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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 83, 30 August 1873, Page 2

Mr. J. F. Churton hks' b'een appointee! agent for the Poverty Bay Standard in Auckland. New Agency.—Messrs. Graham & CO4 have: been appointed agents at Gisborne for the New Zealand Steam Shipping Company. CoMFENSATiotr Pbtitzofc.We ’ have been requested to st»tethat the subscriptions received to date in re the expenses connected with the above petition amount to £8 10s and the expenditure ditto £9 10s leaving a debit balance of £l. Colonel Russell, the Inspector of Native ; Schools, is reported to have resigned his appoint- - ment. If true, a new blessing hath fallen.pn the Government, or there’s a screw -loose, or something : rotten. Rats are reported to leave ships and houses only just before, theyjeink, tor iake and this highly polished piece of official veneering was not generally credited with striking hia colors, while a shot remained in the locker. We rather incline to the current of belief -that having got the Native School department OF tho Government into a most inextricable mess—which even Mr. M‘Lean with all, his long-suffering leniencycould not tolerate—he was* allowed the alterna.live of tjh« niost genteelsack ” known to official life ; in short it was “ resign_if you, like, you we won’t?** This gallant Jack of all trades will now have opportunity to improve hinself in many ways; one of which we would suggest should be a course of instruction in one of the schools he professed to “ inspect ” —Good morning, sir.