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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 421, 21 October 1876, Page 2

The Stockwhip, a weekly paper published in Sydney, and principally supported, it was said, by atheists andinfidels has ceased to exist, from lack of funds to carry it on. The Australian Witness congratulates the public upon the demise of so detrimental a print to the interests of morality. The .Native Minister has, we understand, signified his willingness to contribute £lOO a year towards the salary of a medical man on the East Coast, and also to supply medicine for the natives free of charge. An allowance will also be made by the Native Department for travelling expenses for a medical man, visiting the more remote Maori settlements on the East Coast once a quarter.— New Zealand Herald. The New Zealand Herald says:—We learn that the Postmaster-General has sanctioned the establishment of a fortnightly mail between Waipu and Opotiki, and that the service is to be commenced on the Ist of next month. This will prove a great boon to the inhabitants of that part of the East Coast, who have hitherto suffered more inconvenience from lack of postal accommodation than any other part of the colony. The overland mail service between Gisborne and the Mahia is to be re-established shortly.— [We fancy this latter is too good to be S.]