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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 134, 12 February 1874, Page 2

Crowded Out.—Our Waiapu correspondents letter is unavoidably crowed out of current issue. Marquis. — This racer was shipped on board the Pretty Jane yesterday for Napier. Vivian Troupe.—Mr. Vivian having decided to go to Auckland by the Pretty Jane, gives another entertainment to-night in the Music Hall, at reduced prices. Apology.—Pressure of late advertisements compels us to withdraw our notice of the Garrick Club performance on Monday evening, and other interesting matter, already in type. Public Meetings.—His Honor the Superintendent has notified his intention of meeting the settlers to-morrow evening in the Court House ; at which we hope to see a large gathering. His Honor will also address the Natives on Sat unlay. Visitors. — Mr. Sheehan, Provincial Secretary. Mr. Reed, Provincial Treasurer, Mr. Allwright. Provincial Engineer, Mr. Tole, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Mr. Wood, Paora Tuhaera. Hori Ngatai, and Hamuera Tu, Chiefs of Ngateraugi, were passengers with His Honor the Superintendent, in the Pretty Jane on Tuesday evening from Auckland. Mr. Sheehan went on to Napier in the steamer. Burglary. — There is a gentleman prowling about the district, whose name lias been familiarly associated with Education taxes, and tarl-qy-ish tobacco transactions, of whom the police are in quest, as likely to have some knowledge of the little borrowing without leave nuisances complained of by our Tologa Bay correspondents. If any should stumble across this energetic searcher after free lodgings, and are g(h)ood enough to communicate the -fact to some one interested in his welfare, they would c< n er a favor on society.

Our Exchanges. —We do hope that no perfidy is being carried on towards us in the shape of people taking newspapers that don’t belong to them: but it is remarkable that by both the Mercury and Pretty Jane we liave only two or three Auckland files, and not one from Tauranga, from which port the steamer came direct. We know that the Philistines are about, but by the shades of all the Caxtons, if we find any of them pilfering our files we will teach them such a lesson on the subject of nieum and tuum as tney have not yet heard of. We refuse to believe that our usual exchanges have not been forwarded in due course.

The Vivian Troupe. —Mr. Arthur Vivian gave a capital entertainment to a tolerably well-filled Hall on Monday night last, on the occasion of his benefit. We look upon it as by far the best performance they have given in Gisborne, and the hearty ovaions with which each performer was grteeted showed clearly that their efforts to please were duly appreciated. Miss Nellie Melville’s voice, we are happy" to say, has increased in volume with oreturning strength, and she sang sometf her characteristic songs with a charm hat made up in sweetness of tone, and expression, what it lacked in power. Mr. Vivian also was more effective in his rendering of the character songs he seems to make peculiarly his own. In short, both Mr. Vivian and Miss Melville rank among that class of performers who improve on acquaintance. Mr. Atcherley assisted in the comedietta “Who Speaks First?” Ned Mason added variety in the shape of nigger comicalities, and Barsdell, for a little man, was “ great” as Sprightly in “ The 4 o’clock Train.”