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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6222, 14 April 1882, Page 2

Major Scully has been appointed Napier agent for the Public Trustee, in the place of Mr H. A. Banner, l'esigned. Mr H. 0. Wilson has received an official intimation that he has been appointed dental surgeon to the Napier hospital. Mr G-rubb yesterday learned by telegram that a new Gazette notice has been issued, reducing the fee for shooting licenses in Hawke's Bay to 30s, as requested by tho Acclimatisation Society.The only case in the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday morning was that of John Russell, charged with disobeying a summons to appear as a witness at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Wanganui. He was remanded to that place. The sale of furniture ex Kentish Lass which was to have been held to-day by Messrs Banner and Liddle has been postponed in consequence of several cases of the furniture not having been landed from the vessel. The sale will be held on Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. We learn that Nicholls and Co.'s store and dwelling at Te Arai were burned down at 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning. The buildiDg and stock were insured for £1300, but in what offices we have not been able to ascertain. The furniture and part of the stock were saved. The loss over the insurance is estimated at £800. A meeting of the directors of the Napier Recreation Ground Company was , held at the Masonic Hotel last evening, \rhen the tender of Messrs. Glendinning

&n& Griffen for filling, in and levelling the ground, at £350 15s, was accepted. No tender for fencing was accepted, Tk.B work of preparing tire ground for its intended Use is to be proceeded, with at once. It. is a singular fact, often exemplified, that immediately land has changed hands it seems to acquire additional value. Eor instance, though nineteen blocks of the Hissiogton estate, containing 41,009 acres, remained unsold yesterday, for the lots that were ah advance in every instanch could have been obtained by the purchasers before the end of the day. The offers made were from 2s 6d to £1 an acre above the price paid at auction. The return cricket match between the High School and Heeald Cricket Clubs will be played at Petane on Saturday. The following have been chosen to represent the Hebald Club :— P. Dinwiddie, H. Hill, Mullany, A. Hamilton, Xawrence, A. B. Thomson, Yates, C. Tilley, D. Pirani, Young, Simpson ; emergency, G. Bones. Coaches will start punctually at" 1 o'clock. The usual weekly meeting of the Napier Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association was held last evening in St. Paul's school-room. There was a good attendance of members. The question of debate was " Whether Prosperity or Adversity has the greater influence on character?" The subject was discussed with considerable spirit, the vote at the conclusion of the debate being in favor of Prosperity. At the Waipawa Magistrate's Court . yesterday, before Messrs W. C. Smith, and S. Johnston, justices, Thomas Hobson was charged by the police, on the information of Mr H. H. Bridge, with a breach of the Sheep Act. Defendant admitted the offence, which, consisted of driving 830 sheep across informant's run without giving 24 hours' personal notice of the intention to do so, and was fined in a sum amounting to 3d per head of the sheep driven and costs and counsel's, fee. The many friends of Mr G. T. Scale will be glad to hear that, though no longer manager of the Eissington estate,; he has become part proprietor of a portion of the property, and that he will continue to reside there. Yesterday several gentlemen invited Mr Scale to the Masonic Hotel, and there presented him with a purse of £115, subscribed in anticipation of his departure from Hawke's Bay. Mr Shrimpton, who made the pre? sentation, sa\d it was intended as a mark of appreciation of the many acts of hospitality and personal kindness the donors had experienced at his hands. Mr Scale.. replied in appropriate terms. The Post quotes precedents to show that His Excellency should have summoned Major Atkinson to reconstruct the Ministry when Mr Hall resigned, seeing that the resignation was not due to an adverse vote of the House. Our contemporary continues (this is in Monday's issue) : — " Among the rumors which always flourish during Ministerial crises, one is to the effect that his Excellency has already summoned Sir George Grey to Wellington, but this would be so wide a departure from the ordinary usage, that it may be dismissed as a mere canard." The Post proved mistaken that time. The monthly meeting of the Taradale School Committee was held on Tuesday evening. Present — Messrs Waterhouse (in the chair), Rymer, and M'Donald. The report of the master of the Taradale school showed an average attendance for , March of 113. He also drew the attention of the committee to there being several absentees in one family. It was decided that the secretary should forward an attendance summons, and, if not complied with, that the matter be placed in the hands of the police. Accounts to the amount of £11 16s 9d were passed for payment. On account of the absence of the chairman it was decided to call a special meeting for Saturday evening to consider applications for the appointment of a pupil teacher for the Taradale school. The secretary was instrusted to employ labor to level and metal a portion of the school ground. Some other small repairs were ordered to stand over. As a specimen of the evil done to the province by the thoughtless promulgation of the "fever scare, "we have authority for saying that quite a number of residents outside the province who would have been probable purchasers at the Eissington sale yesterday, wrote to Mr M. R. Miller saying that they could not possibly visit our " plague-stricken city" (that, is the actual term used in one letter), while others thought that if JS r apier were so unhealthy it would not be safe to settle so near the town ! This is said of the town which the vital statistics for years past show to be the healthiest in New Zealand ! Telegram after telegram to the Press of the colpny announced the great prevalence of serious sickness here ; the two or three deaths which occurred

were all telegraphed ; the deputation to the Mayor was also sent ; and last, but not least, we find in several of the evening papers a statement that Fort Brown barracks had had to be utilised as a fever hsspital, owing to the hospital proper being crowded out. Southerners not unnaturally picture us as afraid to shake each others' hands for fear of infection ; in imagination they see continual funeral processions in our streets, and huge barracks crowded with the sick and dying. The result is not to be wondered at.. . The sale of the Rissington estate yesterday attracted a very large attendance, but the bidding was the reverse of brisk, owing to a complete absence of competition. Generally, at large land sales here, a number of outsiders attend and stimulate competition, though local men may ultimately become the purchasers. •• No doubt owing in great measure to the "fever scare" (referred to elsewhere) preventing outsiders visiting the town, there was none of this stimulating influence at work, and although high prices were not expected, the bidding was even less brisk than was anticipated. There was, in fact, more inquiry for the unsold blocks after the sale than there was in tbe sale-room, and several properties are being negociated for at from 30a to £4 per acre. The total value of the property sold yesterday was £47,476, the purchasers being as follows : — Mount St. John, 1340 acres, Messrs Scale, Sanders, and Toll, at £6 per acre; Mount Cameron, 2300 acres, Messrs Scale, Sanders, and Toll, at £5 15s per acre ; Ardlussa, 2035 acres, Mr M. R. Miller, £2 12s 6d per acre ; Smithfield, 1130 acres, Mr M. R. Miller, £3 10s per acre ; Waihau block, 2150 acres, Messrs Grilbertson • and Dixon, £3 los per acre ; Emerald Hill, 330 acres, Mr W. J. Jones, £>3 per acre ; Silverstream, 570 acres, Mr J. IT. 1 Ooleman, £3 per acre; Incline block, 1350 acres, Mr H. W. Twigg, £2 17s 6d per acre ; Lake block, 2060 acres, Mr John Anderson, £1 12s 6d per acre. The average price realised per acre was £3 11s 6d. The two first blocks brought £2 per acre above the reserve prices. So far as the returns of colonial Revenue have been made up for the financial year, which expired on the 21st ult., they show, we (Post) understand, that, allowing for certain items falling short of. the estimate, the total receipts have amounted to about £140,000 in excess of the Treasurer's estimate. The returns of expenditure will not be complete for some days yet, so the exact extent of Ihe surplus is not known. It is understood that the proceeds of land sales, which are kept under a separate account, have ne t come wp to expectation by some £20,000. Alluding to the early meeting of Parliament, the Auckland Star thus starts the log-rolling war-cry : — " We feel impelled to point out to all the Auckland members, irrespective of party, Ihat they have a plain and momentous duty, Auckland has suffered in pabt times

through political divisions among he members swaying their action on ques lions relating to important non-politica local interests. The present occasion i oh'e in which there should be ho disagree nient among our representatives, and th Cabinet ought to be told distinctly tha there is none." The liver is the great hinge on wliic] our physical nature hangs. Its torpidity its congestion, in fact any phase of hepatl disease affects other organs, and puts ti the spur a complication of disorders f The old prescriptions of mercury, anJthi other orthodox remedies, have long sinc< died away, and modern science and pro gressive knowledge have alighted on nev formulas and fresh appliances. Th< stimulant effects of Udolpho "Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps seem tc stir the liver to action, and thus abate many of the nuisances incident to its stagnancy. — [Advt.]