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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6369, 2 October 1882, Page 2

On the fourth, page will be found a letter from our Hastings correspondent, a contributed article giving an interesting i account of the mail steamer's , passage through the Suez Canal last August, and a reprinted article entitled " Oraiuial Temperament." Mr and Mrs John Sheehan arrived in Napier on Saturday by the Te Anau. The Hon. Mr Bryce, Native Minister, and tho Hon. Mr Rolleston, Minister of Lands, will arrive in Napior on Thursday evening next. Captain Preece, R.M., started from Wairoa on Friday about noon, to return overland, and arrived in Napier. at eleven o'clock on Saturday morning. Eirefly has been scratched for the Flying Handicap and Susses for the Hurdles to be run to-morrow at the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's meeting. Mr Eaper, the captain of the Sydney football team, stated on Saturday that he thought his men would reverse the honors with the Aucklanders in their match on Wednesday next. Mr Potts, of the firm of M. It. Miller and Potts, who has been absent from the district for some time, returned a few days since much benefited, we are glad to say, by his trip. The hurdle horse Romeo arrived in Hastings on Saturday evening by the six o'clock down train. The old horse is lookiDg well, and should give a good account of himself to-morrow. The cast of " The Willow Copse "is published in this issue. It includes the names of some well-known amateurs, and we have no doubt the piece will be effectively represented. It will be performed at the Theatre Eoyal to-morrow and Wednesday evenings. At a special meeting of the Acclimatisation Society held on Saturday the resolution passed in January last, prohibiting the sale oE trout, was rescinded, and it was decined to sell young fish at £10 per 1000 for liberation within this provincial district. The racehorse Te Ata and her jockey, Master Butler, came by the Te Anau on Saturday. Te Ata is engaged in The Guineas and the Maiden Plate to be run on the Hastings course to-morrow, and looks in first-class trim. The police arrested a man named Leon Catz on board the Te Anau on Saturday on her arrival at this port. We under- ' stand he is " wanted " in Wellington on the. charge of passing a valuless cheque for £2. The accused was brought on shore, and lodged in the lock-up. It will be seen from an advertisement in another column that Mr Harry Smith, formerly station manager in Patea, has joined the,firm of Hoadley and Lyon. The business will in future be carried on under the firm of Hoadley, Lyon and Co., Mr Lyon continuing to act as valuer to the firm. The Customs duties collected at the port of Napier during the month of September amounted to £'1136 19s Id, and the beer duty to £187 16s 2d. The revenue for the quarter amounted to £10,586 7s 8d ; the amount collected during the corresponding period of last year was £9534 19s sd. The reason given by the Sydney team for declining to play in Napier is, according to a recent passenger from Wellington, that though it would most certainly result in their favor, they wanted a rest for the Auckland match, and were afraid that by a mishap some of their members might receive injuries while playing here. The Napier men should take the hint ! We are requested to acknowledge the receipt of the following suras towards the Jack relief fund .—Mr A. Birss, £1 ; T. S. W., £1 ; Mr R. Wellwood, £1 ; Mr A. Wellwood, 10s ; Mrs Longstaff, ss; Mr J. O'Neill, ss ; Mr Brandon, ss ; Mr G. Scott, 5s ,• Mr F. Ward, ss; Mr C. Warren, ss. At the Resident Magistrate's Court on Saturday, Charles Sinnock pleaded guilty to a charge of having been drunk in a public place in Napier the previous evening, and was ordered to pay a fine of five shillings, or in default be imprisoned for 24 hours ; Christopher Ross, on remand as a suspected lunatic, was discharged on the testimony of the medical officer to the asylum as to his sanity and fitness to be at large. Mr Edwaad Lyndon, J. P., was the presiding magistrate. By the To Anau on Saturday there arrived a grand lot of merino rams ; unfortunately too late to compote at the show, but they will be of immense benefit to tho merino breeders of this district. There are 20 rams selected by Mr Anderson, of Messrs Royse and Anderson, Kereru, who has spared neither labor nor money in securing what in his judgment are the best sheep . obtainable in Tasmania and Victoria; and, they are certainly a fine show in themselves, as they now stand at Mr Waite's stables at the Spit, where they will remain undipped till the afternoon for the inspection of' breeders or others interested in pure merino. We are informod by experts • that while admitting that individual rams of as high a class have been imported, yet no collective lot of such a number of beautiful and valuable sheep has it been, our good fortune to secure in one season. With this shipment there is also a grand

Lincoln ram, first prizetaker in his olass and second': champion long wool sheep at the Melbourne show last month. It is Mr Anderson's intention to offer the half of the rams he has imported for sale by auction at Hastings on the Friday after the show. ■ " On Saturday afternoon a cruise of boats sailing under the flag of the Hawke's Bay Sailing Club was held in the inner harbor; The appearance- was perhaps the most pictureque that has ever been witnessed in the harbor. There was an exceptionally large number of boats under sail, including the Wave Queen, Nautiless, Clara, Ruby, Flirt, Petrel, Eesolute, Tui, Buttercup, Fairy, Kelpie,_and Taylor, as well as the steamer Leisure Hour and other sailing and rowing boats. There was a fine easterly breeze and some good ground was covered by several of the' boats, for many of which it Was their trial trip after having been overhauled, and repainted. No actual matches were indulged iu, but several times. there were trials of speed between the various boats, and from these it appeared that the Wave Queen, with her new improvements, would be able to sustain her last year's, position. The Resolute and Buttercup appeared also to be capable of showiug to the front, while Mr Taylor's new boat made good sailing, especially free. Mr North had two nice-looking handy boats out, which he lately built for hiring. The coming sailing races promise to be well contested. The Sydney team , of footballers were, met by some of the Napier players on. Saturday on the arrival of the Te Anau, and induced— all but Messrs Thallon and j Walker (commonly called " Jumbo ")— to take a run ashore for a few hours. Our men placed cabs at the disposal o£ the Sydney team, and drove them rouud the town. After showing them most of the places of interest, an adjournment was made to the Criterion, where the Napiefitea entertained the visitors at dinner, at which Mr B. M'Lean, Mr J. A. Smith, Mr Francis Fulton, and several of the footballers' fellow passengers were also guests. The Sydney team were afterwards accompanied by the Napier men to the Te Anau, where, in responding to a toast, Mr Eaper, on behalf of the Sydney players, thanked the Napier men for their unexpected attention, and stated that they should be glad to see some representatives from Napier in a New Zealand' team visiting Sydney nest year. Mr Raper promised that two years hence, when a Sydney team would again visit New Zealand, they would without fail include a match at Napier in their programme. The following are the names of those who came ashore : — Messrs Howard, Fligg, Addison, Flynn, Richmond, Hill, M'Clatchie, Graham, Barry, Mann, Hawkins/ Baylis, and Baper'. (captain).