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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5906, 11 August 1890, Page 2

His Honor Mr Justice Conolly left for Gisborne yesterday by tho Waihora.

By the "Waihora IS,OOO brown trout ova and 2000 Loch Severn trout were received from Wellington for distribution locally.

The hurdle race at the rink on Saturday night was won by Parkins. The event caused much amusement.

Messrs Field and Binnio from the Criterion Hotel) wero tho only passengers for Taupo this morning by Messrs Crowther and McCauley'a mail coach.

Mr C. Y. O'Connor, Chief Engineer, arrived from Gisborne yesterday. He took the opportunity of visiting tho breakwater in tho morning, and went to Hastings in the afternoon.

On Saturday afternoon and evening the Poultry Show was very largely attended, the cats as usual coining in for much notice. At night Mr Herman auctioned a number of birds. The art union will bo drawn this evening at the Protestant Hall, the ticket holders present selecting a committeo to superintend the drawing.

The following is tho return from tho Try Fluke mine for last week as por a private telegram received in town :—" ?.G3 ounces from 70 tons. Gold from plates and berdans. Only quartz from low level and north and south stops. Gold beginning to show in low level stouo." Shares on Saturday were sold at 10s 4d.

Wo are requested to remind members of the Garriok Club that a full-dress rehearsal will be held in the Theatre this evening at 8 o'clock. All arrangements for the production of "Blow for Blow" have now been successfully completed, and the drama will bo staged in a most complete manner. As tho cast is a strong ono, and all the members are at ease in their parts, a good representation should result. Tho box plan is now open at Jacobs', where seatd can be socured. When at Akaroa Bishop Julius spoke of tho church hymn hook at present used, and said there wero only twenty or thirty hymns in the whole collection that wero worthy of being sung. Such hymns as ' Hark ! tho herald angels sing,' for instance, were rubbish. Who ever heard the herald angels sing ? Most of the hymns were trash, the ono about " pearly gates " and so forth was utter nonsense. How different from 'Abide with me,' which appealed so naturally to tho heart.

Our Hastings correspondent writes : —"1 wish to remind your readers of tho temperance oration ut the Wesleyan Church this evoning. It will be a reproduction of ono of Gough's famous lectures. J. B. Gough is a name almost as celebrated in temperance annals as Father Matthew, and Mr Knott is spoken very highly of by the press for his delivery. A largo attendance is expected."

A good story concerning a " lost ball" is being told in the Midlands just now, says a Loudon paper. It appears that tho railway line passes closo by the couuty cricket ground at Staitbrd. During a recent match Mr J. Ward, of Donstono College, who plays for Staffordshire, hit a ball into a passing train, and it was carried ou to Birmingham. It is alleged that Mr Ward could havo kept on running out that hit until tho ball had been fetched back from Birmingham by special train, but that the other side, dismayed at tho prospect, agreed to compound tho claim for forty runs. How is that for high ?

A cabman named Alexander Snelling was engaged by v Mr McKonzie, a shepherd, on Saturday night to drive him to tbe station to catch tho half-past nine o'clock train for Hastings. Shortly after Snelling was found unconscious at the corner of Munroo and Station streets. After boing seen by Dr. Cuio the cabman was removed to tho hospital, ilo was badly cut on tho face and head. After recovering consciousness .Snelling thought ho hail had a fit and fallen off his cub. The horses look tho cab to the railway station, and from there to . tho Spit, returning by Shakespeare road, where the absence of a driver was noticed by a gentleman parsing, who mounting tho vehicle, drove to thu 'Bus Company s stables. Tho fare was found in the cab fast asleep !

Ask your arrocor for Five O'clock Tea at 2s 4d per lb " Daividson, Irvine, and Oo , vreirts.

Wolfk's Schnapps would not havo stood a test of actual trial for halfl a century were it not mi excellent spirit.

At the R.M. Court this morning before Mr Wardell, R.M., John Bird and Richard Moody, on bail, charged with having been found drunk; were each fined 5s and costs, or 24 hours' imprisonment. Robert Stirling, who had more than a " bob Stirling" worth of liquor, pleaded guilty to drunkenness, but as it was his first offence he was let off with a warning. Desiree Verschafelt, for a third offence for drunkenness, was fined £1 or four days* hard labor.—A. B. Taylor was charged with having unlawfully got into a train whilst in motion (the train). He admitted the offence. The R.M. did not regard it as a very serious offence, he bad been fined himself for the same thing. Defendant was fined 10s and costs.—An assault case between E. McKweon and Catherine Rose, of Chaucer road; was adjourned to Friday morning.

In a general intelligence paper sent to all the members of a certain English public school the other day, the following questions were asked :—" How many logs has a fly, a butterfly, a spider, a stevedore, an apteryx, a platypus ?" Fairly successful shots wero mado with the first two. As to the third, gravo doubts, apparently, existed in the minds of many of the boys as to whether spiders usually walked on four, six, or ten legs ; but when the case of the " stevedore" had to be considered speculation ran rampart. What was a "stevedore?" Some "fellows" rashly concluded that it was merely another name for a centipede, and gravely asserted that a stovedore possessed no fewer than a 100 legs; others thought it might be a speoies of serpent, and pronounced against any at all. The apteryx and the platypus also proved terrible pitfalls, even to members of the sixth, and a demand for the name and title of Her Majesty's grandfather and the date of Lord Mayor's Day reduced many others to despair. ,

Mr G. R. Sims, writing iv the Referee, denies a rumor which has gained currency in America that Sir Arthur Sullivan and he are going to enter upon some collaboration. He takes the opportunity of remarking that the rupture between Sir Arthur and Mr Gilbert is a national misfortune, and that " the English-speaking public, which the great twin brethren of comic opera so vastly entertained for so many years, will suffer considerably from it." "I do not believe," he says, "there is. any living Englishman j>r American who can give Sir Arthur another ' Pinafore' or another ' Mikado' to set. In matters of art all personal feeling and all petty jealousies should, be put aside, and Sir Arthur and Mr Gilbert should be persuaded to go on working together even if the work has to be done in the presence of a justice of the peace with the Riot Act in his pocket'and a detachment of the A Reserve waiting round the corner to be in readiness in case of either party assuming a threatening attitude. Mr Carte would, lam sure, consent to keep out of the way till the J opera was Inished, and thus avert all chance of bloodshed."

I* tho Australasian " Aulus" tells tho following amusing story:—There are numerous ttories of lucky accidents which have led to the discovery of gold. In the north-west of Western Australia a find was made very-simply. A hoy took up a stone to throw at a crow, and found that it was a lump of quartz containing gold. The resident magistrate, who was of a fussy, excitable temperament, as soon as he heard of thia occurence, rushed post-haste to the telegraph office, called out —" Quiok, a telegraph form; important message for Government," and dashed off his despatch at once for the Colonial Secretary. An hour afterwards he received the reply. He opened it with a gratified smile, knowing that it would contain the Minister's thanks for his zeal in sending the good news so promptly. To his horror he read as follows : "The Colonial Secretary to the EM, Blankville.— You don't say so ! What became of the crow ?" He rnshed back to the telegraph office more frantically than before and asked for a " repeat." He got It, and found that his ofSoial despatch read as follows :—"A boy picked up a stono to throw at a crow." In his flurry he had left out all about tho gold.

It was the telegraph wire people who found him useful. The principal arteries are so large that it is easy enough for men to work in them, but the pipes, through which tho aide wires branch off aro much smaller, and great care has to be taken to preserve the connection between the main and the lateral wires. Some years ago men were repairing one of these latter, and carelessly omitted to attach it to a leading line by which it could be drawn to its place when mended. Tho blunder seemed likely to havo serious consequences, for it was thought that the whole of the lateral pipe would have to bo dug up in order to get at tho broken wire. But one of the men came to the rescue with a happy thought, suggested that a rat should be procured, and, with a fine piece of wire attached to it, sent through the pipe. This was done, but, to the dismay of the workmon, the new hand came to'a stop after it had gone a few yards. The inventor of this idea was not yet, however, at the end of his resources, and by bis advice v ferret was procured and started ou the dilatory rat's traok. There was a moment of suspense before it was settled whether the rat would show light or run away, but this was soon ended by the paying out of the wire, and in a short timo tho latest addition to the staff of the post office appeared at the other end of the pipe. It was caught, the wire detached, and then it was set free in recognition of tbe service it had rendered. By means of the wiro the telegraph line was secured and a long and laborious piece of work saved.

The Forest Conservancy Branch of New South Wales supplies the following particulars of the magnitude of forest conservation in that colony. Since 187 7 the

revenue from State forests has grown from £4324 to £17,137 in 1889. There are 918 reserves containing a total estimated area of 0,5£>3,358 acres. It is reported that in five or six years there will be ready for felling on tho Murray River forest reserves an immense number of red gum piles fully 60ft in length, and these will be worth to tho Department at least 25s each The value of this timber is shown by the fact that for beams measuring 12in x 12in, and 24ft iv length, millowners get from £i 10s to £<r> ; in some instances mora than one such beam being obtained from a tree. Tho demand for timber on tho forest reserves is found to increase as the Crown lands become alienated, either by sale or conditional lease giving the right of purchase, which shuts out the timber-getter from such lands. Surely, remarks the Oamaru Mail, a valuable lesson may bo learn from this by tho people of New Zealand. If a pile GOft long is worth 25s to the grower wheie it is felled, it would be interesting to know how much this colony would havo to pay for it delivered here. No matter what the cost, however, we must havo them for our bridges and our wharves, and tho demand must continue for many many years. Yet why aro not steps taken to grow suitable timber on some of the waste lands ? Far better that, surely, than to almost givo the hind away in many cases, and to pay ten times as much for the timber to other countries as it would cost to grow. Tho apathy shown in the matter by our Governments is as foolish as it is criminal.

Drink the Five O'Clock Tea. Davidson Irvine and Co., agents.

Counterfeits are lively but they have nol yet arrived at any successful imitation oJ Wolfe's Schnapps.