HAVELOCK.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11560, 13 June 1900, Page 4

HAVELOCK.

Tfrom our own correspondent.] June 12, 1900. The opinion of many here is that after the experiences of Friday night last a constable should without delay be stationed here. It is currently reported that there $re several cases of scarlet fever in the dißtrict. and that children— brothers and sisters of the sick ones— are allowed to attend school. This disease is highly infectious, and steps should be taken to prevent its going any further. Mr B. Chambers, of Te Mate, has presented the district school with a new national flag. A flagstaff is to be erected for it. Miss M'Landress, the popular teacher of the infant school, is about to laaro us, having accepted an appointment at the High Sohool, Napier. I notice a correspondent likens Paul Kruger to the first Napoleon. I think Lopez second of Paraguay more exactly flta the case. The similarity of the two oases is remarkable. When Lopez made war upon Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay he was well prepared. The country waß the moat flourishing in South America, it had no debt, and had ample specie reserves in the Publio Treasury, immense national weajth in the way of lands, stock, and food supplies, a well equipped army of;6O,QOQ men, arsenals for the manufacture of cannon, and small arms and ammunition, and a navy at that time the most powerful iii South America. It took the three Jarge Republics to subdue Paraguay, and they onjy djd it then after killing njne out of .every ten men in the country, and practically starring the rest into submission. Lopez's mad dream was of Empire, he was going to bring all South America under hjs sway as Emperor, and Aasunoion was to be his capital, before the war the country was absolutely olosed to foreigners, A few got in, and it was with great difficulty that any of them ever got away again, The inner harbor mystery is causing a lot of talk, it ib hoped that ere long it may be satisfactorily oleared up. It needs clearing up. Can't you publish a photo of the girl's face, or, at any rate, a sketch of the brooch found? Somebody must sorely be able ta wcogniee it