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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 415, 30 September 1876, Page 2

Wool worth £3,398,155 (54,401,5401b5. in weight) was exported from New Zealand last year, and flax worth £11,742. The American Good Templars are about to split. The Southerners have refused to recognise the principle of negro equality in the lodges. Oranges, grown at Little Muddy Creek, Auckland Province, are now being sold in Auckland City. They equal the imported article in flavour. Worgan’s Failure.—Mr G. B. Worgan, of Wanganui, has failed for £ll,OOO. He puts down £16,000 assets, but these are considered mythical. It is said that Lord Blanford who eloped with the Countess Aylesford, while the latter’s husband was in India, intends taking up his abode in New’ Zealand under an assumed name. During a twelve hours’ stay at Wellington, no less than eight hundred pounds was paid in cash for coals and victuals for the American mail steamer City of New’ York. It is statedthatMessrs. J.and N. Campbell (Dunedin), have served the Provincial Government with a writ for £lO,OOO, in connection with the Western Railway contract. A comic singer at Dunedin is drawing crow’ded houses by dressing up as Sir Julius Vogel, and singing a song, the burden of which is, “ Let’s have another loan, boys,” &c. A report is current that there is an unusual demand for carpenters at Napier just now at the highest wages procurable in the colony. A number of carpenters from Christchurch and Wellington are shortly expected in thecapital of Hawke’s Bay, w’here the building trade is very brisk. Dr. Bakewell has been writing to the Nelson Mail about the state of the Motueka Wharf. He says he will make life a burden to the officials until that wharf is repaired. What a pity it is that a little innocent torment cannot be given to some one, by somebody, re the Gisborne wharf 1 We N. Z. Herald understand that there is a probability of the inhabitants of the East Coast obtaining the services of a medical man for that district. One or two recently-arrived surgeons from the mother country have, it would appear tendered their professional services for a consideration, which, it is expected, will not be objected to by those of the settlers who are desirous of securing a doctor for that isolated part of the country. It is thought that Aw’anui is the most central part of the district for the medical man to reside at. The New Zealand Herald says:—A movement is being made amongst the Highlanders in Australia, for the establishment of a Gaelic periodical, to be issued monthly, and published cither in Melbourne or Sydney. A capital of £5OO is said to be necessary to start with. There will, it is stated, be no difficulty in commanding that amount, several Celtic wealthy gentlemen having already signified their intention of contributing liberally to so laudable an object. We have no doubt but the New Zealand Highlanders will heartily aid their fellowcountrymen in Australia in this matter. The woes of a widower are thus related by a correspondent of the Creswiek Advertiser :—A neighbor of mine had the misfortune to lose his wife a few months ago, after a very painful and lingering disease. He obtained a honse-keeper from Ballarat to look after his children, but soon discovered that if he kept her he would have the job of burying the children, for she was starving them in his absence. He got rid of her, and discovered afterwards that in getting rid of her he got rid of not a little of his household property. He got another, and in three weeks’ time the last one increased the number of mouths to be fed in that establishment. We New Zealand Herald hear that there is likely to be a material change made in the magistracy of the East Coast shortly. It is stated, upon what may be considered good authority, that some of the officers in native districts on the Coast who occupy the position of Resident Magistrate, have so little to do that their appointments may be considered complete sinecures, and that the lavishing of salaries, varying from £3OO to £5OO per annum upon such functionaries is a complete waste of the public revenne. It is believed that the Resident Magistracy at Maketu, Opotiki, and Waiapu could well be dispensed with. Excisions are also expected to be made in the native assessorship on the coast.