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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6105, 25 October 1881, Page 2

Judge Kenny was a passenger to Gis- > borne yesterday by the Ringarooma. The Gazette of last Thursday contains i a notification of the appointment of Messrs : Wardrop and Co.'s new bonded store in Thackeray-street, to be known as " War- ' drop's Bond." We understand that Dr John Tuck, formerly house surgeon and resident accoucheur at Guy's Hospital, London, : is expected here shortly, and will pro- . bably settle at Hastings. We learn that although the Mystery ' came in second in the sailing match on Saturday she did not take second place, . as the time allowance which she had to give on account of her 9ize to. the little Nymph placed the latter in second posi- ; tion by one minute and a half better time than that of the Mystery. It will be remembered that Mr W. Skey gave a different aud less favorable report on the Poverty Bay paraffine deposits than the analyses made at Melbourne. The Australasian Insurance and Banking Record states, notwithstanding Mr Skey's report, Messrs Cosmo Newbery and M'lvor are prepared to stand by their analyses, and that they are confirmed in it by a Sydney expert. We hare received a copy of "Brett's Guide to Fiji." It is an exceedingly useful publication, bothfor visitors to the islands and for those who take an interest in the Fijis. It contains information of all kinds — maps of the islands, deserip ; tions, historical narratives, directories, and «yen a vocabulary of the language common among the islanders. The Guide is published by Mr H. Brett, of Auckland, and may be had at Messrs Dinwiddie, Walker, and Co.'s. Mr Levoi, the manager of the Mammoth Gift Show Company, arrived here by the Ringarooma yesterday to make arrangements for a season's performance by the company at the Theatre Royal. The performance will include ventriloquism, clairvoyance, and magic, Mr W. H. Manning being the ventriloquist ; Miss Scarborough, the clairvoyant; and Mr Charles Moye, the wizard. Very liberal gifts will be distributed each evening. The opening night is fixed for next Friday. The following deeds were submitted to the District Commissioner during the past week for investigation :—He-convey-ance of a portion of Heretaunga Block, 28 IV., from Arihi te Nahu and another to G. P. Donnelly, dated September 27, Mr J. W. Carlile, solicitor for the applicants ; a deed of confirmation relating to Mangateretere East Block, from Manaena Tini to Frederick Nelson, dated October 17, Messrs Wilson and Cotterill, solici- ! tors for the applicants ; deed of covenant and agreement relating to a portion of Mangateretere East Block, 7n, from Henare Tomoana and others to Frederick Nelson, dated April 17, 1881, Messrs Wilson and Cotterill, solicitors for the applicants. Our Ormondville correspondent writes under yesterday's date : — Great interest is being taken here in the approaching election of a member for the Waipawa County Council. The two candidates, Mr Wilding and Mr M'Greevy, are busily canvassing the district for votes. They have both held well -attended public meetings here. — I regret to say a case of scarlatiaa has made its . appearance here, and anxious mothers devoutly trust the visitation will be a mild one. —The Beaconsfield Hotel was removed in sections from Kopua to Makatoku on Saturday, and a general wish is expressed that no license will be granted to it. The inhabitants here- have a lively recollection of the scenes that were enacted at Kopua on pay day when the railway works were in. pro-, gress, -{and they hare, no wiih to see & T repetition of them, aa is certain to be the

case if an hotel is opened upon the station close to the Government works. At the Resident Magistrate's Courfc, yesterday morning, before Captain Preece, R.M., .William Swanspn was fined 6s and costs for drunkenness; and £1 and costs for assaxtlting a policeman in the ex:ecuL tion of ,his duty. — A oh'arffe iigpins* Daniel Cotton o£ leaving Kia VeHicle 1 " unattended in Hastings-street "was dismissed. Mr Lascelles appeared for the defendant. — George Hill, a young lad, was fined 2s and. costs for driving a horse loose through the streets.— Charles E. Taylor was charged with committing an aggravated assault upon , Christina , .; Christiansen. The. evidence for the prosecution was that .defendant} without any provocation* attacked . And ;ijeat jfte Boifc» plainant severely; Defendan^said lid bad merely* laid his hands oil tMtfomftifr Two witnesses gave the complainant a- ■ very bad character- as being a pesV -fco^tliij neighborhood. The defendant ifd§ fined - £1 and costs, the Magistrate stating he, ; had no, doubt the case had been exaggV .* rated, but the defendant had nb'rigiit td'■'interfere wltH. the complainant. '' , ';"'.-'"'"' ' Our Taradale correspondent writes :— - • The Parish Church at Taradale was - heavily draped in black on Sunday asa mark of respect to the menlbry^of f the" : late Mr Thomas Lowry, of • Qka^ai '; and- a ' ' sermon suited to the occasion preached at the morning service by the : mptimbeiit from Philippians Ist chapter, 2lst 'Verse. , . The fiiileM took place on the pi&vip\ii t day, and was the largest evei? s^enin the, .' neighborhood. It - lef t . the.j. Oriterion -Hotel- at li a.in, and was jomediAt^iata/r dale by ike Chief fienata, accompanied:-: by a large body of his as ; well as.the Wai-o-hiki natives, all, wearing tiiiß >- willow branch, as a badge of mourning! •■* The shops in the township were* closed" and business totally suspended) while ' : tlie motifnftil cortege wds wending its -" way through and over tke Puketapu hill ; a long line of carnages and, A perfect n cloud of horsemen formed.the procession at this point, and continued following till the beautiful . cemetery ; atl Puketapu was reached. Here the Bishop; fi,nd thai Incumbent met the remains, and? preceded it to the grave, where the Bishop officiated, assisted by the Incumbent ana " committed, to the ground in sure and^* certain hope of the resurrection' to .' eternal life" all that was, mortal of one, who, . when . he was amongst us, ..was:,., known and loved. as a most .exemplary k Christian, whose quiet and unostentatious ,-? virtues endeared him unto all; . anda^ripe and accomplished scholar. . i i ,k; - „ The Rev. William Webster, la Presby- r terian clergyman, refusing to pay a fine of 10s imposed by the Wilcannia (WiS-W.)' Bench for using insulting language to a magistrate — Mr Thomas Coe, who wag recently appointed to the Bench— ;yv_as 5 " sent to gaol for a day. A public: meeting : r was called, and the fine suDscribed. V Ite meeting would not allow.. Mr.,? Coe to ' address them. - . -J ".-■': -Jv.- y'i A novel temperance movement is re» ; ported from Berwick, Pennsylvania: Thd Jackson and Woodin Gompany, employs ? : ing 1000 men in its caf : shops and mills, met the saloon and hotel-keepers, and offered to pay them .the profit on. their liquor sales, for . one year if they would abstain from selling. This they have agreed to do, and have received.6ooo.dol. It should be widely known that the New Zealand post-office made last year a profit on the operations of the year for the first time in its history. After-pay-ing £36,000 for conveyance of mails over sea beyond the colony, the fact that the Department shows a profit of £9000 in . most satisfactory. The penny postage is getting nearer. ...- Some very interesting experiments have been lately carried out in Leipsic with a cuirass made of a newly-invented preparation of steel. The metal of the cuirass is only about 3-50ths of an inch -~ thick, and is lined inside with a thin layer '".. '" of wool. The cuirass itself is 14in. wide and lOin. high (being intended to protect only the heart and lungs), and weighs 2£lb. Eleven rounds were fired at it at • r a distance of 175 yards from a Martini breach-loading rifle 5 and of the eight ~ bullets which struck the cuirass two only ••-"-•. pierced the metal, while even these were completely flattened and remained in the T^ woollen lining ; so that a man wearing the - : . cuirass would hare been uninjured. ■■ A curious affair in an Auckland -sub? urban church is recorded by the Slar. -.-. - Just before the close of morning service • Mr Haselden, lay-reader, gave out; that he. had a note, received that morning, which he would like to read to the congregation after service. When the moment arrived, he read a. notice from & Mr Boldero warning the public, and; J;P.'« in particular, against any further tres- : pass on his lands on the Oruawharo or elsewhere. Mr Haselden admitted in pern- .' tential tones that he had trespassedon the land in question for nearly twenty years, , and he claimed the sympathy of .that ■> small congregation inasmuch as he was > not allowed to commit the offence, any more, and he likewise threatened Mr Boldero with prosecution, for anything and^ - everything, real or imaginary, that it was possible to lay kold of. Those who concern themselves much ,- with questions of diet will be interested .7 to hear that Europe is shortly. to' be ,^. favored with a new. drink. A contributor ' to the JRevue Scientifique has constituted himself the advocate of the South . American drink' "mate, 1 * and wamly? ; advises .everyone else to adopt it.iAccori; - ' . ing to, this enthusiast, " mate " possesses > all the cheering and refreshing properties of tea and coffee, without producing any , of the unpleasant effects upon the nerves which are too often attendant upon both tea and coffee. It will be recollected that in Mr Carlyle's famous study of the dictatorship of Dr Francia this " mate " figures prominently. The stern Paraguayan Dictator was a man of few wants, but among these few " mate " stood high, and wherever Dr Francia was a cup of" it was sure to be handy. All Europe, we are told, is destined to follow the Dictator's example in this respect. " Once introduce 'mate' into Europe, and the reign not only of tea and coffee, but even of . alcoholic drinks, is over for ever." Such is. the case of the devotees of the South American beverage. . ' A lengthy and not very good tempered correspondence has been carried on in the ' Christchurch Press in reference to the '■ opening of the Cathedral which is to take place shortly. The bone of contensibn is whether a cross shall or shall not be carried at the head of the procession. One of those who are in favor of the cross argues :-- " The Cathedral is cruciform '-" itself, high above all Christchurch and a • large tract of country around the cross is reared triumphantly aloft, and crosses of various forms are all over the building. '■■ Why then all this bother about schism and cross-carrying ? It seems to me as if some people wanted a peg to hang j a " row on, and choose the cross for the purpose." Then a combatant on the other side peers into the future and exclaims : "If we cannot live up to our profession without those symbols, we shall never be . any better witk them. No, sir ! this cross business is just getting in the thin end of the wedge. Then a reredos and vestments and all the other vanities will .soon follow. I sincerely hope our worthy and venerable Primate' will stand upon this little spark ere it causes a blaze which is not so easily put out." Just as the battle was raging most fiercely, the editor stepped in, and put an end to the - ; quarrel with the magic words, "This corresponpence must now close." , j " Asmodeus " writes in the N.Z. Mail : This cat-dealing industry is decidedly - novel. That it induces theft, and thereby inferentially creates 1 in its turn a ne^f industry— the manufacture of cat Thugs ' :£-I firmly believe... A pa^ty of youngsters- '^ 'did- a fine 'stroke of business at the oat S1 mart the other day, and the young raga*

bonds, in addition, did an old Tinatorifc>ad fossil of the Upper House, whose generosity is scarcely equal to the length of his money-bags. The old gentleman palled at the place, where cats most do congregate just iiowj behind Mr Levin's $tore, and ascertaining the price paid for the domestic animal under notice, he stated that he had a fine tabby at home, which he would bring down for sale. The aged party toddled off, his foot-steps being dogged by a couple of " idle vagabond boys " having sinister designs on the "conscript father," who, after a time, emerged from his dwelling, bearing in his hand a Maori kit containing another kit, but of the feline species. The young Scamps informing the old gentleman that "Anderson, Levin's storeman, had sent them, to carry the cat down/ easily per* suaded him to give them the animal, which they speedily sold to Anderson. The. fossil arrived at the store" shortly afterwards, arid his pleasurable exciteihent on hearing how he and his pussy had been sold was something worth witnessing.