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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12868, 21 September 1904, Page 2

The Synod of the Anglican diocese of Waiapu will open on Monday, the 25th instant. Mr 11. P. Wyatt to-day takes up his duties as assistant officcr-in-charge at the Napier electric telegraph office. Cyclist and runners are reminded that nominations for the Labour Day Sports will close on Saturday, the 24th instant.

Grave irregularities have occurred at one of the New Plymouth suburban post-offices (says the “Taranaki Herald”). The House of Representatives made considerable progress yesterday with the consideration of the Licencing Bill in Committee. The animal congregational gathering and concert in connection with the Port Presbyterian Church will be held in the Wilson Hal! this evening. The Napier Harbour Board decided at their meeting yesterday to proceed with the work of extending the breakwater by another section of 50ft. Missions in Japan will be dealt with at a public meeting to be held in the. Athenaeum Hull on Monday, the 26tb instant, under the auspices of the Anglican Synod. The proposed amendments of the bylaws of the Australian Mutual Provident Society were agreed to at a special meeting of policyholders at Sydney on the 9th instant.

Jlr Guyler Hastings, the popular American actor; gave Iris last performance in Australia at the Adelaide Theatre Royal on the 10th instant, prior to returning to America. A report by .Mr James Bochfort on the Whare-o-iMaraenui reclamation works lias been referred by the Napier Harbour Board to Messrs Kennedy and Co. for their consideration and reply. An important auction sale of furniture will be conducted by Jlr. Montague Lascelics to-day and to-morrow on the promises, Sealy-road, under instructions from the trustees of the late A. Bryson. The movement amongst those in Wellington who are opposed to the Bible in schools to form an organisation to put their view of tire question before the public will shortly assume a more definite shape. A Government report just issued from Washington shows that the cost of living to the working man in America lias increased 15.5 per cent since 1896, and the rate of wages by 6.3 per cent from 1893 to 1903. It is understood that a proposal will be made at the meeting of the Napier Borough Council to-night to cut the gum trees on the oast side of Jlumoestrect down to a height of 15ft, and perhaps remove every other tree in places. Jlr J. Constable draws attention to Ids Victory patent silent flushing cistern which lias been recently tested and approved by tile engineer of the Wellington City Council. A large number of these cisterns are now in use in this district.

The secretary of the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society has been advised that the Mayor of Dannevirke will declare a public holiday in that town for People’s Day (Thursday, October 20th), of the Spring Show at Hastings. Tlie authorities of half-a-dozen Wellington churches arc being proceeded against by the City Corporation for not having their church buildings licensed. It appears that licenses were applied for, but tlie council do not consider that the buildings comply with tlie specified conditions. Sir W. Russell has given notice to ask the Minister for Public Works whether a sufficient sum of money will he placed on tlie Estimates to enable the bridge over the. Wairoa river at Frasertown to be commenced this year and finished next year, thus facilitating the tourist traffic to Lake Waikaremoana. A return laid on the table of the House of Representatives yesterday shows that up to March 31st last 7,958,793 acres of land had been finally acquired from natives in the North Island, 18,766 acres having been acquired during tile past year. Tlie uncompleted purchases at March 31st last covered 110,635 acres.

Tlio floor of the Gaiety Theatre was yesterday prepared with the aid of a motor-car tor the Hibernian ;octal to be held to-night, and will be in lirstclass order for dancing. A good musical and miscellaneous has been arranged tor the occupants of the dress circle, who will be served with refreshments at 10 o'clock. The Invercargill Chamber of Commerce (says a Tress Association message) negatived a motion, “That the payment of members and chairmen of Harbour Hoards and other such public bodies is a retrograde step, and should he strongly opposed.” The feeling was that the position of Chairman entailed greater loss on holders than any honorarium likely to be voted would cover.

The Hon. A. Pitt, who is in charge of the State Hire Insurance Department, recently stated that, the Government had mapped out their policy with regard to the department, but were not going to disclose it to the companies, which would probably be only too gjad to hear beforehand of what was going to be done. The department, he added, would commence operations some time next month. DE. ENSOE'S TAKER JUICE, » wonderful remedy for CONSTIPATION, KIDNEY TROUBLES. BOWEL lEEE,GOLARITY, LIVER COMPLAINT, and all the Ills which arise from INDIGESTION. Indigestion onuses Malnutrition, and is the foundation of all diseases. 2s 6d all chemists or atom throughout the eoiopy.

A Press Association message from Greymouth states that a meeting of licensed victuallers decided to make arrangements for Mr VV. W. Collins to lecture on the West Coast in the interest of the trade. It was unanimously agreed to run a candidate against Mr A. R. Guinness at the next election, owing to his action with regard to the Licensing Bill, which met with the licensed' victuallers’ disapproval. A very successful leap year ball, organised by the young ladies of Meanee and Taradale, was held in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Taradale, last night. There was a large attendance, particularly of the sterner sex, who on this occasion, wore the wallflowers. Miss If. L, Stuart supplied excellent music, Miss M. Stuart, and Miss C. Niven playing extra dances. The joint secretaries were Misses A. Morrison and 0. Niven, who also acted as M.C.’s. The gentlemen provided a capital supper.

The conference of Trades ami Labour Councils, field at L'-hristchiirdi hist : Easter, passed a resolution in favour of the formation of an independent labour party, and it was decided that Urn conference should meet some time this month .in order to draw up a constitution and platform for tire purpose of running independent labour candidates at the general and municipal elections. Representatives of the different councils (says the “New Zealand Times”) are now in Wellington tor the purpose of carrying the resolutions into effect. The Chairman of t lie Meanee River Board (Mr G. A. Macdonald) has received the following communication from the Under-Secretary for Lands; —“Your letter of the sth instant has been duly received by the Minister for Lands, and I am directed to reply that Mr Burnett states that he is still awaiting further information from the county engineer before sending in his report on the. best means of controlling the waters o(, the rivers of the Ahuriri plahri. As soon as this information is received, the Chief Engineer of Roads will- send a report lo your River Board.” Employers in the building trade in Wellington complain of the recent decision of the Arbitration Court that private persons erecting promises for their own occupation may employ men lo do tlie work at lower daily wages than are payable by builders and contractors under ' tlie existing industrial agreement. Builders contend that it will be unfair to them if men employed under such circumstances are not paid tlie full rates specified in the award of the court. A meeting of employers and sub-contractors in the building trade is to be held soon to consider the situation.

In the case of C. F. Lungloy v. Moore and Heskelt, opposition to grant of letters patent, heard by Hie Registrar of Patents on Friday, tlie main question to he decided was which of Hie two rival applicants was the true inventor. After hearing Messrs Baldwin and Hayward on behalf of Lungloy, mid Messrs Young and Hunter on tiehalf of Moore and Haskett, the Registrar decided that, with the information before him, • lie would grant both patents, and give Lnngley a date prior to Moore and Heskelt. The case will most probably be transferred to Hie Supreme Court for final decision.

Tho strange dream in which Mr Rider Haggard saw Hie death of the retriever Bob has a parallel in Hie case of Hie tats Mr Michael Henry Williams, of Pencalenick, near Truro. While in Germany on business he dreamt one night that the servant girl set out from the house to get water from tlie well, his pet terrier and a large Hack retriever accompanying her. On Hie way she patted the terrier several times, and Hie retriever, apparently jealous of the attention paid to the smaller dog, suddenly pounced on the terrier and worried it to death. The first tetter from home that Mr Williams subsequently received recorded the death of the unlucky terrier just as lie had dreamed it. The Roslyn Borough Council have decided to adopt electric lighting for tho streets of their borough, and accepted the tender of Messrs A. and T. Burt to install such a service for £573 13s 9d. Tho scheme provides for Hie erection of sixty lamps, each of forty candle power, at a cost of £3 10s cadi per annum, or a total of £2lO, which is exactly the same as is now paid for thirty gas and oil lamps. Tlie committee reported that a rate of 3{d in the £ for one year, in addition to tho present rate of Ijd in the £. would defray the whole cost of tho installation, and would leave a balance sufficient to meet the payment of interest on the necessary overdraft, and to provide for any contingencies that might arise.

A declaration of insolvency has been filed by George William Bentley, tailor, now of Woodville, but formerly of Pahiatua. The debtor’s statement shows Ins liabilities, all unsecured, to be £167 0s 2d, and his assets, consisting of stock and hook debts, arc put down at £l2O, leaving a deficiency of £47 0s 2d. The following are the creditors Arch. Clark and Sons £49 18s, Hodgson and Go. (Auckland) £42, A. H. Cook (Pahiatua) £2O, Schlaadt aud Co. (Wellington) £ls, W. Tosswill (Pahiatua) £l2 2s Bd, Hat Mills Co. (Wellington) £ll Bs, "Pahiatua Herald” £8 6s, "“Wairarapa Age” £6 3s, H. J. Jones and Sons (Wanganui) £2 2s 6d. The first meeting of the creditors will bo held in the Napier Courthouse on the 27th instant at 2 p.m.

Sir J. Wolfe Barry, who was in the chair at the meeting of shareholders of the Eastern Telegraph Company, held at River Pluto House, said that the directors intended to make use of wireless telegraphy. While holding the view that wireless telegraphy would not compete with long-distance submarine telegraphy, they thought there were places whore wireless telegraphy could be usefully employed. A case in point was tlie Azores, whore the cables of the Associated Companies touched. It was desired by Portugal that some of the outlying islands should be placed in telegraphic communication. Owing to the nature of the bottom and tlie landing place of these islands it was not considered a suitable place to make the coneclion by cable, neither would the traffic warrant an ex)>enditure on this account. They, therefore, intended to connect tho points by a. system of wireless telegraphy, to be worked in connection will) their cable system.

Nelson, the busy, thriving little town in Lancashire to which Mr Carnegie proposes now to give a new library—it has a public one already, by the way —is a living instance of the value of a name. Not long after Trafalgar, some tinker, tailor, or other person established a tiny wayside inn, and called it after the naval hero. There was nobody on the spot from whom to expect custom, but tbo road led to and from populous districts. The innkeeper’s expectation of custom was not falsified. Travellers by the way stopped at the place, and presently a cottage or two began to rise near the inn, then more of them, and tho name of the public-house answered for the whole. That was the nucleus of the present town. They have gone on building and building, and still using the name o! the old caravansary; and forty thousand people live and have their being around the site which the old innkeeper chose and called after the name of his hero.

At Hie Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before Mr H. W. Brabant, S.M., plaintiffs secured judgment in each of Hie following undefended civil casco: —K. J. Potban v. Bulanin Tamaraki, £lO Bs, costs £2 16s; Thpmas Clabb v. Walter Larsen, £1 16s, costs ss. In a judgment summons case, William Black v. William Miles, nn order was made for payment of tho amount due, £l3 10s 2d, in weekly instalments of £l, in default fourteen days’ imprisonment. Desire Verschaffeldt and Mary Nestor Verschaffeldt, husband and wife, were jointly charged with keeping a disreputable house, and the female defendant was also charged with using insulting language. Inspector Macdonell conducted the prosecution. After hearing the evidence, His Worship convicted both defendants on the first information, inflicting a fine of £3 each, and imposed a penalty of £2 on the female defendant on the second and separate charge against her, also ordering them to pay costs amounting to £2 19s. A month was allowed in which to pay. Tho McCormick big 4 grass mower is so strong it can bo used for cutting rushes and thistles as well as grass and clover.* From all storekeepers throughout Hawke's Bay yon can obtain Tucker’s New Zealand Sunshine Specialities:— JELLY CRYSTALS, PUDDING POWDER, CUSTARD POWDER. EGG POWDER, etc. Right price for grocers, right for everybody.

PIANO’S ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. On the despatch of the Antarctic Expedition. the firm of John Broadwood and Sons provided a Broadwood Pianoforte for use on the Discovery, On the return of tho vessel, Mr Boyd, Chief Officer of the Antarctic Exploration Ship Discovery, feadi tfje piano examined by a tuner, and he reports that the instrument, after two and half years’ endurance of all the rigours of an Ant* arctic climate, is practically as good as ever. Write for Catalogue, The Diesdon Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company, Wellington. M. J. Brookes, North Island Manager; 0. Looal Manager. -

Mr C. K. Maigoliciiih, of Napier, while at Home, contributed to the I Paris '•Journal de ia Snnte” a letter in reply to some assertions relating to the | post of living in New Zealand made by | that paper/ Mr Margolioiith wrote | (we translate his remarks): —“Seeing in your journal of April 17th an article entitled ‘Life in New Zealand,’ giving | a false idea to your renders of that tine i country, I wondered where your information came from. J am a New Zealander, and I desire to contradict these assertions. i give the actual price 1 pay for the articles referred , to: Fat chickens, hs the. pair—not ss’ each for poor birds, as you say ; eggs, Hr. ; 25c. the dozen, and sometimes less; pale ale, Ifr. 85c. the bottle; local ale, Ifr. 25c. the bottle; light wine, 3fr. ! the bottle; brandy, 9fr.; chartreuse,' 12fr.; champagne, 12fr.; boots, 18fr; 1 gloves, Ifr. 85c. to 3fr. the pair. Meat | which sells in Paris at 3fr. may lie bought in New Zealand from 40c. to 60c. As for beggars, they arc unite ; unknown in the country; there is no 1 , poverty, and all the aged have, the; right In a pension if they have grown | old in the colony. Lastly, we have j what is unknown in France: a free i life and liberty for all religions.” Mr Margolioulh 5s a good advocate, but where does he get his bools? A meeting of the Auckland Prohibition and Temperance League (says a Press Association message) decided to hand the following statement to the press for publication:—“On the initiative of the Auckland Prohibition and Temperance League, in conjunction with various kindred organisations, a census was taken on the evening of Saturday, September 10th, to ascertain the number of people frequenting public bars, and also their condition, so that the public might be correctly informed. Thirty-seven houses were under observation from 9 to 10, two observers being posted at cad), and the following are the returns sent to the secretary and tabulated :-f*4352 persons came out of these hotels. Of those 660 were, decidedly under the influence of liquor, 150 of them being reported as absolutely drunk. Over 100 women and girls were observed, though some of the enumerators gave the numbers merely, without any distinction as to sex. In addition to the above, 52 children came out (a number of them not more than from seven to nine years of age), who had evidently been sent •to pocuve liquor. In all cases, the most alarming feature was the number of young men, whose ages probably ranged from 17 to 30. {Several of the workers remained in the streets until a much later hour, and report a great deal of intoxication.” Have you a sore that won’t heal? If so. try Witch's Herbal Ointment, a mighty healer. AH chemists, Is 6d. BRIASCO’S UMBRELLA WORKS.Just arrived, the largest and moat varied collection of Sunshade Coverings ever imported into Napier, in all shades and qualities, from 2s 6u. Ladies can now have their last season's Sunshades converted into new ones at half their original cost. Inspection invited. These Coverings can be adjusted to either Customers’ own Handles and Frames, or new ones, as desired. Remember—We make nud sell Umbrellas and Sunshades direct to the public. Repairs by competent workmen. Old Umbrellas re-covered from 2s 6d; bring them along; I will tell you if tuey are worth doing. WHY PAY RENT? when by joining the HAWKE’S BAY PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY yon can become your own landlord? Advances mane on Freehold and Leasehold Securities. Interest as low as 5 per cent, per annum. Principal and interest repayable by monthly instalments extending over periods from 2 years and upwards. No commission. Low cost of Mortgages. Other advantages. All information obtained on application at the Society’s Office, Tennyson-street, Napier, to Mr J. B, Fielder, Secretary, or to Ur Joshua Bennett, Hastings.

Neve* neglect a cough or cold; there is no knowing what it may lead to. TUSBIOUEA, a certain remedy. SYNOPSIS OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Mr Frost, dentist, will ho absent’ from Napier, visiting: Danucvirke and Waipukurau on September 20th, 21st, and 22nd. Williams and Kettle, stock sale at Stanford Lodge on Wednesday, 28th instant. Millinery at Klrkcaldio and Stains'. Stock sale to bo hold by Williams and Kettle at Kaikura on Thursday, 2‘Jtb instant. Ploughman wanted; address A. Dillon. Patuugata. Maekay and Co,. Waipukurau, properties for sale. Victory Unshine cistern can lie obtained from Janies Constable. Shakos-poare-road. Further entries for Hawke's Bay Farmers' Co-operative Association’s Takapau stock sale. Lost, small red pocket-book, containing papers. O. H. Blackburnc. Auckland, has business for sale. Black Chilton Rats at Saunders'. Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-opcralivo Association, stock sale at Stortford Lodge on Wednesday, 28th instant. Black voile skirts at Cash Millinery Emporium. Missionary meeting in Athenaeum Hall on Monday, 26th instant. Arthur Shumunda aud Co., seedsmen, Hasllngs-stroot. United Cricket Club, annual meeting to-uiorrow. Wenley and Lanauze, sheep stations for private sale. Wanted, nurse for one baby; apply to Mrs Ormond, Wutpukaruu, or Mrs Ormond. Nnnfcr. Lost, gold brooch with emeralds. John McVay, Wizard and Kcmpshall Arlington golf balls to band. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS. Taradale Town Board, general election, 9 n.m. to 6 n.m. Rangitikci Racing Club, first day of spring meeting. Hibernian Society, anniversary social, In Gaiety Theatre, 8 p.m. Social in aid of Taradale School prize and picnic fund, in Oddfellows’ Hall, Taradale. 8 p.m.

Port Presbyterian Church, annual congregational gathering and concert, in Wilson Hall, 0 p.m. Scinde Cricket Club, annual meeting at Masonic Hotel. 8 n.m. Lecture on “Music, by Mr Arthur Boult, in Athenaeum Hall, 8 p.m.

AUCTION SALES TO-DAY. Montague I.ascclloß. under instructions from the trustees of A. Bryson, deceased, sale of household furniture, on premises. Sealy-rond, 10 a.m. Baker and Tubuteau, land sale, at their rooms, 2 p.m. At thia loason everybody Is liable to coughs and colds. Avoid danger by taking TUSSIOURA. Inspect the show of Carpenters’ Tools, Saws from 2s 6d, Chisels 6d to Is. Squares 9d and Is, Bevels Is ou, Hammers Is, and all tools at reduced prices. Register Tiled Orates at 37a 6d, Plain Grates 13s 6d; Luke’s, Orion, and American Stoves, Best selection in Kerosene Stoves. Call and inspect at James Hardy’s. Telephone 314.

BRIASOO’S CITY DYE WORKS. Dyers and Cleaners, Haatinge-street.—Ladies' and Gents’ Clothing cleaned and dyed In first-class style. Wo have installed a complete up-to-date plant f or "drycleaning." Ladies’ Blouses, Fancy Dresses, etc., cleaned by this method without injury lo the most delicate shades or textures, Qlovo-oleaning b specialty. Feathers made np, cleaned, dyed and curled by Mrs Briasco equal to new. _____