Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1882.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1079, 27 May 1882, Page 2

Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1882.

Mr Allan McDonald’s name appears on one Committee List, viz , Local Bills Committee. The R.M.S. Citv of New York left Auckland last Tuesday, crowded with passengers, among whom was Mr Forsaith, formerly Premier of the 14 Clean Shirt ” Ministry. The Dublin Pulice say they have succeeded in tracking the ve dele which conveyed the assassins of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr T. 11. Bourke, and find it to be an unlicensed car. The New Zealand Provision and Produce ; Company’s soap works at Bedfast, near Christchurch, were totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday last. | The Building Society is displaying consider- I able activity of late owing to an increase in j the number of shareholders and other causes. i The society has £2OO t > advance on mortgage i on Monday, the sth proximo. Mr W. P. Finneron, Architect, received the following tenders on Thursday last, for the 1 erection of a brick building in Gladstone Road j for Mr J. Maynard :—C. D. B -rrv, £219 (successful) ;J. Forbes, £255 ; R. lloulden, £275. 1 Mr S. M. Wilson, the energetic proprietor 1 of the Albion Club Hotel, announces in this morning’s issue that he will run his busses to the Makaraka Races on Monday next, starting at 10 a.iu., and will run every hour during the day. We are glad to hear that Mr A. Y ates, who was lost in the Uropi Bush, has been found. He is progressing favorably, but is still much too weak to be questioned ; however, his ultimate recovery, we are happy to say, is nob : problematical, but merely a quest ion of time. I There were no criminal cases at the R.M.’s I Court yesterday, and only a few civil ones, none of which bear public interest. In the case of Rees v. Cook County Council, an adjourned claim for £25 for legal work performed in regard to the “Rivers Bill,” Judgment was given for plaintiff, £2l and costs, lucre was nothing else of importance. Mrs DeCosta, of the Turanganui Hotel, shewed us yesterday, a very fine pearl which her little girl discovered in an oyster she was about to eat. The pearl is about as large as a pea, and semi-conical in shape, and is a very pretty specimen uf its class. That it possesses value there can be uo doubt. Mrs DeCosta informs us that she has already been offered, and has refused, ten pounds for it. The following appearing in the columns of a contemporary is curiously pointed, and uneasy of reply “It will no doubt all appear in good time, how it is that Mr Bryce is able to sail under the flag of a man whom he denounced in 1877 as rapacious, unprincipled, and selfish ; or how Mr Rollcston with his sublime morality, can follow a leader, whom in the same year, he accused of half the sins in the decalogue. We regret to hear that Mr F. Carden, the owner of “ Carnival,” met with a severe accident on Thursday evening last, at Waerenga-a-hika. He was riding a black horse called “ The Barb,” and the animal for some reason began plunging, when the girth broke, and Mr Carden was thrown with great force to the ground, breaking his right arm just below the elbow. He was taken to Mr J. Scott’s Hotel at Makaraka, where surgical assistance was speedily obtained, and the bone set. We are glad to say he is progressing favorably. The Volunteer Ball held at Bruce’s Hall, on the night of the 24th, in honor of Her Majesty's Birthday, proved a great success. The hall was crowded, at least 50 couple of dancers being present, besides the number attending who took a passive part. The arrangements generally were perfect, the catering being especially deserving of notice. The programme was fixed for twenty-six dances, but several extra ones were introduced, and the dancing was kept up with great spirit until after 4 a.m. The music was supplied by the Band of J Battery N.Z.V. Artillery. The whole thing was an undoubted success, everybody expressing the greatest satisfaction.

A Dinner is to be given this evening at the Masonic Hotel as some slight expression of the value in which the services of the leading guestss Judges Puekey and Brookfield, arc esteemed by the inhabitants of Poverty Buy. These gentlemen have since their advent worked energetically and perseveringly in performance of their arduous duties. The satisfaction expressed by the public, both Native and European, and by the legal profession and Interpreters may be gathered from the fact that during their session in the Native Land Court, the work has been done with unexampled equity and despatch, and consequently more of it has gone through the Court during the short time than has been managed in years previously. Judge Puekey leaves on Sunday for Auckland. The Inspection Parade of the J Battery N.Z.V.A., was held on Thursday evening, at 7 p.m. Owing to some misunderstanding there was a very poor muster, only 10 members being present. The Battery was inspected by Captain Porter, commanding the district, the Band playing a couple of quicksteps. After inspection the Battery was put through a few manceuvreß by Captain Winter and then dismissed. A meeting of the members of the Battery was then held, at which it was resolved to give a Ball on Coronation night, and a Committee consisting of Capt. Winter, Lieutenants Boylan and U’Ren, and the Non-Commissioned Officers and members was formed, and appointed this (Saturday) evening, at 7 o’clock, for a meeting at the Drillshed to discuss the preliminary arrangements. Next Monday being Whit Monday will of course afford a day for pleasure-seekers to enjoy themselves. The Makaraka Races will form the principal object of attraction, being easy of access at very moderate fares. The improvements made to the racecourse render it in all ways a noteworthy place of amusement, and it will doubtless become the central resort for spurts of all kinds, being admirably adapted for pigeon matches, cricket and football matches, and all kinds of athletic sports and games. The course is a mile round in the shape of a parallelogram, cleared and grassed, and was laid off by the late Air 0. L. W. Bousfield. The saddling-paddock is enclosed by a 6 feet fence, judge’s box, jockeys* room, and the necessary fixtures, with a Grand Stand capable of seating 200 people, have been erected at a very considerable cost. Whit Monday has been well chosen as an opening day for this new’ undertaking, affording as it does, a chance for working men and their families to enjoy a day’s outing. Of course the easy access to the locality forms no slight item in the advantages offered. Many people who would not, from economical or other reasons, undertake a twelve or fourteen mile trip for their holiday, will gladly avail themselves of so short a journey as this. Air S. Al. Wilson will have his handsome Break and traps running backwards and forwards at the most reasonable of rates, thus affording equal facilii tea for rich and poor, high and low, to enjoy their Whit Monday holiday at the Makaraka Races.

The ketch Jessie is daily expected from Mercury Bay, with a cargo of timber. The death is announced of Sir John Holker, late Attorney-General, and afterwards Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal, aged 51 yews. Mr J. E. Smith notifies that he is a cash purchaser of New Zealand Curiosities of every description for Mr B.irriuin of New York. Tne Company leaves New York in about two months ninking a tour through the world, and taking “ Jumbo” with them. Persons having anything worth showing in the way of curiosities for disposal will please apply at once (as Mr Smith leaves Gisborne on Friday next) to J. E. Smith, at t he Gisborne Hotel. Air William Bell, a resilient of Makaraka, having been remarried on Thursday evening, some of the festive Roseland youths plated from Pinafore on kerosene tins in front of his dwelling. The music was followed by a shower of stones which caused sonic little damage 1o the windows. One uf the alleged larrikins was “ run in ” yesterday and will have to submit to Mi Price's scrutiny this morning.