Untitled

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7720, 18 April 1887, Page 2

On the fourth page will be found an article entitled "The Fisheries Dispute." The Rev. Mr Bnnn, formerly of Napier, on leaving Palmerston North for Patea, was presented with a handsomely illuminated address by the members of the Young Men's Improvement Society. A scratch' football match was played on the Recreation Ground on Saturday between sides chosen by A. Freeman and W. Bunting respectively. Both sides played several men short. Freeman's side won. Athletes in the Napier district will be glad to learn that a hare-and-hounds meeting (paper chase) will be held at Farndon on Saturday, All who would like to take part in the hunt are invited to attend. At the Resident Magistrate's Court on Saturday, before Mr G. A. Preece, R.M., Mary Martin was charged with having assaulted and beaten Letitia Brown. Mr Dick appeared for the defendant, and asked for an adjournment, as there was a cross action. The oase was adjourned for a fortnight. Miss Jenner, who was known as one of the best and most popular nurses in the Napier hospital, left that institution on Saturday for the " united states." Captain Russell, chairman of the Hospital Board, gave the bride away, . and the ' wedding took place in St. John's Church. The happy man is Mr'Olark, owner of a sheep farm situated on the other side of the inner harbor. Lieutenant-Colonel Butts is now in the district for the usual Government inspection'of the A r olunteer companies, and each cqinpauy will parade for that purpose this week. The Napier Rille Cadets will parade this evening, the Naval Artillery to-morrow evening, and on Wednesday evening the Garrison corps (including cadets and band) will parade in Brown-ing-street. The other day a telegram made Mr Travers, of Wellington, utter the absurd statement that in the South Islaud there wore not 5000 acres lit for agriculture. What he really said was that. having per-, sonally explored the greater part of the provinces of Marlborough and Nelson, he could state that out of the ten or twelve millions of acres of land situated within 200 miles of the southern shores of Cook Strait, there were not 500,000 acres suitable for cultivation. To-night Messrs Herbert and Fitzgerald's circus will open in Clive-square. Patrons of it may rely tippn a really good entertainment, the circus being one or the best that has travelled New Zealand, and the nianafjeineiit's claim, that everything annonnced to be performed is actually carried out, is based upon fact. In another column will be found a report of the performance at Hastings on Saturday night, and' thia will sjveYiur rea(]etvj an idea of the fare to be expected. In his charge to the jury in the !f Waters' case," Sir James P-rendergast said, speaking of the release given by the company formerly employing Waters : — " The release in this case was manifestly given because the friends of the prisoner were prepared to pay up the sum of money deficient. There is nothing improper or immoral in a master receiving such a sum." The Wellington Press pertinently remarks : — " Upon that direction, of course, the jury found the prisoner ' not guilty ' after a very few minutes' deliberation. Now we would not presume to qnestion the soumlneis of the Chief Justice's law ; but to any ordinary mind, it must occur that if his Honor be right, ' then there is most Jecidcdly one law for the rich and another for the poor." When Mr Wilding announced himself as a candidate for a seat on the Education Board, and urged as a reason for his election that he was "agin the high schools," we pointed out that the appeal was so much claptrap, During the time the committees were recording their votes nothing further was said, our opinion being that if the committees wore not wise enough to consult the Education Act for themselves, nothing that we could say would bo of any avail. The election is now over, and Mr Wilding has attained the p,un)i!)it of his ambition, so that what we tire now going to say does nob affect • him at all. Our advieo to the committees, and many of them need advice badly, is to consult tlie Education Act now, so as to be prepared for the next genius, They will then find that the Education Board has no more to do with the high schools than it has with tho Custom-house, and that the man who Hays otherwise is either ignorant or has a purpose to serve, The following is clipped from the Waiujanui Herald :— Another instance of the larrikin spirit which seems to be running tjirough tliß Volunteers has been given us" by My Benefiek]. When the Wellington men got to Arnjnolw by the through train oarly on Friday morning they rushed for Mr Benofield's nurserv. Tho proprietor was in bed, and h'is daughter roused Mm by sayjng (^at the dairy was full of soldiers, and sure enough the place was crammed when Mr Denefield went out, He offered to give them plenty of milk if they would o)oi\r out of the dairy, and they did so, hut before he could proven t them they had rushed into the orchard, and in less time than it takes

to write it, had played havoc with vines, apple trees, &c, not only taking fruit, but breaking trees in all directions. Seeing' that he cqulc( do nothjng with a few hundred men, Mr Benolield went to

the station and saw Colonel ]tut|s, who at once sent out si\ pickets and mavohod the men back. The ox tent of the damage done by theso marauders is estimated by Mr lioucficld as being quite £30.

Our Wajpawa porrospontleDl writes nder Saturday's date:— After I wired

you last night Mr Lascelles addressed the Court in defence of Mr and Mrs Tiraham, and the Kesideni Magistrate, after roiijewhat more than an hours'

deliberation, committed lioth prisoners for trial at tho next criminal sittings of the Supremo Court to lie held at Napior. Hail was allowed, the prisoners oach in £100, two sureties in iViO. Sureties were procured, ai)d tlio prisoners released.— The adjourned annual general meeting of the public library was held last ni»ht. There was a fair attendance of members, aud Mr Ilarker was voted to (he chair."

Tlio committee's report, nnd also (lie balance-sheet, ■ wcro read and adopted, tho latter showing the lnsljtutjon to lie in a good financial position. On the proposition of Mr fj.iJolfnsou, seconded by Mr A. .lull, rules 7 and 8 (providing for 14 days' prcvloiiß nomination of ofllce

hearers) were struck oat. The following officers for the ensuing year were tt\ anl Za • -Presfclesi, V, r . 3: [larker; secretary," JMr fc>, Johnson; treasnror, Mr I*', O'B. Longhimni committoo, Messrs Garry, Long, Mogiidgo, and Kemp. A vote of thanks was passed to the retiring officers and the meeting adjonrned,

The Napier Rowing Club's senior fours were rowed on Saturday in the inner

harbor, the new outrigged fours recently imported from Melbourne being used. The weather and water wore all that could be desired fov a pleasant day's lacing. Before the first heat was started the boats were brought alongside the staging by the shed, and the ceremony of christening took place. Miss Crowley kindly undertook the naming of the boats, and conferred upon them the appropriate names of "Naiad" und "Nerine." Immediately after the ceremony the crews

to row the first race started for the uiilp. and three-quarter, distance-post. The crews were as follow :— Begg, Gibbons, Mountfort, and J. Growley in the Naiad, Roclifort, Provis, E. Black, and 1 ( . Willis in the Nerine. After a short delay a good start was e'l'tctcd. . Begg, taking the water first, got away with a length's start. Both crews raced hard to get through the gut (irst, and both passed through level. Thence home a very exciting race ensued, the boats running alongside each otlii'i- till within uO yards of home, when each stroke called on his crew for a final spurl, JSegg just managing to pass the post first by about two feet, lime, lOmin 31 gsec. The bye was rowed by Styclie, Gala, Smith, and IT. Liddlc in the Naiad they having 1 minute over the time of the first race to do the distance in .and they comfortably accomplished their task in lOmin 37 4-othsec. A mile race was rowed between two junior crews, consisting of Woledge, Sheet, Guy, and Thomas in the Pearl, and F. Lyndon, N. Kennedy, Hutchens, and R. Tylee in the Sunbeam. This resulted in an easy win for Woledge's crew by four lengths. Time, Ginin lSJsec. The final heat of the senior fours was then rowed, Styclie in the Naiad and Begg in the Nerine. At starting Beg" got away first, but was soon collared .by Styclie, who got a length lead before reaching the mile-post. At the \vrecl:-honse Begg called on his crew, who responded well, and the distance between the two boats was con-

siderably lessened. At about a quarter of a mils from home Begg " got his whip out" and did his level beat to catch Styclie, then leading by a length, but the latter calling on his crew "waltzed away," and came in a winner by a length. Time, lOniin 33sec. Considering the small amount of training undergone, the form shown by the different crews was fairly good, especially by Styclie and his men.

At Quito, the only city of tho world on the line of the equator, the- snn sets and vise3 at six o'clock the year round. Your clock may break down, your watch atop, but the sun never makes a mistake here. When it disappears for the night it is six o'clock, and you can set your watch by it.

An amusing breach of promise case was heard the other day at Miidgee, New South Wales. The plaintiff was Mary Jane Hall, a widow 38 years of age, and the defendant, Thomas Wilton, was an aged- man of 70 years. The plaintiff claimed £1000 damages. The evidence showed that the defendant was keeping company with plaintiff some time since, and then proposed marriage. The defendant sailed for England, and the marriage was to take place upon his return, some six months ago. But while in England the defendant became enamoured of a young lady and made her his wife. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, with £200 damages.

Speaking of the land resumption measure the Otago Daily Times says : — Wo are somewhat naively told that it is not expected the proposed bill will pass this year. No should think not, indeed. We doubt much if it is intended ever to pass. AVhat is clear enough is that the Government generally; and Mr Ballanee in particular, are prepared to make a desperate bid for popularity. For popularity of the lowest kind Mr Dallance seems to have an eagle eye. The potentialities of it he would appear to have detected even in the recont Hall poisoning case ; in consequence of which lie has made theastounding proposition t hatour jndicial system should be more directly under the heel of Parliament ? Among the many charges that can fairly be brought against the .Stout- Vogel Government, it would yet appear as if before their account is closed they are destined to achieve the distinction of having displayed a greater activity in retrogression than any of their predecessors have exhibited in progress.

Interring to yir Robert Stout's address in Auckland, the Southland Times remarks :— " He spoke under the auspicas of the Kadical Reform League, but experience lias abundantly .shown that it docs not much signify what he says either. Sir Julius Vogel is still the master-spirit of the Ministry, and it is noticeable that while the Premier is vaporing round the country about nationalising the land, the Colonial Treasurer, addressing !his constituents at Christchurch, quietly snubs him with the remark that- ho might save himself the trouble ! He did not indeed say this in so many words, but he said it in effect when he said that land nationalisation was simply impossible, Tj'ere is something, however, indecent' in our socalled Premier and tlio Colonial Tr insurer expressing such widely divergent opinions on such a subject — Sir Robert screaming out his favorite doctrine (which, by the way, lie constantly contradicts in practice), and Sir Julius nil the while sneering at him for his pains ! A pretty set Ctf politicians truly."

A afo Sy ney Eacniny News has the following pangiaph, which, if true, is one niore proof that the execntion of the Mount itennic youths has not been effectual as a deterrent :— AVe are in-

foj-njod that an assault, with the vilestmotives, was perpetrated upon a young lady in .Parlinj»lon. About So'clock she was approaohinj; Sydney, and to reach t'ieortfe-stroofc West was taking a short cut through a lane, whan she was set upon by three of those curses of civilisation, larrikins, the ekleJ-t being apparently about eighteen years of aye. One of them held a handkerchief over her mouth to prevent her front screaming, 'mt ns a girl appeared in the lane she made a violent effort and succeeded in doing so. The larrikins then became terrified, and thereupon released her and made oil', after promising in disgusting terms to "do for her" if she prave information. A dread of the terrible ordval to be undergone if the scoundrels were prosecuted has deterred her from informing the police of the outrage.

A woman was tried recently in London before Mr Justice Hawkins on a charge of bigamy under somewhat unusual circumstances. The prisoner had married a habitual criminal when she was seventeen, and was deserted by him after her first baby was born. lie had never madeany provision for her; and in the intervals, when he was not in prison, lie used to come back to her whenever she got a situation, and compel her to keep him. She thereupon married her second husband, who undertook to protect her from the first, who was always threatening her. Husband No. 1 thereuijoiv.nave her into custody for bigamy. When all this was proved Mr Justice Hawkins became very excited, and declared that lie regretted exceedingly that the woman had Keen imprisoned one month waiting trial. He felt that he should be wanting in humanity if bo \yore to qrder her to be imprisoned for one single hour beyond that time ( and the sentence that He intended to pass was that she he imprisqned for one half hour.

A working man at Brookfields has a pig, which recently became affected with some dire ailment, and, fearing the loss of the animal, he resolved to forestall a fatal result of the disease by having it killed, and so save his bacon.. But, having no taste for diseased pork himself, he resolved to dispose of it, mid a canvas was made among friends and neighbors who., vtnawaro of the pig's illness, agreed to take a joint apiece, until the whole pig, eyon to the chitterlings and "fry," was disposed of. But the pig got well again as suddenly as it fell ill, and, being only Jialf-fat, the owner decided not to kill it, but, to avoid disappointing his friends, and also with a view to a little profit, he bought a dead pig at the meat market, and had the same conveyed home 'under coyer of the d.irk-

By this time the news of the late

pig's illness became known amongst the intending purchasers of the pork, and many and prompt were the refusals and excuses sent in, and so the poor man had the whole animal left on h,is hands, and pisk]ed [lorU will- lie tlie slapiu dish in that household for many a day to come.

. The Wellington Press thus " chads" Sir Walter Bullei' i— Alexander the Great wept when he had no more worlds to conquer, and if Sir Walter Uiiller goes on at his present rate, he will soon bo in Alexander's sad plight as regards titles and decqyatlons. When Alexander turned on the waterworks, however, he had already "done Injah"j but there is a grand Hold there yet for Sir Walter. The Viceroy has just instituted two now titles for recognising oininent distinction in learning, namely " Mahamahopaohjaj " and "Sliamsultilama." The grant of each of these titles is accompanied by a Khillnt or gift of honor, consisting of a gorgeous turban and cloak, and the title itself is prefixed to the names of the happy holder for life. Sir Walter should certainly take a nm over Mere and add these two nice little orders to his CQllw'.idn sir Mahainahopaohjaj Walter Klianisuiulama Lawry linllcr, would rntlior (ako the Rhine out of the ordinary ragtag and bobtail of K.C.ArG'sandKßS.'s while the JoWen Palm of H>o French Academy would look decidedly "khillmg" in a Khillnt of pea green satin.

A correspondent writes to nn Auckland paper under (lie signature of "Fairnlny :" It is rather amusing to others thnn those

to be operated upon tn rend of tho. proposed retrenchment at Wellington. Not a word of reducing llio'liu-go salaries paid to tho Governor ov the Ministers, or of the discontinuance of providing Ministerial

residences and furnishing the same, or of free conveyance of the Ministers suid t^eir friends at the expense of the colony; or ot a new library at Wellington for' a small section ot tlia annual visitors, or of reducing tho high rate of honorarium paid to members of the House of Representatives and Legislative Council. Oh, not at all ! Send a lot of poor fifth or sixth-rate clerks with large families about their business, or double tho work of men already overworked, but don't touch our pay .whatever you do. If the MinLstcis are sincere in their desire for genuine retrenchment so absolutely necessary, let them commence at the top of the list and work downwards. Rut are they sincere ? or the members either, if it is meant to touch their present incomes? I think the matter is very doubtful. The Rev. Joseph Berry, in his Jubilee lecture at Wellington, pictured the social state of the clergy at the commencement, of the present reign, ami related a little anecdote intended to illustrate Hie vast change that had taken plnoe in clergymen since that time. Two gonl lumen, ho said, were strolling along the street of a country town one Sunday early in tho century, when, they were passed by a gentleman in a •;»<*, attired in a spoiling jacket, and followed by a troop of spo'ifing dogs. "Who's that?" inquired the first gentleman, who was a stranger. " Oh," returned the second, who belonged to the town, " that's our parson ! He will put a surplice over that shooting jacket and deliver the morning sermon, and then he will go and have an afternoon's shooting !" And this, continued Mr Berry, was really the case. The sermon over, the parson set out, but went first to the honse of a Roman Catholic priest, who joined him in his gig "fo have (i little shooting." The parson and the priest then drove off to the Presbyterian manse to have tho minister's company also, and lie would have been glad to join the jovial shooting party but for one reason— he was too drunk ! — Press. The Auckland Herald thus concludes an article on Mr Bryce's speech : — "Now the secret of these systematised attempts to decry Mr Bryce's influence is, we suspect, to be found in the fact that, with his admitted natural ability, unflinching adherence to his convictions, and thorough mastery of the native qnestion, the late Native Minister is the most formidable opponent the Ministry bave to contend with. Nothing would disconcert them more than an organised Opposition, marshalled under his leadership. And the possibility of such an arrangement lias not escaped their calculations. It has in faot given shape to their tactics. They are not unaware of the fact that Mr Bryce's inflexibility of purpose rendered his native administration less popular in the North than in the South. Indeed, so much are they reckoning on this fact that they are anticipating, the probability of his failing to be again returned by any Northern constituency, and are endeavoring by a continuous disparagement of his work as a Native Minister to get Mr Ballance to supplant him in the estimation of the members and constituencies nf the South. These anticipation*, however, are not unlikely to remain unfulfilled."

'Die Christchurch Press, in an article on "fads" in polities, says: — "No country in the world, probably/has been subjected to such treatment as New Zealaud. ISio sooner doss any new theory make its appearance than someone rushes to experiment with it upon this colony.- Fortunately these attempts rarely succeed. The common sense of the people is yet too strong for the folly of some ot their would-be representatives. But the injury which such projects inflict cannot easily be calculated. New Zealand is coming to be looked upo.u elsewhere as a country to be avoided on acoonnt of such proposals. People in England and elsewhere do not take the trouble to inquire carefully into all the facts. They simply know that here proposals are seriously brought for-: ward by responsible statesmen, which if

put into operation would make the colony a most undesirable place of residence for anyone who wishes to lead a quiet, comfortable life, and so thay turn their attention to other countries. " We, in the colony, of course know what these proposals amount to. We can estimate at their true value

the projects which are brought forward from time to time. These schemes give us no real anxiety, becanse we know that the common sense of the people will defeat them when they are submitted to the tcit of a general' olection. It is far from certain, however, that the people of the colony are doing their duty to their adopted home in- allowing men who are capable of making suoh proposals to reiil^iu in positions of trust and responsibility. The electors should think of the effect upon public opinion elsewhere. They cannot afford to bo independent of outside critloism. We want people to comq to settle amongst us, and we must convince them that we are not a. b,o,dy of wild revolutionists, who take' up every nostrum propounded in any- part of the world for the purpose of seeing if it canbo applied to our case."