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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5895, 29 July 1890, Page 2

The blunder at Balaclava will be understood now. Ono of tho orators at iast night's meeting stated the Light Brigade were redheaded men.

Mr T. Reid, who died at Wanganui, is reported to havo been worth £40,000 at the time of his death, £8000 of which he has loft to local institutions.

Tho Auckland Gas Company, at the halfyearly meeting yesterday, adopted adividend of Ss Gd per share upon the paid-up shares, and 4s 3d upon thoso partly paid-up.

At the R.M. Court this morning before Mr Wardell, R.M., William Fairweather was fined os and costs for drunkenness. William Bain for a similar offence was fined 10s aud costs.

Notwithstanding the enormous expers-a incurred in tho mounting of " Paul Jones" and "Boccaccio," Miss Nellie Stewart cleared £100 per week iv her recent Melbourne season, so says a well informed Melbourne correspondent.

A private telegram received at Napier from an official source states that the last crushing of the Try Fluko resulted in 131 ounces of gold from 30 tons of quartz. It is expected that tho tramway from tho mino to "the battery will be completed th.B week.

The certificate a warded to the Maharahara Copper Miuing Company at the Dunedin Exhibition has been received by Messrs Baser and Tabuteau, and is in excellent taste and a very creditable production, which speaks well for tho lithographer as well as for the artist.

Judgments wero given for plaintiffs in the following civil cases this morning:— R. H. Robinson v J. Dalton, £1 7s lid, (claim has been paid), costs 10s. J.Harrison v. P. Connolly (Mr Cresswell for plaintiff), £9 10s -id, costs £1 Is, solicitor's fee £1 Is, witnesse'a expenses £1 Is.

"Mr and Mrs Henry Bracy are resting in Sydnoy preparatory to a New Zealand tour." So writes an exchange. Lately they have appeared successfully in Melbourne in comic opera. ATrs Bracy is better known as Miss Clara Thompson," and is a sister of the sprightly Lydia Thompson.

Tho farmers of Oamaru have formed a Union to protect their interests, and in order that all demands made by the labor organisations may bo discussed by the bodies interested," and, if possible, any. friction saved. Circulars will be sent to all farmers' clubs and similar bodies in tho colony, asking for their co-operation in forming a strong Union.

The master biker, and operatives of Auckland had an interview last night on the wages question. The men, as the result of their previous meeting, demanded that tho lowest scale of wages should be foreman £3, second hand £2 10s, third £2 ss. After considerable discussion a compromise was arrived at, tho masters agreeing to pay the following as the lowest scale: —Foreman £2 15s, second £2 ss, third £2. This was accepted by the men.

Mr J. R. Blair is ono of those who do not b.liove in tho Labor Bills at present before the Legislature. At tho animal meeting of the Wellington Building and Investment Company, Mr Blair, in moving the adoption of tho directors' yearly report, said that in his opinion, if th. so Bills were passed, it would have tho effect of driving capital aud people out of tho colony, and then, added Mr Blair, " thero will be no more need for building societies in this colony at any rate."

The Auckland Chambor of Commerco have decided to recommend the Govern-

ment to offer a bonus for improved plant

for the dres-ing of phormitnn truer, aud to call their attention to the necessity for the protection of growing flax. They have further missed a resolution suggesting that

any respectable applicant should be granted a bottle license upon similar terms to thoso now prevailing in Otago, empowering him to sell wine, cfder, perry, or mead in bottles in quantities not exceeding two gallons.

Reports from Corieute, Nicaragua, say that little work is being done on the now canal. Alfairs are iv a deplorable condition, and the country is overrun with Americans aud Europeans who have no

money, and oau got no work. At tho town of America, which the canal people started, thero is a hospital with about 100 patients, mostly Americans. Every whito man is trying to get out of tho country. The company had mado contracts for 2000 negroes from Jamaica por mouth. Tho Postmaster-General has not yet received a reply from tho United States Government in answer to his message asking whether the Mail Subsidy Bill has passed both branches of the American i Legislature. Unless a roply be received by to-morrow Mr Mitchelson will again wire asking the fate of the bill. In the event of the bill having passed, tho Government will at once recommend a renewal of tho San Francisco .service, and they have no doubt the-ir proposals will bo adopted. A good story is told by an officer who recently travelled on tho public service, which, in ».o>i i i-c-iv, _■ ben trovato. He sent in bis account of travelling expenses with the entry of " Porter, Is." His accounts were returned with the remark that porter could not be allowed, but that if the entry was intended for tho conveyance of luggage, it should bo noted as " porterage." The alteration was duly made, and a query added as to whether a oab should not bo entered as "cabbage." The reply vouchsafed was that tho correspondence on the subject must cease.

Our Waipawa correspondent wires as Follows; —"A Holiday Association was formed last right, comprising twenty :rudc-mcn. The subscription was fixed at l-.i Gd annually, and a committee of five

to be elected annually iv July, to decide ou what days the members' premises shall be closed, giving notice in advertisement, and electing their own chairman. Messrs Rathboue, Bibby, Flyun, Garry, and Jull, were elected tho first committee.—The meeting of the Town Board called for noon to-day has beau postponed till to-night for want of a quorum."

At the annual meeting of the parishioners of All Saints', Taradale, great regret was expressed at Mr N. E. Beamish leaving

the parish, and a resolution conveying a cordial vote of thanks for his past services was carried unanimously. Mr J. Bennett was appuiuted tho incumbent's warden, and \V. Corbin parishioners' warden, and the followiug vestry -were elected :—Messrs Shirley, G. .tleslop, C. Brown, A. Nowbold, H. Harris, R. Hinkley, S. Ridley, F. S. Waterhouso, Z. Winter, and F*. Highloy. Mr S. Anecrson was reappointed auditor.

The Five O'Clock 'Tea is a perfect blend of teas, and drink most delicious. Davidson, Iryine, and Co., agents.

A Paris correspondent of the Age com-pl-ina bitterly of the prioe of mutton in that city. Some of tho supply corae3 from Algeria, but that country, it is said, barely succeeds in providing for the markets in southern France. A good deal of mutton and lamb also apparently comes from Germany. Prices, however, are continually running up. This being so, one naturally wonders whether there is not something to be done with New Zealand frozen mutton in France. This is a point on which those interested in the trade would do well to make careful enquiries.

The following remarks from a gentleman in London, occurred in a letter received by Mr Battley, just now on a visit to Wanganui as Inspector of the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company :—"The meat market is illimitable. If New Zealand sent 5,000,000 instead of 2,000,000 sheep they would be absorbed. The only effort necessary would be to take a little care in not flooding the market, and the meat would all go into consumption. The means of distributing, this mutton throughout the United Kingdom are increasing every day ; hundreds of new shops are being opened' and it is quite a popular article of food."

A remarkable story of "lost in the bush" comes from Walcha, in New South Wales. Last week a. little girl was lost in the bush and although every effort was made to trace her she was not found for four days. At the end of this time she was found alive and apparently little tho worse for the exposure. The child, who had only a little print dresß on, had no food during the whole of the time, and as the weather was bitterly cold, with snow on the srround, it is difficult to understand how life was sustained. A dog and a goat accompanied the child for two days, but during the latter half of her wanderings she was quite alone.

A public presentation to Captain Cummins, of the Wanganui Fire Brigade, took place last night at a large_ and representative gathering of the public. Tho Mayor of Wanganui made the presentation, whioh was in the form of a purse of two hundred sovereigns and an illuminated .address. Capbain Cummins is retiring from the captaincy of the brigade after twenty-four years' service as a fireman.' The meetiiur was one of the most enthusiastic ever held in Wanganui. At the same meeting the Mrs Parsons, presented longservice medals and bars to members of the corps whose terms of service ranged from five to twenty-four years.

Dear Mr Editor, —We hear a great deal said regarding our delightful olimate, the fertility of the soil, and our other natural advantages, but we do not hear any talk of a Horticultural Society being formed to carry on the flower shows which, I learn from your columns, are to be discontinued by the Working Men's Club. Will no one come forward to call a preliminary meeting. I'm sure I hope so, for a gentleman who was so successful at the chrysanthemum show promised me a lot of cuttings and.theloan of a book on chrysanthemum oulture, in order that I might comp.te next autumn; and I know lots of other ladies who, like myself, are anxious to exhibit, provided there is a show held. I am, &c, Lily.

A Grey mouth telegram under last night's date says:—"The coalminerc' representatives admit that the- examination of the Grey Valley Coal Company's books bear out Mr Kennedy's statement that the price paid for coal on the gross weight system entails loss on the company. After a prolonged discussion it was resolved to reduce the price for hewing coal (pillar working only) by twopence per ton, on the condition that the railway and the Union Shipping Company agree to make a similar reduction in freight rates. If they agree to this that will make the sixpence per ton which the company requires. The miners will make no reduction in the prine for hewing solid coal, which is much harder to get than coal iv pillars. The miners expect an answer to tbe proposal to-day, and intend to hold another meeting to-morrow. Numerous meotings have been held within the last few days. The townspeople are getting short of coal already, no stocks having been laid in. Many are talking of sending" to Westport for a supply."

Thfe efforts of thepromoters of -been tertainment in aid of the Balaclava survivors were liberally responded to by the public of Napier, and about thirty pounds will be available as this town's donation to the fuud. The torchlight procession, prior to the concert, headed by the band, marched through the principal streets, attracting large numbers as those taking part wended way to the drill shed. The hall was fairly filled, and the audience seemed to have a full return for the admission money, as the programme, while somewhat lengthy, was a very entertaining one. The Major, who occupied the chair, made a few opening remarks appropriate to the occasion, and he was followed by Mr A. B. Thomson, who gave his hearers a stirring account of the gallant charge of the "Noble Six Hundred," and at the conclusion he was loudly applauded. The Garrison and Railway Hands played several selections. Those who contributed vocal solos were Messrs Sheath, Nioholls, Collins, Martin, Mettam, Boden, Aplm, and Bourgeois. Mr Hodgson gave h, dramatic recital of " The Charge of the Light Brigade;" Mr Hornsby also recited. Mr Foley, in his specialities, oreatcd much laughter, and he was recalled several times. The Masters Smith gave a Highland dance. M. Bourgeois, the hon. secretary, rendered good service in bringing tho concert to a successful issue.

Ask your grocer for Five O'Clock Tea at 2s 4d per lb Daividson, Irvine, and Co "vgents.