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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 907, 8 January 1881, Page 4

A meeting of the Hospital Committee took place on Wednesday evening last for the purpose of making the preliminary arrangements for the conversazione to be held on the 21st inst. After some discussion it was decided to ask the assistance of the ladies of Gisborne and neighborhood, and a meeting will be held in the Gisborne school house on Monday next at 3.30 p.m. when it is expected all final arrangements will be completed.

The complimentary benefit to Miss Aimee Thornton, under the patronage of His Worship rhe Mayor, Captain Winter, and the officers and members of the J Battery, and the ladies of Gisborne, will take place this evening. A large and varied programme will be presented, and we expect to see a “ bumper ” house. As an additional attraction, Mr. Thornton, whose abilities as a scenic artist are so well known in the Colony, has painted several exquisite scenes, which will be used for the first time this evening. We learn that our old friend, Mr Teat, is going into business again, in conjunction with Mr. Fryer. They are about to erect a large store on the ground between the Standard Office and Mr. Stubbs’s premises, tenders for which are called for in our advertising columns by Mr. W. P. Finneran. There were some smart things in personation during the late elections in New South Wales. In one case, at South Sydney, a man actually personated Inspector Fosbery, while that gentleman was standing alongside—being ignorant of the fact —and voted for him. Mr. W. D. Lysnar announces that he will deliver a lecture in McFarlane’s Hall, on Wednesday evening next, of a most interesting nature. Mr. Lysnar has undertaken to show that the so-called discoveries made by Livingstone, Stanley and others in Central Africa, were known to voyagers antecedent to their time. In the hands of a scholar of Mr. Lysnar s attainments, the subject cannot fail to be one of great interest. Apropos of the great match between England and Australia, the Sporting Times says : “ The fielding of the Australians was nothing short of marvellous. Whilst the Hon. A. Lyttelton was at the wickets he hit a ball very hard to mid-on, and started to run. He had just time to get back ’ere his middle stump was broken in two by a welldirected shot from Bannerman (some sixty yards away), whose fielding and return of the ball would have put greased lightning to sliame The wicket-keeping of Blackham, too, was unapproachable. Nothing like it has ever been seen in this country. He actually caught Mr. Lucas at the wicket off a leg bit.” Let us hear no more talk about the Euglish Press not reporting the Australian; matches fairly.

The Government steamer Stella arrived in the Bay yesterday afternoon, and our reporter waited upon Mr. Johnson, Collector of Customs, to get information as to where the vessel was from and other particulars. Mr. Johnson said “ I don’t know, I have only just heard of her arrival.” Almost before Mr Johnson had finished speaking some one from the Collector’s office called out, “ What’s he want ?” Mr. Johnson, walking into the room, said, Oh 1 it s a newspaper reporter wanting information about the Stella.” “Oh I” said the unknown, “ tell him she’s come on Government business.” Mr. Johnson repeated this somewhat vague answer, and our reporter accordingly left the office. We subsequently learned that the “great unknown ” was Mr. W. Seed the Secretary of Customs. And this is the way the public receive answers to their enquiries. Really it would seem as if it were an act of impertinence to refer in any way for information to some of these (ww) Civil Service men.