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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7961, 13 January 1897, Page 3

Captain jfc'dwin wired at 1p m. to-day as follows:—" Strong north-east to no:th and west winda ; glass further fall."

The annual sooial of the Methodist 0.3. Sooiety, annoanoed for to-night, is postponed till the 20th.*

A declaration ol bankruptcy haa boon filed by John HaDry Taylor, dyer, of Hastings street, Napier.

. A complimentary social is to be tendered to Mr G. Hunter, M.H.R , at Dannevirke on Friday evening. Great preparations are being mode for the affair, and it is probable that visitors will be present from Napier and Hastings.

The Oity Band give an opon-air concert in the Olive Square rotunda this evening, tbe programme for whioh we published in oar last issuo. As thia is the first open-air concert thia year, there should be a large attendance to listen to tho playing of the band.

A grass fire took piase on Colenso's hill, at the rear of the Diatriot Sohool, thia afternoon. The echool be 1 ! and the town fire-bull rang tho alarm. A section of tho Brigade prooeeded to the spot with the hoaeoart and reel, and sucoeeded in quiokly extinguishing the flames. The fire ia Buppoeed to have been oaused by mischievous children.

Wo have to announce that Messrs Neal and Olose have finally sold their drapery business to Messrs Kirkcaldie and Btains, who have already entered into possession of those well-known premises so long bearing the name of Neal and Gloce. Io makiDg this announcement it is as well to state that Mr Close's health has become greatly impaired owing to his close application to the business, and it haa caused his friends much anxiety. It is to be hoped he will bo spared for many years to enjoy the rest from active labor whioh he has so well earned, and tbat he will soon reoovor his usual gjod health. Mr Neal, whose vigor ia so we£ finown, will oonduct as in the past the wine and spirit and grooery business. We are pleased to know, through the purchasers, that during all the negotiations the greatest harmony and courtesy have prevailed.

A telegram received from Ashburton this afternoon stated that in the crioket ma: oh Queensland v. Aahburton eighteen the latter had lost sixteen wickets for 144. As the Association agent has omitted to Bend the completion of Queensland's first innings this information is of little value.

An alarm was pealed out on tho Ohauoer road fire hell shortly aftsr five o'clock last evening, the oauso of the commotion being an outbreak in a cottage owned by Mr J. Heron and occupied by Mr Smith. The tenant, it appears, had been disinfeotinfj thepremisas by burning sulphur on a sheet of galvanised iron. He left the house for a few minutes, and on returning found that by some mea-as the floor had become ignited. & few buckets of water promptly applied suppressed the outbreak in its inoipient stage.

Cur Hastings correspondent wires this afternoon:— "Last night, at 7 o'clock, a ohild seven years old, tho daughter of Mr Koacb, cabman, of Napier, was trodden upon by a runaway horse in Edgoley road. Her skull was broken, bat she is still living, fiho will be taken into Napier by the express "

It has been understood for some time that, in obedience to the dictum of Colonel Fox, a number of the Naval Volunteer corps iv tbe colony would be required to disband or form themselves into infantry oorrs. The Kapier Navals are among those who were thus semi-officially notified, but nothing definitely will be done until the visit of the new oommandant of the New Zealand forces, Colonel Pole-Penton.

Ihe criminal oalender for the nest sittings of the Supreme Court in Napier, whioh open on the 15th .February, has already assumed portentous dimensions, no fewer than ten cases beirgonthe list. They are as follows .—Henry Jones, alias Richardson, breaking and entering at Dannevirhe; Arthur M'Kay, theft at Napier; Sdward Noyes, alias George Bobinaon, theft, at Wairoa; W. Leslie Mason, theft at Waipawa; Alfred Hutohins, alia* Alfred Oantlin, breaking and entering at Napier ; Norman Caiman Orighton, burglary at Dannevirke; Carl John Johanson, stabbing and wounding at Napier; Henry_ Byan, alias Devoy, forging and uttering at Napier; John Walsh and Louis Bollman, assault and robbery at Nupier.

Bush fires are raging round the Hakotuku district, the timber being very dry find inflammable owing to the rocent long spell of flue hot weather. Messrs Gammon and Oo.'s sawmill at Oringi was pretty well surrounded by fire on Sunday. Dry logs on loth sides of the road were alight and burning briskly, and the wind carried the flames straight towards the mill. An effective method of protection was available, however, and was promptly utilised. The creek which flows past the mill was dammed up, with tho result that the mill was quickly flooded, and damage by fire prevented. The mill hands were at work throughout the day preventing the spread of the fires, and used nose and eye protectors, whiohprevonted any ill effsots from tho clouds of smoke.