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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1174, 13 October 1882, Page 2

We should like to see all those actions for libel regarding which rumors are being so industriously circulated. It takes one action for libel to give a paper an impetus ; two to increase its circulation and ads. in bad times, and three to make its fortune, tv' e don't want any half-measures ; we go straight for the fortune right off the reel. Holy wars I what a chance for a lawyer to make his name in defending the Standard. Shades of Coke and Cockburn I What a chance I! I Mr Alfred Buckland of Auckland announces an important sale, by auction, of stud animals on account of the Auckland Agricultural Company, on Saturday, the 11th day of November next, at noon, at Penrose. There are 120 pure bred bulls, and some superior yearling Clydesdales. Mails close for Napier per Southern Cross, to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon, at 3 p.m. The Minerva Quadrille Assembly in Parnell and Boylan’s Hall last evening, wound up with a ball which, through the courtesy of the Stewards, our reporter was permitted to view, The ladies assembled were tastefully dressed and presented a charming appearance, whilst the gentlemen had evidently paid attention to their toilet. There were about thirty-five couples present, and Mr Oatridge acted as Master of Ceremonies, and must be complimented upon the successful manner in which he performed the somewhat delicate but any rate difficult duties attached to the position. Mr Craig catered for the assemblage, and each and all were loud in their praises of the recherche supper provided. Last, out by no means the least, we must make special mention of the brilliant pianoforte music supplied by Mr J. T. Crawford. The affair was a grand success.

The following has appeared in the “ Waipawa Mail ” as an advertisement :—Notice. To the kind friends and neighbours who have persistently made attempts to burn me out—This is to give you notice that I have taken out a policy of insurance for my property, and that should a fire now take place, the less will not fall upo» me, but tk‘

: A correspondent of the “ Lyttelton Times ” I tells the following amusing mining story : — A man took a ton of quartz to a certain battery, for a trial crushing. On calling a few days after to ascertain the result, he i was informed by the manager that the yield i was only half an ounce in the ton. “ Great ' Scott,” he exclaimed, in the agony of his 1 disappointment, “ why 1 put two ounces of ‘ gold in myself I” We beg to remind our readers of the sales advertised by Messr. Carlaw Smith and Co., to be held to-morr w, consisting of household furniture, ptateware, &c. There will also be the usual horse sale, at which several choice hacks will be offered.

ri£gles in the “ Australasian” says The scarcity ot water in the neighborhood of Mount Browne was something extraordinary. This is partly illustrated by an hotel bill rendered and paid by a traveller in the vicinity of Tibooburra, where horse feed and labor were scarce, as well as water :— To 2lb peas eaten by horse, at 2s £0 4 0 To seven quarts water for horse, at 6d ... ... ... ... 0 3 6' To cleaning up kitchen after said horse ... ... ... •• • 100 To soap for Mary’s hands after same 0 2 6 As a tavern bill this is almost as unique as ' Falstaff’s. ' As a shepherd in the Dhue of Glengyle, near Callender, was recently casting peats in a peat moss on that farm he came on a wooden box a foot and a half below the surface. Upon opening the box he found three guns and two swords. One of the swords is four feet long. The find is supposed to be a relic of “the bold outlaw, Rob Roy McGregor. ■ A singular case of drowning occurred off j Southsea Beach. A number of men belong- | ing to the Gordon Highlanders, went out for | a swim, and it was generally understood by them that they had all come ashore and | dressed ; but when they started to leave the '■ beach a man’s kit without an owner was duj covered. The kit bore the name of Private i Finlay.

A Home paper says a very unusual occurrence was witnessed the other day at Charlton, a wild rabbit suddenly appearing in the public streets, hotly pursued by a couple of large rats. The chase was continued as far as the bottom of the road, where the rabbit made a sudden dart and entered a stableyard at the back of a public-house. The rats did not attempt to follow it here, but gas-e up pursuit, seeking refuge in the basement of a house on the opposite side of the road.

The last of the series of the Quadrille Assemblies will be held in Parnell and Boylan’s Hall this evening. Thero will doubtless be a large number of ladies and gentlemen present on this the last of these popular gatherings.

In what part of the colony were the estates of “the New Zealand Land Company " situated 1 It appears that the company was floated in Loudon in 1880. “An agreement," says the “Home News," “was entered into for the acquisition of a large tract of land, but upon one of the directors going out to inspect it he discovered that it consisted to a very large extent of swamp and impenetrable bush, and was totally useless for the purposes of colonisation. A petition was presented by a shareholder in the Court of Chancery to have the companywound up. After the presentation of the petition a resolution was passed for the voluntary winding-up of the company. Mr C. H. Palmer, for the petitioner, at a sitting of the Bankruptcy Court, asked that the voluntary winding-up might be continued under the supervision of the Court* Mr Justice Kay made the usual order.” Mr Justice Kay decided a case, in which the question involved was whether the infant son of the late Mr Robert Addison Clarke should be brought up as a Protestant or a Roman Catholic. The father of the child was a Protestant and the mother a Catholic. There was a pre-nuptial arrangement as to the faith in which the children should be brought up. Mr Justice Kay, having regard to the peculiar circumstances, directed that the boy should remain in the custody of his mother, and be brought up and educated as a Roman Catholic ; the mother to be allowed eight hundred pounds a year out of the two thousand a year to which the infant was entitled for maintenance.

In a civil case this morning, before Matthew Price, Esq., in which Nicolas and Co. were plaintiffs, and a Native, Hirini Taiahuahu, was defendant, the defendant was sued for £2B 9s lid, being balance of an account for £35 9s lid, the plaintiffs giving the defendant credit for two items, one of £4 cash, and the other £3 for grass seed. The defendant confessed judgment in the office of the Court the day previous to the hearing of the case for the amount claimed, with costs of Court, less £3 Is 4d which he disputed, and notice of such confession was duly served upon the plain'dffs at Te Aral. This morning, before the case was called on, the plaintiffs were asked whether they were going to fight the £3 Is 4d, and the receipts were shown to them. They replied “ Yes,” and the case in due course was heard, but Miss Nicolas, one of the plaintiffs, failed altogether to prove any sum due beyond the amount for which judgment was confessed. Thereupon Mr Robinson, who appeared for the defendant, applied for costs, maintaining that a “ confession ” of “ part ”of a claim, so far as the costs of the hearing of a claim was concerned, was the same as a payment into Court of a part of a claim. The Resident Magistrate, however, pooh-poohed the application, and refused it, although he made the plaintiffs bear the costs of the hearing-fee. Now this appears to us a rather strange proceeding, and we fail to see that it is either founded on justice or law. Surely if the plaintiffs failed to prove more than the amount for which judgment was confessed, and they were accordingly made by the Court to bear the expense of the hearing fee, they should likewise have been compelled to bear the expense of the counsel’s. We call attention to the above, as it is rather a peculiar case.

Captain Ferris, who has just arrived from the Rotokautuku Oil Springs, has just arrived in town, and brings information that over 400 gallons of oil has been stored, and that a large quantity is being secured each day. Tliu is decidedly encouraging.

For some time past there has bean a great outcry about the scarcity of firewood, but this need no longer exist, as Messrs Kennedy and Bennett have secured some 400 cords of really first-class wood. They have now in their yards about 100 cords, and have also over 200 cords in McDougall’s bush already cut, so that for some time thero will be a good supply. The first shipment of wool thia season WM put on board the Wairarapa to-day by Mr SkilUcorn—the 40 bales having been dumped by Messrs Kennedy and Bennett, at the wharf shed. We sincerely trust that we shall have shortly to record several similar shipments. Mr P. H. Bourke notifies elsewhere that he has received a telegram to the effect that th- cattle advertised for sale by him cannot possibly reach Gisborne by the date advertised, and he has consequently postponed the date of sale until the 23rd of October.

A small quantity of Llama wool was shipped to day from Mr J. B. Poynter’s Bushmere Estate. As this is altogether a novelty wo basis |g«cli (loaeurl in CUsfuM.

The two valuable setter dogs, for which Mr Keefer has been advertising, have come home again. Where they have been is a mystery Mr Keefer would very much like to solve, as the person detaining them would discover there is such a tiling as law in Poverty Bay, notwithstanding what is said of us outside the district. It is evident that they had been taken some distance away, as when they returned they were thoroughly baked.

* There was a full attendance at the Vestry meeting of the Church of England at the School-room lust evening. Various accounts were passed, and several other matters relative to the welfare of the Chinch were considered. It was considered that Sunday, the 28th of November next, would be a suitable day on which to hold “ Hospital Sunday Services,” but the question was left an open one for the present until the clergymen of other denominations had been consulted on the subject, so that one day be set apart for all the Churches. In a bigamy case tried at South Molton, England, Michael Allen, cutler, pleaded that his secund wife when she married him knew that he was a married man. The first wife was convicted of felony, and otherwise led him an unhappy life, so he sold her for five shillings to a man with whom she lived for many years. This was in 1851. He had never seen her since, The sale agreement was duly drawn up, witnessed by her father and mother, and he thought it absolved him ; but he did not marry again till last year. He was committed for trial, A daring attempt has been made to kidnap the won, aged seven, of the rector of Horfield, the- Hex. !•’. Bingham, while playing in a hay-lkdd. A :««:•», uho looked like a gipsy, covered i:.<- bey’s mouth with hay and

dragged him to the hedge, where he had a horse v..ii'.in;L The boy struggled so violently that th'.- man could not carry him off. Ho tia -.j" »re tied iiim to the fence with a rope so tightly that the rope had to be cut by the servant uho were brought to the rescue by his S.TvaiuS. In the “ Leader,’’ u Atticus ” writes :—

“ Be.’J.iy iiKil truly, Victoria will have to take sseond place. We are doing our best under Sir Bryan O'Loglilen and Mr Bent, but the supporters of Sir Henry Parises still leave ua far behind. A leading Sydney solicitor in the public court has given it as his opinion that a certain deceased squatter could not have been in his right mind at the time when he made his will, because he gave no power to his trustees to arrange for the dummying of his rune. This solicitor declared on his oath that he had never seen a squatter’s will drawn in this way. He said further that, 1 in ell the wills he had ever drawn ’ for squatters, he never knew a clause omitted providing for dummying."