TOWN EDITION.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6064, 3 February 1891, Page 3

TOWN EDITION.

lhe VVairoa races have been postponed till Thursday mid Friday next. The Te Kupu will leave at 6 a m. to-morrow, co»----veying excursionists. A private wire received states the bar is good. By the P. and O. steamer Arcadia, which left Briudiri on the 17th ult., Mrs Oarleton was a passenger for Napier. By the Oceatia, which is to leave London on Friday, Mr Maclean is a passenger for Napier. There will be a harvest thauksgiving service in All Saint's Churoh, Taradale, on Monday, February 9th, commencing at 730p m. The service will include tw« harvest carols and well-known harvest hymus, and a pennon by the ti.ev. J. Parkinson, of Napier. Tho Council of tho Free Association met }'est«!rday, when the question of payment of wages to permanent employees during time absent from work owing to sickness or accident was discussed, but the ban st.ite of the weather having interfeared with the attendance of the country members of the Council, it was decided to adjourn the question for a fortnight. 'Hie Cocncil seem determined to carry out Object B. of the Association viz., to " improve ull classes of workers,' , as the question of the improvement of accommodation for men on stotions is to be brought up by ono of the leading rnnholders in the district. We also hearthat it is the intention of the Council t vote larger sums to members of friendl societies and holders of hospital tickets when meeting with accidents, than to thos who do not subscribe to such bodies. There was some discussion at the R.M Court this morning as to the course of pro ceiure allowed by the Court. In a civ: action Mr Sainsb'irydidnot call thedefenl ant nor any witnesses, and proceeded t state his defence. Mr Kennedy, wh appeared for the plaintiff, thon rose to com ment on the case, but Mr Sainsbur; objected on the ground that the case wa heard. The R.M. said counsel had ai opportunity to reply. When Mr Kenned; concluded, Mr Sainsbury claimed right ti reply, and both counsel and R.M. argue( whether he was entitled to do this. It wai allowed in nisi prius, and Mr Sainsburj contended that he was perfectly justified ii doing so in the R.M. Court. The R.M eventually acceded to the request. Mi Kennedy also desired to say " a few mon words" but the R.M. wouldn't hear of it. A remarkable and very romantic case ol unlawful tradition has been engaging the attention of the Servian Skupshtina. A handsome young Servian, having fallen in love with the daughter of a wealthy Beg, oi Mussulman landowner, in Albania, failed tc obtain the consent of her father to his marriage beuuuse he would not become a convert to Islam. Accordingly he eloped with the young l'idy, whose name is Fatima, and she on reaching Servian territory, professed her perfect reidiness to become a Christian. The Beg, however, had gone in pursuit of bis dnughter with a band of Albanians, and appealing to a Servian Prefect, he bribed this official to let the bridn be kidnapped in the night and curried back to Albania. The Prefect has been dismissed, and the Skup3htina, moved by the woes of the bridegroom, is urging tho Government, to insist that the Turkish authorities shall restore Fatima to her husband. Thn Foreign Minister has promised to do his best; but (the Times correspondent says) does not appear to be very sanguine of success. Lord Houghtoa's biographer (the Speaker cays) has not given even a tithe of the letters of interest received by Lor'l Houghton during his long and busy life. The following note, for example, is probably unique. It was written presumably by the wife of the gentleman with whom Lord Houerhton was slightly acquainted, dnd whom he had invited to dinner :—" Mr died on Tuesday last, or he would have had much pleasure in accepting Lord Houghton's kind invitation to dinner." In a letter from Bonn, July 14th, 1830, Milnes speaks disparagingly of the personal vanity of the veteran August Schlegel. "He arranges his wig from a little looldng-giass in his snuff-box." It was, however, h conspicuous sign of grace if fchlegel had been brought to own to wearing a wig at all. A few years earlier, as creditably related, he had possessed twelve wigs of length imperceptibly varying, wbnch he wore in the order of their longitude to simulate the natural growth of hair. Arrived at the twelfth, he would seize an opportunity to run his fingers through the suppoiifious looks as if in a. fit of abstraction, and exclaim with affected surprise, " I must positively get my hair cut !" Next day the shortest wig reappeared, and so de capo. A correspondent of a daily papor refers to the following remarkablo instance of tenacity of life in a kitten :—On November IS last wo missed our black kitten " Old Kentucky," and having made all possible enquiries iv vain wo reluctantly gave her up as lost.. About nine on Thursday evening, however, the yonngent member of our household heard the mewing of a cat in tho area, and hi? immediately £aye the alarm that " Old Kentucky " was buried iv the cial cellar. Investigation soon proved the correctness of his statement, and after a p-ood deal of digging wo discovered the object of our search completely coal-bound, apparently only saved from being crushed to death by the fact that a large block of coal had so fallen (fortunately for her) as to form a roof and barrier of protection. It appears that on ttm day we n.issed her a couple of tons of coal had been put into the cellar, and no doubfc her natural curiosity as to tho cause of tho noise ocoitsioued by the falling of the coal prompted her to go into the cellar,' with the re <ult described. On extricating her from her very painful position we found that rJthough she must have been struck by the coal, no bones were broken, and notwithstanding her fifteen days' entombment she was able to walk ard eagerly lapped up the warm milk provided for her. She is now doing well. The following , account of a ladies' cricket match in 1811 if taken from the British Register ■—"A grand cricket match has been played this mouth between eleven women of Surrey and eleven women of Hampshire for 500 guineas. It was set on foot by the hop gleaners of Hampshire against all England. Their neighbors in •Surrey took up the gauntlet, and the contest, was decided near Balls, Pond, Middlesex. The combatants were dressed in loose trousers, with short fringed petticoats descending to tho knees, and "light flannel waistcoats, with cashes round the waist. The performers were all ag«s and sizes, from fourteen years to upwards sixty, and were distinguished by colored ribbons and Royal purple for the Hampshire, orange and blue for Surrey. The weather being , favorable on the second day, much skill was displayed ; but the palm was borne off by a Hampshire) lass, who mudo 41 before she was thrown out. At the conclusion of the day the fi-st innings for Hampshire were SI, whiln those of Surrey were only 7, and sifter two days' further contest it \va<> decided in favor of Hampshire. The Surrey side consisted of Ann Barker, sixty years of age, tbo best runner and bowler on that side; Ann Taylor, Maria Birsat, Hannah Higgs, Eljzabath Gale, Hannah Collus, Hannah Ba.rtlet, Miii'ia Cook, Charlotta Cook, Elizabeth Stock, ar,d Mary Foy. The Hampshire side consisted of Mirah Luff, Oh.*rlo,tto Tulaip, Hannah P.irker, Elizabeth Stiiit'i, Murtha Smith, Mary Woodson, Nancy Porter, Ann Poulters, Mary Novell, Mary Hislock. and Mury Jougan."

Goldsmith's vicar was " pulsing rich with ffjrt.y p.unds a yoir." A lady writing to the >>irls' O«'n Paper f-ays that her income is identical with that of tin; fa'uuus pastor. Hh« has soon better ciiys, arid at thirty-six finds that her whole income is only just, £10 a yoar. She rents a single room in a London suburb from a gardener whom she hud known and o.uployed in her days of ampler means This is prettily furnished, has creepers to the windows, and eau bo converted into a bedroom by le>.s than five minutes of transform! rig effort. A "saddle-bag" oiueh serves for a bad, an old - fashioned cupboard for a drowsing room and ward - robe. The rent of this room is ,'J<S, and th's sum includes the Bv.'uepin*r of it also All thereat of the \york .of ,-;Jnariirijr, r-nokinj;, etc., is dpns by the tenant. T-fpr djetar}., of which fruit is a large ingivdirnt. costs ■5s weekly. One pound i.< put by fur niolinesn, but tbia is rarely uwiWd. .She puts asido £2 15s fur charitable purpose* Drc»s comes to £0, which by cimuiving is made to include ,in evening ,'uul a tennis ilroy<. The laundress is put down for oOs mid travelling, stationery, and literature co.'-t £3. Yet this slight exp -ndlture suffices ouo year for an excursion trip to Scotland and another yoar to Antwerp, and .in annual visit to a brother at Nottingham. Tho sum of lOd is set ns-ida for lejtuves and concerts. Many friends oome in to tea in the course of tho year, and a children's party, two musical cvoningH, and ;t treat to her Sunday ujliool clay iind ko some girls of an ussouiation for which she is :i worker aro provided. Thew pur tie."* are puitl for by £1 and what is saved from her food money. Fire aud light claim £■> I'2s, and 10s is put down to a, depreciation ami renewal fund. There is still left an unspent os when all tlvcse items are udfled tosrothac. Her landlady al.iov/c her some additional room and assistance ajc her t>ai'!si.\s. ami in return slie tcfkihes the daugHtiT , of t!.p house Freiiuh and liviLwinjg,