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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5446, 29 July 1879, Page 2

We have received the following additional subscriptions in aid of the distressed family in the Makaretu Bush settlement: — Right Eev. the Bishop of Waiapu, 10s; Captain Newman, £1 ; Mr Sainsbury, 10s. If any others of our readers would like to subscribe we shall be happy to receive their subscriptions at once, as we propose to send the money immediately to the Rev. J. Shearman, of Waipukurau, who has warmly interested himself in the case. "We believe that on discovering that the family were in such a pitiably destitute condition Mr Shearman rode about fifty miles in one day, in order that he might obtain medical assistance. Dr Eeed, of Waipukurau, promptly responded to the call upon his services, and has supplied tho sick man and his child with medicine. Mr Goav, of Waipukurau, has also given ready aid, and has collected various sums of money which will be acknowledged through the columns of the Heuald. From tho first, Colonel Herrick has been most kind to the family, and it is greatly owing to his kindness that they are not even in a more destitute state.

Mr John Eustace Fatmin, a brother of Mr Gr. T. Fiiiinin, of Napier, is playing a somewhat prominent part in the" Zulu campaign, as Special Border Agont at Univoti. The delicate and resjDonsible nature of Mr Farmin's employment is evinced by tho fact, as shown by the dispatches of Lord Chclmsford. that Cetawayo's overtures for peace wore made through him. According to tho translation of Cetawayo's proposal, the Zulu King declared that he did not desire war ; that he had never refused the terms proposed at the Lower Tugela ; that he had already collected 1000 head of cattle to pay tho demand made on him ; that even after tho first attack by the British he did not despair of peace, but captured Sirayo's sons to comply with the remaining demands of thu British, and sent thorn bound to Korko's Drift, but the envoys lie sent ahead wei'c fired at by tho soldiers ; that the tigh ting at Isandhlwana was brought about against his wishes by the English cavalry attacking a detached party of Zulus, but that in spite of this provocation ho had disgraced his Indema Unoumoiigwana for having permitted his warriors to retaliate ; and that Colonel Pearson provoked the attack upon his column by burning all tho kraals, and committing other acts of hostility along Uio Hue of march. Tho King also complainoii that hv was afraid to send niossengerd to tho English camps, as those lie .'jonfc to negotiate at Lower Tug(4a wore detained as prisoners.

Tho Public "Works' Coramitkio of tho Municipal Council had v long mootinglast night on the subject of the levels, sewerage, and drainage of Napier. With respect to the levels the Committee came to the conclusion, though not unanimously, to recommend a modification of Mr Napier Bell's plan, their recommendation being 17 inches higher than Mr Boll's. We believe Mr Poppercorne's plan was with a level 8 inches higher

than Mr Bell's, and tho Committee have gone 9 inches higher than Mr Peppercorne. Tho Committee also resolved to recommend the earth oloaet system for' use on the lower uart of the town.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday there was a clean criminal sheet, but the civil business occupied Mr Kenny, H.M., £o? sortie time. Judgment for the amount claimed, with costs; was given, in the . following cases : — s[ary Hirst y. A. King; M 18s; HolliS v. Pita, claim £14 12s; Lascelles v. Pritchard, £5 os 2d, The case of Kolfe v. Arihi, a claim of £26 18s for cutting and polishing various greenstone ornaments, was adjourned for a -week, in ot&et that the 3.W. Si Williams might be called to pi'oyo that the defendant had adiriittett the debit in his liyeseiiee'i .Mr lift£dein&id ap= peared for the deiendani. I'he case of Evans 1 v: Meihana Takihi, a cltim of £21 for erecting, a shed, was also adjourned fpi* tile p/roduotWii, of jfiir'fcjJer eyicUJnoe. A nonsuit was ordered to be entered ill the case of Eobjohns, Irviue & Co. v Mary Ann Farrell, claim of £14, as the defendant, alleged that the, goods were sup'pllb>a. id liei* son; aiid the plaintiffs failed to prove her liability. Mr tide appeared for the defendant. : _ Judgment was, given ,in the case of tlie Hawke's m,f Coillit.y Council y; Bjshp'p. a claim for rates in wmch tils' tlefynclant w'ari summoned under a, wronar Christian name. The Magistrate held that he musb give a verdict for the defendant, but he did not alldw costs 1 ! T'Ko, finriuat.nleeiifig o'| i-atep'ayefs bf Me Meaner Rdad Mri* distribi, ftag held in the Missipn Schddlh'ouse, Meanee, 9n i Saturday , afternoon;. The cliaiiiiim reiad tlio stateriienjfc of tt^e receipts and oxpenditui'o for tlic past year, duly audited, showing a credit balance of £202 4s Id. The following gentlemen were, elected as* the Board for the ensiling year !— Messrs Sp'eedyj BymW,. Bidden, arid Peters. A rate of Gd in the pound ■was then stritck. A circumstanoo which has conic to our knowledge shows that the casa of the d^ti-ef sed family Ai i\U Makdr ; eiu sfettianienfc is an exceptionally hard one. The husband took up two forty-acre sections on deferred payment, and by hard and continuous labor met the instalments as they fell due, until last year, when, through crossing the Tuki Tuki river, he caught a flold. >vhic}h has resulted in consumption; He was incapacitated from work, and consequently unable to pay-up tlie last instftlmentr^a ver"y small siini- Idn one of tlic sections, which was forfeited; The last instalment dn the Se'cdna section is now, we believe, nearly due, and ho is afraid that that will also be forfeited. Wo commend the consideration of. these facts to the members of the Waste Lands Board, feeling sure that they will, as far as possible, prevent the poor fellow suffering further loss through his illness. If the section already forfeited could bo returned to him it would materially aid him, in placing himself in a position to obtain more comforts for himself and his family. The examination for pupil teachers' certificates and scholarships have concluded, and it is gratifying to hear that the papers this year show a very marked improvement in all branches, but especially in arithmetic and drawing. The results of the examinations will shortly bo made public. A rather complicated bill of particulars was rendered by a plaintiff in the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, judging from a brief criticism by Mr Macdonald. That gentlemen said it was not quite clear whether the plaintiff had paid £20 for a £10 cow; or whether ho had brought one of his own cows for £10 ; oi 1 whether he had purchased the plaintiff in mistak e for a cow, at the price of £10. Mr Macdonald rather inclined to the latter opinion. A tologrjim we received from Wellington last evening" — conveying the information of the discovery on the beach at Happy Valley of the body of one of the Italians who left the pilot station in an open boat for Terawhiti, on the 19th inst. — stated that at the inquest held in Wellington yesterday afternoon, the jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty !" Wo bog to call the attention of our readers to the programme of the entertainment in aid of the Christian Brothers' establishment which takes place to-night in the boys' schoolroom, Shakespeareroad. The Post, which is usually well informed on such matters, asserts positively that there is no foundation for the statement that Sir Hercules Robinson had been " sounded," tJnd found to be favorable to a dissolution in.the event of the Ministry being defeated, Our contemporary asserts that the Governor has not in any way expressed an opinion on the subject, but that those who know him best are inclined to think that he will " exhaust the House " before allowing an appeal to the country. The editor of the Wairoa Free Press is much exercised over an arboreal curiosity which has been ungraciously thrust upon his notice. It seems that some years ago a resident of Wairoa planted four "pips" from one orange. One tree bears fruit like the parent orange, but the second, degenerate offspring, yields lemons pure and simple. The third has not yet fruited, but it has thrown out throe trunks instead of being content with one like a steady-going orange tree, and our contemporary is sadly afraid that one trunk will prove an orange tree, the second a lemon tree, and the third something else. As for the fourth tree it will either disgrace tho family or bear tabby kittens. Joking apart, though, there is nothing so very extraordinary in the facts mentioned by the Press. Leading botanists have long held — and proved — that trees of the same family may, when raised from seedlings, give different fruits. This is due to the inoculation of the parent blossom on a female tree with the pollen of tho blossom of the male tree of the same family, though of a different variety. A. rumour is afloat in Grreytown that owing to a dispute in a lease of Moiki, between a well known settler and a Maori chief, tho natives intend ploughing so as to bring the matter to some point. A curious cause, in which the plaintiff's solicitor is one of tho defendants, will shortly come before the Hokitika Resident Magistrate's Court in the shape of an action to recover £23 or £24 from the the guarantors of the " The All-England Eleven Banquet Committee." Some curious evidence, we ( G-rey Hiver Argus) believe, will be given in the case, one of the defendants being solicitor for the plaintiffs and he being also one of the two who, when payment was pressed some time since, gave his acceptance for tho amount. Should pigs be classed with horned cattle or sheep ? This is a question which appears to have puzzled C. H. Hill, tho Crown Lands Ranger in tho Kati Kati settlement (remarks a contemporary). In a return laid before Parliament he divides them between the two, one of the settlers being credited Avith five pigs under the heading of "cattle," and in another 90 of them are added to tho return of "sheep." We shall now look forward to hearing of piga' wool among our articles of export. During the hearing of the cases against Mr Simnionds at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Wellington, last week, the defendant was served Avith no loss than thirfy summonses in a bundle. Several legal luminaries who were present jocuLuly ottered to whitewash him on liberal terms. A subsequent telegram states that the terms have been accepted, and that the preliminary process of "" filing " has been gone through. In an article on local bodies the Lyttelton Times remarks : — As things aro at present the best Jnen> mU, not allow

themselves to be put in nomination for the membership of these local bodies. They know arid confess the shameless jobbery, often little short of swindling, that goes on, but they think they Avould have no power to stop it, and at any. rate they refuse to incur the odium and unpopularity that would inevitably attach to any local man who should rittethpt to stem the current of corruption. In this, we think, they are wrong: The example of America shows us that if the best men in a community, the true avistoi abdicate their rightful positions as leaders of the people, the result will be that mouthing demagogues who will flatter and corrupt the public will take the lead. The fplidwinar curious advertisement appears in the' Post f— " 1/osti between UUbft-sti'edt ftrid tile dliar'iu Valley, a man and horse ; the horse blind, of an-' eye, with two shoes on the two fore feet. Any publican .giving information at Ohariu Valley -\till He rewarded." The effect \vnicn iihti niairi drainage works have had upon the fisheries of the ' Thames is mentioned by Mr Bucldand in his salmon fisheries report, just issued. Ncf fish 1 , ,can live f oivr miles above or four below the df the sewage a,t Barking, while the water from which, ilie 1 sewage has been intercepted has so niucli recovered itself that founders are now caught at Batter'fiea Bridge 1 , 1/ondon Bridge, and occasionally off Westminster' .Driclgej in close pl'oS imii y to the House of domnions. . • Asirigular. protest against hilg species ' at places of aniusenient was niade the dtlie'r e^enina; At d stfcM gathering. in a Mission House in a Uiiy, a jWp'uLir clergyman was delivering a : n address in his ljtsual happy' .style, when a little urchin loudly exclsiiiied " Bdy Amen ! and sit downi" Our informant says the audience -we're convulsed with laughter, and the rev: speaker joined in the nierrimertt caused by .tlte apparently innocent remark of a child expecting the dlssritiution of tea and buns. The clergyman received an unlooked for moral wherewith to adorn his tale. ( , Prirtcess Beatrice is said" to 1 possess a collection of lace hardly to be equalled. It contains a portion of that Alencori which was found some years ago in a lumber room in St. James's Palace, and which is reputed to be worth £20,000. It dates from the time of Henry VIII. Rumor says that the same Princess is attached to an Italian nobleman, and wishes to nlari'y for love as her sister Lome did"; .Attention is called by the Sanitary Record to the dangerous .character of an article now being sold by itinerant vendors in the streets of London under the title of {he "New Parisian Pipelight." These pipelights consist of three or four rodlets of metallic sodium, an inch long and one-tenth of an inch square, contained in siriall bi-ass boxes, which are sold at a penny each. The Record says that the method of using the lights is simple. A morsel of the metal is pinched off and placed on a piece of paper, which has first been moistened with water or saliva. The sodium, of course, inflames and sets alight the paper. The risk to persons and property that will be caused by the indiscriminate distribution of such a very dangerous material as metallic sodium, which even skilled chemists are obliged to handle with the greatest care, is obvious to all who know its properties. The Chemical News mentions that on a former occasion it called attention to the evil of allowing the open sale of metallic sodium in toy shops under the name of " Satan's Tears," and it believes a stop was put to it by the police. In the present instance the danger is much greater, inasmuch as any urchin who has a penny to spare has it in his power to set half a street in flames at" a moment's notice. A prominent native of Japan, at Yokohama, Matsumoto Bunkichi by name, has boon condoumerl to ten years' penal servitude for the offence of lending a room to Chinamen for the purpose of smoking opium therein. There has been a terrible loss of camels in the Afghan campaign. Already, it is said, the trade between India and Central Asia will be crippled simply for waut of means of carriage during the next few years. Thousands of camels have perished from overwork and bad forage ; and, as these had been got togther at high prices and with great difficulty, it is easy to understand the grrve inconvenience that will be occasioned on the frontier. The cadets of her Majesty's ship Britannia took their part recently in their annual regatta, and the crew of one of the four- oared gigs included two sons of the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert Victor pulling bow, and Prince George steering. Six boats competed, and after a keen contest that in which the Princes were came in first by nearly two lengths. The race was run in a cold and pelting rain. A Brighton auctioneer offered for sale by public auction the other day the sum. of £14 11s Sd in current coin of the realm. It seems that the sheriff's officer had been instructed to distrain upon a man for £21 3s 6cl, and he seized £H 11s 8d in money and a few goods. And curiously enough the official conceived it to be his duty to regard the money as " goods," and to offer it for sale by auction.