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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1081, 1 June 1882, Page 2

It is notified by the Collector of Customs that an Auctioneers License has been issued to Mr P. H. Bourke of Gisborne.

Mr Fraser is to succeed Mr Hart as agent for the U.S.S. Company in Gisborne. The R?v. J. Hill will preach at Makaraka t’ is evening, and at Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne, to-morrow evening at 7 p.m. Antonio Martini was formerly a seaman on board the schooner Minnie Hare, and left her only lately. The R.M.S. City of Sydney, with the English mails via San Francisco, dated London, April 20, arrived in Auckland on Monday, at 8 p.m. Dr. Lamson was executed on the 28th April. After hie execution it was announced that he had fully acknowledged his guilt and the justice of the sentence. There have been severe storms at the Hebrides and on the west coast of Scotland. At Stornoway, in the island of Lewis, a number of vessels were wrecked. A correspondent calls attention to the state of the crossings in the bye-streets, and complains that children cannot come and go to and from school without wading through seas of mud. Messrs Parnell and Boylan’s Masonic Ha’l in the Gladstone R-uad is rapidly approaching completion, and it is hoped will be ready in time for the Volunteer Ball on Coronation night. Ra Macky still persists that his assertion as regards the existence of a rock in the track of vessels which hue hitherto been unknown, is correct. We shall know more in a day or two regarding this matter. Mr C. D. Berry is erecting an iron building at the corner of Pee]-street and Gladstone Road, for Mr J. Maynard of Ormond, which when completed, will we believe be used as a butchers siiop. There is a good prospect of a water supply for Gisborne, the Borough Council have taken up the matter in earnest and are working heart and soul toward the much desired end. The Engineers report is given elsewhere. A convention has been signed by M. Novicoff, the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, and the representative of the Porte, defining the conditions under which the Russo-Turkish idemnity is to be paid. A match has been arranged between Pearce, who accompanied Laycock from Sydney, and Largan, an English oarsman of some repute. The stakes aro £lOO a side, and the contest will take place on the Thames on June 15. Another cyclone has passed over the United States more destructive in its effect than those which have recently visited that country. A large amount of property has been destroyed and 20 persons are reported as killed.

The insurrection which broke out a month ago in the Republic of Hayti, the object of which was to overthrow the Government of General Solomon, has at last been subdued, but a number of lives were lost before order was thoroughly restored. Mr Hurst’s hopes have been disappoined, and by the exertions of Mr Allan McDonald and his colleagues, Mr Hamlin has been appointed Chairman of Committees. This is a victory for the Opposition. Air Hurst had all the support of the Government. Mr P. McFarlane’s new Hall in Custom-house-street is very nearly completed. There will bo ample room for amusement in Gisborne when this and the Masonic Hall are open, which we believe, will only be a matter of a few days. Colonel Hamley, author of “The Battle of Dorking,” has just published another work of the same class entitled, “ How John Bull Lost London,” being a skit touching upon the suffering and horrors arising from a French invasion of England by means of the Channel tunnel. By some mistake in correcting proofs the word “Birth” appeared as a heading immediately over the marriage notice of Mr Stubbs and Miss Mossman, of Napier. We hope the error has caused no annoyance. It was a. mistake, and quite unintentional. We apologise to Mr and Mrs Stubbs.

Among the applications received by the Timaru Harbor Board for the post of harbormarter was one dated from “ Addington,” and signed “Te Whiti.” The writer professed to be well acquainted with the shoals of New Zealand, and gave as a reference “ friend John Bryce.” “Te Whiti ” recommended a friend, “Tohu,” for the post of pilot should the Board require one. The postcript, “ Salary no object,” should have won the letter more consideration than it received, the chairman declining to read it through. The man Antonio Martini,who escaped from the custody of Constables McCabe and Savage on Sunday night, while under escort from Opotiki, was captured in a somewhat curious manner on Tuesday, by Mr Gruner, bailiff of the R.M. Court. Mr Gruner knew the man by sight, having had some conversation with him some time back. On Tuesday while driving by himself in a buggy near Waihi, Mr Gruner was accosted by the man Martini, who asked him how far it was to Napier, and which was the road. Mr Gruner recognized the man, and told him that as he appeared footsore he might jump into the buggy and he would give him a lift along the road. Martini gladly availed himself of this offer and got into the buggy. After going some short distance he appeared to have some suspicion and asked Gruner to set him down. Gruner, however, told him to remain quiet, it was all right, and he would put him on the Napier road, and then urged the horse into a gallop. Martini’s suspicious were confirmed, and he was going to jump out of the buggy when Gruner collared him, and a struggle ensued, in the course of which Gruner had to drop the reins, and the horse bolted with the buggy. To avoid a smash Gruner had to let go his prisoner and gather up the reins, when Martini threw himself out of the buggy and made tracks across the paddocks. Luckily Gruner pulled the horse up close to where a man named Mclntosh was standing, to whom he gave the trap in charge and gave chase to the escapee, who went away in crack style, and who had somehow or other managed to get hold of a bullock bow straightened out, with which he threatened his pursuers, two other men having now joined in the chase. Martini swam a lagoon with this formidable weapon in his hand, but was brought to bay on the other side and bailed up. He shewed fight, however, and caught one of the pursuing party a crack with the bullock bow that left its mark, and then turned to dispose of Gruner, who, however, being an old bird, was not to be caught with salt. Martini rose his weapon to fetch Gruner, who dropping his head ran in at Martini like a battering-ram, catching him in the stomach and fetching him to the ground like a thousand of bricks. Once on the ground the business was easy. Ropes were procured, and between Gruner and the two assistants a sheer leg lashing was put on Martini that would have held the Great Eastern, and he was safely moored in the buggy and brought into town and delivered at the lock-up. On being questioned he said he was on his way to town to give himself up. The two men who assisted Gruner in the capture would forfeit half their day’s work, and have to walk out to beyond Makaraka last night. We quite think Gruner entitled to a handsome reward for his plucky capture, and that the two men who assisted him should be rewarded also. We have no doubt that Mr Price will take care that these meritorious actions meet with suitable acknowledgment. They are certainly deserving of substantial

The s.s. Oreti will leave this Port for Napier and Wellington to-morrow (Friday), 2nd May. For freight or passage application must be made to Mr R. Gibbons, wharf. The last boat leaves at 4 p.m. Mr D. Malcolm Orr, agent in Poverty Bay for the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, notifies that lie is prepared to effect Fire or Life Insurances at moderate rates. Forms of proposal and all information may be obtained on application at Mr Orr’s office. Mr D. Malcolm Orr notifies elsewhere that he has to arrive, per Ringarooma, four cases of prime newly cured hams, which he offers for sale at very cheap rates ; also Canterbury hams and bacon. Orders for the should be left early at the Haymarket, as they are in great demand. The Hawkes Bay Herald says :—The presence of rabbits in considerable numbers in this district may now be taken as an established fact. They are frequently shot by sportsmen, and it is quite an ordinary thing for Napier people to receive presents of rabbits from their friends.

The Customs returns for the Port of Gisborne for the month ending 30th April showed a total of £994 2s 2d, being an increase of £l6O 12s 5d over the amount for the previous month. The returns for the month ending 31st May show a total of £1231 17s Id, or an increase of £237 14s lid over the previous month. This speaks well for the progress of the district. Mr L. Hart, agent here for the Union S. S. Company, has been invited by several gentlemen resident in the town and surrounding district, to a complimentary dinner at the Masonic Hotel, prior to his leaving this town to assume the agency of the same Company at Napier. A Committee has been appointed and the dinner is to take place on Wednesday, 7th June. Mr Hart’s departure is universally regretted. The death is announced of His Grace the Duke of Grafton, aged 60. liis successor in the title and estates is that well known “ Poodle” Fitzroy, who some eleven years ago tied himself up in the matrimonial knot with a young woman of pretty easy virtue, who, when offered by young Fitzroy’s relations £20,000 to cut him, said they might keep their money and be ci——d, she meant to be Duchess of Grafton. And Duchess of Grafton she is sure enough if she is still alive. Mr. P. H. Bourke notifies elsewhere that he has received instructions from L. Hart, Esq., to offer for sale at the residence of the last-named gentleman, in Grey street, the whole of his household furniture and effects, consisting of drawing-room, dining-room, bedroom, and kitchen furniture and utensils, the whole being nearly new, and of the very best description. To persons desirous of purchasing, this affords an opportunity which should not be lost.

Another good man has followed wisely in the track of the many. On Tuesday last Mr W. O’Ryan, Surveyor, of the firm of Reardon and O’Ryan, was married at. the Roman Catholic Church, at 11 a. in., on Tuesday last, to Miss C. O’Meara. Tiie bride was tastefully dressed in pearl-colored silk trimmed with white lace. The bridesmaid’s dress was blue sateen, trimmed in the same manner. Father Vaggioli read the marriage service, after which the party adjourned to the residence of the bride’s parents where a recherche breakfast awaited them. Numerous friends and acquaintances accompanied the party to the altar, Mr Reardon acting as “ best man.” Good luck to them says the “ Standard.”

At a meeting of the members of Holy Trinity Church held in the vestry on the evening of Monday, 29th May, present the Rev. J. Hill, Dr. Pollen, Messrs. Fisher, Greenwood, Woon, Croll, Quinlan, and Murchie, it was resolved that a committee be formed to co-operate with the ladies in matters connected with the bazaar. The following gentlemen were accordingly appointed, with power to add to their number :—Dr. Pollen, Captain Chrisp, Messrs. D. Johnstone, R. H. Fisher, G. L. Greenwood, Croll, Murchie, Captain Winter, C. D. Bennett, Day, Berry, Woon, Gray, Espie, East, Featon, and M. 11. Smith. The committee will meet this evening in the vestry at 7.30, in order to arrange for a canvass of town and country. Various matters in connection with the Church were then discussed. Some matting was required, and the following sums were subscribed towards payment for the same :— Mr. R. H. Fisher, 10s ; C. D. Bennett, 10s ; T. J. Dickson, 10s ; Rev. J. Hill, 10s. Referring to the recent deplorable wrecks at Timaru, the Herald asserts that if there had been only a couple of well-manned whale-boats there the Benvenue might possibly have been saved. If there had been a steam tug there it is a moral certainty that not a single casualty would have occurred this year, and that losses amounting to £40,000 or £50,000 would have been averted. If proper appliances had been provided and if reasonable despatch and judgment had been exercised in the work of the port the whole of the season’s fleet might have been got away in safety, even without a steam tug. In commenting on the preventable causes leading up to the disaster, the Herald ventures to say that if, ten years ago a Harbor Board or any other public body had done half the mischief to Timaru thatt e present Harbor Board has done, there would been seen such an agitation as would have quickly brought the delinquents to their bearings, whoever they might have been.