TOWN EDITION.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9299, 29 July 1901, Page 8

TOWN EDITION.

Captain Kdwin wired at 1 p.m. to-day :—" North to east and southeast gale after twenty hours from now ; glass fall; sea heavy; tides high ; heavy lain." The master of the Refuge acknowledges with thanks a most welcome supply of tucnips from Mr F. West (gardener). Thetemperatuve readings at the principal places in the colony at 9 o'clock this morning were as follows : —Auckland 53, Gisborne 53, Napier 50, Wanganui 42, • Wellington 44, Bealey 31, Christchurch 38, Dunedin 44, Invercarsjill 35, BluS 39. The hospital returns for the past week are as follows:—In at last date, 22 males 14 females; admitted during the week, 2 males; discharged, 5 males; died, 1 male; remaining at date, 18 males 14 females. The H.B. jPoultry and Kennel Club's annu.l show uives promise of Jbeing the most successful yet held. The number of entries are tar in excess of those fo last year's show, the pigeon and dog classes being chiefly responsible for the increase. Messrs.Murray, Roberts and Co. have received the following cable from their London office. Messrs Sanderson, Murray and Co., dated 26th inst:—" Wool sales have closed firm,- with average attendance of buyers, but market shows do material change. Crossbred, medium, market is weak and irregular. Held over 48,000 bales." Singing classes of.a kind new to Napier are being formed by Mr E. V, Hudson, of the Napier main school. At these classes, which will be held on Saturdays, Mr Hudson intends to give instruction in both chorus and solo singing. Musical theory will also be taught so far as is necessary for sight singing, which is to be a feature of these classes. Mr HudBon claims to have iaade a thorough study of voice-production, and this should prove of considerable benefit to his pupils. English papers received by the last mail give accounts of the great ceremony at the Horse Guards, when the King was occupied for some three hours in the presentation of 3000 war medals. Amongst the names of those who received medals from the hands of His Majesty is thai of Miss Redstone, of Gisborne, who was one of the squad of lladies of the Army Nursing Staff, headed rby Lady Sarah Wilson, who presented themselves. The ceremony was a brilJiant one, and many of the great soldiers •w.hose names loom large in the history of tbe war — Lord Roberts, Sir Redvers Biiller, Sir lan Hamilton, Sir Archibald Hunter—and a crowd of lesser notabilities shared in the distribution. A ease came before Mr A. Turnbull, -S.M., this morning which deserves the careful attention of those who haverecently disfigured the town in many places bs , the display of advertisements •on telegraph poles, walk, fences, etc. A young ivan named Frederick Edwards was charged with having painted certain words, advertising a patent medicine, on a fence in Hastings street. He admitted having .done so, but pleaded that be had obtained the full permission of i he <p3cupiers of the pre-ni w es Mr Logan, who appeared for the Borough Council, said tthe infonr.&ticn had been laid under section 3.51 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1900, which was as follows :— "No person shall post, print, affix, tarre, inscribe, or exhibit, auy placard, bill, inscription, advertisement, or notice Tjpoa any telegraph or telephone pole, or «a any street, private street, building, structure, or place within the borough, -give only on hoardiugs, or placea licensed by the Courcil for' such purpo-re: Provided thab this section shall nob prevent any person from exhibiting notices in any building, or structure, oc plaue owned or occupied by him." Mr Logan added that he had been instructed to press for a substantial penalty, arid pointed out that under section 395, sub-seotion 2, the maximum fine was £20. His Worship aaid it was .the first ease of the kind that ha.4 come before him, and he would therefore only fine the defendant £1, with costs £115 a. A deputation XtO™ tne United Council of the Woman Suffrage League, who c ■waited on the Premier ol Viotona lately, t expressed surprise that a measiue t<? j extend the franchise to women had been omitted from the Government programme for the present session, and the opinion was strongly expressed that the Upper House should be given yet another opportunity of defying the popular will by throwing out a bill of the kind for the seventh time. Mr Peacock said the . Government had deliberately left the proposal out of their programme, because they felt that if it were included the Ministry would be charged with not being sincere in their advocacy ot the convention. The attitude they assumed was that there should be a declared opinion on the part of the electors regarding the whole queetiou of constitutional reform, and that they should be able to ascertain the real will of the people, not only on that question, but in reference to the basis of the franchise. It was said that the convention proposals of the Government would not become law, but if they did not, consideration would have to be given as to what other steps would be taken. The Premier promised, however, to consult bis ■colleagues in reference to the point urged by the deputation that another billshou'd be submitted to Parliament.