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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3909, 27 April 1877, Page 2

The business at the Resident Magistrate's Court was confined to a charge of wife beating against Frank Parker. The information was laid by Sergeant Moffit, because Mrs Parker was without money at the time she made the complaint, and she appeared to be suffering under the effects of considerable ill-usage. When the case was called on yesterday, there was no appearance of either Mr or Mrs Parker. Inspector Scully, however, asked the .'Bunch not to dismiss the case, as it really was in the hands of the police. One of his reasons for making the application was that when the summons was served on Parker, he tore it up and used some very offensive language to the constable. His Worship (R, Beetham, Esq., R.M.), said ho would grant a suhpu.'na for the attendance of Mrs Parker, and a warrant for the arrest of Parker, and the case could be heard on the following (this) morning. We call the attention of the Napier Artillery Volunteers to an advertisement in another column which convenes a parade for gun drill this evening at 7.30 ; after which will be held a special general meeting of the battery at Sergt. -Major Gray's to consider the conditions under which the Napier Brass Band will join the battery. We hope to see at the parade a fuller attendance of members than has lately been the case, so as to enable at least two detachments to be told off. We observe that Mr Inspector Scully, a gentleman who has been long and favorably connected with the Hawke's Bay police, has been gazetted first-class Inspector of the Armed Constabulary ; date of commission, 4th November, IBG7. It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that Mr Alfred Buckland will offer for sale at the Remuera j r ards, Auckland, on May 23, the pure bred shorthorn bull, Whipper-in. The increasing importance of Hawke's Bay, and also the increasing facilities of communication between different parts of the colony, are shown in the frequency' of the insertion in the Hekald of advertisements relating to sales in places outside the district. Among others inserted recently was that of Mr F. R. Jackson's sale of horses at Wanganui, which took place yesterday ; also, Messrs Ashforth sale of land near Wanganui, to be held on May 1(5. It is perhaps worth mentioning with respect to Mr Buckland, that a former advertisement he inserted in the Hekald respecting a sale of stock drew from Napier a purchaser for the Duchess of Schomburg. the best cow that has ever been imported into the colony ; the purchaser was Mr Coleman, of the linn of Colcman and M'Hardy. The election of the following gentlemen is gazetted as Chairman and Board of Wardens for the Danevirk Highway Di.strictriet : — Mr George Douglas Hamilton, chairman ; Messrs Alexander Grant, Henry Garsford, James All.irclice, Frederick Emhareh, and George Douglas? Hamilton, wardens. The appointment of H. S. Titfon, Esq., as a member of the Hawke's Bay Hospital is gazetted. Mr Witty' s house and lands were withdrawn at the auction sale on Wednesday for £3800. They will, we hear, most probably shortly be sold privately. The furniture, for the most part, realized very good prices indeed. The election of Mr Olans Olsen Norbdy, as Chairman of the Norsewood Road Board, is gazetted. A proclamation in the JV. Z. Gazelle revokes the proclamation previously issued with respect to the shooting of game in Hawke's Bay, and restricts the permission to the killing of cock pheasants between the Ui of May and the 31st of .Tub/. We hear that the tenders for building the Presbyterian Church at Kaikora were opened on Tuesday evening, and that of Mr John Renouf, of Napier, was accepted. We stated in yesterday's Hekald that the valuation for the Borough of Napier amounted to £50,050 and the rating to £1943. The latter sum, we should have said, was the amount of rates actually received for the year ended 3.lst March, 1877 ; the rating on the £50,050 valuation, at Is in the pound, being £2832 10s. The committee of the Acclimatisation Society will hold a meeting at two o'clock this afternoon in the Council Chamber. The whale caught off Onepoto on Sunday was tried down yesterday, and yielded close upon 80 gallons of oil. This, at the rate of 5s per gallon, represents £20. On Monday last the Maoris succeeded in taking a somewhat smaller whale of the same species off the Petane beach, and were busy trying it down yesterday. Mr J. J. Tye will sell, at the Repository, Waipawa, to-morrow (Saturday), horses, draper}', clothing, fancy goods, ttc. The sale will commence at 2 p.m. Messrs Routledge, Kennedy and Co. will sell, at 2 p.m. to-day, household furniture, boots, shoes, oil paintings, Arc. We learn from Saratoga Springs that one of the belles of that place has had a difficult operation performed upon her ears for the purpose of reducing them to the ordinary size of such appendages. The lady is accomplished and pleasing to all who meet her, but up to this time she has suffered great annoyance from the fact that her ears were very far beyond the proper dimensions. No art of the hair-dresser or milliner could be employed successfully in hiding this deformity, and she resolved to go to New York and have them cut down. She consulted with a skilled surgeon, and. refusing to take chloroform, suffered bravely, while undergoing the operation. The surgeon believes that the ears will be all right again within a few weeks. — Cd'ru Jiirahl. The Echo asserts that a solid cylindrical figure, about seven inches in length and three inches in diameter, which lias been brought from Babylon, and must have existed 4000 years ago, was evidently used by the ancients as a printing machine, and may be said to embody the identical principle of tho newspaper machines of the present day. Could one ol' the hands from the Babylonish ollice see into an establishment like that of the [Pi mi-* of the present day, he would surely admit that " though there is nothing new under the sun," there have been considerable improvements. A Christchurch telegram says : — " The cricket mania has .seized on people here to an alarming extent. A general mull' match last weclc was followed 1 >y a lawyer's match. Next week a match takes place between publicans and the wine merchants and brewers ; on Tuesday, a match between the Thespians and Sunnysido Lunatic Asylum Club ! on Friday," between drivers of four-wheelers rci'.-:i>\-drivers of hansoms ; ilie wn-'c ;tf(n-, iinj Thespians r. the i'l-ess, ami ilu: bakers and butchers will follow ; and it will bo no surprise if the mania cukuin.iii s in a contest between eleven policemen and a chosen team from Lyt fceltoii ;^aol, under the heading "Thieves rcr.-n'.K Tiiiefcatchers.' Referring io a sulphur factory in Auckland, a writer in the Otago ]]'f(ii<*n says : — " Sulphur or White Island contains about 000 acres, abounding in sulphur in every .stage of purity and development. Lt, is the properly of Mr J. A. Wilson and Mi- F. H. Troini. These gentlemen are now engaged in perfecting arrangements for the export of the sulphur to Australia, to India, and to China, as wt.ll as for tinsupply of the home market. The demand in New Zcaliuid alone is !s<j tons per annum, worth about £22 per ton, or £3300 in all. The Australian colonies consume over £20,000 per annum, while the consumption in China and India is immense. You will see, therefore, that the export, when fairly started, may reach considerable proportions. To refine the ore, a factory is about to be established at Woodside, Stokes Point, just opposite to Auckland. ''

Another Prince, John 11. of Sweden, seems to have had the fault of taking things dramatic too seriously. But then so did the actors. A passion-play was being represented before the Court of Sweden, and the centurion, carried away by excess of zeal, was not content to touch the Christ on the cross with his lance, but inflicted a real wound which killed him on the spot. The cross, with the actor on it, fell down and crushed the actress who played the part of Mary. John 11., furious at the brutality of the centurion, sprang on to the stage and struck off the man's head with a single pass of his sword. The spectators in their turn lost patience with the King, and rushing on him beheaded his Majesty. The drama, like everything else, was then in the hands of the clergy, and considered highly moral. But one would be sorry to vouch for the authenticity of the foregoing history, which is derived from the Chronique Suedoise" — valcat quantum. — Pall Jlall Gazelle. The agricultural statistics of the Wellington provincial district have at last been published. There seems some doubt as to whether the returns from Marton are correct, but subject to this, the figures are as follows for the district : — Number of holdings, 2210, of which 1459 are freehold, 553 rented, and 198 part rented and part freehold. Extent of land broken up but not under crop, 9709 acres ; in wheat, 2126 acres, estimated to yield 54,386 bushels ; in oats, 2031^ acres, estimated to yield 6745^ bushels ; in barley, 2G3 acres, estimated to yield 6311 bushels ; in grass for hay, 5090 f acres, estimated to yield 9030 tons ; in grass, after being broken up (including grass for hay), 97,431 j- acres ; grass-sown lands, not previously ploughed, 474,202]; acres ; in 2">otatoes, 1328.J acres, estimated to j'ield 8760 tons ; in other crops, 674_|- acres. The total number of acres under crop, including sown grasses, is 584,811-k The quantity of List year's crop remaining unsold is very small, only 85 bushels wheat, and 1622 bushels oats. — Argun. The Waste Lands Board of Westland has come in for some adverse Press criticism lately on the score of its want of punctuality in holding its sittings. It appears that on a recent occasion the board was to meet at 2 p.m., "and," says the JTvst Coast Times, "it was fully half an hour after that time before three commissioners dawdled into the room where the public had been kept waiting. It is probable that the commissioners would have made a longer delay in the clerk's room if the irritated persons whose time was being wasted had not manifested their impatience and vexation by stamping and knocking in a manner greatly favored by expectant theatre-goers. It is really too bad that Messrs FitzGerald and B. L. Robinson show so little regard to the time of the public. 1 ' It would appear that the price of station property is not quite so high in the Southern provinces as it was recently, judging by the following report of the sale of a large property in the province of Canterbury : — " We understand that the Clarence Station, in the Amuri district, the property of Messrs Carter Bros., has changed hands, Mr W. A. Low, formerly of Gallow;ry Station, Otago, being the purchaser. The run consists of 200,000 acres, of which 9300 are freehold, the balance being leasehold with 20 years to run. The stock consists of over 45,000 sheep, with ;i few cattle, horses, and the usual plant, stores, cv.c. The price, we understand, is £41,000 cash on delivery.' The Old 'jo Times cites a statement t° the olfeft that between the Government Buildings, Dunedin, and the foot of Walker-street there are no less than nine shanties in which sly-grog is vended. V, c {Su'.' lli Id ml Times) are informed that Messrs J. and N. Campbell have given instructions for a writ to be served in the Supreme Court against Messrs Brogden ci Sons, the contractors for the Mat aura railway, for £4000 damages, in connection with the famous big cutting sub-contract taken by Messrs Campbell. Regarding the health of the Pope, the Lancet's Roman correspondent writes :— Like the majority of Romans, the Pope has suffered greatly from the extreme fall of the temperature. On the 24th ultimo, while giving an audience, lie labored so evidently under catarrh with hoarseness, amounting at times to positive aphonia, that Cardinal Bilio begged him to withdraw to his apartments. This the Pope did, and Dr. Ceccarelli, who saw him shortly afterwards, counselled him to keep his bed till the symptoms had abated. Next morning, however, he rose, said mass, and gave an audience, bat had again to take to bed shortly after three o'clock. The cough continued to harass him, and on two occasions since, in attempting to receive visitors, the cerebral congestions induced by the coughing brought on a fit of vertigo with unconsciousness, which necessitated his withdrawal to his apartments. There, however, he continued to transact business, and had audiences of Cardinal Simeoni, his Secretary of State. He is now restored to his usual health, and has given orders for * the reception of the French pilgrims who have come to Rome expressly to do him homage. The Otago Times of the 20th says : — • Tommy Dodd, winner of the Handicap Steeplechase at Chris tchurch to-day, is owned by Mr Swanson, ' laniaru. Mr Swanson purchased him during the week, and sent his jockey, M'Gregor to Christchurch to ride him, who succeeded in landing him the winner."' The Waitganui lie raid says : — " l\y the ship Opawa, that lately arrived at Canterbury from London, the thoroughbred stock of the colony has received some important additions, in the shape of live mares. One of them is a half sister to Gang Forward, and full sister to Dukedom. (Jang Forward was lately purchased by the Hon. Mr Eldor, of Adelaide, at a cost of '1000 guineas." The y.Z. Ji.-j'oriner says : — " The Hon. W. Fox is on a literary tour, visiting NVanganui, Waverley, and Patea, and is doing good work for the temperance cause. < >nc of the largest storekeepers at W'averley ' has signed the pledge, and i.s going to give up the wholesale license trade/ A short time ago an interesting ceremony took place at the general cemetery of Melbourne. This was the dedication of an ornamental tombstone, subscribed for by the personal friends and admirers of the late Mr Alfred Anderson, LI. A.M.. and erected to his memory. As an additional tribute of c.'-teem an epitaph, kindly compose'! by Mr Garnet Walch, was inscribed upon it. The people of Sydney, .says the Jl\-r«ld , who knew ls\v Anderson, will gladly learn of the high respect in which lie was held by the citizens of Melbourne, as a musical genius and a ge'iial friend. The Oldg,, Ct'ordii'., of March 19, says : — '" A race for ten miles between a li<»i <•.>- --i.ian iiud a locoitioi i\-i- is ";o ui-tlii'ig unusual. The passengers by the afternoon train from Port Chalmers liad the pleasure of witnessing such an event. As the train lefi the Port Chalmers pier, a rider, wcljniounted on v highly-mettled steed, was seen dashing through the township. As Dunedin was approached, the frequent .stoppages enabled him to redeem lost ground, and also to giro his horse an occasional spell. As jlavensbourne was readied, the utmost interest in the result, of Ihe race, began to be manifested by the pa.-seng'Ts, m. my of tln.-in encouraging the rider in his wlf-imposed task. Crossing Peliihet. il.iy he w.is alongside the ir.iin, and as the tickets had to be collected at the station there, he must have reached the city some minutes before the train's arrival."' Harriet : :i J say, Charley, I've been stealing some of your scent : but it isn't very nice— something odd about it smell!" Charley: "Not wiped your lips with it, I hope t it's new stulf for my moustaches — bring 'em out an inch every night."

The Hibornica Company must have touched the hearts of the community of Kumara, judging by the following description in the local paper: — ' ' This highly-spoken-of entertainment was again given last night, when the Theatre Royal was crowded with a most sympathetic audience. Not a joke was lost, not a contortion of feature, not an expressive Wink, not a clever step dance, not a pleasing Sony, not a felicitous guesture, not a lovely picture escaped its full appreciation. No wonder, therefore, that the exhibition was a success." No wonder ! It is significant of some dissatisfaction or disorganisation existing among the municipal servants in Wellington that notice should be given of the following motions by a member of the Council, Mr Gleeland : — "(1.) That in order to secure the efficient and economical administration of the affairs of the city, it is necessary that the departmental arrangements should be entirely reorganised, (2.) That three months' notice be given to all the permanent officers of the Corporation, — Press. Announcements are made in the Greymouth paper that a reduction in the price of coal for town consumption has taken place. The price — hitherto 28s per ton — has been reduced to 20s. This reasonable concession is due, no doubt, to the competition caused by the introduction of the Coal Pit Heath Company's coal in the market. An " Executive Committee" has been appointed by the Westland County Council to act with the county chairman whenthe council is not in session. A charming novelty in the Rangitikei district, we (Eaiif/itikei Advocate) are informed, was introduced last week by Mr M'Kenzie, of Lower Rangitikei, who held a baby show at his residence. The show was a decided success, the entries were numerous, and the " exhibits" some of the choicest specimens of lady and gentlemen cherubs ever seen — at least so most of the mammas declared. There was no need for the band of the Alfred Troop, as there wns any amount of music of the most livery description. The baby of Mrs took the first, and that of Mrs the second prize. Prudential motives restrain us from filling in the names of the ladies in question, as we have no desire to make perpetual enemies of thirty-seven otherwise amiable ladies, who are one and ail determined to take the first prize next year. The right of persons to send impertinent messages through the post by means of postal cards will soon be decided by the metropolitan County Court Judge. One of that undefined class, named "commission agents," has brought an action for £50 damages against the landlord of the house in which he at one time resided. | His complaint is that ho received several of these cards, which contained highly offensive applications for a debt which lie states he never incurred, and for which he was not liable. At present the question possesses some public interest, as these cards are gradually growing into use. — Melbourne Argus. Saturday popular concerts are held weekly in Dunedin Princess Theatre ; dress circle and stalls Is, pit Gd. The Guard id it describes a very ingenious Yankee invention, which has been brought into use in Dunedin — the "Stockwell Self-lighting Gas Burner," by means of which tlie gas is turned and lighted by the same movement of the stop-cock, thus doing away entirely with the use of matches. Affixed to the burner is a small magazine containing a paper tape, which is " lava tipped. J3y a turn of the stopcock the strip, which is dotted with an ignition mixture, moves upwards, and at the same instant a small hammer strikes one of the dots and creates a flash sufficient to ignite the gas, which is turned on by the same movement of the cock. The gas is turned off in the ordinary way. For offices where it is not desirable to use matches, for street lamps, and for bedrooms, (te., the contrivance is a most useful and convenient one. The whole contrivance is simple, and may be adapted to all gas fixtures by the removal of the ordinary burner. Pianists will be glad to hear (through the Jl/is/ral World) that a machine Jias been invented for turning over the leaves of music by a movement of the performer's foot. There will soon be " six Richmonds in j the field," and the feats of the original Harry will become as common as wheeling a barrow. We notice in the Sydney papers that a tight-rope performer, styling himself the " Canadian Blondin," is giving j entertainments similiar to those of Blondin ! No. 1, balancing on chairs, walking blindfold, and so forth.- — Press. Advices have been received from Canada reporting the Rev. Charles Clark's lecturing tour as having been very successful. The following particulars of the swamp- I ing of a surf-boat at Timaru are from the Li/Helton Times of the 20th inst. : — "Yesterday morning a heavy south-east sea came into the roadstead, and increased so rapidly that the surf-boats had a difficulty in getting ashore, and one belonging to the George-street Landing Service, when near the inner buoy, was struck by a heavy sea. The whale-boat, with a full crew, was immediately launched to her assistance, but they could not hold her, and she drifted over Ihe reef, and was beached near the railway shed. There was a full load of coals in her, but fortunately it was ebb lido at the time, so that there will not be much dilliculty in getting the boat back to her old quarters little damaged.'' In addressing his constituents at Eden the other day. Mr Tole, M.H.R.,made the following- singular and significant admission : — -'-It had been said that Sir George Grey should have accepted abolition, for if lie had, he might have turned out tho Government. But it was no part of his programme to turn out the Government and take office himself — (Cheers.) To have done so would have been opposed to his conscientious principles. In the next place, he might have let in a Government much less favorable to this portion of the colony than the gentlemen now in oilice.'' The Sydney correspondent of the Otago Tiaily Times says : — " The Albury people have forwarded for transmission to England a petition, praying that the Governor's term of office — to expire this year — - may be extended, and in the reply, or rather acknowledgment of- the letter accompanying it, his Excellency adds ' that ho feared the Imperial Government may not be disposed to establish an inconvenient precedent.' Sir Hercules has displayed ,in much ability in his olKce, and has steered so clear of party conflicts, that his merits are recognised over the length and breadth of the colony, and as it is known that his own desire is to stay, hopes are entertained that the general wish of New South Wales maybe acceded to. In reviewing the theatrical season in IS7<! Th- Thhvs says :—" At the Vaudeville Theatre, London, ' Our Boys' is now fast approaching ihe 700 th night of representation, and it is really impossible to give any reason why its nights should not be 70 times 700. It is a matter wholly, as it seems to us, depending on Ihe health and vigor of Mr James." Every servant girl brought out by tlie ship Northampton that arrived in "Wellington last week was engaged the first day after landing. She was an intellectual woman, but dressed fashionably. The strong winter wind ni"( her, and the scant pattern of her dress in the mode prevented the long sieps necessary to face, it, successfully. HI 10 rather lost, ground. " And such is life," she murmured gently to herself, " so we poor mortals face a sea of troubles, but go drifting with the tied-back evermore." Can pantaloons obtained on credit be properly culled breaches of trust ?

The New Zealand Times of Tiiosday says: — "There was a native meeting lately at Omahu. That unprejudiced, and reliable journal Tc Wananga is publishing, a report of what took place at the meeting, in bits. Of course a good deal of praise of Sir George Grey and Mr Sheehan is reported. This praise, however, frequently comes from sources not very creditable to its recipients, who, we may presume, would be furious if their loyalty were questioned. Thus we find it reported — " Takarangi said : Do not let its be weary. Yesterday we were engaged in concluding the work begun at Pakowhai. The member I will vote for is Karaitiana ; also, I will maintain the newspaper Te Wananga. And I will rely in Mr Sheehan as my lawyer. I, this man, have three members to do my work, and as Sir Donald M'Lean is dead, let his policy also expire. And let him and his policy be both buried. I now wish to speak on the matter of Sir J. Yogel, and see what he has accomplished for New Zealand. I wish to see what he has done for me and my Maori rights. The mana of the Governor and the Queen have ceased to exist. Let the name Governor and Queen be cast off me, there is not any portion of it on me." A meeting was recently held in Ballarat to consider what means should be taken to prevent the overworking of servant girls. Two speakers detailed cases, and named two firms who had occasionally kept their girls from 9 in the morning till 10, 11, 12, and after 12 o'clock at night, and on one occasion till 3 o'clock on a Sunday morning. They knew several girls who suffered from bad health in consequence, and the medical men who attended them knew that, in some cases, a girl was set to watch for the police, and on their coming, notice was given, and the girls were rushed into the private dining-room of the firm, and kept at work there. Others suggested than an appeal should be made to the ladies of Ballarat by the girls themselves, not to hurry the making of their dresses ; and that private seamstresses who took work home and kept girls very late should also be watched. Finally, a committee was appointed to inquire into the matter, and they were urged to get the girls at each establishment to appoint small committees to correspond with the principal committee, and give notice of all breaches of the law. Divine services will be held on Sunday next as follows : — Church of England, at Havelock at 11 a.m., at Hastings at 3.30, and at Clive at 7 ; by the Rev. Mr Fraser, at Waipukurau at 11 a.m. ; at Motuotaraia at 3 p.m., and at Waipawa at 7 p.m. ; by the Rev. A. Shepherd, at Maraekakaho at 3 p.m. j by the Rev. J. C. Eccles, at St. Peter's, Waipawa, at 11 a.m., at Hampden at 3 p.m., and at Kaikora at G. 30 p.m.