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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7977, 1 February 1897, Page 2

Telegraphic communication with the outside world haying bsen partially restored, a column of cable niessagoe were cent through last evening. Nothing of grave importance apparently happened during the period in which we were isolated. The whereabouts of Butler, the man charged with the Glenbrook murders, is still a theme of absorbing interest. The ship Bnrmaa has arrived at Ban Francisco from Newcastle, and hei officers state that the crew of the Swan Hilda are " a blood-thir3ty lot, and it only required a leader to make the Bhip a floating hell." If that is the case, and if the police are correct in their surmise that Butler is on board, in every probability he will make hia esoapo before the vessel reaches Ban Francisco.—The British Government announce their intention oi raising a loan of £6,458,000 for military purposes.—A motion has been made in the House of Commons for the resppointment of the Transvaal Baid Committee. The Hon. Mr Chamberlain says the present position ia causing anxiety, and peace would bo insecure until the grievances oi the uitlanders were redreased,— A revolt oi ■University students at Athena is repotted, —Other oable news and a chapter of the serial will also bo found on the fourth page, There will be an eolipeo of the sun tomorrow morning visible in New Zealand, It will oommence at 4.53, and terminate ai 10.37, being , at its central position at 7.56. It will be what is called an annular eclipee — that is, an eclipse of the eun in whiob a portion of its surface is visible in the form of a ring surrounding the dark body of the moou. This occurs whan the moon ie too remote from the earth to cover the sun completely, and at the moment when the centres of both sun and moon are nearly in a line with the point of the earth's surface where the observer stands Our Hastings correspondent writes under Saturday's date as follows :—"Several parties to Kotorui and the Hot Lakes have been organised in previous yeara by Mr 8. Charlton, and havo been very Euooeesful. The camp life and the drive-ae-you-please wag an agreeable ohnnge from the sedentary town life, and the mineral baths have given the invalids among them a frefh leaee of health. A party of tourists (eleven in nnm-br-r) arranged the trip, and were to have started thia morning. The enthusiasts of the party insist upon starting, storm or no storm, and get as far as Petane to night." Mr F. Fabian waa unsuccessful in his attempt to lower the Napier-Wellington 07cling record held by ilr Thompson, of Vi ellington Owing to a heavy head wind, be was obliged to give up at Kaitofce. The ride from Napier to Woodville, however, was dove in record time, 7 hours 12 minutes. Fabian had the assistance of Mepsrs Howard, Oaughloy, Jas. Bissell, and Davidson as pacemakers. The storm which visited this district on Saturday was felt with equal severity at Auckland. It was the heaviest gale experienced there fjr years. Trees were uprooted in tho city and suburbs, windows blown in in several premises, and several yachts piled up on the Devonport beach, among them the Zantho and Kestrel. The ferry service was maintained with difficulty. Tho glass fell an inoh, from 30 to 29. The rainfall in 36 minutes was 3.78, the heaviest in the time since February, 1891. Floods at Te Aroha did considerable damage. Thtre were also floods at Rotorua. William Show, aged 22 years, ahot himeelf at Karangahake, .Auckland Hβ left a letter whioh seemed to chow a case of blighted affection. Mr W. Venn, of the local rail way service, has been transferred to the section, and prior to leaving he was the reoipient of a gold albert and pondant Buitably insoribed, from h'u fellow emploj ea on the Napier lino. Mr Graham, in a few well-ahosen remarks, made tho presentation, stating that it was the wish of all Mr Venn's fellow emplojtM, both at Napier and along the Hue from Parndon to Dannevirke, that he should n6t leave their midst without some tofeon of the fellowship and goodwill in whioh ho was held by his associates, and a recognition of the many sterling qualities which he possesses. Mr Venn, who has been ia the aervioe for about fifteen years, has been promoted to the position of guaidon the Wellington seotion.

The estimated wheat yield of the oolony for 1890-97 is 7,067,145 bushels. Of this total Canterbury will be the largest contributor with 4,551,312 bushels, and Gtago 1,777,748. The Hawke'e Bay crops are estimated at 25,925 bushels, The oat yinld is expected to total 11,739,727 bushols, Otago contributing 0,580,096, and Canterbury 3,?28.214, Hawte's Bay's portion being 160,869 bushele. The yield of barley will be about 753,704 bushels, 298,454 coming from Canterbury and 206,232 from Otago, whilst Hawke's Bay supplies 63,725 buehels. The actual inorease of grata on hand over last year's figures is estimated at 110,000 bueheli, j

Tho Eeffistrflr-Genera] has now completed nis interesting returns relating to the various manufactories, womh, &0., in the colony, wmea, with a comparison of the results of tfio wwo provsous cenmwoß, ere published as a supplement Jo tho Uwtte. In an introdnctory aote Mr Yon L-edeUzen says :- ilio animal value of all manufactures inCT J' a^- c i ;'f,) V , ao ' x lso ° ftn <* IS9sbytho6um ot i//•],.>-;. v.-n'Jo the incteaso for tho previse quiDquenaium wfta ns groat SI ijat v mndonite iucreaco iv money whines in rsspeot of some items a greater increase in production. The incrahoee of quantity will be found in the spseial tables for the mcra important indueniea. The development of the batte- and cheese-making industry by way of factory work hiiH helped gieaily to make up the total inoreate shown eince 1890; on the other hand, the deoline of the flax and grainoiilliojj Las operated unfavorably on the comparison for the years 1890 1596. The great rinp of th« meat-freezinß industry happened between 1885 and 1890, and this lur.ije increase, ieprtß6utiD«rin money no less than £920,781, i e probably the prinoipal cause of the increase for tho whole of the manufactures being so much greater for the pariod ISSS-90 than for 18S0-95; bnt there i is also, amoujfst rniiny other causes, thetaot thai fl.is-mi;ling was prosperous in I*9o (showing an increase over 1895 amounting to £211,207). but in 1895 in a state of the utmost deproscion, the value of the product

A telegram from Wellington states that tho difhonlty between the Seamen's Union and the Wellington Steam Packet Company respecting an advance of wages has been settled, the company coacediog the demands of the union.

Messrs Abraham and William?, of Pftlmerston North, report as follows on the stock market -—On Tuesday at Oolyton the entry was mainly of sheep. The various small pens were disposed of, hut only a small portion of the 2 and 4-tooth ewes. On the whole the tose was inactive. At Palmerston a moderate muster of sheep was penned. For wethers a strong enquiry exiete.i and better rates ruled. Buyew, however, want Jines free from oulls and eeoond rates. Lambs were et easier rates and quality considered in buyora' favor. Fat ewes without improvement upon late ratew. Of oattle practioally none were yarded. Oolytcn — Fat ewes (medium weights) 4a 6d to 4s 9d, crood shorn lamba 3s Bd, woolly lamba 4s, 2 and 4-tooth ewea 5s sd. Palmerston—Fat ewes 4a 6d to 5i sd, forward ewes 4s 3d, woolly lambs 3s to 3s 9d, store wethers (good sorts) 7a to 7s 83, oull ewes 2e 6d, fat costs £4 2s.

Amongst tho appropriations made by the Cabinet is a vote of £400 for the DannevirkeWeber road. . --' — - - — A/TeK'dent ofPet3ne, Wellington, nemed Sheen, has invented what ho claims to be a serviceable flying machine. He intends to give publio demonstrations of the usefulness of his invention on the Basin Keserve.

The latest «• world tourist" is Mr Foster Leek, recently a member of the territorial police force at Port Cygnet, Tasmania, who hss started on a tour around the world under rather novel conditions. Mr Leetr, who is not a trained mechanio, spent eleven months in constructing a dog oart, which contains 3SO parts of timber taken from sixty separate varieties of native trees and shrubs. The combination of thesa woods has been eSeoted in a surprisingly olever manner. The interior of the cart has been deoorated with much taste by Mrs Leek, and the inside of the splashboard contains portraits of thelaat of the Taemmian aboriginals. Besides the cart, Mr .Leefe has a large variety of bric-a-brao made by himself ont of Taemanian wood and dieplajing excellent workmanship, also a number of epeoimens of Tasmaniau metals and stones. After completing hie novel work, Mr Leek drove in the cart a distance of over 300 miles, and exhibited hia ourioa at .Launoeston. The exhibit was lately on viow in Melbourne. Tho owner intends to travel the world, and will shortly leave for London, where he will open his "show" at the Koyal £ quarium.