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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8335, 11 April 1889, Page 2

On the fourth page will be found an article entitled " ' Recipes for Making Gout.'" A sitting of the Superior Court of Bankruptcy was held yesterday afternoon, when' the Registrar (Mr Birch) disposed of twenty-five unopposed motions. The projected visit of a cricket team from Hawke's Bay to the Feilding district at Easter time nas had to be abandoned owing to the impossibility of getting a team together. At a meeting held yesterday the stewards of the Petane Racine Club decided to hold a final race meeting at the Napier Park Club's coarse on the 24th prox. (Queen's Birthday). In connection with the opening of the Vivian dramatic company's season at the Theatre Royal on Saturday, the departure of the ordinary late train from Napier to Hastings will be delayed till 15 minutes after the conclusion of the performance. A special meeting of the Municipal Courioil should have been held last evening, to consider the proposed diversion of the Tutaekuri, and also other matters, but as a quorum did not attend the meeting was formally adjournad till to-morrow night. Our Hampden correspondent writes :— At the ordinary monthly meeting of the school committee on Tuesday evening the committee voted for Mr Hall to fill the vacancy on the Education Board. Mr Hall received four votes and Mr Tanner three, Some other routine business whs also dealt with, and the meeting terminated. At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Dr. Preston, J.P., Samuel Cropp, charged with drnnkenness, did not appear, and his bail of £1 was estreated. A man who gave the name of Richard Hingston, was fined Ss and costs for drunkenness. James Smith, charged with lunacy, was remanded till Saturday for medical examination. The usual meeting of the Hawke's Bay Lodge of Oddfellows, No. 45, American Constitution, was held last evening at the lodge room. There was a good attendance of the brethren. A candidate was initiated, and several others proposed. P.G. Bro. Jacobs, who attended the recent Grand Lodge session, held in Oamaru, gave a resume 1 of the business done thereat. A vote of thanks to Bro. Jacobs was unanimously passed, and the lodge was closed with the usual ceremonies. The proposal of the Napier amateur operatic company tovisit Gisborne during Easter week with the " Mikado " is likely to be abandoned owing to the impossibility of chartering a steamer at anything like a reasonable sum for the conveyance of the company. All things considered, the decision to abandon the trip is probably a wise one, as there is no doub^ that, although the operatic company presented the "Mikado" so creditably before Napier audiences, they could hardly be expected to do so if called upon to sing almost immediately after spending ten or twelve hours on a small coasting steamer. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Napier Lodge of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, was held last evening at the lodge-room, Tennyson-street. There was a very large attendance of members present. Four new members were initiated and two others proposed. AJarge amount of routine business was transacted and a considerable sum voted in liquidation of accounts. The ball committee met after the lodge meeting and discussed regulations which would ensure the successful carrying outof the thirty-third anniversary of the lodge. The pried' of double tickets was fixed at 15s, and promises of liberal support were received, The_ roads committee of the Municipal Council met yesterday, and in company with the road overseer traversed a large portion of the town, noting where improvements and repairs were necessary. It' was decided to recommend to the Council that the petition for the formation and metalling of the north-west end of Thompson-road should be acceded to, and the work carried ont. With reference to the petition to take over Burlington-road as a public thoroughfare, the committee resolved to recommend that the request should be granted. They also agreed to recommend that France-road, Liucolnroad, and Roslyn-road (all private streets) should be taken over as public thoroughfares. To-night Mr Alf. Lawton and his company will appear at the Elite Rink, and as he promises 90 laughs in 90 minutes, and has a reputation for keeping promises of that kind, there is certain to be a large attendance. The company consists of Mr Lawton, whose specialties are too well known te need description ; Miss Clara Spencer, lightning change and character artiste; Mr Charles Clarke, baritone ; and Miss Essie Dean, vocalist and soubrette. The rink will open at 8 o'clock, and skating will be allowed till 8.30. During the next half hour the company will appear, and skating will again be the order till 9 o'clock, from which time till 10 o'clock the_ company will agaiu entertain the audience, Skating will then fill up the time till 10.30 o'clock. The Maori now in gaol awaiting execution for the murder of the Pook family in Poverty Bay has stated that although he was present when the murders took place, and saw who committed them, he himself is not guilty. This statement has been made to the Rev. J. Parkinson, who, at the prisoner's request, has committed the story to writing and forwarded it to the Minister for Justice. It the condemned man's story has any truth ia it, and is not the last frantic effort of a despairing man to avoid the gallows, it js straqge that he did not reveal at (he trial, qr before it, who the murderers were, As against the truth, of the statement, however, it may be said that when Haira was brought to Napier some other natives, in. eluding a relative of the condemned man, came to Napier also, and this relative freely stated that .Haira had confessed tc him that he was the murderer. The dark side of the social system was illustrated. A t the Resident Magistrates j

Conrt yesterday, when three small boys named John Sylvester, Charles Hills, and Henry Shellam were charged with being found by night in a stable without lawful excuse. The police found these boys in a stable belonging to a Mr Guilds, in Hastings-street, at 1 o'clock on Tnes day morning. They had a lighted candle in the stable, and were striking matches. The police stated that the boys were bad ones, staying out at night and prowling about people's yards. The mothers of the boys were present in Court. Mrs Sylvester sttfted that her boy was incorrigible ; Mrs Hills that her boy sometimes stayed from home for days together ; and Mrs Sliellam said that her son was a very good boy, went to school regularly, aud this was tlio iirst time he bad stopped out all night. The lad Sliellam • was reprimanded and discharged, aud the other two boys were remanded till today to be dealt with by the Resident Magistrate. At the meeting of the Hawke's Bay Rabbit District Board of Trustees, at Porangahau, there were present Messrs i.T. Crosse (chairman), J. 11. Coleman, and G. Speedy. The rate of Jd per sheep and jjd per head of cattle, of which notice was given at the last meeting, was agreed to. It was decided to cnll for tenders for splitting and laying 3600 posts and 40 strainers for four miles of fence, eight miles beyond the Mangatoro river, and also for felling the bush 27 feet on each side of the fence for 12 miles to the top of Oporae. The Board resolved to sow the , 15 miles previously cleared a chain wide with rye grass and white clover. Inspector Crosse reported that the contracts for sawing and squaring timber for the Akiteo river dam, felling bush four miles one chain wide, and draying fencing material had been satisfactorily completed. He had ordered some alterations on Michael Brown's contract for fencing four miles, which should be now about finished. Accounts totalling £584 18s 6d were passed for payment, and the Board adjourned, \ St. Augustine's Church was last evening formally re-opened for public worship. The service commenced at 7.430 o'clock, the church being crowded in every part. The following clergymen were present : — Keys. Cc Berdt Hovell, H. W. St. Hill, A. S. Webb, C. L. Tuke, G. H. Preston, i and J. Parkinson. The Revs. De Berdt Hovell and G. H. Preston said prayers ; the Revs. A. S. Webb and H. \\. St. Hill rend the lessons ; and the Rev. C. L. Tuke was preacher. His text was the last clausa of the 15th verse of the 28th chapter of Acts, " He thanked God, and took courage." The singing was very bright and cheerful throughout. The anthem was from Psalm 122, "I was glad when they said we will go into the House of the Lord '" (Callcott). A very liberal offertory was taken up in aid of the chancel enlargement fund. The special services will be continued on Subday next, when the offertories will be devoted to the same fund. The preacher in the morning will be the Rev. A. S. Webb, !\nd in the evening the curate of St. Augustine's, the Rev. J. Parkinson. A meeting ot creditors in the bankrupt estate of Alexander Rule was held at the Court-house yesterday, the Assignee presiding. There was a fair attendance of creditors. Mr Sainsbury appeared for the debtor. The statement of accounts showed liabilities amounting to £679 18a 9d, nnd assfits estimated at £475 5s 31, leaving a | delicienoy of £204 13s 6d. The debtor was examined at considerable length. He narrated how lie first started in business with a capital of £10, in partnership with one Glassford, and how the latter was bouglif out of the business shortly before •the debtor took the business premises occupied by him at the time of his bankruptcy. The details were of little interest except to nine or ten of the principal creditors, and in a few words the statement resolved itself into the old, old story of expenses greater than the income. After a desultory discussion, and on the motion of Mr Knowles, seconded by Mr Adams, the creditors decided to accept au offer made by two of the creditors, Messrs Sidey 'and Milne to guarantee a composition of 3s in the £1. The meeting then adjourned. A Mark-lane corn merchant some years ago sent out some seed grain and a urain cleaning machine to a Russian landowner, whose first use of the latter wac to clean a quantity of rye. This he had some difficulty m selling to a Jew dealer, who ultimately pave him his price, proTided he might have the rubbish which had been taken out of it into the bargain. This being agreed to, the dealer immediately had the whole mixed together again, and sent it off for shipment. \V hen the Rev. Mr C was minister of the U.P. Church at Sanquhar, he called one day, in the course of his pastoral visitation, on a decent old womaa who was a member of his congregation. Engaged in friendly conversation with her, he said, " 1 hear your potatoes are not very good this year, Jennet?" '"Deed are they no', sir," said Jennet, " they're very bad ; but I've reason to be thankfn' that ither folk's are as had as my am." In support of the assertion that the present drought is the severest felt since New South Wales was known much of by Europeans, the following information has been supplied to the Press by one of the oldest residents of Richmond'. — Baker's lagoon on the Hobartville estate is now totally dry, though in ordinary seasons the water is from 20ft to 30ft deep in the middle. Quantities of fish are lying deiul in the mud, and the smell is sickening. This lagoon was known to be dry In the great drought of 1837, which is oil record as the severest ever experienced. Fhmr was £100 per ton at Goulburn, and at Hay, £80 per ton, in that year. Baker's lagoon is supplied entirely with water from an arm of the Hawkesbury, and some idea may be formed of the low condition of the latter from the fact that the lagoon is now perfectly dry. News from St. Louis, America, states that at die little town of Bolar, in Mercer county, Missouri, the following tragedy has occurred : — Henry Thomas, an old farmer, had four daughters, named Hattie, Margaret, Nancy, aud Jane, aged respectively 16, 18, 20, and 22. At night Samuel and Charles Hasbnrn, brothers, procured a ladder and helped Margaret and Jane out of a second-story window of their brother's house, and as they were about to elope with the girls the old man appeared on the scene, but too late to prevent their escape. He at once procured the best horse he had and a shol gun and started in pursuit. When aboni 12 miles from home he overtook the fleeing party. He immediately openei lire on them, killing both boys am seriously wounding Margaret. Afte getting nearly home with the girls hi was told that the other two, Hattie am Nancy, had eloped with Ned Gleason ant Tom Allison. He nt once left the girl: he had with him in charge of some neigh bors and started in pursuit of the others After securing tke two girls without an; serious trouble he started back; bu when about two miles from home a mol took possession of him and strung him n] to a tree. The old man was terribly stric with the girls, and would hardly let then out of his sight, hence the elopements. He always declared he woula not be bothered with lazy sons-in-law. Margaret has since died. A paper which was read recently by Dr. W. G. Black before the Edinbnrgh Geological Society on the Morgan goldmining district in North Wales, is a valuable contribution to the history of those mines. Dr Black has visited the mines, and consequently speaks with authority from his own observations. Owing to the rocky nature of the country, there is now no field for the old style of the gold-digger, and only a company with ample capital can work the reefs. The reel in the Morgan mine, near Dolgelly, has often been picked at by explorers who had no means of going further down. Neighbouring mines have been previously worked both for copper and iron, as well as for gold ; but, although they have yielded in their time a good deal of gold, they have soon been exhausted. In the report for the_ six months ended December 31st, it is stated that 2414 tons of quartz have been mined, yielding 43750z of gold, which, at £3 per ounce, is worth £13,123. The cost of mining is about? £1 Is per ton of quartz. The mines are situated in a triangular space formed by the junction of two streams, and the ore is taken down to the water, where abundance of motive power is obtained. The present prospect of this goldmiuing property seems to be good, but the opinion is justified that, unless othei richer veins exist in the locality, the oik vein will soon be worked out ; but it ia n general rule that, whenever a reajlyricl vein is found, other goad, veins are goJ close by.