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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1111, 1 August 1882, Page 2

A writer in the Australasian tells the following anecdote : —Some specimens of Queensland golden quartz have been shown in Melbourne this week. About the mines whence it came there is this story : —The original adventure was a prospecting one—-the ground was wet, and pumps were obtained, Very soon stone of such extraordinary riohness was found that the manager became tremendously excited, and for safety of the gold at once flooded the mine, placed padlocks on the pumps, so thbt they could not be used, and despatched an urgent message to the directors: “ Send ft guard of policemen up at once—Z’vfi struck the Bank of England." It would be well for persons usually despatching letters, &c., per Orient line of steamers, via Suez and Naples, to remember that they will not be able to do so until further notice, as in consequence of the disturbed state of affairs in Egypt the steamers of this line will proceed homewards via the Cape of Good Hope. On our fourth page will bo found a continuation of the serial letter “ From Gisborne to Melbourne.”

Mr Allan McLean, lessee of the Karawa Block, near Ormond, notifies that from the present date all cattle and horses trespassing upon that property will be impounded, and any pigs that may be found on the property will be destroyed.

Daniel Munn, who is reported in our telegrams to-day as having committed suicide, formerly kept the Waitotara Hotel, between Gisborne and Tolago Bay, and will be familiarly remembered by many inhabitants of this district.

Messrs Carlaw Smith and Co., notify that they have received instructions from the Manager of the Southern Cross Petroleum Company to sell at their mart on Thursday the 10th inst., a large number of forfeited shares in the company. Mr Muir, late of the “ New Zealand Times,” and his partners have sueoeeded in passing through the Native Land Court at Wairoa a block of 86,030 acres, known us the Waipaoa block, near Poverty Bay. Thia tract of country includes some rich laud and some inferior, and will be a most valuable property.—“ H, B. Herald.” Mr Bailey, of the firm of Bailey and Kerr, the enterprising proprietors of the American Novelty Company, opened this morning a temporary depot in the new shops adjoining the Masonic Hall. Their stock is a singularly attractive one, comprising, as it does, the very latest novelties of evoVy description. The Autipopijikuinptuaiie, a bat which flies about in an extraordinay manner, the Ilydropult. or Fire Extinguisher, the Blondin Top, the Alligator, an ingenious tool combining various properties, and the plates joined together with Bailey and Kerr’s Cement, hanging up with 3001 b. weights attached as a test of strength, are all curiosities which must be seen to be appreciated. Mr Bailey performs some most interesting tricks in conjuring and sleight of hand which secures a largo audience. This morning when we looked jn, his establishment was crowded, und the audiupop were evidently highly pleased with their anteriajner. We would recommend every one to pay a visit to this enterprising firm, and judge for tbomselves : we cun confidently anaver fur the pubjc verdipt. Mr M, D. Stqgpople, Clerk to thp Licensing Committee fur the Tolago District, calls attention to the Quarterly Meeting of the Committee being held in the Court House at Tolago, at noon on Friday, September Ist, 1882, when applications for transfer or renewal will be considered.

Mr C. D. Berry is advertising for a steady young man who can drive a team cf horses. There’s a chance for some one for a good place. Mr S. M. Wilson, the energetic host of the Albion Club Hotel, notifies the construction of large and commodious sample rooms in his hotel for the convenience of commercial gentlemen. The Table d’Hote is provided with every luxury, while the wines and spirits arc of the best quality. The stables, which are under the personal supervision of the proprietor, are comfortable and well ventilated and attended. A brake, which can be turned out in an hour, forms a portion of the equipment, while saddle horses, traps, and buggies of every description, can be obtained at a moment’s notice. Mr Wilson’s conveyances attend the arrival and departure of every steamer, and a trustworthy and experienced groom is in attendance at all hours both by day and by night. Mr Ragge, a London paper states, has completed the colossal statue of the Earl of Beaconsfield for which the noble lord had given sittings but little more than a week before his fatal illness. The pose is natural and dignified, and the peer’s robe in which the sculptor has draped the figure adds much to the generally pleasing effect of the statue as a whole. The figure is 10 feet high, and the pedestal, which will be of Peterhead granite, with somewhat more variety of detail than is common in such structures in London, will be rather over 10 feet in height. The statue is to be placed in Parliament-square, facing the Abbey, and on the side of the garden opposite to that on which the figure of Sir Robert Peel stands.