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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6294, 2 November 1891, Page 2

The value of the imports at Napier during the quarter ended September 30 last was £44,456, showing £9701 better than the corresponding period the previous year.

It is pr obable that Williamson's Juvenile Opera Company will be round this way again before long, when "Patience," " x'he Old Guard," and "The Gondoliers," will be included in the repertoire.

The Auckland journalists having received the assurance that the constitution of the newly-established institute is only experimental, and may be amended, held a meeting on Saturday night, when a branch of the instituts was formed.

On account of the performance of "The Captives of Babylon" in the Theatre Royal on Wednesday evening nest, the open air concert which was to have been given by the City Band the same evening has been postponed till the following Thursday.

At the Water Police Court, Sydney, Thomas Ballard was fined £50 or three months for running a totalisator at his shop. Although the man and his friends had considerable sport out of the machine, which is not legalised in Australia, the fine -vas not paid, the alternative being accepted.

A member of our composing staff who has always had a longing eye on Tatter; all's great sweep on the Melbourne Cup has at last been rewarded. By the last mail from Australia be received notification that the two tickets possessed by him had drawn a £30 and a£s prize. The lucky individual now dreams of a happy Christmas.

The chief poet office in town is to be turned topsy-turvy as regards its internal arrangements. The public counter is to be where tho private boxes are now, and the private boxes will be where the counter is. While the alterations are in progress there will, perhaps, be a little inconvenience, but the final improvement will counterbalance it.

The defendant (W. Parkes) in the recent action to recover the horse Problem, alias Oarmo, having disappeared, as well aa the horse, a warrant was issued for his arrest. A cable message was received by the Police Department at Wellington on Saturday to tho effect that Parkes was arrested in Sydney on tbo arrival of the steamer Jubilco there. Ho had not the horse with him, and as yet it has not been traoed.

Mr A. Parnham, managor of the Launceston branch of the Union Steamship Company, has been suspended pending an examination of his accounts, which is now being effected by Mr Martin, tho travelling auditor of tbo company, and Mr Faey, accountant of the Hobart branch. The alleged irregularities are said to bo in tho accounts of the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company prior to the amalgamation.

Notwithstanding , the many tovcro sontoncL>B which have been imposed upon men who out of friendliness to the prisoners in tho Molbourno gaol pass tobacco ovor tbo walls to them, the crime still continues. Eecently a man named Thomas Smith throw amongst the prisoners a brown paper parcol containing tobacco. He was arrested, and the Bench recognised the offence as such a serious one that he was sentenced to twelve inonthß , imprisonment.

New Zealanders have altogether gout large sums to Australia for tho sweeps on the Melbourne Cup, and but for the Government's action,"all tho monoy might have remained in tho colony. As an instance of the iinmenso popularity of large sweepstakes, a contemporary mentions the auccess of the great sweep of £100,000 of Adams of Tattersall's. When this immense sweepstake was first announced it was said that it would never fill, but so far fi-om that being the case, a fortnight ago, and weeks before tho date of the ruces, tho money contributed had reached XI 15,000, thus necessitating the starting of an extra sweep with the additional money.

Tho Five O'clock Ten in Perfection Davidson, Irvino, mid Co., niton in.

" Ol'.l Judge ' Whisky its tho l.u»i iv tho market.

Before the Juvenile Opera Company left Auckland a rather pleasant gathering took place at the Opera House. A presentation was made to the best behaved girl, of a series of four handsome volumes, which were given by the Wellington Opera House Company. The ballot was in favor of Miss Flo Russell, who, it will be remembered, took the part of Katisha in "The Mikado," Mies Lily Stevens beiug second in favor.

A Melbourne hospital physician gives the following mode of treatment for influonza. It consists simply in the administration of small doses (oue-sixteenth to one-twentieth of a grain) of perchL ride of mercury in distilled water every two bourn until She temperature of the patient resumes its normal range, after which any ordinary tonic treatment will suffice to iestore health. •• I have not lost eveii a single patient when co treated," he says, " though some of the cases wore of the severest type (two being octogenarians)."

In connection with the suicide of Miss Hawkins, who shot herself at Wellington on Friday, a pathetic incident in tbe sad affair is that after the body had beon found, and Mr Hawkins was staying near it waiting for a stretcher to bo brought, his wife and daughter were still searching the gardens for the missing one, the latter coo-eying in a vain endeavor to attract her sister's attention. Iv their search they found Mr Hawkins, who broke the sad news to them and took them homo.

It would seem, says the Advocate, as though the Awarua Block was very far from becoming a field for European settlement. JFive sections of the disappointed olaimants have applied for a re-hearing, and have paid £5 each, one of the applicants for a re-hearing being Broughton. The matter now rests with the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, who may, if he thinks fit, grant a re-hearing, on the discontented ones finding security for the costs. Of course as Broughton is one of them there would be no difficulty in regard to the guarantee.

It is notified in the Gazette that the. Wanganui Acclimatisation Society have turned out a large number of fallow deer ie the Wanganui district, and that these animals and their progeny for the next three years are vested in the chairman of the Society. By that time the deer will, probably, have become an unmitigated nuisance. They will be hopping over the farmers' fenoes and eating his crops, and all the time the small settlers must not protect himself by killing the beasts off. What is the next peat that can be introduced F

The services in conneotion with the Wesleyan Home Mission yesterday were all well attended. In the- morning the Rev. J. Duke, of Masterton, occupied the pulpit, and in the evening the service was conducted by the Rev. Hauraki Paul, of Kaipara. Mr Paul is a Maori convert. In English, he is a very fair speaker, and his sermon in Trinity Church last night ehowed considerable biblical and historical knowledge. It was a Bomewhat novel feature to. see a native addressing his white brethren, but Mr Paul's sermon, while short, was in plain English, and to the point. In his own simple way he appealed to the congregation to lead Christian lives, and pointing out tho things of nature, he asked them to offer up blefesinga for a wonderful creation. At the conclusion he gave a prayer in Maori, which showed him to be a very fluent speaker in his own tongue. This evening in Trinity Church the mission services will be further continued, when Mr Paul will give an account of his work amongst his own race.

Do you drink " The Five O'clock Tea?" 'Tis the fashionable afternoon tea of the 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.

Wilson and Northe have just landed Wire Netting, all sizes. Churns, Milk Pans, Butter Pats, Garden Hoes, Rakes, Scythes, Hay Rakes, and Forks. Also a nice selection of novelties in GUass and Chinaware, Bronzes, etc. Agents for .Taylor's Eye Witness Cutlery.—|advt.]

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

Whatever you may want in Household Nick Nacks, Ornaments, Vases, CWnaware, Cutlery, Brushes, Albums, Brackets, Pictures, Cruets, Looking Glasses, &c, &c, go to tho Novelty Dep6t. Everything cheap. Terms Cash.—fADVT.]

Refined Cod Liver Oil. No After-Taste. —Free from nauseous taste and smell. This season's supply just to hand in tho freshest and purest condition. For Children the regular use of Cod Liver Oil with Pawish's Chemical Food cannot be over estimated, containing as they do the principal constituents of the blood and tissues. , To insure getting the very best Oil and Parrish Chemical Food purchase only that which bears the name of "H. OWEN" on the Labels. Address—Hastings Street, Napier. —["advt.l