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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7601, 21 February 1896, Page 2

(in our back pago to-day will be found the continuing instalment of the Eerial, "The Gift of the Sea."

Tho appointment of Mr Seddon as Minister for Labor in place of Mr Reeves is gazetted.

French's patent prooess has proved successful in treating Monowai refractory ores.

The Governor, Lady Glasgow, and family left Wellington for Auckland by the Takapuna yesterday afternoon.

Effr Alfred Levi, well-known ia Kapier, was married at Danedinon Tuesday to Mies Blanche Joel, second daughter of Mr Maurice Jcol, brewor, of that city. Misa Joel is a most accomplished musician—either aa a pianist, violinist, or vocalist—and tlio Duntdin people, who much regret her departure, last week gave her a complimontary concert, the proceed-* of which were handed over in the form of a wedding present. Mr and Mrs Levi will roside in Wellington.

Mr R. Crabb, temperance lecturer, is now in Wellington, and ou Tuesday night at his meeting dotftilftd various incidents in tho life of Mr JP. Qloeson at Fapief. "Kick out Seddon ! " was the interjection of one of Mr Crabb'e audience (says the Post), ia reply to that lecturer's remark that what was wanted in this country waa that tho power in high places ehould be purified. Mr Crabb replied—" Leave Seddon alone ; ha had ho many bruises from the kicks he'H had lately that we can't exhibit him!" (Laughter). Sir Bobert Stout presided at Mr Crabb's meeting on Wednesday night.

John Howe, a farmer, aged 31, was found dead in the bush near his mother's bouse, GHonham, Wyedham, Southland, with a gun-shot wound in his head. The appearaaces indicate that tbo gun was accidentally fired while ho was getting through a fence.

Iv the Supreme Cowt, Wellington, yettarday, before the Ohief Justice and a Bpeciiil jury, a caso was heard in which Cornelius O'Connor, contractor, sued Constable Poland for £100 dansagea. 'the statement of claim set out that on or about the 6th of July, 1895, dofondant unlawfully assaulted and falsely imprisoned the plaintiff, who thereby suffored great pain of body and mind, and was exprsed and injured in his credit and circumstances and otherwise suffered injury and discrecUt. The jury awarded O'Connor £10 damages and costs were allowed on the lowest eoale.

A gas generating plant for erection at the Dunedin railway station, with a view to the better lighting of express trains on the Hurunui-Blufl! section is now well on its way to tho colony. Orders have already been given for the erection at the Dunodin Htation of a building to accommodate the piant and the improved raothod of lighting ■will be brought into use during tho next winter months. The process is known as Piatech's, and is in very general use throughout England, tho s'ontinent, and America. It ia contemplated to erect other generating plunta at Ohristohuroh, Welliagton, Auckland, and probably at Paltneraton North for the Napief-Palmerston North section.

The following Hawbe's Bay candidates have passed the teachers' examinations: — Glass D—Annie Magill, Kthel Murraj, Agnes Stewart, Class E—Silea Andereon, J. F. Brown, Elizabeth EeiJ. Partial pass for Class D—Frances Baker, D. MoLenuan, Margaret Weetoby. Partial for Class X— Elizabeth Barkwith, Mabal Gallien. Lotiiia King, Ella Stoore, firace Eoxeb. The following are the £?apier junior Civil Service examination payees:— d. S. MitchelJj H. 13. Qirdlestone, and A. L. Joypa.

At, the Ticsaru High School Board meeting it was resolved—" Thst Mr Polsoa's (who succeeds Mr Pinkney at the Napier High Bchool) resignation bo recdyed with regret, and that the beat thauka of this Board bo accoried to Mr Poison for his very euoeessful services as assistant master of the High School; the eociotary to convey the terms of fchia resolution [,o Mr Poison. ,,

Tho stodgy morning print, struggling under the disadvantage of carrying a bogus philanthropist on its back, has drifted into tho position that the Byron caaa was a " storm in a tea-cup." &>e Mra Byron wae sent to gaol certified to bo a dangerous lunatic, and was not a lunatio lit all; and a? she was certified to have been healed of an ulcar sho sulfortd from, whereas it was still as large as v crown piece, half an inch deep, and full of maggots, it would be interesting to know what sort of public scandal the "Coheu Gasetto" would consider grave.

Mr W. Webton, who tsead to \&\ons Dunedia but is now' engagad ia'tho for-' warding butiinesa at Coolgacdie, in an interview at Dunodin said: —"As to wages, X can only giva you the rates three months ago. I then had orderß for from fifty to eighty miners and could not get them ; also for about twenty oarpentera. Minero' wages ia Coolgardio wero £3 12s 0d and water (two gallons v daj); the same i-ato at Hiinnun'ti; at Menzies, £4 a week and no water; at Great iftngal, £i a week and water; foity miles out of Coolgardio, £3 l. r iß tmd -vvuter. Iho oarpenterp■ ia gardlo bU-ack for liv v *day. Plumbers wesra getting £1 a day ; clerks, from £2 10s to £3 ; barmon, £2 so £'2 10s and board; barmaids, £2 and boaid; waggoners, £3 10iJto£'I; biicisiuyera, 10a a day."