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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1061, 15 April 1882, Page 2

Mr F. J. Piesse, Secretary to the Gisborne Permanent Land, Building, and Mutual Investment Society, notifies by advertisement that ballots for £3OO to be advanced on mortgage, will take place on Monday, the 24th inst., at 8 p.m.

Mr S. Locke, through Mr W. K. McLean, invites tenders for a seven years’ lease of the Karawa block, near Pakirikiri, comprising 300 acres, less three acres on which is situate the Ferry Hotel. Tenders to be sent in on or before Thursday, the 20th inst., at noon. Particulars may be obtained from Mr Locke at Mr McLean’s office, Lowe Street.

The Cook County Council met for despatch of business at 7 o’clock on Thursday night. Crs. Johnson, Clarke, Ferris, and Chambers. The following tenders were opened : —For clearing drains from Makaraka to Karawa Bridge, Burke and Mullane, at 8d per chain (accepted.) Henrj Hyde’s tender for clearing drains from Makaraka to Waipaoa Bridge at B|d per chain was declined. Dennis Malone, for cleaning drains from Makaraka to Karawa Bridge, at lOd was declined. The meeting then adjourned, there being no quorum.

Travellers will be pleased to hear that the Punt at t! e Big River is once again in full working order. Cablegrams from London, under date April lOtli, inform us that at the Volunteer Review held that day at Portsmouth, in presence of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, 30,000 men were in the field. Nothing occurred to mar the success of the demonstration.

The following is the result of the poll regarding the local option clause of the Licensing Act, held on Thursday last, ftt the R.M.’s Court-Publicans Licenses —For increase, 26 votes ; against, 21: majority for increase, 5. New Zealand Wine Licenses—For increase, 25; against, 17 ; majority for increase, 8. Rumours are rife of a probable disturbance among the Hawke’s Bay Natives arising from a dispute between Mr Dunelly and Renata as to the placing of Donelly’s sheep on Native land at Okawa. Renata has telegraphed to several influential Natives of Poverty Bay to hold themselves in readiness to come to his assistance. The grievance is an old one.

Mr Allan McLean’s horses, Virginia \\ ater and Louie, recently engaged at the late Auckland Autumn Meeting were on board the s.s. Arawata yesterday afternoon, in charge of their trainer, Mr J. Chaffe, their destination being Napier. Mr P. Martin’s Mischief and Mavis were also on board the s.s. Oreti, bound for the same place.

Sir George Grey was a passenger from Auckland by the Arawata yesterday en route fur Wellington. He came ashore and was met on the wharf by Messrs Rees, Wilson and others, and proceeded in Mr Rees s carriage to that gentleman’s residence. Sir George re-embarked in the afternoon about 5 o’clock. He was accompanied by his nephew Mr Seymour George. Mr Parnell has been released from custody, and has left Dublin for England. It has transpired that he has been released on parole for a week, in order to enable him to visit Paris, where his sister, one of whose children recently died, resides. Mr Parnell passed through London on the 10th inst., on his way to Paris. A demonstration was organised to meet him, but he evaded it, travelling with all possible speed. A Wanganui telegram, dated 11th April, states that on Easter Monday a sham fight took place, in which the Town Corps, Wanganui Rifles, City Rifles, and Naval Brigade were the attacking party, and the visitors, H Battery, Nelson N.Z.V. Artillery, Nelson Naval Brigade, Patea Rifles, Alexandra Cavalry, and Wairoa Cavalry were the defenders, and it passed off most successfully. The Review, held in the afternoon, was a great success, and was witnessed by about 5000 people. Mr Gillice of Ormond brought us m a magnificent sample of hops on Thursday. Put into the ground last January this sucker has attained a height of eighteen feet, with a most luxuriant growth of flower. Mr Gillice also shewed us some fine Bismarck apples, from slips grafted last August, which for size and luxuriance of color would be hard to beat. Mr Gillice has disposed of his hops to a good advantage, and purposes producing a still larger crop next season. We have never seen hops in the Colony to equal these. With reference to the above, and to a small parcel of these hops which we forwarded to Messrs. Ehrenfried for the favour of their opinion, we have received the following letter :—Auckland, 6th April: The Editor Poverty Bay Standard : Dear Sir, —In reply to your enquiry of Ist inst., re sample of hops, Mr Whitson and myself have seen them, and consider them a first class sample of Colonialgrown Hops ; substance oily and very strong, and are worth from Is. 9d. to 2s. per lb.— Yours faithfully, Lionel Phillips, J.P.

The Lyttleton Times of the 12th inst., in an article commenting on the resignation of the Ministry, says : “ His Excellency has sent for Sir George Grey ; we have strong reasons to believe that he has done so, and that both he and Sir George will be in Wellington shortly. The object of their meeting is, as far as we can see, not necessarily the appointment of Sir George Grey to the Premiership, but a conference as to the state of parties is, we should say, the most likely object of His Excellency.” The Wanganui Herald, in an article on the same subject, says : “ If it is true that Sir George Grey has been sent for, he will have no difficulty in forming a Ministry which would probably be met in the circumstances with every disposition on the part of the majority to shew it fair play. Recent telegrams from Christchurch state that upwards of 7,000 people visited that town by train from country districts on Easter Monday, 15,000 travelling on tram cars to and from the Exhibition ; the estimated total number of visitors to the building on that, day being 24,000. On Tuesday upwards of 4,000 people visited it. All the places of amusement were crowded on Monday night, the Williamson Troupe taking considerably over £2OO at the doors of the Theatre Royal, beyond which it is estimated that quite 1,000 people were refused admission. The following circular has been received from the Secretary of the Grand Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition :—“ Sydney, March 30, 1882 : Sir, —It is proposed that a Grand Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition be held in the Garden Palace, Sydney, at the close of the present year. Initiatory steps have been taken to carry out the proposition. Since the introduction of Industrial Exhibitions a marked progress in civilization is evident throughout the world. The development of the ingenuity of mankind has made rapid strides, and the novelty of Juvenile Industrial Exhibitions has attracted some attention. Several have been held in the Colonies with success, and created much interest among the young people. Many friends of the youth think this an opportune time to bold such an Exhibition here, and have the following objects in view : —l. To stimulate the energies and display the abilities of the rising generation of the Colonies. 2. To encourage a spirit of emulation by competition. 3. To develop the inventive, constructive, and artistic faculties of all, and to gather new ideas from the works of others. 4. To create a taste for the fine arts and ornamental works, which will incite them to occupy their leisure hours in making home attractive with the results of their industry. 5. To assist the charitable institutions by distributing amongst them the proceeds of the Exhibition. The Committee invite the young people of both sexes under 21 years of age, in all the Australian Colonies to assist in making the Exhibition a success by contributing their handiwork. Parents, Employers, Teachers, and all who take an interest in the welfare of the rising generation, are invited to give their earnest co-ope-ration and countenance to the efforts of the young people, by giving them every facility and encouragement to work industriously in preparing some article for exhibition, in the hope of obtaining a prize, which will be a lasting testimony of their skill and ingenuity. Having stated briefly the objects of the intended Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, the Committee and Officers appeal to you, and all friends of the young, for the necessary funds to enable them to make appropriate preparations for carrying it out to a successful issue, and trust that a hearty response will be the result of this appeal. Rules, Regulations, and explanations of the nature of the articles for exhibit, are in course of preparation, which, together with a list of the Patrons and Officers, will be published at an early date.—Yurs, &<•., R. D. Bannister, Secretary and Superintendent. Offices, Garden Palace, Sydney.

Recent telegrams state that Trickett is training very hard for his approaching match with Hanlan.

We have no authentic information as to the Cricket Match which was arranged to take place at Roseland last Wednesday, between the Brewers and Publicans, but believe it was postponed sine die, on account of the weather

Christchurch news to hand informs us that the opening of the Exhibition was a great success, everything passing off with great eclat, to the mutual satisfaction of promoters, exhibitors, and spectators. The town was literally crammed with visitors, and additional crowds were arriving daily by sea and land. The weather was beautifully fine after 10 a.m. on the opening day. A protest has been entered against “ Rob Roy,” winner of the Maiden Plate at Tologa Bay, by Mr Kootia, on the grounds of his having won advertised money previous to the meeting. The protest was entertained, and the Stewards agreed to allow Mr Kootia fourteen days in order to adduce evidence in support of his protest. Mr Kootia alleges that he is now prepared with that evidence, in which case the stakes must be awarded to his horse, “ Wild Duck,” which ran second.

One or two errors and omissions occur in our report of the proceedings at the Easter encampment which demand correction. We stated that Sergeant Caulton was wounded in the second night attack by a blank cartridge, this in reality occurring during the first night attack ; while in our account of the second night attack we entirely omitted the name of Sergeant Ledger, who received a blank cartridge full in the face, luckily without inflicting any serious injury. We also omitted the name of Lieutenant U’Ren in speaking of the Field Day which we witnessed. We apologise for these errors and omissions which crept in unawares, and which we now hasten to correct.

A two-horse team belonging to Mrs. Colley of Waerenga-a-hika, was turning out of Messrs. Parnell and Boylan’s yard on Thursday morning, when the dray fouled a tree at the edge of the road, pulling it down over the shaft horses back, the team bolted, wresting the reins out of the driver’s hands, and went full gallop down the Gladstone Road and up Custom-house-street, where Captain Porter, who fortunately was coming towards them, managed to turn them into the fence near the stables in the Government paddock, and seized the reins, thus preventing what might have been a very lamentable catastrophe. The driver came up and took charge of the unruly animals, thoroughly thankful to have escaped with no further damage than a slight cut on the leader’s off leg. A meeting of the Fire Brigade was held on Wednesday evening for practice and consideration of business. The Engine worked satisfactorily, but the hose was fonnd utterly worthless, It was resolved to address the Borough Council by letter, requesting the supply of fresh hose without delay, the Brigade being a nonentity without it. A letter from Mr Hughes, Superintendent of the Auckland Fire Brigade, was read, giving full information as to the int ernal working of the Auckland Fire Brigade, cost of engines, hose, &c., and expressing willingness to co-operate with Gisborne to the utmost extent. The letter was acknowledged with thanks. It was resolved to ask Mr Shrimpton, the Postmaster, to allow the Brigade to use the tank in the rear of the Government Buildings for practice purposes. The offices of the Southern Cross Petroleum Company were visited by a number of persons yesterday to see the exhibits of the crude and manufactured products which have been put up by the manager, Mr 11. Haase, for exhibition at Christchurch. The items are Crude Petroleum and Paraffin Mineral. The products are JEther, Gasoline, Benzoline, Mineral Turpentine, Kerosene, Lubricating Oil, and Paraffin. We understand that each of the products came over in the process of distillation in the order named. Owing to the easy volatilization of the first-named substancesay about 75 degrees Fahrenheit, the climate in Melbourne at the time of the experiment would not permit of its being retained in a fluid state, so that only those items following in the series were obtained. The whole exhibit though not large, is a result doing very great credit to the directors of the Company, and should merit the highest reward from the magnates of the Exhibition. Mr D. M. Orr, formerly managing clerk to Messrs. Graham and Co., and who afterwards occupied the same position in the establishment of Messrs. T. W. Carr and Sons, notifies that he has opened a business establishment in Gisborne, having taken those premises lately occupied by Messi’s. Croll and Ingle in the Gladstone Road, adjoining Mr Bishop’s Chemistry establishment. The business carried on by Mr Orr will be that of a general storekeeper, produce, and import and export merchant. Mr Orr is too well and favorably known in Gisborne to need any eulogistic introduction from us, his business capacities speaking for themselves. Mr Orr has a large and varied stock on hand, which will be increased by a continual flow of shipments to arrive. He has an extensive connection among the business establishments both at home and in the Colonics, and is thus enabled to transact business on terms highly satisfactory to clients. Mr Orr is a cash purchaser of wool, hides, tallow, aud Colonial produce of every description. Yesterday morning we availed ourselves of a courteous invitation from Messrs Thelwall & , Co. to visit their business premises and view the improvements lately made. At no inconsiderable outlay these enterprising gentlemen have imported from Messrs. F. Lassetter and Co. of Sydney, agents for Mefsrs. Green and Co., of the Smithfield Ironworks, Leeds, and 54 and 55, Blackfriurs Road, London, S.E., and erected in the premises at the rear of their establishment at the corner of Gladstone Road and Peel Street, a vertical steam engine of 3 H.P. nominal, and capable of working up to about double that power. This engine is connected by a driving belt with a shaft working under the ceiling, on which are four driving wheels which may be connected at pleasure with a sausage machine, a corncrusher, a chaff-cutter, and a pump, working severally or simultaneously as occasion demands. The sausage machine is un the same floor in the room with the engine, while the corn-crusher is to be placed overhead in the building now being erected in Peel-street in the rear of the engine-room, the corn, when crushed, coming through a hopper to the ground floor, where sacks are placed under the hopper for its reception. The chaff-cutter is to be on the ground floor of the building, in the same room with the corn-hopper. The pump, to which is fitted a considerable length of Indiarubber hose, can be worked by the engine at great advantage, such as, in case of fire, would thoroughly enable Messrs. Thel- . wall and Co. to protect their own premises, being able to throw a stream of water as far as over the roof of the British Empire Hotel. Not the least useful instrument we saw was a salting machine, a small pump working brine through a syringe into the meat, on the principle of the hyperdermic injector. Mr Thelwall assured us that with this machine he could prepare salt or “corned” meat thoroughly, for use, in 24 hours, while by the old process it would have taken ten days to prepare the same piece of meat. Messrs. Thelwall and Co. evince a spirit of enterprise well worthy of emulation by others, and which, we sincerely trust, will prove thoroug y remunerative to themselves. ’

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT, GISBORNE. Thursday, April 13. [Before M. PkicS, Esq., B.M.] Robert Hasty was charged with being drunk and disorderly on the 12th inst. Fined 605., or seven days’ hard labor. Friday, April 11th. Ilirini te Rua was charged with stealing a billiard ball, the property ot' D. Page, of the value of £l. Remanded until Saturday for production of witnesses. Only four civil cases were set down for hearing. The first Sceats v. Watene, was adjourned to the 12th May on the application of Mr McDougall. In Sceats v. Tawhiao, a claim for £4 9s 2d, judgment was given for full amount and costs. In the cases of Colebrook v. Clarke, and Barrie v. Thompson, the defendants were ordered to pay the amounts £2 19s and £9 17s lOd respectively.