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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7539, 9 August 1886, Page 2

On tho fourth page will lie found an article entitled "A Perilous Voyage." Miss M. M. Brown, the recently appointed fourth mistress of the Napier district school, will commence her duties this morning. Members of the Napier Navals will bo pleased to learn that their new uniforms from Messrs Hudson and Son, London, have at last arrived in the colony, and will probably reach here on Wednesday by the s.s. Australia. Circular's are now being issued appealills' to (.he charitable on behalf of a fund to nNsist the widow of the late Sergeant Kox. Subscriptions will be received and acknowledged by Major Garner, officer commanding tho district, and by MrS. Carnell. Persons who fail to receive a circular (through inadvertent- oMiission) arc requested to forward amounts lo the above Tho Napier and High School Football Clubs tried conclusions on the Recreation Ground on Saturday, the game resulting in a victory for the school players by l(j points lo fl. Tho ground was heavy, owing to the rains, but the game was well 1 contested throughout, the school having 1 the advantage all through until the latter '.

half of the last spell. The "Prohables" for the Wellington v. Hawke's Bay match played a team of all-comers at the conclusion of the above game, the contest resulting in a draw. ■ As showing the superiority of the good old English oak for shipbuilding, wo may mention that the ends of the stringers of Hie pior have been literally ground oil' by the sides of the schooner Dnnedin dialing against them, whilst the only part of the schoo?ier that appears at all injured by the contact is the planking of Jier counter, which'is of kauri. -Those who wish to enjoy a- pleasant little entertainment, and at the same time to help a deserving caiise, will do well to put in an appearance at the concert in St. Andrew's Hall, Spit, this . evening. A good programme lias been prepared, and •will be carried out by some or .the best loekl amateur talent. Town residents who intend to patronise the .concert have every facility placed in the way, as Mr D. Cotton has liberally placed his conveyances at the disposal of, the promoters of the concert, and his 'busses will be at the Post-ollice at 7.30 o'clock to convey visitors from town. The selection committee appointed, by the Hawke's Bay ltugby Football Union met on Saturday evening, and made their final choice of a team, to play against Wellington. on Saturday next. The team ,will comprise the following : — Full-back, J. -Fleming; half-backs, John Koss, G. Walker, and Wallace.; quarter - backs, Gibbons and Hedley ; forwards, Jamieson, Robson, Trotter, C. J. Gregory, Fletcher, Kosknige, F. Kennedy, Sanders, ', and Hai-rap ; emergencies, J. I. • Cato and Pointon. The- match will commence at 2.30 o'clock sharp, and. it.is requested that the local players will be on the ground by 2.15 o'clockl Players not present by that time may have their places filled by the emergency men. The Wellington team is considered very strong, so that our representatives should practise and train hard if they want to turn the tables upon their opponents. On Friday evening over 40 residents in the bush met at Allardice's hotel, Danevirke, to bid farewell and wish success to Mr. B. Smith, on his departure from Mangatoro to take the Masonic Hotel at Napier. ' A substantial repast was served by Mr Allardice, and the guests, including a number of ladies, afterwards engaged in dancing, music, So., and spent ' a most, pleasant evening. Many hearty expressions of goodwill were tendered to Mr Smith, ana proved to him that his readiness to spare no time or trouble in advancing local interests were not unappreciated. Mr Smith, we understand, enters into possession of the Masonic today, From personal knowledge of him we feel confident in predicting that in his new sphere he will prove a popular host, and conduct the Masonic, in a way that will make it a credit to Napier. He has . taken one of the very best hotels in' New Zealand, and if courtesy and energy will achieve success Mr Smith will succeed. " Pull'," in the Press, thus discourses on the "G.O.M. ":— " Gladstone intends to seek repose in or beyond Great Britain, and henceforth he will drop all correspondence!" "High time he did!" " He's done more mischief by his correspondence than any other man Jiving !" " Terrible fellow for chopping down trees and writing letters !" " And making speeches!" " What Southey called 'the arts scribblative and babblative !'" "Did Southey say that?'^ "Yes, it is in his imaginary conversation with Sir Thomas More !" " He was a pretty fair professor of those arts himself!" "Nothing to Gladstone ! Talking and writing's ■■ a mania with him! He'll never be able to stop ! 'He may seek repose wherever he likes, but he won't find it ! Galum non animwn! He'll carry his- restless, impetuous, fretful temperament with him to the uttermost ends of the earth !" "He must go to , some country where there are " no pens or paper!"' "If ho went to the wilds of Tartary, he'd write letters on flat stones or skins of camels with a burnt stick, and send them to the nearest newspaper for publication!" "He writes' books too, doesn't he?" "Ah yes, and good ones too ! If he'd stop at writing books he might still alone to the world for much of the harm he's done as a politician !" The Chris tchurch Protection Association are of opinion that the imposition of an export duty of 2s per 100 ft super, on baulk timber would be of great benefit to sawmill owners and timber workers in New Zealand. Tho Christchurch Press, after a careful examination of the estimated yield of .wheat and an examination so far as possible of the quantity exported, arrives at the conclusion that we have, already over-exported more wheat, by about 150,000 bushels, than we can afford to send away. As it is well known that export engagements have been made for months in advance of the present time, it would appear that before the end of tlie present grain, season ..we shall be com-; pelled to import a considerable quantity ot flour to supply food for the population. Sir George Grey has given notice to move for. copies of all letters and telegrams which passed between himself and Sir Julius Vojjel relative to the latter holding the oliice of director in the New Zealand Agricultural Company while he was Agent-General of this colony; and also to ask the date of a private letter said to have been received from Mr Larnach when lie was in England, inviting the Premier and others to take shares in the New Zealand Agricultural Company, the date on which, it was received, and the name of the person to whom it was addressed. A singular phenomenon in connection with the eruption at Tarawera is mentioned by a correspondent of the Auckland Herald, as given by Mr M'Kae. It was that on the night of the eruption water could not be got to boil: Mr M'Rae had given his cook instructions to put some water on the iire to make cocoa for the women. Three-quarters of an hour afterwards he was called in by the cook,, and when the water, which had been on a big fire of rata logs, was tested it .was found as cold as when it was put on. Mr M'Rae attributed the circumstance to tho electrical disturbance, but that is hardly a satisfactory solution of the matter. In the driest of one of the dry districts, and on oneof its dustiest roads— a road of real red dust — the' coach toiled wearily along. There were some 20 passengers, and amongst them Miss Chirrup (writes "yEgles "), who was on her way to take charge of the bar of a leading hotel. When the coach pulled up for toa at a roadside inn the dust-choked passengers were permitted ' to make use of a room where there was one basin of water, with the further accommodation of a single towel. The last in turn was Miss Chirrup, who, when she inspected the provision for her purification, asked the landlord to, look for himself at the water and the towel, in the hope that he might let her have fresh material for washing oil' the dust of 50 miles. '"Pon my word," he said (and he was in earnest), "19 people have been . satisfied with that towel and that water, and you're the first to complain." On tho night of the Tarawera eruption the Haszard family had in their cash-box, among other moneys, a half -soverign lying on the top of four half-crowns. During the storm which burst over their devoted , residenco tho building was struck by lightning. On digging out the effects the working party handed over the cash-box to the friends of the Haszard family. Mr J. B. Morpeth, of Ponsonby, at whose house Mrs Haszard has been' staying, has now in his possession the half-sovereign and four half-crowns, which form a perfect curiosity. The lightning appears to have fused the coins together, and in some mysterious way, though the face of the half-sovereign is not defaced, the gold appears to have been driven through the centre of each of the half-crowns, as eaeli in the centre is colored tho size of a shilling as if with gold. As a souvenir of the Tarawera eruption, it is (the Herald says) one of the most remarkable that has yet been exhibited. In introducing the Harbor Boards Bill into the Legislative Council, the Hon. Mr Reynolds intimated that of the Harbor Boards it was intended to abolish the Colonial Treasury would only derive a benefit from the Moeraki Board, which had a fixed deposit of £1801), balance of a grant of £3000 from the late Provincial Government of Otago. The Board consisted of seven members, and last year they paid the secretary .-CS3 6s Sd, since reduced to £26. Mr Livingston, provincial district auditor, reported :—" From an inspection of the minute book tho Board appear 1o perform scarcely any functions beyond the routine connected with the expenditure of their income. I believe no vessel has visited the port for seven years; and the branch railway which formerly connected it with the main line lias been lifted. The duties of the harbormaster consisted in looking after the plant and in keeping tho minute book. " Mr J. M'Kenzie has since carried a clause providing that the money to tho credit'of the Board should bo devoted to the construction of baths. ' ' ' Civis " in the Otago Daily Times says : —A correspondent fit Maeraos sends me a page of the Tablet (date, June 10th) containing a sentence in which, as he remarks, " the Cardinal and the Escaped Nun agree in their testimony." TII2 paper came to him, lie oxplains, as tho wrappage of a parcel from a store ; but that is a detail. I havo occasionally seen, with sorrow, the Passing Note page of the Witness in ambiguous situations ; — let us pass on. The fragment of the Tablet contains, I fincl, a speech by Cardinal Moran entitled "Be not ashamed of the Catholic Church," delivored in Sydney to the Hibernian Society. A speech "so beautiful and so touching," says the reporter, that it "elicited loud and thrilling cheers." In it I find the following remarkable sen-

tence: — "Every human society contains within itself the seed of corruption and the germ of ulitiraate decay ; the Catholic Church alone has the seal of immorality upon her hrow. — (Cheers.) " That wretched printer again, of course ! But it must have been a Protestant printer— probably an Orangeman, or even a Plymouth Brother. The Tablet ought really to look moro closely after the theological opinions of its staff. " It is "understood (says the Taranaki Herald) that the block of land in Tara-. naki which was set apart as a settlement for.M. de Harven. is now free for. disposal 'in other ways, and it was hoped by the Taranaki Land Board, and, indeed, by a large number of persons desirous of settling upon it, that it would now he thrown open for occupation under the ordinary system. It seems, however, that this hope is doomed to disappointment, A Air. Hunt, who is well-known in connection with an historical law suit against a Governor of Fiji, is endeavoring to have the land in question handed over to him for a special settleriient. A company is to be formed to manipulate this block and another on the other side of the Mokau river, and it is intended to introduce and settle foreigners upon the land. Mr Ballance is understood to be favorable to the project, and the application that the land be. withdrawn from ordinary sale for the purpose of a special settlement will probably be acceded to. The information has much disconcerted the Taranaki Land Board, who maintain that the land which M. do Harven had selected would he speedily occupied,. -more especially as there is a great demand at present for land in Taranaki. The Sydney Morning Herald, speaking of the prospects of the grain trade of Aus- . tralia, says:— "New South Wales will require .89,000 tons of wheat, Queensland 20,000 tons, and Tasmania 5000 tons between tills and the end of the year, and this will absorb 17,500 tons of the present surpluses of South Australia and Victoria. The colonies will thus be obliged to obtain 98,000 tons from abroad. New Zealand has already over-exported.!! ' . The Oaniaru Mail taking up the question, says : — " Ono thing'is certain, California cannot supply the whole of the quantity at the price already agreed upon for 'shipments -to-, hand or on passage. The total orders agreed to be supplied are 4000 tons, andeven for the carriage of this amount some difficulty has been experienced in getting vessels, and for any further freights a, higher rate will have to ho paid. Latest.reports from San Francisco show that wheat there is worth about 3s Gd a bushel, aiid.it is impossible that with wheat at~ this"price and a demand for higher freights California can continue supplies, at anything'like the same rates. ._ ■ ...We may fairly conclude- that shipments to come to- hand will' not have any depresssing effect upon the Sydney market, and it may fairly be concluded that there is not the remotest chance of New Zealand being invaded by Califdrnian grain. If there be a shortness of wheat in this colony we may therefore fairly conclude that, before long there will he a further rise'iii the price in the . New Zealand markets."