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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 977, 14 September 1881, Page 2

Tenders are required by the Cook County Council for th© erection and continuance of an accommodation house at Wachau, on the Gisborne-Wairoa road. The second lot of pipes for the Southern Cross Petroleum Company arrived by steamer on Sunday last, and will be forwarded to the works by the first boat. Another lot are on the road, and will shortly arrive. Tenders are required by the Southern Cross Petroleum Company for the delivery at the Company’s works at Rotokautuku.of from 50 to 200 cords of firewood. For particulars see advertisement. ’ | ’■ It will be seen from their new advertisein to-day’s issue that Messrs. Hunter and Nolan, the celebrated auctioneers and salesmen of Auckland, that the dates of sonte of their periodical sales are altered. There Bre other important alterations in their meetings), &c., which clients will do well to peruse. An exchange says that by the last San Francisco mailthe New Zealand Government received a consignment of about’ 80 cases of telephonic apparatus from the United States. The plant is imported in bulk, arid the telephone instruments are fitted up in Wellington, and despatched from that centre as required. Mr. H. N. Abbott’s new advertisement re his consultation on the Melbourne Cup, appears in to day’s issue. . The drawing will take place early in October, and as the race is fixed for the Ist of November, the new Lotteries Bill will not affect the consultation. Intending consultees had better lose no time in forwarding their names. From Napier — e learn that a requisition is got up to Captain Russell to stand for Napier. Mr. John Buchanan, the defeated of previous elections, is the only candidate at present. Mr. Johnston’s chance in oppposition to Mn Ormond is considered very poor. The contest between Captain RusseU and Mr. Sutton, for Hawke’s Bay, will be close, the latter being slightly the favorite.

It may not be generally known, but it is a fact, that the people of Gisborne partake daily of vegetables— hot potatoes, but green esculents—cabbages, cauliflowers, turnips, &c., imported from Napier and Auckland j and these are not always - Obtainable. Ponder on this fact, Oh ye outsiders,-who look down on Poverty Bay, and remember-fhat we cannot be so very hard up, when we can, or, at any rate do, afford to let ouh neighbours grow these things at a distance, and send them to us by sea.