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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7527, 30 August 1886, Page 2

On the fourth page will be found an article entitled " Value of Hops." Mr Aplin's singing class will be held at his residence this evening,, instead of at , the Athenrouin. * [ .Tlie Pirates Football Club played a second fifteen of the Hawke's Bay County Club on the Recreation Ground on Satur- ; day, and won by four points to nil.. ; The Wellington City Council have.decided to discontinue tlie practice of giving permits to hawkers to stand in side streets for tlie purpose of' vending their wares. Fifteen members of the Salvation Army will_ be called upon' this morning at the Resident Magistrate's Court to answer charges of breaking the processions byelaw. . ■ A number of the friends of Mr J. R. ' Greatbatch met on Saturday, prior to his departure for Wellington, and presented ' hint with abeautiful album, a meerschaum pipe, and a handsomo silver matchbox. The album was the gift of his fellow telegraphic operators, and the remaining articles were presented by other friends. A team of Hawke's Bay footballers will next Saturday play a team representing New South Wales. Tlie game Svili be played on the Recreation Ground; •Tlie following will play for Hawke's Bay. — Back,.G. Walker; three-quarters,: Wallace, J. I. Cato, and' G. H. St. Hill j ! halves, H. Gibbons (captain). and~M. . Herrold; forwards, Jamieson, Robson, >• Trotter, F. Kennedy, C. E. Stewart, ; Sanders, Harrap, Fletcher, and Alick Williams. Emergency forward, C. J." Gregory. .- A small boy with a confident bearing (says the New Zealand Times) which a severe cross-examination by Mr Jelljcoe could not shake, was giving evidence ih.a case heard at the Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday. Ho was asked 1 incidentally whether his brother was in j attendance. " No," said the witness, 1 "he's got the measles." "And are you not afraid of giving the Court the measles?" asked his Worship. "Oh, no," , said the lad jauntily, "I've had 'em," 5 . The impudence of the " harmy " is iv- ' creasing, and they yesterday made them- ; selves a nuisance on the Marine-parade. It .does seem disgraceful that a few sonii- 1 ; insane fanatics should take possession of the only decent promenade -im the town, ; and' howl out blasphemous parodiesto the annoyance of decent persons who desire to get a breath of fresh, air from the sea. . One of the howlers was full of a contention that the Salvationists, would- go to gaol presently, and take God with them' to keep them company. ' ■ Our Waipawa correspondent wired as 1 follows on Saturday evening : — " Interest • in football matters up here does not seem ■ to suffer abatement, there being'a largo . number of persons present this afternoon to witness the match between Waipawa , andTakapau. The game was a hotly con- . tested one, and resulted in another victory ! for Waipawa by seven points to two. — The ; boys' team connected with the Waipawa ! I district school went over to Waipukurau to play the return match against the Waipukurau school. _ ' Our boys ' did not secure an absolute victory, but the game was in their favor, and they came home delighted at the result." , At the Resident Magistrate's Court on Saturday, before Mr G. A. Preece, R.M., 1 a young man mimed Culhmore was charged i with lunacy and remanded till tho 4th of 1 September. This is a sad case. , The young man, whose only possession when arrested wa3 a well-thumbed Bible, has i become subject to a form_ of religious mania that has developed into insanity. Sometimes he claims to_ be God, and at - other times only that he is inspired to save the world. Mixed up with this is a conviction that he is clairvoyant, and can see and converse with spirits. Sometimes he is not harmless, and early on Saturday morning sounds indicative of great violence being offered to someone we're heard proceeding from his house. A meeting of the Taradale Library Comlhittee was held in the schoolroom, Tara-. dale. Present— Messrs Drnmmoud, Dryden, Gilberd, Guppy, Harpham, and Smith. A report. upon the condition of the premises recently acquired by the committee was read, from which it , appeared that before the building could bo made available for reading-room, library, offices, residence of caretaker, &c, as proposed, it would be necessary to expend tlie sum of £G0 at least, as a new roof would be required, as well' as painting, papering, other 1 repairs, and furniture, It was decided to hold a gift auction and concert about the middle of September in aid of the society's funds, and that in tho meantime the district should be thoroughly canvassed for donations of stock, produce, &c. , and cosh contributions. As the want of a literary institution at Taradale has long been felt, and as there is little doubt that it would be self-supporting if once fairly established, it is to - be hoped that all classes of the community will unite in helping forward what has been so well begun. Mr G. E, Aldevton, who returned by tlie R.M. s.s. Alameda from his tour through America and England, speaks with great confidence of the future of fruit culture in New Zealand, and has no doubt, that, with tlie aid of the American native grape, the wine industry can be prosecuted here with as great success as •in America. Mr Alderton is very positive on ; this point,' and attaches great importance 1 to it. 1 The wind made from the liner American grapes" 'Jins 'been' 'proved to be equal' to tho wine mado from European grapes'; ' a«d the- vino/ being'proof 'against tlie phylloxera and- mildew, will 1 live and tlnive'jiere ; iii places Where tho European variety 'could- ileve'r thrive, and -would only be a source of continual trouble and expeuse. Fruit culturo, Mr Alderton says, Is everywhere the order of the day. Evert" In " England wliei'e the -land can np.hm W ftfm#'. fs W}f W.i? being put i|Ufl qroWSj W«A l ) A m n W thousands of aores of land hitherto used for raising wheat aro now being planted with fruit trees. In Southorn California, around Los Angelos, land is. being sold for vineyards, orange groves, and orchards at from £40 to . £120 au aero, which figures show the value the industry is held in across tho Pacific, It is the more remarkable when we consider that fruit in •• California, generally apeak-

ing, only realises froni. a'peririy: tbione j penny halfpenny per pound) and the'b'ttlk j of thefrnit from southern California lias to be sent from 2000 to 3000 miles by rail ; to the markets of Chicago, Philadelphia, ] New York, &c. Mr Alderton's reports, ( "which have been sent in to the Govern- . iuent, will be looked forward to; with ■, ■interest.-T- N.Z, , Herald. " . ' '■At Her Majesty's' receptira: of colonial •visitors at Windsor Castle r on sth July, ' ■New Zealand was represented by >3ir Dillon and Lady Bell, Sir Julius and Lady Von Haast, and Dr and Mrs Buller. The total number of guests was 230. -■• \- The Colonial Secretary of iNew.South i IW^ales 'recently received' a deputation of t representatives of the unemployed. . Theyestimated that there were over 300 men in a distressed condition — men who were able and willing to work but could not obtain it, owing to the depressed coudi-- . tion.of trade and the. consequent dearth ' ;of labor. They urged the Government to open up several relief works. Mr-Dibbs' c promised to do .what he could to find em- « ployuient for them. ' "" It 'is a curious fact that natives who excel in feminine accomplishments appear to think it the correct thing to attire themselves as females. A witness at an inquest at Marton stated that the deceased Ruliiruhi was a very good hand at weaving mats, &c., -which being looked. upon « ;by the natives as women's work, he consequently attired himself as a female. " ■ Reference ' was also made during the ' inquiry'fo another case,. in which a male i Maori excelled in washing clothes, and ] therefore attired himself and lived as a . • female. '„'■-■• ', ' The Nelson-Reefton coach on a recent ' trip was boarded at the Lyell byanindi-, victual armed with ■ a revolver" in each : ' hand, wlio was bound for the Junction. ' 1 It seems the individual -in question, an ; officer of the Bank of New Zealand, was j conveying the Alpine Company's' gold to' . Westport, and the extra precautions as ' shown -by the display: of firearms, was « owing to -a report having reached the - 1 authorities that the escort would be stuck 1 up. A writer in the Inangahua Times' says ,a timorous: passenger: proposed that the gentleman sliouldtake the gold on - his back and walk on a mile or so until the most lonely part of .the ■ road was passedrpointirig but' that if the coach was • stuck up the gold would be safe. But the . | look which the bank manager returned 'to. '• this suggestion filled the proposer with ' despair. Meanwhile the coach rattled i along, and never was a stricter look out \ kept. Every stump, bush, and hillock ahead was carefully scanned. A halt was made at all tlie bridges before crossing to see that the supports were not cut away. Eventually the Junction was reached in • safety, and the passengers by the coach to Reef ton were relieved of the strain. How the banker got on in bis trip to Westport ' is not reported. " " "