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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 36, 19 March 1873, Page 2

Poverty Bay Saw Mill.—On Wednesday last Mr. King, the enterprising proprietor of this largo establishment, invited a few friends to luncheon, and to witness the operations of rolling, lifting, sawing, tonguing and grooving, and planing, at present being carried on rather extensively as a branch of local industry in the Makauri bush. A new engine and boiler hive recently been added, which with uew shed and gear, and the new planing machine shortly to. arrive will involve A very considerable outlay. We have not space to enlarge upon this interesting subject • now, but shall take an early opportunity of doing so. Pound.—We understand that MrJDaltiell, owing to the unsatisfactory condition of affairs between the Road Board and refiwfl to open the Pound. A short time since we had a Pound without a proclamation, now we have a proclamation without a Pound. Cemetery.—Some cattle lately, while wanderi ing in search of pastures new, have found their way into the Cemetery. The fencingjs down in one place and much damage is done to the graves and chain fencing round the monument. We hope this is not an act of vandalism, pure and simple. New-blood is being imported into our flocks from Hawke’s Bay with vigor. Mr. Groom; an old Napier resident, had just arrived with 800 sheep for the Bishop of Waiapu. The party were a month enthe road, having suffered very had weather and privations, and lost about SO animals through blind nres

CmCKBT.—We hay* much pleasure in appending the score of a friendly contest /between the knighis of the Bat and Willow, froip the Giaborne and Ormond team*, which came off Mata where on Saturday. The day waa according to cricketer’s order} and some very good play waa shown by the town innings:—

I • With nite < wickets to fall. I Liabijiitiw of Bate Bayers.—From Taut ranga we learn that in the Magistrate’s Court r at Te Papa Mr. Clarke R.M., recently gave . judgment in re Tauranga Highway Board and . Town Board jv.i Chadwick for rates amounting i to £9 4s. 2d. the collection of which had been L resisted on the plea that the property rated was ’ not owned by defendant, or registered in his ; name. The court ruled that all necessary steps [ prescribed by the Act had been taken by the , Board. The defendant had neglected at the ’ proper time to appeal against the assessment 1 roll, and judgment must pass for plaintiffs, ■ without costs; Mr. Chadwick said, “ I do not : mean to pay the amount, so the sooner 1 proceedings are taken to seize my goods the better; I shall then .take other steps.” This judgment is rather startling. It is certainly the duty of ratepayers to protest, when there is 1 anything to protest against. According to Mr. Chadwick, he not only did not own the assessed property, but it was not even registered in his name!” How could he protest? According to Mr. Clark if (he “ necessary stops prescribed ' by the Act” be but taken by Road Boards, they can arbitrarily cpmpel paymeat from persons, who, have not Only parted with their interest, but whose names, are not on the toll. But according to the Highway Board’s Act it is sufficient, if the name of the owner is unr known, to insert “owner” in the assessment list; if this was : not done, and it is as Mr: Chadwick says, the simplest form would have been to call on the defendant to show that he was not the owner at the time of the assessment being made. Bnt'even then we hate out own opinion as to liability if any one, else’s name be inserted. .'jinduj.'! in-risoz.l OrmonD' Club.—On Monday night, according to announcement, the members of this club,; 'Consisting;, entirely of the Constabulary corps stationed at Camp Ormond, gave ah entertainment of so light and varied a character as to please the most fastidious, and to give a modicum of gratification to all. Everything passed .off well indeed; and we heartily congratulate our dramatic friends upon the success Of their endeavour, which was achieved, principally through the effect of a marked improvement on their previous peri formances. There was more steadiness, and less prompting, but still some little gagging, that, however, is anything but objectionable, except in instances where a correct text has to be rendered; while it affords an opportunity to the player to rely more upon his own wit or memory, than upon the prompter. At the risk of offend ihg (we are forced to ran these risks semetimes) we do sincerely advise the "members of this dub to aim at something higher (as the ' main object pf their acting) tbs -' stupid piece of foolery to which the curtain rote on Monday night;such piece* am tever seen except at very low theatres, and even then not they possess no material for histrionic exercise; they tack 'the chasm ofelectttion,or,«tany rhte, well-delivered utterances. Thev . point .np motol? theyadtepno tale: the audwnte grin, but are neither amused nor edified., Tn Burlesque it is different, not but that ' we eimfessto a twingeofregrtt,aswehear andsee some of the grandest conceptions, and sublimest effusions ”of a poet’s brain, turned into ridiculous travtesfie,— but -aj ? >a rale they are witty, sparkling, and possess evidence of brain power, which makes one wonder it ii'Mpt put to a better Bombastes Furioeo one and the running fire of repartee is a good deal of 1 uncouth doggerel in it) was well sustained by three pieces; but now that the primary ,object .zasu samoht

of the club is attaiimd, we hope to see a fairer division of the nexF enttttainment, by the introduction of something of that better class of play which ita membe« are fied to performin creditably. The intervals woo filledwUv songa, The Aold Soldier Boy, by Mr. Clements, being a special favorite, and sung m that gentleman’s happy style of character, was well received and vociferously re-demanded. Mr. Whitehead aIX sang a Mmi-character song “ The Reason Why,” with good effect and responded to a general call with “ Kiss But Never Tell.” The performance was over by 11 o’clock, and dancing, which commenced about 12 o'clock, was kept up vigorously for 2 or 3 hours. A new gasometer is being erected for the Christchurch Gas Company. Kerosine is being generally and rapidly seperaeded. A mob of sheep, belonging to Mr. Alley, of Napier, have lately been driven through the Tauranga district en route for Hikutaia They were in capital condition, a large number avera?ing_BolL.talKllhk- __—._. _———„— . The Napjer Telegraph says:—“An ugly .rumdur comes from Wellington to the effect that at the next sitting of the General Assembly, the Government-purpose introducing a—bill to providp for the taxing of all lands throughout • the cotony. A tax' ‘of one shilling an atcre is spoken of on improved land; such a measure addedTo thqßpad Bcnrcl rates ,ViM:tell heavily on landed proprietors.” Juvenile mortality, according to the Independent, is increasing in Wellington. In one street at Te Aro five deaths occurred in a few, days. The weatiicr is still verf inclement there japd the population are, more or less, suffering from a low fever. Our contemporary exhorts the Coupe il it tees “ the beach blocked with funerals before it takes the hint.” . - . The Hawke's Pay Herald announces the arrival in Napier of a consignment of birds for the Hawke’s , Bay Acclimatisation Society, ex Forfarshire from England, comprising 27 partridges, 28 rooks,’ 20 thrushes, 53 blackbirds, 10 chaffinches,. 8 bramble-finches, 4 linnets, 13 vellow-hammprs, 8 hedge-sparrows, 7 skylarks, and 23 1 starlings. TII6 birds are to be distributed in the Havelock, Puketapu, Meanee, and surrounding districts. We hear that Mr. Bryson, of Napi»r, has arranged with Mr. Cashmere for the purchase of his saw-mills and plant in the Bush near Gwavas. Mr. Bryson will spare no effort to develop thoTmde tp thq utmost, and to supply with home-produced timber the large and daily increasing requirements of the province. — Hawke's Bay Herald. A Mr. Robert Mitchell, of Auckland, offers to point out the locality of a large petroleum spring on the East Coast to any person advancing the funds for utilizing the discovery—the amount required being from £5OO to £lOOO. Mr. Mitchell, we think, cannot have travelled far on this Coast or he would not have been so sanguine about the secret locality of “ a ” petroleum spring; and his liberal aad patronising offer might have been spared the humiliation of refusal. We are within range in sayipg there are a dozen oil springs between MahiaUnd East Cape, and require only money to work them, to bring handsome profits te the speculators. We have heard that a native recently, and quite accidentally, stumbled-ovef one neat to Waiapu in which he says, the oil is perceptible. Others have also been reported, but they are so abundant, that, to people lacking the needful, tjie knowledge of thfeir existence re useless, without the machinery to work them with.

The Waikato Tithes has got its claw upon a wide-spread evil, and laments the existence of professional drunkards, who, under the garb of “ medical men,” with diplomas to “ kill or cure ” “ lay themselves out to minister to the wants of country districts,” and are a disgrace to the paternity.” It says “We are of opinion that Parliament, at its very next sitting, should pass an act bv which it shall be possible to clip the wings of evil birds who habitually bring disgrace upon every member of their profession, and who have sunk beneath , the level above which a man s self-respect to some extent influences hi a actions. Power must be vested in somebody to suspend the certificates of medical men for 9 miscondbttZ • * > As'-the law at present Bt an<lB, a docto r , on whom the lives of many meuTuay dap*nd<at Any-motnent, esn drink or otherwise render himself unfit for his mission and there are no means of punishing, him. The Fifi Times,jmAer the cross heading is too dignified to descend to the paltfy meanness of hoaxing the public, and howevet- much the Government of Fiji may be in public disM did IMely. He wJ XS osmmg-Into force of Clause fi af the Act to Establishand Define a Leg* Tender of mane? foYAJU whiah Aotww teserited/foion Ihe clause reads follow* after - the “Phataon of tfr cirratation smn he-payable on demand at the raid treasury in gold or silver, coin ” At two -j--out for about half an hour, only about twenty 'cssh, when 'the h“k broke apd suspended payment Those who-capje after had the honor, ofleavinfr their written op* £ieee of foelamp\vfth the solemn (but after th? ttwuiy ngim, doubtfol) wsorance that they would pay... them Tomorrow. A cynical bachelor, in speaking of ladies’ ball -1A Gentleman ordered his Irish servant to call him at six : Whe awoke him at fear, telling him he had two hours kngir to .GASH .3 .D

Obmomd Tux. 1st Innings. ■ 2nd Innings. Richardson, c b Heinas,-10 b Thelwall ... 8 Stewart, b Thelwall ... 2 b 3 Hill, V. b Thelwall ... 0 1 Hill, R. b Thelwall ... 4 b-Thelwall .J 4 McDermott, not out ... Jh b Winter ... . U b Thelwall Hood, b Thelwall 0 Brunt, b Thelwall ... 1 b Thelwall :;V7 3 Galbraith, b Thelwall... 9 b Thelwall ... 4 Root (Hood) bWinter 0 hot out ' ... 1 Hindis, c Porter b Thelwall .... ... 1 Bettington, b Thelwall ' 4 b Thelwall ... 6 b Winter 1... 5 Byes, &<?.... 21 Byes, &c. ... 12 rTotal ... 41 Total ... 56 '' ' Gisborne Tbam.‘ 1st Innings. - 2nd Innings Fraser, run out 'i 3 Y .’ ’) Hemas, b Hood 4 Winter, c Harris. b i .'. / 1 1* Stewart ... 23 notout ... 4 Thelwall, c Hill 25 Arthur, c Hill b Stewart 0 . J, Stevens, b Bettington..,. 2 Porter, b Richardson .. . 5 Bousfield, b Bettington 1 cb Bettingtoh" 2 notout 1> ...4 Harris,;:b Richardson ... 6 Colebrook, not out i i u., 1 Hartnett, b Richardson 0 Bycs,&a. 21 Byes, &c. .. 3 —J Total »<>; .u‘ 91 Total- ... 13 Ormond first 4* Gisborne first 91 Ormond second ... 56 Gisborne second ... 13 j < - - i ° J u 1( fo 51 r 104 #