TOLOGA BAY.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1069, 4 May 1882, Page 2

TOLOGA BAY.

[from our own correspondent]. In my last letter 1 wrote respectiup; the Resident Magistrate's Court, ami this time I am bound to continue the same subject; and I hardly think any language can be too strong to express the unsatisfactory manner in which the notices respecting the sittings of this Court are issued here. Four days ago the following notice was posted in different public places in Tologa:— “ The next sitting of the Resident Magistrate’s Court will take place on Tuesday, the 3rd day of May, 1882, at the hour of 10 a.m., in the Court House, Tologa Bay.” (Signed by the Clerk to R.M. Court.) I was asked in my letter to you to notify the fact that the Court would sit on Tuesday, the 13th of May. To our great surprise yesterday morning the notice posted up as for the 3rd May was altered to the 30th. Thus three dates have been given. Now the 3rd of May is a Wednesday, the 13th May a Saturday, and the 30th of May Tuesday, so that it is a most wretchedly muddled affair altogether. What in the name of fortune does all this mean ? Are there three or four dates given, any one of which may be selected, and alterations made just at the vacillating discretion of some person or persons, to the utter, absolute disregard of public convenience. The Court of Justice is simply degenerating into a laughing-stock —a Court held at the convenience of the magistrate, and not for the convenience of people seeking redress. It is quite time something was done to put a stop to this childish folly ; and if a Resident Magistrate is not to be obtained otherwise, then it behoves the people of Tologa Bay to unite,andmake representation to headquarters, that their grievance may be Justice is justice, and its dignity should be maintained, but under present circumstances the sitting of the Court at Tologa Bay are surrounded by uncertainty, inconvenience, loss of time to persons concerned, and vexatious delays easily avoidable by proper attention. The feeling here is very strong on the matter, and expressed much more forcibly than I put it. Tologa Bay is dreadfully quiet at present, almost everyone is away. Europeans in Gisborne attending District Court, and Maori’s in Gisborne attendiug the Land Court. I understand that we are to lose our schoolmaster, that he is to be transferred to the Wairoa, at which place a school is being erected. It is to be hoped he may find more scholars for his hire there than he has here.

A getition is also contemplated for the purpose of trying to obtain a European school here. This is much wanted, as there are some 20 or 26 European children here at present receiving no education. The present school-house is under the control of the Native Department, and if that could be transferred to the Education Department, there would not be the question of expense in erecting schoolhouse, etc., to stand in the way of the prayer of the petitioners being acceded to. Host Allanach of the Tologa Bay Hotel is going the right way to work to make his place comfortable. Carpentering, paperhanging, and painting are being carried on, and in a short time the appearance of the house will be considerably improved, and for comfort and neatness will be found one of the best houses on the East Coast. To-morrow evening a meeting is to be held at the Tologa Bay Hotel of all persons interested in the formation of the Racing Association for the East Coast. Already numerous gentlemen have expressed their approval of the project, and a good meeting is anticipated. Should such an Association be formed it would doubtless do a vast deal towards making the race meetings of the East Coast worthy the attention of sporting men far beyond the district. I will send you a report of the meeting later ou.