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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6376, 11 February 1892, Page 2

Skvkeal settlors coming into town br express train last night had to travel second-

class with first-class tickets owing to (here being no adequato wnoking carriage accommodation. This is now of such frequent occurrence that wo havo heard many who are constantly going up tho line say that

thoy will travel socond-olass for tho future Thoro must bo somothing inexpressibly charming to tho oyo of a railway official to boo a string of empty carriages idle on a siding, and a train starting with passengers packed like herrings iv a barrel. This is quite a common sight, and is supposed to add to tho comfort of railway travelling, otherwise, why is it persisted iv 'i Wo aro always chary of giving advice ou subjects wo know nothing about, and wo aro profoundly ignorant of railway management. But if trains are crowded to suffocation, while scoies of empty carriages are lyiug idle, might wo not suggest that tho profits of the railway would bo vastly increased, and the amusoment aud hilarity of officials promoted, if it could bo so arranged that a per centago of intending travellers should be always left behind through want of carriage accommodation ? We only throw this out as a hint.

Thirty-three civil cases have been set down for hearing at tho R.M. Court on Tuesday next, aud seven judgment sum-

Tho Rev. W. J. Mayor, who is travelling tho colony on behalf of Dr. Barnardo's Homes, states 'hit he has received donations amounting to X'looo in the North Maud alone. His Excellency the Governor will be entertained at a banquet at Wellington tomorrow evening at Bellamy's, and it is expected that about eighty guests will be present.

At Timaru yesterday Holmes, the licensee of the County Hotel at Hilton, charged with setting fire to tho building, wusfouud guilty, and sentenced to four years' penal servitude.

The exodus from Australia to New Zealand still continues. The steamer T<.*apo which arrived at Wellington from Sydney ou Monday, brought over one hundred and thiity-four passengers.

The very wet weather last evening interfered with the City Band's concert which was to have been given in Cuvo .-quare, so it was decided to postpone the concert till this evening, weather permitting.

"The wet weather has done considerable mischief to the harvesting of cocksfoot grass-seed. Tho settlors around Ormond - villo calculate that their district has loot fully £7000 in the value of this one o.rcp.

Mr S. F. Whitcombo, who has been promoted to the charge of tho Invercargill section of milway, leaves for the South by the express train to-morrow. His many friends in i">apier wish him every success in his new sphere of labor.

At Messrs Jackson and Co's ram fair at Watijiuuui yesterday 552 rams were sold eimtlv, averaging £5 Is od each. James " ! . Holmes, Oamaru, topped the market for studs with 30 guineas, and William Wilson, Elslea, for flocks with 17 guineas for two.

Argument in the Napier case, Bryson v. Bank' of New South Wales, was taken by Mr Justice Richmond at, vVellington yesterday. Judgment was reserved. In this case the present occupier of the Caledonian Motel was compelled to seek tho protection of tho Bankruptcy Couit, and the Bank claimed by virtue of a bill-of-sale possession of the furniture. The landlord, Mr Bryson, disputes the Bank's ri.htto the furniture, and this action is taken to settle who is the lawful owner.

At _hburton the rain has dono great damage to the crops. The county grows about a third part of the colony's yield of wheat, and there is only from 20 to 25 per cent, in stacks, all the rest being in stook or standing. Tho grain has sprouted badly everywhere, not only in stook, but in the standing corn as well. Harvest operations, which wero in full swing last week, are completely suspended, and hundreds of men are about town idle. The results of the storm will be most disastrous to the farmers unless favorable weather follows from now.

At the Wellington Hospital Trustees' meeting on Tuesday the Rev. H. Van Staveren mentioned the case of a lad named Neale, at present in Napier, who was suffering from an affection of the eyesight and whom a medical officer had recommended for treatment in the Wellington Hospital. The lad's passage to Wellington would be paid, but his friends were not in a position to pay for his treatment in Wellington. After some discussion, the Trustees agreed to accept the case, provided a sum of 10s a week was paid for bis keep whilst in tho institution.

There was a good attendance of members of Loyal Napier Lodge, I 0.0. F., M.U., last evening at the usual fortnightly meeting. P.P.G.M. Bro. Sidey brought forward the report of tho Committee appointed at tho last meeting to consider the question of Dr de Lisle's successor. Two applications had been received for the vacancy, Drs Grant and Mcnzies, junr. After some discussion it was decided that tho next meeting night be a summoned one, when a surgeon will bo elected. The lodge decided to hcull a letter of condolence to Dr de Lisle. Three notres of motion were given, and considerable routine business was transacted.

Everybody has heard of the schoolboy's answer as to the ace being the largest known diamond, but it is not we (Waikato Times) think geneially considered that a pack of cards is a necessary adjunct to a schoolgirl's ' kit.' This appears to be the case, however. Yesterday afternoon at a certain school, we will not particularise, not a hundred miles away from Hamilton, one of the teachers diecovered a pack of cards on one of tho scholars' desk. The y-mng lady on being questioned by tho tench-r, who having received a strict education herself was horrified, replied that the card- were ber own, and that during playtime she and others of the scholars devoted themselves to playing euchre. A nice pastime surely for chits of girls."

Dr. Caro and Mr E. Lyndon, J.P.s , sat on tho Bench at the R.M. Court this morning. John Connor was charged with being drunk at tho Napier railway station yesterday, and also with behaving in an offensive manner to the annoyance of others. Defendant knew nothing about the latter offence, and expressed sincere regret for his misconduct. After the evidence of the constable and railway porter had been taken, tho Bench decided to treat the two charges us one case, and fined the defendant 10s or three days' imprisonment..—■ Joseph Eddy was fined 10s and costs for drunkenness, being a second offence, while "William Leonard, on bail, similarly charged, was also mulcted in a fine of 10s.

Late on December IS a terrible accident occurred near Bagnley Station, ou the Cheshire Lines Railway, near Stockport. The driver of a goods train for Liverpool noticed that tho engine ran over some object, and subsequently reported tho matter. Upon an official proceeding to the spot, ho was horrified to find the body of a young woman terribly mutilated, and the body of an infant about 12 months old, cut in two. It was discovered that the woman was the wife of a farm laborer at Tiraperley. In a later telegram a correspondent writes : —It now appears that the occurrence on tho Cheshire Lines Railway was a case of murder and suicide. The woman's name was Hamnett, and it is stated that, fearing her husband's displeasure at finding her in arrears, she late last night placed herself and tho child, aged two years, upon the railway and waited the arrived of the train, which passed over and killed both. Tho woman had only been married four years.

An ex-New Zealander in Melbourne writes as follows to the Auckland Star regarding New Zealand fish:—"The fish, when it can no longer be sold as fresh, is smoked hero and sold at double or treble the price smoked fish would fetch in New Zealand. Tho weather, ivhich is very hot just now, is making the people turn their attention to our fish, which is considered a perfect delicacy, and retailed by the " t-tore " at about the same price as meat. Indeed, as to the success of tho enterprise there can bo no doubt, as a visit shows it to be patronised by all classes, and still seems to bo increasing in public, favor. The wholo of the space in the next two or three steamers to arrive has been folly engaged, and this surely is a sufficient sign that the management are not afraid of the venture turning out other than a success, while opening up a now industry for New Zealanders. The shop is fitted up on a new principle, and is the only one so fitted here. Floors, walls, and ceilings are all tiled, while the counters are all marble, so that it can be washed out daily with the hose, and thus avoid all the objectionable smells noticeable in other shops. The windows are fitted up as 00.-I chambers, so as to keep the fish iv a I frozen state, while similar chambers are provided for game and poultry."

Mr Owen, chemist, Hastings street, has received direct from the maker a new supply of Pepsoalia, Kola Wine Bovril, Pumiline Essence, Roche's Embrocation (for whooping' cough), Quinine Wine, Anti-Catarrh Salts for Hay Fever, Influenza, etc