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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1194, 7 November 1882, Page 2

According to astronomical time the transit of the Planet Venus across the sun’s disc will take place on the evening of December, the 6th. But by ordinary, orclock and calendar, time it will take place on the morning of the 7th of December. The apparent difference is caused by the fact of the astronomical day commencing and ending at noon instead ot\ calendar days, at midnight. The AucklandAmerican party have already got their instruments in position. The sun will not rise on the morning of December 7th, until 4h. 4hn., a.m., when the planet will be some distance across the disc, the external or final contact of egress being at 7h. 48m. 175., a.m. The angle from the north point of egress being 114 deg. towards the west. As Sergeant Scully is taking a trip up the East Coast for purposes of duty we would request him to notice our remarks regarding Constable Irvin’s quarters, ostensibly called the police barracks, at Awanui, with a view to the provision of something better than a pig-barn for the use of the Constabulary located there. On .July 27th. a young man named Devine, who described himself as a newspaper reporter. gave himself up to the London city police, and confessed to having been concerned with others in attempting to blow up the Mansion House with dynamite in May last.—This is not like reporters in New Zealand. They never give up anything, in fact they won’t give up wearing ( Jarrett Bros’. Boots. —(Adv t).

In another column of our issue of to-night ' will bo seen a very elaborate picture ol Mr S. M. Wilson’s Albion Club Hotel. Mr Wilson, as we are informed, intends making 1 great alterations in his establishment. He I has now procured a number of vehicles from ' Australia, including a very handsome open • carriage, also a barouche on the newest and most approved principles. The stables attached to the hotel are in first-class order, I and the accommodation for horses is of the very best d escription. The cuisine is excelI lent, and Mr Wilson has splendid accommoi dation for travellers. There are two splendid • billiard-tables in the hotel. A conveyance ; runs to the wharf on the arrival and depar- ■ ture of every steamer. The breakfast is at eight o'clock a.m,, the lunch at one, and the f dinner at 6.30 p.m., We wish Mr Wilson I every success in his endeavor to promote the i advancement of hotel accommodation in the i Bay. | In connection with a speech made by Mr ' A. Graham, at Mr A. McDonald’s dinner re- | ccntly, we quote an extract from the “ Hawke’s Bay Herald —“ What was described as ‘ iced Australian mutton,’ was ! served out to the troops in Egypt. It was ' probably a portion of the Dunedin’s cargo, i as the British Government are known to have purchased a large quantity of that consignment. The soldiers appeared to appreciate their rations. The “ Times ” makes • the statement that the exportation of frozen ■ meat from New Zealand has proved so satis- | factory that several companies are in process of formation to develop the trade. ”