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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 84, 3 September 1873, Page 2

Major Pitt started overland to Te Wairoa on Friday last, where he is to be stationed for the present. Captain Richardson again assumes command in this district. New Justice of the Peace.—The name of Edward Murphy Esq., of Toioga Bay, appears among a number of others recently appointed as Justices of the Peace for the Colony, Parliamentary Papers.—Copies of sundry papers laid before Parliament.; Hansard, and Government Gazettes were received at this office from the Government printer at Wellington, by the Rangatira on Saturday last.

Reinforcements. —The Rangatira on her last trip from Wellington, brought an addition of ten men to reinforce the Armed Constabulary Force stationed at Ormond. It is reported that the force at Te Wairoa has also been similarly strengthened.

The Bishop of Waiapu arrived in Gisborne by the Rangatira on Saturday, and conducted Divine Service in the Court-house on Sunday evening. The Venerable Prelate preached with his usual impressiveness, evidently gathering in vigor with his years. We understand that, there is some probability of a Church being built, and a clergyman being appointed to this Cure, but we have not. been favored with particulars. Mr., Locke was a passenger by the Rangatira, to Napier on Saturday last, to confer personally with Mr. Ormond, who was there waiting the steamer’s return to Wellington, and by wire with the Native Minister, on the present state of m .titers here. Mr. Locke may possibly come up in the Luna to-day, oi- if she is not convenient to be at his disposal, he purposes returning in the Rangatira about Saturday next. The Rangatira.—We are glad to learn that this favourite steamer, with its obliging officers, is likely to be a periodical visitor to Poverty Bay during the summer, arrangements have been made by the company to which she belongs to that effect. There is no positive certainty as to whether the General Government have offered any inducement in the shape of subsidy ; but we think it probable, as, in the face of our present, circumstances, they must be alive to the necessity of keeping up as reliable a communication as possible between the seat of Government and this port. The Rangatira is expected to make weekly trips between Wellington and Poverty Bay, calling at. Napier each way ; and if Mr. Sheehan succeeds in his proposal to get a sum put on the estimates for a service between Auckland and Wellington, calling at Poverty Bay and Napier, we shall be bettersupplied with steam accommodation than we have ever been before, but certainly not more so than the growing importance of the place warrants.

Rowdyism Rampant.—We consider it our duty to call the attention of the local authorities to the rowdy blackguardism which daily, and particularly nightly, infests our streets, that is, so much of them as is covered by the area fronting the several public houses in the town. While we write, the town is echoing to the echo with ribaldry, and foul-mouthed bestiality, proceeding from the vociferous throats of a score or so of drunken Maoris. Ever since the Commission commenced its sitting here, the town seems to have been given over to (we cannot, say taken possession of by) as many natives as are inclined to make both day and night hideous. This state of things is, simply, too bad. We have quite enough to do to hold our own and preserve peace, in allowing the natives a little latitude, which is hardly unavoidable, in our public thoroughfares ; but it is quite another thing that they should be allowed to get drunk to the profit, alone of the publicans, but to the disgust of everyone else in town. Great evils require prompt, remedies or they may become worse ; and they demand plain language to depict them. This being so we adopt, it, and have no hesitation in saying that the drunken disreputable scenes enacted with impunity in Gisborne, are a disgrace to us as a community. One, two, or three men and women, in the light of day, commit such acts of obscenity, and beastly atrocity, as to make our highways reek again with filth and immorality ; rendering it positively unsafe for respectable women,and unpleasant evenfor men to be seen in them. At the last licensing day we commended the Bench of Justicesfor exhibitingadesire to enforce the penalties of the Licensing Act and so give the public a security from breaches of the peace, which in nine cases out of ten take place between drunken men. We beg of the Civil pewerto give us and ours the protection we have a right to expect; or if these pests be allowed to get drunk with impunity, don’t, for decency’s sake, let it be with immunity as well.

White Swan Brewery.—lt is seldom that our colonial beers are complained of as being too “heady," but Mr. Swan informs us that he has now added to his stock a new “ brew ” of the light and bitter stamp, to suit the palate of those among his customers who prefer it to the full bodied malty beer with which he has so successfully supplied this market for the last two or three years. Mr. Swan has also a large bottling department of ale and stout which is certainly superior to many brands in the market, and specially well adapted to our Northern climate. We marked the foot note to his advertisement; we went; we saw ; we tasted ; and being highly satisfied with the result, we recommend everyone else to do the same.