The Standard. (PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY.) SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1874.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 164, 25 April 1874, Page 2

The Standard. (PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY.)

SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1874.

“ 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.”

We are glad to be in a position to state that the Native Meeting, held on Thursday last, at Waerenga-a-hika, to discuss matters connected with the land disputes about the Manukawhitikitiki Block, which caused Wi Pere and others lately to proclaim that they intended to be “ troublesome,” ended satisfactorily. The Native owners persistently maintained the right of each hapu to a share of interest in the land, and as they saw that the European claimants were quite as likely to assert, each one. his alleged rights against the other, they decided to leave the matter to Captain Porter, who is to recommend to the Government the desirability of making inter-tribal surveys with a view to ascertaining the exact boundaries of the claims, and handing them over to the proper owners. We understand that Captain Porter is framing his report to the Government in accordance with these views, which, if acted on. it is to be hoped will be the means of preventing a repetition of the many angry feuds, between parties of both races, that have disturbed the district during the last year or two. Athough the contending claimants, all advancing a priority of either title or promise to the land. will, possibly, not be satisfied, still, considering how narrowly we have, only within the last few days, escaped another serious quarrel, and possible bloodshed, it is better that the course suggested by the Natives should be adopted.

Divine Service.—The Wesleyan form of public worship will be held in' the Court House to-morrow evening, conducted, by a ’ ay man. A Prayer Meeting will be held at ’ose of the service. hool Commissioners. — The Daily "'ross says that Dr. Nesbitt, Captain *he Rev. Mr. Root have been ap--1 as School Commissioners for strict. "ding to the published 'Government for the ■aft wdh the Al, against 6d to “corf

Land Sale. —Messrs. Robertson and Co., will submit some capital freehold landed properties for sale to-day at Messrs. Bradley's big room at the Albion Hotel. The number of enquiries there are for land in the township, and the amount of money remaining idle seeking investment, should command satisfuet >ry prices. Illustrated Herald.—The last, number of this journal came to hand by the the last Southern mail. It is full of the usual interesting matter, and the cuts are ven good. Accompanying the paper is a large lithographed view of Sydney, convening a capital idea of the beauty of that city.

Dramatic. —To-day it is announced that the Turanganui Dramatic Club will give another performance in the Music Hall on Thursday evening next. A very attractive programme is before the public, one of the principal attractions of which is that some of the female characters will be sustained by Indies instead of gentlemen, and a crowded house may be looked for.

New Brew. -We were invited yesterday to sample some of Messrs. Whitson & .Son’s beer now on tap in some of the hotels in the Bay, and were very agreeably surprised. It has been said that, the warm North cannot compete with the cold South in brewing beer, but this is evidently an error; and if this firm give us a locally-brewed beer up to the mark of that now on sale in the town, they need not fear of soon driving outside competition out of the market.

Too Literal.—A n amusing incident occurred in the R.M. a Court on Thursday last during the hearing of the ease Cross r. King. Mr. Wilson was putting the plaintiff through his facings touching the sale of two horses, and on the learned gentleman eliciting the fact that the animals had been sold a second time to another person, and a sale note given to the purchaser, he addressed the Bench to the effect that it was useless to proceed with the case as the plaintiff was “ out of Court;” “ Oh, no ; indeed he isn’t ; I am here,” was the quick reply, causing much merriment in which the Bar and Magistrate joined. Rather Satirical. — At the Licensing Court on Tuesday last, Mr. CrawfoYd applied for a brewer’s license on account of Messrs. Whitson and Son. The Court wns unable to discover under what Act such a license could be granted, and what fee, if any, was payable, Mr. Crawford said he thought the firm paid £lO in Auckland for a license. The Court enquired w hat the license was for, and why they paid such a fee. To which, in the innocence of his heart, Mr. Crawford gave evidence of the faith that was in him. “I do not,” he replied, "know anything abou* these things, having nothing to do with them ns a rule, but I naturally thought the Court would, understand (hem, and rather inform me, than 1 it.” What an unhappy delusion '