Tologa Bay.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1037, 16 February 1882, Page 3

Tologa Bay.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) February 13: h. The terrible conflagration in Gisborne, caused quite a commotion here, many persons having documents, goods, or other articles of value in some or other of the doomed tenements. But so far I have not heard of any loss having fallen to any one here. We sympathise greatly with the varied sufferers. A preliminary inquiry was held byCaptain Preece, in Tologa, on a charge instituted by Mr C. Priest >y against Dr. Scott for irregularities in his duties in regard to the former’s child, which afterwards died. The evidence has been forwarded to Wellington for the authorities there to deal with. The Tologa Bay Race Club have decided to postpone their meeting until Easter Monday in consequence of the undesirability of having two race meetings (in so small a place as this) following each other at once. The " Puff and Dart ” Club have a meeting arranged, I believe, for the 25ih and 26th inst., but the great difficulty in obtaining information respecting the horses entered, the course on which the races arc to be run, or any other particulars, precludes me from sending you a more extended report. The weather continues very warm indeed, but we have the blessings of cool evenings and nights to refresh us and help us bear the heat of the day. A contemporary gives the following advice to correspondents:—As much of the copy is set alter dark, you will oblige the compositor if you will write across the page from top to bottom as well as from left to right. He likes to get this kind of copy, and your work will appear without an error, especially if the proof-reader is out of town. If you don’t spell very correctly never mind ; the compositor knows Webster by heart, and takes pleasure in correcting mis-spelled manuscript. As he is always an intelligent man, with a large family of triplets to support, he gets fifty cents for every word corrected ; so help him along. The Hawke's Sai/ Herald says : —A private cablegram advises the departure of Sir Charles M’Mahon and Mr J. 11. Stubbs from Melbourne last Tuesday (7th February), by the Arawata. Sir Charles is a large bolder in the Southern Cross Petroleum Company, and, in conjunction with other Melbourne gentlemen, has been supervising the recent distillation of the paraffin mineral which Mr Stubbs took to Melbourne, and which was proved to be worth £l5 8s per ton in its crude state. Sir Charles M’Mahon intends making a thorough inspection of the Southern Cross property on behalf of the Melbourne shareholders, who already hold more than one-half of the shares.

Some idea of the advantage of having local industries may be gathered from the following, taken from the Timaru Herald :—Some time ago Messrs. Wildie, Allan, and Stumbles sent the fleeces of 100 black sheep up to the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufactory for manufacture, and on Thursday last received the cloth, consisting of 140 yards, back. It is now on view at their stores, Beswick-street, and we think those who inspect it will agree with us that for texture and color better wearing material could hardly be produced. We understand that ths whole 140 yards have already been disposed of.” For continuation of news see 4th page