LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1074, 21 July 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

*"\XtT'bM iPfqlivte been, discovered ?that-; a " knowledge^ the Mfl6ri language-is' greatly calculated to advance young employees in the Gbvjnlnient yervice",^as?" also Tin the offices J m lawyerd '.and .^barristers,; and at the counters of' storekeepers. .The language, Jnnder; efficient tuitipn; -a $<>% difficult -for a .^pWjjh^withiiaufaii! education, ;to acquire. 4-tye no!tice:by; pun advertising columns .that " Mr. H. Wp^n.,-Na^y;e;interpreter, 'and ah l^ccbin|>lis^tie3"Maori;iinguis^ to »- : mye r lessons' to yo'ttrig.geirtleinen 'wHo-^na'y '^desire 1 ttP'avail themselves' of v such : ;an oppprturiity.^ Weihaveno' doubt but what -there -will-: be a^number of -applicants. ior yipalrao.fcioifirs^y yPP n e. r W*!O h p . : can '&&&i&&s'? a s; B^ ak $&#&.< secur ess to "hitnseiSf many chances or* advancement which he would not otherwise possess.

k The>businessof . thej&'M^s / Court;, this r in6rnfng was.cpnfiaed to; v a| Mapri^pman being mulctedin IDs foft^runkenness, t and : orie\civilian iv the -Batne iamouht founding across-a footpathjwithiQ the confinesupf the Municipality, contrary to the bye-law therein made aud provided. ■?? .-' The manager of the South Pacific Petroleum Company, announces,, through our columns, a first call of three-pence^per ■ share, to become due and payable on the JL6.thj)rQximo._ The. call ..may be .paid._ to "the credit" of the Company at the Bank of New Zealand or to Mr. William Clark, managing director. The call is a small one, Imt" Itf "is found necessary" it " should be""made to cover the ; cost of preliminary operations. -.I A"writer in r the Timaru , Herald, referring to the Kelly gang, fays :— " I hardly like to venture, on a calculation of the number, of = people who, au fond, feel a touch pfsympatbywiththese desperadoes. Theyfhave not been ;guiltyF'of^o^a»dt revoltibg murder," and- are outside theicatelbry;: of Messrs. Burgess; Kelly, Levy, and the amiable Sullivan.^ Robbing a. bank is.an enterprisethat ;haaia touch ot heroism aßout it,- outside the. felonious intent ; and if only you and I/;, my middle agei reader;: took notice of it, -:we might safely discuss it." Wei should like to kuPw what the writer would calll foul and reybltiug^m'uider,; if ; tiie cold) blooded ..slaughter ofttie thfee"poHce coußtables at iManslield does not comeitinder that head. Chiildrens' "Pinafore " after running for over nine weeks at the -Bijou theatrer-Mel-■bournu, was to .have, been , withdrawn . on ; July : 2nd! During vine weeks it was witnessed by over 96,000 persons. It may be mentipned. in passing, that five of the eight^ principal characters ' were' sustaiued by (Jewish children. It-has always proved a : difficult ihattqr to witnesses to define drunkenness, and. very often they will readily state that a person -was -"-not sober," but .will not- say that he 1 was intpkicated; : : During ; the hearing of the charge of .manslaughter.' on Monday, Dr. Brown described the. prisoner as.having beentoo druiiktostaria steadily^ but sober' Enough to understand and to contradict what his son said. Upon hearing 4;his, : Mr." Haggitt remarked that even a medical witness could not define drunkenness, and his Honor replied, "No ; nothing shorts of ; a /Royal- commission. Mr. • Haggi^l expeciy'will DeVer fix"she exact Une.wieo.'a,manisdrunkor sober." Mr. Hag^ttTi^arkedth'at;tt;was:>the:.''tarious degree^ptvdlrunkenness that proved; perplexMgi.s^-'^,-.-:.-•: -•■ : .;'iV-;;: '_'>'■ -_y:-\ ■.,s,''; . ' * Tfie:v^rrp,wioWii ; r'oorres"^ /the Cromw'eUrA^gus.Kas^his'^n^^ of describing^pinful accidents He says :— #--Mr; J;A. MUlei: -has iad three ,nngeEs;of his left hand blown about pretty 'corisiderable. In : order to obtain some fulminate for a pyrotechnic display, proposed for;the'4th of next-month; he scraped out a dynamite cap,' which, after : about half ibheipowder had: been removed, -exploded, and, Besides demoralising his left hand ; as abov, c ;describedj ■ blew, a hole into his thigh about an inch and a-h'alf deep. , What' the result might have been had .the full cHarg^ if the. cap exploded, is of course diffichlt to say. -As it is, the .injuries are slight, necessitating, ho weveri a few day's' retirementK; during ; -w"hiph ;Mr.^;Miller, vwill no doubt rejoice over the addition ,his .know; ledge of ■expipsives. has received 1 , 6a Vhich he used to. discourse; so ' learnedly iii f more than one ■ provincial paper; " ; ■■ ■' ■■''-''■ The celebrated, racing;, sire Traducer^has been aiiingfoir l ' some time 'pait'-friomF-the combined ..effects of old age and chronic rheumatics]' ! and ithere ! ; Beinjg ; ho = iopes of his recovery; the proprietors of the Middle Par.k{Siud reluctSutly| prderjed Mfii to, be destroyed. His stock are among : "the best "= performers on the New-Zealand turf. The Wetis ' reports' that the somewhat-rare operation of lithotomy-was . successfully performediatithe hospital on Saturday by.'Dr. Button^inithe presence of and assisted by^prs^JSTananjiSrigdr, Galbraith, Maclan%r^a>U;^^ pat-, ient an^elderly man,, is p/ogressingfayor-": ably^. _'_: ~~_ '[_''_ " '. : ''_ .'-.'" V \"^'. ; ' ;_ ' ' ' '._; ■.'■■' ! ' Among tae passengers 'by the Te ; Anau; to "Melbourne, en*route for England, the! other, day, was Mr. W. Baker, late of the' Native >Offioß/ 1 The' • iPpJJt ' saykthat he has become heir, to a baronetcy and about; £6,boda-yeari ! >; :H -^ -^:. :-.;■[ r f. f j An experimental; shipment . of beef Vas; (ma'de^by-tHe I last tnp'^f:Jthe ; Ta"rarua" : frpm; Napier, to Auckland, on behalf of ; • Messrs. : •Fißhe^ : :Broß/■of.^.thi^t.pity^:■ ; .T.^e:■Jßh■iplnentj• 'jconsisted of twenty quarters p£prime.bpef,purchased frpm ' Mr.,- J;. N..; Williams, of Frimley, and slaiightered at Mr, ,Cpnrpy's : "establishment /at ,01'iveV .If this 'method of supplying 'the /market should, provea nuancial success, we understandla: regular trade will be 'opened: up, and-that; weekly shipments Will bVmade during^he; wintermonths. Hawke's Bay beef js.npted; for its quality, bnt the only way for it to! ■ r afnve~'atTAncklaiD(i-'in the prime. cp.nflitlon: in which it.is enjoyed at Napier is to send| it in the carcase. .'.-■*., I In Auckland at a meeting of. publicans: and brewers,; the latter agreed nofc^i fc ?, ? U P" ! 1 ply s any publican witH^ beer Hvhoisold at under 6d inside- and 0d outside the house,: and agreed to enter - in to ' a - bond under aj penalty of £500 to fulfil the engagement.) By!tK'i3 arbitrjiryjact it will be seen-that if free-trade is "denied to the brewers, the brewers iv their -turn deny free trade to; tlie [publicans. « ; , ■ > . 5/ T ' " Asmbdeus " in the New Zealand Mail says' :— There may or may riot be a sjvapip; •on the Waima'teTJains,' but there is .imf questionably a -scamp there. iTe" ; Whiti may be- a prophet himself j but he. cannot save other people from loss. He can make his / dpyoted followers believe; in/the ■mil-: lenium.'sUpernaltural agency; ; and 'things of that ilk, but he cannot instil into them a. correct creed 7neum~et tuum. It is related to me that au officer of Constabulary, camped a short distance. Jfrom .the- lppal. Mecca, 1 missing the /morning bath 6£^civilisation "was: constrained to /develop the natural resources of the 'place,' arid went a short way from : camp-to ablute himself in a pond.^ ; But, -alas! on : emerging he found the habiliments he had left among .the.; flax, had taken ; wing and, ..flown; sP ",that; ; poor fellow, he was obliged , to, walk threerquarters . of, . a mile . on /a morning in precisely "the ' same' extent; of wardjobe as Adam owned in. the .pre r fjgleaf epoch, an .achievement ,- for ; v - ; the -sympathetic' remarks of the whole camp on his appearing, among them in this pristine ■ state was : . a'>-recompenße only 'made; 'iaufr ficient by his learning next; idayrthat an athletic Maori was creating a sensation among- the.ladies of ,3?arih.aka ;by strutting about in" a gorgeous uniform.— -Sin' gloria, etc. . '•/ .'./ ■■'"•'■ -,t We have .been requested to,- warn •tradesmen and others to be on their"... guard when r t eceiying.five and. ten pound notes on the Uijipn Bantebf Australasia, as there is now *ih We North Island a'person *who is^'supposed to^be ; issuing- -gi t- t these. They r are. said to . \e splendid imitations, and £0 -like the guinea .article J as. tp/deceive most people. The are mauufacturedby a photographic process, arid 1 consequently -are exact counterparts.of the real notes.. . ,T_he forger in^aestipq is supposed to, r .be ? workVng up NoVth, : and^many. j^robably| vjsit -this placed Vniitfierefbre advisable^ tfiat ;all should be warned to be chary in accepting notes which they are doubtful about;.