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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6414, 26 March 1892, Page 2

On our back pago to-day is insetted " A Lady's Letter." The concluding chapters of " A Drama of a Life" will be found in our Supplement. Next Saturday will ba commenced a highly interesting serial by that well known American novelist, W. D. Howells, entitled, " Tho Quality of Mercy." This story is a romance) of to-day and will interest not only the uove;

reader who reads a story for entertainment, but the professional or business man, who roads a novel with two-fold interest.

The Hawke's Bay Farmers' Co-operative Association, Limited, have received the following cable message from their Sydney office :—" Market steady. Potatoes 52s 6d. Good demand for short feed oats."

A telegram from Auckland says that a woman named Mary Morris, the wife of a guradigger at Riverhead, attempted to commit suicide yesterday by cutting her throat, but the wounds are not serious. Mrs Morris was recently in the Avondale .Lunatic Asylum.

At the election of officers of the Women's Christian Temperance Union at Auckland last evening Mrs Schnaokenberg was roappointed presidont. The other officers wero Mrs Kiddell, Napier, corresponding secretary ; Miss Kirk, Wellington, recording secretary ; Mrs Troy, Napier, treasurer. The Minister for Defenco has issued instructions that no confidential roport to a superior officer affecting any man in the police force shall be filed until the man affected hag had a chance of perusing it, and he shall also havo a right to a copy of it. In future inspectors ara always to woar uniform when on duty, especially in Court.

The subject of the Rev. J. G. Patorson's sermon to-morrow morning will bo " The Truo Foundation." Tho subject of the evening lecture will bo "Some of the pit-

falls of life, in connection with juvenile crime, and whether the churches here are doing anything towards the reclamation of the vicious ?" All interested in this important question are cordially invited. Mr J. Corbett, agent for Horace Chester, tho well-known elocutionist and entertainer, is at present in Napier making the necessary arrangements for the appearance of that artist here. Mr Chester, in his performances throughout the colony has amased largo audiences, and has been favorably compared with Maccabe and Frank Lincoln. The Napier season opens on Monday woek

They have in Melbourne a Waterloo veteran in the person of Jeremiah Brown, who recently celebrated his 100 th birthday. The old man, who is tho sole survivor of Waterloo in Australia, and perhaps in tho

world, has resided for some months pant at tho United Service Home. He spent his 100 th birthday at the Waterloo Cyclorama, whero for nearly two years he was to be seen daily, and where he delighted to talk of his experiences as a British soldier. The London correspondent of the New Zealand Horald says:—"Edward Powley Wilson, wico merchant and colonial agent,

of London, has been adjudioated a bankrupt. His liabilities are £3580, of which £2380 are unsecured, with net assets £135. Betweon 1871 and 1884 the debtor had many business engagements in New Zealand, and in 1887 went to the colony, where he remained two years. On his return to EBgland he commenced business with the £700 or £800 capital whioh he had made in New Zealand while trading as a general merchant." Mr E. P. Wilson was well known in Napier. For some time he was in the employ of the late firm of Koutledge, Kennedy, and Co.

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

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 looal grocer at 2s 4d per lb. Davidson, Irvine, acd <.'o., agents.

Wilson and NortUe have received a large stock of American chair seats all sizes and shapes. These can be easily put on, and old chairs may bo made good as now. Prices low. Wholesalo buyers troated liberally. Thirty-five dozen Taylor's Eye-Witness Cutlery just unpacked. Call and inspect

Mr Owen, Chemist and Druggist, Hastings street, has just received into his stock of Trusses a very serviceable and indestructible bard rubber series. The springs ara of silver steel, correctly tempered, ai>d covered with hard rubber, and rendered quite impervious to moisture. They are unaffected by changes of temperature and perspiration. Also an assortment of fine French and English Leather Covered Trusses. H. Owen, Chemist, Hastings street.