Poverty Bay Standard. Published Every Evening. GISBORNE : THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1882. I

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1161, 28 September 1882, Page 2

Poverty Bay Standard. Published Every Evening. GISBORNE : THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1882. I

“ Beware of the widows.’’ Ha ! ha I ha I j Rowing men should remember that the I annual meeting of the Gisborne Rowing , Club is to be held at the Masonic Hotel on j Saturday evening next. “ (H)alFs well that ends well," and instead i of having gone behind, as previously an- ■ nounced, Mr Hall has come to the irone. I His new premises having been completed, and shipments of saddlery having arrived, he now advertises that he is prepared to I supply the best quality of goods, and de- i ties competition. We would remind volunteers that the | monthly inspection and parade takes place I to-night, when we hope to see a good muster. : One day, at the table of the late Mr Pease (Dean of Ely), just as the cloth was being removed, the subject of discourse happened to be that of an extraordinary mortality i amongst the lawyers. “We have lost,” said a gentleman, “ not less than six emi- : nent barristers in as many months.” The ■ dean, who was quite deaf, rose as his friend finished his remarks, and gave the company ' grace—“ For this and every other mercy, I the Lord's holy name be praised.” Cricketers are reminded that the annual ; meeting of the Poverty Bay Cricket Club is to held this evening at the Masonic Hotel. They should, one and all, stir their stumps, and keep the rolling, so that they can 6-r/ter away during the coming season. The first annual ball in connection with the Ormond Quadrille Assembly is to take place I to-morrow night in Bruce's Hall. It is antici. pated that there will be a large attendance, and as excellent arrangements have been made, a most enjoyable evening is certain to ensue.

There will be a meeting of the Joint Committee of Congress on the 15th of November to enquire into the causes why the building of iron, steel, and wooden ships cannot be done as well in the United States as in Scotland. England, and other countries.

' Little Billy Humphreys, who has been i lately usurping the proud position of Charley ■ Sawyer, and trundles his barrow about in a - manner equal to that of his predecessor, was , asked how it was he was enabled to keep I going all day without tiring- “Easy as fal- ! ling off a log,” said Billy. “ I buy my boots , at Garrett’s.” —(Advt).

j Capt. Ferris, of the firm of Messrs Wm. j Ratcliffe and Co., has been gazetted an auctioneer. We are glad to notice the spirit J and enterprise of this firm, and when their new premises are erected, we feel assured, I they will be liberally patronised. j Says the Echo :—“ When the Grey Minisi try left office the total debt of New Zealand was £23,22.3,311. After three years of Atkinsonian finance it is £29,945,711. It is a good thing to have an economical adminis- • tration in power, is it not ?”

1 One of the drollest cricket collapses of the season has been the defeat of Shaw’s Eleven by a suburban team at Glasgow. Shaw’s team —the one that lately visited New Zealand—was all put out for a score of 26, seven . of the finest professional batsmen in England j being out for 16 runs between them. i There was a fair muster of the Fire Brigade . last evening for practice. The Brigade used I the manual engine, and they were successful ! in throwing water right over Parnell and ; Boylan’s Hall. This shows that the small j engine is not so utterly useless, as it was supI posed to be. The steam fire engine was not used last evening for the reason we stated in j our issue of the 23rd in st., viz., the insuffi- , cient supply of hose provided for the pumping purposes. The Brigade are to be congratulated 1 on the manner in which they worked last evening, and it is quite evident that the little engine is capable of doing some good work : yet.

The attendance at the funeral of Mr Meldnun, who died yesterday morning, was very large, nearly all the old residents of the Bay attending. The cortege, extended a considerable length, and it was evident that one and all in attendance regretted deeply the loss of our old and esteemed fellow townsman. We were somewhat premature in announcing yesterday the sale of Messrs Clark and Dobbie’s run, as wc have since learned that the negotiations had not been completed, and in fact had fallen through. The following little narrative was told us this morning. A gentleman with a family of daughters had last evening a young lady visitor. ?.t the tea-table there was a great talk made about the comet, and the bevy of beauties each and all desired to witness the sight. One of them succeeded in getting a promise from piter favail las that he would arouse them in the morning before the sun was up so that they mighi obtain a view of the illustrious stranger. The father of the young la-lies and host of the guest in due time went to his bud ami slept. About two hours after something caused him to awake, and, remembering his promise, he cried out

‘‘Come along, girls ; let us have a look at , the comet.” Now the comet isn’t fool enough I to turn out at midnight, although it is an ' early riser—in fact, gets up just" before the ! sun. However, the young ladies rushed out i in a bunch, but nothing could be seen in the ’ sky but clouds and a few stray stars. The • parent, knowing that the comet did not i appear until after four o'clock, made enquiry as to the time, and, finding he had awakened ' four hours too soon, expressed his sorrow, and the young ladies returned to beds, sor- I rowful for their disappointment and shivering I with cold. We have been favored by C. A. DeLau- ! tour, Esq., with the following cir- ! cv.lar in connection with the New Zealand ' Native Land Company, Limited :—“ Gis- I borne, 28th Sept., 1882.—Sir.—I beg to in- ' timate that it being very generally desired 1 by the Company's shareholders, and others i who propose to visit Gisborne when the first . land sale is held, that the Government sale, of lands in the Waimata Blocks, contiguous ' to, those to be offered by the Company, should take place on the same date, the Directors have consented to postpone the date of sale ! already announced, to the 28th of November. | The Government will, if possible, meet the j wishes of the Company in this respect. A I perusal of the annexed advertisement will j «h°w that the alteration in the proposed date of sale has enabled the Company to place , further properties upon the market, and to I make it optional to tenderers for the Wai- I muta Blocks to either tender for purchase or 1 lease. A satisfactory agreement having been I made with Mr Percival Barker, under which I the Company acquires the valuable “ Wha- ’ taupoko property, adjoining Gisborne, con- i sisting of over 12,000 acres, it is hoped that i 1000 acres of valuable Ivel land (part being | within the township, and the whole within , three miles of the Gisborne Pest Office), may I be available for sale. Tt is desired to take ' ti.i • opportunity to remind you that no ! : ;>d will be offered for sale or lease which the ' ■; . : : n ■:,» io g. - tude£st. •_ r,.y ’ fct-wc fa. ■ijwial fa. ilitins to truveliw-s atfandiug’till: '