Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1882.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1076, 20 May 1882, Page 2

Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1882.

We draw the attention of our country readers to the announcement, in another column to the effect that the Rev. J. Hill will conduct Divine Service at Makaraka, to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon, at 3 o’clock.

We draw the attention of contractors and others to Mr. Finneran’s advertisement in another column re the tenders for the erection of the Argyll Hotel, which close at 12 noon this day Saturday, the 20th inst.

It will be seen by a paragraph in our shipping column that the s.s. Rosina left for the Coast last evening, about 6 o’clock, taking with her Henare Potae and party, numbering 17 in all, as passengers, and a general cargo of stores. S e returns again to this port to-night.

Mr. W. P. Finneran, architect, calls for tenders, in this morning’s issue, for the erection of a butchers shop in Gladstone Road for Mr. J. Maynard. Tenders to doge on the 25th inst., at noon. Further information may be received on application at Mr. Finneran’s office.

Shareholders of the New Zealand Native Laud Company are reminded that, the application lists for the balance of unallotted shares close throughout, the Colony at 12 o’clock, this day, Saturday. Applications awl deposits thereon will be received at the Company’s office, Gisborne. Mr J. R. Davis, the contractor for the Southern Cross Petroleum Company, asks us to contradict, the statement appearing in our evening contemporary of the 19th inst., so far as risk to men working in the mines from gaseous matter is concerned, we agree with Mr Davis in the pith of the matter, but think that salutary caution should be observed. In reference to the Wairoa-Gisborne road we learn that the Government have authorised the Chief Surveyor to spend £2OO on the portion between Te Reinga and the Waihau lakes to render it fit for horse traffic. This is merely a temporare measure to tide over the winter, pending the survey and construction of this part of the line as a dray road which will be carried out next summer.— Wairoa Guardian.

Mr J. R. Davis, the contractor for the shaft at the Southern Cross Petroleum Company’s works, reports the depth attained to be 61 feet. The gas has not increased up to the present time, but the Davey lamps sent last week will be put into use immediately. The sinking has been through soft papa clay, but now a harder stratum has been reached which will probably allow the work to proceed deeper and with more ease. The three tubes that have been sunk and abandoned within the area of the shaft have been recovered so far. At the R.M.’g Court yesterday, the following cases were disposed of: —Maloney v. Wilson. Claim, £l9, wanes for sheep driving. Judgment for plaintiff, £l5 15s.—Rees v. Cook County Council. In the absence of Major Westrup, as a witness, the R.M. considered it advisable to adjourn the Court until next Tuesday.—G. Humphreys v. J. Hall. This case demands especial attention as a question under the Master and Servants’ Act. We shall hold over our report and opinion on the matter until wo have time to thoroughly digest it. Amongst other interesting items connected with the Auckland Crown Lands Board we extract, the following:—Gisborne—Mr Featon the Board’s agent at Gisborne, forwarded an application from A. Y. Ross for a section of land at Pat ut ahi block for quarrying and lime. He also forwarded a second application for the same block, which he received 10 minutes later than the other. This applicantwanted the land to prospect for petroleum. There was no recommendation from Mr Featon, and the Board decided to take no action on the applications till the land was reported on. The Wairoa Guardian says : —We are greatly gratified to find that our county stands well in the march of progress with Cook county, where there are so many men of large capital residing. While the number of holdings in Cook county exceeds those of Wairoa by 190, our wheat produce amounts to 6,226 bushels more than that, off Cook. In oats we are beaten by 4)5 bushels. In barley we are beaten also, Cook county producing 1,771 bushels against our 360 ; there is however in Gisborne a demand for barley for malting purposes which does not exist here. Under the heading of “ sown grasses ” we show up very well beside the sister county. We trust next year to see a still further improvement in the Agricultural prospects of our county.

We have to announce the arrival in our midst of Mr F. Last—Dentist—from Auckland. The want has been lung recognized and is now supplied. Mr Last needs no puffing from us, his name is wellknown, and recognized favorably throughout the Colony. He conies prepared to attend specially, attentively and carefully to our dental needs, and as his advertisement in another column shews can be consulted at Mrs Henry Adair’s residence in Bright-street. Mr Last is making arrangements for consultation at Ormond, Makaraka and the surrounding districts which when concluded, will be duly laid before the public. We wish Mr Last that success in his profession wliieh his work will doubtless induce.