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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 423, 28 October 1876, Page 2

Building Society.—This Society calls for tenders for advances of £2OO in four sums of £5O each. Magisterial Authority on the East Coast. —We learn that the Resident Magistrate at Waiapu recently declined to issue summonses against some natives on the eoast, alleging that as no justice could be obtained by so doing, they, the applicants, had better obtain process at some other court. Good ! Royal Commissioners. —Dr. Giles, and Major Brown, the Commissioners appointed by the Governor to hold a court of enquiry relative to the charges contained in Mr Wilson’s report to the Government, arrived on Thursday in the Bangatira, and will proceed to the duties of their Commission in a few days. Saturday Night Concert. — This evening the doors of the Freemasons’ Hall will again be thrown open to one of the popular Saturday night concerts. We believe the proceeds will be devoted to some good purpose connected with the Holy Trinity Church, and the programme is an attractive one. The prices of admission are 2s and Is. The Human Machineby, unlike inanimate mechanism, possesses a selfrepairing and self-renewing power. Health may be surely preserved and life lengthened by keeping this vital attribute in constant activity and full vigor. Many preparations have been recommended for this purpose, but none have received such emphatic professional sanction, or are comparable in point of efficacy, to Udolpho Wolfe’s Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.—[advt.] Divine Services, To-mobbow, Sunday.—Church of England—The Rev. E. Williams, — Ormond 11 a.m, Matawhero at 3 p.m., and Holy Trinity Church at 7 p.m. There will also be Divine Service inGisborne in the morning. Wesleyan,—The Rev. W. S. HarperGisborne, 11 a.m., Makauri, 2.30 p.m., and Makaraka Hall at 7 p.m. Service will also be held in the Gisborne church in the evening as usual. Presbyterian—Rev. W. H. Root, St. Andrew’s, 11 a.m., and 7 p.m. Customs Revenue.—From the return of net customs revenue in the Colony for the quarter ended 30th September last, we gather the following :—There are 26 ports in New Zealand, Dunedin standing at the top with £84,006, and Akaroa the last with £l5. Wellington, the great Empire City takes fourth place with £44,951, and Poverty Bay ranks No. 15 with £2,477, beating New Plymouth by £266, and coming in second to the Thames which has only £542 to spare. There are, consequently, 11 ports whose receipts are iess than those of this port, and the total of which amounts to only £6,403 for the quarter. To the Poverty Bay Settlers. — A Gentleman, for many years in my employ, is now in England selecting, no my account, goods specially adapted for this province. To make room for consignments shortly expected, I shall, for the present, .offer my large stock (to which I invite your attention) at unusually low prices, with extra allowance for cash. My BOOK STOCK comprises Standard Work sin Theology, History, the SciencesTravel, Fiction, and Poetry; elegantly, bound Gift and Table-books; many thousand volumes adapted for children and young persons, libraries, and prizes; Educational Books (used in the schools under the Board of Education ; Technical and Toy Books, Maps, &c. In Stationery I keep full stocks of every description required for the desk, counting-house, and private use. To teachers under the Board I act as agent—receiving and forwarding their salaries monthly. I shall be happy to supply Lists of Works in any Department of Literature. All orders which I may be favored will receive my prompt and careful attention.— Edward Wayte, 100 Queen-street. — September 30, 1876. —Advt. 1041

Odd Fellows.—The members of the Loyal Gisborne Lodge of the Manchester Unity, intend to celebrate the second anniversary of their lodge on November 9th next, the Prince of Wales’ Birthday. Arrangements have been made to hold a picnic at the Roseland Gardens, to which place the general public will also be admitted. Should the weather prove fine there is little question but that one of the largest open air gatherings which has ever taken place in this district will be the result of such an opportunity for a day’s outing. We learn that Mr U’Ren intends to erect a number of swings, and make such other arrangements as are likely to tend to the comfort and enjoyment of visitors. In the evening a ball is to be held in the Freemasons’ Hall, and the fact of Mr Dugleaux’s name being mentioned in connection with the catering department is a sufficient guarantee that nothing will be wanting to make the affair a success. The Gisborne Lodge has gained in strength considerably since the ocoasiou of its first anniversary, and embraces in its ranks men of all classes, and of every station in the district. Notwithstanding its being but a comparatively young lodge, we are given to derstand that it ranks numerically and financially as third in the whole of the Auckland district. This speaks well for the Gisborne Lodge, and should act as an inducement to others to .join and avail themselves of the advantages it offers to provident people.

Estate of William Richards.—All claims against sections 216 and 311 Gisborne, will be liquidated by Mr John Midford. Fish O I —We must deal with fishy subjects some times ; therefore, we recur to the subject of George Cooper’s letter with feelings of some satisfaction, that, fishy as it is, as a piscatorial question, it does not possess the unpleasant aroma of some with which we have to do. The fact of George Cooper having resolved to let the publicans go and fish for themselves, may be a matter of regret, but we fancy he “ and h ; s mate ” will regret it more if they give up what is a most profitable trade, according to his own shewing. Now, friend George, let us reason together. You say you got 30s worth of fish (certainly not without previous bad luck, but we all have our temporary disappointments, which, to industrious men, act as inducements to further efforts.) Well, you “ hawked ” the fish, as you term it, to four hotels only, (passing three times as many private houses in so doing) at each of which you found a customer, whose purchases together amounted to 18s out of the 30s. Now you cannot say was bad work, the whole lot being sold in about a quarter of an hour, can you George ? Well, what did you expect of these four customers that you say you won’t serve them any more ? Did you expect each of them to buy to the amount of 10s? Well, suppose they had required so much, you would not have been able to supply them with £2 worth of fish, unless you had raised the price, for you had only 30s worth with you, so, in that case, your would-be customers would have been disappointed instead of you. Do you see, George, how the back of Ihe blade cuts ? But why did you cart the remainder home so soon ? Why do you, and so many others, gauge your business by what the hotels can do for you ? Why did you not “ hawk ” the remainder to private houses, where, we engage to say, you would have found eager customers ? Altering Shakspeare a little, we view the fact of a fish breakfast, dinner, or supper, at this season of the year, “As if increase of appetite had grown by what it had not fed upon.” Had you visited our humble abode, where there is always to be found a small regiment of hungry regulars, you would have been relieved somewhat, ’or our domestic peace would have been seriously upset. Or if you had passed a little further up the street from one of the hotels, where you say you were treated so badly, we would have pocketed our editorial dignity for the occasion, and, in the supreme delight of our possession would have “ hawked ” a few of your choice gurnet or moky home, regardless of either consequences or appearances. But, seriously speaking, George Cooper, you are wrong in your judgment, and decision. ’ It is true you have purchased your “ gear,” so have we our “plant.” You obtain your “ stock in trade ” by the mere going to fetch it. We, and others have to buy ours, and pay for it to boot. The fish you sell bring you in at least 19s in the pound profit. That is not a “one horse trade,” at any rate. You say you made 30s out of your last day’s work ; but if you can always make 18s in a quarter of an hour, with a chance of more, you will do well. There are about 200 families in this town, who, if a daily or any tolerably regular supply of fish, fresh and dry, could be had, would gladly buy them ; but if men are dissatisfied at not always getting “miraculous draughts” of fishes, and when theydoget them, want the loaves as well, and confine their “ hawking ” to the four hotels in the town —well, they must remain dissatisfied. We have given inserlion to your letter, because we wish you well, but think you are wrong in the way you do your business, and, as the “ People’s Advocate,” we should like to see that most necessary article for human consumption, namely, fish, more plentifully supplied. That such a trade, if industriously pursued, would prove a paying one, we so little doubt, that were we not an editor, we should wish to be a fishmonger. At any rate, you have the satisfaction of knowing that you disposed of all your fish without loss, and to one who is not likely to lose much by his bargain, however stale it may be before he parts with it. Capital idea, George, by Jove, take him into partnership—he dabbles in nearly everything—and send him to our office with the first string of flounders you take.