Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY. AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1882.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1073, 13 May 1882, Page 2

Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY . AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1882.

Mr Allan McDonald, M.H.R., does not leave for Wellington until this day week. Mr D. Page, of the Masonic Hotel, advertises that he will give a reward of £5 for such information as will lead to the conviction of the person or persons who wantonly destroyed chairs and other furniture in his hotel. It is to be hoped that this offer may be conducive to the speedy apprehension and punishment of such destructive rascals as the perpetrators of this idle mischief must necessarily be.

Tne late Mr Robert Hunter, of t e firm of . Hunter and Nolan, Auckland, died from eon , ges ion uf the lungs, arising from a sudden cold, caught while <»n business miPters in the Waikato, His loss will he greatly felt. M-ssrs Johnstone and Direy notify that. I they have entered into a business partnership ! as Land, Stock, station, and Commissi n | Agents. As we are informed that these gentle- i men are importing direct a consignment of . Bordeaux wines, we shall reserve further com- ' ment for our next issue. We have no further particulars respiting t’»e recent assassination of Lord Frederick C ivendish and Mr T. H. Boil ike. The funeral : of Lord F. Cavendish was io have taken plu-e at , bis ancestral home, Chatsworth, on Thursday | list. The appointments of Mr G. Otto Irevelyan and Mr P. Hamtlt >n, to the Secretaryship and Under-Se- r-ta-yship of Ireland seem to have given universal satisfaction. We were shewn on Wednesday last a very handsomely finished set of shaft and leading harness, which has been turned out by Mr M. Hal), saddler, of Gisborne, for Messrs Kennedy and Bennett. For strength, workmanship and finish, this harness demands the highest praise, and reflects credit both on the makers, and the town, as a specimen of local industry. Mr L. Hart, agent for the U.S.S. Company, notifies to passengers who arrived in Gisborne by the steamers Te Anau or Rotorua on Sundav. 23rd April, that a portmanteau is missing, and he would be glad if they would make sure whether or not it has got among their luggage by mistake. Anyone who can glean any information respecting such an article would oblige Mr nart by communicating with him. Cabinet Councils have been held t>cors : der the situation in Ireland, and it is stated that the Conservative Party will support the Government if they will proc aim martial law there. Both Horses of Parliament adjourned to mark their respect for the late Lard F. Civ n i-ih and Mr Bourke. Mr Parnell issued a manifesto stating that the good fame of Ireland will be sullied until the assassins have been arrested.

The Union Company’s steamer Rotomahana. Capt. Underwood, arrived in the roadstead yesterday afternoon. Several passengers for southern ports, among whom was Sir George Grey, K.C.8., wisely remained on board to avoid the risk of being left behind. The steamer was advertised to leave yesterday evening, but the sea running high and the bar being risky, p?evented the passengers from mia k ng.