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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume 1, Issue 17, 11 January 1873, Page 2

School Meeting.—Attention is directed to the Meeting called for Monday evening at the School House to receive a report from the School Committee and to elect a Committee for the current year. Captain Bendall’s New Vessel.—The following description of Captain Bendall’s smart new vessel that arrived in port on Sunday afternoon, we take from the Hobart Town Mercury : —Tasmania has long occupied foremost rank amongst the Australasian colonies in shipbuilding, the Jfercwr;/ says, and ther<?are now a number of Tasmanian built vessels of various sizes owned in each of the sister colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, and New Zealand, while more than one flies, as is stated, the Fijian flag. .The larger proportidh of the vessels bnilt in this ; colony have been constructed at Hobart Town, but of late years the ports on the Huoji have turned out a number of smart, substantial, seagoing crafts, capable of carrying from fifty to one hundred, or one hundred and twenty tons. About a month ago we gave an account of the launching of the last of these at the shipyard of Messrs Inches and son, Shipwrights’ Point, Huon. The vessel in question arrived in port on Sunday night, and was berthed on Tuesday morning in the Constitution Dock, where she attracted a good deal of attention from nautical men. Her dimensions are 70 feet keel, overall 80 feet, depth of hold 6ft. 3 inches, under the beams. Her registered tonnage will, it is believed, be about 70 tons, and she is capable of carrying about 100 tons. She is a finely modelled centreboard kefch with quick sailing qualities,* and a light draft not exceeding 6ft. 6 inches, which renders her well adapted for the coasting trade and shallow harbors. She has been named the Clematis, and will, we uLjlerstand, find an owner in Captain Bendall of this city. Captain Bendall is now in Hobart Town, and has expressed himself well pleased with the which has been substantially built with the best material. The Clematis was placed on the docks about twelve months ago, and is built of blue gum, her topsides and fittings being-of Huon pine. She is copper-1 fastened up to the watermark, and the centreboard rttse has been copper sheathed. She lias an elliptic stern, a sharp cutwater, and is a highly creditable specimen of naval architecture. The Clematis has been brought up to town to complete her outfit. The sails and rigging, which are mostly,of wire, were obtained in Hobart Town, but the rigging was completed before 1 bringing the vessel up to port, — H.B. Telegraph. ' A church music committee lately advertised for an organist and jnusic teacher, and, among others, received the following reply : —“ Gentlemen, I noticed your advertisement for an organist and music teacher, either lady or having been both for several) years. I offer you my services.” “ Enquirer” writes to the Thames Advertiser, under date sth instant r—® Sir,—ln your Napier telegram, published this morning, it ajipdfcre that Miss Minnie Parker is recommended to receive th® New Zealand War Medal for distinguished services rendered at the late Poverty Bay massacre. May I ask how it is that no notice has been taken of the young man Charles James, who it was, at the risk f his own life, aroused Miss Parker and others at an early hour on the morning of the massacre, and who also escorted them satAy to Turanganui, and Who,, by his gallant acts, saved her life and that of many others on that sad occasion ? Surely he is deserving of some notice from our New Zealand Govertunedk” ’ | The Bay of Plenty Times The Ngatiraukawa are getting on WeH with ‘thd road to Niho o to Kiore. The King party have, we are informed,' sent twice to warn them to desist, bnt without the slightest effect, and the wort id being prosecuted vigorously. '-v-E 1

® man should coimhit to mt o»y in ng with busy people. 1. WriteaJtAX you can’t help it, be sht al*Kt*wHMwe. *3. When you write - P*- v for the answer. —taant money, don’t begin witW piety Beg first, and be pious aftaterarai, beg of anyone whom you are aeqainted with. Die, but don’t beg. ” Another has now to be ad^ed already gained by the Napier - In the contest which has iltt temmßml bettarm that association and Cc M Jfe k p v Mfr— Bifle Mrthwfrd frfrring truth m ttte report respecting theMemoval ol Mr. Hamlin as Resident Magistrate at StaketuJ We understand that a comptaint was forfrrde* to Xha Hon. Donald MoLeaa by-aaoM oL (be Arawu of the district. An inquiry has been I- 31 immediately return to his magisterial duties. Thft will give great in the

A correspondent writing to the Bay of Plenty | Tunes says:—“H w9Lbe recollected that recently j the Luna, after delivering flour and presents to some thirteen settlement, arriyed at Maketu’ with the inbdicuin of flour, Ac. (the lion’s share). Everywhere else the Maoris were only too glad to go oh board for the Government j gift, but in this instance the Arawa refused to ttq W« itfwfrpukbhu frrk f ancl tte c»ptta|ri, not without impreaaiona aL dhigust, was obliged to land it-for them Even then the flour lay.on th* beach uhtil Mtwated with the rain, and ultimately removed by the Resident Magistrate's' cart; tb> their pah.. It waa. beneath the dignity of the amiable savage to carry a bag of flour. ,As I/aaid bcfore,-it worie; < but with this they were not' satisfied. The I worthy skipper- Of the Luna; 1n his disgust at their laziness, had made use of some words rather to Maori ears ;< and it was there-and then* settled eoh. that, aa they had removed Mr. Hamlin, they would request Mr. M’Lean to remote Captain Fairchild from his ship, which absurd as ■lt may appear, from the complacency of the' Government hitherto, they expect will be instantly aocbrdedj JA pakeha looker-on suggested that as a further mark of their indignation they shquld at ouce return the flour, but our dignified savage could not see this at all.” : ...