THE ANGLO-GERMAN ALLIANCE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11124, 17 January 1899, Page 2

THE ANGLO-GERMAN ALLIANCE.

Though the cableman did not seem to think it of sufficient importance to telegraph, the persistent reports of an Anglo- German alliance were confirmed officially by Prince Hohenloe, the German Imperial Chancellor, before the last mail left Europe. "Writing in reply to a communication from the German Colonial Society, the Chancellor said : — "The German Colonial Society, in the memorial addressed to u,e on the 3rd inst., stated that according to their information profound disquietude had been created in colonial and also in wider circles by the intelligence published in foreign journals concerning an agreement between the German and English Governments. The society further requested that the contents of the agreements should be made public entirely or partially without further delay. I am nob in a position to comply with this request, since not only established diplomatic usage, but also important political considerations, continue for the present to prohibit the publication of the agreement. The Imperial Government will not hesitate to make the agreement public so soon as this course seems possible and desirable without endangering Germany's own interests. The obligation effectively to maintain these interests in all circumstances constitutes for the Imperial Government the sole standard of their conduct, and I am confident that the German Colonial Society, whose patriotic efforts I gladly acknowledge, will also come to the conclusion that the conductors of the policy of the empire have duly fulfilled their task."

On our fourth page to-day will bo Found reports of tlio meetings yesterday of the llawke's I3ay County Council and of the Napier Hospital Board, sporting news, and our Danevirke and Tikokino correspondents' letters, There are at present 31 prisoners in Napier gaol, including two females. Constable Clarke, of Gisborno, is being transferred to Napier. Sir Ct. O. IC. Sainsbury, of Napier, has successfully passed in " Contracts and Torts " in his solicitor's examination. Tho police roturns for the Hawko's I3ay district for 1808 show an increase of over 100 cases of drunkenness as compared with the returns for the previous year.

A couple of youths who arrived ati Nelson recently from London wero ' arrested on a charge of drunkenness. On being searched at the police cells one of them possessed the respectable sum of £168. The new school and residence at Nuhaka has been completed at a cost of .£7OO, and the school has been placed in oharge of Mr Pinker, who has had control of the Maketu native school for the past 20 years. It is stated that the late Major Kemp's daughter Wikitoria, in whom her father's recently-determined interest in the Horowhenua block vests, will, after the payment of all liens and mortgages, come into something like £20,000. The Eickards Company played to a crowded house at the Princess Theatre, Hastings, last night, notwithstanding that shortly before the performance commenced a heavy shower of rain fell. The performance was very enthusiastically received. " Professor " Carl Ledebur, husband of Madame Ledebnr (arrested in connection with the Tarra tragedy), reigned for^a short period in Napier somS ye&rs ago, and claims us amongst his sorrowing friends. He mysteriously "skipped by the light of the moon." His account still remains amongat our very doubtful debts. The manner in which the phylloxera vastatrix has spread in the North, especially in the WHangarei district, and the recent discovery of three seats of infection in the Pahi dktriet, have persuaded the Agricultural Department to make a house-to-house visitation, and to inspect every cluster of vines growing in the whole colony. j A sad accident occurred at Hunterville i on Thursday afternoon. Mr J. Searles, a settler in Paraekarettt, and well-known in the district, was thrown from Ms horse on the road near Ellis Valder's store. He was taken to the Argyle Hotel, where he was attended by Dr. Smith, but he never regained consciousness, and died about 8 o'clook the same night. There have been four provincial cycling championships held to date. The first, a three miles at Napier, was won by Sutherland, the Canterbury mile and five miles — the former was won by champion Sutherland, and the latter a dead heat between Sutherland and Barker; whilst the Amateur Mile Canterbury Championship was accounted for by H. Amos. It is not at all an unusual thing for horses, cows and pigs to be fed on good fruit in this district, upon apples, plums, and peaches, for there is no better means of getting rid of surplus stocks (says the Wairarapa Times). It was only this week that an up-country settler told us of an apricot orchard where delicious fruit was literally rotting on the gronnd. The traffic returns On the Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth section of railway during the four weeks ending 10th Deceinbe'r amounted to £33,879 12s 7d, against £33,387 18s 4d for the corresponding period of 1897. Passengers, £10,698 16s 6d; parcels, luggage, and mails, £1702 10s ; goods, £20,747 13b 9d ; miscellaneous, £458 17s' lOd j rents and commission, £271 14s 6d. Commissioner Tunbridge states that there is no authority for reports which have been current that the list of new sub inspectors of police will include Chief Detective O'Brien, of Dunedin, Sergeants M'Donald (Invercargill), Wilson (Palmerston North), and Kelly (Blenheim), or for the statement that Sergeant-Major Mason, of "Wellington, ia to be transferred tc Palmerston North. At the 1 Magistrate's Court yesterday before Mr Tu'rnbiill; S.M.; Patrick O'Cod nell, charged with having pfcoearedliquo) for a prohibited person, Ezfekiel EoWe from the Exchange Hotel, was fined £! i and 93 costs. — Robert Burns, also pro , hibited, charged with having obtainei liquor from the booth on the Hasting : racecourse on the 2nd January last, wa fined 10s, with 12s costs. 1 A committee meeting of the WandererE Bicycle Club was held in the Masoni Hotel last night, when the prograrnm for the sports meeting to be field on th> Ist March Was drawn up and adopted It appears in advertisement elsewhere The track committee Were instructed t have the track put in good ordef At one for training purposes. Messrs C. Mogridg' ; (Waipawa) and E. Mulcaster (Havelock , were elected members of the club. , Mr Skey, Government analyst, arrivei in Napier last night from WeUifigton fo the purpose of giving evidence at tli Magistrate's Court to-day in the cas against Martin Quinn, confectioner, o Hastings-street, who is charged wit! selling " Kola Bitters," as a temperanc drink, the same having been found to h liquor within the meaning of the Licens Ing Act, We understand that Mr Skey* analysis 'resulted In between two am three per cent of alcohol being found ii the bitters'. Captain Edwin wifed 1 at noon yester day:— "Wind: Gale from bsfcween wes and south-west and south at all plaoe northward of Thames and Manakau Btrong from between north-east and nortl sand west from thence southward ti Castlepoint and New Plymouth, ani strong from north-east to east and soutl elsewhere. Barometer rise at place north of Thames and Manakau, fal everywhere' else. Sea heavy on wes coast north of Westport and on eas coast north of East Cape and Eouth o Napier. Tides generally high." The Charitable Aid Board met yester day afternoon. Present — Messrs G. H Swan (chairman), H, J.- Twigg, E. D. T M'Lean, M.H.E., W. SHrimpton, G Faulknor, H. P. Cohen, G. Bee, and B Williams. — Hastings rations to the num ber of 430 were granted, against 460 las month.— The master of the Kefuge re ported that everything was going alon; satisfactorily. — It was decided to continui the contribution of 5s per week fo: another month towardo the support o an illegitimate child placed in the care o Mrs Hopkins, the police to be asked ti make inquiries into the Circumstances o the case.— Vouchers amounting to £ldi Os Id were passed for payment, and thi meeting adjourned. Under the heading of " A New Zealanc ' Bull,' " the London Spectator publishei the following letter from Mr Walter W Madden, of Eussell, Bay of Islands -.- " Sir, — It may interest your readers t( learn that our popular Governor, with t view, donbtless, of acclimatising the Irisl ' bull' at the antipodes, has released al the various centres of population in the colony several fine specimens of this interesting breed, imported direct fron the County Tyrone. For instance, oi the ocoasion of a public reception al Napier, the school children of the town after being duly complimented by his Excellency on the hearty manner ii which they had rendered the • National Anthem,' were solemnly assured that il they put their shoulders to the whee they would be sure to reach the top oi the tree! Upon which a compatriot turned to me and said : ' Sure, it was ai axle-tree he meant, bedad.' " The committee of the Hawke's Baj Cricket Association met last evening ii the Masonic Hotel. Dr. Jarvis, president, in the chair. It was decided that the next round of Wednesday fixtures be played on the Recreation Ground. Taradale play Hastings and Scinde play the Eivals. Mr Marshall and the secretary and treasurer were appointed a subcommittee to arrange for the entertainment of the Wanganui cricketers during their stay in Napier. Mr Brathwaite was appointed scorer for the WanganuiHawke's Bay match. The Cotterill brothers were granted permission to play in cup cricket during their stay in Napier. The following draw was made for the senior and junior competitions : — Senior — Scinde v. County, Napier ; United Ay. United B, Hastings. Junior Awatoto v. Alliance A, Napier ; Hastings v. Scinde, Farndon ; Alliance B v. Taradale, Farndon. Our Waipawa correspondent writing yesterday says : — Tennis is in full swing here, and players and their friends are looking forward with great interest to the Open Tournament to be held here at the beginning of next month. On Saturday a scratch match was played with the Te Aute, tho latter winning by 39 points ; neither club being fully represented. On Wednesday next the samo clubs will try 3oaciusions at Te Aute,— This morning at the Magistrate's Court, before the local Bench, Patrick Murphy, a well-known jffender in all parts of the colony, pleaded »uilty to being drunk on the previous svening, and using obscene language in ;ho hearing of passers going to church. ;Ie was ordered 14 days' hard labor at tfapier gaol on each charge, the periods ;o be cumulative. An enquiry as to how le could get so drunk on* a Sunday, when ill houses are supposed to be closed, elicited an explanation that this class of offender lay in a stock of bottles of beer on the Saturday night, which are hidden away till next day, when a drunken orgio ensues. — The finance committee of the Patangata County Council met on Saturday at Waipukurau. Mr W. White, chairman, presided. The paysheet was passed for payment, and the following tenders dealt with : — Dog collars, J. L. Sterry 6d (accepted). Mr Drover was appointed registrar of dogs at BJd each. Mr W. A. Chambers' tender to erect a roadman's cottage at Porangahau for £60 was accepted.— The Greenwood family staged "The Daughter of the Kegiuient " horo on Saturday night, but the attendance was only poor.— The local amateurs uro rehearsing "Milky White" for tho lawn teunie carnival week. Mr S. J. Williams has been appointed secretary in place of Mr Staudley. resigned,

The Hawie'a Bay Charitable Aid Board is looking after 24 indigent children, eight of whom are in the Children's Home, the others being placed out with various people. The average cost of these children is 4s 6d per head per week. This return was prepared at the instance of the Hon. J. D. Ormond. Mr Shrimpton asked at yesterday's meeting whether all remedies had been exhausted to make the legal guardians of some of these children responsible for their maintenance, for in one instance he knew personally that something could be done by the guardian. The Chairman said erery means were exhausted to make the proper 'persons responsible for the keep of these children. The discussion on the return, as to whether it was advisable or not to erect a cottage in which to place 'the children, .was deferred until next meeting, and ■» sub-committee, consisting of the Hon. J. D. Ormond and Messrs M'Lean and Cohen, was appointed to report on the matter at an early date. For some considerable time (writes our Danevirke correspondent) there has been a feeling among- tradesmen in this district that there should be a protective organisation formed in the interests of thit progressive commnnity. It not infrequently happens- that "bad marks" come in from othef districts and victimise all and sundry before their reputation is established. Then, when, their credit is stopped, they pack up their little all and "put out for the crack of day -or by moonlight — for fresh fields. In these the performance is repeated, and so by constant travelling the number of their victims, and the extent of their "little hauls," attain to no mean proportions. Now the tradesmen are beginning^ as a result of these unpleasant experiences, to long for some means of communication with the tradesmen outside the district in order that any defaulters from another place might be duly posted, and so that should a gentleman leave the district and "forget "to settle his little bill before 1 going, his name might also be sent on to other districts. ' This would prevent much of the wholesale' swindling which has gone oU during the last few years between this and other districts, and the contribution of each firm to the funds necessary to start such a mutually defensive institution would be money very advantageously invested. It wonl'J, at any rate, pay far more handsomely than the present system of paying for goods and giving them away to these ne'er-do-wells in the almost wholesale way which has been so characteristic of the last few years. A meeting is to be held in a few days to consider the question of credit, its use and abase, in relation to the commerce of the district, and afld it is to be hoped that some practical steps will be taken in the direction indicated, so that the trade of this place may be conducted on a sonnd basis. ■ "■ Consumption is responsible for mortf deaths than any other disease. No less than 523 persons die annually in New Zealand from consumption, and as medical authorities now hold the disease to be not merely preventable, but curable, the directors of the Australian Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society hare had 100,000 copies of a pamphlet, by Dr. F, 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 THAT COUGH and 1 CUBED A VJSBY BAD COLD by a single bottle o*l>r. PascaU's Congh Mixture.— (Signed) C. M'Doaald. Is 6d and 2s 6d. Eocles, ChemUt. Napier and Hastings. Eccles' Corn Pafafc has no equal for the speedy, permanent, and paiiilosa cure of hard or soil corns; usually cured after a few applications.- In bottles, Is, from A. Ecoles, Chemißt, Hapsfil and Hastings.— Advt, J. B, Welsman's Special Proprietary Medicine —the Liver mixture for biliousness and indigestion. Dysentery mixture. Neuralgia Mixture, Quinine and Iron Tonic; Wine, Wind Mixture for Infanta, &0., Lucock's Hair Lotion, Corn Paint, Ac. , &ti, Tho Pharmacy, Hastings-street, —Advt. The Hawko's Bay Permanent Bnildtag and Investment Society are now prepared to advance money on mortgage oh freehold and leasehold securities on the new reduced tables of rndemptiou paymentß aB low as 5 per cent per annum, which are lower than any other society in ti» colony. Apply to the secrotary, J. B. Fielder, a& the Society's office, or Joshua Bennett, Hastings -Advt. Orion Banges, all sites, from Sft to sft, always on hand. A large assortment of Kearsley mower fittings, knife bars, driving rode, section, tie., just arrived} 10 per cent allowed on oash purchases o! Ironmongery.— J. A. Fryer, Hastingsstreot, Napier. SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Wanted to hire improved sheep run. E. O Clarkeon, P. 0., Gisborne. Matting and mats at Blythes. Niven and Co, Spit, large importers of machinery ; sole agents for best makes. Extraordinary vacancy Taradale Biver Board. Nomination of member, January 26th. Portion of C. Vfllers* estate, Petane, for sale. J. Couper, Napier, or C. Villers, Petane. Good drapery cheap. Saunders. Tenders in estate B. Morton, diaper, received between January 19th and 23rd. M. W. P. Lascelles, D.O.A. Notfcß meeting of ratepayers Clive nver district, January 2J&. Beeswax, Varnish, paints, in any quantity. A. H, Wilson, ironmonger. Gentleman's Napier residence on hills to let. O. B. Hoadley and Co. Bicycles, cheap and in great variety, at W. M. KeirtonsndCo/s. Dr. de Lisle returned to Napier. Reward for bunch of keys lost. Herald office. Strawberries and cream at the Cafe. Wanderers' Bicycle Club programme for sports March Ist. Parlor-maid wonted. Miss Nairn, Milton. Grange. Concert by City Band in dive-square touiorroW night. . Fnltaerston North annual ram fair February 9th and 10th, Five-roomed bonne to let corner Milton-road and Napier-terrace. Mrs Neal or Mr Newbould. Reception Rev. J. A. Ashec, St. Paul's, toHwrrow night. Preserving and dessert fruit at Prebble s. Mr Daviea, of Messrs Wilxm and Davies, dentists, attends Hastings to-day from 10 a,m. to 4.30 p.m. . ENGAGEMENT. Meetifcg Seinde Lodge of Freemasons, 7.30. That popular remedy, "Dr. PascaU's Cong* Mixture," has made hoßts of friends since its introduction here. Everyone who baa tried it spoaks' highly of its wonderful qualities, and take pleasure in, recommending it to their friends as the very best remedy they have over used for coughs and colds. Is 6d and 2s 6d box. Wholesale and Betail Agent, A. Eccles, Napier and Hastin?B Great Reductions in Table and Dessert Knives, Forks, Spoons (C. Johnson and other reliable makers), Carvers, Steels, Bread Saws, Knives, and Platters; rare value and selection of Cruets, Teapots, 8 o'clock lea Spoons, Cases Carvers, Fish Knives and Forks, Bread Forks, Fen. Pocket, and Sheath Knives, Princess Piano Lamps. All goods marked at sale prices.— James Hardy, '