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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 38, 26 March 1873, Page 2

The Road Board will meet to day at 11 o’clock.

Education Rate Collector. — Sergeant Shirley has been appointed by the Provincial Government to collect the rates &c. under the Education Act.

Rumours are going their usual rounds to the effect that Mr. Bathgate is to be called to the Legislative Council as Minister of Justice ; that Mr. Peacock is to resign his seat for Lyttelton to be permanently seated in the upper story; and the irrepressible Mr. Moorhouse is to canvass for Lyttelton Suffrages.

The Messrs. Canard say that the Hon D. McLean is expected here in the Luna shortly, but we can hear of no one who speaketh as of authority on the subject. They also reported the other day that Captain Richardson had been promoted to the rank of Major, but, much as we should be glad to hear of so well-deserved a recognition of merit, we cannot find it substantiated.

Registration of Voters.—There is just a last squeak for the dilatory. An advertisement appears in our columns this morning, (which, to be of any use, should have appeared two months since) notifying that voting papers, for the registration of votes in the East Coast district, will be received up to the 31st of March if addressed to the Registration Officer East Coast district at NAPIER The Comerang will leave for that port possibly to day, and again about Saturday or Sunday next; but delays are proverbially known to be dangerous.

Native Circuit Court’s Act. 1858—An Assessor’s Court, under this Act, was held at Tologa Bay in the district of Uawa, in Mr. Mullooly’s house on Wednesday the 19th inst., before Patihana Aukomiro, Karauria and Major Ropata, Assessors. Three natives were fined for drunkenness. One civil case, Campbell v. Hori Mokai, in which a claim of £1 for a horse was made, was disposed of by recording judgment for plaintiff. Everything passed off orderly, and the decisions gave general satisfaction. A great want is felt in not having a policeman stationed at Tologa Bay. Some months ago Patihana was raised from that humble position to the superior dignity of an Assessor, but, as we are informed, he is expected, somewhat unreasonably, to do both duties! He naturally objects; and such an unseemly mixture of authority obviously makes him appear little in the eyes of all, as well as detracting from the power he has to exercise on the bench.

Telegraph Inspector.—Mr. Blake, District Telegraph Inspector, arrived in town last evening from Wairoa and the coast, accompanied by Mr. Drummond, Engineer to the Road Board. Mr. Blake reports favorably of the position of telegraph affairs, so far as the erection of the line between Gisborne and Napier is concerned. This work will be commenced from the Napier end in the course of the next fortnight; and if favored by fine weather, we may expect to be in instant communication with the rest of the colony, by the end of the year.

Resident Magistrate’s Court Gisborne. —A special sitting of the bench took place on Monday, before W. K. Nesbitt Esq., R.M. to hear s charge which Mr. Scott, the Inspector of Sheep, brought against Mr. G. E. DeMoidrey for breach of the 3rd and 5th clauses of the “ Sheep Act, 1863,” “ Amendment Act 1871.” This is the case which formed the subject of our remarks last Saturday. Mr. DeMoidrey, it appears, brought a cargo of sheep by the Comerang from Napier, and landed them without the Inspector’s permission. On inspection Mr. Scott found some of them diseased with foot-rot; and of course condemned the flock, which should have been quarantined. The Magistrate however, took a proper view of it and considered it his duty to dismiss the case, without costs, on the grounds that there has been no quarantine ground gazetted. This decision will strengthen the hands of the Sheep farmers, in their application to the Government for a quarantine ground to be proclaimed in this district at once. In the meantime the Act remains, for all practical purposes, a dead letter; but they have only themselves to blame, and they are the only immediate sufferers.

District Prizes.-—The following scoring appears in the Hawke's Bay Herald of the 19th as the result of a contest between the Wairoa Rifle Volunteers and the Gisborne Rifle Volunteers, both armed with the Snider Rifle. The scores of our local corps are reported in the Standard of the 12th inst., by which it will be seen that Corporal Nasmith “of ours,” has maintained his prestige throughout, and takes first prize of £5 with a score of 47. Volunteer Parker, comes next with 46, for second prize £3; and Volunteer Walker (both of the Wairoa corps) 45, 3rd prize, £2. Captain Winter, and Lieutenant Daly (of the Gisborne corps) come in for 4th and 5th prizes of 25s each, with scores of 43 and 42 respectively:—

[•There is something wrong with Volunteer Walker’s scores, but as he is placed second in the numerical order, we accept the total as correct.—Ed. P.B.S.]

Dog Registration Act.—During the last week an active crusade has been carried on against the dogs which, up to recently, have infested our streets. A large kennel with six compartments for occupants is placed butside the Blockhouse, in which collarless, and lawless

quadrupeds are provided with temporary accommodation, prior to release or decapitation. As some misunderstanding appears to exist relative to the precise liability of owners we append a digest with reference to it. The owner of any dog above three months old, at large (with or without its owner) without a ticket, may be fined 20s. Any person making a false or counterfeit ticket will be fined any discretionary sum up to £20. Any dog found at large without its owner, whether a ticket be affixed to him or not, will be impounded and kept for 48 hours if not claimed sooner, and can be released upon a further payment of 5s. If the animal be not claimed within 48 hours he will be destroyed. Notice to be given if owner be known. All dogs considered dangerous to man or beast, not to be at large (even with tickets) without muzzles, or they will be killed and owner fined 40s. If such animals are known to attack any person &c., the owner to be fined £5, besides being liable for special damages. Persons thinking that their dogs may escape detection should remember that, any constable neglecting to lay an information against the owner of any unregistered dog forfeits 40s. for each offence. Dogs, not at large, need not be registered, and are not liable to seizure. The owner is deemed to be the person in whose care any animal may be even temporarily, whether loose or confined. Those who have curs not worth the registration fee will now discover that they do not escape responsibilities when they give up the pleasures of a hybrid canine enjoymont.

Report of the Finance Committee.—The Board of Education thus reports on receipts and expenditure for the present year. Receipts: Income from house tax, £9,500; income from capitation tax, £1,500; income from Provincial Council, £2,000; income from Educational Endowments, £600; available balance on 1st January, 1873, £500—£14,100; less collecting and other expenses, £1,100. Total, £l3,000.—Expenditure:—For existing schools, £6,500; for new schools, £5,350; office, inspection of schools, printing, travelling expenses, &c., £1,500. Total, £13,350.—The report contains -a good many details, of which the above is a summary. It also fixes the salaries to be paid to teachers from the 1st of July next. Up to that date teachers will receive the salaries hitherto paid to them. the 1st of July they will be paid according to a scale fixed by the report, which the report states to be 20 per cent., higher than that adopted in Victoria. The scale for certificated

teachers for country schools is as follows: In schools where the average attendance is under 20, £80 per annum; over 20 and under 30, £100 per annum; over 30 and under 50, £120 per annum; over 50 and under 75, £140 per annum; over 75, and under 100, £160 per annum. For school teachers in town the scale is as follows:—Over 50, and under 75 scholars, £125, over 75, and under 100 scholars, £140; over 100 and under 125 scholars, £155 ; and so on, the salaries increasing £15 for every increase of 25 scholars in the average attendance up to 300 scholars, and £10 for every increase of 25 scholars beyond that number. Assistant certificated teachers will receive £80 per annum, with £25 added for every hundred scholars above the first fifty and £15 for every hundred scholars above the first hundred and fifty. Uncertificated and licensed teachers will receive a salary not exceeding £80 per annum, as the Board shall determine. Pupil teachers’ salaries will vary from £15 to £30 per year, according to the circumstances of the case. Teachers of needle-work will be paid at a rate not exceeding £20 per annum."

300 400 500 yds. yds. yds. Tl. Volunteer Parker … 19 17 10—46 Volunteer Walker … 14 *18 16—45 Volunteer Anderson … 17 17 6—40 Volunteer Brown … 15 15 10—40 Sub.-Lieut. Power … 18 16 6—40 Bugler Sargent … … 16 12 12—40 Volunteer Gray … … 14 16 8—38 Volunteer Down … 17 15 5—37 Volunteer Peakman … 16 15 3—34 Volunteer Johnson … 15 7 2—24 Volunteer Steer… … 13 7 2—22 406