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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8526, 22 November 1889, Page 2

of them being well known, and the lecturer's delineations were londly applauded by the audience, wlio apparently recognised them as truthful descriptions. Some ol the subjects aleo admitted that their characters had been most truthfully real Our Waipawa correspondent writes under yesterday's date:— At the Police Court yesterday, before Captain Preece, R.M., and Mr S. Johnston, J.R.aman named Norrie was lined £1, with 17s coats, for obstructing the railway line ou the Oth of this month. Norrie sot under the influence of drink, and stood between the metals on the line at Kaikora. The driver of an approaching train saw him, and whistled, but the looney would not move, and to avoid killing him tho driver had to stop the train. Several civil cases were heard, including a claim by the Town Board against Mrs Mills for emptying and filling with earth a cesspit. The amount claimed was £2 ss, and the defence was that she received no notice of the Board's intention. It was shown that her agent had received notice, and judgment was given for amount claimed, with costs and expenses amounting to £2 18s. The Napier Operatic Society concluded a most successful season last night, when " lolanthe " was presented for the aixth time to an exceedingly appreciative audience. The opera went with great spirit, seycral of the favorite numbers being warmly encored. As on the previous evenings the celebrated patter song by the Lord Chancellor (Mr Frank Kennedy) had to be repeated j also the duet and dattce by Phyllis and fptrephon (Mt3 Sheath ttild Mr 0. D , feimfttly), .he well-known trio, " Faint heart n^Vdr *- fit! fair lady," by Messrs Nicholls, Holt, and F. Kennedy was, as usual,, re-dentynded, sh Avell 8a tHe beautiful, solo by (lie Queen, "0 foolish fay,*' which was charmlngly sung and acted by Miss Hitchings, assisted by the chorus of fairies. The choruses also were rendered exceedingly well, especially the grand processional tn&rfch of peers, ana the finaleio the Hrst a. t, tfHie- is one of tho most imposing scenes in the opera. The society have every reaaon to oongratulato themselves on their latest effort, as "lolanthe" has been staged on the whole in a most admirable manner, and the performances having afforded great enjoyment to the large audiences which witnessed the dpet'a. Our Hastings correspondent writes as follows tihder yesterday's date :— I regret to hate to record a aad accident to a poor old Madri wdrriat. who was crossing the railway near the P&ko&hal c foaling when the 7.20 a.m. train to Hastinga c'fir/ia up; The poor creature being deaf did not hear the train coming till it was quite close. She, however, managed to Clear the line, but some sltld projection oi the engine struck her violently on the hip and knocked her down. The train was immediately stopped, and tbe sufferer was brought on to Hastings, where she wa? attended by Dr. Linney, who found that her hip jvaafraptuted; She was taken to Teira Tiakitai's house, Where she now lies, and is being nursed by her nativo friends.— l understand that a change haa just been made in the Post-office arrangements as regards Mr A. S. Pirani, who is to be stationed at Palmerston North instead of at Mapier, as was at firat intended, Mr Tucker, of Palmerston, being transferred to Napier. I need hardly state that Mr Pirani carries with him the good wishes of the many friends whom he has made by his courtesy during his long stay here, and I congratulate Palmerston on the accession of ao efficient and obliging an official to its Post-office 9taff. Some of Mr Pirani's Hastings friends have subscribed for a small testimonial, which Will be presented to biin by Mr Wellwood, at Mr Morgan's hotel, to-morrow (Friday) evening at 8 o'clock. In Greek atatues, as is well known, the aecond toe of the foot ia represented as longer than the great toe, while in the modern European foofc the great toe is the longer. Albrecht states that in this reßpect the Greek foot is more quadrumanous than the modern. The second toe is also represented in antique statues a3 being further separat3d from the great toe than is aeen at the present time. This might be regarded as another evidence of quadrumanoua character, but ifc has also been suggested, and not without reason, that it is simply the result of wearing the sandal strap. In the modern foot, on the other hand, the reduction in the size of the smaller toe is ascribed to the influence of shoes. An exceedingly ingenious wrinkle for musical amateurs who find a difficulty in selling their compositions is afforded by a ling-headed Yankee. This gentleman had written a valse to which the publishers did not take kindly. He consequently determined to become his own publisher, and, having printed his piece, notified the fact to the pnblic by means of an advertisement in which he further stated that he had been unable to find an appropriate title for it, and expressed bis willingness to pay a premium of £10 to anyone who would supply the deficiency. Competitors had, of coarse, to obtain a copy of tha nameless valse, and for this they had to send a shillings worth of stamps. The bait took amazingly, and the enterprising musician is reported, says the St. James's Gaztttt, to bave sold 150,000 copies of his ingenious composition.

On the fourth page will he found an article entitled " ' Origin of the Kilkenny Cats.'" J The lire police did smart service afc the fire yesterdjay , being at the scene very quickly, and rendering valuable aid in getting Mr Leslie's furniture safely placed. The local committee of the New Zealand exhibition desiro us to acknowledge the following further subscriptions towards their expenses :— Chamber of Commerce, £5 os ; Mr Allen M. Williams, £2 2s. Crs. Nciil (acting Mayor), Faulknor, M'Vay, Cohen, Wclsman, Sidey, Smith, and Ilobjolms inspected Gordonroad yesterday in company with Mr Black. The inspection was due to a petition being sent in that Gordon-road should be taken over as a public thoroughfare, and the result will be made the subject of a report to the nexb meeting of the Public Works Committee. The following team has been chosen to represent the town in Uie match Town v. Country at Hastings to-morrow :— Prain, Cotterill, White, Percy, J. Martin, Kendall, Wolstenholme, Ludbrook, Fannin, Lyndon, and Humphries; emergencies, H. Martin, Harden, and Stubbs. The team will leave by the 2 p.m. train, and any member of the team not being able to play will kindly notify either Harden or Martin as early as possible. We havo been shown by Mr L. Stead a copy of a work published by Mr Willis, of Wanganui, entitled "Story of New Zealand." The book, which is well bound and splendidly printed, is about demy-folio in size. It consists of chroiuo-lithugi-phie views ot all the more important towns of the colony, views of the scenery famed in connection with many of New Zealand's natural wonders, and letterpress description by Mr Edward Wakefield. The book is excellently adapted to meet the wants of those who desire to make a saitable present to friends at a distance, and would also grace any library. The Waipawa Mail continues to be very severe upon "parsons" in contradistinction to " priests," but whether it knows what constitutes the difference between a priest and a paison is quite another matter, For those who think cither word a good mouthful we may state that "parson" comes from a Gothic word meaning to be the holder of a benefice, md "oriesfc" comes from a Greek word signifying " aged." Strictly speaking ' priest " means " old man " (Saxon "eaid nan," whence " aldermau "), and "par* ion " means one in charge of a parish. In he Irish language what the parson has iharge of— his district— is called "paraiste." At tho Resident Magistrate's Court 'csterday, before Br. Caro and Mr VV". R. ilythe, J.Ps., Cornelius Corrigan was harged with the larceny of a oheque for ,2 lls under circumstances fully set out a our yesterday's issue. At the request f the police accused was remanded till o-morrow.— Charles Johnston and Louis labroom wore charged with fighting, ohnston pleaded guilty, but Labroom trongly denied the charge. He pleaded bat when arrested he was simply trying j get Johnston, who was drunk, safely ome. He believed that if Constable largill had not interfered he (Labroom) 'ould havo got Johnston home nicely, 'he Bench decided to dismiss Labroom, nd to fine Johnston 10a and costs. Professor Borreson, a phrenologist who as made a leturing tour of the colony, slivered last evening in the Working [en's Club hall a lecture entitled " The _uman Mind." The lecturer, who is an iti-Darwinite, and who regards the -am nob as the mind, but as the mind's gan only, spoke as one having a iorough acquaintance with his subject, ftcr an hour's isteresting description of c brain and its attributes, peraons were vited to go upon the stage and have eir cranial development examined. ight peraons accepted the invitation, aU