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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7620, 18 December 1886, Page 2

On the fourth page will be found an article entitled " England's Grievances." There was no business at the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. ',' Voices in the Air " is the title of the fourth of the series of Advent addresses to he delivered by the Rev. De BevdtHovell, in St. John's Church, to-morrow evening. In acknowledging yesterday the gift of three dozen glass tumblers to the inmates of the Refuge, we omitted to mention the name of the donor, Mr 6. Scarfe., Attendants at St. John's Church tomorrow evening are cordially invited to remain after the conclusion of the service, and join iv- the practice of hymns for Christmas day. To-morrow evening at St. Augustine's Church the Rev,. J. Parkinson will deliver the last of the special Advent addresses on the Lord's coming ; subject, " Christ's Coming as • King of Kings and Lord of Lords.'" ■ The subject of Mr Millar Smith's sermon at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church to-morrow , morning will be " Looking unto Jesus." In the evening Mr Smith ■will deliver a special address to young men. Mr George Lambie, branch manager for the Union Steamship Company, requests us to state that there are no berths available on board the Hauroto, going North to-day, all accommodation space having been already taken up. The Rev. J. Edwards ' will preach in the United Methodist Free Church tomorrow morning and evening. The morning subject will be " The Beatitude of the dead," and for the evening, •' Ye must be born again." Messrs Neal and Close have forwarded to this office a sample of their almanacs for presentation to customers. Among the more noticeable may be mentioned " Miss Fortescue," " You Naughty Dog,'' !' April Showers," and "A Royal Salute." We regret to hear that the grass-seed and hay crops on the Ahuriri plains will be very light this year. The one night's frost experienced about a month ago all but' destroyed most promising crops, and in some instances completely killed off the grass in paddocks sowed this year. The Evening Press thus tersely "suinsup" Sir Julius Vogel :—" After his speech at Duriedin we have no alternative but to set him down as a muddle-headed victim of the grossest fallacies of the Protectionists — unless we are to condemn him as an unscrupulous and mendacious misleader of the people." The following team have beeu ebosen to represent "Wa'ipawa'in a cricket match against Makatoku, ' to' bo played on the 31st ' inst. :— H. ' A. Eeed, ■ Loughnan, Steed, Wiseman, Warbriek, Gienside, Guy, Kroupa, Sebley, Rathbone, and J. Biliby. Emergencies: Rood, Witherow, and E. Bibby, junr. The Macmahon-Leitch season at the Theatre Royal closed last evening with the production' of Dion Boucicault's " Flying Scud." A noticeable feature introduced intb the Derby scene was a solo played Won eight common bottles, by Mr J. W. 1?. li'o!fI i 'o!f? v j v ery cleverly executed, and •twice 'encored! The 'company '!ssYe 'for Auckland to-day. After the conclusion of the match %q : day between' tho" fiawke's Bay Cojinty and the Napier .'Cricket Clubs a match between the County and the Rovers will be commenced. \ The following will con „,-;■*■> the Roveijs' team :— Cato, Childs, Davis! Finch, -Uddle. Newton, Stnbbs, Tuke, Vautier, anu Wood. Iho aboira are requested to be on the Recrea- ; 'tio'n ground ]>y 2.30 p.m. There snow oil view at Mr E. Lyndon's a splendid collection of Japanese goods, of almost every possible kind, ranging from curious toys to artistic furniture. Hie ! vcriousarticlesaremostskilfully made, and many of them are of a high order of merit from an artistic point of view. An afternoon can "be yeiy agreeably spent in e~-<imiuin« this attracUye collection of novelties, Mr Lyndon's store presenting the appearance of an exhibition. The Garrison tyand will perform the followiu" selections at their sacred concert to-morrow afternoon, near the Refuge:— March, "Lo! He comes" (Leslie); recitative and chorus, "Comfort ye my people" and "The glory of the Lord (Handel); grand fantasia, "The crown of "old" (Victor Buot) ; Handel's grand " Hallelujah chorus ;" " Kyne " and " Gloria," from Mozart's Twelfth Mass ; descriptive glee, "Hours of Beauty" (Round) ; "God Save the Queen." Messrs Lycott and Cross's saw-mill at ! Makntoku was destroyed by lire at about , 3 o'clock yesterday morning. The lire ori'dnoted near the breaking down bench, and it is supposed Ithat it. was caused by sparks from tho engine igniting some of the sawdust, which smouldered till sufficient heat to generate ilamo resulted. At the time. the lire was discovered a gale of wind was blowing. The mill was a new one, recently purchased from Mr Kalhhonc, of Walpavra, The property was insured in the Union ofhee, There will be som&good tennis players from 1 other parts of the colony at the tournament at Farndon Park. Messrs Barton and Carr, the two Aucklaudcrncks, and several other high-class players from the same district, will bo present, and Messrs Wilding and Milton, the celebrated coiinirv players, will also take part in the contest, iii addition there yi}\ also be players from many other parts of the colony, including .some of the bast lady players in Chvistclmrch. The grounds will bo in capital order for the tournament, and the general arrangements will be of the most complete kind. We have beon shown by Mr D. N. Adams a number of very large photographs

of American scenery. The views, which are magnificent specimens of photography, are not enlargements, but taken direct from nature. When it is stated that they measure 24 inches by 16 inches, and that every detail is as sharp and clear as they would be in the best line_ engraving, it will be seen what ft. testimony to the triumphs of "sun writing" these pictures constitute. Apart from this the scenery pourtrayed is of the most striking and picturesque description, ' the views well repaying careful inspection. Our Hastings correspondent writes under yesterdays date :— The breaking-up festival atStonebyre's school (Miss Bogle's) took place last night. The prizes were presented by the Rev. H. W. St. Hill, who in his address urged upon the pupils the necessity for earnest eftort, and read a letter from Mr Hill, the Inspector of Schools, in which the latter expressed his satisfaction with the proficiency attained by the pupils at Stonebyres, as exemplified by the manner in which they had done their examination papers. Mons. Bourgeois on presenting the French prizes complimented the class on the way in which they had worked and on the progress made. A supper arid dance concluded a very pleasant evening. — On Christmas Eve there will be a carol service at St. Matthew's Church. The selections will oonsist of some of the choicest of the ancient compositions, as well as some by modern composers. Two of the latter will, I believe, be new to Hastings. The offertory will be for the choir funds. . The theatre is likely to be crowded during the short season of the Jubilee Singers, commencing on the evening of Boxing Day, not only because they will not again visit New Zealand, but because their entertainment is a really good one that can be unreservedly commended. While they were recently creating such a furore in Melbourne, private letters received from there described the entertainment as one of the most novel and attractive ever given in Australasia. The principal items on the programme submitted by the Jubilee Singers are sacred songs of the old slave times in the United States, possessing a peculiar beauty that no other modern music can boast of, andcapable of exerting the most profound influence over those who hear the songs. In rdditipn, however, each evening there will be introduced secular solos, duets, glees, &c, and there will also be a fresh programme each evening! Persons who desire to secure comfortable seats would do well to reserve them at Jacobs', as at all other colonial towns where the Jubilee Singers have appeared applicants for accommodation have been turned away from the doors night after night for lack of room. The Indian natives have a singular idea of Mr Gladstone's holiday occupations. Thus a correspondent; sends' to a Lahore paper a rather amnsing question put to him the other day. Talking to a' native honorary magistrate, he was asked if it was a fact that the only exercise Mr Gladstone took was gnawing the bark off trees to strengthen his teeth. It would almost be cheaper for Wanganui schoolboys to wash themselves in wine than in Westmere water (remarks .the local Chronicle). Fancy a two months' bill for Westmere coming to £77. That, at any rate, is the amount of' the account furnished by the borough authorities to the principal of the college for' the supply of water to the institution during the last eight weeks. The Thames County Council has driven the proverbial coach and horses through the Counties Act of last session. The Thames correspondent of the Bell wires tliat, after re-electing Mr Brodie County Chairman, the Council unanimously voted him the sum of £150 as salary to 24th December. For the balance of the- term it will be nil, as the new Act prohibits county chairmen receiving a salary. The Act does not come into force until Ist January. Though it tells against oneself, says "Atlas" in The World, this is too good to lose : — "Dear Atlas. — Have you observed an exquisite printer's slip in The World of October 6, p. 13, seventh line from the bottom ? It is worth placing on record. The letter 'n' turned upside down makes the word 'Yens' into ' Von«s.' Result : You inform the trustees of St. Mary's, Islington, of a Venus in Kent upon whom they might with ad- . vantage cast their eye as a successor to the Rev. Daniel Wilson.— F.J.H.' Says an Otago paper : — " Some people have peculiar notions as to what prizes to children attending public schools are intended for. A well-known ratepayer in South Dunedin gave a prise to the children attending the Macandrew-road school to be awarded to the boy or girl who made the nearest guess as to the number of peas contained in a large pickle bottle filled with a mixed lot of peas. The competition. resulted in. the children making some good calculations, and two boys who returned the same answer were within five of the actual number."' Lost Monday evening great excitement was oaused in Gisborne by a bullock rushing up the town charging everything and everybody that attempted to stay its progress. It was followed by a large number of people, and as the crowd increased so did the animal's ' fury. One boy on horseback was charged, with the result that the horse was knocked over, but the rider was not injured. In the main street two childrenin the road were knocked over, and a woman named Craig, who ruslied out to. save the children, was tossed up iii the air. Another woman named Armour rushed to Mrs Craig's assistance, and was in turn tossed, but received no injury. The children were considerably shaken, but not hurt. Mrs Craig's injuries are not yet ascertained, but are said to be considerable.- The beast's mad progress was eventually stopped by a bnllet from a gun, but it was not until the fifth shot that it was despatched. The bullock had escaped from a number which had been shipped by the Kah,ii, We learn from the Australian Times that Professor J. W. Jiidd, F.R.S., delivered a lecture recently at Toynbee Hall,' Whiteehapel; on the subject of "The Recent Volcanic Outbreak in New Zealand." The room was well filled. In the course of his lecture, Professor Judcl said that the eruption which ocenred in New Zealand on the 10th of June last was one of the grandest and' most beautiful displays of physicial disturbance that had ever . boen watched and studied. As to the future prospects of the neighborhood where the eruption occurred, the Professor observed that it was an important fact that the volcanic mud which was now thorougly deposited there was often extremely fertile, and as there was no reason to apprehend a fresh outbreak, perhaps for hundreds of years, the present infertile district might develop into an extremely rich and productive tract of country. The lecture, which was accompanied throughout by limelight illustrations, was brought to a conclusion by views of the country obtained from photographs taken since the eruption. It is pretty certain (says the Evening Press) that the true explanation of Russia's seeming forbearance with regard to' Bulgaria is to be looked for in the desperate state of her finances. The immediate result of ot General Kaulbar's mission to Sofi-i, which all Europe believed was the prelude to a Russian npjsn.pation of Bulgaria, was |Q send down the yalue of the rouble'neafly one half.' 'That* is to say that anyone wishing to change a rouble into foreign money only got about Is 9d for it instead of 3s. As for Russian paper, bills, notes, and so forth, they were literally driven out of the money market. Russian credit became actually lower than it was during the Crimean war. The St. Pctcrsburger Zeitung declared that owing to the paramount value of the English sovereign in the commerce of the world, an army of stockbrokers under such discipline as now prevails are stronger than an army of soldiers; because all nations doing business with' Great Britain are her allies whenevor she gives the word to depreciate any less sterling currency than her own, "The Russian rouble," says that paper, "lias now become the gauntlet-ruuner of European politics, the scapegoat which, burdened wjtlj t!ie envy, the anger, aiid ilio Intrigues of the 'West, ' is driven ont into the desert of business crashes and inactive bourses." The following particulars are given by a Sydney paper of l!|6 singular manner in which a merchant was poisoned :— Mr Uhde, the landlord, it appears, entered the room where some guests were sitting and placed sonic sandwiches on a table, remarking that they were poisonous, and leit the room. When ho returned he was horrified to see Mr Frederick Berndt eating one. Mr Ulule again said that tho sandwiches had been spread with "Rough on rats," and were intended to poison those animals ; and he implored Mr Berndt to take an emetic. Some mustard and water was administered, and later on, when Mr Berndt appeared to be getting worse, Dr Walker and Dr M'Laurin were sent for, but their services were of no avail. Mr Lewis Levy was I called in on the following day, when a will was drawn up. Mr Berndt was too weak to sign it, but he touched the pen. Ho was quite conscious up to that time, but ho died soon afterwards. Mr Berndt was a .German Jew, about 30 years of age, and carried on business as a merchant in Jamieson-street, An inquest was at first; deemed unnecessary, but the body was afterwards exhumed, and an open verdict was returned. Mr Berndt exonerated everyone from blame. The Auckland Bell is very severe on the Rev. Mr Worboys for seceding from the Free Methodists to the Presbyterians. It says :— Mr Wovlioys' reasons are curious. His ancestors had belonged to the Presbyterian Church for many generations, and his connections drew him that way, and hi was enamoured of the superior mode of government of that

church. He said nothing of tho superior' pay, though we have no doubt Mr Worlioys thought of that too, and also of the greater number of charges and. greater diversities in choice owing to the larger Presbyterian population. Be that as it may, it was frequently put by Mr Mnnro and received withlaughter by the brethren that he was surprised to find how far his (Mr Warboys') opinions had swung round to the doctrines of our church. But the rev. gentleman lias evidently a facility for ' swinging round ' his opinions, as he appears to have been among the Weslcyans and 'swung round' from them, and probably by-and-byo he will take another ' swing round 1 and leave the Presbyterians. Our surprise is great that a court so eminently and deservedly respectable as the Presbytery oi Auckland did not let drop one little word of regret, one single expression of sympathy with a' sister church, the Free Methodist, when deliberately depriving them of a minister.: The Frea Methodists will probably survive the loss of Mr Worboys, but we cannot think the Presbyterians cut .1 very creditable or brotherly figure in the transaction." The wife of Mr John Polsom, of No. 1 Gray's Inn Passage, Redford Row, London, sprained her ankle nineteen years ago, since which time it was weak, and would "turn over" easily when she walked. Sometimes, also, it became swollen andmuch inflamed, paining her severely. Many different remedies were tried, but ■without success, until St. Jacob's Oil was applied. After using one bottle the pain was removed and the swelliug reduced, and her ankle is now as strong as ever.