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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5397, 2 June 1879, Page 2

During the hearing of the charge of perjury against Mr Kinross, at Wellington, Mr Baker, the Clerk of the Court, perpetrated what the Times calls a "grim joke." One of the witnesses, George Davey, was, down as laying "he knew the deceased) Mi 1 Kinrdss,*' Upon which Mr Kinross, who ' was sitting by his counsel in Cburt, jumped on his< feet and indignantly ejaculated, " '" deceased indeed," and, adds the Times, " from the ferocious eye he turned on our Clerk of the Court, we should imagine that 'Mr Baker was far nearer being in the said condition of decease than the person he should havo styled ' accused.' "

We hear that there are now about 40 bankrupts in various stages in Hawke's Bay. One solicitor has 17 insolvents in hand, and another 15, In Wellington now-a-days, when they speak of a man filing his. schedule, they say with giim humor that "he has joined the great majority. ;

In connection with the recent knighthood of Mr Fox and Mr Stafford an old story has been revived which appears to indicate that the latter has changed his opinions very considerably within the last few years. The order of K.C.M.G.' does not stand very high on the list of honors, and it is not, therefore, valued as are other decorations of knighthood. It; is said that it was offered to Mr Stafford some years ago, when he declined it, with the expression (in allusion to the doubtful Greek and lonian gentry with whom the order originated), " Since when was I a brigand ?"

The Wellington Post says that at the late Mayoral election in that city even dogs wore pressed into the service of Mr Hutchison, and run about with placards asking the ratepayers to vote for that candidate. The Times says it was a joke on the part of Mr Hunter's supporters, the general inference being that they meant ■ the ratepayers to add for themselves " and go to the dogs."

During a recent inquest at Carterton eight of the jury were Good Templars, and while discussing the verdict they fought hard to bring in a rider to the effect that no publican in the district should be allowed to serve a man with more than three liquors in a day-. Whereupon a correspondent of the, TP airarapa Standard remarks in such a : case a man oould have thirty drinks in a; day, and yet receive only three from any publican. A man could get 15 drinks in Featherston, 3 at Tauberenikau, 9 in GfTeytown'(and if a member of the Club) 12, 6 in Carterton, 3 at the Taratahi, and if he wasn't tight by the 'time' He got to Master ton could get 12 more. j '"'/ The public Works Committee : 6f the Masterton Borough Council have put aii ; exceedingly liberal interpretation, upbk the duties imposed upon them. In a re T port published in the Wairarapa Dally the- following is the concluding paragraph: — " And- lastly, your pommittee would recommend; to the notice of tfye Council the . melancholy , state of the editor of the Wairarapa Daily. He appears to be suffering from a disease known as Culvert. Bridgeism, arising from a special derangement of the spinal column. Perfect rest from criticising what the patient in no way understands often effects a cure. Your 1 cbmmittee in the meantime will -watch, his case' with tho greatest solicitude) and we' trust the editor of tho Wairarapa, Daily will publish thisreport in extenso, as' it is most important the public should be kept fully informed of the works and their adjuncts undertaken by the Council." An amendment was moved and carried that this recommendation of the committee be struck out. • - < i .

•\ We observe from our Dunediu exchanges that a section of the Episcopalian community there is advocating through the columns of the local press the, dosirability of establishing a High , Church. The usoof incense is commenced, the introduction of grand ceremonial urged, and a greater attention to musical effect enjoined. One writer is of opinion that " because God was plain and poor on earth it does not follow that ceremony and music, auxiliaries of devotion are unacceptable to Him," while another, in noticing the existing practices, plaintively assorts that' "a black Bacchanalian bottle is commonly tised on the altar of one of the churches during the Holy Communion," and that there are perceptible " other slovenly arrangements which would not bo permitted in any decent household."

A singular fatality is reported from Ireland. A man named Montgomery, of Kiliinchy , County Down, recently^lropped down dead. His wife, upon hearing the news, also fell dead, and on a messenger being despatched to his sister, It was discovered that she too had died suddenly. All three inquiries -\ye,re held tho same evening.

The man Glover, who was recently sentenced by Mr Kenny to six months', imprisonment for stealing a coat from Mr., Price s shop, was, we learn from the Advocate^ a well-knowif character in Bulls '; aiid : [Wahganui,; where he went, under! seferal atiaAes, and served various . terms' of : imprispnnient^ ; ; ; p,- ; V ,: > There U a curiosity now in^ellington in the liewspape'fW-ay that' is likely to fifad its way to the Sydney Exhibition. It is-, the first number of the first newspaper* ever published by Sir Julius Vogeij.:iH' Victoria-, when in a very humble way^ and plain and very struggling Mr Vogei. It is styled. the, lnqleiuOdd Advertiiei^ and is diAted March" £4> im. It ; is' a 1 single deniy slieei, printed, pn-.one side only. The Thames Advertiser has . a strong article complaining bitterly of .the way in T&-S 1 . , some .property, . , Hojders , are 6bsteing" We' «ris "df %U »t« railwa^work^ % ..demanding exoVbitaMt * compensation for land taken for railway purposes.:. Instates that one man.' demanded £400 for a piece of mud flat, and another £700 for two allotments which he is leasing from the'iiafevGS.

„,It. seems tha^ MrVHafdinge.Tßritten is riot only a free-thipkery ', a',, spiritualist, and a female v lecturer, ' but sK8 w addY another "mission to the others, and runs full-ialt against BWniasonry. She announces ' her " mission I "' ' toj be the destroying of that institution'; arid she seems to erigfig^in/iubh a ael^oonstituted Vdc^at^n wM v "alI 'the ardour 'of Dorf' Quixote and Sir William Fox combined.-

A small ketch called i the gambler was lying off the Eiverfcon jetty, loading for Orepuki." Included in the' gorids taken on board 'were .several barreW'pf beer^' bearing the brand of a 'Veil-known' 'firm of brewers. Through Borne reason or another 'one of these casks burst,. , and in addition to the ale several' cakes ' of tobacco and the entire entrails of some animal, of what kind' does not appear to be thoroughly known, , were exposed to view. ' Several, persons were 'on the wharf at the time, and'were the beholders 1 of the circumstance. The brewer^ 'deny that:, the ,cask,. although bearing the,ir, naPiQj. came from their establishment.

...OnOj of, the. niost extraerdinary disol,p,Bureß in'thp: trial of the Glai^oV'BWk directors '., was. the 'fact jthat '/ijrj.one illstance £80,000 had "Been advanced %o- a, bosom' Mend pi; theirs. pn.^he^yal^eVpl ' four elephants, r ..;/; ,;; V"

The Say 'vf Plenty Times informs us that Miss Stewart, daughter of Mr Ves'ey Stewart, is to be married to Mr Villiera Surtees on the* 12th' r June*.' . \>

Last r Thursday the' photographic studip of '-Mr Spencer! -Taurangaj iwas. :destroy;ea by' I a i fire ! which.'brigmated : from- aivoverheate'd stove. ■ ■ J ■/' H' '•'' : '■•• 1 - : " ■■'■

„ In a bankruptcy estate In Teildjng, tKe; liabilities Were £3G, aiid the'eiaiin .for legal professional assistance £38." The unfortunate -insolvent, now ..wishes he had made an effort to pay his debts.

:! Thetfrewera inatives'indulged in gome feasting' r'eceiitly, oh the '"occasion ■of the transfer of ' the bones of a deceased rangaijira from one burying ground, to another. The* rum 1 bill alone caihe "to £100; .The feast was largely attended by professing Christians. ••■ ' <- •.

Simplicity reigns in the Court of Portugal* It) is stated that; the, young King and Queen habitually drive out in a shabby landau draWri by four mules, and when they are, at their palace, of, Cintro any member of their Court can call upon them in the most informal manner. ~

The introduction' 1 - of cast-iron, cooking vessels, coated on the inside with a white porcelain or enamel, has become very extensive of late, and they are generally ' supposed to be as safe' asiheyare con-: ; venient land cle&nly. ■ It has-been assumed i that vegetable acids^. which 1 Act more. or 1 ;less energetically upon metallic surface's, j do 'not affect the "porcelain" lining, : and ' that vessels protected by it may therefore ! ,be employed for ■ all , purposes, , without | discrimination. . In a paper recently read; before the Society of Public Analysts,! Glasgow,,. it is shown that, some kinds j at least of. this, porcelain lining are, very'readily acted upon by certain acids,' common salt, and other substances used] for food, and that thus large quantities; *of lead and • arsenic are dissolved out; during culinary operations. But it would; appear that it is not so much on account 1 of 'the presence of even these! substances that such, enamels are objectionable, but 1 ' because of their highly basic character,! which renders them peculiarly susceptible to the action of even feebly acid solutions.' ; Thus, in the various enamels, analysed, ; the percentage of bases was found to be 38-58, 53-73, and 55-28 respectively.

' A case recently ■ heard- ' in ■ the • San Francisco Police Court shows that slavery ', is not yet abolished in America, but it is' now Chinese, not negroes, who are held; in bondage. A, Chinaman named Lee Chien Kay ; was. summoned for assaulting; a young ! woman named Ah Sin. The) evidence disclosed the fact that the; defendant purchased the complainant for! 750 dollars, from' a European who bought' her for 500 dollars. ' When 'flr£t brought; from China by one 'of the " headsmen "; she was sold . for 20, dollars only. She| had changed "owners" six times, each' one making a good (profit on the. trans-; action. In some instances she was pur-; ohased for a domestic servant — sometimes for worse purposes. („.■ . ■• : , j Le Cultivateur remarks that rats, mice,; and insects will at once, desert ground on.^ which a little chloride of lime has been sprinkled. . Plants may be protected from insect plagnes by "brushing tb^eii* stems with a solution of it. It has of ten been noticed that a patoh of land iwhich hag been treated in this way remains -religiously respected by grubs, while;the.un- ' protected beds around are literally devastated. . Fruit trees maybe guarded from tho attaoks >I pf grubs by attaohing to th^ir trunks pieces 'of tow smeared with' a mixture of chloride -of lime and hidg's lard, a.nd ants and grubs ' already hi 1 possession ,will rapidly vacate ,th'exposition. . ' ' ' ; , I. ' ,' ; ; Next j r ear, as our readers are aware," is leap-year (says the European Mail), and the marriageable girls, of England will once more have it all their own way. . If they do not receive prompt proposals from their 6wains they have liberty tb "pop the question" themselves, and if accepted th,e contract must be kept, or the young men- concerned must look out for an:aotion for breach of promise. A proposal has 1 been made that all .disengaged girls should wear a. red skirt ; as a sign that they are open to an offer, and it is said that this plan will be very generally adopted. A white rose in the lady's dress will further signify that the wearer '"is possessed' of capital. - '■'■■■-, ; ,

„\T he l German Empire, M. Berthillioh states 'iii a recent paper on natality in France and Germany, counts at present . more than 40 million inhabitants, and has a general natality of 40 per annual and per 1000, giving annually 1,600,000 live births. But if she .were limited to the French small natality of 26 instead of 40, she would count only 1,040,000 live births annually. * Thus, compared with France, Germany rears an annual excess of 560,000 children over what French natality would give, aud this excess produces annually , according to tables of mortality about 343,500 adults of 20 years of ago. ; •'Beware of enthusiasm," said Talleyrand. During the furore that Trebelli raised in Berlin, some enthusiastic young lady admirer knelt down and kissed one of the boxes in a mass of luggage labelled ' Trebplli,' belonging to the party." " Oh, my dear young lady," cried the baritone of the troupe, running up to her,' " that box is net of Madame Trebelli— that is my tilings vot go to the vashvoman's ! " The phonograph is like the small brother of a young lady. It will repeat everything said in its presence without regard to blushes, ' ;

\, Beoently-in one of the Lowell Baptist Churches, 'the telephone apparatus was plabed. in\the pulpit and the service was heard^by Jifeople having connection, not only all j oyer the city, but in Boston, '' eignty-fiyelmiles away. '.;':" ; ' • ''{Ipi's gfeinel-ally a source of interest, ;if i nbt 'amusement, to see ourselves as others , see us (writes the ChristchurolL " Loafer"), .;but '% oame across a pictorial ilhistratipn of this fact in an American paper th 6 other day that certainly did more than credit to the imaginative powers of the artist. .The scene chosen by the sketcher is tails described '. —"The Serpents* Valley in New Zealand — How criminals ard punished ..by .the.. Governor of the Gold, Miners— The Horrors witnessed" by "a" French Sailor. >p - ; lt'wßuld'be v quite impossible, to describe the illustration prope tlyi ; bilit it -is -very" r^ealis'tio'.' < Twd \ i miserable-looking mqn are tied to trees, ? and the serpents who are fine grown reptiles} i are imSkingf f or itheir^yictims >in a H ;Btyle which shows .'they < have plenty of ; practice." The French sailor, mounted pp., a dozy-looking old 3orew, . is . evidently, \ much interested at c the sight, and/is obyi- '. ously about to applaud with that, vivacity*, for which his nation are so remarkable. , The sketch is really Laoeoonitic, but the t artist does not inform us in! what part of; |the country "The Serj>erits ? Valley" ( is • situated. Up to the present I ha^bee'ii' 1 under the impi'ess'idn'^Ka't Jhisr'f^ere'no'.; snakes in New I' ; hkd 'b'e^n ' iinaware of suclian dfficial^ the Governor of the Gold Mines. I wish the American editor wo.uk}, pass along his French sailor. > • , . , - . • , , | <••,,< ... . ■ u-t., ,::,} /,it;. ..; ryi- v>, •.:.:r.i\~-&L