Hawke's Bay Herald. WEDNESDAY MAY 7, 1879.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5375, 7 May 1879, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Herald. WEDNESDAY MAY 7, 1879.

,The letter from the Hon. J. ST. Wilson [to 1 the Napier^ Municipal Council, which we' 'published 'last Monctay; appears -to? b 6; Based; upbii'a'riii^cofice^tibri' ■ofj the Council's, proposals v |Tacl the Corporation intended tb sell ! the "strip of| land 'in frdntfxifrthd Hawke'stßaly C|iib ; and -th^' adjoining^ propeKtiesOftqT otihe'r', /persons thfe seyeral ovftiers; of those" properties, it. would . certainly, have involved the infliction of injury upon those 'diners' aiwell as ; upon the . publib'.' ! ' 'But ' ' that; ', was ! ; riot ,"; Hyhafc ' ihe ■ iCounciii ,' . pr'opipse'd _ ,'to r ."do^ though , --iMV,"' WiisorVil'Seenis: to-i\assvime,:i.so. «\when ; h| speaks^- bf i! ' : ai ; iimthber >x>pi niean: buildings being erected' ■ oil Ji iM' laiidi in ..^question. r>; , Itf,^iirj. ; be. y| f remem- t berecl that for. alpng[,tipie;;:the land was fenced:) rofin'^fyomji/^the public road,, that portion of it that fronted the.cljub- ~ premises — being— planted .with shrubs and) hSyilig thei appearance 1 , of | 'being a frontage to those premises. * ' We cannot of course' say "what may have been the Reeling tha,t prompted the removal', of „the fence. Possibly. ' therg ; was . . ,sqme. , sorene^^ . a^ , seeing :! the in.; the seeming enjo^ment, bf'% nice 'little 1 bit? ; df '-<■ frontage; gri'und'^drii whick they ,'Kad ; n!ot paid' an-ything.'jdjfßJut, .ho^yeyer^that niiglii 1 b^nthere,S'never>:*waß:jiany; ; notiQn ; ,,of ; selling'tMe'iand as- building '■ sites', wltiV(M fhbiigKt that 1 the ,cliib ;■ and the owners of the other, proper ties' would be glad )to.'fhave- the land) so^that their builditiga^^sliouldii. inpfc?"«;but! ; imme-; diately u^orf"';^ ! |ne^roa9iy''_' ; '.ln.. fur-. ■ iterance of this ' view r Me "land was : ; valued and. offered to thej Hawke's jßay. Club, the exeoutbrs of the late Major Carlyon, <' : aiill ! :: Mr -H.'-R. Whether tl^e n sum ""demanded for the^ land jig '.* bpy.ond' .its' ",yal tie are' 'not aware, though.? we think • it o more than iikely that the ( 'Valuation was made on the assumption that buildings . might be erecte'd'bh 'the" land. " That' iS/ hbweyer, a matter, which is .doubtless .p.pen , to;; arrangement between the Corporation""and"rthe: persons :concerned.-= «• Tp« the latter, we think, it would be of

'considerable advantage that they 'should :haye \tjie!stript of land; conveyed (to them, but it certainly should be 'under the condition that no buildings ish'ould' 'be -"• erecteel projecting'^ to^vardsj 'the Beach-road b^yqudj, the line of the 1 i Club-house. It is, however, questioniable whether the interests of the i citizens at 'large- would '■• 'not '■ oe ; better i served by retaining the land as public I property. The seach-road is uni doubredly the best promenade ground we possess, and, though at present the funds* at ! the disposal ; of the 'Corporation' : preclude the expenditure of much - money upon the place, the time will come when we may be enabled to make ' great improvements in it. It would ,be better, therefore, if the Municipal Council were to abandon the notion of 1 selling the land to anyone, even though ingoing so therei-may ,be. ,no'i*isk,.qf the litigation or the " full compensation " hinted at by" Mv Wilson.

TnE Napier Harbor Board arrived at what wo consider a'- very- sensible oonclusion. at their meeting yesterday, in deciding against 'appointing an engineer. As was very correctly pointed out by Colonel Lambert, there are no works being proceeded with, and nothing in contemplation requiring 1 the ': services of such an officer. If anything should arise upon which the opinion of a qualified may be required, it would be easyiehough' td obtain .whatis.nq'eded for the occasion upon payment of an | adequate fee. It is getting too much the : habit of public, i bodies 'in,. this colony to; burden themselves with expensive staffs i ; 6i officers, whose salaries swallow up] much of the income that should be ; devoted to works, and it is gratifying to i '-notice-vfchat aU ; .the,.memberj3,Qf ! Harbor BQardjire not in favor of lavishing! the funds "e'n'ferusted'to them iiri 'that "way. The minority who were desirous of appointing} an 'engineer vseemed to regard such an .officer as a necessary adjunct to a Harbor Board, after the fashion of a. family physician, to be^ retained to keep! the body corporate from the ills to which it may be liable. Something l^ke^ ,thjs was expressed by one of the members,, but the members generally ..did not seem much impressed with, the, 'risk .they were running in dispensing -with au engineer,

The Lyttelton Times of the 30th ult. has a ..warm -article- founded upon Mr Ormpnd's / reply, to hi^i coristituents to address them at Waipawai " If will fee .remembered tha^ Mx\ Ormond. . alleged that he was waiting for an' exposition ofthe Ministerial joHoy. .Upon, that tlie Times says: — "It'.is^not true that the members of the present Government have not expressed their policy ; and, if it were the case, Jhat would.be no justification for silence in one of the leaders of the ; Opposition. ; The principles : of the policy of the Government were before Parliament last session. In his last speech before the prorogation, Sir George Qvey, as iPremior, strongly advocated those principles, although, as he stated, the Government had not, been able ;to propose and pass measures to the full length which they wished. "We are not now stating whether 'the Government were .right" i. or wrong in, narrowing- the ;'scope of those measures.- .' All we say, and all that is required for our. present argument, is that a Ministerial policy is be- ' for $ : ; ; thb ' ■ Parliament • and - ; before the country; Moreover, since the close of the session, ' Sir- George Grey has addressed his constituents at the Thames, and Mr Stout has spoken 'both at Dunedin and Invercargill. If thoro is any ono whej, after reading those three speeches, cannot extract from them the statement of a p ! 6lioy, he must be one of those who wilfully shut the. doors of their understanding." In the earlier part of the same article, the writer, ' after alluding to Mr. Ormond's personal attack, upon Sir •Goorge Grey in 1877, says: — "In Mr ■Ormond's political hostility we' aro sorry to note a distinctive and rather odious characteristic. Wo are the more sorry, because it is a failing which does much to damage the usefulness of an able public man. He concentrates in his invective the intensity of personal bitterness. He .brings railing accusations. His fighting is to the death. He aims at the heart' of his foe. His . arrows are envenomed and tipped ' with hook of barbed steel.' They leave ranlding wounds behind."

We understand that Dr Hector will be in Napier in a few days, and that on his arrival the inquest on the body of Mrs M'Eennan will be resumed. Constable Byrne, who took to Wellington the jars containing the substances sent for analysis, retiirne&'by the Hawea yesterday. l ; (.IVHw'.li-'i 1 .

U In the Besicft&s; Magistrate's Court j yesterday mornip^ several civil cases ' w ? r ?J&f' 1 a '™ 1 8r P n^ 9^7 J10Q& wo^%c^k>itA3l^y v.BobjßrtsoX qsusl' for|Es2 fflm, ] jfo^: goods [Implied. OCudgmeni;was|g|yeii: for plaiftjiffj-.with. -costs j£s \lße. — ffffi- |.^QO^ \^Brears; claim'pf I>bemg i npj:appearanoe of the> case wasPßtruck out. x." x </ n^ The adjourned meeting of Mr J. JJ.fi Scott's creditors was held yesterday/ afternoon at the Court House. The>e was a good attendance of creditors, Mr I N.'-. Jacobs being in the chair. Mr Frank ,Pell.^as^appointed_.trustee, in the estate, and Messrs Hooper, Jacobs, . and Carnell were appointed as a' committee to inspect the books of the estate, in conjunction with the trustee. „ .' H < ; '>.!.' - ;- Thej^eayy,' rains :of f.the.} l&sfe few.-d.ayp. have had the effect of causing dj6(>ii:) siderablei'fresh dh sonieiof 'vthe rivers inland. The Waipawa and Tutaekurii c-rivers' yesterday morning, we hear, were tnigher-than for a considerable time past. ■•J I We^liaf es ; t6 ;acbhdMedg6itb:drr6o'€!ipti j -•from the local ageiitsr Messrs Colledge and Craig, of the -May number of ,"jßradshaVs Guide -for* Newii.ZealaudiV" *'$&, arej jileased to' observe-that theffew 'errots ,ih ''the -'.Napier portion ''of-j ;thej fdirectorv,^which we' 'called 15 attention' to' J - '*™ ', H i Owing to the inclemency ptthe r weather ; iday at Tara^aleisunayo^d^ until Tuesday, nexti' ,' '' ' I It isjno^t'surprisihg/that the authorities, 'at Hqmpn-experien'ce some difficulty in' getting first-class immigrants for the Tpblony. The Wellington Bpst learns on the best aiittiority^at tmplo'yers of lab,pr )v in.j. England are^'in" the. habit. .of. telling 'their^ : .", servant^'th'aii 1 'if '"they^cqme^ to New Zealand' ttiey will nbt E b°e 'free 1 agents, but that they ..willhave to take jany work the QoyerhnTLen^'cho^se to give (them for a'consideyabletima^ ' ;li ' j 1 "We have, been favored w^tn'a ! copy of a ■' pamphlet .1 • The Progressive -Policy of the Australian' Mutual "Provi4ent Society Eeviewed." "The "pamphletideals exhaustively /wsh the(;subject of •^life -rassurance,,, ancLj-.^jU .amgly repay i The town of Bulls (according ■ to, i.the^ Mandioalwdlei'ald), contains >a prodigy - in'ibne shape of a -woman, 22;rye"ar;s Loldv Tvhp i? is_. an.,^absqlute, infant in anything but age. Her size is that of a baßeab'tTut' six months jold ; jtlie 'hair, dark, inight, belong to.a.Qhijd of three yelirs, the 'mbuih expresses a considerable' age, : and lines ( are gradually , themselves "upon the ' countenance.' k The } Expression of the features is, . sjaid to be repulsive and idiotic, suggesting in a marked degree yt^tat the ■, .child. is ; every r ,-yva.y a monstrosity. ,\ -The parents, j off, '^neVjphild kfenvell advanced in years, tne iatli6r,"?a. 'fisherman, named Bond, formerly in tne ■65th Regiment, being,,, fully^4(J, and one ■of the family iS ! married/'-'' Ifris said that [this^helpless 1 1 inf ant 1 ; p'rbdigyx ha 9 .' unQon;scibu'sly: cabsfed a large I amount .of trouble^ ■between^ her-' ( parents, ?<one ofe iwhom.4— the [mother— .thinks something might be done !in the", ••"-snow" line, whilst the father istVdngly objected to his p£o,genyf being j ' ' exhibited." — The wife - complained., at. !the last sitting-^pf the .^ Resident Jklagiajtrate's Court atjFoxtpnj'that her husband 'had beaten -ii&, and dbtained a protecition order. | ' ' i , Jl'j .painful ' scene was'^witiies'sedviii.'tlie i Supreme Court, Wellington, * a ( 'f eW ', aays Sago. When the prisoner Peel was'senitenced to two years'. imprisonment for 'larceny, a young ' and' prepossessing ' woman ,in. the gallery of t the Court sud- ! deniy jfplj. from her seat,' f as if 'dead. 5 ! It iwas a long time before she could' 'ibe re--1 stored to consciousness, but som6 friends

then took chargepfher, and accdmpahied her home. Shej^as the. young wife of the prisoner. .]:'.;••;''.' •'■', ,';.':'];".','. ',",

1 The Melbourne Age of the -22nd April

says that r a -man. L was picked .up, by/ the police the previous night, in Ldnsdalestreet, in an apparently lifeless condition. Some by-standers ' stated ! ne : had ■ fallen doAvn in a flt. J ; He' \v'as placed in-a cab and. taken . to "tfie Melbourne. , ' Hospital, where'it'\va / s'ascertained J .i|'e .was dead. It is believed/that the nainVof _tlfe t deßeased is Benjamin. Sputhm>rth, a recent, arrival from New Zealand. . On ■ ; his .-.clothing being searched, a: bank draft „fo r, is2 lo, ißsued',,byt.a New ■ "Zeaian(i ; bahk,j was found upon him. ; also, £9, in notes, a quantity 'of gold-dust and nuggets, and a passage 'ticket for England bytheChimr b'orazb', '' taken oiit 'in 4he j nameof^Benjamih'Sbuth.worth.:' 1"• > ' "• • -■ :ii Dunedin costumierd have struck otita ney\r line,, tpr enhance the attraotiyenesa , of their -wares. The' 3£orning i JHf «aW : 'says the .^Sta^ Haarlem, b^oiighj; 'put a Greorge-street, firm.a'nuinUer. of life-size wax-nigjiej.s. ,f op the '^isbl'ay 'of. ladies' and children's 'dresses,! ■• -Of,. the. fornieis, the

figures;! i representing" .the. ■ ex-empress Eugenic, the: Princess. vMetternich,* the -Oonntess ©udley;; and.Mfs'Gordon.Lang-

try are really fine specimens' bfi the wax

modellen's art, . and such,, as i would. -not ttu'sgrabe'tho famous.exhibitidn of -Madame <Tusßaud. herself. ; ■ Thel figures iof (children are likewise well executed;' and the whole

fofiri'cfmte an' attractive* show! !|l ' ; >*>i>Lr\' '■ r'.Says, iKe'Diinedin iffirning^ JEteraili:—- .'' A'lady; in I^unedin'ja. f ew ; days agjo pu|;chased a tin of pepper, and ever gince has been sorely exercising herself to dis-

cpver, ; th.e. weaning, p£.;the mystic emblem

on ithe outside of; said tin. . ; ,..Qn. the label stands a putty-faced looking bishopiioni one side and a ferocious looking Maori]

with a spear on the other. • In the centre! "is what she thought to* be a box, infronti of "which hangs ':a' pair of ■ scales* ->v The j lady, after much cogitation and per-j plexity, has made out the bishop to be testing the accuracy; of. the scales, and •thatiieis, an Inspector qf Weights andMeasures'! SHe Has hot yet unravelled; „the mystery- surrounding the whence, of " the. Maori, up on . that label. , So much f brj the renown; of the early land purchasers' and the first New Zealand coat of arms, j The local Herald considers the Timaru

harbor one' of the safest anchorages in the world, and supports this opinion by stating that only eight vessels were wrecked, and three stranded at that port during a period of eight years] Most % ,people will consider the number ra^hor large - . f or . , a . small , place like Timaru. ,-•'' ' ..'.' .'., " J ''•'' '' ' . . I

News by theXJhimborazo says : Princd .liOtus^apoleon sails from Southampton 'to-mo'rfow, on- 'board- the* TTnion'-GtiiiiT pany's s.s. , Danube," for Natal. The 1 Prince s'fcreSriiiously -petrtidnecl' for' a commission, to serve , with .the English; force in Zululand," but' failin'g to' overcome the unavoidable objections to the proposal.he has resolved to go out as a volunteer; "and to attach himself in that capacity to the column that! is most) likely to see th£ sharpest fighting. In a letter to MiEouher, in which he explains his motives for this step, thoPrince says :~" For thp last eight years I have been the guest of England. My education has been completed in an English military school, and I have strengthened my ties of friendship with the English army by taking part in its annual manoeuvres. The war at the Oape having assumed a more serious character, I have wished to follow the campaign. I could not remain aloof, and not share dangers and fatgues of troops among whom I have $) many friends. Moreover, the time spent in witnessing the struggle of civilisation against barbarism will not be wasted." ' The son of a N.S.W. judicial luminary paid a visit with some friecds to the fine estate of D , to inspect the prize stock. After properly Admiring the champion heifer of the /ear and other high-born beauties, tHs gentleman, anxious to reward the owner by displaying his interest in and&nowledge of the /subject, ventxired an independent comiment.., Turning tp a cow munching her 'pumpkin- just oAjts'%,the cattle stalls^ lie i ..',(!i/i.:!JI;' ii,T-<"i IM:'-.-. til •:iii)lll >;„• V'/JJ ! .mill ii'.i.j(.">,'(ujif,;;d vlb'iiuiv'Vi.f l i»

mii^^x^W^f I suppose, is one of the raSlcerWs" "-""Rather expensive breakfast tafcle!" was the indignant rejoinder. c ?igaye*;f|Bo guineas for ker. 7^ J?he : toon tne' nlbther of the champion4|pi| herself -'a great prize-taker. MStag i When you inspect prize stock with II l§wngr, 10% knowing, but say nothjnjv g