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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1135, 31 August 1882, Page 2

Affairs in the East are giving an impetus to travel via San Francisco to Australia. The Zealandla could not accommodate all who were wanting berths onboard heron her last trip from San Francisco, At a meeting of the Are brigade, held last evening, three new members were proposed, and afterwards a dry practice took place. Captain Winter announced that a practice would be held on Saturday afternoon next at 1.30. The tenders for the erection of a billiard room and other offices at the rear of the Argyll Hotel were received, to-day, by Mr W, F, Finneran, Architect, but owing to the high amounts of the tendes, and being much above that which was estimated, none ware accepted. The street lamps were placed in position to-day, and are to lighted, we learn, tomorrow evening. Whilst shipping some bullocks yesterday afternoon, by the s.s. Oreti, one of the animals slipped and completely split his aitches. It was found necessary to kill the beast which was done early Jtliis morning by Mr W. Hitchens, slaughterman of Makaraka, who described the bullock as being a remark ably fine one. The American hop crop is the best ever known.

The annual meeting of the Poverty Bay Turf Club will take place at the Masonic Hotel on Monday evening next, at 7.30 o’clock. The business is to receive the report and balance-sheet, and to elect a Committee for the ensuing year. Attention is directed to Mr D. Malcolm Orr’s new advertisement. This enterprising storekeeper advertises a variety of goods which lie states cannot be surpassed for quality and cheapness. He also advertises that at the coal and firewood yard he has always on hand a stock of chaff, steam crushed oats and maize, and alse that he is open to purchase produce of every description. Friends (and this name is legion) of Mr M. G. Nasmith will lie sorry to learn that he is suffering from a severe and painful illness which lias completely prostrated him. We learn that Dr. Pollen is attending him, and we can only express a hope, which we know will lie echoed by scores of others, that in a very short space of time Mr Nasmith will have recovered. The Rev. J. J. Lewis will this evening deliver, in the Wesleyan Church, a lecture entitled “Rambles with a Knapsack.” The rev. gentleman’s oratorical powers are too well known to render it necessary for us to eulogise him, but we can safely assert that those who attend the lecture will liave a literary treat afforded them such as is rarely to be obtained in Gisborne. It is evident that Mr T. K. K. Bloomfield intends to secure one of the finest residences in New Zealand. By the schooner' Gisborne a large quantity of slates for roofing purposes have arrived, and in a very short space Of time they, together witli the timber, will be on the site of the building to bo erected, The monthly parade of the.T Battery takes place to-night, We hope to see a large attendance, and the several evolutions performed as creditably as they have almost Invariably been in the past, After doing duty for over fourteen years the building occupied by Mr M. Hall as a saddler's shop, has been dismantled and preparations are now being made for the erection of a more pretentious edifice and one which will give more room iu which to carry on the largely increasing business which Mr Hall runs.

After overcoming very many difficulties, Mr 8. Roe has at last succeeded in getting his saw mill in the Karaka Bush iu working order, and, as the bush possesses some mugulflcent tlml-er, he will no doubt benefit largely by his venture, To Mr David Kidd, the engineer, a large amount of credit is due, as he, without tools—except of his own manufacture on the ground—succeeded in taking the engine to pieces and putting jt together again so as to render it workable. We were shewn this morning nine packages of fungus procured from the East Coast Mid secured by Mr H, E. Johnston for export. Very many enquiries having been made as to what use tin’s growth is put we may statu that in China ami ou t)ie Continent of Europe it finds ready sale as a most desirable thickening for 3-juna am) fiejiig decidedly phjferable to gelatine,