NAPIER NEWS.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 3668, 26 October 1897, Page 2

NAPIER NEWS.

(OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Monday. Inspector Emerson has returned from WelliDgtou, where he has been m leave fnr a week He informs me t'*at the new Commissioner of Police will make a thorough inspection of the various police '•en?res a* soon as the Police Royal Com tnis-oon has concluded its sittings. For some time past the Fire Brigade have been urging the Borough Council to provide stabliag accommodation for two horses whioh a generous citizen has ex-

pressed his willingness to provij 9 , some reason, known only to the Counoil decline to acoedo t o .r quest. The need" for having •tabled handy to the station demonstrated this morning, when, siderable delay took place in reel to tho scene of an cottage in White road owd 6( j * occupied by William BpringfLld, C |L Fortunately there is a branch ho* station in the vicinity, and 7i energetic reeidents iu the locality work in good time. But the hose itt* to the branch reel was in such a i|w bad condition that little headway made against the Aimes, and by q,,, the main brigade arrived ou the the fire bad got suoh a bold as to IC|JJ1 C| JJ hope for saving it Attention witu. to the adjoining buildings, and the { break thas confined to the one bail, Mr Springfield had an insurinoeeti in the South British. The family l very narrow escape from being* oatad. Ad unusually choice sacred music by the Garrison a attracted a large gathering of p eo pjj the Botanical Gardena yesterday 4 |, noon. A collection taken up in *i<i hospital returned £7 10a, whieh with usnal Government subsidy will p rq , substantial addition to the fundi ok institution. The übiquitous bicycle was indir* tho cause of Messrs Kirkoaldie and 8t being called upon at the Matiatn Court this morning to answer a obit* committing a broach of the Factori«ij in keeping their employes in the <h making department behind after honti Saturday week. The manager, g, Kennedy Martin, stated that the d„ maker had kept the employes biS finish some work which had got b«|j hand owing to one of the girls htij sent word that she was unable tout, to her duties. It was aubscqi* learned, however, that the supposed iot| passed the day in oyoling. This sto did not, in the opinion of Mr Tomb S M , meet the case and a fine of £2j imposed with costs amounting to £1 |q Fine but oloudy weather favored cricketers for the opening of their set on Siturday afternoon. A senior u junior match were commenced on Recreation Ground, and some really eating play wib provided for the «pt| tors, who by the way were birdlj numerous as might have beeo oxpM In the senior match, United A v. Bcle the former scored 97, Wilson being j scorer with 21. Seinde responded y] aud at the ciose of the day’s d had six wickets down for 115 (or 18 J of which G. White contributed 59 ini] Bear 25 Bowling for Soinde, Sid Wli successfully performed the “ hat tried a really meritorious feet for a yJ player in a senior matob.—ln tbe joi game Alliance v Taradale, tbe lots scored 130, and when stamps s] drawn for the day Taradale had id 139 for the loss of only three wicketil