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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5769, 17 August 1880, Page 2

It is rumored that the only District Courts to be continued are those of Hawke's Bay ancl Taranaki. A number of drays from the Taupo ancl Tarawera districts, coming into town for I stores, passed over the new bridge from Petaue early yesterday morning.

, • Tha money kfceh at the doors at tm Poultry Association's show last week amounted to nearly £40, against £22 last year. The Association is now in a flourishing financial position, and hope next year to give more and better prizes. The application in the case of Smith v. the trustees in Newton and Irvine's estate was again. heard hefore the Registrar of the Supreme Court yesterday. The cvi- , dence of Messrs Newton and Torr was j taken, and the further hearing adcjourned j until this morning at eleven o'clock. ; At a meeting of the owners of the •! Mohaka Gold" Mining Co.'s claim, held • yesterday, tenders for continuing tho j trnnel at the mine were opened, but the acceptance of one of then} was postponed ! for a week, when a lull meeting of the proprietors will be held. At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr H. Eyre Kenny, R.M., John Williams, charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s and costs* or in default of payment 48 hours* imprisonment. There were Ao ■civil bases set down for .hearing yesterday being tho day for. taking* criminal cases in the District Court. The man Boyd, Avho was convicted at the last sittings of the Supreme Court in Napier on the charge of placing an obstruction on the railway line, and who I so grossly insulted Mr Justice Richmond [ avli en being sentenced, has refused to do the work allotted to him at the gaol. On the information of Mr Miller the Resident Magistrate has ordered that the man be kept in irons at his work during the next six months. A numbef oi aiUateurs of Napier haA r e determined to give a dramatic entertainment for the benefit of the Napiei- JFJLfe Brigade, in rebpgnitidh of their exertions in suppressing the many late fires. The piece will be Dion Boucicault' s drama ' The Streets of New York," in which there is a fire scene. The members of the Brigade, in full uniform, will be .requested to act as th.6 fil'eitifeii iii this scene. Mi* Thoi'nion s services have been secured, and his past success as a scenic artist and stage manager is a guarantee that he will be fully equal to the occasion. Mrs Thornton and Miss Aimee Thornton will also appear in the pieco. Mr Lounds, who for nearly twenty years has been crier of the Supreme Court in Napier, has fallen a victim to the eccentric mode adopted by the Government of carrying out measures of economy. Mr Lounds received for his duties, which were always efficiently discharged, the sum of £20 per annum, and considering that be was required to be becomingly dressed the sum was not extravagant but it is one of those expenses which, can be reduced Avithout offending influential persons, and cc Mi* Lounds was informed that in future he must accept 8s per day during the sittings of the Court or quit the service. Mr Lounds has accepted the latter alternative, and in his old age, after over nineteen years' service, has been deprived of this little addition to his income. The entertainment at St. John's schoolroom last ef eiiiug drew a very large audience, the room being crowded. No doubt the new blood introduced did much to attract so large an attendance, hut those who came op. that account must have been somewhat disappointed, as the entertainment as a whole was not in our opinion as good as several of its predecessors. The trio " When the warm Noon,", by. Miss Ellison, Miss Bell, and Miss Ilitchings, was well rendered*, as was also the duet i "The Mbt>h lias raised," by Mrs Begg , and Mr Macfarlane, the singing of the former being excellent. Mrs E. Price appeared before a Napier audience for the first time, singing " Love's Delight " in good style, and receiving a well earned encore, which was repeated a second time. Mrs Price very courteously acceded to tho demands of the audience, and has, we feel sure> established herself as a favorite. Her encore accompaniment was played by one of her pupils, Miss Bryson, very correctly. But the piece of the evening, par excellence, was undoubtedly Miss Hitchings'song "When the corn is Avaving." In resxipiisD to the warm encore accorded to her Miss Hitchings repeated the last verse of her song. Mrs Begg Avas also very successful with " The Lily of Killarney. Mr Sheath's songs "Tho Yeoman's Wedding," and "II Balen," from Trovatore, were given with expression, and in good voice," aud helped to give character to the entertainment. Mr Aplin sang three pieces, but he seemed to be in far from his usual good form, having a severe cold. Dr Hitchings and Messrs Macfal'lane and Liddle also took parts. The accompaniments were played by Mrs C. J. Nairn, Miss Hitchings, and Mr R. Davis. Mr Lee gave two laughable read- I ings. Derby has suddenly found itself face to face with a serious difficulty. The silk spinning town, like many other places, has been im r aded by the so-called " Salvation Army." The members of this energetic body have freely placarded the place with a number of posters, and these have raised the ire of the Chief Constable of the borough. This gentleman took occasion to call the attention of the magistrates to the matter. The placard (which he produced), after setting forth that " Captain Dups, the couA-erted poacher," and "Ragged Dick, the converted tramp," would take part in a great camp meeting, proceeded to state that " the soldiers of Christ intending to take part in the demonstration will start from a given point to the scene of I action," and that " in the procession some of f Heaven's Royal Family ' will be conspicuous, as well as the ' Lord's Ist Royal Life Guards.' " This document the Chief Constable wished to suppress, and asked for the necessary authority. The Bench, however, while condemning the "Heaven's Royal Family " and the " Lord's Ist Life Guards " part of the bill, did not see how they could order the obnoxious poster to be destroyed. And so the matter remains in abeyance, and Derby I helpless to meet tho invasioa. I The London correspondent of the New Zealand Herald writes : — " At the annual meeting of the Church Missionary Society (the Earl of Chichester presiding), an interesting report was read, in which it was stated: — "In New Zealand the Maori is steadily advancing in energy and intelligence. A strong reaction has set in against the violence and fanaticism of the Hauhau heresy. The native Churoh Boards are more and more coming intopromineneo. Church building and the raising of pastoral endowment funds are resolutely forwarded by the exerf tions and liberality of Maori Christians. There is an increesing demand for Bibles and prayer-books. These movements, in different stages of growth, are found everywhere, except perhaps at Taupo and in the neighborhood of Tauranga ; and even in those localities favorable symptons are not absent.' Judging by items in the secular Press of the colony, 'this* would seem a little too highly colored.* The fact that Te Whiti appeals to the religious sentiments of his countrymen and by that has attainod so much influence, shows that the Maoris are a deeply religious or superstitious people, but their zeal does J not always take a right direction." i