TOWN EDITION.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9527, 20 July 1899, Page 3

TOWN EDITION.

A letter ftfom Mr A. W. Hansard on the Hetbor Board's new tariff ia unavoidably &e!d over. CJaptain Kennedy wired as foll.o ?s fit noon to-day :-'» Wind south to Houth-enst find onst; barometer ri"9 ; e?a roUgh south o! Oapo " A meeting of ladies interested in prorooting a sroiiil in aid of tho widow and family of (he .'ato Thotnae Beuttio v?ili bo field at the residence of Mr G. W. Teraporley, next tho Oaledonian Hoto'; Hesinige ctreot, to-night, at 3 o'clock. All fdends end eyrapathiseis are invited to attend.

One of tho feacarce in connection with tho Horticultural Association's work this year will bo the competition foz Mr John MoVay'a special priza of five guineas for the beet kept cottage garden. Full conditions will uppaar in the schedules now In preparation and will ba advorti3ed later oa,

It'r W. F. Kvans, who is leaving Napiet for the Old Country, was to day the reoipionk of a handeome oaae of razors and a Bilvor'Daounfced Malacca walking stick suitably ineoribed The presentation was made on behalf of tke members of tho iiivals t'rioket and iiinetnoa 13 Hcohty Olube, both of which o'.nba SJt Kvans took a great intereat in, besides aoticg as honorary Beoretary and troasnrer t5 Iba Bivale for eonne time pa^t.

Mr Oarnell will move at the next meeting of tho Harbor Board, " That in finur© no charge be made for haulage to or from the Spit on any gi.; *? tot Napier landed or shipped at the Glasgow wharf "

The riv£r reports posted at iiiao o'olook this morning were as follows :— " Tufei Tnki at Woipahnrau, low ; Waipawa at Waipawa, rising ; Wgaruroro at Maraokakaho, ri&ing slightly."

&n advertisement appears in another oolumn announcing a ea'.o of pigs by Jdesers Wenley and Laaaoze, at Mtortford Lodge, to-naorrowi

A\ a meeting of the H. 6. Hookey Asso» ciation last evening it who cLoidwd to eend a rep team to Wellington i-i the end of August The match fi'apisr A v Napier B is to be replaytd. were matfe as follows:-Saturday, July 22nd. 216 p.m., Napier Ay. Mifles, 3.'5, Xt'apie? B v. United & ; Wednesday, July 26th, 2.3 C, Trial Match; Baturday, July 29th, 2.15, United A v. Si flea, 3 15, tf spier A v United B.

The annual meeting of the psrishionors of All Sftin-e' Ohuroh, T aradale, was held ia tho SnnOay sohoolroam lust cv niny. After several mnaioal items by the choir the vicar gave his annual address on the church work dnring the past year. He was p'eased to stiite that everything ia ajMs&otion with the parish was ia a prospermiaoondition. During the year ha had :• idiJcn 2.0J miles in 4he psrish, whioh is 50 miiea long by 40 wide, and had paid 700 visits to his people, held cervices at .'..ijtizgtos, tubetitiri, Whann Whar.s, MangiThiro &o. A, lot o* wo/I: had been ck'io v> Uμ I'.n-.h property, end tho finarces • i tbo p-i h were ir. a very satisfactory ociiditum. & t tha conclusion of hia ttddreEs Mr 8. F. Anderson proposed " 'ihat a hearty vote of thanba and enoouragement he given to our worthy vicar for hia eervioss duting the past year." This waa heartily responded to. Ihe vioor, in a few well chosen words, returned thanks for the hindly feelings expressed towards him The people's warden (Sir A, J. Newbould) then read tho anr.ual balance-sheet, the total reoeipta being £621 13s 5d and tha expenditure £i7'2 8a 6d, leaving a credit balanoo of £$9 4s lid This was considered highly e&tigfaotocy Ine following gentlemen were eleotoi veetiymm for the oneuing year :— T. A Shirley, O Grey, B. Bntoher, F. Marohait, O. Qrensido, S F. Anderson, H. tiinhloy, :>. F. Bennett, and O. David. Mr A. J. Kewbould was re-eleoted people's warden for tho fourth year, and reaeived a heirty vote of thanka for his past eervioes. 4. special vote of thanfce was accorded to Me H. A. Banner for hia liindnees in auditing !ho church accounts, to tho lay readers (Messrs Ola.worthy, Hope, Anderson, and Hinkloy), also to the choirs a-ad organists at l'ukstapu, Meaner, sail JPapakuca Duting tho refrejhmenta were handed ,?ouad,