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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11129, 23 January 1899, Page 2

Captain Edwin wired at noon on Saturday:— Wind: Strong from the west generally, bnt backing to between north-east and north and west everywhere - after from 12 to 20 hours, and gale from the north-east changing by north-west at all places northwards of Thames and Manakau after 12 honrs. Barometer rise everywhere, but falling again at all places north of Napier and New Plymouth. Sea heavy on all western to southerly swell on east coast south of Napier. Tides generally high, and increasing. Bain is probable in all parts of the country after from 12 to 20 hoars. , The funeral of the late Miss Edith Angove took place yesterday afternoon, a large number of friends following in the cortege to the cemetery. The service at the graveside was conducted by the Rev. 0. Dean. Beautiful wreaths were sent by the following :— Miss A. Watt, Mrs King, Mrs LoTOgrove, Mr and Miss Hawkins, Mrs P. E. Saunders, Mrs Prebble, Miss Kenouf, Mrs Plested, Mr and Mrs Young, Mrs Neal, Mr and Mrs J. Franklin, Mr M'Kinstry, Mrs Peach, Miss Parkinson, Miss M. Kedwood, Misses Petersen, Miss M'Kernan, Miss Holt, Miss Williams, Mrs Humphreys, Misses > Humphreys, Miss Shields, Mrs M'Kenzie, Mrs A. Stuart, Miss N. Stuart, Mrs Beaoh, Miss M'Eae, Mrs H. Thompson, Mr C. Plested, Miss Benson, Miss Heald, Mrs Sinclair, Mr and Mrs Denholm, Mrs Rousil, Miss Brill, Mias and Mrs Trask, Mr and Miss Gliding, Miss Head, Mrs and Miss Woodhouse. The Wanganui Herald says the vexed question as to who is to bear the loss of condemned animals sent for slaughter to a publio abattoir, which have been purchased at auction, is likely to be submitted to the Law Courts for settlement, as the vendors refuse to be at the loss, whilst the purchasers are naturally adverse to being saddled with it. The butchers are largely buying privately, and making it a condition of their purchase that in the event of any of the cattle being condemned all the loss shall not be borne by the buyer, but be divided between the latter and the vendors. So far this reasonable concession is refused in cases of auction-disposed-cattle, whose owners decline for the most part to make good any lossbb incurred by the purchasers of diseased cattle. The consequence is that the auction sales of fat cattle are falling off, and are likely to do so still further if some equitable arrangement is not speedily agreed to between vendors and purchasers of that class of live stock. Some two or three years ago a few Napier residents invested in seotions of land in and around the City of Perth, Western Australia. In every case the , ventures turned out successfully, for the investments now are worth more than, double the amount paid for the property. The negotiations were conducted through a well accredited Sydney company, whose representative is now in Napier, and is prepared to deal with those desirous of taking up sections in and about the same locality. Perth has now ■ a population of 60,000, and any investment in the capital of a colony with a gold yield of over 1,000,000 ounces a year should be a very safe one, especially as the lots can be bought on the easiest terms, a small deposit, and the balance by quarterly payments. Sir J. Forrest the Premier of Western Australia, speaking at Perth recently, said that the material industries of the colony were in a flourishing condition. The expenditure of over .£1,000,000 on publio and municipal works would soon have an effect on . the labor market. The export of gold in 1898 would amount to 1,050,000 ounces. We have received from Mr Taylor White, Wimbledon, specimens of two allied forms of New. Zealand grass, which, he forwards' for identification and may be seen at this office. The one has larga seed culms, having a slight bend op droop. The other is of shorter growth and the leaves of a darker green, incline ing to a tinge of bronze. This hist, Mr White supposes, is the Trisetum antarctiewm or. Southern oat grass, and akin to ' the European form Avena flavescens and. A-elaiior. The above New Zealand grasses are perennial and give a short pin wire foliage, closely clustered,- and which haa the peculiarity to retain its position, after .the Beed culms are perfected; not, as in most grasses, becoming all seed head and stem of less seed value. The seed culms of the latter drooping kind are greedily eaten by horses, being gathered in large mouthfuls as if it were the best of hay. These grasses, Mr White informs us, are spreading over land cleared o£ forest nine years ago, and sown with, perennial rye, oocksf oot, clover, &o. It ia possibly a more suitable feed for sheep than the sncqulent growth of English grasses, which inoline to produce a softness in the sheep. Such a thing was unknown among merino sheep fed on the native grasses of Otago and Canterbury, in former days the Otago grass being chiefly a form of hard fescue, also of a pinwire foliage and insufficient growth, as it were forage in a condensed form. An adjourned meeting of creditors in the estate of William James Wylie, o£ Danevirke, storekeeper, a bankrupt, waa held at Wellington on Friday,' at tha office of the Official Assignee, who presided. There were also present Messrs B. B. Nation (Levin and Co.), Archibald Clark (Arohibald Clark and Sons), J. J. Patterson, and J. H. Turnbull (W. and G-. Turnbull and Co.). Resolutions wera unanimously carried as follows : — " That the resolution passed at the last meeting (at Danevirke) that the proceedings be transferred to Wellington be now confirmed ; that Levin and Co.'s account fos expenses, £2\ 11a sd, be paid preferentially; and that the legal expenses incurred in resisting the transfer of tha proceedings to the Napier office be paid pieferentially." Mr Patterson agreed to make up the difference of 10s in the £ for preferential olajma for rent and wages. The Assignee reminded the meeting that his accountant had reported that there was an unexplained balance of .£777, and asked- for an expression of opinion as to the report he shonld make to the Court. Mr Nation Baid he did not think there had been any misconduct oa tho part of the bankrupt. Mr Patterson, who was of the same opinion, added that a certain amount of money had got out o£ the estate in some wpy that had not been explained. He did not want to charge anyone, but the money had got ont. Tha bankrupt never had £2000 of book debts. He (Mr Patterson) had been hunting foe tliem. earnestly, but h,s could not find them, Would the Assignee Btate why' such an earnest effort was made to hava the proceedings moved to Napier? Mr Nation and the Assignee remarked th'afc there were wheels within wheels, bub thought no good end would be served by going into the matter. The meeting waa adjourned sine die.

The reading matter on our fourth page to-day comprises sporting and cricket news. Charlep Beeves, a stowaway by the Elingamite on Saturday from Wellington, was fined £1 by the S.M., or three days' imprisonment. ' Mr G. Garry and his talented son will give a concert at Danevirke during this week when the residents of the bush township will have a treat. The Bey. Alfred Neild, M.A., vicar of i Ashurst, preached in the Cathedral last night. The service was a very bright and hearty one, Mr H. G. Spackman presiding at the organ. The Law Union and Crown Fire Insurance Company of London invite applications for the position of resident agent at Napier. Messrs John Holmes and Co., general agents for the company at .Wellington, will receive the applications. The Bey. J. A. Asher, the new minister of St. Paul's, conducted the services at that ohuroh for the first time yesterday. In the evening he preached to a large congregation, taking as his text the parable of the lost sheep, from which he delivered a very earnest and practical sermon. Mr H. B. Lusk leaves Napier by the Flora to-day en route to Dunedin to join the New Zealand cricket; team, which starts on its Australian tour on the 30th instant, after playing a two days' match against 13 of Otago. The first fixture of the tour will be played against Tasmania. Mr Hales (Engineer-in-Chief ) has left for East Island (off East Cape) by the Hinemoa, for the purpose of paying a visit of inspection to the work in connection with the erection of the new lighthouse. Hine additional men went up by the same steamer to assist those already engaged in the work. One explanation given of the number of the desertions from the warships Tauranga and Boyalist is that the two ships are near the end of their three years' commission, and that some of the men are loth to go Home, and be transferred to a station possibly which has not the attractions, climatically or otherwise, possessed by New Zealand and Australia. A telegraph line running in a northeasterly direction from Harton has been extended as far as Mangaweka, and will be carried on to Moawhanga, the work being delayed pending a guarantee front the two county councils affected. During the year a line from Moawhanga will be extended westward a little sonth of Karioi, with the ultimate intention of connecting with the Main Trunk line. It is stated that the wool clip in the Taranaki district is hardly as heavy as was expected. In fact, light fleeces are general all along the coast, and a farmer states that in the Waverley district the clip is lighter than has been the case for years, What with the low price ruling and light fleeces into the bargain, wool-growei-8 are not having as profitable a, time as usual, The Wanganui Borough Council is having some trouble with regard to its waterworks at the Virginia liake, owing to the leaking of the earthenware pipes originally laid down. The engineer, Mr James Fulton, C.E., has now recommended the Council to substitute iron pipes for a length of 17 chains at an extra cost of about £200. • The Council is indignant about the business, and at its last meoting passed a resolution dispensing .with the further services of the engineer, and instructing its foreman of works to use iron pipes where required. The Hon. J. M'Kenzie has never seen his half-brother, recently' appointed to the professorship of English language and literature at the Victoria College, as he was born after the Minister for Lands came to New Zealand. He has, however, corresponded with him, and has sent him at different periods books; pamphlets, and Parliamentary papers relating to New Zealand. Professor M'Kenzie possesses a very large library, and New Zealand is so' well represented jn it that persons haye pome over lts file's to vjse On Friday afternoon a lad named Eobert Christie left his parents' residence at Puketifciri, and has not been seen since. On his not appearing at dusk search parties went out into the bush, but failed to discover him, and up to Saturday evening werg still unsuccessful. The lad Is mentally weak, and it is feared that if he gob right into the. dense bush in the neighborhood of Puketitiri there is small hope of finding him until some disaster occurs to him. One party came aoross tracks on the bank of a creek, and were following them up late on Saturday At the Pahiatua Caledonian Society's sports gathering last Wednesday the following were the results of the dancing and pipe muslo events :— Bagpipe music, marohesj first 40s, second 20a .• B. M'Keehnie and D. Campbell, dead heat.Higland fling; first prize 40s, second 20s, third special value 12s 6d .- Campbell Smith 1, M'Kenzie Forbes 2, D. M'Keohnie 3, B. Smith highly commended, J. A. Moon highly commended. Sword dance ; first 40s, second 20s : M'Kenzie Forbes 1, M'Keohnie 2, Campbell Smith 3. Scotoh reel j first 40s, second 20s : M'Keohnie 1 Campbejl Smith 2., Sutherland 3. Sheantrea'us; first 40s, second 20s value: M'Kenzie Forbes I,' M'Keohnie 2 C Smith % • ■ ■• " A pleasing evidence qf a return to normal trade cqnditip.ns in Melbourne is afforded by increases, which have just been granted, jn the wages of the various , artizans connected with the building trade. S,pme weejjs ajjo q, conference was held between representatives of the Builders and Contractors 1 Association and delegates from the building trades affiliated to the Trades Hall. The result of tl)0 ponference waa. that the builders agreed to an inouease in the wages of carpenters from 8s to 9s per day, q, similar Increase to the bricklayers, and an advance from 5s to 7s in the oase of brioklayer-s' laborers. These increases took effect with the new year, , A case which created a great deal of looal interest was heard at Carterton on Thursday. As the result of statements made in a local paper controlled by Mr J. T. M. Hornsby, and of representations made to the Justice Department in connection therewith, Mr G. W. Deller, Mayor of the town, and a resident of long standing, $ag charged wit]} havjflgj used obscene language in a pubhc place. Mr Commissioner Tunbridge (possibly in view of come statements made concerning tho alleged dllatorinoss.of the looal policeman in regard to tho oase) watched the proceedings on behalf of the department. The case 'woa dismissed. Mr Haselden^ S.M., -was on the Bench, Mr A. B. Bunny was the solicitor for polloe, who pr^stjoulefl, and'Mr Gray, of Wellington, appeared for the defence,