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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7651, 9 June 1896, Page 2

The Eire Brigade meets for steam practice to-morrow evening. The Hon. Mr Ward stated in his evidence at Dunedin on Friday that his life was insured for £11,000, besides which he held an accident insurance policy. Miss Ph«*be Seddou, second daughter of the Premier, is to be married shortly to Mr Frank Dyer, manager in Wellington for Messrs Bannatyne aud Co. Notwithstanding the inclement weather last night there was a good attendance at the Mutual Improvement Society to hear the concluaion of the debate on " Socialism " There were several speakers, and Mr Birrell closed the debate with a strong reply. Rev. H. Williams lectures next Monday evening on " The Fourth Dimension." The committee appointed by the P.B. Rugby Uuion to select the team to represent the Country in the forthcoming match against the Town have selected the following :— Full-back, Pahoe ; three-quarteis, W.Gibson, Tuteari, Kuao ; halves, Booth, J. R. Alurphy, Tuhoi ; forwards, Poynter, C Gibson, Caulton, Sharp, Eskdule, Armor, Bourn, Capper. Emergencies : Backs, G. Scott, McKenzie ; forwards, Hellier Evans, Fairlie. Notwithstanding the curtailed state of the Masonic Hotel owing to the recent fire His Excellency Lord Glasgow, would not hear of taking up his quarters anywhere else on the occasion of his receut viait to Napier. Mr Moeller informed His Excellency that owing to the fire his accommodation was somewhat pinched and that he could not afford him the same comfort as heretofore, but the Governor replied that such accommodation as the hotel at present afforded would be sufficient. " In a recant address to his constituents one of the members of the House gave the following very non-committal reply to the question : Which is the greater curse to New Zealand, the drink traffic or the unemployed 1 — " Too much of either was very troublesome. Too much drink was bad, and two much unemployed was fully worse. The unemployed could not be got rid of and it was no use trying. The Auckland Board of Education in their recent complications must have taken a leaf from the records of the Fetherstone District Council in England. This Council is composed of two sections, six on each side, and neither side would give way in the matter of electing a chairman. On one occasion they sat until 5 o'clock in the morning, and a few days after had another prolonged sitting of 22 hours, again adjourning without doing any business ; but, saya the Times, " great humor characterised the proceedings, which were enlivened by cards, draughts, and dominoes, as well as whisky aud other refreshments." Mr F. J. Shelton left by the s.s. Tekapo this afternoon to join the 'Frisco mail steamer Manposa at Auckland on her way to the Old Country. Mjr Shelton expects to be away about four months. Before leaving about twenty of the principal business men in town met him in the Masonic hotel. The Mayor who occupied the chair, proposed Mr Shelton's health, and wished him a safe and pleasant Toyage. After Messrs Bright, Kennedy, and Wood had expressed similar good wishes, the health was drunk in bumpers cf champagne and Mr Shelton made a suitable reply. A number of his friends then accompanied him to the wharf, several of them proceeding out to the steamer with him. The monthly meeting of the Library Committee was held last evening, when there were present : Messrs Townley (in the chair), O'Meara, Symes, and Lucas (Hon. See.) Tho librarian reported that there were 108 subscribers, being an increase over last month, The Secretary stated that the first instalment of the fresh mortgage, together with n half-year's interest, had been paid to the mortgagee, thus reducing the mortgage to ;6ISO, which will at the present rate be all paid off in a little over four years. The Book Committee furnished a list of 50 new books which had been purchased and roceivod during fche month, and reported that a number of others had been ordered, aud that it was their intention to purchase a considerable number during the ensuing month. Donations to tho Library of four volumes of the Colonial Institute reports and 25 uumbers of the Review of tho Churches from Mrs Beere and a specimen of a frost fish for the Museum from Mr J. Nisbett were acknowledged with thanks. Great iuterest has been shown locally in the Grand National meeting which concluded at Auckland yesterday, for the reason that several Gisborno horses wero entered, and a large sum of money was sent from here for investmeut-iu fact, yesterday the telegraph office was rußhed with people wishing to put their money on one or other of the local horses, aud for several hours the telegraph officials wero busy raking in the shcckels for the totalisator. It was the unusual number of sporting telegrams that caused the block in the wires to which we referred yesterday. When our telegrams came to hand after four o'clock in the afternoon, and it was announced that the looal contingent had been defeated in the first four races, there were some very long faces amongst those awaiting the results, and it was apparent that some of our Gisborne sports had "fallen heavily." Donald McKinnon's victory in the Tally-ho Steeplechase later on, however, may have helped somo of them to repair their bad luck. Considering tho fino stamp of horses tho Gisborue representatives had to meet, they made a very creditable show at the meeting, securing two first, three second, aud two third places, In tho New Zealand Times of Wednesday last theie was a full and paiticular account ot tho recognition of ex-Detective Kirby in Molesworth street on the previous Monday evening. The person who claimed to have identified him was a gentleman who was well acquainted with Kirby, and he stated that he saw him about 9 o'clock on Monday night walking along Molesworth street towards the Shamrock hotel. Ho said he could not bo mistaken in his man. The stylo of walking was what first attracted his attention. Ho said that he stopped under a lamp-post to have a good look at the man, and he immediately recognised tho small groy eyes of Kirby, and, apart from this, tho identity waa proved olear to his his mind by the knock-kneed gait of tho man, who was wearing a heavy light-brown beard, which ran up close to the ears in a ppculiar manner as if it were fastened on. Hr wore a skull cup and a walking coat buttoned up to tho chin. Near the Shamrock hotel tho man was lost sight of. Th s person who was so confident; that he saw Kirby, when asked why he did nob consider it his duty tell the police, said that he felt a certnin amfiint of repugnance to playin? the role of informer. As later developments have Bhnwn, at the time the supposed Kirby waa walking along Moloswerth street, the real Kirby was Juearing the coast of j Australia. ; . „ „,;...„_. , I

The Wanganui Borough Council is in the fortunate and happy position of having a credit balance at its bankers of £1400. The Licensing Committee for Hastings have resolved to take action with reference to Maori women having been supplied with drink at various burs in the district. The quantity of cheese shipped from Port Chalmers by the Natioual Djity Association for ilia yenr ending amounted to 1441 tons. During the six months, Novemoer to April, i hey Beut away 5234 boxes of bulter Weighing 293,1041 b? net. The bricli layers engaged in the erection of the Htiwera post office have "struck." The question in dispute ia that of payment for openings such as windows, etc. The matter has been referred to Wellington for settlement. Mr Boroham, the New Zealand draughts champion, has recently been engaged in a match with Mr Crook of Oamaru, ihe result being a win for the champion by one game. The scores were Boreham four wins, Crook three wins, whilst five games were drawn. The Argenline, New Zealand's great rival in the wool and frozen meat trade, is evidently striving to develop the quantity and quaiity of its sheep, for we rend that at a ivouut r.tm sale mm breeder's consignment of six averaged £43 3a. six from another breeder averaged £30 Bs, and several other lots averaged down to £22 2s. A curious rumor has appeared in "one of the London papers to the effect that the Government will despatch to Egypt in the autumn a force of 10,000 British troops for the purpose of reconquering the Soudan. The official announcement will probably not be made till Parliament has been prorogued. A shag was recently captured at Arowhenua, near Temuka, which, after confinement for about an hour, was observed to be considerably perturbed, and after some littie struggling it disgorged a trout which was found to measure eleven inches. The fish had been swallowed head first. It was slightly scarred on the shoulders, but otherwise was perfect. A Board of Chemists is to be appointed by the British Government to establish and maintain a standard of purity for articles of food, home raised and imported, and that persons guilty of adulteration on a second conviction shall be sent to prison as in ancient days. Certain parts of the report are directed against American food stuffs, including lard. New Zealand must be a very cosmopolitan colony judging from the various nationalities of the patients received into the Wellington Hospital last year : — New Zealand, 670 ; England, 410 ; Ireland, 154 ; Scotland, 101 ; Australia, 29 ; Germany, 15 ; Norway and Sweden, 12 each ; China, 9 ; Assyria and Denmark, 7 each ; America, 6 ; Wales, 5 ; Italy and France, 4 each ; Austria, Russia, and India, 3 each ; South Africa, 2 ; Tasmania and Portugal, 1 each. The Magisterial investigation recently relative to tho charge of sly-grog selling at Balclutha furnishes a most unlovely example of what may happen in a Prohibition district. The counsel for the defence even pleaded that " It was a perfectly patent fact lhat, as. the result of Prohibition, drink was obtainable anywhere in Balclutha." The witnesses generally seemed to be unable to distinguish whisky from hop beer, but one man who, in an unguarded moment, spoke of " nips" rather gave the others away, and after this, the Deluge, in the shape of scathing comment by the Magistrate on the frightful perversions of the truth to which he had been obliged to listen, and the infliction of the heavy fine of £80 and costs, with the alternative of four months' imprisonment. A new method has been hit upon of " distributing " New Zealand produce. It occurred to the intelligent mind of some thoughtful costermonger that a good thing might be done by buying frozen mutton cheap and then retailing it from house to house to housewives of an economical turn of mind. Two costers have been trying this experiment with results very satisfactory to themselves. They bought two frozen sheep for 10s each, thawed and cut them up, and then went round with the mutton in their respective donkey carts. They were of course able to soil the moat at a price very much below that asked in tho ordinary butcher's shop, and they found a brisk demand. One customer writes that the meat was all that oould be desired, except that the flesh was rather pale in color, and had a good deal of exuding moistuie, which told the tale of its origin. The Melbourne Argus estimates that v.hen the Australian banking returns for the quarter ended 31st March are completed it will be able to reoord that the Australian banks hold in their treasuries something between £27,500,000 and £28,000,000 in gold. Only ten years, ago they held less than £14,000 000. Then affairs were seemingly prosperous, and fortunate bank shareholders had ,only to live economically and invest sp'eudid bank dividends ia fresh bank shares in oider to become more than "passing rich." Referring to this change, the Argus puts two questions— What does the twin combination of a movement from prosperity to hardship and a doubling of the coin reserves of the banks mean ? and why when the banks held less than £14,000,000 in gold mortgage rates were 50 to 75 per cent higher than they are to-day, when the banks hold nearly £28,000,000? These questions indicate, the Argus says, that the current of money seeking investment in the colonies i 3 arrested, and that its former beneficent overflow is, for a time at least, receding. Our contemporary adds that largo sums of Australian-owned money have for a co.usideru.ble time past been lent at rates ranging fiom 3J to 4 per cent, the only and proper condition being an absolute peifect security, aud that only the other day nearly a quarter of a million was lent on mortgage at a rate approximating more closely to 3J than to 4 per cent. Prom the Otago Daily Times of Wednesday last we take the following : — Mr James Cargill, who ha 3 been for some five or six years local traffic manager at tho head office of the Union Steam Ship Company, has been promoted to the position of branch manager at Gisborne. Mr Cargill ha? during his stay in Dunedin gained tho good wishes of of nearly everyone with whom he has been brought in contact. Hp will be much missed in amateur diamatic circles in Dunedin, and especially as hon. treasurer of the Dunedin Savage Club, in the management of which he has always taken a keen interest. Yesterday afternoon some 70 gentlemen met together at Wain's Hotel to bid good-bye to Mr Cargill. Mr F. R, Chapman, who presided, said that it wa3 perhaps more especially in his capacity as President of the Savage Club that ho was called upon to make some remarks. Mr Cargill had been associated with the Savage Club almost from its initiation, aud it was largely owing to his energy und interest that the club held the position it did after eleven, years of existence. He believed he spoke the feeling of tho members when he said that Mr Cargill's loss was an irreparable one for the Savage Club. (Hear, hear.) But ib was not merely as president of that club that ho had been asked to say v few words. Many of the gentlemen present had been brought into contact witli Air Cargill in their business relations, and had invariably found him prompt aud courteous, aud always most anxious to forward their best interests. In wishing Mr and Mrs Cargill every happiness in their new sphere of life, he had much pleasure in presenting him with a purse of sovercigna as some small token of the esteem and regard iv which he was held by his friends in Dunediu. Mr Cargill, in returning lhauks, expressed his sense of the kind remarks mndo by Mr Chapman. Anything he hud dove for tho Savage Club had been a labor of love, and ho was only too happy to learn lhat in his business dealings he had given satisfaction. Hearty cheers were given for Mr and Mrs Cargill, and tho meeting then terminated.

Anyone who has children will rejoice with L, B. Mulford, of Plaiufield, N.J. His little boy, five years of age, was sick with croup, tor two days and nights he tried various remedies reeomnvudecl by frinnrls and neighbors.. He suys : "I thought sure I would lose him. 1 had seen Chambei lain's Cough Remedy advertised, and thought 1 would try it as a last hope, and am happy to say that afier two doses he slept until morning. I gave it to him next day, and a cure was effected I keep this renvdy in the house now, and as soon as any of my children show sigus of cioup ] givo it to them, and that is the last of it." For sale by E. D. Smith, wholesale aqd retail agent), — Ad.vt.