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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10922, 23 May 1898, Page 2

In fntnre Shipping end Commercial News and Mall Notices will be found on oar Grab pace, and " NotlfiooHanß " will ocoapy the space formerly tticsn by tbe shipping column, owing to tbe pressure of advertisements. On the fourth page will ba found footbill notes by " Old'nn," sporting *newi, the result of tbe draw for the Hawke'a Bay Flntupton Coursing Clab'a Maiden Stakes, and onr Danevlike correspondent* letter. Dr. Bernaa will return to Napier trom hl« visit to the Old Country before the end of the year. Mr John W. Douglas has scratched all horses entered in his late lather's name for coming events in New Zealand and Australia, Ib 1b estimated that the total cost of the expedition to Waima in oonneotlon with the native disturbance there will run Into close on £2000. The Hon. A. J. Cadman is to be present at the opening of the new baths at Te Aroha oa Tneaday next, and on the Friday following he. is to address the residents of Ohlnemurl at the C.iteslon Theatre, Paoroa. The Napier Gairlaon ball committee have arranged to hold (on Wednesday night) that moat enjoyable of all danoes— a ohlldren'o ball — when onr young people may ipend a oonple of honra in really healthy reoreatlon. In oonneotlon with the East Coast Sheep Dog Trial Club's meeting at Fomog'ibaa on Friday next, the committee have decided, owing to the large number of entries received, to Btart the tritils at 7 a.m. Instead of 8 a m In order to thoroughly acquaint themselves with tbe abattoirs question Connolllon M'Vay, Cohen, and Cranby Intend proceeding to Wanganni to-dny, end they will lnipeot the pnbllo abattoirs In that town, Mr F, Moe-Uer will accompany the party, The man Franols Ransey, aiys the NZ, Times, who oame from Otakl to give evldenne at the Polloe Commission agalDtb Constable O'Rouike, was atrsnted on Thursday for being drnnk and dieGiueriy. He was brongbt botore the Conrt on Friday and fined 10a, or 48 hoars' imprisonment. The Napier Garrison md notified by art drder in another tiolbnn kir parade tomorrow morning at 8 30. We are nlflo informed that ft company of boyß from the district school will ba present to asbiat in carrying out) the ceremonial drill In honor of Her Majesty's Birthday. The members of tho Vetcroco' A-iiOcla-tion are Cordially It, Vital, The following will represent tho Napier Rlflss In their thatoh with tho Guards. "A" tßßtn: 15 Stoikoy. C. Stokes, C. Mllser, J. Gleudo?, and R Dacrn < smergenoiei, C. Wise, D. Dreove;, J, Plr'.b. "B" teem: Hardiop, Hunt, Chicken, RobßOn, Searnhfiold, Dieaver, Plrle, C, Brown, West, and VVoodoookj emerge eneles, Wlia, Exeter, Prebble.* Tbe residence of Mrs O'Brien, on tbe Napier road, Wuodvllle, wbb destroyed by I fire on Thnrsday night. The building had a hlatoiio Intareaf; havlDj; besn the fitßt Woodvlllu itfhool whet! It stood on the hill near whero the Chriztadelphl in hall now stands (cays the Examiner). In it Mr Crawford tanght many ot the young ideas of Woodvllle the way to shoot., Onr Hastings correspondent writes ac follows under jeaterday'a date:— A child of Mr A. B. Greene's had a narrow escape whilst playing with a candle, The child's clothes caught fire, and bat tor Mr Greene'* timely assistance serions results might have followed. — The Rev. Mr Aliamon oontlnued his mission, to-day, pieachlng to a large congregation In St. Matthew's Chnroh in the evening. The Garrison ball, to be held tomorrow evening, promises to be tory anooeasfol, as the tickets are polng off freely, and considering that the floor has not been used since tbe Highland Society's ball on Friday, will therefore bB la all the better oonditlon. The services of Mr Clatke's string b&nd has been accepted. The committee having made each excellent arrangements, nothing it left but fine weather to make It the moßt I enjoyable ball of the assnon It transpires that the Railway Department) have made good provision for the widow and children of the late Mr J, Barker, engine, driver, accidentally killed Bt Goodman's bridge, near Kaukapakapa '(Kalpara line), leaving six young children, The Minister and General Manager at Wellington authorised the payment ot £500 an oompenaatloD, to be paid la weekly Instalments, and, In addition, the j widow has been appointed postuntotreiß I and railway station caretaker at Tanplrl, I at a fixed salary, together with a free house. Captain Edwin wired at noon on Saturday:—Wind, gale with rain between jjorth-wenb and west and couth at all plnoce northwards of Thameo and Manakiu ; sooa also at all plectra from thenoe sontawsud to Castiepotot and Wanganui after 10 to 15 hours, bat between northeast and east and south at oil other places. Barometer rise sooa at places north of Thames and Manukau and southward of Tlmarn end Qaeenstown : further frill, bat lining at all other places after 10 hours. San heavy on both coasts, Tides high on western coast uf the North Island and on all eastern coast ; good on wood eoaat of South Island, While at Rusaell, one of the members of the Auckland Peimaoent Artllletj 1 , who were being conveyed from Hoklanga to Auckland in the Tatanekal, seemed a piece of Biltioplne wnlob was part of the old signal polo oat down by the chief Hono Heke In the year 1645, when tbe fight took place between tbe European forc.es and the Maoris, and when a goodly number of pakehas and natives lost their lives. It is significant that 53 years later a doeoendant of Hone Heke should Intervene, and by his efforts with the disafleoted Maoris bring about an amloablo , settlement of what gave every promise of i proving a serious dlfiioulty, Wilful de»trnotlon of property appears to be a favorite pastime with the rising generation. A resident of Napier who happened to be passing tbe Cathedral yesterday afternoon, Informed us that he observed a young urchin of some six years old deliberately eoratohlag with a pen. knlfo the paint off, the Deanery fence, which nan only recently been repaired and frrßhly pointed, The mltohievoua Imp had already baoked oil several pieces from tbe fence before bo was discovered and admonished for his conduot. If parents are so foolish as to snpply small boys with psn»knlves, they might at any rate in- I sttnst them to use them to better ad- I vantage than by damaging other peoples' I property. Ono of tbe attractions of the holiday will undoubtedly ba the two shooting matches between the members of tbe Napier Guards and tbe Napier Rifles, one matoh being for five first-olati Bhots, and the other for ten men a-aide of the secondolaos shots. The "A." teams are very evenly matohed, as the Guards have now eeoared tbe servloes of A. Flrle (ex.Rlfla Volunteer) and P. Franklln, whereas the R flea are without their champion {Color-Sergt. Robson). Tbe Ranges ara to be seven shots each at 400, 500, and 600 yards, with two slghters at eaoh tßnge, the matoh to be carried ont I nsder the rules of the New Zealand Klfla Aetoolution. Captains Chloken and Hughes are in ohargo of the " A." olass and Lieutenant Thomson the " B," class. Our Walpawa correspondent wrote on Saturday as follows :— At the Magistrate's Court to-day Patrick Brooks was oharged with being drunk while In charge of a four-hone team la Ruatanlwba road yesterday. He pluadcd gollty and was fined 10s with 2i costs, or In default BOVQU day a Imprisonment, Albert Pellan alias Phelan was oharged with drunkenness and pleaded guilty, saying It was his first offence. It was, however, shown that he had been previously convicted at Napier on the same charge, and also of vagranoy. Fined 5s or 24 hours Imprisonment. He was further charged with being an idle and disorderly person, having no lawful visible means of support, KvldBnoe was given showing that he had been begging food at various house* while he was In possession of money. Ordered to 3e imprisoned at Napier for U days with iard labor,— Mr M, Moroney had a small tcoldent last night, when he mleoalonlatad ihe distance of a straining post at the itatlon, wbloh proved more than a matoh or him, but broke the pole off. Even the nost) careful oi men oan get astray someimes. Oce of bis boiues took umbrage it tho sbuok cud played op, but wfth no rone result,

Regarding the Australian Federation question, Sir Robert Stoat! apes king at a leotnre at Wellington on Thnradsy nlgbt, Bald that we la this colony did not snffi* olently realise how close v/ero oni eliter colonies, and tbere wai an absence of that iellow feeling that ahonld exist, Saoh a state of things wa> a mistake, and he hoped we would be brought Into oloier relation!. There were many waya of doing thli, one of which waa to have representative speakers come from " the other aide " to leotore here, and ahow m that they, aa are we, are working for the uplifting of humanity. Onr hearts beat In unison with them, and If we cannot have political federation we osn have a federation of sentiment, of feeling, and of Ideas, that wonld prove of inestimable benefit. The Hon. T. A. Braasey, editor of Btastty't Naval Annual, at o meeting at Tnubridge Wolla (cays the St. Jamei't Gazette), addressed himself to the subjeot of the foreign outlook and Great Britain* snprem&ey at sea. The preient he de« eoilbed us the most oritloal period ever experienced by this ooantry Id regard to foreign affaire. For the pnrpoiei of tho Naval Annual, and In oontlnnatlon of his father's (Loid Brassey) labors In that direction, he bad jost completed a survey of the progress of the British Navy, and aa a result could nsitire them that our navy at the present moment waa well capable of meeting any other two Powers at sea, and farther, was in a position to hold its own— though nob without a struggle— against a coalition oomprlelDg Kqibls, France, and Germany. No relaxation, however, should be permitted in the building of now vessels 11 tbii position waß to bs maintained in the future, cnpcclally In view of the laot that within the last year or two the advanoe in the Frenoh and one or two other navies had been greater than was the cose in regard to our own navy. Commenting npon the visit of the flißablp Royal Arthur, the Post says :— Toe visit 0! saoh a Vessel to these waters is not an aooominon thing. The Orlando was here on several oooasiont, and so was the NeUon ; bnt the vlalt of tbe Koyal Arthur is singular in lorae respeoti. The veisel eppears to be a tpeclal cmlser In Cook Strait, find the only Infeience that we oan dran from tns flagshhi'u movements ia that Admirii,! Pearson la on the lookout for a naval station. Both Acckland and Wellington hava been nrglng their claims as*' a base for the squadron, but theie oomeß a ramor that the site favored by the Admiralty la Ploton. From a man-ofwor'a point of view Plcton has many nndonbted advantage, while It commands Cook Strait and consequently the centre of tbe coal trtffia and the oablcß. War preparations are bßlng carried on very quietly in all the colonies, no doubt nnder advlue and intimations from JDawnlng'streeti, and we oan only surmlie Irom this that tho Salisbury Cabinet has onnoluded tlmt the hoar may be near when the Britloh Qatlou will be called npon to defend the Empire,The funeral of the Isle Mr W. Douglas, of To Mahanga, tack pinoe on Saturday. Throughout tho sarly part of the day large nnmbere of homeroon end oconpantß of carriages arrived to pay tho last tribute of reepeds to tbe memory of a storllrg old colonist. Shortly after 12 o'clook the Rev, Mr Whyte held dlvtoe service at the homestead, and at 12 30 p.m. four of tbe station eraplojdi bore the body, encased In a pollened rJrau ooffia with massive hiivor mountings, to the hearse. The cortege then formed for She Havelook oemwtery, nnd throughout the Uce of road the numbers were strengthened nntil the procession must have extended fully a mt'o In leDgtb, to be again augmented at tbo someterv gft'.es, The attendance was moat representative, and ooiißlated of friends Of dtconeod from all parts of Hawke's Bay. Many wreathn weie pl&oad on the ooffia at the grave side, one of which was jointly from the Hoos. /lamea Carroll and John WCKecila, and ooadsted if pure white chrysanthemums end malrfnohalr ferns worked In the embkm of "Faith. 1 ' After the burial eeitlco, the four employs lowered the body intU £hs family plod, alongside three daughters and a bod, who had preoeeded their father, A large number of sympathetic telegrams were received by the family from several parts of New Zealand and Australia, Apropos Admiral DupfiQl'* sngeestion that In the event of war the tfidneh could do great Injaiy to British oommeroe, the folio »iuR (com a oontemporary is Interest' Ing : -Muoh latorfißQ hut been aroused in England by tho eonßultaiiCnn whloh have taken plaoa in regard to the protection Oi merohant shipping id the case of wa*. The naval ontboritles have oome to the oonolusion that the old system of convoys would In most caios be impraotloable. Tho eSteDt of oar oommeroe, and the enormons Iscgth of. thfl ;ontes to be traversed, would make It impossible to give protection by oonvoys. Sailing ships wo'dld bs driven from tbe ocean, and steamers wonld bate to depend largely on their own speed, The Government would, however, endeavor toproteotthegreslt?ade routes by aimed-omlsers oonstantlymOfing' between different points The route to Gibraltar would bo protested to a large extent by the Channel iquadron, and from Gibraltar to Suez by the Medlter* rnnean fleet, The routes from the Cape, from America, and from Australia and the Besot, wonld bo more difficult, bat tbe Admiralty believe that, by having swift and beavlly-armor&d vuaselfl at certain points in Ihe lines which steamers take, they wonld be able to ensnre practical safety to onr over-sea oommeroe. Tb/ problem is one, howevor, wbloh has never had to be solved before, and It is difficult to say how tbe plans of the Admiralty would work oat in practice.