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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1014, 20 December 1881, Page 2

Mr Foster, the eminent carriage and coach builder, of Napier, was a passenger by the Rotomahana to Gisborne, yesterday morning. Mr Foster brings with him a coach, a cab, and a buggy, to the order of Mr 8. Stevenson, of the Masonic Livery Stables ; besides other vehicles to order. It is some years since Mr Foster was in Gisborne, and it is pleasing to hear the encomiums he passes on it now, owing to its improved appearance.

The Bank employees are coming in for a good thing in holidays this year. Over our leading column will be found an announcement to the effect that the three branches in Gisborne will be closed on Tuesday, the 27th of December instant, and on Monday, the 2nd of January proximo. Thus, this week their close season will extend from Saturday, the 24th December at 12 o’clock, to the following Wednesday morning, the 28th, at 10 o’clock ; and the week ensuing, from Saturday, the 31st to Tuesday morning, the 3rd January, at 10 o’clock. Holders of bills falling due on those days, can breathe freely till their expiry.

Mr Henry Haase, official manager of the Southern Cross Petroleum Compony, returned from Botokautuku on Saturday evening last, after a sojourn at the company’s grounds for some days. Mr Haase brings no fresh information beyond what we have chronicled from time to time. He reports, however, that everything is going ahead, or downwards, right merrily. The tubes are bringing up some likely looking stuff, and while they remain plumb, steady progress is being made. Shares remain pretty firm, with buyers at 6s.

The “ free and independent ” amongst the social people of the Bay, are asked not to pledge themselves for or against anything in the shape of enjoyment for the 23rd of December, Friday, two days before Christmas Day, as on that occasion an immense bill will be out for an entertainment to be given in Bruce’s Hall, Ormond, the proceeds of which will be devoted towards augmenting the funds of the local school in that township.

We learn that information has been received by the Cook County Council from the Government to the effect that £2,500 will be placed at the disposal of the Council, out of the vote of £4,000 for the construction of the Wairoa-Gisborne road, but it is understood that the expenditure will be confined to the track lying between section 88 Patutahi and the surveyed township at the Waibau. The Minister of Lands refuse, to concede to tho Council’s proposal to expend a portion of the vote, on draining the Patutahi flat, being of opinion that the widening of tho track through Crown property is of more importance towards opening the lands for sale, than to improve lands which belong to Europeans.

A notification appears in the Government Gazette of the 15th current, of the payment of money on and entry into negotiations for the purchase of the Houpapa block, containing about 10(1,000 acres.

Mr. W. H. Sceats met with an unpleasant accident on Friday evening last, while on his road from Ormond to take part in the performance to be given that night. It appears that a drunken Native ran his horse with so much force into the steed Mr Sceats was riding that the latter was instantly hurled to the ground, and sustained several injuries, amongst others and the most serious was a fracture of the elbow cap of the left arm ; which he has since had dressed, and is progressing favorably. Mr Sceats is a man, evidently, of great nerve, and possesses large powers of endurance, for, notwithstanding the physical agony he was enduring, he rode into town, changed his raiment, and sang and danced to all appearances in front of the stage as if no bones were broken. Little did any of those who were amused at hie funtiyioms think that the limb hanging helplessly by his side, was causing the owner of it the most intense agony j but of all the subscribers to that entertainment, not one has paid flo sacrificial a tribute to a good cause as the gentleman of whom we now write.