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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10919, 19 May 1898, Page 2

On the fourth page will be found Insoeotor Taabildge's evldecoe at the Pjliee Commission yesterday at Welling* too, a lepott of the meeting of tbe Napier Borongh Connoll last night, an account of a ilfla matoh, Bosh news, and oat Danevlrke comspandenli's letter, The departure of H.M.S. Tauracga from Nnplor has boon poitpaned to Friday. Today the vessel will be thrown open to vialtors all <lsy. The ladles 1 golf match whloh wbb poßt> pooed last Saturday Inconsequence ot the wet weather, will ba played on Saturday next,* Mr Sooble M'Keczle arrives by the Weetralia this morning from Auckland. Effjtta have been mads to him to deliver an addles In Napier, bat it is questionable) whether he will ba able to do so owing to other eLgtigenunte. Tbe Police Commission v.lll meet in the Conrt House, JNaplfr, on Monduy next, at 10 30 am. Those who deiits to brlog any biulneea before the Cotumißßlon wblln it io sitting brro ara requested to oommunioato with bho secretary, Mr E. vy, Kane. Saoh applications must be ssnt in 24 honro before thooammeccemant of ihe eittlug) 1q Napier. The Rev, A, S. Morrison will give a humorous ieolnre in tbe Pun Presbyterian soboolroom this evening at 7 30, entitled "The Soottbb Socrates Tethering the Cow," eprobatiou of tbe olden time— tho ceition obooalcg a wife— -ao old Soootlth ariot&ment season — the great red dragon — the absent minded man—the borne on h'-e— the mlsohievons boy — the odlnrn theoloeium— niarvelloua motnoiy— good name better than ilohoi, <ftj , iSsj. The above will be interspersed with aouga and readliigs. Collection.* Motors Argaa and Robartsou, Sydney, seed ns through Mr J, W, Crate a revised and eolaracd edition of tbe Klogawood Cookery B)ok, by Mrs H. F. Wisken. In the p'efaoo the authoress saya : — " I do not eei-k h plaoe for the Ktnßswood Cookery Book ntuongab hlgh-ola's or elaborate woiks, bat I detlro to make IS ■} pulde for everyday nofdn, to tesoh hou3Owives to vary their mtnus, so a» to give an additional ohaim to home life." And tbla premise is wel! fulfilled. The recipes call for nothing more than a fairlystocked family cupboard nlwoys holds, the secret of sneoess lying not in elaborate combinations, bub in the proper prepare ion and oooklog of the dlshus dealt whh, An opportunity of securing first cUss ddfry farms will be given on Saturday, 28. 'h last., when, as anoonccjd in out advertisement column*, Messrs Abraham and Williams, anotloneen, of Palroerston North, will offar three exceptionally good dairy farms, situated Id the fertile end pronperons district of Manawatu, within 2J miles of the town of Palmerston North Those who have migrated to this dlsbiiot speak highly cf tbe excellent quality of the land, and the beautiful o'lmate they have experienced. The district teems with prosperous dairy factories, sad before long the value of tbe land in that locality must move np, and more olosely approxlmite to the price of land of similar quality In oar own immediate dlstrlot. la the Pelerburgskiya, Viedomoiti, Prlnoa Oakhtoiniky, who Is (he pretMent of the Kaeso- Chinese Back, slogs r.t Bnada's growth in ever oinaer and deeper amalgamation with the Eiat, where the spirit of tilings comos natnral to her, of Kais'a's snpremaoy and England's artificial po&ltton in Asii genernlly, where Kasela fakes deep root and England only clings to the surface. The particular world called Raaßla and nob the Wett U destined to resatoltate and renew the East end to ba renewed hewelf by the opetadlon. The brosza mounment to Maravlifi'Amnrsky at Khsbarolka oasts its gigantlo shadow ever farther botobs Mflnahurlt, while <?r.n»her Maravlefi rales &t the Foreign Office ander brighter tanpioes for Knasia'e mission than was tho oflno la the days cf Noiselroda and the firat Rnsilan ploaeer in the Far Eost. Sbrango and even lroulcil as it seems, Ru=»la U c'ecrlbed r»s inoreeelDg and ooDsolidailng ber friendship with the Cb!re»e GovernraonS and dynaßty by this peonllar scqaUltion of tbe tatter's territory, or I ehonld cay the oee of the latter't territory, For the present, ssya the wiUor, this Is only a vast peaceful pUn, bat the die hes been 0386 and Raissla oannot retieat nntil she readies her destined historical goal, whatever that may be. Kaeala now takes nndrr br.r proteeflon tha "poor dragon" of Colna to (bat it alongside the Rasslan Eagle. Prlnoe Oakhtomsky traly ex. claims that this Is an unprecedented juxtaposition. He then expatiates on tbe va«t amonnt of work for Bnoslans to do In Eastern Afcla, not thi least of whloh is to prevent predatory Japan and Weit> crn notions, especially Germany, from sticking their olaws any farther into the laoerated body of the Chinese Empire. An invitation soolal, tendered to the employe's of Means Conroy and Co. by the firm, was held in the SUMon. street (tore laet eveniDg, when about 70 couples attended. The Interior of the building was completely transformed, flags atA pictures being tastefnlly arranged round the wa'ls, the decorations b3lng on a monti elaborate scale. The offices were fitted np as sapper rooms and dresßinc; rooms, The Jljor was la good order, and mast have entailed a oonslderable amonnt of bard work to makn It so. The whole arrangements refl'oted great credit on those who had taken thnm in hand. Several of the rflicers and crew H.M.S. Tauranea were among tho company present 1 . Mr R. Whlttcm, senior partner of Conroy and Co., In opening the loclal, referred to the good feeling existing between tbe firm and its employe**, and he hoped thai those who were there wonld erjiy tbemiolver, and that the present social reunion wonld be the forerunner of many similar gathering", Mr E. Paione, on behalf of the employe's, thanked Mr Wbittem and his 03- partners, Messrs Irving and Woodham, for tho pleasant evening they had given them, and oolnoldsd in tho wish that It wonld not ha tho last nodal they wonld have together. Messrs \ P. Clarke (piano), Sorrell (violin), and ,arver (cornet) supplied excellent mnslo ; MU« Stone and Mr C. Plestod played extra danoiis, Mes»r« G Pleated snd E, Paeooe mads efficient M.'tC. Sonps were oontiiboted by Mesero C Pleated, Slmmondii, J. Rowe, H. Norgrcri. and Stone, and Messrs Clark and Godfrey, of the TanrauffO, both Ihe latter being enoornd. Messrs Lonlhan and Knobon supplied a ! first- class sapper. The social was on all ' Bld.ee votgd n tborongblj SPjoyaWq on?*

At (bo suggestion of Or Smith n letiec U to be written to tbe Defenoe Department by the Napier Borough Council asking thai the big obsolete gan at pretent IjlDft oear tbo drill ahcd bo banded over to the town, Should the request be compiled with tbe gan Is to be placed in a ptotnlnent position on the Mailne-parade, not that it will do any damage there, bnt Id will be a good thlog to look at. Cnptßln Edwin wired at noon ye»ter> riny :— Wind mo derate between north and wt&t and south-west at all places northward of Napier and New Plymouth, and strong between north east and north acd went everywhere elite. Barometer fall (Vary where, Sea beat; On all western Qijnata after 18 houri, and on east ooast between Caubiepolnt and Lyttelton after 20 hoars. Tides increasing on all west ooosts end on cat tern coast of Sonth Island; moderate else fi here. The (trained relations of foreign e.ffilrpj end tbe anxiety that broodß over the British Treacary B;nob, reoill (writes a fjondon oorrpjpondent) a dromitlo lr.cldent that oonarred in the memorable BO'bton of 1885, la addition to trouble with Riiaila, cnr rotations vrlth Fiance veto at Che time la perilous tension, One day tbo City wag alarmed by news that France, reeoatiofr British oooapatlon in Kgypt, bed withdrawn her Oonuul from Culro, obvloru'y so it pre'lmlnftry to a declaration of war. When tbe House met Sir Stafford Northoote, then leading the Opposition, BBked It there was any trntb Id the report. Mr Gladstone replied that no snob information had reached the Foreign Offioe. Ten mlnutet later a letter was passed along the Treasury Beaoh till It reached tbe Premtai 1 * hand, Tha watobfn', crowded House o'oeeiveu blm atart as he read it, a oload of profound anxiety resting on his hoo es he to id'd It, He remained for n while sank la troubled thought. Then ba (lowly roto, Bno\ nrald solemnly bathed silence, stood ai the table. Spsaklop la low, grave tones, ha scid, when Sir Stfc fiord Njrthoote had pnt tho qaa 'ion to htm, he had trnly replied that be had no informs: lon on tbo tabj'Ot. "I fttn sorry to Bay,' 1 ho added, "that within the few mlrjtlteß that br>7B ticou elspsed a rfenpatoh his been reoclved at the Foreign Oliico BtitiDg that the French Cbsrße d'AffMres left Cairo this morning." The sensation Created wr>a profound. War with Rnush was Ba idea with whloa the pnbMo mind bad grown familiar. Now it seemed tbe oaautry ; won'd at tbo aanie time be encaged in war with t^raao". Bab it wag all a mistake, one if. the oddeit In tbe history of oablo mpnaegei. In view of the orllloal stata of tfiilrn, tbe Premier had angeptted thatnn; telegrams reoobing the Foreign Office from Cairo nhonld be onmconnlo»ted to Llm In tbe Houeo of Com mans without a moment's delay. A me.v m^ arriving at 4 o'clock from Sir Evelyn Bul>-(r, the Permanenti Uodet-Seoietaiy, In bis z;al, seat it tif la bstohea, bb be oompleted tbo deotpberlng. Tbe fir*e meßiageran !— "This morning tbeFreuoh Charge d'Affalres left." Five mlontes later arrived another heated Forelgu Office messenger with the o'^nolutlan of the mePßage — "some papers for my oon> sldcratlon,"