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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11560, 13 June 1900, Page 2

On the fourth page will be found several letters to the editor, sporting intelligence, Bush news, and our Hastings, Havelook, Waipawa, and Tikokino correspondents' communications. Messrs Baker and Tabuteau's business announcements are inserted to-day on our our fourth page. Tha installation in connection with the Heretaunga Lodge, Hastings, takes place to-night. A 'bus leaves Newton's corner at 6.30. Captain Edwin wired at noon yesterday:—Strong south to east and northeast winds j glass rise, but fall after 12 hours from now ; tides good. The Spit Volunteer Fire Brigade's annual ball takes place in Stuart's Hull thiß evening. The coinmittoohavo worked most assiduously to onsuro tho success of the gathering, which, judging by the demand for tickets, should attract a large attendance. A sale of work in aid of the funds of St. Andrew's Churoh will be held in St. Andrew's Schoolroom, on Wednesday and Thursday, 20th and 21st June. The sale will be opened at 3 p.m , on the 20th, by the Dean of Waiapu, and will remain open both evenings. Messrs Abraham and Williams call attention to their sale at Pahiatua on July 4th, on acoount of Mr E. D. Knight, of a very fine lot of draught horses, fillies, and geldings These animals are a well-bred and particularly useful lot, and should be well worth the notice of buyers. Plaintiffs secured judgment in the following civil cases at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, Mr Turnbull, S.M., presiding:— W. E. Barry v. John Winton, junr., £1 8s 6d, costß 6a ; J. E. Johnstone and Co. v. Neil Carmichael, £1, costs 9s ; W. Gilmour v. Henry Brook ss, costs 7a. A person crossing the Waipawa river bed near Tikokino pa on Sunday found a human skull, but although he made a search in the vicinity no other remains were discovered. It is conjectured that it may be that of the late William FoAlds, who waa drowned at Eobinson's orossing, a little higher up the river, in 1898. The Eev. W. Eonaldson, late Grand Masonio Secretary for New Zealand, and Grand Superintendent of Otago, is at present on a visit to Napier, the guest oi , Dean Hovell. This evening he will b< { present at the installation ceremony al Heretaunga Lodge, Hastings. He pur 1 poses remaining for the Soinde installa I tion next Tuesday. 1 The trawling experiments under th< 1 auspices of the Marine Department ar< • closed for the season. No permanen 1 . banks have been discovered, but th< l Doto's excursions along the East Cobs' (South Island), Blind Bay, and the Wan i ganui coast have been on the whole of i - satisfactory character. It is possible f E further vote will be asked from Parlia 3 ment to continue the experiments afte: the winter season. An up-to-date entertainment by leadinf P amateurs has been arranged for Honda; c next, in the Theatre Royal, in aid of th' i Indian famine relief fund. The first pur ] will be devoted to Christy Minstrel busi £ ness in the form of a plantation scene while the second portion will consist o diversified items. The Mayor and Coun 9 oillors have signified their intention o r being present on this occasion, and bear 1 ing in mind the objeot of the entertain a ment, no doubt there will be a crowdei house. Tho Seinde Cricket Club held thoi annual ball in tho Foresters' Hall las evening, the gathering being the mos ■ successful and enjoyable the club havi 1 yet held. The floor was in perfect ordei ;. and when dancing was at its height wa g just comfortably filled, there being abou ■ 35 couples preseut. Many of the dresse worn by the ladies were very pretty, am 7 formed a pleasing contrast to the sombr O evening garb of the sterner sex. Mesßr Storkey (piano) and Briasco (violin) buj plied the music to the complete satisfac tion of dancers. Extra dances were playe * by Miss Kendall, Messrs Newbould an' if Storkey. Mr S. White was an effioien ir M.C. The supper left nothing to be de [. Bired, Mr J. Lang oatering. The secretar, and committee were assiduous in thei "? efforts to make the ball the success i I* proved to he. The second of the series of literar n lectures delivered laEt night was no les p interesting than the opening lecture, am ;a the Athenruum held a large audience, wh j. followed with close attention the reoita of Wordsworth's life and work as give: £ by Mr W. Dinwiddie. A high tribut n was paid to the gifts of exceptions ;s genius of the poet, whose poetical aim ii d verse and prose oame as near perfectioi c as • human limitations allowed it. Thi lecturer dwelt on Wordsworth's grea c force in thought, his power of imagina tion, Mb austere, logical, accurate purity c and noble plainness in diction, and hii :s wealth of landscape and delicate ac r. ouracy, standing nearest of all moden y writeis, as Coleridge declared, to Shakes it peare and Milton. Much information ol a. the poet was imparted in a chatty ant c conversational manner, the lecturer being ,t heartily applauded at the conclusion 0 Next Tuesday the subjeot will be th< it English Essayists, by Miss Hodge. At the invitation of Mr Sam Charlton c of Napier, and on behalf of the sub a Boribers, the Mayor of Wanganui met i number of business men at Poster's Hotel Wanganui, for the purpose of making i a presentation of a purse of sovereigns anc it an illuminated address to Mr J. G. Swan 8 who has recently settled in Wanganu,i „ and is now the propriatpp of the Swai 5 Browory, formerly known as the Crown The following is the text of the address >- —"To John George Swan, Esq.— Deai d Sir, — We, the licensed victuallers of the Q Hawke's Bay distriot, desire to place on c record the high esteem in which you a« o held by us. We ask you to accept this 8 address as a slight recognition of our re< 7 gard for one who has been bo honorably '» associated with the licen-ed trade foi 0 such a lengthy period. That every future > success may be yours in your new underr taking is our ardent wish, hoping at the * same time that you may long be sparod b to carry on an industry for which we l» know you to be so eminently fitted.— y Believe us to be, dear sir, yours very Bin'B ceioly. (Signed by 30 licensees.)" According to a letter received by Mr John Bowie, Matamau, from his brother, 1 Trooper M. Bowie, of the Otago Company a of tlie Fourth Contingent, who wrote 8 from the s.s. Monowai, at Durban, the j trip from Albany was a first-rate one. The weather was splendid, every day • being as nice as it well could be, and the 3 sea was almost always as smooth as glass. f Ho continues ; "We arrived here this 3 morning about 11 o'clock, and are still here at 9 o'clock at night, although we I actually lifted anchor to proceed to East "■ London. After we got turned round and - fairly started a signal went up, and we 1 dropped anohor again." Then just before j dosing his letter, he adds, " I have just heard that our destination Is BeiraJ l ' Speaking of the members of the Fourth > Contingent (the Otago and Hawke'B Bay ■ boyB) he says : " With the exception of . one or two they are a very nice lot, and extremely straightforward chaps. Of course you must expect all sorts amongst suoh a number, but I musjt say I was very ' much surprised at the class of men. v ' A meeting oE the Napier Fire Brigade ' was held last evening for the purpose of ) making a presentation to Superintendent > Gilberu, who has beau selected as one of ! tho delegates to the Paris Fire Congress. Inspector Waterworth, who made the presentation (which took the form of a > handsome travelling trunk) on behalf of i the' brigade, spoke of the many sterling qualities of Superintendent Giiberd, and of the great assistance that he had always rendered to the fire prevention 1 service of New Zealand. The speaker said the brigades of New Zealand had made a very wise choice in selecting Mr Giiberd as one of the delegates, as there was go doubt that he was ono of the most widely-read and experienced fire brigade officers in the colony, and he felt certain that the knowledge that the delegates would f? B ' n as regard? the mothod of fighting flra in the Old World would prove of almost inestimable value to the fire brigades of New Zealand. In conolußion, he wished Mr Giiberd a pleasant voyage and safe return. Superintendent Giiberd thanked the members for their handsome present, and expressed regret that it had been found necessary to, abandon the proposal to Bead a, team of firemen to the Exhibition, as be felt sure that if a team had been sent from thia colony they would have been able to hold their own, even against their i4ore experienced brothers of the Old World Superintendent Giiberd stated that the committee of the Borough Council had selected their sub-superintendent Mr Strickland, to agt Jo his absenoe. He said that Mr Striokland was one of the young and rising firemen of New Zealand and felt certain that the members of the brigade would find in him a (japabje and energetic officer, Whilst trailing, < r living away from Physicians, Always keep a bottle of Db. Pascail's Conon Mixtdms handy. It will relieve, or cure, any sudden Attacks of aevero Cold, Croup, Pneumonia, Bottles 1b 8d and 2s 6d. Agent— Eooibs, Chemist, Napior and Hastings and leading storekeepers. Little folks, and big folts too, sing tha pnisoe ol »b. PiSCAn's Cobqh Mixtitbk. la 6d end 2s 6.1. Agont. Eooi.rß Chemist Nkpi r and Htathur Ton can depend on riddin? yon ohildren of womewith Wide'i Worm Ffg«, tbe wonderful Worm Wornwa, lt|

A committee meeting of the Hanke's 3ay Kennel Club was held at the Masonio lotel last evening. Correspondence was :ead re the appointment of a judge for toe dog section of the show, which, how)ver, was deferred pending further in- - formation. The allotment of speoial prizes was made, the response to appeals in this direction having been moßt liberal. Pour flve-gninea trophies were allotted, two for the poultry section, and two for the dog section. Of the former one is for the be3t bird in the classes for heavy broods, and the other for the best bird amongst the light breeds. Those for doga will go to the best sporting dog, and the boßt any other variety of dog respectively. All these trophies are to be won three times before becoming the property of any exhibitor. In addition to the foregoing the committee deoided to give a handsome trophy, value £2 16a, for the best homer in the show, and trophies, value £2 2s each, for the best bird in the variety moßt largely represented and the best dog of the breed boßt represented in the show. There are about 30 guineas in other cash and valne specials, so that the special prize list is far and away the bostever[presented at any similar show in Haw Ice's Bay, and should, result in a very fine show of both doga and poultry. The children's classes are also being well looked after in the matter of specials, and this section promises to prove one of the most interesting of the show. Captain Crutohley, R.N.R., lately commander of the s.s. Kaikoura, and now Secretary of the Navy League, has drawn my attention to some very serious, not to say alarming, matters which were engaging the attention of the League in connection with the national defences (writes the Post's London correspondent). It has been ascertained that no fewer than sixteen British battleships (so-called) are armed with muzzle-loading guns of an utterly obsolete type, therefore would be veritable death-traps to their orews were they compelled to fight any modem ship. This blacklist actually includes vessels so famous by name as the Inflexible, Ajax, Agamemnon, Dreadnought, Temeraire, Neptune, Triumph, Swiftsure, Sultan, Iron Duke, Invincible, Audacious, Monarch, and Hercules. Just imagine the absurdity of relying upon these obsolete naval cripples and allowing them to retain such names as Inflexible or Dreadnought or Trininpli or Invincible! But Captain Crutehley and his League are doing good service in. stirring up the public to a perception of the situation, and of its urgent requirements. They have even engaged a corps of "sandwich men" to promenade the streets with huge boards headed with the legend (in gigantio letters) " Deathtrap," followed by some startling statements in the largest and blackest of lettering. The League contains suoh an imposing . number of Admirals and other naval authorities among its active members that its utterances necessarily carry great weight, and symptoms are not wanting that even the sluggish officers in Whitehall are at last stung into some semblance of activity. Eleven millions of men are said to belong to the great Chinßse Sooiety o£ Boxers. This estimate was made by a Chinaman a year ago in conversation with an American who was then in China. The Society of Boxers, which now stands for lawlessness, robbery, and murder, was once respectable. It is a good influence gone wrong. Originally it was organised as a protest and a means of defence against the bandita with whioh the province of Shantung was infected. It was, in fact, a Law and Order League. At that time the life and property of no honest man was safe. The bandits were not wild ruffians, such as those of Italy or thi) American West, but .on the contrary seemed to bo men of peace. By day they toiled as shoemakers, carpenters, farmers, and what not, but at night they repaired to their strongholds in the mountains, and from them made descents upon villages in which any man was reported to possess a store of money worth the having. A typical attack by these bandits was that made several years ago upon one of the Shantung missions, of which the Eev. J. H. Laughlin, now in New York, was a member. It was such attackß at this, repeated over and over again in villages throughout the province, that resulted in the organisation of the Boxerß. But they were not called Boxers then. Their name was Ta Tao Hwei, whioh means "The Sooiety of the Great Sword." Christiana do not not know just when the Society o? the Great Sword had its origin. The natives refer to it as an "anoient" society, but that may mean 10 years or 100. It is agreed, however, that at first its principles were laudable and ita work good, but as it became more powerful and increased in numbers many dishonest and designing persons entered it for the prestige and protection it afforded. „GEM UNIVERSAL ~ Hates, for general work, give beautiful detail and are oasy to develop. "GEM SPECIAL FOETBAIT" Platoa, tor stutter work, aro ooated with aa extra rapid emulsion of fine grain. All staes in stock. A. Ecouts, Chemist aud Importer of Photo, material, Napior and Hastings. , ECCLES' PHOTOGRAPHIC BEPAETMSNT.—Booaived this day, ex Maori, a large assortment of Platino-Mutt Papers, "'Sylvio," P.0.P., "Enanimo" Paper, fto., from tbo cola, toataa makers. Misses SViMinaTOK ahd Wakd. Prio^a right. A, EoflMfl, Chemist, Napior ana J. D. BBIABCO, of Hastings-street, invites & vißit from those desiring new Umbrellas, He has tho largest and most varied Btook in the Hortn ißlund to select from, and guarantees hia Umbrellas from one to two years. Umbrellas recovered from 2s 6d. J. D. BBIASCO'S CITY DIE WORKS, Dyers and OlpaaoM of Ladles' ard Gonts' Clothing, in Silk, Wool, Cotton, and Mixod Materials, Maointosh and Covert Coats, & :. Glove Cleaners and Feather Dressers. Haating^Btreet. J. S. Wolsman's Spooial Proprietary Medicines —the Liver Mixture for hilionsnesn and indigeatipn, Dysentery Mixture, Neuralgia Mixture, Qumw> and Iron Tonic, Wine, Wind Mixture for Infants &o. foaook'a Hair Lotion, Com Paint.ao,, &o, Tha Pharmacy, Hastings-street. — Advt, The Hawke's Bay Permanent Building anS Investment Society are now prepared to advance money on mortgwe on freehold and leasehold securities au tbo tow reduced tables of redemption pnymouti as low as 5 por oeut pot annora, whiou aro lowor than any other sooiety in tho <Mlony. Apply to the aeorotary, J. B. Fielder, at the Sooioty'B offloe, or Joshua Bennett, Hastings. •^Advt. EB PA.BCALUB CouaH Mimubs ourei ttfunt,— EcuiiEß, Chemist.