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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1130, 25 August 1882, Page 2

The willows are now again becoming green, and the peach trees are in full bloom, ami the back of the winter apparently broken. Could not some enterprising individual during the present season secure a few of the *parrow« now plentiful. These little pe*t3 arc infinitely better in a pic than when hopping about g-.t’.denr. m:d dvutros ipg every Hiihg t!i«. y < Ait t their ut.

In the case Hurrey v. The Bank o c New South Wales, the Chief Justice granted a rule nisi calling upon the defendant to show cause why the verdict of the jury should not be set aside and a verdict entered for plaintiff, or a new trial be granted, the rule was given on all the grounds.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company notify that on Thursday the sth of October next, they will offer for sale by public auction at Gisborne certain blocks of land, the property of the New Zealand Land Settlement Company, known as Pouawa, about 7000 acres, and Waimata, about 10,000 acres, also a 7 years leasehold of 5000 acres in the Waimata, Bloek. Title under Land Transfer. Plans may be seen early in September, at any of the Company’s offices in Nevz Zealand.

Mr J. East, family gi’ocer and tea merchant, calls the attention of the public to the fact that he is roasting coffee on his own premises, and is prepared to supply with genuine Mocha, Plantation and Ceylon, fresh ground ami coming straight out of his own roaster and mill. This is an advantage which coffee drinkers will not fail to appreciate.

The Southern Cross Petroleum Company notify that a call of 2d per share has been made in that Company, payable to the manager, Mr F. J. Piesse, at the Company’s office in Gladstone Road, on Wednesday the 13 September, 1882. The meeting held at Makaraka yesterday afternoon for the purpose of taking into consideration the subject of river floods protection, was adjourned until Thursday the Ist of September. Messrs Porter ami Croft call the attention of Sheep-fanners and others to a sheep-dip composition, for which they are the local agents. It is known as “Thomas’s Carbolised Composition,” and by reason of its simplicity and economy is a most valuable preparation to sheep-owners. Mr Hislop, a large sheep-farmer in Hawke’s Bay, speaks most highly of it from experience. It only averages a cost of 2s per 100, and requires no hot water, while it does not stain the wool in the slightest degree. Mr Whinray, yesterday, lost a basket perambulator from his premises. He naturally felt annoyed, and advertised for it. The result was the tricicle was returned. Moral : Advertise if you require anything ’ Advertise if you lose anything ! Advertise if you wish to sell anything, buy anything, do anything, but remember the Standard is the best medium.

The Argyll Hotel presents a very imposing appearance, and is a great improvement to the good looks of the street. Mr Berry, the contractor, is not yet out of the Hotel, but is progressing rapidly with the interior work, which he hopes to finish very shortly. The new Union Bank Buildings are making good progress, and are beginning to assume their due proportions. Mr McConnichie, the contractor, is deserving of praise for the substantial manner in which his work is executed.

Mr R. Cooper’s appeal against Judge Hardcastle’s decision adjudicating him a bankrupt cannot be heard before next Wednesday. It will be taken before the Chief Justice.

We are requested to draw attention to the unpleasantness created by the presence of babies at a concert. At the school concert last night, a lady sitting next to another lady with one of these encumbrances was almost driven to distraction by the incessant howl of an unhappy infant. Children so young cannot possibly appreciate the pleasures of a concert, and always think it their duty to protest against the proceedings. It is needless to add that they do their duty very energetically.

Over £5O was secured last night by the concert in aid of the library fund of the Gisborne School. Messrs Parnell and Boylan’s large hall was simply crammed, and although the prices were low, the magnitude of the sum obtained is due, not alone to the merit of the performers, but to the efforts of those who managed the affair.

The steamer Taiaroa, from Levuka, brings papers to the sth inst. Five brace of pheasants, which arrived from Auckland in fine condition, have been released at Fiji. The coffee leaf disease is disappearing, and the crop is expected to be a heavy one. Judge Gorrie opened the new Supreme Court at Suva, when Kambandowera and Kafalislis were placed on trial for the murder of an islander on the Auckland schooner Taviuni. The former was sentenced to eight years penal servitude, and the latter acquitted. 200 tons of coal, per Rennigo, were sold by auction at Levuka at 8s 6d and 9s per ton, or less than the cargo cost in Newcastle. A new sugar mill at Nauso.-i crushed sixty tons of cane in four hours at the trial. A ball was to be given to the officers of H.M.S. Nelson on her arrival at Levuka. J. B. Scott, of Nadi, committed suicide by jumping overboard and drowning himself. The Whitehall Review gives a list of 260 colonists who were present at the Parkes banquet, three of whom are classed as millionaires, 36 as posscssingover £200,000, and 76 over £50,000 each, Among the two hundred thousand pounders are D. Larnach, P. G. Dalgety, Mayor F. J. Sargood, Aiderman, W. M’Arthur; and among the fifty thousand pounders, Thomas Russell, Hon. G. M. Waterhouse, Allan Campbell. H. D. Larnach, Sir F, D. Bell, A. M. Bethune, and C. L. Williams.

We have files of the “ Neo-Caledonien ” and “ Moniteur de laNouvelle Caledonie ” to the 4th instant. Among the convicts shot in the late revolt at the penal establishment of L’He Nou was young Olivier, whose trial, three years ago, in Paris, for the murder of his aunt with a rolling-pin, created such a sensation. He had been working hard at ihe penal establishment to obtain the usual good conduct money, in order to purchase a gold watch. It was the desire to obtain such a luxury, it appears, which induced him to murder his aunt. The colonists of New Caledonia are now anxiously expecting the arrival of the new Governor, M. Pallu de la Barriere, in succession to Admiral Courbet. A duel took place recently between M. Boitel, a lieutenant of Marines, and M. Arnie, who had contributed an offensive article concerning the former to the “Neo-Caledonien.” Two shots apiece were exchanged without effect, and the seconds opposed the duel going further. Noumea is to be lighted shortly with gas, the plant being procured from a Glasgow firm through its agent, Mr Walker. A native woman was sentenced to five years’ penal servitude for murdering her chihl. She pleaded she had five to work for, and that was as many as she could keep. The “ Neo-Caledonien ” is very severe upon the British Consul, Mr Layard, for having forwarded a letter to the “ Sydney Herald ’’ from Captain Waun, of the Jabberwock, accusing the French vessel Havannah of having obtained island labor ty’ a process little better than kidnapping. The journal states that on the arrival of the Havannah in port, a French Commission, consisting of officers attached to the Governor’s staff, boarded her, and ascertained that the islanders referred to were men who had already served a term, and were desirous of re-engagement. The accusations made were therefore groundless. It complains that the British Consul is too ready to fasten on the back of the French malpractices which have already been , brought home to V: the Hi'ifinh Island :

The “Colonies and India” says:—“The Right Rev. Monsignor O’Reilly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield, U.S.A., is on his way to Loudon from Rome, to confer with a number of Irish M. P. ’s on the subject of the emigration of Irish farmers to Australia. The Bishop will then proceed to Ireland with the object of laying before the farmers of that country the bright prospects of emigration to the Australian Colonies, where the local Governments are prepared to sell excellent land for £1 per acre, receiving the amount in annual instalments of 2s per acre. It is believed by Irish members of Parliament now in London, who are well acquainted with the farming population of the sister island, that the mission of Bishop O’Reilly will materially add to the present enox-mous drain by emigration of the agriculturists of that country, notwithstanding the fact that hitherto Australia has not been a very favorite destination with Irish emigrants. ” An epidemic of attempted suicides was recently reported in Paris. Within two days the following cases occurred : —A sergeant asphyxiated himself with charcoal; a lawyer’s clerk was found hanging from a skylight; a lady of high rank shot herself with a revolver; a dressmaker’s assistant attempted to drown herself; a girl of 15 made a similar attempt. Finally two girls, sisters, were seen running quickly from a wineshop towards the water of a canal. One of them succeeded in throwing herself into the water, but a sergeant-de-ville jumped in after her, and succeeded in rescuing her alive. Tne other was stopped, and on being questioned, explained that both loved the same man, and had resolved to end their rivalry in death.

The “ Herald” Parliamentary correspondent states that Mr Driver and Captain McKenyie entered into a compact with Ministers, that in consideration of their support on the noconfidence motion, the Loan Bill schedule be altered by taking £50,000 off the Otago central railway vote and applying it to the construction of lines from Riversdale, Waimea Plains, to Switzer, and Kelso to Gore. A return of the fines, fees, and subscriptions from private individuals paid to the several Acclimatisation Societies in New Zealand since the passing of the Animals Protection Act, 1880, was lately laid on the table of the House. The amounts were :— Auckland, £1486 ; Canterbury, £873 ; Greymouth, £162 ; Hawera, £lO6 ; Hawke’s Bay £765 ; Lake County, £175 ; Manawatu, £76 ; Marlborough, £118; Nelson, £llB ; Otago, £546 ; Poverty Bay, £56 ; South Canterbury £193 ; Southland, £B4; Taranaki, £75 ; Tauranga, £4O; Waitaki, £207; Wanganui, £3Bl ; Wellington, £lO4. No moneys have been paid to the Societies, it appears, from the public funds.

Alluding to German anticipations of a war with Russia, the London correspondent of the “ Newcastle Chronicle ” writes :—“The Germans believe that within the next few years war with Russia is inevitable. They are quietly and steadily preparing for it. The disposition of their forces and the manner in which they are sending their young officers to the Russian frontier to familiarise themselves with the country is significant. They are also putting their soldiers through the same kind of tuition that was common before the war with France in 1870. Officers in the reserve, as well as in the active army, were better acquainted with the roads in Franee than the French themselves. The same process is being followed towards Russia. The Muscovites look to the coming conflict fatalistically. Neither Power will precipitate it, but they believe that circumstances will arise which will force it on. If some of the German Colonists, for example, in the South of Russia were to be treated as the Jews have been, that would be made the “ casus belli.” In view of such a contingency the Germans want to keep on good terms with France. They have already secured an understanding with Italy, and the organisation of the Turkish army that has been undertaken by German officers show’s that Prince Bismarck’s precautions extend from the Bay of Biscay to the Bosphorus and the Baltic. He does not care for England ; but he is bent upon keeping friends with France, with Italy, and with Turkey, for the third great conflict that he believes that he will have to engage in before he terminates his career.”