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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10363, 24 July 1896, Page 2

I On the fourth page will be found letters to the editor, sporting news, bowling and 'cycling notes, and oat Hast' ings correspondent's communication. The bnßlnesß announcements of Messrs C. B. Hoadley and Co. ore Inserted today on onr fourth page. No hunt will be held at Te Mahanea on Saturday owing to the soft state of the ground. The annual meeting of members of the Napier Atbenrenm will be held this even. Ing. The business will consist) of the adoption of the report and election of officers. We have to thank the Department for a oopy of the Post and Telegraph Gnlde, a balky and instructive publication which ahonld be In the hands of every business man. The St. John Ambnlanoo Association invites ladies to meet ab the Atnenxnm this afternoon at 4 pm. to enrol for the 1896 classes in " Flrat Aid " and " NuHinx. '* The following team will represent the Napier team against the Pirates tomorrow on the Recreation Ground at 3 o'clock :— Panl, Reid, Preshaw, Hutchinaon, Ebbett, Allen, Howard, Jago, Welsman, Cornford, Jago, Bennett, Wilson, Bennett, and Double,* Miss Page is exhibiting, in Mr Crerar's shop, a specimen of a variety of art which is very popular in art circles at Home, although very ravely seen Id the colony. It is a pastel drawing representing a wave breaking on the beach, and appears to us to be a very successful rendering of a very difficult subject. Tweedie, the principal witness in the case, Police v. Mortenson (in which the defendant is charged with breaches of the licensing law) who failed to appear on Monday and for whose arrest a warrant was Issued, has been apprehended at Danevlrke and will be detained in custody pending the continuation of the case next Friday. 1 Owing to the recent painful ease in Chrlstchuroh, by which a young girl em» ployed at a boot taotory, who wore her ' hair loose, was scalped by running . machinery, the Factory Department has issued a circular to factory owners Betting 1 forth that girls and women employed in l factories mast have their hair so fastened np whilst at work that there will be no possibility of such an accident again , occurring. i The New Zealand Times says :— A large piece of wreckage— apparently part of the side of a vessel— was passed by the Stormblrd early on Wednesday morning, , while the steamer wss on her way from Wanganul to Wellington. The wreckage, which was cmlte close to the Stormbird, was floating* between Sinclair Head and I Earorl Rock— right in the traok of vessels —and is supposed to be part of the , wreoked barque Grassmere. . Mr George Edwards, whose mellow tenor voice has given such delight to Napier audiences of late, writes to oorrect a statement appearing in onr last issue that he intended giving a recitation in Chinese patois at the Catholic social on Wednesday night. He Insists that "Sally's Jam" was the Item he had selected, but that through some misunderstanding the number was orowded out of the programme. As he rightly 1 observes, " sneh paragraphs tend to bring yonr newspaper Into bad repute," A writer in a Sydney paper says :— Mr , A. J. Roberts, an Adelaide gentleman, i has kindly forwarded me a bit of the Aub> tralian colors, and adds that the team ' looked Al in them when he saw them at the opening match against Lord Sheffield's i team, Mr Roberta heard the Prince of Wales say to W.G., " Well, Graoe, do , yon know any of the Australians ; are there any pood men among them 2" 1 Perhaps H.R.H. will be able to form very decided opinions on tho subject by the i time Iredale, Darling and Co. have finished with the Britishers. Oar Waipawa correspondent writing last night says :— We had a tremendoas downpour all last night, but it oleared up this morning. Owing to a slip' at the Manawatn deviation, near Papatu, no trains have come in from the South today. Among those detained by the morning's train were our seoond fifteen, who went to Danevirke yesterday to play the Danevirke janlors. Beyond tho faob that the morning train could not pass beyond the point alluded to, no information is available here. The Waipawa river is much swollen. Theiv\.2. Times Bays:—" A well-known and highly-respected resident of Wellington, Mr Charleo R. Carter, died at his residence, Pirle»streeb, Wellington, on Wednesday morning. Mr Carter arrived In the colony about 40 years ago, and was one of tho leading contractors In the early days, Among the works whloh hecarried out was tho erection of a part of the present Parliamentary Bnildlngß, Ho was well known in the Wairarapadistriot, where he took up a large quantity of land and carried on farming operations for some time. The town of Carterton is oalled after him. Mr Carter was 74 years of age, a widower, and leaves no family. The cause of death was oanoer," Mr Carter at one time owned several town sections in Napier. As a result of the strong wind blowing from seaward on Wednesday night the waves were rolling Into the boy yesterday with great force, and later In the after, noon at high tide the waters flowed freely over the wall of the Marine-parade, dls. trlbaHng a heavy coating of sand over the footpath and roadway; Tremendous seas were playing on the breakwater all day, and it will be a very remarkable thing if the rents already visible Id that straotare are nob onlargad for th.c action of the water. At the F bend, where a slight erosion was formerly visible, a large gap was showing last evening, and on the lnngr side of the wa.ll In fte centre of the skootura an omlnoqs eraok was noticeable, Otherwise the strrwtute seems to be bearing the stress of the weather remarkably well. At W o'olook last night the sea appeared to be subsiding rapidly. May Id continue co to do I A Government parade of the F Battery A. /.A. and Garrison Band was held at the drill-shed last night, Lieutenant Hnghes, lnspeotlng officer. The battery had a good muster, 41 of all ranks bejng present. After the Jnspa.otsqn the parade wentfqr a rnarph onfaa far as the hospital via Ooote-roafl and the Napierterraoe, returning by Oarllle-street to dive-square, where Lieutenant Berry gave the battery half an hour's work at cavalry foot drill, after which the parade returned to the drill-Bhed and wbb dls» missed. The men seemed to enjoy the outing. The band Btuck to thelyworfc manfully, playiog nearly the w hoie lourney. A meeting of the ha*tsry was bßld after parade, at whloh it wa.9 decided to hold a battery ball early nest month, bunner GHberd was appointed the battery's representative op the lance iommfttee. It was also decided (owing io numerous requests) to repeat the milljary entertainment, , do^'V? i tl l 8 T olhoro P aes on yeaterday! Certainly aha oould not have been tendered at the open anohorage, if for no other season that that no small steamer oould have got out of the Inner harbor to tender her. But notwithstanding the enormous sea tunning the watertasi.de the breakwater was quite smooth. We IL"^",; 0 ' 1 ? Pottle to moor her a Pfssss 51??' Mr Omm i- as chairman of the ■SrfiftrSnTSSJ.'S i

, the Criterion Hotel. Pieeont— Messrs Cowell (in the ehftir), A. C. North, H. C. I WHboi), A. Renonf, H. Swan, Brewer, Miller, Mitchell, Tnckwell, Downs, W. Klely. Borttand, honorary treasurer, and honorary secretary.— The match Cllvev. Havelook Harriers, arronged for tomorrow at Famdon, was altered to Harelook.— Thai West End Football Club waa granted leave to hold a praotloe match on the .Recreation Ground at the conclnelon of the Napier- Pirate matoh.— The match Caledonian third v. Olive seoond Oxed lor to-morrow at Famdon waa postponed till Ist Anguat, matoh to be played on Recroatlon Ground.— Tha Nnpler Football Clnb lodged a protest) against their opponents In the raotoh Caledonian first v. Napier first, played «Bb Saturday, on the ground that A. ?orbes, who played in the mutch, was not In the district the reqnlalte time. It waa decided to hold tho proteit over for a wreic — Tho following refeicfs were ap* poiutod for to-morrow :-Nap!cr first v. Piruton lirat, Mr Logan j Plratcu second v. Tmmlale, Mr Norrle ; Olive second v. Harriot, Mr Caulton. The following particalara regarding an old Hawke's Bay resident, whose death is announced in this Issue, areenlled from tha North Otago Times :-Mr Robort Gardiner, who died yesterday morning at his residence, Newborough, at the advanced oged of 83, was perhaps but little known to the later residents of this town or district ; but in the early days he was well known. He arrived in Victoria in the early sixties, and was therefore an old colonist. On coming to New Zealand he was appointed manager of the Otematata run for Messrs M'Master and Tesehemaker, and continued In that position for some years, He, however, with his son-in-law (Mr H, Campbell), removed to the Hawke'a Bay province, and took up land at Poukawa. In 1885, after the death of his wife and daughter, he returned to Oamara, and took up his residence here. He was by this time an old man, and was not often seen abroad ; but those who had tho pleasure of the old gentleman's ac- I qualntance always found him an enter* I talnlng companion, full of dry pawky wit j ami geniality. For the last two yearn be waa confined to his room, and his death was not unexpected, The annual meeting of parlshlonorß of All Saints, Taradale, wan held on Tueaday evening, there being a large attendance, The balance-sheet, read by the people's warden, Mr C. Brown, showed a debit balance of £31. There was, however, a sum of money on hand collected eince the accounts were made np, and there were several unpaid subscriptions due. The Vicar (the Rev. A. P. Clarke) in his annual address dwelt on the work done during the year. Mr Clarke'B address indeed covered most of the work done, giving the requirements of each of the centres where services and schools were held, and concluded by acknowledging the help received from lay readers ; first, Mr A. H. Heron, who ban eince been ordained, and Mr W. T. Irvine, who, he was very Borry to say, was unable to contlnne, and more lately to Messrs Hinkley and Anderson. The Rev. H. Klingendor then gave a short report of the up-country work, after which the following members were appointed obnrch officers for the ensuing year:— Minister's warden, Mr T. A. Shirley; people's warden, Mr A, J. Newbonld ; vestrymen, Measrs C. Brown, W. T. Irvine, G. Bee, C. Fnncke, F. G. Hammond, S. F. Anderson, T. H. Lowry, A. Absolom, S. J, Bennett, and G. Harpham ; auditor, Mr Little. Votes of thanks were accorded to Mr C. P. Clarke for his many cervices and gifts to the chnrcb, the choir, Snnday-sohool teachers, the Press and lay readers, and to Mr Little for auditing the church accounts. Refreshments were handed ronnd by the ladles. The betrothal is announced in onr cable messages of King Alexander of Servla and Princess Helena of Montenegro. Alexandria is a son of ex-King Milan and Qneen Natalie. His father is one of the most disreputable men In Europe, who since being forced to abdicate his throne has lived in the gambling bells of France, supporting himself on a pension allowed him by his wife on condition that be does not come near her. He ia a blaokguard, who, If a private person, would be refused admission to any respectable house. When on the throne he revived the liveliest traditions of royal immorality. The money of his subjects he iquandered on his own fleshly pleasnres, and his peoplo, as well as big wife, revolted. Alexander, aged 21, Is by all accounts a yonnger edition of hie father, " His Majesty of Servia," we are told, "is one of the most displeasing yonths that could be found anywhere from the Bosphorus to the banks of the Tagus. His manners are coarse and brutal in the extreme." Yet) are his manners not oat of harmony with his personal charms, since he possesses " beetling brows, a low forehead, and an almost bestial nose and jaw." The inner man is reflected by the ontward, for "the opinions whioh he vouchsafes with regard to women in general are characterised by an affectation of cynicism arid disillsslon that Is revolt* ing." It is hardly necessary to say that conld Alexander have got a noble wife with money, he would nat turn towards the plebeian Montenegrian bargain-counter the porcine eyes with which nature, deficient in respect for majesty, has endowed him. His proposals have been rejected in turn by the Grand Dnchess Xenia of Russia, by the eldest daughter of the Grand Duke Vladimir, by tbo Princess Sybil of Hesse, by the German Empress's sister Feodora, by ex-Qneen Mercedes of Spain, and hy every lady of rank to whom he has applied. The Russian Government did Us best to bring about a match with Princets Anna of Montenegro. His mother, Qneen Natalie, seconded these efforts by selling he^ estates in the Crimea and Eessarabia to strengthen her son financially, as Milan had managed to extort from Aloxander all the acoumnla» t!OD8 of his minority ; but Prlnooos Anna, when It came to tho point, conld not stomach the alliance. " Indeed," say the despatoheß, " the advances of King Alexander, when not treated with contempt, have been received almost as an insult, and, to the dismay of his people, he has had to give up all idea of consolidating his throne and dynaaty by wedding a royal princess,"