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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11121, 13 January 1899, Page 2

At the annual • meeting of hospital contributors yesterday,' Mr. Cohen presiding, Dr. Jarvis was elected to the Hospital Trustees. As shoeing -the zest with which our population enters into the snbject of holidays, -we may mention that the sum of .£12,000 was withdrawn from the Post-office Savings Bank, of Waihi, Bhortly before .Christmas. — N.Z. Herald. At the Magistrate's, Court yesterday, before Mr Large, J.P., Charles Wilson, a seafaring man, for disorderly conduct while drunk, was nned'^Bl or seven days' imprisonment.'— Mary Collins got three months for beiri|f a rogue' and a vagabond. — William Lees was remanded for medical treatment on a charge of drunkenness. * " > , ' '■' The choir of All Saints' Church, Taradale, journeyed to Meanee on Wednesday evening and gaje.a carol service in aid of the fund for painting the Meanee church. There was a good attendance, .and a fair sum was realised. The- following contributed solo3i— Misses A.^Harpham and L. Sellar, and'Kev. A..P. Clarke; Messrs A. J. Newboiild and C. P, Clarke. Mr C. P. Clarke presided at the organ. Captain Edwin.. wired' at noon yelterday:—Wind" Gale from' north-east to north and west at all places, but changing to between west and 'south-west and south at places south of Port Chalmers and Queehstown [' af|er 12 hours. ( Barometer further rise everywhere. Sea heavy on all western coast and on eastern coast south of .Napier. Tides high on all ' western coast, also, on east coast south of , Castlepoint. Bain is probable southward of East Cape, Taupo, and Baglan. Our Waipawa correspondent writing , yesterday, says:— The Waipawa Biflea commenced their class-firing yesterday 1 under the superintendence of Sergeant--1 Major Dewar. .About 20 got through. ) The firing throughout ,-was very satiai factory. Lanee r G'orporal Slatford came l out on top with a. total of 67 out of a . possible 80. Curing: the afternoon the • new range Was, visited by a number oS i townspeopWr-who to.ok great interest in l. the result.— At, the Magistrate's Court ) to-day, before the- local Benon, Arch. . Macallister was , charged with being ' drunk a second time within six months. ?• 'He was fined jßl,;with t the alternative of . ' seven days in Napier gaol. ' Is the increase of brutal orime in the .'-,[ ■ colonies due ■. to . th,o ., Lincoln type of . mutton we feed on ? About 20 years or [ so ago, when we.'flrst..- turned our back on : the sweet, and nutritious merino, Judge ; Johnston was of that opinion, and the ; same idea is brought forward again by , "G.D.H.," ,of Danevirie, in a letter to , the New Zealand Times, from which we • , take the following extract : — " At present a longwool sheep is sent Home, which, to keep it within the, weight acceptable, has , ■ to be killed when it if neither lamb nor mutton. Can any'amount of advertising reconcile the British public to using this flabby, immature, coarse meat? Or can there be surprise that it fails to realise . : satisfactory prices, or those of the small, well-grown, .well-matured, fine-grained ■ " British breeds? Why, in these enlightened times, big longwool sheep are grown at all as an article of diet is so far unexplained. .... But many of the crimes of violence must be ascribed to the use of this meat, the fat of which is practically insoluble by the gastric • juices, the dyspepsia thus induced no doubt taking a homicidal character. Indeed, this fat is insoluble by anything ' ' less than the strong alkaliß ÜBed by the '.„;'■ makers of coarse soaps. ' The convenience of the arrangements for the investigation of the old age pensions claims in this' district are not , : all that they- might reasonably, be ex- > . peoted to be '(writes our Danevirke correspondent)^ 1 For example, Norsewood resi- ; dents are supposed to go to Danevirke to give evidence in support of their, claims, and the sitting was arranged at so short . notice that some of them will not get their notices till about four days after' ■ : . the Court has, sat. Not that they were '■• not sent out as soon as possible after' • the arranging for the sitting ; they could ... \ not have been,. dispatched more quickly. For certain reasons the notices should have been forwarded about a week before- ; hand in • order to have reached the- " '•'■; recipients in time. A number of the old . residents do not call for mails oftener than once a week, and it is owing to this, fact that more extended notice should . • have been -given. And then again the trip to Danevirke means/ to some of the applicants a considerable amount of trouble and inconvenience. Especially is this the case with those who are a good . ' way beyond the prescribed age. What ;, they want to know then is, is it possible for a sitting to be arranged for Ormondville? If this could be made to fit in with, the arrangements of the S.M, it would suit the parties chiefly concerned far and away better. • We have just received Part 111. of "Maori Art," by Mr A. Hamilton, Begistrar of the University of Otago. The book is published under the auspices of . the New Zealand Institute, and is limited to an issue of 600 copies. Part 111. contains illustrations of the weaponß of the Maoris, the implements . of agriculture ■' "Sf and handicraft, the snares and imple*-*.--^ ments used in hunting rats and birds. To : these are added lists of woods used in con- '■■ ■ neotion with the illustrations, together t with admirable descriptions which help to make a book valuable for reading and ' reference.' No one can take even a cursory glance at the book without coming i to the conclusion that Mr Hamilton is a . man of infinite pains, and a devoted , student of Maori art, otherwise it would have been impossible to bring together - from the British - and Continental ' i museums illustrations of rare relics of i Maori art over and, beyond what he hhn- „' • ; elf has collected in his travels through .: most of the districts in the colony. Aa • far as we are aware nothing approaching 1 "Maori Art" has hitherto bees published descriptive of the natives of New Zealand. Their social life, their skill in war, their many aptitudes, suoh as carving, the working of greenstone, the making of mats and a score of other domestic and military articles such as were required by a warlike race, are given with rare skill and judgment. Both Mr Hamilton, as author, and the Governors of the New Zealand Institnte, as publishers, are to be congratulated on the issue of suoh a valuable record, dealing as it does with a noble race that appears to be fast passing away. The book iB excellently printed, and may be obtained from either of the local booksellers or by members of the Philosophical Institute from the secretary, at a slightly lower cost. Consumption is responsible for more ■' deaths than any other disease. No leas than 523 persons die annually in New Zealand from consumption,, and an medical authorities now hold the disease to be not merely preventable, but curable, the directors of the Australian Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society have had 100,000 copies of a pamphlet, by Dr. P. Jamieson, printed for gratuitous circulation. The society intimate that a copy of ,it can be had at their office on application, personally or by letter. I STOPPED THAtTcOUGH and CUBED A V*,UY BAD COLD by a single bottle of Or. - PoscaU's Cough Mixture.— (Signed) C. M'Donnld. Is (id and 2s Gd." Ecoles. Cnemist. Napier and - Hastings. ' .. Eoolea" Corn Paint has no equal for the speedy, permanent, and painless cure of hard or- soft corns ; usually cored after a few applications. . In bottles, la, from A. Scales, Chemist, Napier and Hastings. — Advt, J. a, Welsman's Special Proprietary Uedioina —the Liver Mixture for biliousness and mdi- > itestion, Dysentery Mixture, Neuralgia Mature, Quinine and Iron Tonic; Wine, Wind Mixture for Infants, &c, LococVs Hair Lotion, Com Paint, Ac,, &c. The Pharmacy, Hastings-stxeet. —Advt. Tha Bawke's .Bay .Permanent Bnilding and Investment Society are now prepared to auranoe money on mortgage on freehold and leasehold . lecurities on the new reduced tables of redcmp. lion payments aB low as 5 per cent per annum, whioli are lower than any other society in tha colony. Apply to tTie secretary, J. B. Fielder, at the Rooiety'g office, or Joshua Bennett, Hasting*. —Advt. , Orion Ranges, all sices, from 3ft to sft, always on hand. A large aaaortmentofKearslay mower i fittings, knife bars, driving rods, section, &c, . I I just arrived; 10 per cent allowed on cosh pnr- I chases of Ironmongery.— J. A. Fryer, Hastings* _J street, Napier. , . 1

Bowling and cricket news and several letters to the editor will be found on the fourth page, together with reports of the meetings of the Hawke's Bay Board of Rabbit Trustees yesterday, and of the Hastings Borough- Council, the business at the Hastings Magistrate's Court, and our Danevirke correspondent's letter. Mr P. • Spillauo, of the Railway Hotel, Hastings, has sold out to Mr D. Kenny, formerly of the Albert Hotel, Wellington. The former takes over the Taradale Hotel. Tiokets at the usual Saturday excursion fares ViH be obtainable, and the usual Saturday excursion trains run between Napier, Farndon, Whakatu, Tomoana, and Hastings to-morrow. The Tyser Line -will despatch the s.s. Hawke's Bay on the direct monthly service betv^u America and Australasia on January 20th next, the s.s. Queen Eleanor on February 15th, and the s.s. Tomoana during March. In tha history paper for Class E. and for the Junior Civil Service is this interesting question t— " "With the aid of the following mnemonic — Mil iittle toys «ever will njention all these Jiorrid hateful battles (o Uosworth '—mention the battles fought in. the Wars of the Roses, and give an account of any one of them." Trout are reported to be very plentiful in the Manawatu stream at the back of Orinondville and Makotuku, and the streiims around Danevirke are said to be teeming with fish. Great mortality has bean observed among them this season though, owing, it is thought, to the prevalence and ravages of the creen beetle. The crops in the Wanganui and adjoining counties, which with ftw exceptions up to the last week or two have been looking splendid, have, tho Herald states, been considerably damaged by the recent rams and high winds. If the weather does not speedily improve there will be widespread loss to farmers and a scarcity or sound grain for milling purj oses,