NAPIER NOTES.

Hastings Standard, Issue 109, 1 September 1896, Page 2

NAPIER NOTES.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Napier, September 1. The Wanderers Bicycle Club will be one of the strongest organisations of the kind in tho colony during the coming season, both as regards membership and the support which is assured to it from outside sources. It is well oft' in respect to officers, for no more enthusiastic sportsmen could be found anywhere than Mr Jourdain its captain, Mr Noras its hon. secretary, and Mr Critchley its hon treasurer, the two latter of whom were elected to their positions at a meeting held last night. Touring is likely to be a strong feature of the Club's programme this year, and the first Club run will take place in two or three weeks' time. Meanwhile alterations are being made to the limestone track of the Recreation Ground, which when completed will be one of the best in New Zealand. At the S.M. Court yesterday morning the name of Benjamin Burgess was called, he being wanted to explain why he was not contributing to the support of his wife. It transpired that Benjamin was "up on the hill " doing three weeks for assaulting the "partner of his woes and sorrers," so the case was adjourned until he should regain his freedom. On the application of the the police a prohibition order was issued against Kawiri O. Amohoho, to take effect in Napier, Hastings, and the County of Hawke's Bay; so publicans beware ! That strange wilderness called the Napier cemetery is being top-dressed, and not before it was wanted. There is a history connected with that cemetery, Mr Editor, which would make your hair stand on end, but I have not time to tell you about it just now, which is perhaps as well in the present state of the law of libel. Volunteering is popular here, and the local Tommy Atkins is lucky to have such buttresses as Messrs Coleman and E. D. D. McLean. Both have come forward with donations of £25 each for the payment of expenses in connection with improvements which have been made to the Drill Hall, and the committee of the latter are working so hard to raise funds from other sources that it is more than probable that the Government will be called upon for the full £IOO worth of " pound for pound " which they were prevailed upon by Mr Carnell to promise. Mr Drummond, Stock Inspector, is on the alert as usual. Yesterday he had a batch of Maoris up at the S.M. Court for failing to send in stock returns, with the result that they were all fined —a warning to those who have not yet complied with the terms of the Act. The lads Kirby and Barry who who were accused of stealing crockery to the value of £2 13s 4d from Mr G. M. Cottrell, of the Novelty Depot, were, chiefly on the evidence of admissions made by themselves yesterday, committed for trial. Kirby is the adopted son of the ex-detective of. that ill. A heavy sea was running in the bay this morning and further damage to the breakwater is feared.