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THE STANDARD.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1873.

“ We shall sell to no man justice or right: We shall deny to no man justice or right: We shall defer to no man justice or right.”

Mb. Dabgaville’s address to the Poverty Bay electors, which appears in to-day’s issue, and the confirmation of the telegram to which we alluded on Saturday, notifying that the nomination of candidates for the office of Superintendent had taken place, are only what we expected. We are glad to receive the the one because it proves that the candidates are somewhat alive to the political importance of this constituency ; but the other causes much disappointment. Will anyone, living outside the circle in which a detailed knowledge of Colonial affairs can be easily obtained, believe it possible that in this country of New Zealand — a land flowing with Bailways, Steamers, and Electric Telegraphs—that there- is yet a spot in it so isolated, and forgotten, as that some of the most important events may happen weeks before the benighted settlers living in it can manage to hear of them ? But so

it is. Exactly seven days elapsed from the day of nomination to the receipt of its intelligence in Gisborne, and to the time of our writing (eleven days after that event) no notice whatever has reached us that the day had been proclaimed ! The Election, too, is upon us ; it is fixed for the 6th of November, and no Polling places have yet been proclaimed in this district! But, if so, it is not known here. The Deputy Returning Officer wants to fix upon a “place’’for the electors to record their votes in, hut cannot. With the means at our command, in arriving at anything like a correct conclusion as to the better man (for we look upon Mb. Lusk as being practically out of the field ) we may find a difficult task ; the one being a veteran who, through continued breaks down has lost much of his pretige ; the other, a man of yesterday in Colonial politics, who, with nothing to recommend him but the most verdant innocence, may yet come down with a still heavier crash. We purpose, however, considering the address before us at an early opportunity. [ Since the above was in type a notice has been received from the Principal Returning Officer fixing the Court-house Gisborne as a polling place.]

Road Board.—The meeting of the Board was postponed to Monday next, the 3rd November. Tenders are invited by the Road Board Engineer for the execution of certain works. Immigrants.—By the Comerang which arrived on Sunday last from Auckland 22 immigrants were passengers ex Hydaspes from London. They were accommodated temporarily in the Courthouse ; and all of them, we believe, have found ready employment at remunerative terms. Musical'.—We beg to remind our readers of the proposed meeting to be held in the Court House to-morrow evening. Accident.—We regret to record a painful accident which happened to Mr. Bousfield on Friday night last, resulting in a simple fracture of the leg, between the knee and ankle joint. Mr. Bousfield, it appears, was returning from Ormond to Taureka, and just before reaching home, on attempting to pass one of the gates, his horse shied, and came in contact with it in such a way as to precipitate his rider to the ground ; the gate, at the same moment swinging to the animal’s quarters caused it to kick and stride Mr. Bousfield’s leg. Assistance, luckily, happened to be at hand, "atid «. yyyocxpo’" '-<»■»• wo - a«-»Loltly * ** to <•.- —— for Dr - Nesbitt, who, we understand has re' 80 *' Ihe limb in a very satisfactory way. The patie n *'> we learn, is doing well. P.B.M.R. Volunteers.—A notice appears else' where to the effect that a parade of this corps will take place at Ormond on Friday next at 10 o’clock a.m. After which the firing for the prizes, postponed from the lath inst., will take place. Cricket.—The scratch match so long delayed, will take place, weather permitting, at Mr. Parsons’ homstead on Saturday next, that gentleman having very liberally placed a paddock at the service of the players and their friends. In the interests of public sport, and recreation, we should like to see a good gathering, as the meeting is understood to be a crucial test as to whether a club can be formed or not. To hint that one cannot is too much of a reproach for a district so renowned for its public spirit as Poverty Bav.

Only a Colonial.—Tn “ Under the Verandah,” in the Leader, we find the following : —“ ‘ After all she’s only a colonial I’ What delicious spitefulness, what exquisite femininity characterises this summing up of the estimate formed of Lady Fergusson by the fashionable world of the New Zealand capital. Shortly after Sir James Fergusson’s arrival in Wellington, a reception was given at Government House. It appears that on the occasion his Excellency and his lady took up their position upon an elevated platform or dais, and as the presentees marched past they were accorded a gracious smile. Lady Fergusson especially is stated to have exceeded the great Duchess of Sutherland in the dignity and courtly urbanity of her deportment. But this sort of thing did not consort with the ideas of the New Zealanders, especially the female portion, and who were accordingly not unsparing in their remarks. ‘ Dear me,’ exclaims one, ‘ what a huge tail our cat has got.’ ‘ Fancy,’ replies another, ‘ Sir George and Lady Bowen giving themselves such ridiculous airs.’ * Put a beggar on horseback,’ interjects a third ; while a fourth by way of a clincher urges, ‘ After all she’s only a colonial.’ In order thoroughly to appreciate this position of affairs, one should be acquainted with society in the villiage-capital. With scarcely an exception the fashionable world is consituted of civil servants and their wives and families. They are about the worst paid but the most intensely aristocratic gentry that ever descended to accepting a position under a Government. But if not liberally rewarded they are numerous enough in all conscience, so much so that every ratepayer is said to carry a civil servant on his bock. The Southern Cross' Alexandra correspondent telegraphs, respecting King Tawhiao’s visit to Waikato, that at the meeting at Te Kuiti he ordered his people to get canoes ready in about three weeks, as he intended to visit Ngaruawhaia and Maungatautari; Mauntiri objected, but Tawhiao reminded him that he was King, and would have his own way.

A very good story is current illustrative of the high opinion entertained by the Maoris who have seats in the Upper House of their position. It is said that one of the Maori Lords, who had attended a dinner at His Excellency the Governor’s, invitations to which had been confined to members of the Upper House, was airing his opinion in the presence of his brother Maoris in the Lower House, and expressed himself as follows: —“ Very

good Governor—very good dinner—All Rangatiras—all gentlemen—no members of the Lower House.” It, however, having come to the knowledge of the Lower House Maori that by some mistake Mr. Greenwood, the sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives, had been invited to the dinner as an officer of the House, he retorted :—“ Gentlemen, indeed ! Governor knew better, and had to invite officer of the Lower House to keep Rangatiras from getting drunk."

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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 100, 29 October 1873, Page 2

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THE STANDARD. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1873. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 100, 29 October 1873, Page 2

THE STANDARD. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1873. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 100, 29 October 1873, Page 2

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