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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 190, 25 July 1874, Page 2

Fancy Bazaab.—Messrs. Levoi and Tobias, who arrived yesterday in the Pretty Jane from Auckland, will open a Fancy Bazaar to-day in the Music Hall. R M.’s Court.—The" Court was occupied the whole of yesterday in the investigation of charges against some natives for horse stealing. but too late for us to report them in this morning's issue. Volunteer Parade.—The Gisborne Rifle Volunteers will parade at 3 o’clock sharp next Friday afternoon, after which a meeting of the Company will be held. Parliamentary Papers. — A batch of Parliamentary papers and Nos. 1 and 2 of Hansard reached us by the lust mail from Wellington. Divine Services.—We are requested to state that the Rev. Mr. Murphy will conduct Divine Service at Matawhero to-morrow afternoon, and not at Ormond, as previously announced ; also that the Rev. J. B. Simpson will offiriale at morning and evening services in Gisborne, at the usual hours. New Accommodation.—-Mr. D. Munn is, we understand, preparing to open a new Accommodation House recently built by himself, at Waitotara, some 23 miles from Gisborne on the East Coast line to the East Cape. This will be a great boon to travellers, who either have to stay at Tologa Bay or trespass on private hospitality. Mr. Munn requests us to remind travellers up the coast that they should leave Gisborne at the top of 1 igli water, this will take them on to the ocean beach at low water, when they will be able to avoid the land slips and quagmires which frequently impeded both progress and safely.

Accidents. —We learn that the dreadful state of our main lines, has caused not a few accidents lately. Between Gisborne and Ormond, on either line, ma v be seen, drays, carts, bullocks, and horses which haie come to grief in transit—the latter succumbing to death in their vain struggles for life. All heavy, and much light traffic is stopped in consequence, of the almost unfathomable mud in the main canals of the district; and this in the face of the assertions that if the present Road Board are not re-elected, we shall find no one to fill their places. O, Temporal O, Mores 11 0, Everything 11 1 Police. —An occurrence which has lately come under our notice deserves some public recognition as an act of justice to the vigilance of the police in Gisborne, and in further demonstration of the incongruous circumstances of our gaol arrangements. It appears that on Monday last Sergeant Shirley “spotted” a native named Henare Hone, a resident at Tokomairo, proceeding in the direction of the wharf, from Messrs. Graham’s store, with a pair of boots slung over his arm. The Sergeant immediately “ smelt a rat ” and required the possessor of said boots to give an account of litem. The manner of the man induced Sergeant Shirley to take him, boots and all, back to the store, where it was soon found that they had been stolen. But the Maori triumphed. The Sergeant had a prisoner and did not know what to do wit h him. The gaol, with its three occupants, was full, ami he could oblige no more guests with neeounnodation, ultimately — owing to the absence of the R.M.—the Sergeant accepted the only alternative left him, the Maori paid for the boots and effected his liberty by compounding with his conscience.