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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1179, 19 October 1882, Page 2

The U.S.S Co.’s Rotorua will not arrive here on Friday as expected. She leaves Auckland at noon to-morrow, and therefore may be expected here on Saturday afternoon leaving the same day for Napier and Southern ports. A divorce case, in which well-known citizens are concerned, is said to be on the tapis in Christchurch. In regard to a cure for cold in the head a correspondent lately wrote to the Christchurch “ Press” as follows :—“Sir, —lt may be of great benefit to your readers to know that in the case of catarrh, or cold in the head, strong common vinegar applied to the nostrils by bathing them with a rag dipped in the vinegar, and at the same time sniffing fumes of it up into the head, effects a complete stoppage of the cold, and hardens against future liability to take cold.” A meeting of the members of the Fire Brigade was held last evening. There was a very small attendance. The engine worked well, and the practice was a most satisfactory one. It is a pity that more attention is not paid to the practice, and we regretted to see so few of the company present to take part in the drill. A preliminary meeting of gentlemen interested in the forthcoming concert on the 9th Nov., in aid of the Hospital funds, by the employes engaged upon the Union Bank premises, was held in the Masonic Hotel last evening, Mr Chrisp in the chair, Mr H. McKay was elected Secretary. A skeleton programme was submitted, and from the names of those who were mentioned as being likely to take part, a grand succes may be safely predicted. Madame Stewart, and other local singers had, it was stated, consented to render assistance, and as Mr E. O’Hare and Mr F. Findlay are Auckland amateurs of recognised talent there will be no doubt, a bumper house. The following gentlemen were elected as a managing committee:—Messrs Chrisp, Jas. McConnichie, J. G. Henderson, E. O r Hare, F. Finlay, Jno. McConnichie, E. K. Brown, and H. McKay. The next meeting will be held this night week, when the programme will be definitely decided upon.

Mr D. M. Orr advertises that he has for sale a good supply of Newcastle and Buy of Island coal, also a quantity of firewood to be sold by the cord or cut up as required by purchasers. We desire to call attention to an addition in the prospectus of the Champion Copper Lode Company of Nelson. Some resolutions were passed on the sth of October, at a meeting of the Provisional Directors of the Company, which are very material, and appear in this evening’s issue of our paper. We would recommend our readers to carefully peruse the prospectus as now placed before them. We are informed that up to the present time Mr H. E. Johnston, the Agent for the Company in Gisborne has met with the very greatest success, and feels confident that he has struck a

Messrs Graham, Pitt and Bennett, in our advertising columns, announce that they will sell by public auction on Saturday, the 21st instant, at 2 p.m., a valuable allotment in Gladstone Road. After the sale of the section a large quantity of drapery will be disposed of. Our worthy member in the General Assembly, Mr Allan McDonald, will address his constituents at 8 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 23rd instant, at Messrs Parnell and Boylan’s Hall. From what we have gleaned from Hansard and various parliamentary records we have no doubt that Mr Alan McDonald will be enabled to give his constituents an excellent account of his stewardship, and consequently it is confidently expected that Mr McDonald’s actions will be thoroughly endorsed by his constituents, and that a hearty vote of confidence will be the result arrived at by the meeting. Poisoning from the tutu berry is not unknown in Poverty Bay although it has occasionally occurred. The day before yesterday Mr R. White, who presides over the accommodation house on the Wairoa road lost a valuable bull through its having eaten tutu. It would be well for runholders to endeavor to eradicate this most poisonous growth. The following notice, eminently characteristic of the bridegroom, has appeared in the Christchurch morning papers under the heading of “Marriage”:—“Hall—Gray.— John L. Hall led to the altar Jessie Grey. No cards, no cake ; much joy on the 3rd October. Australian papers please copy.” A boy’, aged about seven years, named Ernest Shirley, whilst playing leap frog in the Government school playground this forenoon, had his right leg broken just above the ankle. He was removed to Mr Morgan’s residence where the leg was set by Dr. Pollen, and the little sufferer was removed to his father's residence. At Christchurch recently Inspector Broham took leave of the police in a farewell address to the men of parade. He has been here for six years, and goes to Timaru, Inspector i Pender exchanging with him. Le Mouiteur de la Nounelle Caledonie records a tragedy perpetrated at the Penitentiary. The governor of the establishment, M. Cohen, employed a “ confidential convict” in his office as secretary, but his confidence was sadly misplaced, for, taking advantage of Governor Cohen’s absence recently, the convict entered his residence, and fired a revolver at Mdlle. Jeanne Cohen, his daughter. The ball entered her breast and inflicted in--1’ uries which may terminate fatally. M. oseph Cohen and Mdlle. Honoriue Cohen, the Governor’s son and daughter, who happened to be on the premises, rushed simultaneously to the aid of their sister, and shot the would-be assassin dead on the spot. Things appear to be looking up in the Standard Office. One of our printer’s imps, connected with his Satanic Majesty, now boasts of having a gold chain and a silver watch, which he took great care to display this afternoon as he strutted along the Gladstone Road to deliver messages and take in copy. Russia is pressing strongly for reforms in Armenia. Two arrests have been made of persons suspected of being Concerned in the Mount- ; Morri* murder. 1