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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10624, 1 June 1897, Page 2

On the fourth page will be found letters tv tbe editor on Harbor Board matters, reports of the meeting! of the Napier Chamber of Commerce md of the Maori witchcraft obbo heard at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, the bbndla'apa for the flood relief sports at Hastings' to-morrow, and an account of the oport ab the East Coast Sheep Dog Trial Club's imeetlog on Saturday. j The business announcements of Messrs Baker and Tabateau ar-a inserted to-day on our fourth page. i The vital statistics in thej borough of Napier daring May were as follows :— Births 42, marriages 9, deaths' 15. Meßßrs WUliarnoon r,nd Mangrove's Speciality Company be^in their New Z inland tour nt tho Wellington Opera House on ths 28 :h iaatan!;, The Napier eleotrio operating staff has just been strengthened by tbo acquisition of Messrs Morris (Greymouth), Copeland (Auckland), and Dixon (Wanganui). Tbe Napier tradespeople have agreed to close their plaoea of bnsiness at noon to-morrow, to enable those desirous of doing so to participate In the Hastings sports ln aid of the flood t offerers. The late Mr Frederic..: Augustas dv Croz, whoie death is announced by a cable mosßsge from London to-day, was the father ot a well knowi; Hnwke's Bay settler— Mr P. F. dv Croz, of Raukawa. Mr James Mills, general manager of the Union Company, now in Sydney, expects to retnrn to New Zealand by the Company's handsome steamer Moana, leaving Sydney for Aucklaud ou Jnne 7th. The Haßtlogs sports ln aid of the flood relief fnnd take place at Stortford Lodge to-morrow. The realdsntii of Hastings are entering very enthnslaitioa))y into the projeot, which la likely to have very successful results, Another dividend of Zi per share has been deolared by the dlireotbrs of the Walbl Goldmlnlng Company, payable on the 10th of this month. This Involves the distribution of £16,000 amougat the lnoky shareholders in this oompoib. 1 The Customs duties colsjcteid at Port Napier during the four we^l aiding May 31st amounted to £5574 12"Vwl and beer duty £251 16; Bd, against £6[___ Oa 8d and beer duty £233 17a 91 respecjtlvdy for the corresponding period last ye/ir. Papers on the following Lbjp ots will be read and discussed at tM 8 Athecream Olub's MagFizlne meeting tbfc evening :— Hobblee, S wearing, Arblratlon, the I Story of a Young PiratejYonng New Zaalanders, Corrections, amlSoraps * The plans for the proposl^Mghthouse at the Kidnappers have bciHbylng for some months at Mr S. CarneWK>re_,iees, bat that gentleman has now iffiled tbem over to the Chamber of Comcitt 0i w _ ere they may be impeded by BLono interested. HT Tbe provisional specliioabiotHave been aacepted by the Patent OfficK George Carrington, of Tomoana, UtHe'n B*y, for an invention tor an lmpio<H_,aobiQe tor cleaning bottle?, deoanterl|nnstardpots, jngs, lamp-chimneys, Hid other similar vessels or artioles, Bj An entertainment was glveHLt night in St. Matthow'B sohoolroomßtastlngs. under the ausploes of the I-HJ.T. A ospital programme of muslcuKlectlonß was submitted, followed byH dance. There was a large atteudawßUnd the evening was spent very pleasaHL, The sittings of tho SnpreH Court, which were to have bean hekM Napier on the 21at instant, have bee JHstponed until tbo 28th Instant. TbisH a very wise step, seeing tbat tho oridflk) dates wonid hava olashed with tffljabUea holidays and tbe Hawke'o $■ Jockey PlHb'Braogß, Hfe

ii i in -i f i mj ■!■■-— .l ■ — I I !■■( Yesterday was abont tbe eoldeit day >o have experienced in Napier for' many ears. Tbe snow on the ranges earounding the district was lying very low iOwd, Ab Hastings topcoats and mufflers vers etlso in great requisition. There . ?aa a very heavy fall of snow on the lavelock hills* Theie was a general ripple oi laughter A the Chamber of Commerce meeting resterdoy on the obairman intimating ihat a letter had been received from the Philadelphia Mnsenm authoiltles, adiressed to " Tbe Hon. J. Parker, seere;ary Chamber of Commerce, Napier." For ibonb five minutes the seoretary felt juita elevated. The Harbor Board Intend to strike special rates whioh will amount to three larthingß in tbe £1 on property witbi_ the borough of Napier and thiee«elghthß of a penny ln the £1 on property witbin the remainder of the harbor rating distriot, except the oonnty of Patangata. Tbe rate-book is open for Inspection dolly; at tbe Boord'o office. The men who were employed olearlng away the carcases of dead sheep after the flood have not yet been paid, Sorely they were engaged by someone in aathotity who 1b liable. If so they should not bo kept ont of their money any longer. One of the men has been obliged lo go to Glsborne wibhont having hie acoount eettled. Tnere is great stubbornness somewhere. In onr advertisement column the publicara notified of the sale of some forfeited shares in the Seven Reefs Gold Mine thta afternoon, Aa more than a shilling haa been paid for eaah of these shares,. tho«e who pnrobaße them for tbe amount of the call (one penny) stand to make a considerable profit If the mine proves a goad one, or to lose very little should it be otherwise. An assault case heard at the Magistrate's Court yesterday assumed a peoulltur phase. The defendant was fined for the offence, and as the prosecutrix owed blm money, she undertook to pay the fine. This reoalls to mind a case in whioh a constable brought np his son for a breach of the borough bye-laws, and as the latter j was unable to pay the fine his father (the i constable) obligingly paid It for him. A Captain Edwin wired at 12.55 yeiter- M day:— "Wind between north- west an. m west and sooth at all places northward of B Napier and New Plymontb, and between JH west ond south-east all other places ; ™ barometer farther rise everywhere; sea heavy on all western coasts, and oo eaib ooast south of East Cape ; tides high on western coast of North Island, and also on eastern coast of both Islands south of East Cape; moderate elsewhere southerly galea with very cold weather everywhere." There was a marrow nt the Ormondville railway-station on Saturday which weighed 931 b. — About £28 haa been raised ot Norsewood towards the Hawke's Biy flood relief fund.— Snow fell in the Norsowood and Wolkoplro distriots on Sunday night. The weather since Friday, when we were visited by a thunder storm, has been very onld —The young men employed on the Kopua railway vladnot, better known as " M'Namara's Band " are going to glvS a ooneert at Ormondville on the 16ob Jane lv aid of the sufferers by floods In the Ra.jtftlkoi district,— Ormondville coriespoDdb.it, It is proposed to start A small com' meroial library ln connection with the Nopler Chamber ot Commerce, and with tbis purple in view the president, at yesterday's meeting, laid tbe matter before the membors. The latter fell in readily with the idea, and Messrs R. D. D. M'Lean, J, H. Coleman, and the president! have eaoh voted a guinea to form the nucleus of each a library. Books and pamphlets relating to all commercial and shipping matters likoly to prove of interest to membstß will be procured, and it ia hoped ere long to have a good display ot books of tbe class mentioned. Oar Tikokino correspondent writing yesterday says:— An extenßlve fall of snow occurred last night. Tho Knshlnes, Whakararo?, and lower hills around Sprlngrale are now heavily coated. Snow fell at Hampden and on the hills on tbe north-eastern Bide of the Ruatanlwha Plains in the dlreotion of Kaikora and Te Aute; also in the north near Gwavas, wbioh are still white. The weather to-day ls fine, but Intensely oold. Early this morning the thunderous roar of avalanches in ths ranges was distinctly nndlb'e io this township. There will be a> heavy fresh ln the Waipawa and Tuki Tuki rivers should a sudden tbaw set in, Mr Benjamin, of the firm of Messra L. D, Nathan and Co., was in Rotorna last week, making arrangements for the in* oreaeed development of the sulphur in* dustry. At tbe sulphur working! at Tikltete, Lske Rotorua, tbe quantity o! sulphur seems to be unlimited. The sulphur is bagged and put in oarts that convey it down to the lake, abopt two miles distant. It is then pn« aboard the fl9t bottomed lighters, whioh lake it aoross the lake to Rotorua, about eight miles distant. There are abont 200 Europeans and natives employed on the works. A large amount of Bulphnr haa been sent to Sydney lately. The ease againßt Walter Flndlay, od remand, oharged with attempting to> poison bis infant child, wai oalled on at the Msglatrate's Court yesterday. Mr Cotterill, who appeared nn behalf of the Crown, asked for a further remand until Friday next, in order to enable the prose* cutlon to receive the /emit of tbe analysts made by Mr Skey. The S.M. said he would not be here on Friday. Mi Cjtterill sold tbe case could not be takes on Monday, whioh, being Wbit Monday, was a Court holiday. It was agreed so ' take the oase on Tuesday next, at 2 p.m. At the request of accused's counsel, Mr Luik, fresh recognisances were entered into. Tho Niipier Rifles held a special parade at the Girrlaon Hall last evening. There was a good muster, and tbe oompany waa Introduced by Captain Chioken to their new drill Instructor, Ssrgeant-Major Dewar, who put the corpa through manual exorcise, Bword and bayonet drill, and f several oompany movements. The com* puny on tbis occasion did credit to their late instrnotor by going through the different movements in good style. The sergeant-major having promised to take all reornlts on Wednesday evenings tbere is every prospect of the oompany making a good show before Colonel Pole-Penton, who Is expeoted to bo here in abont siweeks. At the olobb the teams were selected to do honor to the company on tbe 22ad inst. Lieutenant Thomson specially mentioned the ball to be held on the Bame date. A trial parcel of ore from the workings on the Waterworks Reserve at Karorihaa been treated for the Napier syndicate at tbe Thames Snhool oi Mines, tbe direotor of whioh (Mr F. B Allen) reports upon it as follows: — "Tbe ore oonslsted of country traversed by small stringers of quariz, which carry the bullion. It was dried, dry orunhed, sampled, and assayed as follows;— Gold, 6dwt 7gr per ton; sliver. Sdwt lgr per ton ; value, £1 Ss 7i per ton. The dry crushed ore was pan amalgamated, some 26001 b dry yielded lldwt 6gr melted bullion worth £2 9s 44 per ounce. This is equivalent to a saving of £1 3s s|i. and shows a percentage of 91'S per cent of the gold, 82*2 per oent of the silver, and 91 7 per cent of the value. The gold, which is a little too coarse for successful cyanide treatment, Is very easily taken up by quicksilver, and tbe ■tone is readily oiushed, and yields its bullion freely." Commenting npon the reply of Mr Swan to the Dnnedin committee re including the Rangitikei flood snffarers lv the fand subscribed at Dnnedin, the Otago Times says :— " The Mayor of Napier, to whom the deolilon of the Dunedin committee was notified, points ont tbat there ls no oommunlty between the sufferers at Rangitikei and those at Hawke's Bay, and tbat the fundß were subscribed for Hawke's Bay sufferers. While, therefore, declining to shut out the suffer ers at Rangitikei from participation ln the relief funds, he oould not definitely engage that tbey would receive BPnlstance, We think the attltnde of Mr Swan qnite Batural and reasonable. The committee on the n.pot must naturally possess tbe best knowledge of the facts of the case snd the necessities to ba relieved. Furthermore •- suoh a gift as Otago has given to Hawke's Bay should be unconditional. It most be assumed that the central oommittee at Napior will make the best use of the money." Frank Lincoln, the world-famous hnmorlat, who inaugurates a season of two nights on Thursday next, is without doubt tbe best single-handed humorist wbo has ever set foot in the colonies. He stands alone, In so far tbat he has never had a rival here, and it may be said that none but himself oan be bis parallel. He ie a born humorist and mimic. He has studied life ln all Its phases, and he hits off, without a shadow of any accessory whatever, the oddities of the human oharaoter. He combines In one person tbe qualities of mimic, humorist, vooalist, musJoian, and polyphonlst, and he enaots hia really oapital business in a thoroughly j nnoonventlonal manner, and when recounting some story compels bis listeners to laugh la spite of themselves. Mr Lincoln will introduce one of the latest oinematograpbes manufaotured . by a London firm, with a handsome set of magnlfioent subjeots. Seats can be re< - served at Howe Bros. A very worthy suggestion will be made by Mr j. v. Brown, .president of the Chamber of Commerce, at the next meeting of the Chamber. It Is that with a view to commemorating tbe Queen's " | Diamond Jubilee ln some suitable way, . tbe Chamber should Institute an annual prizs open for competition to all the v -.7 l publio sohool boys in Hawke'a 'Bay:>who • L .V Awm m tygb»s aombfr pt fflw^ia, ■ ■•" ' yy."A y^tf

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aay, book-keeping, arithmetic, or sbori oand (these subjeots preferred). The con dltlona of course, oan be airangnd luu Ou should the suggestion be adoptee Thus a Chamber of Commerce certlficat to a lad seeking an appointment mny g a long way towards helping him, not onl; here, but In other parts of tho colony There Is no doubt that tho subjects men tloned ore of great Importance to boyi entering oommorolal life, and anexcallen purpose will be Berved ii tbe Chambc gives school boys some encouragement \i etrlvlug for advancement, At tho Magistrate's Court yesterdoj William Oulton was olmrgeri with falllof to register his dog. D_' dU dant said hi was not the owner of tb-_ d 0 _. Ho asked <W_et_6f _fl Md no '/edtesß against t_( owner, as ha oonld _ 0 t destroy 1 it. Ths owner had been Vrifcton to, but no reply had oome to band. Tho SM. said the defendant wa/, tho owner of tbo dog so far ns the preser jt summons went. Ho would bo fined lr, w ith ooats, defendant to pay registration fee. -T. Williams was charge, nith striklog Arlhi To Nahu ot Te 'Janke. Deloudant admitted the ORenoe, but said it waa committed nnder great provocation, Aftor bearing the «ace the S.M fior.d the defendant 10s ond oosts. It was understood that de lendant would settlo matters In tho way of acoouuts with Atibl, who owed bim money, and tbat ho would leavo Te Hauke and not cause her any further trouble. The prosecution undertook to ace that the line was paid. Mr Dinwiddle appeared on behalf of Arlhi. The drunken sailor who oreated a disturbance in Hastlngs>street on Saturday night appealed before the Magistrate yesterday. Smldt, who Is a powerfully built man, was oharged with drunkenness, aslng abusive language, wilfully damaging Constable Creeke's macintosh to tbe extent of £1 13s, resisting tbe police in the exeoutlon of thefc duty, damaging the cab of M. Roach to the extent of 10», and further w_h damaging Constable Bennett's shaho to tbe extent ot Ilb 6d. Sy the time the latter obarge had been read the Co art was ln a bumorouß mood. Smldt kn.w nothing of what be had done, except Vhat he was drunk on Saturdayell th . test was a vast blank. It ttan■plr.d that he was recently discharged from the barque Obed Baxter. " Will J/ou be ablo to raise money to pay for the damage?" he was asked by the magistrate. " Veil, I dunno," said he, " I got some from de captain on Situtd-iy night, ' bnt I spent It," It was agreed to let tbo J ease stand down till 2 p.m. to enable tbe captain to be communicated with. Tho case csme on again at tbat hoar, when It Was stated that the captain declined to tender any assistance in tbe matter, und as aocußed could not make good any of the damage ho had caused he was scat to gaol tor two months with bard labor.

Tbe first oaee nnder the Napier Harbor Board's now byo-laws for diivers of vehicles was heard at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, when John Mahoney was obaiged With refnslng to comply with bye-law 62, by not moviug to tbe proper position Bet apart for vehicles at the breakwater when ordered to do so. Mr Sslnsbnry appeared for the Board, and Mr Lnsk for the defeudant, The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mv Lnak said defendant was contractor fjr the mails, and he bad had instructions from the Postmaster to lose DO time in hanging tbe malls from the Bteamers, On the day he wsb ordered to move the mails were on tho ttuoks, and it was in waiting for them that be recolved the order to move. The witnesses examined were George Gilding, oletk at tho wharf, S. J, Jago, cbief Postmaster, Constable Harvey and J, Mahoney. Counsel for lhe defence said it was not intended that the mail contractor should come Under this bye-law. The S.M, said it teemed to be a very stringent bye-law, and everything at the wharf was under the control of tho wharfinger. He (the S.M.) considered that there bed been a breach of the bye- law, bnt as this was the first case of the kind that bad came bt-foro him,

defendant wonld only be lined 10j. The fall penalty was £10. Cotte 9d woald be allowed, and solicitor's fee £1 ls.

Commenting on tbo oondiiloo of tho Indian Army, and on "Otjeotlons and Beformß, 1 ' the Lyttelton Times remarkß : —•This attitude, which theße who hold it consider to be the only moral and correct view of the matter, was nakedly stated the other day by " An English Woman, 1 ' who, wilting to the HAWKE'S BAY Herald, said tbat "quite one-half of (he army have been drawn from the very lowest of the people;" tbey have "lo wish or desire to live pare lives;" hey " have no right to be protected ; let them die ; plenty of better men would fill their plaoes, and the world at large wonld be the better for their loss/ Women who write and speak in this way betray an inhumanity whioh can only le described bi oommenßnrate with their Ignorance of the subject. Even the London Daily News, whioh is uncompromising ln its opposition to the Cantonment Aoto, approves of tbe sag(tested now rales. It points oat that Loid George Hamilton direots ln plain and straightforward terms that there shall be no encouragement of vice. " There mast bfl no provision of women for the nse of soldiers by any authority, oivll or military. , . . There mast be HO compulsory ond periodical examination of women. Prostitutes

mnst not be . allowed to reside ln regimental bazaars, or to aooompany regiments ob tbe march. What the Seoretary of State doeß recomraond ls that this oontaglons disease should be pat nnder the soma regulations as oholere, ■mall-pox, diphtheria, and typhoid, 1 ' "If (adds the journal fiom whioh we quote) Lord ' George Hamilton's conditions are strictly observed, it seemb to ns that oho Government will have adopted the vie* most accord" ant with beoevolenos and oommon sense.'' It is ridiculous to oontend ibat the Can* tonment Acts were intended, to enconrage vice, by making 11b Indulgence Bale. Experience under similar laws in all countries proves that no absolute immnntty from the consequences of vice oan be seonred. But tbe terribly high rate of sickness and mortality from contagious disease among English soldiers ln India, since these Acts were repealed,

have proved that some measures aro urgently required in the name of oommon hnmanlty ; and It 1b to be hoped that the proposed new regulations— oontalniog, ob they do, many concessions to tbe sentiment of thoDo opposed to State regulation of viee — will have o fair trial, and will raise the standard of both physical and moral manhood among English coldiers ln India.

Speaking at the banquet tendered to Mr G. Hunter, M.H.R for Waipawa, Captain Russell said that he thorongbly agreed that Party Government had Its delects, yeb on the whole he believed that among the English people it had done more to bring about true liberty than any form of Government ever known lv the civilised world. Under Party Government every nlde bad a fair chance, bnt for some years Party Government had nut properly existed ln New Zealand, and tor tbat reason the colony had, dating the last six years, drifted very much indeed to leeward. The Opposition bad had an nphill struggle, Bnd had fongbt a bard battle witb any amount of plaok, and •at last election the work of the Op

position since the Government bad been in power hod at last taken effect. They were no longer a mere mouthpiece ot a few, bnt they might now boast that they represented a large extent of the 1 intelligence of tbe oonntry. (Applause.) Without nndnly flattering the members for Hawke'a Bay province he could say that they more trnly represented the intelligence of the province than It had been represented dnring the Inst five years of Parliamentary history. The duty of the Opposition had been a very nphill ono, and tbe Government bad had an advantage ln being able to help their friends, a system wbiah had grown into a bye-word nnder the present Government. Instead of looking for tbe fittest men the Government looked for men who wonld Bwear by one particular man, and In tbe paperß and speeches they learned of ono in particular, Mr Seddon, without whom nothing oonld go on, and oa whom alone depended the salvation of the country. Of the country's exports nearly four millions were for wool and ' meat, and tbe dairying industry was Increasing enormously, so that tbo country had to carry the whole debt on ita biok, yet they were taxed on everything they ÜBed. Tbe whole of tbe colony's exports of manufactures only amounted to £367,000, bnt the great produoing oommunlty, the men who bad all tbe hard work Bnd self-denial, were taxed on everything they need. They wanted no Import dntles to hamper tbem in everything they did, and they claimed no boons or export tax, all they wanted was a fair field and no favor. It wonld be the doty of the Opposition when they got into power to consider all olastes and to facilitate settlement in all parts, not to set the Interest of one class against that of another. It was a young oountry and a good country, aod there was room for everyone who desired and merited success. (Prolonged applause.)

Fall stook of Barnet Plates aod Barnel Platlno Matt Paper to hand.— H. Owen, C_emist.-I.ADVT,]

When most needed It Is not unusual for your family physiolan to be away from home. Suoh was the experience of Mr J. 7. Sahenok, editor of the Caddo, Ind. Ter,, Banner, when his littlo girl, two years of age, was threatened with a severe attaok of croop. Ho says : "My wife insisted that I go for tbe dootor, bat as oar family physician was ont of town I purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's Congo Remedy, which relieved her lm. , mediately. I will not be without it ln the future," For- sale by A. Eccles, Wholesale and Retail Chemist, ftapier andHastingr, 1071