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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1063, 20 April 1882, Page 2

Messrs C. Sutton and Co., the well-known malsters, of Newmarket, Auckland, notify that they are cash purcliasera of prime malting barley.

Mails for Auckland, per Oreti, will close at 4 o’clock this (Thursday) afternoon. Matenga Taihuka cautions sportsmen against trespassing on the Waiherere block. Anyone found so trespassing will be prosecuted.

Inte’ligence has been received from Napier by telegraph, of the death of Mr McCormick; agent in that town for the Union Steam Ship Company.

We w< u’d remind persons interested that tenders for the lease of Mr Locke’s land on the Karawa block must be sent in to the owner at Mr W. K. McLean’s Office in Lowe-street to-day.

We regret to hear that Mr McDougall, Barrister, of this town, is laid up with a serious attack of illness which will deprive the public of his services for some days to come.

With reference to the Union Company’s advertisement we are requested to state that the Rotorua will not leave here until Saturday afternoon next, instead of Friday, as announced.

Mr W. P. Finneran, Architect, invites tenders for the erection in Gladstone Road, of premises for the Union Bank of Australia. Tenders to close at 12 o’clock, on May 9th, at the Architect’s office, where plans and specifications mav be seen.

By reference to our mail notices it will be seen that the out going San Francisco mail will close on Saturday evening next, at 7 o’clock, instead of Friday afternoon as previously notified. Mails for the South will close*on Saturday afternoon, instead of Friday.

Mr S. Oxenham invites tenders for filling and spreading gravel on the Gladstone and Gisborne-Ormond Road®. Specifications to be seen at Messrs J. and A. Davis’s store, at Makaraka. Tenders to be sent in to Mr Oxenham, to the care of A. Graham and Co., on or before Tuesday, the 25th inst., at noon.

The Christchurch Star says :—“ We hear that a cable message has been received by a prominent politician of this island informing him that Sir Julius Vogel is preparing for an early visit to New Zealand. The reason assigned is that Sir Julius thinks the present political situation favorable for carrying out a sometime favourite idea of his of re-enter-ing the arena of colonial politics. Amongst other interesting items connected with the Auckland Crown Lands Board, we dip the following : —Gisborne—Mr Featon, land agent at Gishorne, sent up an application from Gisborne, for a transfer of a section from Mr Tarr to Mr McGarry, at Oimond. Permitted, subject to the regulations and the necessary notices;

In a paragraph of our last issue we stated in reference to the Auroral light that it had “ completely disappeared by seven o’clock.” This was wrong in point of fact, for they reappeared shortly after seven, and were visible, on and off, during the whole of the night. We were just going to Press when the paragraph referred to was written, hence our error in quoting the disappearance of the light at seven o’clock as final.

The County Clerk notifies that the Cook County Electoral Rolls for 1882-3 are now open for inspection at the Council offices, and a copy of the Roll of each Riding may be seen, until the 15th day of May next, at the following places : —Gisborne Riding, Messrs Davis’s store, Makaraka; Arai Riding, Mr Bilham’s house, Patutahi; Tologa Riding, Mr W. W. Brown’s store, Tologa Bay ; Waiinata Riding, Mr A. B. Newman’s woolshed, Ngakoroa ; Waiapu Riding, Mr Milner’s store, Tuparoa. Any person feeling himself aggrieved by any entry or omission therein, may, on or before the 31st day of May, 1882, apply for relief to the R.M.’s Court which is nearest the place where the ILoll of the Riding is kept. We are glad to learn—says the Wairoa Guardian — that the native owners have decided to survey and past through the Native Land Court the back country lying between the Wakapunake and the coast, and comprising the basins of the Mangapoiki, Tahaenui, and Nuhftka rivers. Messrs Reardon and O’Ryan, surveyors, of Gisborne, -have been authorised’ to survey a good-sized block of this land, but they do not intend to commence operations till certain disputes relating to tribal boundaries are settled. A meeting of the hap us interested is to take place at Te Reinga on the 25th inst., to discuss the matter at which Capt. Preece, R.M., the native officer of the district, will be present we understand.

The Wairoa-Gisborne road is being rapidly proceeded with at the Poverty Bay end ; between Patutahi and the Waihau there are three large contracts in hand, and the road is now available for wheeled traffic from the former place to about, two miles on this side of the Waerenga-o-kuri gorge; but beyond exploring a new line between Opoiti and Te Reinga, nothing has been done at the Wairoa end. In the course of a few months it is probable the road will be fit for wheeled vehicles from Gisborne to the Waihau lakes. The traffic from that part of the country will therefore naturally gravitate towards Gisborne, though the Wairoa is at least ten miles nearer by the road. As these lands will soon be brought in the market, and Waihau is likely to become an important settlement, it behoves our local authorities to hasten on the operations at this end of the road by every means in their power, so as to secure a fair share of the traffic for Wairoa. — Wairoa Guardian.

The Rev. J. Hill will probably says the Wairoa Gwi 'llan, take his departure from our midst some time next week, to ente>’ on bis new sphere of labor al Gisborne, to which place iie has been directed by the Bishop of the Diocese to proceed, in order to lake temporary charge of Ho y Triniiy Cuurch, and act as loc, >n tenens of t ie Rev. E. Williams, incumbent of that parish, w io has res gned lus clia ’ge and is about to <i. ’t the d strict on a three months’ leave of absence. The Rev. J. Hill and his family will carry with them the good wishes of all in this community, and we are glad to notice that a movement is on foot amongst his parishioners to present him with a befitting testimonial as some recognition of his faithful ministrations, and the many kindly services he has reudered to the community during his sojourn in the Wairoa.

We would remind our readers that to-mor-row (Friday), the ratepayers residing in the Tologa Bay Licensing District, will, pursuant to the advertised appointment under the hand of the Chairman of the District, have the opportunity of deciding the questions whether or not the number of Publicans, New Zealand Wine, or Accommodation Licenses in the district may be increased. The Tologa District comprises a very large area, extending from the southern boundary of Cook County to Cape Runaway, in fact, with the exception of the Gisborne Riding and the Borough of Gisborne proper, the whole of the County of Cook is included in the district, superintended by the Tologa Licensing Committee, and the result of the polling on Friday next may be looked for as likely to afford some insight into the views of the inhabitants on the matters now being submitted to local option for the first time under the provisions of the new Act. There will be polling places at Patutahi, Pakirikiri, Waikohu, Tologa Bay, and Aku Aku, at each of which the poll will will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and we venture to express a hope that every ratepayer in the district will endeavour to record his vote and thereby give the working of the new law a fair trial.