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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7202, 8 February 1895, Page 2

Wesley Church anniversary services and social are announced for next Sunday and Monday. A special programme of music has been arranged for the social on Monday evening. The s.s. Crathie, which ran down the Elbe, is privately owned, and does not belong to any line. She is held in 64tha by i a number of gentlemen, and one of the shareholders, Mr Gregg, is at preßent on a visit to Wellington. The thermometer readings at 9 o'clock this morning were as follows : Auckland 69, Gisborne 67, Napier 62, New Plymouth 60, Welliugton 66, -Blenheim 62, Nelson 75, Weßtporb 64, Cbristchurch 60, Timaru 60, Oamaru 58, Dunedin 56, Invercargill 55. James Buckley pleaded guilty at the Police Court this morning to drunkenness. He was also charged with assaulting Const. Law at the watch-house. On the first charge he was dismissed, but on the second he was fined £1, and 2s costs. The Agent-General of New South Wales is arranging for the exhibition of some of the polled Angus cattle sent by the Echuca at the leading English Agricultural shows. Another shipment of live cattle is to be made by the Celtic King. " The Cricket Match between the Gisborne and Taruheru Clubs will be played to-morrow at Capb. Tucker's paddock, play to commence at 2 pm. The Following will represent Taruheru : — Dewing, Gibson, Trotter, Bruce, Ferguson, Loomb, Charles, (Capt.) E. Forrest, W. Andrew, C Hillson, W. Mason. The following players will represent the Gisborne Cricket Club in their encounter with Taruheru to-morrow afternoon on Tucker's paddock :— A. W. Rees, Day, Staite, Maesey, Leversedge, Cuthbert, Askenbeck, Porter, H. Bull, Ryburn, and Andrew. Complaints having frequently been received of late that male bathers on the Waikanae beach are. in the habit of tatting their dips in the surf without being clothed in proper bathing costume, and this greatly i to the annoyance of lady bathers, the police have received instructions to prosecute all such offenders for a breach of the Borough by-laws. In consequence of the prevalence of diphtheria, the school committee this morning, acting on thfl advice of all the doctors, decided to close the school, and when the children assembled they were dismissed They reassembled again at 3 o'clock for the presentation of prizes, but the" school will remain closed untill further notice. Holy Trinity Sunday school will also be closed until the epidemic is past. With reference to the analysis of the water at the hob bath at Nuhaka, Mr Towuley has received a letter from Mr H. Hill in which the following paragraph occurs.: — " The hob bath is capital, the second one is too distant to be of much use. I have a ! paper in the Transactions on the baths and the analysis is there. The waters are said to be equal to those at Cheltenham and Wiesbaden." A correspondent sends the following prescription of what he says will be found an effective remedy for diphtheria. Ho is careful to state, however, that it is only to be used by a medical man. The prescription is : — " A solution of the crystals of nitrate of silver, 60 grains to an ounce of water. Inject freely the faucis and the upper part of the cavity of Lhe larynx. For children the solutiou would have to be made weaker. A shower syringo is the best to use." Dr Hocken and Mr Hamilton, from Dunedin, who have been on a visit to Gisborne for several days this week, lefb this morning by the Moa for Awanni. These gentlemen have come to the Ease Coast as representatives of the New Zealand Philosophical Institute to obtain all the information possible regarding the Maoris and Maori curios. They are taking photographs of everything worthy of keeping on record, and the report of their investigations and collections will be published by the Institute, and thus preserved for all time. The two gentlemen have gone to interview Major Ropata, M.L.C., at Waiomatatine, and will work their way down the coast, returning to Gisborne in a few days time. The North Otago Times of lust Friday said : The gale of yesterday was probably the severest that has visited Oamaru for the paßb score of years. Tho wind often blew with hurricane force, stripping the branches off trees, overturning fences, blowing down! chimneys, aud blowing in windows, besides doing other damage. Ib may be said that what promised to be a capitally large fruit year has been entirely spoilt by the fury ot the wind, which in exposed places has stripped the trees of the fruit that in many instances may be said to have covered them. Telegraph posts in the country have been blown down, bub the. full extent of tho damage done will nob be known for a day or two. The oldest inhabitant will scarcely remember such a boisterous day as was yesterday. It is estimated that over a half of the crop has been cut, but as a cold wind accompanied by wet is never so disastrous as a nor'-wester, it would be premature to speculate on the damage. The New South Wales Cycling League promises the biggest show ever held in Australia in March next— £4oo to be given away in prices,

A funny incident happened in the S.M. Court at Wellington last week. A ne'er-do-well, bearing the very appropriate name of John Idle, was brought u\) charged with stealing a kit of carpenter's tools, owner unknown. Mr James Lockie, a retired builder, was one of the presiding justices, and as soon as the tools were produced in Court he exclaimed : "Why, they're mine," clambered from the Bench, and entering the witness-box gave evidence in identification of the goods. John Idle is vow rusticating in the Terrace gaol.

According to the Wellington Post the funniest of the many funny situations in " The New Boy," as produced on Monday night was entirely unpremeditated. Miss Jenny Watt-Tanner, the distracted wife of "The New Boy," is decidedly massive, if also comely. la the last act she in despair throws herself upon a couch, and the couch", proving incapable of supporting such weighty grief, collapsed with a rending of timbers. The audience applauded for fully five minutes, the distracted wife endeavouring to control her own laughter, and fresh outbursts of applause greeted, each performer as he or she entered, and the fact that they had grasped the situation became evident by spasmodic movements of the facial muscles. The axidiencp had not recovered itself before the curtain finally fell.

A girl of 16, living at Claraville, South Australia, fell asleep on Friday, December 28, after an attack of influenza, and did not wake properly for six days. She could not be aroused by any ordinary methods, and recourse had to be had to cold water and other means. Sunday and Monday found no change, and when the new year was ushered in -she was quite oblivious of it. Her mother and relatives were much concerned, and it was not till Wednesday, the sixth. day, that their anxiety was removed. During that day the sleeper awoke, and, except that she was somewhat weak, appeared to be all right. Violent measures had been taken once each day to wake her —shaking had no effect whatever — and during the periods of wakefulness she took medicine and a little food. At these times she kept awake for about ten minutes and spoke a little ; but if the person at her bedside allowed the conversation to stop she would go off in a twinkling, and the usual means —a jug of cold water — would have to be used to arouse her. She now feels no ill effects. Her name is Ada Fartch, and she is the daughter of Mrs Fartch of Claraville.