TOWN EDITION.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9938, 8 December 1900, Page 8

TOWN EDITION.

Captain Edwin wired at 12.25 to-day: —" Strong soutii-ea-t to south and west "Winds ; glass rise ; tides good ; sea heavy on coast; weather cold." Aα attractive <ii«p?ay "f seasonable wares may bo seen in the window oi Messrs W* M. Newtoa and Co.'sehop in Eastings street. The opanir.g of the Wilson Hall in .. connection with the Port Presbytenan; Church has been postponed from to-mor-row until Sunday, 16th iust. Owing to the bad weather none of fcke lairds engaged in today's pigeon race from Dan rev rke homed before the expiratioß of th<- time limit, and the coiwreat was therefore declared " no race. A splendid prolamine has > ap for the -concert to be given ia the Clive Hall in aid of the €live Rifie Volunteers mi Wednesday next. A-number of leading Napier and Hastings amateurs have promised assistance, ana aa enjoyable evening is guaranteed for -all who ■attend. At nine o'clock this snorning the ther-: zymometer readiaga at the places men-' '" fciooed were as follows: —Russell 59, .Auckland b\ Gisborno 65, 3£apier 60, "Wanganui 59, Wellington 59, 'Bealey 51, ' Ohristchurch 57, Dueedin 54, Invere&r-i .gill 51, Bluff 53. The Mayor received a tefegratn from: -Mr A. L. l>. Fraser, M. H.R,, this men-! ing, from Wellingtsa,'-which states tihat; "the New -Zeaund Oantinyeet who are re--•turning by the Hadech'Cestle, leaving, Sydney on the 15''ii iust. for Dunedin, will tranship t<> a Union Co.'s boat at that port, and the .authorities think that: :it will be Christmas before the HawkeY J3ay section arrive at Napier. Cu'toms officers,-whoso duty it 'is to •examine the inbsrooloiiiat mails for 'dutiable articles, h-wv-e (says Meifeouraie -Affe) bpen warned to tKsware of Bibles. •It would appear th;tt Bib e« areoocasion■ally sent through the post office, and are iiissd as a means of defrauding the revenue. The Customs officer attached to the 43outh Australian post office has notified his fellow Customs officers intbe-other colonies that he recently toond , inside ihe cover of a posted Bible a aeoklefc of precious stones, which had been sent— - -fey a Dutchman, it is stated—from New -South Wales, and-should have paid-duty to the amount ofseveralpounds. Customs | officers are therefore desired to carry investigations even into the domain of sacred literature, and to assure themselves in all cases that packages of this iind are not goods of a more worldy ■type, hypocritically attempting to pass anuster in religious guise.