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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 123, 17 January 1874, Page 2

The Wanganui Herald says:—We stand on the very brink of a native war, and the Native Minister, who is as Supremo in the Native Office as Csesar in the days of Imperial Rome, dallies with the question through the medium of two or three Resident Magistrates, when the necessities of the case demand his immediate presence. Peace on Sundays. —ln the Auckland Harbor Board recently Captain Casey moved, “That it be an instruction of the Harbormaster to captains of steamers plying on Sundays not to use their whistles.” He spoke in support of the motion, and said that on -Sunday last while the church bells were tolling solemnly “ Come along sinners,” the North Shore steamers were blowing “ Come to the North Shore and wet your whistles.” (Laughter). —The motion was agreed to.

Two dues, interesting to publicans, to tradesmen, who sometimes endeavor to push business by getting up “ art unions,” lotteries, &c., were recently heard in the Resident Magist rate’s Court, TaurangaAlbert Zehnan was charged that, he “did establish, commence, and be a partner, or was otherwise beneficially interested in a lottery or scheme by which prizes were drawn for by a mode of chance- contrary to clause 17 of tb-,Auckland Police, TcC" "Tile defehdafit was fined £lO, and costs ijd 'p. Alexander Copk, proprietor of the Tautaittfi HotG.XrastlJuLclia.tged', that he did, on the same date, permit or suffer gtsmbiswgyer y lay inf t a gamesf slianss iu or upon; his /ligenped, h<?»se, known as the ‘Tauranga Hotur.“M+. vduk sniterf in defence, that he understood Zehnan was a commercial traveller, tol ArhonkQie let’ a Lrooni for a couple of hours; he was ignorant of the nature of his and he believed he took the room merely to show his goods. The Bench fwed.Uie defemUnt