TOWN EDITION.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9940, 11 December 1900, Page 8

TOWN EDITION.

Captain Edwin wired at 12.31 to-day : i '—"Moderate to strong north-east to < ■teorth and west winds; glass fall; tides i decrease." The Wostralia, which arrived at Bluff this morning, is the bearer of aa English -mail. The National Insurance Company forward us a neat pocket calendar and wall almanac for the ensuing voa'-. Messrs. Williams and Kettle are ihe N*pier agents. : The attention of those interested mi the half-holiday queStioE is directed to; an advertisemant in another column an-| nouncing that "a meeting will bp held m , the Council 'Chambers at 3 o clock oe Friday evening to consider the proposal to observe tfhe weekly half-tt-oliday en Saturday. At nine o'clock this morniEg the t.kermometer readings at the places ffientioned were as fellows:—-RusseU 64, Auckland &6, Gisborne -SS, Napier 60, Wanganui 58, WetSngton $2, Bealey 58, Chxistchurch 61, 'Bunedin 57, liwrercargillsß, Siuffss. In reference to the posi. office savings bank, and the Imitation of interest on varying sums, it should be noted that interest is paid on ame-unts up to five hundred pounds. Thus, if •& depositor Lassis'hundiefi pounds in the 'bank. hej is paid interest on five hundred, but notij <on tliehundre<£in excess of tb&t sum. | 'Hi The members of the Union Rowingjj dab who participate in the ?V 7 ednepday: ; fealf-holiday a<nd have nominated for the club's pair-oar race row their hes&s to-morrow »f 'he mile course; in the Inner Harbor. There will ppafcaibly be five crews 'compfttisng, and some ■exciting contfS's should ensne. The first race will stcsrt about 2.30 frclock. ■ Now that the festive reason is Jap-, garoaching townspeople wiSi be prepafriut? £or holiday making. These who ivfiie-nd ;arrangin;* picnicsa.nd'boafrjng excursions,, ■etc., should nol fail 6o note Mr J. Buston's advertisement appnarieig in another column. He guarantees his ipastry :goods facsh, ait<l in the *ioner.y line has both ami ci>]onial onakes. Mr Ruston masses a sp< edelty of ■wedJliMg, birthday, anfi Christina* cakes, a nd nil orders entrusted to his care will Receive prompt despatch. A lad named Tom 'GrifFen, sea of thecentraetor, Mr J. 'GrifFen, anet with a peculiar -and rather serious accident at the Whitxs Swan Sv/immiag Baths on Thursday last. After he had' tbaken a dive he ceme to surface stunned, cavtsed, it is presumed, by striking his head on the -side of the "bath. He was immediately tabeo home, and alit hough he has been subjected t<> medical trea-tmentsinee, his condition is still considered ■β-rioua. He passed a Teryfead night last eight, bui there was j a slight improvement this morning. \ The following from a Southern contemporary refers te the gentleman who will lecture in the Athenaeum idall on Thursday evening on the South Africau war;—Mr Pat Fiteherbert, «on of the -well-kjaowii salieitor, is the Suet returned young New Zealan&er to tafee to the lecturing platform an«L tell the public what iie saw of the war in South Africa,. He saw a good deal of it, *00, while he -peeved in Rsberts'e Horse, -aad he tells hie story with gf »phie foFse and mudh fiueney. The lecturer is aesieted by Mr Merbert Fitß&erbert, the ' ligiitning cartoonint,' who furnssiies sketches of the cefeforities of the war." A meeting of the Frivolity Minstrels was iaeld last night, when it was decided to suspend practice until March, 1901, and on resuming they hope <fc« be able to introduce to tbe public of Napier pr--gramaaesof exceptional meri f - A report submitted by the secretary aniS treasur- r •shower) that fche Mineti>els' entertainments had resulted in the sjpsss t-um of £182 being raised during the past se.-tson, for public and ehat-itible objecjts. The balance-sheet showed a hAtsis factory credit balance, arid asset* amounting:to!; about, £14. A considerable amount of 1 routine business was transacted., and] votes of ihanks accorded to the various | ■office-bearers and those who had essietetl'j during the past season. The close fences with winch the Corporation trees are guarded do not appear to be sufficient to prevent iheir v/ilfui destruction. A day or so ago a youth was eten to break off the upper portion of a fine young tree in Herschell street, €or the purpose of utilising it aa a riding; switch, but unfortunately he got away before his identity could be established. The Corporation officials are determined to stop this species of vandaliem, and; future offenders, when detected, will be rigorously prosecuted. Ratepayers do j «ot seem to fully realise that the trees so damaged are their own property, or probably they would more willingly and actively assist in their protection. At the Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr A. Turnbull, S.M., judgments were obtained by the plaintiffs in 4,he following undetended civil cases :— F. C. Selby v. M. Riley, £2 ss, costs 5s ; H. P. Cohen v. B. N. Martin, £5 103, costs 18s 6d. —In a defended case Tinkler and Start v. E. Newbiyin, the plaintiffs sought to recover £65 7s as balance due on a labor contract to build an hotel &.t Upper Mohaka, extras, aud damages for delay on the defendant's part in supplying material. The defendant p.id £21 8s 6d into Court in full satisfaction of the claim, and with re-pect to tbe remainder alleged that certain portions of the work had not been done in accordance with the specifications. Mr '.usk appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr E. H. "Williams for the defendant. 'i he case ■was proceeding when we wenb to press.