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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5999, 15 November 1890, Page 2

A new serial will bo commenced on our back page on Monday.

MrPreece, R.M., presided on the Bench at the R.M. Court this morning, and fined a country laborer £1 and costs for being drunk whilst in charge of a horse.

The subject of tho Rev. J. G. Paterson's sermon to-morrow morning will be " How to cure Care." The subject of the evening lecture will be " Playing with Fire." Strangers aro cordially invited.

Messrs Winter and Elvines will arrive it Napier by the last train to-night, and wil then meet tho members of tho Railwaj Employes Union in the Methodist schoolroom.

In tho Maori case of Hamiora Tnpeii v. Jvmgata Tohunga, a claim for id 00 furl her evidence was taken after we went to pre s yesterday. The case was adjourned to Monday next, wheu the R.M. will hear counsel.

The railway revenue for tho four weeks ending October 11th was _70.6'J0 Ms -id, and the expenditure JC50.574 aa 7d. llm returns for tho corresponding period ot last year were:—Revenue, -£71,201 lis OU ; expenditure, £5-V>s4 13s 10<i *

The secretary of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce has received a letter from tho general manager of the Union _ Company stating that Auckland w.l continue to be the port of call iv tins colony for the San Francisco mail steamers.

Tho Philosophical Institute held their final meeting for the season last night, svhen the Rev. W. Colenso, F.S.R., read an interesting papor on "Bush Notes." Mr G. White, the hon. sec, road a paper by Mr Taylor Whito on "Tho Native Rat." *

The City Band intend giving an open air concert in Clive Square on Tuesday evening next. Tho Band have beeu obliged to hold tho concert on that night, owing to tho parade on Wednesday aud tho performances on the other evenings of tho wcelc.

At a meeting of tho Vestry of St. Andrew's Church last iii.u'ht amongst other business the Vestry decided to replace tho present harmonium by ;i larger instrument, and have :,iuco [iur.Tia.--cd from Mr J. Roberts, iisrent for Messrs Milner and Thomson, of Christehurch, n very haud-so-ue ebei.ized framed organ harmonium of thirteen s':<.ps, made by Christopbe and Elienne, of Paris, which will bo used for tho first time at to-morrow's services. Tho Five O'Clock Tea is Perfection. Davidson, Irvine, $nd Co., agenta,

Tho Rev. W. J. Habens, InspectorGeneral of Schools, arrived in Napier last night, aud will be present at the enquiry on Monday into the allegations in connection with the recent examination of the school at Waipukurau. Mr H. Hill, the Inspector, will return from Gisborne to-morrow.

Those who wish to secure their scots for Mr To .lo's short season here should not fail to book them at once, as the pkn is rapidly filling. Ti give our readers some idea of the manner in which seat- are being disposed of, we need only mention th-tt for Thursday night tho whole of the first five rows of the circle are already engaged.

Thero was a good attendance of the local committee of the New Zealand Rifle, Association last ovening, when a good deal of routine busiuoss was gone through Tho report of the sub-committee on Cap'ain Sommerville'a letter was read and adopted, and it was also decided to call for tenders for making of target frames, plans and specifications of which will be ready shortly. Tho manager of tho New Zealand Insurance Company in Dunedin was agreeably surprised the other day by a visit from a reverend father of the Roman Catholic Church, who handed him £50 as conscience money. Of course, he gave no inkling as to tho donor, or what it was for He was heartily thanked, and a hope expressed that t he penitent, donor might pay the remainder, if any, before he allowed his spark of conscience to die out entirely.

A New Zealandc while recently in London took a turn into the Grand Theatre, London, where a comedy, called, "Our Flat," was being produced. In the course

of the plot it is disclosed that an authoress in her housekeeping trouhles had been refused credit by tho butcher, and tbe domestic who returned with an empty basket is mado to say " that the butoher would not supply any other meat till he had

some money on account, not even New Zealand frozen mutton, mum !" The New

Zealander thought this very rough on the excellent product of hia country, and he is

iuclined to believe the authoress was "refreshed" by the Smithfield cattle butchers to do a quiet dig at our prominent export.

A peculiar assault case is reported from Feather-ton. On Tuesday night an indignation meeting was held of those who had given orders for the ''Picturesque Atlas

of Australasia," and tho dolive-ing agent was invited to attend. As some of those present challenged tho genuineness of the signatures the agent went to fetch his order

book, and he asserts that on returning he was suddenly seized, a sack thrown over his

head, and ho was socurely roped, and that his book was taken from him along with various documents, including cheques, Seo., the latter being found near the scene of the outrage the next morning. He also states that lie had £9 stolen from him, and a sevenchamber revolver (loaded). Detective Herbert has gone up from Wellington to investigate the matter.

A suggestive looking mistake appears daily iv a business notice published in the columns of a West Coast contemporary. At the bottom of an hotel advertisement, in which " good stabling and paddocking" is notified, appears a line in capitals " Roses on Hire," which apparently is meant to imply that horses can bo had for a time for a pecuniary consideration. But the point of tho matter is that with " ss " in the first word the line would read " Rosses on Hire," and this would imply ( vide French dictionary) that " worn out hacks or worthies' hacks" were on hire at the establishment. It is obvious that the proprietor of the hotel docs not wish to advertise " weatherboarded " animals for hire, but the line sneaks for itself.

The Auckland Cnamber of Commerce have had under consideration the question of a limit in the size of maize sacks, it having been complained that the packages had grown beyond reason. A resolution was passed recommending that for the purpose of the maize trade no bag should exceed in capacity four bushels. Tho Chamber also intended to consider the cause of the delay in transhipment from ono port to another of goods arriving in the colony, but a letter was read from Mr Houghton, the local manager of tho New Zealand Shipping Company, stating that they and the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company intended to place Auckland and Otago in direct monthly communication with tho United Kingdom, beginning in January next. Captain Colbeck, the president of tho Chamber, said that that might bo taken as a settlement of the question. Our Waipawa correspondent "writes: —

" A man named William Gill was charged before the local Bench yesterday with being drunk, and was fined Gs with 2s costs or 24 hours.—Mr C. H. Chissell v showing great enterprise. He is busy fixing up a steam engine which he purposes using in his business as hair-dresser and tobacconist. It was made in Napier, and is on tho compound horizontal principle.—A " social "is to be held on the 2oth instant in the Oddfollows' Hall, by the friendß of the Presbyterian Church, when a \ resentation will be made to Miss Annie Bibby, who has for some y ears acted aa organist at St. John's Church. The affair is sure to bo well patronised, as Miss Bibby is about to sever her connection with her native town with a view of going- to the United States.—At a meeting of the committee for building the new Sunday school in connection with St. Peters, held on Thursday night, it was resolved to open the new school on the 30th November unless tho Bishop of Waipawa objected. Dean Hovell has kindly consented to officiate on the occasion.—Tho annual meeting of tho Waipawa County Council will be held on Wednesday, 26th November, for tho election of chairman, aud the ordinary meeting will bo held on tbe same date instead of the first Friday in December, which will fall on the day fixed for the Parliamentary election." The Five O'clock Tea is a perfect blend of teas, and the flavor is delicious. Davidson Irvine and Co., agents.

For value, strength, flavor, and pnitry, try India and Ceylon Tea, 2s, 2s 4d, 2s Sd lb. A. Walkke, opposite Blythe and Co., drapers.