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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 107, 22 November 1873, Page 2

The eclipse announced to arrive on Thursday was not noticed by anyone, that we have heard of. Auction of Land. —We draw attention to the Auction of Leasehold Sections on the Whataupoko block, at Mr. Greene’s Auction Mart this dav.

Resignation.—Mr. J. H. Stubbs has been appointed Secretary to the Poverty Bay Petroleum Co., in place of Mr. A. F. Hardy, who has resigned office in consequence of its duties pressing too heavily on his time. Church Services. —The Ven. Archdeacon Williams will conduct Divine Service at Matawhero to-morrow afternoon, and the Rev. Mr. Root at Gisborne in the evening. Mr. Chapman, yclept the, Premier AntiSpiritist and Prestidigitator, will perform at the Music Hall to-night, aud on Monday. The Northeim papers speak very highly of these performances, which are reported to be of a peculiarly entertaining character. Hawke’s Bay Times.—By the last mail we received files of the resuscitated journal bearing this name, and issued now as a bi-weekly in Napier. At present the Times does not seem to be so liberally supported in the way of advertisements as the projectors evidently expected from the size of the sheet. Like the embryo Poverty Bay Herald, this new venture of the Times may be intended as a practical test as to whether it will pay to provide a large per centage of gratuitous matter for its readers. If so there’s more patriotism in newspaper proprietors than we have given them credit for. Constabulary.—Sub-Inspector Marshall is, we learn, to be posted to the Ormond detachment, as a subaltern to Captain Richardson, who will remain in command. We congratulate both these

officers, more particularly the latter, than whom few have had more “ kicks and less ha’pence,” since entering the service, and who is, on the whole, popular and efficient. Wherefore Captain ? — From the Napier Telegraph we learn that: —“ Captain Bower lias been appointed master of the Omahu native school, rendered vacant by the acceptance by Mr. Tennant of the mastership of the Napier boys’ school. Captain Gleadow has been appointed master of the school at Waiapu.” The Napier Telegraph says:—“ A report reached town last night that Mr. Colenso while proceeding up the country by Cobb’s coach, had fallen off the box seat and broken his leg. We are happy to be able to contradict tho report. Mr. Colenso, though considerably hurt, has had no bone fractured.”

Poverty Bay Herald. —The Napier Telegraph says it is rumoured “ that another newspaper, in opposition to the Standard is about to be started at Gisborne, in connection with a Napier journal, under the management of a gentleman, formerly a resident in Napier ;” and is of opinion “ that it can scarcely be a profitable investment in such a small community, and that its promoters must be actuated by other motives than with an eye to receiving pecuniary benefits from it.” The Bank of Australasia is reported to be about opening a branch of its business in Napier. Prolificness of Fowls. —Mr. Daly of Gisborne has some domestic fowls which are very prolific in the number and size of the eggs they lay. Mr. Duly brought a sample of a dozen to our office which weighed 31J ozs., and he says a dozen, weighed some days previously, averaged nearly 3j- ozs., each.

Poverty Bay Herald. —The prospectus of a new bi-weekly journal about to be started in Gisborne appears in our columns this morning. It is put forth ostensibly by the present proprietors of the Ha coke’s Bay Herald,, who say that the “excellent prospects” of an “immediate future,” added to “ the large increase of wealth and population ” already in the district, warrants them in taking this step, which they feel is neither “ presumptuous ” nor “ indiscreet.” We shall be glad to find their expectations fully realized ; and while we wish the Herald good luck, we wish the Standard a great deal more. The competition hardly proceeds upon equal terms, and we are sensible that advantage is about to be taken with a view to reaping the benefits of our own exertions; but as the difficulties inseparable from the establishment of a journal in a young and sparsely populated district, are being gradually overcome, we have only to assure our subscribers and readers generally, that our utmost exertions will be put forth in their behalf, a guarantee for which will be found in the past conduct of the Standard.