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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5384, 17 May 1879, Page 2

The brother of the unfortunate' Miss Tathani who was drowned in the Tutaekuri on Monday, did not hear, of her disappearance until he saw an account of the finding of the body in yesterday : morning's Herald. He was then in the neighbourhood of Waipawa, but took the - first train for town. It seemed strange that no one of the young ladies' friends should have thought of writing to acquaint her brother with her ; mysterious disappearance. 7 Mr Kenny, R.M,, yesterday intimated in the Resident Magistrate's Court that in future it will be a rule that forty-eight hours must elapse between judgment in a civil case and the issue of execution; except in cases where there is reason to believe that',' the ' d.eferident intends to leave the town suddenly. This was he said,,, the common rule in most of the polpnial courts.., Without, it. a. person might apply for an execution to. issue immediately after judgment, and ! before the defendant had had any opportunity of satisfying the judgment. The first of the popular winter enterentertainments, in connection with the Napier Athenaeum, took place , last evening in the Athenaeum 1 Hall, and was very successful, the room being well filled with, an/, appreciative audience..,; The Rev, De Berdt Hovel! presided. In his opening remarks the Chairman humorously observed that, however much the audience might admire the various items on the programme, he was directed by the • committee to state that no encores ! would bo permitted. Songs wore contributed by Mrs Hood, Mrs Light, Messrs Lindsay, Edwards, and. Rose ; the. singing of the latter gentleman, who is a stranger to Napier audiences, was particularly admired, and warmly applauded. Pianoforte selections were given by Miss Pirani and Master Large, Miss Holt, and Mr Dick. Mr Kenny, R.M., Mr Percival Bear, and Mr Cornford gave some capital readings, which were exceedingly well received. 1 Missßeardon ' played the accompaniments to most of the songs in " her usual brilliant style. The sum taken at the doors amounted, wb hear, to £10 1 os. '" . ,-'•' A female who gave her name as Mrs Summers, but who is belived to rightly own some other appelation, was lodged in the lock-up yesterday afternoon, on the charge of having been illegally on the premises of Mr H. Williams. The circumstances are not wholly devoid of amusement. It appears that about " two in the morning" of Thursday l^st the lady was found by the night watchman in the act of examining the clothes that were hanging on a line, in Mr, Williams' yard, but he let' her go on her stating . that she was employed on .the premises and had washed the clothes whose condition she was then investigating. Subsequently, when it was discovered that the' tale she told -was apocryphal, Sergeant O'Mallcy went in search of her, but by mistake he went to the person who was really the washerwoman who had been , employed at Mr Williams', and on the sergeant stating that he had come to arrest her, she took up a kettle of boiling water to pour over him. Of fcourse he cleared out as quickly as he could. Afterwards the night watchman saw Mrs Summers in the street; and gave her. into the custody 9f the p<?lW < ; -'•'-'"■

A man. nanied Willianl Merrick was, •.. arrested yesterday-, bharged^th. stealing . £12 frdni'the person Of George Johnson-.' The robbe^,; was, cOmmitted at the Waveriy, Hotel, ' Taradale-foad^. white Johnson was in, a. Btate of fdrunk6n\ torpidity. Aidong the. ntoneyl^olen " there was a' _s'ndfce, Of :#hieh jelhnson - had tiken the ntLrdber\ and lie Will * tnereJdre lie able to identify. Merrick will be brought before the R.M. this niOrning. : ' An inquest on the fjre at Mr Light's house, Waird^i was, Held yesterday^ -when the fdlldwrrig verdict Wa3 fe'tUiii^d !— " TMi me fire was riot thVresult of accident, but there is no proof to show how it originated."' i ' •' ' ; Theigift auction in aid of. the Taradale Church debt was very successful, 1 the articles realising good prices and finding a ready sale. In the evening a concert was given in the school-room, which was crowded. The amount realised by the aucfon And concert was nearly JB2OO. A Foresters' Court was opened at Waipukurau :on Thursday night, when ;the following officers were e"hi:dllCd -— P.'d.R. Wiliianls as &BL • Efo. Hamilton, S.C.R.; BrOk Nash as Treasurer; Bro. Baddeley as Secretary ;•! Bro. Wallings' as l S.Wi ; Bro. Ryne as J.W. ; Bro. Stuart.as 5.8. ; Bro. Brown as JT.B; ; Bros. Wilding and King, as. Trustees. Seventeen candidates' Avere initiated into the mysteries of- the Order. Oourt "Ruahino, .&& the new branch is called j bids iair -to nave-> a prosperous iiltilre. -. , . : The provisional directors of the Clive testate and Railway Cipnipany, announce that in. cohseqnence ' of '{,he present monetary pressure they haye decided to withdraw the prospectus " for tlie time being, aiid. that all thdsd wild arJrjbJid' foi?, shares will be relieved from, any, respond sibility. The Napier Football Club will play a scratch match ,to-day .on , Olive-square. Sides will be.pioked.at 2,30. A fuU mus'ier' of members' is 'desired arid- ek-l; pe'eted." /' '"','" : ", ;'"" ' "v '. """ ' ; .'.' ... \ We are /pleased, .to, notice that the ' Government is advertising for tenders for ' additions "to the Napier -.Ga01.... \ For nearly twelve months Mr HI S. Tiffeii has been trying to get the much-needed enlargement', 'and his persistent .'efforts: have at last met with success. In. . December last we called attention' to the | disgracefully crowded state of the -gaol, ' and. matters' have, not since improved. The prisoners are far too many for the accomodation provided, ( and they have' now to sleep in the corridors, or in any , place affording »room fpr^a mattress. When the alterations' are complete the Government may perhaps be' iijducdd tq\ appoint a matron. • At present .,: Mrs ' Miller, the wife of the chief gaoler; performs the duties appertaining to_ a matron,- but receives no remuneration • -whatever, and if she declined to- act as honorary matron any' longer, the female prisoners would have to be attended by men. Such a state of things is not very; likely tp arise, but if Mrs Miller is expected to fill the position. 1 she should receive a salary as matron, : " Advance Napier " neglects to send vs r his name and address. If he repairs the omission his letter will be published. 1 The letter. of H. B. ;, Thompson, ; relatiye ; to. the man. Grocott,, whose , name was mixed up. .in the late L charge .of, ; incen-. diarism, is,> even if true, .highly libellous, and wo must therefore deoliii© ;to -publish it. • ■-■:■'■■ '.-:-,.' . A verbatim, report of the trial of the City of Glasgow Bank, directors, with, a history of the bank, published in a convenient form, has just boon received by Messrs Dinwiddie, Walker and 1 Co. i Several thousand acres of Crown lands,- j in .the Patutahi! and Turangariui blocks,* cut up into small farm sections, are ad-, vertised by the Auokland Waste. Lands Board for; ; sale." on the 10th. June, at the Masonic Hall, Gisborne. i . •/;■...< The annual meeting of the Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Association -will .be . held on Friday, 30th inst. , at the Criterion Hotel. On Sunday ; next the Rev H. R. Wilkinson will conduct [ Divine service in the schoolroom at Clive, at 3 p.m. In the evening, in the Emerson-street Chirrch, he; -will deliver an address on "Future Punishment." The law's delays and intricacies, says the 'New Zealander, were graphically illustrated in the Supreme Court, recently, in. the case of Sellars v. Stafford. The defendant appearing in person, it was incumbent on the plaintiff to prove the serving of the notice of trial - within the time required by the Act. To do this a messenger , had to be despatched^ for, the server, who appeared in. tho per-; son of a yery small boy, who tremblingly deposed; that he did, on a oertain.dayy, deliver the said notice. Another affidavit had then to be sworn by Mr Ollivier's clerk, , that he ! had' handed the notice to the boy-,* on this Mr Allan, concluding that everything was satisfactorily settled, , commenced his address to the " gentlemen of the jury," but did not get very far. before Mr Travers, in his blandest accents, suggested that the affidavit, proved by his learned friend did not meet the requirements ,of „#l6 Act, ma8 T much as it was riot stated that the notice was served between the hours of 11 and 4;. whereupon the unfortunate, was sternly questioned by counsel, and not being able to remember the exact time, the case, fell through, and was. adjourned for three months. ; At Wanganui the water-pipes became obstructed, and they were opened and. examined, when it was found that .the 1 roots' of a number of blue-gums growing in the neighborhood of the pipes had forced their way between the joints. One of the roots was upwards of twelve feet in length, and spread out from a single thread into a tangled mass of fibre,, three or four inches in diamter. Something^ like a hogshead of these roots were taken out, and they came from, small , trees planted two years ago. . There was also a root of red clover sown some eighteen months! ago, which had worked its way into the pipes, and which had attained the enormous length of four feet. Judge: But my good man, why did you throw a plate at the head of the woman you had sworn to love, honor, and cherish ? Defendant : Do you knoto my wife, ypur Honor ? Judge : I have not the pleasure. Defendant : Ah ! if you did you wouldn't have asked the question.^—l&ayftiir. i ; Speaking of the customs of the Zulus, the Wairoa Free Pross remarks : — " It is contrary to ; etiquette for a mother-in-law to behold the face of her soix-in-law, and when they happen to meet, the woman kneels down, and holds- her face to the ground till her son-in-law is far out of sight." If report speaks truly there are some sons-in-law who wish the samerule obtained in more civilised communities. The Home News understands that the Agents-General of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland have entered into negotiations with the committee of management of the National Opera House, with a view of acquiring the site appropriated to that building on the Thames Embankment. If the requisite arrangements .can be made, it' is intended to establish the long contemplated Colonial Museum on the site in question, the spot being considered by the colonial representatives as peculiarly suitable for the purpose. By a curious coincideuce, remarks a Home paper, the three foreign Princesses waorn we have welcomed to our shores in a period of little more than a decade and a-half have each arrived in the same month, and very nearly on the anniversary of the^ same day. It was on March. 7/1863,' that the Princess Alexandra- of Deniaark, ayrjyeO. at tfravesend'; it was

-..onlldCaJrdii -VT^eievon years later, tHat tide . Grand -ilJucness Marie Alexandrovna',^., t already Ctiie. bride of the second son of J tile' Sovereign, disembarked at the same | j Thumps-side port; and it was on Tues- ■ ? day.^arojr 11, the Princess Margaret set ■ "; sdil of England at the;: j llttie iiarbofof $ueenbdrdugji. . ' °f; Mr "#esiSa, the rfokitika ihstridb jCourt Judge, the other day made some strong remarks on the bankruptcy laws, saying that he was disinclined to grant orders of discHarge in bankruptcy, cases, unlesa.he foiind the applicants worthy, to get_ theiii. A nuniber til nien filed their schedules, 'and trustees- I ' were appointed, and there the matter ended. The bankrupt dejure got his discharge without trouble or expense. 7 The Legislature' " affirmed that the Act was a fit and proper one, and all tlie Court had to do was •to administer the law. Probably, if his , opinion were, asked, he would, disagree with the ; Opinion of the Legislature. Courts of iaw were niade a convenience' of, and indeed, were absolutely f ddled, in s'onie cases. On the Wdst Gdast, too, ' crd- ' dit had been unlimited 1 . Men without^ shame, money, or business knowledge, , were enabled- thereby po ruin men of in- .> telligence and capital. It was.iolly to< ruin everyone with unlimited credit,: and, it was a duty to expose the circumstances under which many debts were incurred; 1 The folly of the Westland trader's Vvas,- in' His opinidn, Unequalled ill any . rja'r'b'of l , the world, If pedple : failed, they .were; forgiven, embraced againj and' received.' in full the favors they enjoyed -before.' ' This was a great public scandal. According -"to" : the Grey" Rvder Argus steps have .been, taken by, the, great firms in England td put a, strip" to the piracy of theiii • treLdenmai'ks in -this ;CblOny, i dtidr adds our conteniporary, not before it is., wanted, as the extent to which,adulteration is carried on is almost' unlimited. Brands go for nothing,' labels, and signatures alike are forged, eind there is haidly a more profitable trade than ; that .of lithographing false, labels, and. making . j false capsules ; and it is a praotioe pafiiQipatedinby what are known as-'first-class firing. : 7.:7 ,;■: 7_..-,.7i77 /rUGT.y ! The WJdtehall Review, says : thatAthe Honorable. ,Frederiok . Lambton,. .whopis 4 going to marry 7 a Devonshire „d amsel, Miss Beatrix BuiteeL'has reason to icnbw , that five minutes is an era of soni^im-; | portajipe jr.ini.'the^.family, histpryij.; ; Jlis twin brother, who preceeded him into the world by that sjiace of time, owes to the trivial incident' his < -present title of Viscount Lambtpn,* and hisheir^appa^ejicx j. 1 of %jxe : E»rldoni of Durhanajand of • all the broad 'acres and smoke-belching collieries/i j thatcbeloiSg.thereto. .. The ttypj boys -have i \ not always been the best of friends. ! r ; „-i^ ; The^Zulus : do ; not understand 'mprieyV' 1 Cattle,, the best railway 'fugs "' (fbrV'the.. chief),' I . colored blankets,, cotton sheets, ' colored handkerchiefs, butchers' ., knives, beads,' brass boxes, wire, lead^ and Kaffir picJM are articles most.inidemand.', ;.Gu'ngj< and ammunition are eagerly, requested, but are ; contrabahd. ; '■ There are ho roads/i properly Jo i icalled, in' Zululahd. The tracks are made by traders ' taking' their waggons into the opu'tttry. : ■ " ' •■;■;.