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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7608, 3 December 1886, Page 2

On the fourth page will be found articles entitled " Outwitting Moonlighters," and "A Scientific Centenarian." Messrs Hoffman .and Sons have kindly lent one of their fine pianos for the Working Men's Club promenade concert this evening and to-morrow evening. The enormous attendance at the Theatre Royal last evening was represented financially by the satisfactory total of £83 Os 6d in the treasury! The concert will be repeated on Monday evening. The appointment of ex-Sergeant Burtenshaw as crier to the Supreme Court appears a most satisfactory one, the arrangements incidental to tile office being carried out with smoothness and efficiency. His Honor the Chief Justice will sit in Chambers to-day after the conclusion of the divorce case' set down for this morn- ■ ing. The case of Pitt and Bennett v. Douglass, a claim of £1000, is set down for 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. Mr A. W. Gould, barrister aud solicitor, lias returned to Napier after an absence of live yeaiy. Mr Gould will be well remembered'as having taken an active part in boating matter?. During liis absence from this district he practised his profession in Auckland. ■ The poll in connection with the proposed borough of Hastings loan will be taken to-day. Appointed out yesterday, there are SO Napier residents oii the Hastings roll, and every one of tliese, in addition to the voters living in or near' Hastings, should take the trouble to go to the polling booth. The issue to be decided is an important one, that will affect the progress of Hastings for years to come. There should be a substantial majority in favor of the loan. For giving way to passion a married woman named Milne will shortly have to appear before the Resident Magistrate to answer- a serious charge. Her husband went home on Wednesday night to lind her under the influence of liquor. She commenced smashing crockery, and when quietly remonstrated with attacked her husband with a large carving knife, inflicting cuts upon his wrist and knee. The police yesterday. afternoon laid an information against Mrs Milne. It is said that the officers of a certain • British regiment lindlng a considerable resemblance to themselves and their doings in some of the army stories written by "J. S. Winter," the author of "Bootle's Baby," actually called a solemn meeting in order to ascertain what man in the regiment was thus audaciously venturing to make "copy" put of his comrades in arms. The regiment was much surprised to learn that the mysterious Winter was a woman. Messrs Cohen and Conroy have decided to greatly enlarge the stage of the Gaiety Theatre, and- to provide a new set of scenery. Mr Willis,- of Melbourne, who visited New Zealand to carry out the scenic arrangemeuts for the new Wellington Opera House, recently opone:!, has been commissioned to paint the scenes for the Gaiety. Mr James Asliton has been engaged to supervise the new mechanical arrangements that will be necessary, and that will be carried out on the most complete scale. At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Albion Lodge of Druids, held last evening, a motion to the following effect was unanimously carried : — " That this Lodge assist and co-operate in the opening of the new 'Brennan' Lodge." A committee was appointed to ask the assistance of the other Lodges in the district in making arrangements for suitably receiving the Grand. Secretary. The majority of the, members expressed themselves in favor of a smoke concert on a grand scale, and this form of entertainment the committee are likely to adopt. In Chambers yesterday morning in the case of Eagleton v. Eagleton and Saefler, Mr Moore appeared for the petitioner and Mr Dick fortheco-respondent. On its being shown that the petitioner had decided to abandon his claim for damages, and that no answers to the suit had been filed either , by the respondent or co-respondent, hia Honor ordered that the setting down of the action should stand good, and that it should be tried without a jury at the present' sittings. It was then- ordered that the case should bo tried at 10 o'clock this morning. The directors of the Napier Park Coin pany' met last evening at their offices, Tennyson-street, Mr J. .M'Vay in the chair. There was a good attendance. Tho' meeting was called to consider recommendations from the committee appointed to consider the terms upon which' the use of a portion of the park should bo allowed to the Napier Park Racing Club. The recommendations" were' read, and after some discussion, were adopted, it being considered that the interests qf the two, clubs v ( 'er.Q satisfactorily conserved by the terms submitted. At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr G, A. Preece, R.M., James Snedgrove was fined 5s and costs for drunkenness. A respectable-looking man named John Madden, charged with assaulting his wife, was after some con* sideration of the case dismissed, with a" caution. It appeared from, a, s.fatem,en't . made by Mr tascelfe's/wli'o appeared for the. oomplainant, that defendant's domestlo troubles were caused by giving way to a fondness for drink. In dismissing tho information his Worship gave defendant some good advice that lie would do well to follow. Funny tilings still happen at creditors' meetings! Yesterday, at one of these gatherings, tho value of the furniture in the estate was discussed, and in the opinion of competent- valuers, and of others who viewed it, was put down at a substantial figure. But one well-known ex-boniface, who is supposed to bo closely connected with the likely lessee of an hotel, expressed his opinion that the value placed on the furniture was far too high, and that it was scarcely worth considering as an asset. Tho furniture was well bought some few months ago at a cost of upwards of £3000 ! Comment is needless. A meeting of creditors in tho osta{e of Mr 11. Baker was hold at tho OritoviQii Hotel 'yesterday afternoon, the Deputy Assignee presiding,' Tho supervisor, Mr W. "i\ Irvine, presented a report which showed that tho estate, by prudential handling, would ultimately suffice for paying all the creditors in full, Tho following resolutions, proposed by Mr C. B. Iloadley aud seconded by Mr 11. S. Ruddock, were unanimously carried :— " That tho arrangements made between the Assignee, supervisor, and Mr Thomson's attorney be confirmed in the meantime, and that no resolution as to carrying qu tho estate, bp arrjvefl r t t until }t Is, known whether 'the fqrhitnro in the Hastings Hotel oan bp realised, and for what amount." "That tills meeting bo adjourned till Ihe 12tli of January, but that the Assignee bo requested to call an earlier meeting if the iumiturobe realised sooner, or if any difficulty .be met with in arranging with the mortgagees." "That the bankrupt bo allowed suoji sum pur wepk ipr. lib services, not ox; ceeding i'o, as the Assignee and super: visor shall determine," The meeting then adjourned. ■ ■ ' f , The Worti»g en ' s c| u |, horticulttiml show will l)o opened this afternoon at 2 o'clock, when his Worship the Mayor will assisj. at the opening ceremony, -A Jarge number- of entries hay o been rpoelypd. for tljfc shf)w, and there \k Jilco'ly to be keen, 1 competition amongst the various exhibitors. The hall in which the exhibition is (o be hold lias ' been very tastefully decorated with bunting, evergreens, .and.

other devices, while the platform for the performers at the prominade concert has been nicely fitted up with some ornamental castings from the foundry of Mr E. Simmonds. Altogether the hall presents a very artistic and festive appearance, and the members of the club are to be congratulated on the possession of such a fine bnilding in which to hold their meetings and for lectures and other entertainments. The coneertshould prove a Very attractive part of the exhibition, as it will be seen by reference to our advertising columns that an excellent pro gramme has been prepared. The show will be open this afternoon and evening, and also to-morrow afternoon and evening. For to-morrow evening's concert another programme will be arranged; The exhibition will be well worth a visit, and we have no doubt that the committee will be amply repaid the exertions which they have made to ensure the affair being a success, and that there will be a large attendance of the public. A sad case of drowning occurred in the Tuki Tuki river, near East dive, about 6 o'clock on Wednesday evuuing. A little boy named Herbert Furze, aged eight years, who had been bathing with some other boys, attempted to wane across the river, but getting beyond his depth was drowned before assistance could reach liiin. A number of men were soon on the spot with boats and grappling-irons, and searched assiduously for the body, but as the tide rose about 9 p.m., the search had to be given over then till the next low tide. Shortly after 4 o'clock this morning Constable Weathered, Charles Tucker, and several other persons residing in the locality, made search with a net and three boats, and afterwards with boathooks. Mr W. J. Graham, one of the. searchers, touched the body with his hook about G a.m., and Charles Tiicker immediately dived and brought it to the surface. The body was conveyed to the residence of deceased's mother. At 3 p.m. an inquest was held before Mr G.A. Preece> K.M., and a jury of six, of whom MrGeorge Clifton was chosen foreman; After hearing the evidence as to how the accident occurred, and the finding of the dead body, the jury returned a verdict that the deceased, Herbert Furze, was accidentally drowned in the Tuki Tuki river on the Ist December, 1886. The sad affair has cast quite a gloom over the neighborhood, and much sympathy is felt for Mrs Furze and her family in their bereavement. A gentleman named Edgar Patteson Hulme was some time ago compelled to seek the protection of the Honorable Court of Bankruptcy. His liabilities readied a very large amount, and his creditors totalled up to nearly 60. Some of these, with the propensity to cavil which usually characterises the whole race of grasping capitalists who receive the attentions of candidates for the colonial order of whitewash, took a captions view of the debtor's' proceedings prior to his filing. . They, also professed to be astonished at .the rate per year at which the -debtor, had circulated other persons' money, and, by, consequence, as is well known to all really deep thinkers', how ho had "made it good for trade." The assignee also seemed to be in a carping humor, and the result was that it was arranged for Mr Edgar Patteson Hulme to interview his Honor on Monday. It will be seen by the sequel that the unfortunate debtor did not relish, this idea, and also that a few of the rightminded among his creditors took •a -somewhat similar view. About half-a-dozen of these, representing less than £100 of the liabilities of the fatesmitten E. P. H., met yesterday and'considered.the question of a "composition." The poor debtor, through a solicitor, explained that lie had besn promised a situation as insurance canvasser, and therefore would like to promise something . in return. He was willing to offer 10s iv ' the £1, "provided" that he bo allowed iirsfc to deduct £4 10s per week from the possible earnings resulting from the situation to be fityed in the future. The Assigneestated that he would present an unfavorable report to the Judge upon Mr E. P. H.s proceedings, and one creditor present was hard-hearted enough to object to the offer. A resolution em- . bodying the acceptance of the debtor's splendid offer was, however, carried. And yet there are people who say that our bankruptcy laws need amending ! A stupid'nian named Foley, a laborer, who, although bis tactics w.ere questionable, yet only filed for a small amount, is not so fortunate in his creditors as Mr Edgar Patteson Hulme would seem to be. The creditors of the laborer bankrupt have decided to prosecute him, and have instructed'a solicitor to take proceedings. Mr E. P. H., as' 1 lie would probably urge is only right and fitting, may pass the ordeal of a Judge's examination with triumph, while the laborer may not. There is a moral within cooee. An eccentric character, who styles himself " Professor " Shannon, caused amuse : ' ment in the Wellington Magistrate's Court by offering to allow his stomach to be pumped out in order to disprove a charge of drunkenness. Owing to the incredulity of some of the Manawatu local sheep breeders regarding the early maturity and quality of ltomnoy Marsh mutton compared with other breeds, Mr Cobb presented a hogget to the editor of the Faxton paper, woo, having tested .thegift, has written, gushingly in favor of this breed of sheep, • He is, now waiting for farmers who raise other breeds of sheep to'send him along samples, so as to make an honest comparison. ' ' . Much excitement was caused at Lisniore, Ireland, by the arrest of AJioe Sheehan/a ward maid at Lisinare workhouse, on a charge of having caused the death by strangulation of a man named Magnier, who was an inmate in an infirm ward. The matter was brought underthe notice of the guardians by a man named Dwyer, who stated to the Board that he was an inniate in the ward, and that lie saw j;b.b prisoner strangle Robert Magni,er in bed, ami put a bolster over liisjobe after doing so. . Dwyer added that he was so terrified that for> fear she would do the same to himself he gave her money. The prisoner protests Tier innocence. An extraordinary occurrence happened at the sham-fight which was hold, at Fox Hills, Aldershot, when all th,e troops of the Aldershot command were -engaged in the closing manoeuvres of the flying column. Owing to some negligence, towards the end of the engagement, a certain quantity of ball-cartridge was fired by one or two of the regiments. Fortunately no casualities resulted, The authorities admit that "one tulle't" was picked np, and there are grave reasons for, the belief that others were fired. . The subject is 'undergoing the most i-igorou.s investigation. An eminent'military officer has expressed his belief that there was little or nothing in the tlffair, it being his idea that it was entirely a freak of some wild youngfcers who had only recently joined the service, and by some n\eans,or other had possessed themselves of ballcartridges. In an article whioh appeared recently in the Sfiaitifio American it was stated that white much was being accomplished iv long-distance telephony at various parts of the country in America, it had not yet reached a point as to efficiency which might be regarded as wholly satjsfactor.yi' nor had it yet proved itself formidable in competition with t!\e. telegraph,' Tho article then went op' to say that 10Q miles or thereabouts "seemed to, be the paying liin jt v/\i\{ regard to, telephones at present, notwithstanding the fact that a line had been successfully operated upon between Now York and Chicago, a distance of nearly 1000 miles, and several others had been experimented with, each giving more or less satisfaction, .according as thecon. ditions under which it was operated were favorable or unfa.vova.blo, TUo Nolson Colonist gives the following account of feeding the sea-lions, which Captain Fairchild brought up in the Hinemoa: — "Their peculiar and awkward movements have caused some surprise, but the agility with which they have caught iish thrown to them has caused, greater. We learn that a scven-fo,o.fcsh.qrk was caught near the Froncli Pass, and was handed over t,9- tho sea-lions, when the sniajlev- of. these held back, allowing the largest the honor of dealing with his sharkship. With its powerful teeth the sea-lion seized the vulture" of the deep, which in turn attempted to, use' us tail with terrible effect • hut ' its assailant dodged tho Wow, and then seized the j shark by the throat, and killed it almost instantly. The younger of the sea-lions i shows signs that they might be easily tamed." It was announced in tho London Gazette of October 2 that the Queen had issued a oommlsaion "to inquire and report to what extent, if any, and in what parts ot Ireland the operation of tho Land Law (Ireland) Act, ISSI, is affected either by combinations to resist the enforcQgu.ent of legal obligations, or by s\n exceptionalfall in the price o,{ produce; also* to. inquiro niul report ia what ' extent there esjiSJEj avry: general desire among tenants to 1 avail themselves of tho provisions of the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, ISSS, and whether the operation of that Act might be expedited and extended, especially in the congested districts, by providing security, through the intervention of local authorities, for loans a.4Y&»£e.d f roiri public funds for (|-,q pu s ve^asc,' bf I'x'ntl j and also tft report -«,Ko£lier: aiiy nib.ctifi.oa/ lions of tho law are necessary," A Folding gontlemau (acoording to the Slav) had a curious experience the other evening. While sitting down to tea alone, 1 a respectable looking young man knocked. h,t In o door and asked 'Q.SB]qta,\\o.o to reach his friends in \Vi\n > §«w\\ii, 1 ' After giving satjs|aotp ; y.Y - e,Vsde|ie'e v thaVhis case was pug p| geriuirio distress,, he was i'uYiteil to partake of some tea. Speaking' Intelligently and with evidence ofJiaving been educated,* ho toldatalo of misfortune and suffering, which ■ was' touching and romantic, : .though', - stamped,' .'with: sincerity,, during .which' he told his'- host"

lie suffered intermittently from violent •• lunacy, and that an .attack had been , ■ ' coming on for sonio days. The tragic'effect was not detracted from by the wild = waving of a carving-knife with ' which he. had been, helping, himsolf to some ham;! His fare was paid to .Wangamii. . . \ In one of the dingiest, i ns' it had formerly ..*'", ' been one of the most delightfully rural,* f quarters of London, known as Spa-fields, stands, but will soon disappear, a quaint ■ edifice, old-fashioned rather than ancient, which lias very interesting religious associatioii3. For about 150 years it has been . . in use as a Nonconformist chapel, having' been bought for that purpose by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon. Before its purchase it had been a place of popular resort, known as the ■ Spa-fields Pantheon. Shrubsole, the first, organist, after the ; ' conversion of the building to religions pnrposes, was the composer of a wellknown hymn, Peyronnett's "All hail the power." Tins building is to be pulled , down shortly, and the final religious ser- ; vice was celebrated on September 26. The Her. E. J. Bird preached the sermon, and took as an appropriate text the words from the 26th chapter of St. Matthew, " itise, let us be going." The following particulars of the rain- - fall on the Kuatamwha plains during the past four months will be of interest: — August, 4-10 inches, distributed over 20 . days; September, 3-53 inches, over 14 days; October, 2-62 inches, over 23 days ; Aovember, 2-55 inches, over 16 ' days. This gives a total for the four months of ' 12' SO inches, distributed over 7aKdavs. ' The heaviest rainfall during . ;M\ one . period of 24 hours was ViJwKl-\\cs. Although the season's rainfall yJasTbecn so moderate, feed is abundant, 'and the country never looked better: This may be partly accounted for. by the frosts ' dnmig nearly the whole of July, but is more particularly due ,to the number of ■ days in the spring and early summer months upon which warm showers fell. Insect life received a great check from the frosts, and gardens and orchards through- ■"'•» out the province are much freer from v blight than during the. past few years.,--Stock are also healthy and in good con- ''■ dition, and generally it is difficult to. re-' call a more favorable season! The Advocate "wants to know, you- ' know " why the following state of matters exists with regard to the police force '.- in that district: — Wangamii, with' a' population of less than 5000, has one detective, one inspector, two sergeants, ' seven constables, and one bailiff; total;' twelve. Palmerston, with a population luore than half that of Wanganui, has two constables. Until a day or two a'"o"it had only one.. New Plymouth,- with a popu- -'"' lation about the same .is that of Palmer-' . ston,, has one sergeant, one inspector, and six constables; total, eight. . Why is ' "little Benjamin" so much favored?" The Tarauaki folk are supposed to be unusually peaceful and slow. •In fact, ' somebody has nick-named- them "The ' Devonshire oysters." Why should they , : .require such a strong force of constables tO'keep'them in order? Does the solution ■ ; of the' problem in this case, as in that of : •Wanganui, lie in political ' influence ? Again, the same kind- of dark niystery ' comes in; Patea, "a deserted village," has one sergeant and one constable. Hawera has one sergeant' and one con--stable, whilst Marlon, with a population as large as Hawera, has to be content with-, one constable. . - • ■' ~, ■'The Pennsylvania_ Eailroad Company has just been qnietly making some experiments to ascertain' whether it wonld pay for „a. big railroad company to remember the Lord's -Day.-,' A good many excursion trains and some passenger trains have been discontinued ' All the freight trains except; those carrying live stock" and perishable ', goods have been ordered off 'from eight .o'clock on Saturday night until midnight' ' on Sunday, and 'all repairing oa',Sunday ' has been stopped. .The >e'siSts have • proved, so satisfactory that i;he directors . are now arranging to make these experi- . mental. changes permanent, and to. ex- 1 ■ tend them. That a- large .corpora-. >•' tion like the Pennsylvania. Railroad: - Company should have been willing to-, try the experiment of Sunday obser- . vance, after- years' of violation of tliat day, is a most hopeful sigh of the develop- ■ ment in moral tone. That after trying the experiment it has found the result so satisfactory that the change is 1 to be ex* tended and m^do permanent, was not P',i- ■ looked far by those who had exo'miried this suhject in its physical and social as " well as moral bearings. Such a fax>t as ■' this is one of those practicable arguments. ' that are wholly unanswerable. -■, ' India may yet compete .with &ew Zea- - land in exporting frozeu meat to England, ■ as she is now a competitor in the grain trade. A Madias paper says : — " Useful work 'is boirn? done' at the Saidapet experimental farm in showing how the' cattle of India might be- improved. The •'" live weight of the cows kept by the ryots ■'. usually, varies from 2001 b to 4001 b, "and though, the bulls of the large Nellore breed weigh 8001 bor more, Mr Benson^ who. ; writes the report of the experhnentaH farm, does not recommend their use for- . crossing with the smaller breed. Ho. prefers bulla imported from, Europe, 'oiv : still better, because :of less difficulty as . .to change of climate, from Aus- . tralia. The native cqws, partly from their slowness of development, and partly '' on account of pom- feeding and exposiu» ' to all Jcinc\siOjf weather without shelter, uV not- usually oalvo till they are five w six; >• yetus old, whereas the progeny of. native cows crossed with European breeds pro^ ' (luce calves when they are three yearsoß- . Then as. to milk production, the native cows are very much below the mark, the highest' record for si >73110 re cow. being 340 gallons per fjnuum,- whereas - even a little Kerry, purchased ut Madras v gave o(6, gallons." . • . MrL. O. Smith, a well known worker among the; English poor, says;— " Take mankind as a whole' you wiil find that of the expenditure of a working man 15 per cent, only goes in house rent; while 6Q per cent. !?oes in f00d. .. Therefore, if you provide every working-man with ril free - house, fop ever-tho effect is only eoual to. saving him 15 per cent, of llis; wa<*es. But iSyou can make a radicaUeformation m his food you have a,.ia,uc!>iiff">ter margin to play upon. Jf you . him with food twice- as .nourish) T^fe that which he gets u&w, so that ho bury needs' to buy hal* «s much of it, or. if you give' him as, much food as ho gets at present at half-price, you savo'lnw at one stroke 3D per cent, of his wages, or twice as much as his house rent. And it can be done. For the psoof of that,l have done it; and there is no reason why'what I have dono should not bo done in every town, and villajjo in th.e^yliolo world. Believe '■' n». i\\ni is 'the sanreq whence a" great / increase, is to bo made to- the -wealth of our laboring poor. That is -where the waste is-a waste which i» not only felfc in actual expemliture of money,- on food, but in insufficient nourishment, causing physical dcgen?racy and a cravi»<' forsLnmilauts, which" lies a'- the root of much of the drunkenness of the present day." In an avtic- eon '•' Tlio Study of Science, 11 • ' which appeared in the August number ■ of, th,e Contem-pwartr Bcniew, Sir Johu ,Lubbock says:— "There is perhaps no. • ' nation thc.fttturo happiness and prosperity of which depend more on science, than/our own (the British). Our population i& ■ over 35,000,000, and is rapidly increasing ' Even- at present it is fajrlarger- than our ; acreage can support. Few people whose-' business does "act Ue in tno study of* statistics realise, that we have to pay foreign, countries no less than £140,000,000 a year fpr food. This, of course, we pun ch*se mainly by manufactured artiv&s. ' We hear now a great deal about depression of trade, and foreign, especially A,s,wrican competition, which, let me observe, will be much keener a few years, hence, whoa shehaspaidoffherdebt.aiijd'consequcr.iNhas reduced her taxation. 'But let us. took forward 100 yoava^no long time, hi the. history of, a nation. Our cor,!, supplies, will then .be nearly exhausted. The ( ppp»lation of Great Britain, doubles at : the present rate of increase in . about 50> • years, so that wq sjionjd then, if the pwssent rate of increase continues, require tpi' import owr. £400,000,000. a year i^ fy>od^. - How, vhen, is this to be paid fee? Wei . , Ivwo befoie us, as usual, three courses.. , The natural rate of increase may bestopped, which means, suffering and out-" rage ; or the population may increase only ■ • to vegetate in misery and destitution ; or lastly, by the development of scientific- ' training und appliances, they traj&Bk» T o bably bo maintained in liauv>ia>Pß n^ comfort. We have, in facj, Kf^nr ' cuoice between science and. suffering'"