Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1882.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1105, 25 July 1882, Page 2

Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1882.

Messrs Mason Bros., the well-known nurserymen, of Auckland, having consigned to Messrs Parnell and Boylan a number of fruit and rnamental trees, those gentlemen have instructed Messrs Graham, Pitt and Bennett to dispose of them by public auction on Thursday ext. The sale is announced to be held Bn Messrs Parnell aud Boylan’s premises, at 11.80 a.m. Messrs Harries and Lincoln notify that the mtrance to their new premises is from Gladstone Road, next to Messrs Parnell and Boylan's ironmongery establishment. To-morrow, Messrs Graham, Pitt and Bennett will sell without reserve, 400 Southern Dross Petroleum Company’s shares. It will be seen by our advertising columns hat meeting of the Poverty Bay Cricket 21ub is to be held at ths Albion Club Hotel &is evening. We have to apologise to “ Censor ” for the xon>appearanco of his letter in this issue, wring to the pressure on oursdace, but beg to Msure him it shall receive insertion to-mor-Mr James Mackay, Native Land and General Estate Agent, Licensed Interpreter mder the Native Lands Acts, and Mr R. M. Ikeet, Civil Engineer, Valuator, Land and General Commission Agent, notify elsewhere hat they have secured offices in Lowe-street, >pposite the Roman Catholio Church. By advertisement it will be seen that the Itanda&d may be obtained each evening from dr M. Jennings, Peel-street, and from Mrs V. Knights, Nasmith's Buildings, Gladstone load. During the week commencing Monday, the lit of July, it is proposed that Special evangelistic Services iliali be held in Messrs Darnell and Boylan’s Masonic Hall, oommcning every evening at 7.30. Moody and anaey’s Hymns will be sung, and addresses rill be delivered by the Right Rev. The lifthop of Waiapu, and the Revs., J. McAra, • Hill and L. Hudson. Messrs Common, Shelton and Co., notify bat the schooner Minnie Hare, Cnptain licholas, will leave for Auckland via East ou Friday, the 2Sil; iust,, wind aud reuther permitting. For freight and pa&agu . i. ;t -• ommon, Shelum ana Co. '

In consequence of the run upon the Standard last evening we had to run off 350 extra copies. This kept us rather late at work.

We regret to learn that Mr R. Thelwall, of the firm of Thelwall & Co., is at present suffering from a severe attack of illness, and is confined to his house. We trust that he will have a speedy recovery and once more be enabled to resume his business duties.

Messrs Parnell & Boylan’s ironmongery establishment was visited by us on Saturday, and for a large and choice selection of every requirement of the business, it will compare with many more pretentious stores in the large cities of New Zealand. In addition to everything necessary for the successful carrying on of the ironmongery business, the firm have in stock a large assortment of the latest novelties such as the new Ames Lighting Hay-knife, Eureka Novelty and Universal Wringer Machine, Putnam’s Table Mangles, Ames Family Grindstones, Kilting Machines, Ames Wire Rat Traps, Family Glue Pots, and many other recent Yankee notions. A visit of inspection will amply repay any person. The sewing machine depot should certainly attract the ladies as in it may be found machines by almost every maker. We were shewn yesterday a sample of coal coming from a surface seam of 10 feet in thickness on Mr William Cooper’s run, at Mangatu. Mr Allen, who kindly allowed us to inspect the coal, informs us that there is every indication of copper adjoining the seam, which may be taken as a fair prospective indication of the coal existing in large and payable quantities. Mr Allen informs us that the Motu works are completed, and the roads are in a good and passable condition. A few slips exist about five miles beyond Mr Wm. Coopers homestead, but flags have been erected for the guidance of travellers in avoiding them by turning off at the flags. Mr Allen kindly desires us to say that he will be very glad to permit anyone wishing to inspect the sample of coal referred to, and for that purpose he has left it with Mr E. P. Joyce, at the British Empire Hotel in Peel-street.

The Napier Football Team to play in the match against Gisborne will be selected from the following players : —J. Begg (Captain), R. M. Buchanan, B. Buchanan, Hanna, J. Dove, Hamilton, A. Williams, G. Whitcombe, F. Stohr, H. St. Hill. W. Simpson, G. Potts, D. McHardy, F. Kennedy, H. Humphries, H. F. Gibbons, C. A. Ewen, and F. Duncan. We have been requested to publish the list of fees to which Licensed Interpreters are entitled, viz, ■Fee per day for interpreting, £2 2s; interpreting per hour, 7s 6d ; interpreting deed or other instrument and endorsing declaration, £1 Is ; composing and writing any document in Maori or English, per folio of 90 words, 7s 6d • writing fair copy of same, per folio of 90 words, 2a fid : attendance searching for records in Native Land Court, 10s 6d.

The Annual Soiree and Concert in oonnec* tiun with the Presbyterian Church, which is to take place to-morrow evening, promises to be a great success. The ladies of the congregation have .been busy preparing what will gratify the taste, and the Choir and Glee Club have been equally diligent inpreparing » musical treat, while no doubt our clerical brethren will present something that will both interest and instruct the intellectual faculties of the audience. There will be two features at this gathering which will gratify many. The ladies who provide the trays will be gratified to know that the boys will have a table all to themselves, and the bachelors will be equally gratified that special arrangements have been made for their comfort.

The Southern Cross Petroleum Company has always consiAred the pockets of its shareholders by merely calling for sums that keep the works going on, but it appears that all of the shareholders do not reciprocate the feeling as they do not consider the pockets of the Company, hence it was decided by the Board of Directors of the Company at the meeting last night, to advise Mr F. J. Piesse, the Manager, to sell all those shares upon which calls are now 21 days past due.

The Government “ Gazette ” shows the following return of revenue for the Gisborne Post Office for the quarter ended 30th June, 1882 : —Stamps sold and credited to public revenue, £6lB 12s Id ; Money order commission, £29 4s lOd ; Private box and bag rents, £5 10s ; Postal guide, 6d ; 5,480 paid telegrams, £415 8s 8d ; 764 Government telegrams, £7O 14s lOd. Total, £1,139 10s lid. Mr W. Knights, the well-known fruiterer and greengrocer, announces that in addition to his general stock he has now for sale, and is a direct importer of, vegetable and garden seeds from the principal nurseries of New Zealand as well as from those of elsewhere. Mr Knights explains to us that the local seed of marrows, cucumbers, pumpkins, and vegetables of that class is almost useless, owing to the inoculation by bees. The many splendid specimens exhibited by Mr Knights prove conclusively that he thoroughly understands the selection.