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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1064, 22 April 1882, Page 2

Property worth a million of roubles, belonging to the Jews, was destroyed or carried oil' during the riots iu Warsaw.

It will be seen by our-telegrams of last night that the Ministerial difficulties have been brought to a'satisfactory end in the re-construction by the Hbn. Mr. Whitaker of the entire late Ministry with the exception, of course, of the late Premier, the Hon. John Hall. Sir Arthur Gordon was returning to Christchurch immediately by the Hinemoa. This terminates in as satisfactory a manner as could, under the circumstances, be looked for the question which has for the past fortnight so sorelv vexed us, and which has so bitterly stirred the bile of the Southern Press. The balance of party power in the House seems too even to hold out hiqies of longevity to theefiew. Ministry, but they will at all events continue in power long enough to do much good in the carrying out of proposed and promised schemes. This is Mr. Whitaker’s second trick at the -political wltet-1-, -lie .having succeeded Mr Domett as Premier in 1863, ami steered the ship of state till 1861, when he in turn was succeeded in the Premiership by Mr Weld. Mr Whitaker is a politician of no mean abilities, but, notwithstanding our sincere belief that those abilities will ,be, willingly taxed to the utmost for the popular good, we cannot but regret, the sad necessity which has called them into requisition. The illness aud con-, sequent, resignation of Mr Hall, cannot but be felt as a national calamity, and it will'be-long ere the Colony recovers from the loss, stunning as it would be at any time, and move particularly so at this critical period, of his invaluable services. 11 is untiring energy, his active brain, and his unselfish devotion to the service of his Sovereign and his fellow colonists, will hold their place in the public esteem for all time. We hope that reerui'ted health and freslily invigorated frame may be the. con sequent attendants upon his enforced retirement, and may restore him to us, at no distant pgriqdj .in that position which every colonist will willingly aitcorcTto liiin, the Premiership of New Zealand,

We would remind our subscribers thal our second quarter draws to a close today, and journalists , being, like most oth 4 er mortals, singularly susceptible to the up and down motion of the money market, look for their cure in a like direction, viz Prompt payment-of*-aecoun4«A - - r i-. — —. At the last meet ing of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, held in. Napier on Tuesday last, a letter was received from the Undersecretary for Education, intimating that the Govern ffTgD'trh’ffd druicted’to'ciose tbo Te A-rai school, Poverty Bay.

It is notified in the Government Gazette that Iler ceased Jo have any interest in all t.iiat parcel'or land : in * the' Poverty Bay District, containing by admeasurement 20,000 acres, movej->v Jess,, known by fhe name of Muiigatu No. 5, and all that ’ parcel Djst riel, containing by admeasurement, acres’'hi’ , ore‘ , ’dr

less, known by the name of Mangatu No. 6. Messrs Pitt and Bennett notify that on Wednesday next., at Makaraka, t hey will submit to public aucti.ni a lot- of well bred eattie the property of 0. Seymour Esq., of Whangara. After this Messrs Pitt & Bennett will offer to public competition at. the same place, about 3 • steers from the coast, from 2 to 3 years o:d. Also a mob <>f mixed stock. Intending purchasers are reminded that, the sale will coinmence at 2 o’clock p.m., sharp. An”Otago imlikely, however, that Mr Whifai *r will accent the position of Premier, as that would entail his residing in Wellington, to wldeh he has always been adverse.... Major, At kinsup will, therefore, most probably succeed to the position of head of the /Minrst.ry, lining; tq hold his present, office of Treasurer, and thus leaving the portfolio of public works to be filled as the result, of Mr Hall’s retirement..*’ The same paper thinks that.AJi; Hall, is..ent;-, tied to the enduring esteem of ail Colonists. *

11.M.5. Espiegle, which reached Freemantle on the 31st March, reports that., two days out from the Cape, at night, the,petty.officer forward suddenly saw a figure'dressed' in white approach him. He started back, and the figure immediately plunged into the sea. lltr gave the alarm and thy ship was hove to. and remained at the spot till’ night, Avhe/i thefcrew mustered, and a lieutenant, named Child, was found missing. It is supposiuT that Child,' who sometimes walked in his sleep, was in a stale of soinnambulipip when lie jumped into the sea.

Mr Wm. Scott Greene, of ; Povci|ty Buy is-j--says the Wairoa Guardian— making satisfactory progress with his holding at. the Waijiau Lakes, Wairoa-Gisborne Road. He has leased the Native Reserve of 1000 acres, adjoining the Government land (Warnau block), and extending from the Lakes to Whenuakura ; a good deal of this he is laying down- in English grasses. Mr Greene has already over 100 head of cattle running, on the placew and has cut a large for building and fencing purposes, part of which is on the ground for a paddock to be shortly erected on the upper side of the lower lake. Mr Greene had the misfortune to run the prong of a harrow through the cap of his knee about a fortnight, ago, and has’been .'liiid upi ever I since, but is now gelling about again. He is determined “ to take Time by the forelock ” by being first in the field for the Waihau lands ; we hope his enterprise in being the pioneer settler of that part of tLe ba/k eftuhtr/ will be crowned with the success-it merits-. •