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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 283, 23 June 1875, Page 2

Auction.—Mr. W. S. Greene will hold a •ale of stock on Friday next st Higgins’ Yard Makaraka. Licensing Covet. — A further adjournment of this Court is announced, to Tuesday next the 29th inst. A.S.P, Co.’s Agency.—Captain G. E. Read, having resigned the local agency of this Company, requests that all accounts against the Company may be rendered by the 26th inst. Festival of St. John.—The Brethren of the Turanganui Lodge of Freemasons, will meet at High Twelve to-morrow, Thursday, in their Hall in Gisborne. We have been requested to draw attent ion to this as the time of meeting was erroneously stated in yesterday’s Herald. Telegraphic.—We are glad to see that, the work in the Gisborne Telegraph Office has rendered additional assistance necessary, an assistant having recently arrived to help Mr. Kane in his duties. But it would be satisfactory to learn that the Government were equally alive to the want of further assistance absolutely necessary in the Post Office department. Mr. Corbett is quite alone, amt at certain times the work must press so hard upon him that it must be a great tax upon his private time, so as to avoid public inconvenience.

Native Lande Couht. —Judge Rogan has been industriously employed during the week in invsligaling the title of the Wai-a-Hiha-rore (Waikanae) Block, the claims to which are very conflicting, but p s-ess little of publieinterest. Finally the Court adjourned to allow one of the claimants—Riperata Knhutia - —to procure evidence from Wairoa. Tester day, Judge Rogan met those interested in the sub-division of the Makauri Block, and discussed the plan of future operations. We are obliged to hold over a report of the procee ings until Saturday.

Concert.—An entertainment was given in the Music Hall on Friday evening last, the proceeds of which ares to be set apart for the liquidation of a balance of money owing on the harmonium belonging to St. Andrew’s Church, Gisborne, and we are glad to say with the most marked success. The programme consisted of songs and other vocal music*interspersed with Readings,and Recitatations, all of which were executed with a very fair amount of merit, if anything rather above the average of amateur performances. The hall was well filled ; the audience gave abundant evidence of an appreciation which must have exceedingly gratifying to jjerformers; Jand the .entertai r from a social stand point—afforded two or .tfegL hou . r8 ’ . the evening, the Chairman—the Reverend W. H. Root, pastor, of St. Andrew’s Churc4y—v took occasion to-deliver’a Tew words of warning to the police at the door, with a request “Cffat tlfey‘would’ put down air “ larrikin ism.” Now we . cannot, in a thoroughly impartial criticism, think that the fev. gentleman’s reihavks jvere jih'tifiablej for; a better conducted audience it were difficult to find. The occasion on which a little seeming interruption took place waft one well calculated to create mirth in the gravest assemblage, and prod db cd laughter (quite the reverse of larrikinism) in all parts of the hall. But in defending the audience of Friday evening last from a charge of impropriety, we would take this opportunity of reminding those who have charge of public performances that it is highly desirable that they should adhere to the text of their promises. The public have their rights as well as the performers. The programme was, as it seemed tobe, unnecessarily departed from, in one instance at least. Whatever point of grace there may have been intended in a gentleman giving up his on.y song on the programme, without, explanation, or apology, to add to the labors .cf a lady who had three or four pieces to sing, was entirely lost to the audience, besides causing disappointment to those who might, under such: Hrcahisfcinces, rteasotfAbty/ object to the alteration, not so much because they did not wish to hear the lady.bo often, as that they fully expected the gentleman would sing the song set opposite his name.