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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7913, 30 November 1887, Page 2

year. On tte fourth page will be found an article entitled "Fishing by the Electric Light." There will be a carbine match on Saturday between the High School Cadets and the Rifle Cadets. Mr Robert Fiance, a very old Napier I settler, died last night after a very long illness at the advanced age of 74. A northern paper states that Messrs Nelson Bros, intend embarking in the cheese and bntter-making business at or near Woodville. Persons entitled to charitable aid moneys are desired to call for the same at the office between the hours of 1 o clock I and 3 o'clock this afternoon. Tne ship Eugenic has arrived in Wei--1 lington with 2500 casks of ooment for the Napier Harbor Board. Mr J. V. Brown is the local agent for the ship. The usual fortnightly meeting of the St. John's Band of Hope was held last evening. There was a large attendance, the juveniles being entertained by songs, recitations, piano solos, &c. a pleasant evening being spent. Tho Hon. Mr Dick left for Dunedin yesterday, after a nine days' visit to Hawke's Bay. Once before Mr Dick was here, but he was then Colonial Secretary, Minister of Education, and Minister of Justice, and the burden of ofheial duties prevented him seeing much of the country, or appreciating what he saw. This time, however, Mr Dick expressed himself as j highly delighted with Napier and Hawke's Bay, and it is not improbable that he will settle here. It is intended that the concert by the Spit district school children shall eclipse all previous efforts of the same kind. The younger pupils are assiduously practising action songs, and the elder ones are making themselves perfect in recitations, Sc. A number oi local amateurs, including several clever singers who have not yet appeared before a Napier audience, will also contribute to the general attractiveness of the affair, which altogether bids fair to be a most enjoyable one. Some; people think that land values have depreciated, but the valuer for the Danevirke Town Board knows better, as quarter-acre sections assessed at a yearly rental of 15s in 1886-87 jumped to £1 for the year 1887-88. A rise of 33J per cent, in one year is not bad — for Danevirke. By the way, perhaps the enormous increase of wealth disordered the minds of the Town Board members, as they got their funny-looking scraps of paper which serve for rate demands done by a printer who could not spell correctly. Another crowded audience assembled at the Theatre Royal last evening to witness the repetition of " Harbor Lights." Tho production went very smoothly, and as on the previous evening the performers were several times called oefore the curtain to receive enthusiastic applause, or energetic hisses, as the audience approved or disapproved of the " lines." The various mechanical arrangements and the very effective scenes were also demonstratively received. Tonight the drama will be repeated, and there will be a late train from Hastings for the convenience of country residents. The annual meeting of (lie ministers of the Wesleyan Church in the Wellington district, \yhich includes Napier and Gigborne, will meet for the first time in Napier to-day, beginning its session at 10 o'clock this morning. la the evening, commencing at 7.30 o'clock, the annual public home missionary meeting will be held in Trinity Church, when addresses will be given by the Revs. Lee and. Isitt of Wellington, Murray of the Hutfc, and Ward of Greytown. Musical selections will be rendered by the choir. A collection will be made on behalf of • the film!. Capital entries wore received last night by the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club for their Boxing Day meeting. For the Christmas Handicap the number stands .at 19 ; Hurdles, 11 ; and Hastings Handicap, 17 ; total, 47. The numbers for the same events on last year's programme were — Christmas, 253 ; Hurdles, 9 ; and Hastings Handicap, 21 ; total, 52. Although the total shows five short of last year it is reasonable to suppose that the animals will assemble much better at the starting post than last year, as they are all, with one exception, locally owned, A correspondent writes:—" Why don't you suggest that the night-soil be towed , out in a barge specially constructed for the purpose to a spot about two miles from shore, and then tipped out. The suggestion is worth consideration. Undoubtedly, from a sanitary point of view, the plan lias advantages" over that proposed by the Corporation. But, before advocating it, we should like some estimate of the probable cost of towing the barge in and out every day, and more in formation «s to other details. We would suggest 4hat the Borough Council should ascertain the cost of carrying out such a scheme before spending money |in [roadmaking to the Petane beach." At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr G, A. Preece, R.M., Samuel Smith and Robert Shaw were each lined 5a and costs for drunkenness. — Christopher Smith, on remand charged with lunacy, was further remanded till Thursday. — Martha Chambers, charged with lunacy, was remanded till Satnrday. — Arthur Church and Henry Vickers pleaded guilty to being unlawfully by night in a cottage in Tennysonstreet owned by MrM. S. Bell. Accused, who stated that they had recently arrived from Wellington, pleaded that having visited the theatre to see " Harbor Lights," they did not care about disturbing people by looking for a bed at a late hour, and so went into the cottage to sleep. As aft'ecting the legal aspect of the case, they considered that the cottage should have been looked. Accused were sentenced to 48 hours' hard labor. Judgment for plaintiff was given yesterday at the Resilient Magistrate's Court in each of the following cases :— W Lon v. Lycett and Cross, £6 18s, costs and expenses £1 133 ; Mr Guy for plaintiff. Sims v. J. Miller, £25 3s lid, cos-ts £1 10s.. Newman v. Paton, £14 3s, costs Cs ; Same v. W. Higgins, £'2 2s, costs Gs. Same v. R. Martin, 17s fid, costs 6s. Same v. Gavin, £3 10s, costs 7s. Same v. Henrietta Vondcrsee, £5 10s 2d, costs 10s. Walter v. Stefl'anseu, £3 Bs, costs ; and expenses £1 9s, Mr Lascelles for plaintiff. Graham v. Mason, £7 14s, , costs 10s. Newton and Co. v. Ford, £1 i 3m lOd, costs 6s. Cato v. A. M'Kay, £4 ! 14s 4(1, costs 13s. Hoadley v. A. Levy, £22 17s 9d, costs and expenses £3 16s, 1 Mr Carlile for plaintiff, and ,Mr Sheath i for defendant. W. Orr v. Better, £30, ( costs and expenses £3 17s 6d, Mr Cotterill { for plaintiff, and Mr Cresswell for defend- c [int. Anderson and others v. Taylor, \ Cll 0s 611, costs and expenses £2 16s, Mr c Lascelles for plaintiffs, and Mr Logan for - lefendant. Our Waipawa correspondent writes as g follows under yesterday's date : — At the n folice Court this morning, before Messrs *■ 5. Johnson and A. St. C. Inglis, J.P.s, f| Patrick Moynahan and John Quinn were - sharged with drunkenness and threatening jeliaviour in a public place, and unlaw- c nlly resisting tlio Sergeant of Police in ci rlic execution of his duty. Sergeant Hyan itated that if it had not been for the iccused Quinn, Moynahan would not have csisted. Quinn attempted to prevent w vitness from taking Moynahan to the ock-up, and witness consequently had to 3 ibtain assistance from some bystanders, g Vfter a scuffle he managed to handcuff ll Juinn, and to take both prisoners to the ock-up. A Maori had made some state- ' a

vent about an attempt at larceny, but ST ie was asleep when the alleged attempt vas committed, aud therefore no evidence H :ould be adduced to substantiate the g rharge. The Sergeant said he would not iress for a heavy punishment in Moyna- Si inn's awe, as he had made enquiries and M 'onnd Moynahan bore a very good charac- vl :er, but he wonld ask that Quinn be more la severely dealt with, a3 he was the cause 3f the trouble. • Moynahan was fined 10s, ™ with 6a costs and ordered to pay 6s Cd, B , half the cost of the Sergeant's shako, which was damaged, or in default four " toys in Waipawa gaol. Quinn was fined * ( £2, and 4s costs, in default seven days in c Waipawa gaol with hard labor. B B A. very large number of townsfolk, the G fair sex predominating, journeyed, across to the Western Spit yesterday to witness n the ladies' rowing contest, which was nn- U avoidably postponed from Saturday last. „ The conditions were favorable, as not- g withstanding the high wind which prevailed during the day the surface of the I inner harbor ivas smooth, and as the time n appointed for starting the race was a few t minutes after high water, the scene was t a very pleasing one. The boats chosen for the struggle were the Mermaid and j! Undine, which were " manned " as follows :— Mermaid : The Misses Hitch- 1 ings (stroke), Bower, Kichardson, and ' Jago — Master Jago, cox, Undine : The t Misses L. Fulton (stroke), Keep, F. < Fulton, and Large — Master Carter, cox. At aboat 5.45 p.m. a start was effected „ from No. 28 telegraph pole, Mr Frank j Kennedy getting the crews away very 1 evenly. Both were* slow in starting, j but the blue and whites (Undine) were , the first to move, and secured a slight lead. The course was a straight halfmile, and the red and white (Mermaid) ' drew very gradually upon the leaders until about half the distance was rowed, ' when the position was a tie. From this point the rods, inspirited by shouts of en- < couragement from the crowd which followed the race, made an effort and slowly obtained a lead, passing the winning post first, half a length a-head— the boats, never having been parted during the struggle. Both crews were cheered on coining ashoie. Neither appeared to haVe approached the stage of exhaustion to which the stars of the sculling world are frequently brought during a contest. A Press Association telegram announces that Mr Ballance has brought a libel action against the Want/anui Chronicle, and froih a private message received by a contemporary we learn that it is founded upon a paragraph in our columns, which wascopiedbyourWanganuicontemporary. The paragraph runs as fol'ows: — "As showing how the money goes in the Ministerial residences, a good story is told, though it is not stated under what regime it occurred. Ministers' wives suddenly took a fad that they would have gas stoves. The old stoves were uprooted and gas stoves inserted. In a. month or six weeks the feminine experieace or verdict was against the gas stoves, .and they were ruthlessly bundled out again and things restored to their original condition in the Ministerial kitchens. This, however, is hardly equal to the £40 pair of window curtains ordered by Mrs Ballance, and sent into store because on arrival they did not please her." It -will be seen that the part of thelf paragraph referring to gas stoves does not in any way apply to Mr Ballance. We do not, in fact, know to whom it refers, as it was cut just as it appeared from an exchange. The last sentence was added in our office, the writer being under the impression that he was repeating a fact which had previously been published in our columns as a "clipping" from the Otago Daily Times. On turning up that authority, however, we find that the incident of the curtains was mentioned without any name attached. As we understand that Mr Ballance denies that Mrs Ballance was responsible, we accept his assurance, and make the amende honorable by publishing his denial, and offering an apology for the unwarrantable introduction of Mrs Ballance's name. We regret that our carelessness has led our Wanganui contemporary into trouble, if, as is represented, the paragraph was simply copied from oar columns. While some Maoris at a settlement near Gisborne were firing guns for the death of a Maori woman, the gnu that was being fired by a native named Pirimona burst and shattered his left hand. Dr. Pollen found it necessary to remove the thumband forefinger, the bones of tb.B remaining fingers.being uninjured. Out of the unemployed vote of £21,235 for last year no less than £12,863 were spent in improvements iv Hagley Park and Domain, Christchurcli, repairing footpaths, metalling paths in North Jf ark, Christchurcli, irrigation of the Sandhills, soiling the small-pox hospital reserve, and formation of a new rifle range. It is scarcely to be wondered therefore that the Christchurcli unemployed decline to accept work at roadmukihg in the JKaikouras, although Mr Lance states some of these men were earning seven shillings a day. What the Christchuvch unemployed will do when they get the new circular issued by the Hon. E. Mitchelsou as Minister for Public Works it would be difficult to predict. That circular notifies that on and after the first of next month the unemployed tariff on Goremnient works will be : Single men, half-acrown a day ; married men, three shillings and sixpence. Probably they will meet in Cathedral Square, as indicated in extracts rend by Mr Percival yesterday, with their working tools, and decline to work altogether.—N.Z. Herald. An " Old Instructor " writes to us (Post) as follows :—" The late stories circulated in certain places and telegraphed orer the country about rebounding bullets are manifestly absnrd. No volnnteer who understands anything about the theory of projectiles can attach the least credence to statements that bullets fired at from 100 to 200 yards ranges rebound to, or even beyond, the firing point. It is impossible for them to do so. Even if they did rebound from the target with all their original velocity they wonld fall to the ground long before they got back to the point they were fired from. To believe the stories told, it would be necessary to believe also that projectiles pursue an absolutely horizontalline. This, of course, is not so; At 200 yards a considerable elevation has to be given, and the line of trajectory which the bullet follows rises very considerably above a horizontal liae from the muzzle of the rifle to the bullseye. If the elevation were not given the bullet would fall short by a long way. It is too absurd to suppose that in rebounding from the target, sufficient elevation could possibly be " given to carry it back to anywhere near the firing point. All the laws or gravitation would have to be suspended to enable this to be accom-