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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6301, 14 July 1882, Page 2

The picked fifteen of the Napier Football Club to play all-comers on Saturday are as follows :-— Begg, B. Buchanan, Duncan, Gibbons, Hanna, Humphries, 0. Kennedy, F. Kennedy, Pott, Robinson, Simpson, St. Hill, Stohr, Thompson, and Whitcombe. The fifteen will play in the Club's uniform, blue and white, and the big side in other colors. The game will bd started at 2.40 p.m. A meeting of the committee of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club was held yesterday at the Criterion Hotel, Captain Russell in the chair. A sketch plan of a proposed new stand was laid on the table. It was resolved that Mr Dueleby be instructed to draw plans and call for tenders, but that the consideration of the erection of the stand be deferred until the next meeting. Some routine business concluded the meeting.

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 large attendance of members, and the evening's proceedings were particularly animated. The subject for debate was "Is the repeal of the Gaming and Lotteries Act desirable?" Mr E. D. Smith led off in the affirmative, and Mr E. L. Ingpen supported the negative side. An interesting discussion ensued, all present joining in it. At the conclusion of the debate the vote was taken, when the nagative— that the Act should not be repealed — was declared to have a narrow majority of votes.

In the Resident Magistrate's Gourt yesterday, before Captain Preece, R.M., Hami Wehipuhaua and Hanita te Macro were charged with forcible entry into a dwelling on certain land in the.occupation of Waata Rakaiwerohia. Inspector Scully conducted the prosecution, and Mr Lee appeared for the defendants. The hearing of the case occupied the whole of the day. Shortly before 6 o'clock, the evidence for the prosecution being concluded, Mr Lee addressed the Court on the legal points of the oase. He contended that the charge could not be sustained, as the land on which the forcible entry took place was not Crown land, and therefore did not cotne within the jurisdiction of the law under which the complaint had been laid. The case was then adjourned until 10.30 o'clock this morning, when the evidence for the defence will be taken.

Mr J. B. Fielder, as representing the residents of the hills who petitioned for a footpath up the Milton-road, has received a reply from the Town Clerk stating that the work is too expensive to be undertaken by the Borough Council. Our wise borough fathers will spend money in creating a nuisance by putting a wirefence around a public recreation ground, or in bettering the condition of an out-of-the-way street like Harvey-road, but when it comes to conferring a boon on about half the community there are "no funds." We can only repeat what we said in yesterday's issue— the state of Milton-road is a disgrace to the Council. The lower part, from the quarries downwards, is at present ankle-deep in mud, and full of holes. There is no place where a lady can walk with comfort, even in daylight, and at night dresses and underclothing, as well as boots, must suffer. No work in the borough is more required than a footpath along Milton-road. A sitting of the Resident Magistrate's Court was held at Ormondville on Wednesday befare Captain Preece, R.M., and Mr H. Wilding^ J.P. Hans Jacobsen, August Wegner, and J. Bull were each fined 5s and 7s costs for drunkenness. W. Boulter, Carl de Lang, and Jeremiah Flynn were convicted on the charge of assaulting Constable Shultz and John Atten, the latter having gone to the assistance of the constable to effect the arrest of the prisoners. Boulder and Flynn were sentenced to one month's imprisonment, and De Lang was fined 40s with costs. The following civil cases were disposed of : — Billings v Climo, claim 14s for the value of seven fowls destroyed by defendant, in whose garden the fowls were trespassing ; judgment for 3s with 10s costs. Thompson v. Emperor, claim £8, the value of two pigs ; judgment for £3 and costs (Mr Guy for plaintiff, and Mr Lascelles for defendant). Wiles v. Firth, claim £12 ; judgment for the amount with costs.

In copying Mr Blythe's letter from the Waipawa Mail yesterday eighteen words were omitted in the last sentence, which should have read as follows, the words in italics being those omitted :— " As a further illustration, take anything at hand, so long as it has a straight edge, make the present end of the western pier a pivot, and, bringing the straight edge in line also with the present end of the eastern pier and the inner apex of the breakwater at D, now describea half-circle, and observe the natural and uniform manner in which both basins empty themselves to the westward, without interfering with each other, or with the set of the tide from almost any point of the compass." In another sentence Mr Blythe was made to say that " no shingle, or other driblets would run past the "apex at D." The word in italics should have been only.

„. A London postman recenUy confessed to having stolen from a letter a sovereign aud a five-pound note so long ago as December, 1872. He had been a carrier for nearly 25 years, and bore an excellent character, lt appears that he kept the five-pound note by him until just before Christmas last, when,- being very much pressed for money, he changed it. But notwithstanding that it had been missing for a period of nine years, payment of it was stopped by the bank, and the police being communicated . with, it was traced to the prisoner. Had he hot confessed to the theft, however, it would have bsen difficult for the police to procure evidence

sufficient to commit him. The person to whom the letter was addressed had been dead for. some time. The Judge, taking into consideration the man's pre\ious good conduct, considered that the interests of justice would be fully satisfied by his ordering the prisoner to enter into recognisances, \and to find one surety in the sum of _850* to come up for judgment when called upon.

" Civis " in the Otago Witness, tells the following story :— A well-known and highly-esteemed divine, whose good nature is proverbial, was driving a short distanco from town when he overtook two old women rolling what he took to be a barrel of butter. To stop the buggy and offer assistance, at once suggested itself to the mind of its benevolent occupant. Dismounting and giving his efficient aid, the barrel was, with, some difficulty, hoisted on to the • back of the vehicle, and the worthy divine was requested to drop it at a particular store some half a mile ahead. After starting, our reverend friend, on looking round to satisfy himself of the safety of his cargo, espied the inscription " Joel's XXX " on the head of the cask. This suggested a difficulty, and caused him to express some doubts as to the propriety of rendering assistance under such circumstances. He was, however, reassured by the remark, " Never mind, Doctor ; so long as ye keep outside, the liquor will do ye no harm." The journey proceeded till a store was reached, when the occupant was called on to take delivery. "Oh, no, Doctor," was the reply, " you've mistaken ; that's for the sly-grog shop over the way V Once more had good nature been shamefully imposed on.

Before the suggestion that women should be employed as pharmaceutists or. dispensers is adopted (the Lancet says), let other considerations besides that of mere "intellectual and physical fitness " have weight. The experience of the postal and telegraph offices, in which females are entrusted with the simple duties of selling stamps, issuing money orders, and taking in messages, would seem to show that there is one propensity of the sex which is in itself an insuperr able obstacle to the employment of women in pharmacy. They will talk. This is a universally evident weakness on the part of those at present occupying the desks at both large and small offices. This evil is so wide-spread that we venture to predict the abandonment before many years have elapsed of any attempt to employ women in public offices. If females were, entrusted with the duty of dispensing, cases of poisoning from misadventure would certainly increase in number, while less formidable blunders in the compounding of mixtures would become the rule. There is in the mind of woman an inherent disability for work of any kind which requires concentration of thought ahd mental isolation. It is hot that she will not, she cannot, attend to the business in hand so exclusively as it is necessary the practical pharmaceutist should attend, if his duties are to be discharged with credit to himself and safety to his customers.

That "possession" was not always " nine points of the law in the early days of Port Nicholson the following story will testify :— A number of Maoris induced Judge Halswell to get them a small schooner built by a local shipwright, and when completed the , boat was handed over to her owners ; but a considerable portion of the contract price was still unpaid. The builder appealed to the Judge, as his employer, for payment. Having disbursed all the funds belonging to the natives, Judge Halswell declined to pay, and referred the builder back to the Maoris. Recourse was then had to the law. But here another difficulty presented itself. The only available property of the Maori debtors was the schooner, and this the legal adviser of the builder advised him to seize. A favorable opportunity occurring, this was done while the vessel was anchored off Pipitea Point, and all her crew ashore. The builder, having made the seizure, placed a man in possession as shipkeeper, and went away satisfied that he had now some prospect of getting the balance due to him. Not so, however. Hardly an hour had elapsed before the dusky owners became aware of the usurpation, and six canoes immediately put off to the vessel. Finding only one pakeha aboard they proceeded to assert their, claim in a most peremptory manner. Two of the natives seized the man's feet and one his head, and then deliberately threw him overboard. Fortunately the man could swim, and he reached the shore safely. But the unfortunate shipbuilder had to postpone further attempts to recover the vessel until fate was more propitious. — N.Z. limes.