Poverty Bay Standard. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1882.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1136, 1 September 1882, Page 2

Poverty Bay Standard. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1882.

We are pleased to learn from our Wellington telegrams that Mr Allan McDonald, M.H.R., has succeeded in inducing the Government to proclaim the Opotiki, Wairoa, Mahia to East Cape via the Coast, and inland to Waiapu roads, under the 44 Roads and Bridges Bill,” which has passed its second reading. Mr McDonald worked very hard in these matters, and his success is a matter for congratulation.

Our boys are still at it, and we have been requested to remind them of the football match which takes place to-morrow afternoon, viz., All Comers v. The School. The match will be played on the new ground on the Whataupoko block. Master A. Rees Captains the team of the All Comers, whilst Master J. Haughey acts in the same capacity for the school. Both teams have been vigorously practising for the last two weeks, and a real good match is anticipated. It is to be hoped that there will be a good muster. There is great trouble with the Russian Jew refugees in New York, as they are stubborn, and refuse to assist themselves. The London “Times” thinks the address of the Canadian Parliament to the Queen in favor of Home Rule in Ireland amounts to a vote of censure on the Government, and is encouraging to its avowed enemies. A desperate attempt, which was fortunately unsuccessful, was made on the 28th of July to assassinate the Recorder of Dublin. A man named Fitzpatrick, whom the Recorder had nonsuited in an action, fired two shots at him in open Court. Great excitement was caused by the proceeding. Fitzpatrick was arrested. Owing to the low tide the Fire Brigade practice appointed for to-moiTow at 1.30 o’clock, has, we are requested to state, been indefinitely postponed. The annual meeting of the .Horticultural and Floricultural Society is to be held this evening. We sincerely trust that there will be a large attendance in order that the work, so well commenced, may be carried to a successful issue. The important land sale advertised by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) has been put of from Thursday the. Sth to Tuesday the 10th of October, and in addition an alteration has been made in the tendering for the freehold ridings of Waimata South, the terms of the leasehold having been increased from 7 to 14 years, renewable to 21. We would commend a Perusal of the corrected notice to our readers.

To-morrow afternoon the children are to receive a great treat in McFarlane’s Hall. Mr W. A. Price, Australia’s Great Wizard, announces that he will give his great drawing, room entertainment consisting of the latest feats of legerdemain and a number of most amusing and interesting tricks, Mr J. K. Scott, K.A.M., has been secured spacially as pianist, and will in addition to providing a number of selections give a celebrated 4 ‘ brush piano ” solo in which he is said to excell. We feel assured that a bumper house will be secured as it is notified that each child will receive a handsome present. Messrs A. R. Wyllie and T. Smith having purchased the number of horses they require for their overland trip to Auckland, have succeeded in making arrangements for driving on commission, horses owned by anyone desiring to sell in the Waikato market. It is almost needless to eulogise the members of this firm, as they are known to almost all in the Bay. Mr Wyllie is not only a judge of horses and of the treatment the animals should receive on a long journey, but has in addition travelled through the country on several previous occasions most successfully. Mr Smith through his connection with the survey department, must prove to be a most helpful partner, and to these gentlemen, and their assistants (who have been carefully selected) we can confidently recommend all who desire to dispose of their stock to entrust them to Messrs Wyllie and Smith.

Mr J. R. Hurrey advertises elsewhere for tenders for the carting from the Makauri Steam Saw Mill to Gisborne for a period of twelve months at per 100 feet. Tenders however are to be lodged with Messrs J. and A. Davis up to Monday evening the sth instant.

All who attended the Wesleyan Church last evening to listen to the lecture delivered by the Rev. J. J. Lewis entitled “ Rambles with a Knapsack,” thoroughly enjoyed the intellectual treat afforded. The choir sang one of Sankey and Moody’s hymns in excellent time and exhibiting an evident knowledge of the music. The Rev. Mr Hill occupied the chair, and in a few brief remarks introduced the lecturer. Mr Lewis then in a most scholarly manner and with elocutionary ability rarely heard in the Bay, described some of his wanderings through Europe. He commenced by giving a description of a tour he had made through Wales, and described his ascent of Mount .Snowden. His remarks gave so great a proof of his thorough knowledge of what he was describing that the gave the audience a foretaste of pleasures to come in the other portions of the lecture. After this the choir sang the anthem “Open Ye the Gates,” and Master Donald Ross with his beautifully clear voice followed by singing “ Good News from Home.” Mr Lewis next gave a description of the southern portion of France in which he had spent some of hfc school days. His description was most natural and vivid, and those present might, and no doubt some of them did, imagine they had been present. The choir then sang “Glory be to Qod.” The third portion of the lecture consisted pf q particularly well narrated account of a tour through the Con* tlnent, and in it Mr Lewis introduced several humorous stories—notably one whera Ijn confessed that female beauty had completely fascinated him on one occasion. The speaker concluded by reciting 44 I’m an Englishman,” but before doing so mentioned the various qualities of the Dutch, Germans, French, etc., and stated that after all England ami her people were to be most praised. The Rev. Mr MuAra. proposed a vote of thanks to the lecturer. He said there was only one thing he’d cavilled at in the address, ami that wwj the latter portion of it, He himself was * Scotchman, ami he trusted that the rev. ; lecturer included English, Trjah, am) Scotch i in his praise of England. The d|<dr then •: sang “Lift up thine eyes,” which concluded the programme. We are extremely pleased ; to learn that some time next year Mr Lewis will probably again visit us, and deliver an- | Other lecture.

A plergyman asserting in the most positive manner that society was rapidly gaining in morality, wiw asked to state the grounds of his belief, when he said, “ 1 have personal knowledge ot three boi-powcd umbrella.*! being rettihicd tu Midr nwuvu*. ‘