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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 984, 5 October 1881, Page 2

The dissolution of partnership of Messrs. Hugh Campbell and W. W. Parsons as contractors, is notified in to-day’s issue.

There were only two unimportant cases in the R. M.’s Court yesterday morning.

Mr. W. K. M'Lean announces that a second dividend of Is in the £, in the estate of I. C. Taylor, is now payable at his office. Foul Play has met with an accident at Napier. Whilst doing a gallop he bolted, and striking his leg against a post, was severely injured.

Our readers about Waerenga-a-hika will notice that public worship will be conducted in the Schoolroom,' this Wednesday evening, at 7 o’clock.

Mr. A. Otto, of Queen-street, Auckland, announces a choice assortment of fruit, tropical and American on sale at his establishment, vide advertisement.

In our last issue we were led into an error re the customs revenue for the past month of September. A corrected statement appears over our leading column. A seventh call (3d per share) is made payable on Wednesday the 12th of October current, by the shareholders in the Southern Cross Petroleum Company. Abbott’s big consultation on the Melbourne Cup is rapidly filling up, over 8000 tickets having already been taken. It will be drawn in the Lome Street Hall about the middle 7>f the month.

Miss Leaf appears to sustain her wonted popularity, as a singer. She is at present attached to Mr. Carey’s company, appearing as Ruth in the “ Pirates of Penzance.” She is still known as the Auckland Nightingale. The meeting of South Pacific Shareholders, called for last Saturday evening, was not a success. There were only six present, and they unanimously decided not to send proxies to the forthcoming general meeting in Sydney. The Native Land Court Act, 1880, has not been disallowed by the Queen. The above announcement is made in a Gazette notice of the 20th September ultimo, although the Act has been in force since the Ist of October last year.

The tender of Mr. G. Smith to supply 300 cords of firewood to the Southern Cross Petroleum Company at Rotokautuku, at 17s per cord, has been accepted. Tenders were also received from Messrs. G. Walker, J. Sears, and J. Taylor. Duchess, who, according to cablegrams, has been backed at the short price of 100 to 10 for the Melbourne Cub, is a bay Ally, by Manuka, out of Princess. She is a maiden, never having won a race up to date, and will only have the feather weight of sst. 71bs. to carry. The Publicans of the Colony have now got an organ of their own called the New Zealand Licensed Victuallers' Gazette, and Sporting and Th eatrical Times. It is issued at Chnstchurch, at the price of sixpence weekly. The first number, which has reached us, appears to be well supported, and likely to promote the interests of the trade. The outgoing San Francisco mail will close on Friday next, at 3 p.m., as advertised, per Rotorua, and will be forwarded to Wellington for transhipment to the Manakau steamer ; and should the Te Anau reach Gisborne, as expected, on Monday, a supplementary mail for the United Kingdom will close at 7 o’clock on Monday morning next. Our candidates will do well to conciliate the Wairoa electors, for, according to the Hawke's Ray Herald, that district will occupy a position of some importance, as its 216 votes will enable it to hold the balance in the selection of a member for the East Coast. It is worthy of mention that 108 persons will be entitled to vote in two of the electoral districts in Hawke's Bay, and 29 in three. At a recent charge in the R.M.’s Court at Coromandel, the Rev. Mr. Scott, Chairman of the Bench, was accused by Mr. Harris with having acted the part of an advocate instead of a magistrate. Whereupon the Chairman said : “ Well, I may say that this leaves me with the opinion that the New Zealand Government have not been vary particular in the appointment of Justices of the Peace.” We do not often find so good an illustration, and so frank an acknowledgment.