NAPIER.

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

NAPIER.

■Lnfl OWN VObkesponoevt.) By the arrival, of the ship Chile from London (we received. a large addition to dur p ihie Rangitira also brought up a number of emigrants for this place, who W WfeUington in the ship Jessie ReadMaf im <-Ldndon. The majority of the emigrants who eame by«h(s ofrite, and who were not .Wbsr ; tagaginnent. to tiie Mees re. Bngden got.-rititoti : rapidly. . The, want >of labor ftatHßg byrboth large and small that some splendid the up-comtoy district mow over, and people -are again settling to business,, -TheOdd Yellows and Foresters gave ayUte on New Years day, which was a success, both qs a day iff enjoyment, and, pecuniarily to the funds of those societies. In the evening a ball was held in the Odd fallows Hall which was ,^a«*«fo the VolunforirihWßengaged for the modest sum of £l7 refused to play after midnight, unless supplied with liqubrTwhich the committee very todjpdi gifoi Afother band was obtained and dancing kept up until an early Zd Taupo Cricket Clubs; the formwrwerevictorious. Aretumimsteii besn played to-day, but the heavyreipqow ppuring wiU prevent st. they have a very poor team to compete with the ’ Taupo -toen; the-best’ pbyere betog unable to ' tonffc tian butiinptoinl :-

An attempt-won, .lately made., to get petition fdt* sighatdfe iwking the 4 to convert Napier into a Municipality. A show of opposition to the petition was made, and the ph&tett of tU nrtovAderit llWit from testing public opinion on the matter. Our public men appear to/be guided by no principle but self-interest j and they were evidently afraid that their little game wm seen through. . /To the grebt jdj* of our Agsfcultttists ttin hto at length fallen. Had the draught with which* we have beC* M continued it is possible that the farmers would have serously suffered, (ifcfisuyattle have been attacked with staggers, and Tam also informed Thq CownUyouer > appointed dp toirettigate the Native TAnd purchases, -uVidcV thk Act introduced by Karaitiapa in the House, are expfete*' here.-to F.dfetofry, N 4 Mve been yet Gazetted, and it is stated that: Kam# tiuna is not now so warm on the question fearing that he has made a two-edged sword- and that epquiries ar® likely to b° iqtituted as to what became of certain monies of which he Jta* the handling A cloud has risen over the prospects of the Grammar School here. It that two of the Trustees refUSe to sigh thbdeid of lease on account of the rental agreed to with the Bishop of Waiapu not being itifflefent, on the faith of the promise given, the Truatees haye. gPJiO'to considerable expense, and great indignation is expressed by the committee at what they conM Thb b »acotaK arrived 4estferdiy (J fr<Si J between London ano New York. Mr. Vogel and Mr.) ReywdEtitofte: gmtoHn the Rangitoto to Hobart Town to alter the Intercolonial Conference. I hear on good authority,, that Mr. .Vogel intends, ,to, make arrangements with a r Coinpany for lajtng|a Submarine Cable from Australia to New Zealand. The New Sotith’Whites Government has ensured to pav half the cost provided the Cable i< hud to start from'that oolong. - : '' - ‘ The Government intend, so'l am informed, to commence the Telegraph line, to Poverty Bay in a short period : the work will be commenced from Petane. ' r ~ ■ The,Provincial Government has thrown open a bldck of 9000 acres on the barfks ‘of the Tuki Tuki on the deferred. paymqnte. system. It is feared by many 5 fliat this movement is made rather late in the day, when aU the best pieces have been taken up on the 4s. im acre system by the large holders. The Seandanavihn settlement theseventyinile bush is not so successful as correspondents and others would desire us to believe. Many have Iteft the tfittrfct, stad mdst of’ tKS Hrfdte men are getting engagements on stations. The truth is the agent was given to much per head for each emigrant, apd it matters little to him whether he obtainted the scrapings of the large towns, or the bona fide agriculturist settler and laborer.