Poverty Bay Standard. Published Every Evening. GISBORNE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1882.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1186, 27 October 1882, Page 2

Poverty Bay Standard. Published Every Evening. GISBORNE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1882.

In this evening’s supplement will be found an interesting article entitled “ Australia Victrix.” Messrs. A. Graham and Co have now in stock some really excellent Australian Claret, .and which, as a summer beverage, cannot be i surpassed. It is pleasing to the palate, and ; almost a non-intoxicant. The opening match of the Poverty Bay Cricket Club will take place to-morrow afternoon at the Hapera Ground, commencing at 2:30 sharp. The match will be Married v. Single, in which the following players will take part:—Married : Messrs Rees, Nolan, Johnstone, Smith, Nash, Stott, Thelwall, Sunderland, Shelton, Reynolds, and Rev. J. Hill. Single: Messrs Day, Johnstone (2), Woodhead, Ferris, Rev. L. Hudson, Na«h, jun., Morgan J., Morgan F., Bull, Rees, jun., O’Meara, and Vennell. Any members who are desirous of playing, and whose names are not included in the above list, will be picked in on the ground A brake will leave the Albion Club Hotel at two o’clock sharp. Through the courtesy of Captain Andrews we have been favored with the following : — 1.35 p.m..—Watch barometor, bad weather approaching between S.W. and S. and East, glass further fall, and after 12hr. heavy rain and sea heavy on bar. Indications flooded rivers after 16 hours.

A sale of jewellery will take place at i Messrs Graham, Pitt and Bennett’s auction ’ mart, to-morrow, 28th instant, at 2 o’clock i this afternoon. There will be a number of 1 first-class English hunting gold and silver ; lever watches by Rotherham and Ehrhard, I together with diamond rings, gold alberta, lockets, brooches, etc. The goods can be seen at Mr D. Page’s Masonic Hotel. At 11 o’clock to-morrow, the same firm will hold an auction sale, without reserve, of 9000 feet of seasoned kauri timber, now lying in Cus-tom-house street. The tenders for a cottage for Mr E. F. Harris, about to be erected on the Kaiti Block, will close to-morrow at Mr W. L. Raes’ office at 10 a.m. Messrs Graham, Pitt and Bennett notify that they will hold a hors#* sale to-morrow, when they will submit a two-horse dray, built by Faulkner of Napier, in perfect condition, also one mowing machine, and a quantity of cart harness. The committee meeting of the Stewards of the Poverty Bay Agricultural Society will be held at the Masonic Hotel on Thursday next, Nov. 2nd, at 2.30 p.m,

Some people write to win a name, And others like to chatter As do parrots in a cage, and daily they grow fatter, But when the summer season nears, The fittest must survive. If your Boots are not of Garrett’s make, Yow don’t know you're alive.—(AnVT). Mails for Napier, per Southern Cross, will close to-morrow (Saturday) night,at 7 o'clock. In the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, before Matthew Price, Esq., there were no criminal cases fur hearing. The fol lowing civil eases were taken • —Nicholas and Co. v. Arapatu Mokni. On the application of Mr D. M Kuy, this case was enlarged to the 86th uf December next, us the defendant oauld not be found. F. E. Murray v. Norman. This was a claim for puddocking a horse belonging to defendant from the 3rd December, 1881, to 25th February, 1882, at the rate of 2d per week, £1 4s. The plaintiff proved his case, and the defendant, w o prevaricated ver}* much in the witness box, said that he did not owe the money, although he admitted that he had gone a few days ago to the plaintiff, and asked him to give « im (defendant) time to pay it. His Worship said he had no doubt as to the decision he a uuld give in this case. Even by his own admission the defendant owed the money, and had gone to re quest time to pay. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs.

It is advisable (says a contemporary) to warn persons who have been in the habit of stamping bank-notes for advertising purposes that this practice will not only render themselves liable to fine a of £5, but any person accepting the note is also liable. The effect of putting a stamp on a bank-note, therefore, will be to make it worthless. The Act under which this provision is brought into force is the Banks and Bankers Act Amendment, passed last session. The necessity for this law has become abundantly manifest lately by the extent to which notes have been defaced for advertising purposes. There was held last evening a committee meeting in connection with the forthcoming entertainment by the employes engaged upon the work at the Union Bank. A programme was arranged which will appear in Saturday’s issue, and it was arranged that the first rehearsal should take place on Monday evening at 7 o’clock, in Porter’s Hall. The entertainment is one which should attract a very large number of people, not alone for the merits of the performers, whose capabilities are well-known, but the object being for the benefit of the Hospital. At Messrs. Ratclifie and Co. ’s sale yesterday at Waerenga-a-hika, there was a fair sprinkling of buyers in attendance, but a poor display of stock, the number promised not having been yarded, owing to the show of the day before. Fat steers realised £B, and springing heifers, £6. No wool was offered, but sheepskins realised full prices from 2a 6d to 4s nd.

The bonnet-shops, says a London paper, are at present full of the greatest monstrosities in the way of hats and bonnets. Some made of vino trellis-work, others in coarse open straw, each trimmed according to the plant it is supposed to be made of —- grapes on the vine bonnet, and cornflowers on the straw one. They are not pretty, and a most senseless fashion, as they neither protect the head from sun, wind, rain nor dust. In last nights issue we stated that Mr Mcßretney was the winner of the shoeing prize at the Agricultural Show held on Wednesday last. Mr George Nairn, of Mr Jas. Brown's establishment, was the lucky recipient for light shoes, and Mr G. Scotter took first prize fur heavy shoes. Messrs. Warren and Thelwall leave to-day by the Arawata for the Rifle Contest, Wo can only express the hope uf many in the district, which is that they may return with some well earned trophies. A cheque, No. 93,342, drawn in favor of R. Goldsmith, for £l6, dated October 26th, 1882, by Mr L. Mclntosh, of Makaraka, has been lost. The public are cautioned against negotiating the same.

A New York gentleman was presented to the wife of a Western member of the House nf Representatives. She has been in Europe, and will never furget it. “Yes, ’’said she to the New Yorker, “ we spent a day in the picture stores in Florence. Ido just go crazy over pictures, for, you know, everybody up our way says I’m u splendid compon sewer of

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