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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9542, 30 November 1893, Page 2

On the fourth page will be ionnri stveral lebhrs to the editor, a report of the Fiieodl 1 Societies' sport.< yesterday, and delayed cibl .. There wer • • . ny c ~es of double voting in the Nnpi i i it r ion. The bicyc ; < «■'• n yesterday roJe races on tbe gi » I now kuow how to prope.ly up, .<.ui . a mailu Uvuk. We bave receiv, 1 from Messrs Crumby and Piebble the current issue of " Cjok's Auitralosian Travellers' Gazette. 1 ' The floe weather yesterday tempted a large number of peop'e into the country, where plcuic parlies we-e plentiful. Ihe Government hold that the electors have endortel their policy, and will therefore resist any attempts by the direct vetoiats to alter the Liquor Sales Ac 4. At Glsborne to-morrow the local brokers will nffrfr 1300 bales of wool and 3000 sheepskins Napier buyers can go np by the s.s. Mtoapouri this cfernooo, and return perc.B. Australia, leaving Gisborne to morrow evening. Members of the Napier Rowing Clnb are reminded that entries for ihe senior doable sculls and junior fosrs elo.-e with the secretaiy at 8 p.m. to-morrow. Entries for the double sculls w"l be received in pairs. The GirrUon Band g ive Rn attractive open air concert la-t night in the Clivesquare rotunda, !d tho pre*enee of a large assemblage. Tbe concert was iv aid of the Fire Brigades' Demonstration fund, and the sum of £5 6s was collected at the Rates.

We need scarcely remind oar readers that the performance of " Betsy " by the Napier Amateur Dramatic Clnb will take place at the Tbeitre Koyal this evening. As the piece will bj playtd two nights the public will bave an opportunity of witnessing odo of the finest comeoies of modern times. The Myra Keiuble Company will open In Napier on tbe 13th of December a season, of five night*. They will pipy a new piece every nigbt, the repertoire being "A VVbiio Lie," "Our Ft.ir," "The Libra, ian," "Pter of the It -Him," and "New Mugdalep." Our Wellington contemporaries speak very highly of the company. In connection with the perfoimance of "Betsy" at the Theatre Royal this evening, the members of the Spit and town fire brigades and the members of the fire police nill march in torohlight proces-s-ion to tbe theatre. An advertisement in another column requests all interested to muster at tbe Herschell-atrett station at 7 30 o'deek.

We are requested to notify passengers by the Manuponil for the North to-day that the last launch leaves the wharf at Dorm instead of 8 o'oloek as prtvlously advertised. The Manapouri did not leave Wellington until 7 o'clock last night and cannot reach the Napier louistead before 11 o'clock. She is intended to woik Gisborne the same evenlnp. The bowling green was well patronised yesterday by players. In the morning a match was playt.l between sides chosen by Messrs JL^rge and Waterworth, and tnoie optair.ed hy the former won by oue paint. A reiutn match whs played in the aftei-.ooi, when the tables were aeoislvelytun.ed, Mr Waterworks eide sconog a victo.y with 60 points above the total made by their opponents. Great praise is due to tho Piess Asso elation for the complete steps they took to forward the returns of the elections These were forwatried from Wellington to eaoh of the three papers in Napier, so that the proprietors weie all placed on i the same footing, and no steps had to be taken to secure tho returns by any personal effort) of any kind whatever. Another example of the usefulness of co-operation. The lad Norman Crerar, whose dece>se at the early age of 14 yeare was recorded In our yesterday's iei-ue, was a general ' favorite. OwiDg to bjinj* struck by b stone when much younger ho bfoame i deformed as a consequence of tbe injury ' to his spine resulting from the blow, He j

was of a remarkably cheeiful dfspositlOD, and lv particular ingratiated himself very much with tbe sea-going folk and wharf laborers at tbe Spit). When these knew that their little favorite was dead they were much affected, and yesterday many of them carried fi iwers np to his father's house, to be plaod npon the lad's coffin as a last token of tueir love for him. Among tbose who conveyed lbral tributes were four captains, many seamen, and persons employed about the Spit in other capacities. The foueral takes place this day.

Id reference to tbe dead wbale lying on the Petane beach there is no doubt that it Is the one run over by the Mararoa, as Its backbone is broken, aud shows nrjmij. takabie signs of the collision, bnt when steamers go bumpinp up against sleeping whales it is lime that something should be done. Whether it should be to clear tbe fairway of such obstrnoiioDß before an accident occurs, or whether tbe bint should be taken nob to overlook the gifts the gods have sent us, depecdo on the point of view from which tbe subject is considered. A well developed whale of mature years is no trifling thing on which to rnn aground, If the oraft is frail, and if there is full way on, for though a wbala's back is softer than a rook to strike against, the collision of twoeucn beetles must be hardly le<<g severe. Besldts, one does not know the temper of a wbale when be is ronßed in tbh way from bis after dinner nap, for, suddenly atLrtled by the intetference be might play np rongh. Bab ookiog at tbe subjecb ftom another side it does seem odd that opportunities that draw ships from far away into tbe perils of Arctic and Antarctic eeai should be carried to our doors without anybody being tempted by the chance of wealth presented to his hand. Masters of vessels from the north have for some time reported schools if whales in tbe Bay of Plenty and nil along the East Coast, Bnch a mine of wealth ss this should not go begging. Our Wa'pawa ooi respondent writing yesterday says ;— The returning officer for the Waipawa electorate, whose head quarters wub at Danevirke, Informs .me that although the town was very busy all day, eveiytbing was done in the best of goad temper, and there was an entire absence of the aoiid feeling engendered la the last election. At the Danevirke booths the officials and scrutineers worked together with the utmost amity, and there was not the slightest friction ot any kind. The arrangements made with tbe several deputy returning officers for brlningg in the remits worked with similar smoothness, so that the returns from the most) distant places were all in by 11 SO p.m. One of these had to oomu in from Coondor, some 25 to 30 miles east of Woodvllle, of which 15 miles was through dense bnsb, find his report wired from Woodvllle reached at 11 p.m. The returns from Weber and Waipatiki reached last of all, owing to the softness of the earlier part of the road and tbe darkneas of the eight. The Danevirke poll was mmoanced at 6 35, several minutes later than was ex« nested, owing to tbe way mworons papers were folded np, and the ends tucked Id, and in numerous cases tbe corners of the papers had been opened as if to see what the rfltnrnlng officer bad written inside, and there were 16 informal papers, on which two names were left, as if the voter had marked the Dame of tha person he or she wished to vote for, quite a new featura in my informant's experience. Thp scrutiny and counting of tbe votss will be held on Thursday evening at Danevirke.