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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 945, 21 May 1881, Page 2

The Proprietor of this Journal begs to state that, considering the various sums of money owing to him (many of which are of fourteen months standing), and as he is being pressed himself, he has fired his first shot, which will take effect on Tuesday next. He desires to live at peace and in goodwill with his customers, but if they don’t or won’t cash up well ?

Mr. A. Ledger announces that he has just received a fresh lot of Coromandel oysters by the Rotorua. Mr. W. K. McLean having been nominated for the office of Auditor to tne Borough solicits the votes of the burgesses. Messrs. .Pitt and Bennett are to sell do-day the fast trotting mare Blue Gown, and a bay hack, also fencing wire, dinner services and clothing. The ketch Reliance having arrived from Napier with a quantity of timber for the Taruheru bridge, the work which has been somewhat delayed, will now be pushed on vigorously. A meeting, called by Henare Tomoana, was held in the Masonic Hall, on Thursday last. He addressed some 50 Natives at much length but there was little in what he said to call for either report, or public notification. At a recent meeting of the Auckland Waste Lands Board it was stated that Grant and Forster had paid £3OOO to the AgentGeneral as a preliminary deposit on the Te Aroha land. An exchange says that Mr. F. A. Pulleine, for many years a resident at the Thames, and more recently at Gisborne, has started a new industry at Hobart, Tasmania, in the shape of a fruit-drying factory, which promises to be very successful. Messrs. Ferris & Pitt sold by auction on Thursday the plant of the Gisborne Brewery. The bidding started at £lOO, and rapidly reached £3OO by £lO advances. From this £5 bids were taken until £420 was reached, when the plant was knocked down, Captain Chnsp being the purchaser. The County Engineer and Cr. McKay proceed on Thursday next to Whakaongaonga to select 5000 acres set apart for occupation under the Homestead Act, and also to select a site for an accommodation house in the Waihau block. It will be seen by advertisement that persons interested are invited to join the party. Mr James Daly announces that he has opened a shooting gallery three doors above the British Empire hotel. This popular pastime of shooting affords a pleasant way of passing a half hour or so during the evening, and some of the best shots in New Zealand in larger towns keep up their practice by endeavoring to “ ring the bell.” Messrs. Bromley and Buller sold on Thursday last, by auction, the privileges for the forthcoming Steeplechase meeting, on May 24th, as follow : —Gates, £32, S. Stevenson ; booth on flat, £l6, W. Cooper ; Grand Stand booth, £6, W. Cooper; Grand Stand and enclosure, £6 10s, J. Bailey ■ refreshment booth, £7 ss, Haydon ; fruit stall, 17s 6d, G. Burnand ■ right of sports, £l, J. S. Cooper ; race cards, £l, J. Score. Total, £7O 12s 6d. A scratch football match is to be played this afternoon at the Waikanae, from teams to be chosen on the ground. The weather promises to be fair, and as the turf is in capital condition a good game may be expected if our kickists roll up. Ladies having an hour to spend in the exercise of their risible faculties, should not fail to be in attendance, as some of the mishaps which are constantly occurring are certainly most mirth provoking. What could a young lady possibly enjoy more than to see one of her admirers turning an inyoluntary somersault in most ungraceful style, and afterwards getting up and trying to look as if he enjoyed it ? An accident, which almost by a miracle did did not terminate fatally, occurred on Thursday to Mr Adolf Hansen, who cultivates a small piece of ground on the banks of the Taruheru below the Makauri. He had caught his horse, but the animal started, and Hansen’s wrist having got into a loop, he was dragged about all over the clearing. The ground about being bush land it may be imagined what a terrible risk he ran. He was picked up insensible, but shortly afterwards recovered consciousness Strange to say not a single bone was broken, although he is so severely bruised and shaken that he cannot move a limb.

The Committee of the Hospital entertainment are to be congratulated upon having arranged so excellent a programme as that set down for this evening. The first part consists of vocal and instrumental music, and a glance at the names will serve to show that a decided treat may be expected. The farce has been in active rehearsal for some time past and it is said no pains have been spared to make it a genuine success. The gallery, we understand, will be closed so that should there beany rowdyism the offenders will be easily detected. It is to be hoped, however, that those who are in the habit of interrupting the lady and gentlemen performers will, for the nonce, strive to remember it is not to listen to their would-be jokes and insulting remarks that people attend entertainments.

Mr. W. May Phillips, the enterprising tobacconist, evidently intends to spare no pains to supply all that the most fastidious lover of the weed can desire, and with this object has imported tobaccos and cigars in great variety. As will be seen by his new advertisement he has fourteen varieties of tobacco, thirteen of cigars, eight of cigarettes, and three of snuffs. Having had considerable experience in this line of business and being a thorough judge of the articles he sells, he is m a position to select the very best brands in the Colonial markets, and has certainly introduced some novelties which have found favor with local smokers. In the smoking-room games of all sorts mav be inin g u d ’r i® th , e ™ ltor peruse the leading English and Colonial papers, files of which are a ways kept Mr. Phillips’ enterprise should certainly be rewarded by success. A deputation of Wellington hotelkeepers waited upon the Premier and Colonial Secretary lately ln reference to the Licensing Bill which is to be re-introduced during the next session of Parliament. The deputation approved generally of the Bill, but they took exception to certain provisions as to Working Men’s Clubs, family hotels, &c. ; they also urged that the fees proposed to be charged for licenses were too high. After hearing the deputation, Ministers promised to consider the representations made.