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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume 1, Issue 30, 26 February 1873, Page 2

Im pounding Act.—The position of affairs connected with the Pound, and the bad odour it lias got into in this District, are most perplexing and unsatisfactory. There can be no wonder at local Government being brought into, 'disrepute when its principles are so little appreciated and less understood; when even the initiation of a simple Act, in its correlative bearing on other functions, is made such a mess of. It is now five months since Mr. Dalziell’s tender was accepted by the Board for the management and maintenance of the Pound for twelve months; since that he has spent over £BO in erecting necessary yards, &c., and to the present time no action, beyond the impounding of a few head of cattle, has been taken. Air. Dalziell is not in the Board have advised the Provincial Government to enlarge the boundaries of the district, as the Pound was erected outside those gazetted ; they have suspended impounding operations, and Mr. Dalziell has intimated to that body that he shall press for damages. The Board, however, are not altogether to be blamed for the subsequent difficidties that have arisen; although their Chairman undoubtedly is for a persistent course of action in opposition to the better judgment of those by whom he should have been guided, and whose opinion is proved to be correct by he failures that have ensued. It is some three mtlis, or more, since they requested that tins te of the Highway District should be proid under the operation of the Impounding and it is high time that the Provincial .ment either complied with that request ed point blank. We hope something done at the forthcoming visit of the 1 Secretary, which will effectually deadlock likely to prove expensive to in the long run. aph to Poverty Bay.—We under*.he long-desired work of erecting the to Poverty Bay, with head quarters , has, at last, been begun, under the t of Mr. Inspector Blake, who has tures to some of the professional ■i to join his staff. Tenders are for that portion between Napier

■Schools Again !—An appeal has been e Government for payment of salaries le various School Teachers in this and Tologa Bay. A complaint, y a very just one, is made, not only .he arrears but against the irregularity ertainty with which these salaries are it is a scandal on the conduct of this ment that the teachers should be placed position of inconvenience and annoyance this laxity entails; and we are certain ' .he Government are not posted up in the gs of the Inspector or he would'not have many roving commissions, and leisure ..e to settle nice questions of connubial fidelity. The Native Minister cannot be vsvare that of the three teachers here, one has an arrear of six months, and the other two, three months of salary due to each of them 1 There’s no necessity for this; the vote of the Assembly is a liberal one, and Mr. McLean’s department is proverbial for prompt payment of accounts. Why cannot the several Chairmen have quarterly imprest advances made to them to meet these demands which are permanent and not contingent?

Land Salb Gisborne—Should the p.s. Comerang not arrive in time for Mr. Lusk to commence the Land Bale by 12 o’clock tomorrow, the public will not only be put to much inconvenience, but * delay of “at least one calendar month ” will be required for the purposes of a fresh notification under the Waste Lands Att. We hope this may not be so; but we trust the narrow squeak the Provincial Secretary will have, under any circumstances, of being here in tiinfe, and considering that the last sale had to-be postponed for exactly the same reabon, it will be the fulcrum which supports the‘lever bf our argument against the Provincial Government for not supplying its with better and more regular steam accommodation. It is but right that those who are the cause should, also, become victims in their turn. The Banks Eave, at last,, become aliVc to the necessity of catering for custom in Poverty Bay. The Bank of New Zealand through pressure of local influence ; the Union Bank of Australia, from a jealousy of its powerful rival, each have an official in the field, making active preparations for opening branches ‘immediately. We are glad to see them both ; and out of the competition which sets in so early, we shall "reap the benefit; but we must Say this matter . has been delayed too long. While our own colonial institution has been drivelling about its data and the possibility of ultimate success, the Union .sendk us a hand with all the paraphernalia requisite for opening up business at once. We believe, however, it has been found necessary to come to a mutual understanding by which business is to be suspended for a time, so as to allow them to liave aiair start. Our oil 'springs it would appear are at tracting the ’attention of the outside world. Amongst the last arrivals, two gentlemen, said to have had some experience in these matters, have paid Us a visitta'itli a view of practictilly testing the capabilities of our petroleum springs. They purpose taking advantage of the favorable change in the Weather and visit that part of the country where this'source of wealth is -to be found. Captain Read, is, we believe, most interested in the land, ’atiddie expresses a gretft desire to offer every possible ’ facility to these gentlemen, or others, iposfSessed of Sufficient capital and knowledge, by which means it may become a lucrative industry. We shall await the report of these gentlemens’ opinion with interest.

The Qualifications -of Electors. — The following very opportune extract from the Constitution Act is re-copied from the Hawke's Buy Herald, Clause VII, details them clearly as follows:—“ Every man of the age of twenty-ene years or upwards, having a freehold estate in possession, situate within the district for ■which the vote is to be given, of the clear value of fifty pounds, above all charges and incumbrances, and of or to which he has been seized dr entitled, either at law or in equity, for at least six calendar months next before the last registration of the electors, or having a leasehold estate ift possession, situate within such district, of the clear annual value of ten pounds held upon a lease which at the time of such registration shfill have not less than three years to run, or having a leasehold estate so situate, and of such value aforesaid, of which he has been in possession for three years or upwards next before such registration, dr being a householder within such district, occupying a tenement within the limits of a town (to be proclaimed as such by the Governor for the purposes of this Act) of the clear annual value of ten pounds, or without the limits of a town of the clear annual value of five pounds, and having resided therein six calendar months next before such registration as. aforesaid, shall, if duly registered, be entitled to vote at the election of a member or members for the district.

Most of our readers says the Hawke's Bay Herald are doubtless aware of the fact that Messrs. Brogden and Sons, some short time back, commissioned Captain Kennedy (brother to Mr. Kennedy, of this town) to proceed to Sydney and negociate for the purchase of a steamer for their firm. The result is that a vessel named the Paterson has been purchased. The Patersen is a paddle-boat, of what tonnage no precise information is yet to hand. She has had new boilers fitted in, and has received a thorough overhaul, particular attention having been paid to fit hbb up with every convenience for passengers. The Paterson was to leave Sydney for Wellington direct, and would then come on to Napier. It is intended that she will trade between Dunedin and Auckland, calling in at all intermediate ports'—Tier stay at Napier, on each visit, extending to at least 24 “hours. Her draught of water, when loaded, will not exceed 9 feet. She will be commanded by Captain Kennedy, while Captain Andrew, latterly of the s.s. Keera, will be chief officer. We believe Messrs. Boutledge, Kennedy and Co., 'will be The agents at this port .'for the Paterson. The Wanganui Herald Bays : —The following are the correct numbers in Wellington for the Provincial election, the seven first being returned: — Buckley ... ... ... 012 Waring Taylor ... ... 558 Pearce ... ... ..< ... ... 492. Hunter 463 Carter 444 Borlase ... ... w . ... 443 Crawford ... ... ... ... 348 Wallace i 321 Dransfield ... •... 311 Bainie ... ... ...»«>*. ... -201 We observe, says the that leading lights, capable of being shifted as occasion requires, have been placed on the spit, for the purpose of guiding vessels into the inner harbour at night. Shipping and Custom House forms, can be had at the office of the Standard.

NATIONAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. The first general meeting of the shareholders under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1867, was held at' the City Terminus Hotel on Tuesday, th® 10th of December, under the presidency of Mr. Dudley Robert Smith. Mr. A Grace, the London manager, toad the notice converting the meeting. The report of the directors, which was taken as read, stated that: — “The bank was registered, in terms of the Joint-Stock Companies Act. Applications were received for 110,872 shares ; but, as the total issue was 100,000 shares only, of which 33,338 were reserved for New Zealand, the directors were unable to allot more than 66,667 shares in this countty to 850 shareholders, representing a subscribed capital of £666,670. The deposits on application and allotment of the shares, amounting to £2 10s. per share, have been fully paid, and amount to the sum of £166,667 10«. Mr. W. S. Grahame, one of the directors, who was proceeding to the colony, has Undertaken to'assist in making arrangements for organising the branches in the principal fields for business. A settlement in the company’s shares on the London Stock Exchange was applied fOTon the 18th of October, and obtained on the 31st of the same month. The directors have appointed Mr. Adam Barnes, in whose colonial experience (hey have every confidence, as their Inspector and General Manager in New Zealand, and he And other officers are now on their way to th’e colony. Mr. Alexander Grace, late London manager of the Bank of Otago, Limited, has been appointed London manager. An arrangement ■ (subject to the approval of their shareholders) has 4>feen made With the directors of the Bank of Otago, Limited, for the transfer rtf their business to this 'company as soon as practicable. So far as the directors are at present aware, they do not anticipate any ' immediate necessity for making a call. The directors have confidence in the success of th® company, and trust tliat when they next meet their shareholders they may be in a position to report tliat the business is making satisfactory pipgress. The bunk’is now opfin for the transtcbiOn of business. — Australian and New Zealand -G-azetle.