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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6988, 15 February 1894, Page 2

Cable News will be found on our baok page to-day. Some of the Bankruptcy Act provisions were to-day described by the Judge as a singular tangle of enactments. The dust of ages has accumulated on the walla of the interior of the D'strict Cohool, so much so that they are too dirty on whioh to hang maps. The Hawke's Bay polo team is unable to pro to Palmerston this week, and the return polo match with tho Manawatu Club ia therefore indefinitely postponed. On a bankrupt telling his Honor at Ouurt to diy tint he was working us a j jurneyman, his Honor thought ln> f-hould continue aa Buch instead of goiug into business, as to many pooplo did, on Ik>rrowed money. Uudor his vow oironnistances he oould lay by money. ''Hiivo you a family P" he as_od of tho dohtnr. "Yes," was the reply, "I have eleven." "Oh! well," said his Honor, " I'm afraid I can't expect you to lay by much." Our cables to-day record tho death of Sans Yon Bulow. X>eoe»Bed rausioiun wiim born at Uresdou in 1830, beginnimr his musical education under Frederiok Wiouk, the father of Madamo Schumann. Iv ISIB he was sent to the University of Loipsig to study jurisprudence, his paronta having always regarded musio as a mere pastimo, but he continued his studies iv counterpoint under Hnuptmanri. In the following year he entered tho University of Berlin, and took groat ioteroct in the political movements cf tho time, contributing to a democratic journal, l)io AbeD<spoßt. In thin paper he first began to defend tho musical doctrines of tho new German school, led by Liszt and Waguer. After hearing a performance of "Lohengrin" at Weimar iv 1850, he throw aside his studies, went to Zurich, and placed himself under the guidance of Wagner A year later he became a pupil of Litzt. Iv 1864 he wts called to Munich as principal conduotor at the Royal Opera, and director of the Coneorvatorium, and several years later he left on a concert totr through Italy, Germany, Russia, Poland, Englaud, and America. He was the composer of many important pieoes. In Juno, 1888, he gave a series of Beethoven recitals at Bt, James's Hall, London

An official who recout'y had to take oharge of an abandoned country hotel fouud that tho stock of spirituous liquor needed restoring, as there was very little on the shelves except cordials, soothing syrup, and sarsaparilla. The larder, too, was empty, while the store contained some siddle straps aud sundry articles of hardware

Mr 0. W. Greenwood, who took charge of Crane's Tarawera hctel after the proprietor had absconded, has been granted a liceiiso, and he now holds the establishment in a dual capacity.

Our New Season's Fruits are exceptionally fine, fc'ee them, and ask our pi ice before you leave. Patterson and Co., Kmeison street.

The Right Hon. Sir Harry Verney, whose death ip announced in our cablegrams to day, was born in 1801, aud was the oldest son of General Sir Harry Calvert, the first baronet Educated at Harrow and the Boyal Military College, he succeeded bis father in 1826, and assumed the name of Verney in 1827 on inheriting the estates of Mary Verney, Baroness Fermanagh. Early in 1818 he went to Stuttgart, attached to the minion tf Sir Br. ok Taj lor, British Minister at the Courts of <md Baden He represented Buckingham in Parliament for many years. His seoond wife was the sister of Florence Nightngale.Lady Verney has distinguished herssif as an authoress. Sir Harry Veraey had the happiness to live near a century and to re-t-in his faoulties to the last, and the unhappiness to be the father of a man who disgraced hh country. We refer to Captain Verney. who two or three years ago was convicted of the crime of decoying a young woman to France for immoral purposes. Old Sir Harry wrote a most interesting article in one of the English Reviews last year, in which he contrasted the world of to-day with the world he remembered seventy or eighty-years ago.

Under the uew Bankruptcy Act the Official Assignee can give notice to bankrupts to apply for their discharge within a certain time, or be adjudged to have committed contempt of Court. This mattei was alluded to at Court this morning, when the Deputy Assignee smilingly toll the Court that he had given all bankrupts notico, but none of them had complied, and there were no funds available to move that they be adjudged guilty of contempt. His Honor said it was much easier to make laws than to enforce them.

At the Napier School Committee meeting last night allusion was made to the fact that too much money was beinnr spent in tinkering with and patching up the main sohool. The fact was that the time had now arrived when separate sohool districts should be made, and a new school ere-ted somewhere down Carlyle street and another upon the Bluff hill. As the population wag extending so new schools were wanted. Mr Murphy thought that before the Committee went out of office a strong recommendation should be made to the Education Board on the subjoot.

The Rev. F. W. Isitt has informed the Ly Melton Times that advice by the San Francisco mail gives the result of a plebiscite taken in Ontario, Canada, on January 1, at* a majority of nearly two to one in favor of absolute Prohibition Nearly every county polled for Prohibition, the exception being the large cities, where a French population predominatos. It is expected the Legislature will, as a result of the plebiscite, introduce an Act prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor. Prince Edward Island has followed the example of Ontario, and Newfoundland is expected to do the eacSe. Mr Isitt has also received news that in Indiana, United States of America, after two years' litigation, the Supreme Court has deoided that a " saloon" can be prosecuted as a common nuisance if it can be proved that adjaoent property has depredated in value, or that the comfort of the neighborhood has been disturbed. The Court held that licensing was constitutional, but the Legislature had no power to ignore the rights and privileges of the people. The decision has caused a tremendous stir in the States.

We regret to reoord the death of Mr Peter Gillespie, who died at the Blenheim hospital yesterday. Deceased had been in

bad health for some time past, and pro

coeding to Blenheim, appeared for a while to benefit by the change of air and s lene, as only about three weeks ago he telegraphed to a friend that he hoped to be back in Napier at the beginning of March. This was not to be, however, and his many friends will be grieved to hear of his end yesterday. Deceased was an old resident of Napier, starting in business here about 1867. and was one of the trustees of the Working Men's Club. His nephew is coming out from Home to take over deceased's business in Emerson street. The late Mr Gillespie was a native of Scotland, and left Glasgow for New Zealand in 1862, residing at Invercargill till 1865, and two years later took up his residence in Napier.

When dealing with some bankruptcy business at Court to-day Mr Justice Richmond remarked that it must be exceedingly unsatisfactory to creditors to see bankrupts living as they sometimes did on their wife's property in comparative luxury. It was often the caee in England, for instance, that bankrupts seemed to be in praotically Jpod circumstances, and that, he again repe *<-d, must be Unsatisfactory to the people who had lost their money through, them. Where a wife's property settlement by marriage nothing, of course, need be"Bftid about it, and there were cases where settlements were made.'by husband on wife by degrees wfeeo-'trouble in the future in a financial way was not anticipated. Still, there were other cases of a different nature, and he did not think creditors oared for the state of things that sometimes prevailed.

Miohael Neylon was apprehended at Invercargill yesterday afternoon on the charge of rape on a girl 13 years of age. This ia the man who was beaten by a woman of Arrowtown some weeks ago for wife beating. His wife then left him and went to He followed her and matters appear to have been arranged between them, as the wife, her mother, and the girl who was assaulted came over fire weeks ago and have been residing there ever since. - The offence is alleged to have been oommitted in the afternoon while the two women were out shopping. Neylon had £31 conoealed in his clothing when apprehended, and had been talking about suicide to the two women. A loaded revolver was fouud in an outhouse of the plaoe where the prisoner resided.

M. Maxima Cv Camp, one of the five founders of the Revue de Paris, whose death is recorded to-day, was the son of a distinguished French surgeon. On leaving college he travelled extensively in the East. During his last journey, he made a large collection of photograph negatives of scenes in Egypt, .Nubia, Palestine, and Asia Minor, which he published, in connection with descriptive texts, iv several volumes. He had been an offioer of the Legion of Honor sinoe 1853. He was elected a member of the French Academy in 1880, partly as a mark of gratitude on the part of the Conservatives for his crashing history of the Commune, called "Les Convulsions de Paris."

On the representations of Major Sommerville, Mr Seddon has promised to at once

cable to Melbourne for a sufficient supply of Martini-Henri ammunition, whioh will be landed at Lyttelton in time for the N.Z. Rifle Association's meeting. Provision is also to be made to allow from the stook in Laud, clubs, &c, which are competing at the meeting, a few hundred rounds for the purpose of practioe. The Lumsden correspondent of the Southland News states that a novelty in the way of strikes is taking place in the distriot. All the rabbitters employed on the extensive runs of the New Zealand Agricultural Company have signified their intention to cease work. The oause of the strike is tho notice that after next week no more small skies will be accepted—not even those

already caught.

All dogs are otdered off

the estate at once. Nothing but traps for rabbit-killing is to be allowed in future.

Only on threejlays a week: are rabbits to be taken over, and these must be caught and packed into Lumsden by the rabbiters on tuose days. In his jaoket, instead of as formerly for his jacket only, and any rabbit whiob, when •' gutted," weighs less than 2_lb, is to b. rejected. In order that they may be frozen and sent Home every rabbit must be clean and not bruised. The men have been able by working their hardest, with their dogs, every day in the week, at the old prices (for skins only), to earn about £2 5s per week. Under the altered conditions, and on compulsory half-time (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only) they say positively nothing oan be made, so they have struok. .Probably the Rabbit Inspector may have something to say about fiis strike if prolonged.

At the meeting of the Auckland Board of I Education yesterday it was resolved that a searching ouquiry be instituted into the Hjstom of isonduoting the standard and scholarship examinations, aud a committee whh appointed to take steps to carry out the. roNoluiion. A lengthy discussion ou.Mieil on a communication from tho North Oiuturhury Board, askiug 00-oporation for (ho |iiirp;>.so of approaching tbo Government with tho view of getting an increased grant fur educational purposes. Auokland had rronivtiil n grant of £SOOO laßtyear, while iv lit-ovinua years tho amount had not excoeded £'1000. One members said that ho had looked through tho Appropriation Aot, and ho nolinod that out of £2, 000.213 spent in tho colony no Joss thau £510,000 hftd been granted to oduoatii n Tho consideration of tho question was deferred for a month.

Al th.) ! 'rushytori in General Assembly at Ohristohuteh yustordiy tho Babbath-sohool UdiiimtUoo reported that at the annual examination of Sabbath-sohool- on July 20th, hold in the eohools connected with the Presbyteries of Auckland, Wanganui, Hawko's Bay, Timaru, Ohristchuroh, and Wostland, there were 517 candidates in all divisions of Scriptural knowledge. Of these 75 took first, 150 second, and 145 thirdclues marks. A certificate of merit had been procured, and another was recommended for first and second-class