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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 37, 22 March 1873, Page 2

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The Champion.—Hoskins, of the Thames is the champion shot of New Zealand for 1873. Erratum. —We have been requested to state that the sheep alluded to oh Wednesday. wore not the property of the Bishop of Waiapii The Punt. —Mr. Goldsmith has launched .the new Euntftt the Big River cressuq f f, and if the westliernolds good,, he expects to commence trafiic in a few daysi / Auction Sale. —Mr. Greete reports a fair attendance and average prices at his sale of Drapery' and 'Cldthlng on Thursday at the Music Hall. The sale did not commence until late in the day on account of the Militia parades, -&c"■wr'tnrtter prici’B Wdllld have ruled. y y New !|e*il fliat/aO'hjiplic&iiihi ‘will be mftde at’the forthcoming licensing meeting for permission to open two new hostelries in this district. Mr. Caulton contemplates erecting a large and commodious hotel in Gisborne, on a site opposite the .Court House, eminently adapted for the purpose ; and which, it is promised, shall eclipse anything yet scon in these parts; while Napior'fesidcnt.is about to build an hotel arid store in what we predict will be the pretty little township of Roseland at Makaraka. ' The Governor.—His Excellency Sir George Bowen and family,, en guile, left Auckland in the Hero for Melbourne on Tuesday last. That vessel having been placed at His Excellency’s disposal by the Victorian Government. The Paterson accompanied the Hero with 21*0 passengers on board, to the Tiri Tiri. There •seems, to have beeit a very general, regret in losing Sir George and Lady Bowen from the coteries of Auckland Society. Testimonial.—The following address was presented to Captain Kennedy on' the arrival of the Paterson at Auckland. “ P.s., Paterson, March 8, 1872- To Captain Kennedy. This being the first trip of the Paterson in the New Zealand waters since her renovation in Sydney under your hands, we take this chance of welcoming you back again, and of congratulating the travelling public at having at their service so comfortable a boat under your esteemed and able command. Thanking you amongst other kindnesses for the pleasure of landing at White Island on our way, we are, dear Captain, .yours truly.” [Here follow’ the signatures.] Rifle Match.—A friendly challenge was sent front the Armed Constabulary, at Ormond, to the Poverty Bay Mounted Volunteers for eight members of each corps to compete with their new Breech-loading Carbines, at the Ormond range. The challenge was instantly accepted, and. the match came off on Monday last with the following result. It will bo seen that mono of the practice was very brilliant, although the, average shooting of the A-C.s was good, while the civilian troop had the honor of making the highest individual score P.B.M.R.V. ARMED CONSTABULARY Captain Hardy ii. 26 Sgt.' Mjr. Bennett 36 Pte. Hall ... 7 Sgt. Armstrong ... 28 Pte. Maynard ... 32 Const. Galbrtith... 31 Pte. Espie 39 Const. Jefferies ... 35 Pte. Cuff J. ... 26 Const. Helps ... 32 Pte. Cuff A. ... 23 Const. McDermott 23 Pte. Tarr . o- 13 Const. Mills ... 31 Ptc.Wa’sh ... 27 Const. Villars ... 33 Total 193 Total 249 Inspection Parade. — The Commanding Officer’s Annual Inspection Parade of Militia and Volunteers in this district commenced on Thursday last. No 1 Company Militia, under Captain Tucker; Poverty Bay Mounted Rifle Volunteers, under Captain Hardy; and the Gisborne Rifle Volunteers, under Captain Winter, were each occupied during some portion of the whole day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., thus keeping the town full of life and animation. The parade soemed to be more successful than at any previous inspection .; one. of the principal causes operating tathm end wasthe more punctual and fuller attendance. (>The Militia showed up well, the number of recruits having greatly incroased since the, January inspection', swelling the strength of the armless squad. The Volunteers were plso in good strength, both foot and mounted; both corps giving evidence of careful training.. The Cavalry evolutionized much better out of the saddle than .in it., But it is a compliment no less to them than to their instructors,, to say that if they did not improve under those who* handled them yesterday, they would never improve at al]. Sergeant Shirley took the Militia; Constable Armstrong the mounted ■men; while Captain Winter of the.foot Rifles, took’charge Wf Ms own Men both‘ before' and after the inspection. This parade was a trial one, or firetfruitsof the Results of a free application of the pruning knife, which has dis- . colony. . Colonel Harrington may havebeen no’taore useless, certainly, than many others, but that’s only a neoatiy evirtue.jf, indeed ft be a virtueat all; aid 1 tl his recent inspection, missing nothing of its effectiveness from the 'foot of being commanded by a district officer, is a proof positive that it doe&’nOt require r aa Ostentatious parade of personal importance,—patting civilian soldiers on the bnpk, and futilely endeavouring to make them believe! they afe better than they really are. There is"one feature, however, still connected with these parades,—one promise Ire mav almost call it whidi has not been fulfilled, and that i& the appearance of officers to the .front.: It was hsiled with aatisfoetkrn by all who take an interest in the self-reliant ntotiement, when it waa given out, with. the Usual flourish .of , trumpets, that the instructcars Were tO be

taken away, and, that m future, officers of companies would have on tlwnsclves. Such is not the rule, we observe; aqd the pnlv sattifaction is that tlufr waafo theirown any extra efpcoTk> the Government. ihas raoommenced hi* photog"4 °P en B»° UB J* hi* new premises in «wt- Ins new ftudio ia auperior to the oM one, as it is supplied with more accommodation and more conveniences — Hawke’s Bay Herald. Alienation Commission.—ln alluding to some of the cases under investigation, Hardinc’s Napier Monthly Circular says “I M one case that of Te Kiwi, Wairoa, a serious charge is made against Mr. G. Worgan, by both complainant and respondent. It is ‘to the effect that in drawing the deed of sale, in Maori and English, he drew up two documents essentially different—inserting in the Maori deed a provision for joint occupancy, with right of fencing keeping pigs, grazing rattle, Ac., of which the Englidl Aeed hftdL no. trace, nor the purchaser any idea. Serious disputes wer» the natural qoußtqudmjq. Thd qi*jrm»u'remaiied that the alleged offence, if Committed, was equal to forgery, and would be lightly visited with sir or seven years penal servitude,. He hoped rfhatMr.JVorguh wotAfl, for his own sake, »p|iear and clear himself if possible, from the imputation. —Poor W*aka, J^awatjiu—a we«k-»i»ded and ignorant 'Old rangatira — has repudiated his mark in every case save one, where it has been shown him.—Tarelm, who can sign his name, stated that ho only does so when lie is confident that he the document, in dllier cases, hb makes a cross, which he does-ndt consider binding.—Manaena, in one case, candidly related that Imving drawn £I,QQa for himself and otflwr owners, h 6 devoted the whole amount to the partial liquidation of a private grog score, of colossal diin.*psidna.+4Hori Nianin, a largo seller many years since, after “ devouring ” the whole of the purchase money belonging rightly to tne tribe, misled the surveyor by a false boundary, recovering, as he thought, to his own private benefit, some 700 or 800 acres, for which he had taken payment. < Hgwife’s Bay Hercdd’t Wniroa Oorrcpondent thus writes:—As though everything had been held in abeyance during the late unprecedented rainfall, events now crowd one upon another, and multiply daily. With regard to the weather itself, all the rivers along the coast northward arc open, rendering the road highly dangerous between this and Mnhia, and thence on through the bttsh to Poverty Bay. The mailman reports the latter portion "of (he ro»d as .nearly impassable, large trees having fallen across the track, which lifts, in many places, slipped down and become altogether obliterated; leaving a shelving slippery surface all but perpendicular, Among the occurrences of the last fortnight, I may mention the arrival and departure of the s.s. Una, commanded bv her enterprising Mr. B. Warncs, of your port. Mr. Bristow (Days and Bristow) arrived per Una with part of the frame of the Scamperdown Creek bridge, but, owing to the very inclement weather, he has hitherto been unable to effect anything, the creek being continually m freshet.' Apropos' of bridges, j-ou ’ ipav remember that some time ago I re]xn>ted the downfall of: the 'large: one spanning a creek in the middle of the town. Well, you will hardly credit that it remains in statu 'quo, not a whit improved since Mr. Annibal and his hdrse went through it some two months ago.

. Mr. Farjpo’s Clrriatmas story for. Tirtsley is entitled, ‘‘Bread and Cheese and Kisses,” and is a great success. A first edition of 80.000 has been run throiigh, and second called for. The Home News ( says, in reference to it:— “ New Zealanders need be proud of Mr. Farjeon, for he has made his mark in the world, and will make more marks before he has done with this life. His stoiy for next Christmas deals a great deal with New Zealand, and all New Zealanders should possess a copy of it.”