Hawake's Bay Herald. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1884. RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6919, 24 July 1884, Page 2

Hawake's Bay Herald. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1884. RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS.

Elsewhere we publish a list of the> newly returned members of the House of i Representatives, indicating, as far as possible, their politioal leanings. We do not put the list forward as absolutely correct in every case—probably no two newspapers in the colony would agree exactly in estimating the strength of the following! of the respective leaders. But this much is perfeotly plain— that the Atkinson Ministry is m a hopeless minority. After allowing for every possible supporter, we cannot find more than thirty members prepared to support the present Ministry. The Grey party, too, is all hut powerless for evil in consequence of its insignificance. At the most liberal calculation Sir George cannot count on more than thirteen followers, and among them there is not one who exercises any appreciable influence in Parliament, beyond a vote when the division bell is rung. We have ticked off eleven members as declared supporters of Sir Julius Yogel, but there are many others, whom we have classed as "Independents" who would follow him if he had a good Ministry at his baok. The Independent members, who are ready to support any strong Ministry with a moderate programme, number thirty-five. These numbers aooount for 89 only out of the 95 members of the ! House, for at the time of writing we have not the returns from Greymouth and j Mataura to hand; .and we have not taken * the four Maori members into account. < Mr Montgomery, like Sir George Grey, is ] quite " out of the running " as a possible leader of the House, and the contest is . practically limited to Major Atkinson 1 and another leader— in all probability j Sir Julius Yogel. The Opposition is „ still nominally divided, but the presence -j of auoh men as Yogel, Ormond, Richard- s ion, Ballance, Stout, and others is a r Ijin-trog element which will quickly con- 3 oolioAM the party. Sir George Grey, | irlA -.ilw^'^'.fMUP' individiial followers,'; B

1 y ' ' " ' ' ■*»**» . Many of the Ministerialists, too, would; support another Cabiaetformedoutof suoh materials as the House now possesses. It is a practical certainty that the House a will within a month be headed fey an able , Ministry with a strong following, and ' there will also be an Opposition capable of keen criticism of the legislative pro- y posals and the administration of that Ministry. A strong and capable Oppo- ; sition is almost as necessary to good government as a strong Ministerial party, and the present House has material enough to form two powerful parties, distinguished by Well-defined differences. Whether the Ministry will be formed but of the Opposition, or whether it will be the result of reorganisation and coalition —whether it wili see Sir Julius Yogel and 2 Mr Ormond pulling together in harness,; r or whether it will see them leading differ- ' ent parties —cannot now be said. Who will be placed at the head of affairs, and who will be found working together or opposing eaoh other, can only be deoided fc when the House meets, and when those m admitted to be leaders have had an opportunity bf more closely comparing ideas, and of seeing how differences can ■- be adjusted. But one thing is evident, and that is that the new House contains, as Mr Ormond predicted it would, the elements from whioh several strong Ministries could be formed. Those croakers who prophesied that the new t House would be as incompetent and as ■ discordant in its elements 'as the late House of Representatives, have been signally mistaken, and the country may fairly congratulate itself on the result of the general election.

On the fourth page will be found our Hastings correspondent's lettter, a commu- w "* nioation from Mr Livesey on "Political Economy," and the conclusion of the artiole descriptive of alleged spiritual manifestation* , in the Wairarapa. v . • The official declaration of the poll for the Napier electoral district will be made by Mr J. Grubb, Returning Officer, at noon next Monday, in the Council Chamber. The polling at Oero resulted in 15 votes for Mr Tanner and 4 for Mr Smith. This com- ' pletos the list, and makes the vote's for- Mr Smith 768 and for Mr Tanner 479. * There was no business at the Resident . i Magistrate's Oourc yesterday. The faofc ■} speaks volumes for the orderly way in' which ' the Napier eleotion was conducted, and" is very creditable to this constituency. 0 We are requested to call the attention of D those interested to the faot that the adjourned meeting of creditors in the bankrupt ' , [ estate of William Barlow, Woodville, will be * held in the Supreme Court-house at 11 o'clook . B this morning. A"A 9 The Napier Musical Society have, been - „ rehearsing for a concert to be given early in August next. The last practice before, the c concert will be held in the district school-room ; on Wednesday evening next, and all members of the society are particularly requested to attend. * ,/ ' ■„ .' -■ ' y The usual fortnightly entertainment at the "p . tfapier Working Men's Olub will be given on Wednesday evening next, when the Rev. -J. J. O. Pateraon will deliver a leoture entitled ■ ■ "■ "Now and Then." The abilities of Mr Patorson as a lecturer are so well known that there is sure to be a large attendance. 1 We have received from the publishers a oopy of volume 16 of the Family Eerald '■;. Supplements. The present volume is worthy of its predecessors, and is a well-bound, orna- " mental book containing 18 serial tales, of the . higli standard of healthy literature for which the Family Herald has been so long noted. Lovers of light reading, formed on a rational and vigorous model of composition^ will Arid 7 enjoyable entertainment in the volume under. > '-. review. yy-' The Petane and Rissington returns are now. t in, and give Captain Russell an increased majority. At Petane Captain Russell polled '* ! 33 votes, Mr Sutton 18, and Mr Desmond 12. At Bissington Captain Russell polled 7 , votes, Mr Sutton 4, and Mr Desmond 4. This makes the totals 645 for Captain; Russell, 879 for Mr Sutton, and 182 for Mr;. Desmond. The Patea returns are yet to come in, but they will almost to a certainty increase * Captain Russell's majority. '. * Mr H. Williams, as hon. secretary to thehospital committee, has received the one ' hundred guineas promised by Mr W. Harker to the hospital endowment fund. This will constitute Mr Harker a life governor, and entitle him to a Beat on the committee. Suoh an arrangement cannot fail to be a great advantage to the hospital, for no one is so intimately acquainted with the working of the institution, or takes a more heart-felt interest in its welfare than Mr Harker. The Loyal Napier Lodge of Oddfellows, 1.0.0. F., M.U., met at the Lodge-room last evening. Bros. Thomas Sidey, J. S. Jones (P.M 's), and 0. Hitchman (secretary), were elected delegates to the district meeting to be held at Waipawa to>morrow. A resolution authorising the purchase of a piano for the Lodge was passed, Five new members were;, proposed, and the secretary read a statement showing that the Lodge numbered 123 members, and that the amount to the credit of the siok and funeral fund was £2643. The expedition with whioh Government departments work was well illustrated by .a letter read at the meeting of the Borough Counoil last night. In this letter the Government refused to agree to a request / from the Counoil to help in building a protective wall on the beaoh opposite the gaol. Or. M'Dougall objected to Government assistance being asked, seeing that rates were paid for Government property. The Town Clerk then explained that though rates were paid on Government property now, it was . -'Z not so when the Counoil applied for • assistance, the application to which the reply had just bean read having been made more than a year ago, ■■'- A football match, combined country olubs v. combined town clubs, will be played on the Napier Recreation Ground on Saturday afternoon. The following country represenlatireshave been chosen: — Petane: Hedley, Cacoio, Kells, Cunningham, Sanders; emergency, Gregorie. Hastings : Beamish, King, bt. Hill, A. Williams, and E. H. Williams. The names of those who will represent Te Aute are not yet to hand. The following players will represent the town clubs : — [ Couper, Percy, Poole, Cato, Fraser, Norris, Edwards, Jarman, HamliD, Bobinßon, Stubbs, Turner, F. Kennedy, G. Walker, and Ahder- ' son; emergency, Pro via, F. Thompsony Stanton, and F. Parker. Professor Anderson, the great Wizard of the North, inaugurated a short season at the Theatre Bojal last night, when some very clever feats of prestidigitation were performed bnfore an attentive and criticising audience. The dexterity with which numerous articles were made to pass from the possession of the performer into a casket or other receptacle placed upon the stage was really astonishing, and as each feat in succession was performed the Professor was greeted with great applause, which was sufficient testimony tp the skill exhibited in the performance. Among* t these feats was the watch triok. A watoh was doubled up and fired into a cabinet, where it was found uninjured, and was then % restored to its owner. The inexhaustible hat v was also introduced. From it was drawn a ' plontiful supply of miscellaneous articles including birds in cages, guinea pigs, &o! 7 Mrs Anderson's thought-reading excited much interest. Tbe reading of the number of a bank-note borrowed from one of the audience was very cleverly and- correctly given. The decapitation scene in the second part, and the Indian basket triok in the last part of the • entertainment, elicited great admiratioii. ■* • Altogether the performances of Professor Anderson and his assistant form a very 'v. pleasant entertainment, and we oan heartily "^ recommend it to those who desire an evening's TJ-^^ 5 pod amusement, . JX- A : '7 The question of how a public holiday on ;v, 7# .Tuesday came to be stopped formed: the/A- 7 t ; rabjeet of a rather lively disouiisioi. atfthe Y ' : ySYY neeting of the Borough Counott h^mj^lyy^ rhe petition to the Mayor, asking - him 'ftp,YY.YJ% woolaim a holiday, was :iead, amid' Wmel '^% ; aughter, when J Or.. FaUlknor said; .7^Who -SO"M ugaed it? *' "The Town Clerk I , theii Md^YgffM wnwtfall :tf7;them belonging to ohe'MUitibSMll

party. The demand bf Cr Faulknor incensed Cr. Cohen, who strongly ' condemned the aotion of those who waited on the Mayor and induced him to alter hia decision after he had decided to advertise a holiday. Cr. Neal explained that when he heard that the . Mayor had consented to proclaim a holiday he (Cr. Neal) and Mr Blythe waited upon Dr Spencer, and explained that, though the petition pretended to be presented by the employers of labor, tbe chief employers had not been consulted in the matter. There was a Holiday .Association which decided such questions as holidays, but the petitioners had never consulted the committee of that body, The petition, added Cr. Neal, contained 32 names, but not half-a-dozen of those who signed it were employers, and the petition was a misrepresentation on the face of it. On hearing this explanation the Mayor cancelled the advertisement he had sent to the newspaper*. Cr. Cohen, in reply, de t - nounced the aotion of those who stopped th;j holiday as an insult to the working men of Napier, as it was insinuated that they would abuse the privilege if they had a holiday, whereas there was not a more orderly election in the country than that of Napier. Or. Neal Baid such arguments were absurd. The - advertisement declaring a holiday was cancelled because the bulk of the petitioners were not, as they declared themselves to he, employers of labor, and because it represented that otherwise working men would not have a ohance of voting, whereas, as a matter of fact, all the principal employers had before agreed to allow their employes to leave work for a sufficient time to enable them to vote. Those who wanted a holiday should have gone properly to work, and asked the Holiday Association to advertise one. Instead of that they presented a petition whioh was not truthful, and whioh was got up and presented in an improper manner. Ignorance extraordinary appears still to prevail in the Old Country as to the way in whioh we colonists live. The Daily Telegraph, in an article on the agricultural outlook, has the following concerning colonial mutton : — " This commodity in the Australian colonies and, New Zealand has been regarded as little else than a waste product until the frozen meat shipments to England y^. were organised. In the abundance of game, wild fowl, and m~re dainty meats the colonists never were accustomed to utilise any other portion of the sheep except the leg themselves, the whole of the remainder being boiled down for the sake of the fat." Sala tails the following amusing story about Archibald Forbes : —The only words of . disparagement of Archibald Forbes that I ever heard from a professional journalist were embodied in some remarks made to me by the correspondent of a Frenoh newspaper whom I met in 1876 at Constantinople. '• I do not like your Monsieur Forbes," remarked this gentleman. " I campaigned with him in Servia. C'est un ■ mauvais couoheur. If there is anything worth telegraphing he has telegraphed it first, if there is anything to eat he eats it ; if there is anything to drink he drinks it ; if there is a bed availablo he sleeps in it; and if you complain of his proceedings he beats you." According to the Photographic News, M. de St. Pol Lias, a French traveller in New Zealand, has recently published the views of a Maori upon the theory of photography. This is how one of the aborigines explained the modus operandi of the photographer : — "The white man is taking pictures of our country. Whenever he sees a nice view he stands still, and looking at it steadily with his big eyes, absorbs the picture inside him, making terrible grimaces the while. Then he puts his head into a bag, and spits out the view upon a glass plate, of which he carries . a goodly number with him. Finally the glass is* washed with water, the pioture of the landscape remaining behind on the surface." A fatal accident lately occurred on board the United States steamer Bichmond. Whilat on her passage from Kobe to Nagasaki she went through some floating target practice. The loader of one of the guns, a seaman by the name of Nugent, had loaded hiß gun with a ten-pound oharge of powder, unknown apparently to the captain of the gun. Nugent was standing right in front of the gun, und the captain of the gun fired off a tube to see whether everything was dear. The unfortu- , nate man was blown right through the porthole, and not the least particle ot his body could anywhere be found. About a year ago an acoident of a similar character happened on the same ship, by which one man was ' killed and several badly burned. The earning power of the Australian community is greater (says an Australian paper) than that of any other population in the world. According to Mr Gh Mulhall, F.S.S., the annual earnings per head in Australia are over £43. as against £35 in the United Kingdom, £27 in the United States, £26 in Canada and Holland, and £25 in France The rate of wages iB higher in New South Wales, where it exceeds £50 per head per annum. This causes the saving power of Australia to largely exceed that of other countries, the annual savings per head being in Australia, £6 15s, while in the United Kingdom it is £4 4s, in the United States £3 17s, in France £3 13s, in Canada £3 3s, and in Holland" £2 2b. How shipping . disasters are dealt with in the German Courts is instanced in the following case given by the Hamburger Nachrichm ten: — " A commission of inquiry had, a short time ago, a' case under consideration and '""• deferred judgment. When the assessors and experts afterwards met for consultation, they , were two hours considering what the captain ought to have done at the moment of the disaster, and each expert was of a different opinion. At length one of the assessors got up and said: ' Gentlemen, if it takes us two hours to consider what a captain ought to have done in the one minute he had to decide in, I don't see, for my part, how we can condemn him.' The captain was discharged upon this practical view of the oase." Ihe Missionary Bishop of Zululand writes to a London paper from that country, . describing the state of anarchy and bloodshed which at present prevails the™. He says that for thirteen months they have been the sad witnesses of the ferment and bloodshed . which they full well knew would result from Jm the return of Cetewayo. At the very least, ™- 10,000 lives' have been sacrificed, and three quarters of Zululand has been desolated. Yet all the time the cry has been going up throughout the land, *' When ia the British Government going to stop the blood?" All the people of the lower degree have called , themselves the children of the Queen, and have earnestly desired direct British rule. It is absolutely impossible for the Zulus to settle their own affairs, a. Her Majesty's Government state is their policy. Mutual extermination is the only prospect. The Bishop asks, " When is the awful tragedy to ,be closed, and ' England to recognise her ; i • reiponsibilitiea ? " A , •' A Fact Worth Knowing. — Are you suffering with consumption, coughs, severe colds settled on the breast, pneumonia, or any disease of the throat and lungs? If so, go , : to your Druggist and get a bottle of fioßohee's German Syrup. The people are going wild over its success, and Druggists all over our country are writing us of its wonderful cures ■ among: their customers. It has by far tbe largest sale of any remedy, simply because it is of so much value in all affeotions of this kind. Chronio cases quickly yield to it. ■ Druggists recommend it and physicians prescribe it. If you wish to try its superior virtue, get a Sample Bottle for 6d. Large ; size bottle, 3s 6d. Three doses will relieve >7. any case. Try it. 227 A Good Resolutions. — At the commencement y of every new year hundreds and thousands of eiir young men — and old as well — form resolutions for their guidance for the coming year. 7 Many keep them, while others break them. ■y; ' . To such we wish to give a word of advice. 7.^.: In order to' sustain your determination of X .leading a better life in the future you Bhould y . use Hop Bitters. The judicious use of Hop Ay Bitters strengthens, cleanses, and purifies the ■ A'7; 7,7 stomach, bowels, blood, liver, nerves, and 7 y kidneys, and iB just what you want to build a. up and invigorate yourself. — Qreenbush Bern. xy. vKeadA,.- . ,y .228. ';/a; : .yKidney and Urinary Complaints of all yX .kinds permanently cured with Hop Bitters. &-7l'Aßead.~ 7 .'-"•.'- '229 MmXXYY - — :

next' Saturday at noon at the Town Hall, Hastings; A list of new musio just to hand by the Suez mail is inserted by Messrs Dinwiddie, Walker and Co., Tennyson-street, Messrs Hardy and Sidey advertise an excellent seleotion of electroplated cruet stands and tea-pots. A football match, Town v. Country, will be played on the Eecreation Ground next Saturday. The official declaration of the poll for the Napier electoral district will be made at noon next Monday at the Conncil Chamber. The annual meeting of members of the Napier Athenceum will be held next Wednesday evening. I Eleotion accounts owing by Mr Arthur Deßmond are to be forwarded at once to Mr W. Harker for payment. Prof es ior Anderson, assisted by Louise Maudo h rn'e son, will give his Becond performance at the Theatre .Royal this evening. Mr N. O'Nei.l, watchmaker and jeweller, Emevion-streer, changes Lis advertisement. Messrs Blythe and Co. advertise a sale at reduced prices of Bummer season's samples, no two articles alike. The Bon Marche advertise ladies' and girls' black and colored straw hats. • Mr Kenrick Hill, Clifton station, has £12,003 to lend at a low>ate of interest. The men's tweed suits offered by Neal and Olose at 30s are selling very freely. SALES. &o.— THIS DAY. Allotments close to Makatoku railway station, freehold property known as Empire Hotel, Napier, sections at the Spit, at Havelock, and at Hasting**. Messrs O. B. Hoadley and Co., at the Hawke's Bay Wool Stores, 2. Meeting of creditors of Q-. A. -King, at Mr O. B. Morison's office, Woodville, 11. Theatre Boyal. — Professor Anderson's entertainment, 8.