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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9329, 25 March 1893, Page 2

On the fourth page will be found sport* | ing news, our Waipawa correspondent's j | letter, and a translation of a petition to the Governor from a number of Maori chiefs. Riley and Colins's Minstrel and Variety Company open at tha Theatre Royal this evening, Mr Harold Large, who has been absent in England for the last five years, is returning to New Zealand. He is due in the colony on Friday next, by the Kuahine, Those members of the Napier Bowling Club who intend going to the Wellington tournament are requested to be present on the green at 2,30 o'clock this afternoon, • to take part in a match against other' | members of the club. ! Mr H. Laecelles announces the sale of Mr D. A. Sturrock's household effects. ! This is not becauso the genial second master ot tho district school is leaving the j district, but because Mrs Sturrock has to visit Scotland on family business. i " Ancient Babylon and Prophecy ' will I be the subject' of a lecture bo be delivered to - morrow evening in the United Methodist Free Church, Carlyle-otreet, by the Rev. J, W. Worboyß, The leoture will be descriptive of Aneienb Babylon and its capture by Cyrus. The subject of the Key. J. G. Paterson's sermon to-mnrrow morning will be, "The motive of Christian Obedience." Tbe subject of bhe evening leoture will be, "A very brisk lad, and hia name waa Ig- ' noranoe, and he oame from the country of Conceit." Strangers are cordially invited, i The following will represent Hawke's ! Bay County Crioket Club in their match against the United at Farndon to-day :— H. B. Williams, J. Taiaroa, Lewis, R, Brathwalte. Allan, Lowry, Gore, E. H. Williams, Bruce, W. H. Smith, and Harley; emergencies, King, A. L. D. Fraser, C. Canlton, and H. Taiaroa. The football season is approaching, n,ud bhe fact is heralded by rqeetinga of clubs. The Caledonian Pootball Club have already arranged their programme, and ab 8 o'olook to-night the Napier Football Club will meet at the Criterion Hotel for a eimilar purpose, and to elect offioeig > Tbe committee will meet at 7.30 o'ologk,

Wo aro given to understand that Dr. Innes has made up his mind to offer him self eb a candidate at the approaching school comniiotea election, It ia pleaa^ to find geDtlemen in Dr. Innes's position taking an interest) in the administration of the education system, and it ia to be hoped that his conduct will be Imitated. He may count npon general support. We have Mr Twiner's authority for stating that he will return from England to fight Captain Kussbll fur the Hawke's Buy seat at the next election, and thafc he will theu stand a? a (supporter of the present Minintry. Mr Tnnner has done muic thiui state this fneb— ho has lot!) his election address behind him, to bo inserted na soon aa the next elections are announced, The right " color " ia plainly visible in the telegrams fiom^hristchurcb re meetings of the unemployed. When the Opposition were in power these meetings used to be described es " mass meetings of workmen ont of employment." The gfttheiin«3 are now styled, "Meetings round a lamp- post 1" The Government that loves the people will be getting hogged presently. 1 A meeting of tho working committee of the Hawke's Bay Sheep Dog Trial Club waa held at Kuripapango last Thursday, when important business was transacted. As a large number of dogs are already entered, and nominations are coming in very fast, the club requests all intending competitors to be on the ground punctually at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 7th, as rule 2 will be strictly adhered to. There will be an unusual attraction this afternoon in the shape of rowing and sailing races in the inner harbor. Two crews from the Napier and Union rowing clubs will try conclusions over the twomile course, and both races should be well contested. Ten boats hare entered for the trophy offered by the Napier Sailing Club, among them being several new craft. One of these, the Nimble, should win, with the Wave Queen second, and the Tul or Sarhelen third. The races will start at 3.15 o'clock. The attention of stock owners is called to an pdvertlsement on our front page relating to Larney's Anthclmiutic. This celebrated specific for lnngworni and scour is now extensively used, not only in New Zealand, but throughout the Australian colonies, with most satisfactory results. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, who are the sole agents throughout New Zealand and the Australian colonies, keep stocks of the specific on hand, and will supply testimonials and any information required. We were shown yesterday a splendid ten passenger coach which has just been turned out to the order of Messrs M'lntyre and Sons for use in the Napier, Puketirltiri, and Rissington service. The body of the each is built on three elliptic springs, and the pole is fitted so as to be detached in a few minutes for convenience in storing, &c. The brake is on the heavy purchase system, and several other novelties are introduced, making altogether a specimen of the coachbuilder's art which is an evidence of Mr M'lntyre's intention to meet the requirements of his patron?. The Union Company's a.s. Australia, as will be seen fiom our shipping column, arrived at the port) from the South yesterday evening. It will be remembered that this steamer left here on Monday last with a cargo o c sheep for Lyttelton, and we are pleaded to notity that Captain Gibb reports having landed the full qnantity oi 1008 without a single fatality. We learn that a cart was awaiting the awival of the steamer at) the Lyttelton wharf in anticipation of a modicum of "dead mutton." It is difficult to please at all points ! Tho carrp meeting of the Seventh Day Advantista is greatly increasing in nnmbers. Delegates and visitors are present from Dunedin, Cmistchuroh, Gore, Tes mnku, Tim aru, Kaikoura (south), Aueklaud, Kaio, Gisboine, and other places. The camp presents a most picturesque appearance, the tents being tastefully pitahed and arranged. Great care is taken by the various committees to make the camp healthy and comfortable. This afternoon at 3 o'clock Mrs E. G. White is to deliver a public address, and in the evening Mr W. C. White will conduct the service. To-morrow morning at 10.30 a Bible study on the life of Christ will commence, and in the evening Mr G. B. Starr will speak on "The Gospel, its Nature, Object, and Power." At the Kesident Magistrate's Courl yesterday, before Messrs J. W. Neal and F. Button, justices, John Hyams, aliat Adams, and John Martin, were charged with having no lawful visible means oi support. Mr Dinwiddie, who appeared for defendants, urged that they were illegally in custody, having been arrested without a warrant. It had been decided in the Victorian Supreme Court that arrests of the kind were illegal, and that decision had been acted upon by Mi Robinson, R M., in Wellington, Aftei some argument the Bench adjourned the hearing of the case till Monday, so that Mr Turnbull, R.M., could hear it, On the application of Mr Dinwiddie bail was allowed, each defendant in £25, That wonderful and beautiful metal aluminium, which exists in such quantities thali we walk upon it wherever clay is found, is now being used for the production of all kinds of artistic work. Its toughness, wonderful lightness, extreme ductility, and its resistance to the action of the atmosphere and the vapors it contains, combine to render thia marvellous metal the most suitable medium for all kinds of decorative work as applied to domestic purposes. Salvers, trays, baskets, thermometers, flower vases, mirrors, &c, in this metal are exceedingly beautiful, and so light as to cause exclamations of surprise when first taken into the hand. Six thimbles, for instance, of the thickness of an ordinary silver thimble, are the weight of that thimble. The metal is much prettier than electro work, and cheaper. Mr S. B. Cooper, who has been appointed agent in Napier for the Aluminium Fabric Company, of Birmingham, has a large display of articles made from pare aluminium in hia window, and those who can appreciate artistic work will do well to inspect these charming novelties. The Auckland Star repnblished the correapondence between Mr Kees and Mr W, C. Smith in the columns of the Herald, whereupon Mr Shera, M.H.R., wrote to the Star : -" I notice by last nigbt's Star that a discussion ia taking place at Napier between Mr W. L. Rees, M.H.R , and Mr \V. C. Smith, M.H.R., respecting the latter's dealing* in native lands. Reference is also made by M^r Smith to a statement made by me same months ago, when I addressed the Auckland Liberal Asbociation. I then said that the land involved was said to be worth £30,000, not that its area was 30,000 acres as reported. The area of the block in question is about 5000 acres. The block in wfeich Mr W. C. Smith is interested is oalled Tamaki, not Tahor^iti, which has been so adroitly referred to. In casting a side light on native laud transactions I did not mention the name of either the Native Minister or Mr Smith, I merely re/erred to two members of the House of Representatives, but evidently the cap fitß Mr Smith. I did not think it necessary before to correct the error in the report about) the area of the block, because the serious aspect of the affair ia that gentlemen in high official poaitions should wield the tnana which unquestionably pertains to such positions to facilitate by legislation or otherwise the completion of Jheir title to the freehold of a valuable block of native cougtvy- The whole matter will no doubt be Inquired into by a Parliamentary Committee when the House meets, meantime I refrain from further comment," A somewhat extraordinary cpjuoideoce has just occurred Jn connection with tho resent post • office appointments at Broken Hill. Mr Broderlck died suddenly while on duty. Mr F. Nußten was appointed to fill his position, and he died from typhoid fever a few days after, and Mr P. A. Feller, who was told off to fill the vacancy created by Mr Nagten'a removal, died from the same diseise. All three deaths occurred within a month. Samples of ashes found in some peculiar mounds recently discovered in Pelorus Sound have been sont to Messrs E. Tregear and S. Percy Smith, and are to be subjected to a microscopic examination by those gentlemen, with the object nf ascertaining whether they were produced by burning human bones. If they are human ashes, there can, \t is thought, be little doubt that cremation was practised in New Zealand by a race who were iieve before the Maoris, as it is well known that the latter consider it a degradation for human remains to bo touched by fire. Madame Polotzoff, the wife of the wealthy Enasian politician who has been giving some of the most magnificent entertainments this winter in Paris, is famed for her beanty, her dress and her romantic history, When an Infant a few days old she was discovered outside the gate of the mansion of Baron Stieglitz, the St. Petersburg banker. He adopted the little stranger after a fruitless quest for her patents, and at her marriage gave her a handsome dowry. At his death the greater part of bis fortune waa willed to i Madarna Polotzoff, who h^as never yet succeeded in discovering her identity, Russia abows a curious readiness to encourage the higher education of women and a corresponding willingness to use female labor in the higher departments. In this one direction at least she takes the lead of the lest oi Europe. Already she welcome*- many female doctors and lawyers. Now one of her universities, Charkow, has offered to bestow a certificate for veterinary surgery on a lady. The lady in questwn..'. Miss Pobrowpilskaja, is %» daughter of a landowner . in the Government of Uherson, and has i studied veterinary rorgety at Urfcuaad

1 ==rr— _^_-j_j__'_ga Odessa. She intends to presenb herself for the State examination, and not only has the Syndicate of Charkow promised her a certificate if she satisfies the examiners, but the Zemstov of another department has offered to appoint the lady district veterinary surneon.