, and those present did not desire much more to spend an enjoyable evening. Tho grounds were in good order, and "gave evidence of the attention paid to them by the caretaker, while tho grass looked wonderfully green. To say tliut the different items were appreciated is perhaps scarcely necessary, for many regretted when the concert was over. Among fho pieces especially well played were, " Majenta" and " The Brides:" The advocates of women's rights are very fund of pointing to America, and boasting of the freedom and liberty of our trauaAtlaiitio sisters. And no doubt they have a considerable amount of freedom. But it is not -ill bright, there are some dark spots. Wo doubt very much whether any tiling like the following ha- occurred in less favored cuuiitriw. Wo t«ke it from the Sun l<ran-u«-eo Bulletin ;—" A purty of masked men took Mrs S:iiit{\?treet and htr daughter,

living about ten milee east of Marion, Ind. from their home Friday night and stripped and whipped them with beaoh gads until the blood ran, because they had talked about their neighbors." Pretty good that for a country where we are told that woman is worshipped. A deputation of Freemasons waited oa \ the Governor at Christchurch yesterday. A Bro. Bishop, chairman of the Canterbury F branch of the Masonic Union, addressed ' His Excellency, urging that his influence might bo given in furtherance of the Grand Lodge movement, and advancing varioua reasons why it was a consummation much to be desired. Bros. Michell and Kaye also briefly addressed the Governor on other points. Lord Onslow, in his reply expressed a strong hope that 'with further' effort practical unanimity would be secured, and dwelt forcibly on the desirableness that economic management in the future should enable the craft to bring into existence those philanthropic institutions which aro an essential part of Freemaeonry. Tho reply was regarded highly favorable. His , Excellency has accepted an invitation from Bro. Hull, the W.M. of the St. Augustine Lodge, to attend a Masonic concert,,on his return from the South. '■

_ An alarm of fire was raised shortly after six o'clock yesterday, the Shakespeare road and town bells being rung almost simultaneously. There was a good muster of the Fire Brigade, while the fire, police were ready for duty within a very short time. The fire, fortunately, did not prove to be of a very serious character. Messrs. D. 0. Hitchman and Co.'s lolly factory was the spot where the Brigade proceeded with the manual engine, but a few buckets of water soon quenched whatever fire there might have been; the services of the manual engine were not required. Mr. Hitchman himself does not know how the fire originated, but from the open furnace, which was fully heated at the time, it is surmised that the galvanised iron chimney heated the weatherboard wall. Although there were no flames visible, the quantity of smoke which issued through the roof betokened that the fire might have - been serious, had not steps been taken to immediately extinguish it. ■■"■■•■ ;>*

, The London correspondent of the Dunedin Star writes :'■ —I see you fell into the common mistake of supposing the journalist Simms who had a bout of fisticuffs with the Duke of Cambridge was George B; of that ilk, "Dagonet" and dramatist. Curiously enough, there never were two men more utterly unlike one another. ■ The Swag, whom all the world has heard of, is a burly >• * six-footer, chook full of humor- and dyspepsia, who would have made things exceedingly warm for his Royal, Highness at close quarters. G. E. Simms is a -little irascible rat of a man for' ever in scrapes, and without a thimbleful of humor in his composition or the faintest possibility dft under any conceivable circumstances seeiq/g or making a joke. The other day G.E. assaulted hie father, and once again Geo. B. got the credit of the crime. The latter moaned characteristically over his sad-fate in the Referee, and swore that his rampantly militant namesake should .welter in gore the first time they met. Wfllit be believed that the crazy little liner took " Dagonet's " jeat ait grand serieur, and absolutely threatened to apply for police tection. In the current Referee " Dagonet" says that, as Geo. R. Sims has never seen G. E. Simms, the latter may, he thinks, walk about the streets without fear of being murdered. j "Io lan the" is to be staged by the Napier M Amateur Operatic Society for a season of" four nights commencing on Monday,, the 11th inst, and judgingby the rehearsals this performance bids fair to eclipse anythiug of the kind over attempted before by amateurs in Napier. The caste is a very powerful one, including most of the leading amateurs in Napier, while the choruses are exceptionally strong, and under the careful supervision of Mr A. Levi, the stage manager, they have thoroughly mastered the figures of the different tableaux which constitute such a pleasing part of this opera. The orchestra, consisting of eighteen performers, is in Mr Sheath's hands, and his ability in this direction is a sufficient guarantee of the excellence of the music. The dress department has been made a special feature by Mrs Goodull, whose reputation in this direction was conclusively upheld by the success which crowned ? her efforts upon the occasion of the representation of the " Mikado." The scenery has been procured from Auckland, where it was greatly admired, tho famous Parliament House scene being specially good. Mr E. H. Bold has kindly preferred his services in connection with the limelight, apparatus, and as some of t the scenes are mainly dependant upon the effect given by / the grouping, the limelight should be of great assistance. The Garrison Band have generously oonsented to station themselves upon the bridge to assist in playing the opening march. Special trains have been arranged for Monday and Wednesday nights, and should be well patronised by country residents. As the colonial owners of the copyright of Gilbert and Sullivan's operas have issued instructions barring the performance of any of these operas for three years, the public will do well to avail themselves of what will probably be the last chance, of seeing any of these deservedly popular plays for some years. The members of St. Augustine's Church celebrated their anniversary last evening br a tea, meeting, after which there was held a eonoeib In tho eohoolrootii. A large number sat down at tables well looked after by Mesdamos Swan, Faulknor, Parkinson, Chegwidden, "Woods, Cox, Catten, Otton,. and Willcocfes, and Missee Badfords (2)/ S. Holt, and E. G. Holt. The concert ou this occasion partook more of a sacred character than, hitherto, and some fine pieces were submitted during the evening. The Beys. J. Parkinson, Tuke, Cornford, and Mr J. Saunders were on the platform, and addresses were given by these gentlemen. Miss Large was in "fine voice, and was deservedly encored for her singing' of'" Angels Ever Bright and Fair;" she repeated the last stanza. Mrs. Prime sang, "O Rest in the Lord;" " What do the Angels dream of ?" by Mrs. Sorrell, and " But tho Lord is Mindful of His Own," by Miss R. Chegwidden were well applauded. A trio "LiftUp Thine Eyes ". by Mrs. Prime and Misses Lwrge and Williams, was very well sung. Messrs Willcocks and .Atkinson also.contributed vocal selections. The choir; eang several anthems and carols. • The organ voluntary, one of Mozart's compositions, played by Mr. Spuckmun, was performed in that gentleman's artistic stylo. Mr. Spackman also played the accompaniments to the various singers .during tho evening. , In referring to the work of the- past year, Mr. Parkinson said they bad maintained their stand, and had made very good progress. One little help had been the addition to St. Augustine's of the beautiful chancel, which in some measure, had brightened their ser-

vices, as the choir had now a more advantageous position than formerly. They had maintained their, weekly gathering at the Lord's table, the attendance being satisfactory. In the midst of all the depression their income last year had been better than it had ever been before, which was something to be grateful for. •

- PISHING SEASON.—Webber and Wilson have a large assortment of Lines, Hooks, Swivels, Gut, &c, &o. ; also a few samples of Artificial Bait. Webber and Wilson, Ironmongers, Emerson street.—[Advt ]

Riding saddles, colonial made, with furniture complete, 30s for cash. All other goods, of which I have a great assortment, very cheap, at John McVay's, Hastings street, Napier, and at Waipukurau.— [Advt.]

Stylish and Cheap Summer Millinery finished with taste by competent hands.— Seaklk & Co., Hastings Street.

IVncy Basket and Ferns Is 6d, Large Sponges Is, Ladies' Baskets, New Lines, Music Fclios Is 6d and 3s 6d, Large Boxes Envelopes and Paper 9d, Transfers Id, Toy Whips, Barrows, Carts, Dolls, Trumpets, &c— Novelty Depot.—[advt.]

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