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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6286, 23 October 1891, Page 2

Our supplement to-morrow will contain the continuation of our serial, "A Son of Old Harry." ''Edith" writes a gossipy letter from Melbourne, which should please the ladies. In addition will be found "Dramatio Notes," " Scissors," etc.

An inebriate was fined five shillings aud costs at Oourt this morning. There was no other business.

A telegram from Auckland cays that a bushman named Charles Sutherland died suddenly yesterday near Kamo.

The Napier Rifles have withdrawn from tho Sword , Bayonet Competition at the Wellington military tournament.

Yesterday 169 men, selected out of 175 unemployed,-left Dunedin for the works on the Otago Central, and the other' six are to go out on Saturday.

A number of Italian residents at, Wellington have forwarded an address to Siguora Majeroni, expressing regret at the death of her husband.

It is notified iv the Gazette that Wednesday, the 28th of October, will be observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout New Zealand on the occasion of the labor demonstration.

At Inveroargill yesterday, Andrew Newton, charged with stealing sealskins, valued at £1000, belonging to Mr Joseph Hatch, was committed for trial.

The demand at Auckland for land for settlement is so keen that the Government surveyors cannot overtake their work, and yesterday the Waste Lands Board resolved to ask for authority to employ surveyors who are not on the staff.

At the meeting of the Auckland Anglican Synod last evening the motion in favor of the reading of the Bible in the public schools was withdrawn, and Archdeacon Dudley "Tbat in the opinion of this Synod it is desirable that provision should be made by the Legislature for the daily reciting of the Lord's Prayer by the children iv the public schools, and also for tho reading of selected portions of the Bible."

_ A very useful wet practice was held tonight by the members of the Napier Fire Brigade. At the ordinary monthly meeting heid afterwards, Superintendent Waterworth intimated that he had withdrawn his resignation, as the Borough Council hud voted him £30 a year. Mr H. Edlin, the rece.tly appointed second engineer, formally took over his duties. The protest against Gilbcrd and Steevens, the winners of tho double handed manual competition, was not sustained.

A sad drowning fatality occurred yesterday «.ftnrnoon at Greymouth. Three boys | limned Frauk Lord, aged 12 years, Thomas Lord, about 9, and W. Sharp, about 8, wero am ir. _»g themselves i_ an old scow on the lagoou near the hospital, and it is supposed that the boat getting filled with water, iho boys got frightened and jumped out All three were drowned. Frank Lord and Sharp, when found, were clasped in each other's arms. The other body was recovered shortly afterwards by dragging with a rope armed with fishhooks. The scow drifted ashore. Two of the boys were sons of Mr E. J. Lord, the well-known surveyor aud engineer; the other was a son of a wharf laborer. An attempt was made to resuscitate the first two, who were not rigid, but the attempt was in vain. The accident was seen from the. hospital.

The Union Debating Society last evening | discussed, "That it is desirable that a vegetarian diet be adopted." Mr W. Dinwiddie opened in tho affirmative, and brought forward some very sensible arguments to support hia contention. Dr Jarvis ably opposed, and a good discussion followed. Tho meeting declared in favor of beef. At the conclusion Mr E. H. Williams proposed a vote of thanks to the president, Mr J. W. Carlile, who had taken much trouble for the Society's benefit, aud had made an excellent chairman during the session. The suooess of tho meetings was in a great measure due to his efforts. The vote waa carried by acclamation. Mr Carlile, in reply, thanked them for the courteous manner iv which the Society had treated him. A motion that the funds iv hand be devoted to a social gathering was lost. The session was then deolared closed till next May.

A London correspondent says:—'.Mr [ Rudyard Kipling has a story called 'The Disturbance of Traffic' iv the September Atlantic Monthly, and is credited with having collaborated with Mr Walcot Biilohtier in a serial for the Century. I am glad the critics one respects most agree in considering ' Life's Handicap ' a marked improvement as it whole on any of the author'!) previous volumes of tales. Two or three of tho storios are weak ; but tho rest 'tis admitted, are all good, and somo halfdozen lire of extraordinary talent. Mr Greenwood, who is not given to gush, considers < Tho Courting of Dinah Shadd ' a gem of a piece. ' No quality,' he s_ys, ' is absent from it that should make a great novelist—strength, tenderness, imagination, insight, and perfect expression.' The majority of the critics, however, give the palm to ' Without Benefit of Clergy ' and 'Little Tobrah.' The Saturday Review I soriously suggests that next lime an irresponsible idiot of a Pagett, M.P. gets up and | talks twaddle about giving Hindoo Bahoos

self-government he should be referred to Mr Kipling's ' Head of the District,' which with the ghastly 'End of the Passage,' should be printed in pamphlet form and presented to Parliament."

In his brochure on " Woman's Rights: A Prophetic Vision," Mr Thomas Bracken thi>s describes ' The Parliamentary Symposium ' of the olden time. He says :— "It was an institution established many years ago by the vocal, musical, and elocutionary members of the General Assembly One of the large rooms upstairs had been set apart for convivial meetings, and these were generally held on Saturday nights. A piano was hired for the session, and the best talent procurable in Wellington used to be called into requisition for the amusement of the representatives and their friends. The genial spirits of both Chambers, irrespective of party, were wont to assemble at the Symposium to spend a couple of pleasant hours together at the close of the week. Poor Johnny Sheehan was always in his elemeut there, and to hear him play ' Father Jack Walsh ' on his fiddle was a treat in itself. Then there was Dick Seddon (tho Hon. Richard), who u se d to make the rafters ring with 'The wearing of the green.' That prince of funny fellows, Vincent Pyke, was one of the leading spirits of the scene, and the roars of laughter which his droll stories used to provoke were better cures for dyspepsia than a course of ' Mother Seigel's Syrup* or a gross of ' Clements' Tonic' Dick Reeves, poor Dick Turnbull, and Fred Richardson, and a host of other jolly fellows, were frequenters of the Symposium at the time of whioh we treat. We little dreamed in those days that this little home of mirth, music, and melody would in a few years ba handed over to the ladies. Such, however, is the mutability of human affairß."

The following Chinese advertisement by a husband whose wife has eloped is from the Cornhill.Magazine :—ln July, 1878, T, Chang Chan-ch'un, of Wuchang, married the daughter-in-law of one Wang, a girl whose maiden name had been Kung, in my native district, and marriage- papers wero drawn up in evidence. We lived together as husband and wife in kindness and affection for seven years, without any break in our friendly relations. My wife is 27 years old this year. My nephew was transferred the year before last to Tientsin, by H. E. Li Hung Chang, and invited me to accompany him, which, owing to the strong opposition of my wife, I did not do. Last June, however, I followed my battalion to their quarters near the West Gate of Shanghai. This March weremovedtotheHui-fang Lou, when it seems my wife, under the pseudonym of Chou-Ai-ch'ing (Cncu-l' Amnureuse), began to frequent the Ti-i teahouse, a circumstance of which I was at the time in total ignorance. Later on a Huchou man, whose name' I do not know, went privately with my wife to a temple to burn incense. He had the effrontery to wear a blue ribbon and the medallion and beads of an offioial. This went on until at 8 o'clock on the evening of the 17th inst., my wife secretely fled from our house, taking with her a bundle. I cross-ques-tioned the nurse and so became acquainted with the foregoing facts. I cannot control my wrath and bitterness. My wife has, it is plain, been enticed away by this rascal's deceit. How, I wonder, can a mere tailor's block like this succeed in beguiling a girl who has a lawful husband ? Surely he has not law or justice before his eyea. It is on this account that lam advertising. Should any kind-hearted gentleman who can do so give me information by letter, I will reward him with twenty dollars ; should he bring her back, I will gratefully give him forty. I will most certainly not eat my words. His kindness and benevolence for a myriad generations, to all eternity, shall not be forgotten. But before my eyes is still my one-year-old baby girl, wailing and weeping night and morning. Should that rascal presume on his position and obstinately retain her as his mistress, not only to all eternity shall he be infamous, not only shall he cut short the line of his ancestors and be bereft of posterity, but we threefather, son, and little daughter—will risk our lives to punish him. I hope and trust he will think thrice, and so avoid an afterrepentance. I make this plain declaration expressly. Letters may be addressed to No. 4 Huifang Lou.

Do you drink " The Five O'clock Tea?" "_is the fashionable afternoon tea of the v day ; quite pure, and a wonderful quantity consumed daily. To be obtained of your local grocer at 2s 4d per lb. Davidson, Irvine, and Co., agents.

Trotting and Sulky Harness, from 57s set; other Harness equally cheap at John MoVay's, Hastings street, Napier.--[Advt.J

WILSON AND NORTHE, ironmongers, have removed to their new premises three doors below Blvthe's. Household requirements in great variety. Carpenters' touls by best makers at lowest prices.—[advt."l

Whatever you may want in Household Nick Nacks, Ornaments, Vases, China ware, Cutlery, Brushes, Albums, Brackets, Pictures', Cruets, Looking Glasses, &c, &c, go to the Novelty Depot. Everything cheap. Terms Cash.—f_DVT.]

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