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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1074, 16 May 1882, Page 2

Jem Mace was a passenger to Wellington by the Rotomahana from Auckland. Mr McFarlane’s spacious Hall in Custom-house-street is rapidly approaching completion. Mails for Napier and Wellington, per s.s. Oreti, will close to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon, at 3 o’clock. Mr Finneran notifies that the time for closing re tenders for the erection of buildings for the Union Bank of Australia is fixed for 12 u’clo -k (noon) to-day. Particulars may be obtained at I’.is office. The 8.8. Oreti will leave to-morio v afternoon for Napier and Wellington. Particulars as to freight or passage rates may be obtained from the agent, Mr K. G. Gibbous, at his office on the wharf. It is eaid on good authority that the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have composed an operetta. The scene is laid in a Russian village, the plot is by the Duchess, the music by her husband ; on dil that both are really good. Mr S. Stevenson some short time since took out a policy in an Accident Insurance Company in Auckland. By the last mail he received £5 from the Company as compensation for injuries sustained from the kick of ahorse. The Governor of Natal has ordered the Zulus, who assembled at Pietermaritzburg,demanding the release of their late King, Cetewayo, to disperse. A famine and civil war are imminent in Zululand. The members of the Football Club met for practice in Captain Tucker’s pa ldoek, Waikauae, on Saturday afternoon last, and played for about an hour. We learn tbat a match— Town v. Country—will he played on the same ground next Saturday afternoon.

It is currently reported that with a view to facilitating business in alienation of Native lands, the Judges of the Native Lands Courts have been appointed Trust Commissioners. These appoint merits are not yet gazetted, and we do not vouch for the truth of the rumor. Mr Thomas Haviland Burke, the assassinated Undar-Secretary for Ireland, was the second son uf Richard Burke, Esq., of Kee--1 igties, and first cousin of Sir John Lionel Burke, of Glinsk, County Galway. He was born on the 29th May, 1829. A curious wager was decided at midnight la’ely, w' en the son of a noble duke undertook to run ah ng the Embankment, from the Houses of Parliament to Waterloo Bridge, whilst Big Ben was striking twelve. The lordly athlete won easily, reaching the goal at the ninth stroke of the hour. The Cook C mnty Council notify that a poll of ratepayers will be taken at. the places and and times named in their advertisement as to the necessity or otherwise of establishing tollgates on County roads. Ratepayers are requested to give their attention to this and not. to omit recording their votes, as the matter is an important one. Great progress is being made with the demolition of the walls of dessrs Carr and Sons old building. Instead of being ricketty and weak, the greate.-t difficulty is experienced in separating the bricks. Mauls and dogs having to be in constant use, and then only getting away one brick at a time. Had the present proprietors known or thought that they were so well built, and strong the work of demolition would never have been undertaken. Geo. Otto Trevelyan, M.P., is a son of Sir C. E. Trevelyan, Barenet, uf Leicostersbire’ anil a nephew of Lord Macaulay. He took office with Mr Gladstone in 1868 as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, but. resigned in 1870, on a point of conscience, connected with the Government Education Bill. He took office again on the return of his party to power, and has held it. since. Mr Trevelyan is the biographer of his famous uncle, and is highly esteemed. He was born in 1838. Lord F. Cavendish is the second son of the Duke of Devonshire, and a younger brother of the Marquis of Hartington. He was born in 1836, and in 1861 married the second daughter of Lord Lyttelton. He has sat in Parliament during several sessions as member for the North-west. Rifling of Yorkshire, and was a Junior Lord uf the Treasury, under the previous Gladstone administration. He has lately been acting as Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and was duly promoted to the Chief Secretaryship fur Ireland a short time ago. Notices of application for publicans’ licenses are inserted in this morning’s issue. D. Page, Masonic Hotel. Gisborne ; T. J. Dirkson, Argyll Hotel, Gisborne ; F. E. Murray’s Settlers’ Hotel, Gisborne; R. Wilson, Royal Hotel, Gisborne; Alex. Allanach, Gisborne. Hotel, Gisborne; W. Cooper, Wuerenga ahika Hotel, Waerenga-a-liika; G. Burnand, Sir George Grey Hotel, Waerenga-a-hika ; J. R. Scott, Roseland Hotel. Makaraka ; Thus Scrivener, Royal Oak Hotel, Matawhero ; E. Devery. Ferry Hotel, Pakirikiri.

With reference to the much-vexed question of the Rock we are hoping shortly to hear that some investigation will be held which will settle the matter at once and for all. Taking Capt. Cary’s evidence as it appears in our issue of May 2nd, and that of Mr. John Bennett, master mariner, who was a passenger by the Te Anau when she touched, into careful consideration, we must hold to our opinion that the matter calls for enquiry, and that enquiry we mean to have. Captain Carey knows the port well, and so does Mr. Bennett, and according to their evidence a dangerous and unknown rock exists in the track of steamers. Ra Mackay appears on the scene, and says he has found the said rock, soun led on it, and offers to point, it out for some slight reward. Whether Ra Mackay’s offer is accepted or not, there can be no doubt that the point, will have to be cleared up in the most unuiistakcable manner. We are of opinion that the officer commanding Her Majesty's squadron in these waters will require to be satisfied as well as the general public. These things are not to be shunted so easily. Investigation is necessary, and , must be made.