TOWN EDITION.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6165, 4 June 1891, Page 3

TOWN EDITION.

"Caledonian's " letter is unavoidably held over to-day.

Tho sitting of the Superior Court of Bankruptcy at Napier ia fixed for tho 20th instant.

A IHangahao eetller was offered 1.5 a a houd the other day for 200 fat bheep, and would not sell.

Iv the Government Loana and Local Bodies Act of 18S9, the word "ferry" is spelt us nrst written ai.d also " ferric."

The annual mooting of the Napier Licensing Committee is appointed to bo held on Wednesday, the 10th instant, at the Supreme Court building.

The gold won from the 3Uio Spur mine during the month of May reached 5230z representing a cash value of over £2000, against which the total working expenses are about £300.

Messrs Newton and Duncan, J. P.'a presided at the Court to-day, when Charles Slaide was fined 10s and costs for drunkenness, and John Burke O'Brien got a month for being a habitual drunkard.

We cannot commend the members of the Hawke's Bay Land Board on their punctuality. This morning the Ohiof Oommiswioner (Mr Humphries), Mr T. Hallett, our reporter, and the Printer's Devil were kepk waiting over half an hour before a third member put iv an appearance. The business was then proceeded with.

A correspondent has sent us a letter from which we gathor the following :—"Au to Caledonian Societies it appears to mo that Hastings is trying to spoil the provincial— the Hawko's Bay—show and bust up the true Caledonian spirit of unity and concord working for the general good objects for wbie;h Caledonian Societies own their oxietence, and for me and mine I will have nothing to do with the offspring of contention." This speaks for itself.

Our Waipawa correspondent wires as follows this afternoon :—"Tareha Kingi and Hamiora Wehi, on re-'iiand, were charged this morniog, before Messrs Johnson, and Inglis, with assaulting Edward l>eano, at Takarjau Informant's ovidenoo was to the effect that on tho 25 th of May ho was on his way from Takapau to tho ploughman's camp at Sydney Johnston'. , ) station. About hulf way the defendant's overtook him, and after eorno struggling, they took a bottle of whiaky from him. He defended himself by using his pocket knife. Finally his horse became frightened, and bolted towards the camp. When he arrived there ho informed a man named Munro, who rode back and found the bottle whore Deane had described it to have been taken from him."

Mr T. Humphries, the new Crown Lands Commissioner for tho Hawko's Bay district, presided at the meeting of the Lands Board for the first time this morning. On taking his seat Mr Humphries said his ex • perienee of Land Boards—he hud beon on two of them now (Auckland and Tarauaki) had been a very agreeable one. Ho had always got on well with the members in each case, receiving great assistance, and their relations had been of the moet cordial character. Ho had left them with very pleaeant recollections, and he had w> reason to doubt that tho Mapiejr Land lionrd, over which lie now presided for tho first time, would give him evory assistance), and their co-operation. He camu huro quite a stranger, everything was now to him, and he would bo obliged to lean on members, co to speak, for a Httlo timo, when lie would get to know tho geography and history of the district, also nomenclature. 111> had no doubt that after a Lipso of a few v/teka ho would be more conversant with his now district Mr W. W. Curlile spoke a few words after Mr Humpbriunhad concluded, and expressed a hope that they would get on amicably together.