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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1022, 12 January 1882, Page 2

Messrs Bromley A Co., notify in this mornings' issue, that they hare received instructions from Mr J. Morrison to sell, on the 12th instant, bis household furniture and effects. The J Battery Band, under the leadership of Bandmaster Faiuin, will play a few selections this evening from 7 to 8 o’clock, in the paddock at the rear of the Government Buildings. Our subscribers will see, by reading our advertisements, that the firm of Messrs Reardon, O’Ryan and Ellison, has been dis- | solved, and will in future be carried on by Messrs Reardon and O'Ryan. The following are the tenders received by Mr A. F. Matthews, for alterations and.additions to Mr M. Mullooly’s Sea View Hotel, Tologa Bay'; two prices—one for complete work ; and one for labor only ;— Complete. Labor only. C. D. Berry ... £279 10s. £97 10s. A. Martin ... £329 Os. (Informal). Harries & Lincoln £353 Os. £ll5 Os. W. O. Skeet . . £385 Os. £ll5 Os. It was with great satisfaction that we saw Mr Matthew Price, our worthy Resident Magistrate, occupying his seat on the Bench on Tuesday last. At the opening of the Court Mr J. Nolan congratulated Mr Price on his reappearance, and trusted that hie Jestoration to health would enable liim to occupy the Bench for some time to come. Mr Price acknowledged the compliment paid to him by the Bar, in a few words, and the business proceeded. Councillor Gannon at the last meeting of the Cook County Council gave notice that he would move “ That no works be undertaken by this Council, exceeding in amount the sum of £2, without tenders being first publicly called for. Also, that a return be furnished of all works other than those submitted to public tender performed at the expense of the County during the past three years ; the return to specify the nature of the work done, the amount paid for it, and the names of the persons by whom the work was carried out. The motions will come on for discussion on Friday, the 20th instant.

The result of the inquest upon James Richardson, alias u Yorkie,” was that the deceased was Found Drowned.

Our readers will observe from an advertisement in another column that Mr W. Clarke, 4 Nasmith's Buildings, is open to purchase any forfeited shares in the South Pacific Petroleum Company.

An exchange says :—A somewhat startling statement was recently made by Captain Watt at a meeting of volunteers at Wanganui in reference to firing for prizes. He said that a certain trophy had been presented to his corps between two and three years ago, to be won several times before it became the property of any one member, and the result had been that the company had!spent over £lOOO in ammunition in ■firing for it, and, so far as he could see, the end was as far off as ever.

In the Resident Magistrate’s Court, on Monday last, before M. Price, Esq., R.M., the case of J B. Poynter v. Mikaera Paliou and others for breach of agreement in regard to grass cutting was heard. Plaintiff sued the defendants for £5O for loss sustained through their neglect in cutting grass growing in a paddock belonging to plaintiff. The plaintiff also claimed special damages through being unable to harvest grass seed in another paddock of the plaintiff’s in consequence of the defendants’ neglect to carry out the contract agreed upon. The Bench did not entertain the subsequent claim, but awarded £ll ss. and costs for tiie plaintiff for breach of the actual agreement entered into between the parties.

The Observer's opinion is that there is curious anomaly in the law, which ought to be remedied next session by an Amendment Act. Thus, if an elector, under the residential clause, has complied with all the conditions, and got his name on the roll, but happens to move to another district—it may be only to the opposite side of the street — before the polling, he is liable to be deprived of the franchise, though his name appears on on the polling day. On the other hand a person whose name is on the roll in respect of a property qualification, may part with the property before the p Hing, and yet cannot, in the present state of law, be deprived of his right to vote.

Sir J. D. Astley, writing to the English Sportsman, says : —“ On the evening of the Derby I challenged Mr Lorillard’s representative to run a match at Newmarket Houghton Meeting—last mile and half of the Cesarewiteh course—Peter v. Iroquois, at weight for age, 1000 sovs., half forfeit. I am sorry to say that the representative of the owner of Iroquois declined the match, on the ground that ‘ his horse had too many engagements.’ All I can say is that, should Peter keep as well as he is now, he will have to run in many engagements before the Houghton week, anil in case any owner of horses fancies the match, I will run Peter against any three-year-old in the world at weight for age, one mile and a half, for 1000 sovs., h. ft., in the Houghton week.”

The Wanganui Herald says :—“ Sir William Fox, irritated by his defeat, so completely lost control of himself at the official declarati n of the poll at Marton, that he roared like a lion, though his roaring resembled much the strident efforts of a very different animal. What enraged the defeated candidate most was the grotesque antics of a local resident, who walked about the streets of Marton with a pair of dogs on a leash, a red coat and whip, with something like a fox’s brush. This amusing episode acted on the ex-Premier like a red r u g on a bull, and he lashed his infuriated sides as if the constitution was on a point of dissolution. The Timaru Herald devotes a column and a half in “ reckoning up” t' e Governor. This is how the writer concludes Apart from his official capacity, Sir Arthur Gordon is hardly known at all in a country where lie had been ostensibly at the head of society for a year. He has never identified himself in any way with the interests or the pursuits of the people, nor has he, as far as we are aware, shown the smallest, disposition to make himself even ordinarily pleasant as a prominent functionary. Haughty exclusiveness, and a blank indifference to the feeling of all about him, appear to be his main characteristics, so far as the people are able to judge of them. We never before had a Governor who succeeded so completely in holding aloof from the colonists as Sir Arthur Gordon has done. An enterprize much required in Gisborne where wooden tenements have heretofore been the correct thing; is about to be established, and not a moment too soon, viz : a machine brick and tile company, the clays have been examined by an expert, and the result is that finer material cannot be found. There are a number of clays each adapted to particular requirements, say bricks, tiles, pipes, pots Ac., others quite equal to the best for ordinary pottery work, and lastly a very pure white siheious earth apparently free from iron which could be manufactured into what is ordinarily known as “ china.” These clays are to be found in very extensive quantities in the vicinity of Gisborne, and now that we have co isiderable investments made in developing the natural productions of this part of the Colony, there seems to be no doubt that the industry indicated will be a success. Our next issue will perhaps give fuller particulars. On Monday evening last an accident occurred on the tramway line opposite the mill at Makauri, that fortunately did not result more seriously. It would appear that the engine with ten trucks attached was returning empty to Waerenga-a-hika, after discharging grave], when on reaching the spot above-named, the engine along with four of the trucks, owing to some obstruction was cast headlong off the rails into the drain alongside. The engine driver discovered himself performing an aerial flight, abruptly terminated by finding himself landed on the opposite side of t' e fence to where the engine lay. He sustained a severe shaking, but luckily no bones were broken. The engine driver’s companion, with greater success took flight in an opposite direction landing in the middle of the road. The capsize of the trucks and engine was complete, and it took some time to get them removed out of the ditch. The accident we understand was owing to the stones and gravel accumulating on the rails. This is the second accident that has occurred on the line during the past few days.

A correspondent writes as follows to the New Zealand Herald :—“ It cannot be too strongly impressed upon officers and Volunteers that they are now liable to a very heavy penalty for that which in the past has been done with impunity. For instance, certain members of a corps meet, we will say, for a company drill; being but a few, they decide not to have a drill. The officer or non-commis-sioned takes down the names of those present, and gives them credit in a return for a com pay drill, unware of the fact that he is liable to a fine of £lOO for so doing—as vide clause 47, ‘ Voulnteer Act, 1881.’ The reason why he is liable is this: The Volunteer regulations very properly stipulate that a drill to count as such shall last for a certain time( about one hour) from commencement to finish. A work to the wise is enough, so Volunteers beware. As the clause in the Act will affect Volunteers in many cases besides such as that mentioned above, would it not be well if it were posted in drillsheds and on rifle ranges, so that no one could plead ignorance, which pica, by the way, would not save them

Mr Jeffs, of the fi rm of Oppenheimer & Co., Auckland, leaves for Napier, on Friday, by the s.s. Te Anau, and to-morrow will be the last day that those who have not seen his varied samples and novelties will have an opportunity of doing so. The following notices of motion moved by Councillor Ferris will come on for discussion at the next meeting of the Cook County Council : —“ That in the opinion of this Council it is necessary that the Government should introduce a Bill in the next session of Parliament having for its object the settlement of the Native Titles, particularly those issued under the Poverty Bay Grants Act: also a measure for the subdivision of land.” Also, “ That in the opinion of this Council a Poll of the Ratepayers should be taken as to the advisability of erecting toll-gates. Mr Hepworth’s story with the exclamatory title is noticed by the Literary World in the spirit of which it was named :—lts title is **!!!” We will only add that we opened it with ? ? ?, were contented to read it at . . . ~ skipped some $§ § which seemed rather stupid, found it marked with rather ' ' ' and to be without || in recent literature, and are inclined to mark it as a book which belongs in (). It does not easily yield 4 ‘ ” and hardly demands more than this We do not mean to cast any upon it, but whoever sits down to read it through will have to his attention to thd task.