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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6982, 8 February 1894, Page 2

Cable News and the handicaps for the swimming races next week will be found on our baok page to-day. The Wairarapa, which has arrived at Auokland from Sydney, has a Brindisi mail on board.

At Napier this morning the thermometer registered 74 degrees in the shade. Auckland 75, Thames 76, Wellington 75, Nelson 73, Bealy 64, Lyttelton 64, Dunedin 64, Bluff 66.

Brough and Boucicault will open at tho Theatre Royal, Napier, next week, for four nights, during which season a change of programme will be presented nightly, most likely "The Amazons," "The Village Priest," "Niobo," and "The Magistrate.

The expenses incurred by the Napier Board of Health in the removal of carcases of sheep and cattle after the late floods, will bo paid by the Government, on vouohers being forwarded, to the extent of £171.

The 220 yds race of the swimming com

petition was decided last night, when O. H. Cato (soratoh), who won the 440 yds event on the previous evening, again came in th 9 winner, Hutohinson (lOsec) second, and H. Cato (21sec) third. The final heat of 100 yds will take place this evening. The reception of his Grace A rohbishop Redwood took place last evening. His Graoe, accompanied by the Rev. Father Grogan, drove in from the Meanee Mission [ Station, arriving at Olive square about 7.30 'p.m. Here he was met by a large body of Catholics and friends, and the procession, headed by the City Band, escorted the Archbishop to St. Mary's Church. The Rev. Father Grogan read an address of welcome, to which his Grace made a suitable reply. The Archbishop gave the Papal blessing, and then the service of Benediction was held. A trio, "O Salutaris," by Steinforth, was sung by Miss Macdonald and Messrs Madigan and Sheath; "Aye Verum " (Meroandante), trio by Mrs Allen and Mesßrs Allen and Sheath; and a solo and quartett by Evans, "Tantum Frgo," the solo being sung in a very devotional and finished manner by Misa Bt. Clair. Mrs St. Clair presided at the organ with her usual well-known ability. Special selootions of the Catholic Church music will be given this evening at the Archbishop's lecture.

This morning a man named Samuel Barnes, who was arrested at the Soit yesterday on a charge of drunkenness, w"as brought before Mr Newton, J.P., and as he was in a very shaky condition, was fined ten shillings or seven days.

The gold medal to be awarded to the aggregate winner at the forthcoming swimming contests has just been completed by Mr F. Howard, of Emerson street. It i«i a massive medal, very appropriately designed, and one that is well worth competing for.

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce, in their annual report, express regret "at the change that has recently been made in the personnel of the Board of Railway Commissioners. Whatover may be the abilities of tho newly-appointed Commissioners, the service cannot but suffer through being deprived of the benefits of the great expprienoe possessed by Messrs Maxwell and Hannay. Tho management of the Commissioners has beon highly satisfactory, as during tho past five years, tho term within which tho Commissioners have controlled the ruilways, very extensive reduotionshave been mado in the tariff, yet the lines have steadily shown an increase in revenue."

The senior "Makarini scholarship " (Mr R. D. M'Lean's), of £35 has, according to the N.Z. Times, been won by W. Hape Barrett, now of Te Aute College, and formerly of the Kaiapoi Native School; and the two junior scholarships of £35 eaoh go to the Bay of Plenty, having been won by Wi Nira and Weihana Terainea, both of Omaio Native School. These scholarships are all tenable for two years. The subjects of examination are reading, writing, English, arithmetic, geography, and history. Eight candidates presented themselves at the three oentros—TeAute College, Hawke's Bay ; Torore, Bay of Plenty; and Otaua, Hokianga.

A gumdigger named John Murray, a passenger to Auckland by the steamer Argyle from Great Barrier, was missing on the passage. He was last seen at 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, when he complained to the engineer of pains in his head, and said that he waß coming to Auokland for advice. He showed a pass book of the Auokland savings bank with a oredit to him of £100. He is stated to be a steady man. He has a brother at the Upper Thames and relatives down South,

The tent erected on the beach by tho Working Men's Club will have to be removed, as. it is too o'ose to the sea wall, and, acoording to some of the councillors, obscures the view. When the application from the club was read at the Oounoil meeting last night, asking that a pipe might be connected with the main, to enable a shower bath to be put up, the action of the club in erecting the tent without first obtaining permission from the Counoil, was severely condemned, councillors drawing the line between this tent and the others that bad been erected by statin a that the club's tent was a fixture, whereas the others could be removed at any time It wap, however, poi D t3d out that the request for permission was purely an oversight, seeing that other tenls had been placed on the beach without the Counoil's sanction ._ As to separate portions of the beach bsing set apart for men and women, j councillors believed that it was only a matter of time when bathers woold themselves recognise the necessity of a departure in this direction.

To the Editor: Sir,—Mr Ptter Rameay has made a road from his side to about the centre of the broken part of the bridge • from thence to the opposite bank the river is fotdable. So far so good. But when a traveller gets to the banfe on the Napier side, there is no sort of road to take the traveller into the maio Taradale road, and this can be done by the County Council for a very small sum. Considering that it will be some time before the bridge can be reopened, this is a matter of public convenience that should be attended to without delay, and I ask for a corner of your paper to point out this —I am, etc., A Tbavelleb, Hastings, February 7th, 1<593.

Five members of the Indian branch of the Salvation Army will conduot a series of meetings here, commencing to-morrow night, in the Salvation Army Barracks. Ihese officers have all seen service in the Indian or Ceylon mission fields. They have toured throughout Australia for the last twelve months, stirring up the interest and sympathy on behalf of the missionary work of the Army. The leader is " Major Musa Bhai, the names of the others being "Lieutenant" Siya, "Captains" Muthia and Gunaskera, and "Ensign" Sadanand* There has been exceptionally heavy mortality amongst sheep during the past year, especially in Central Otigo. On one of the best known stations out of 21 000 sheep only 12,000 oonld be mustered for sheanog On another run the mortality was about 33 per cent. Holders of small grazing runs have suffered severely. One applicant to the Land Board to be allowed to surrender stated that he put 1009 sheen ?n^ e *r/ n Maro ? l last - but only mustered 103 lambj for cutting and tailing, and he did not expert more than 30 sheep to shear. Mr Clark said it was unfortunate that the Board had not the power to reduce the rent temporarily in a bad year. Mr Duncan, M.H.R., agreed, and said that some scheme woud have to be adopted to meet oases continually coming before the Board.

The match-head craze seems to have a thorough hold in Auokland just now Susan Price, wife of William Alexander Price, laborer, swallowed a quantity of match-heads yesterday. 6he has been sent to the hospital. Her husband could assign

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