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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 947, 28 May 1881, Page 2

Applications for a married couple to fill the positions of wardsman and matron to the Gisborne Hospital. The next inward San Francisco Mail is due in Auckland on Monday next, and should reach Gisborne the following Friday. Mr. G. K. Turton, barrister and solicitor, announces that he has removed to Nasmith’s Buildings, where he will for the future conduct his business. A fifth call of 3d per share is made in the South Pacific Petroleum Company. And the balance of the unallotted shares in the Company are under offer to the shareholders. Estimates of the probable revenue and proposed expenditure of the Cook County Council ; together with a schedule of works requiring to be done, appear this morning in another column. A comet was visible to the south-west last evening. The head was very distinct, but the tail—or nebula? —was not so much so. Possibly, as the nights advance, a greater brilliancy will be apparent. Sittings of the Resident Magistrate’s Court will be held at Gisborne, on Thursday, the 9th of June, and at Ormond, on Wednesday, the 15th of June next, for the purpose of revising the Electoral Rolls of the Waimata, Gisborne, and Arai Ridings respectively. We learn that Messrs. Connor and Davis—contractors for the Taruheru Bridge—are about to erect sawmills in this district, to be carried on in conjunction with their other public works, the erection of a bridge over the Waimata river, and the construction of the breakwater. At the last sitting of the Trust Commissioner’s Court, Mr. Price stated that it was probable he would not be much longer a resident in Gisborne. Rumor has it that a gentleman, who for some time filled the Magisterial seat here, will, in the event of alterations being made, once more resume the position he is so well qualified to hold. We learn that paraffin, or something akin to it, has been found on the Southern Cross Company’s ground ; but to what extent is, at present, unknown. Our informant was quite at liberty to express himself fully on the point ; but the fact is pretty well established that paraffin is there —and why not ? And if so, who can tell the wealth and prosperity of the East Coast before long. We shall be glad to receive a confirmation of the report.

The footballers are to kick again this afternoon at the Waikanae. There should be a good muster, as the match Town v. Country takes place on this day week, and steady practice is necessary. Necessarily our country players are in better form than their opponents who dwell in the town, but with a little practice we fancy they will be able to successfully hold their own. Wa hope to see a large muster on the ground.

The Cook County Clerk notifies in tins issue that a general rate of one shilling in the pound sterling is proposed to be struck. The rate books is, accordingly open for inspection at the County Council Office. We hear that several actions are threatened to be taken against the Borough Council for damages sustained through leaving the main road in a state of danger, and serve them right. Two or three accidents have happened lately on the Gladstone Road, both to horsemen and pedestrians ; and at our closing hour last night we were informed by a gentleman riding into town, that three or four trucks were left opposite the Volunteer Hall, without a light. Taking one thing with another, it is quite time that our Borough Kitchen was put in order. We again remind our readers of the treat in store for them on Monday evening next, when the Battery J Variety Troupe will present one of the best programmes ever offered for public delectation. Amongst the choicest morceaux will be the “Funeral March,” by Chopin, and although at first sight this may be thought to be somewhat ill-placed, we can assure our readers that as it is rendered by Mr. Clarke, it is one of the grandest pieces of instrumentation it has ever been our pleasure to listen to. We were permitted to witness a rehearsal yesterday, and from the talent and ability displayed by those who have consented to take part in the entertainment, we feel justified in recommending one and all not to neglect the opportunity afforded them. We understand that the members of the Corps will lend eclat to the occasion by appearing in uniform.

At the conclusion of the ball on Tuesday evening last, Captain Winter went into the gallery and publicly complimented Bandmaster Faram and the members of the Band upon the music discoursed throughout the evening. We have ourselves to bear testimony to the high state of efficiency to which Mr. Faram has brought his men, and we can express our earnest wish that he may long continue to retain the office he is evidently so well fitted for. Whilst on this subject it may not be out of place to mention that an original composition of Mr. Faram’s, entitled the “ Battery J Polka,” was played with marked success and received no small meed of praise. The community generally have reason to congratulate each other upon possessing in their midst a gentleman of Mr. Faram’s musical tastes and abilities.