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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1231, 22 December 1882, Page 2

tS’ Monday and Tuesday next being re- ; spectively Christmas Day and Boxing Day, , the staff of the Standard are going to take j a holiday, and after to-morrow this paper ! will not be issued until Wednesday. ; The Waerenga-a-hika Hotel has underI gone, and is still undergoing very extensive . repairs. The proprietor, Mr William ' Cooper, finding that the demand for accom- ; modation was greater than he could supply, | has made large additions to the establishj ment, and is hastening on the completion of I them in order to get them finished by the end of this week. A billiard room is also shortly to be attached to the hotel, which will doubtless prove an attraction to the lover sof the board of green cloth. Mr Mr Cooper contemplates adding a second story to the building before the winter sets in, in order to meet the increasing requirements of public convenience. An important alteration has been made in the rules of the Resident Magistrate’s Courts throughout the Colony. Under former rules no successive judgment summons could be issued, and consequently if the plaintiff failed to prove that the defendant was in a position to pay,the summons stood adjourned, as otherwise the plaintiff would be without a remedy. This is now altered, the rule to that effect having ceased to exist after the 31st October. The plaintiff can now, even if a judgment summons is dismissed, again proceed with the case provided he has obtained fresh evidence in the interim. Mrs A. M. Browne will open her 6d., Is., 25., and 2s. 6d. tables to-morrow afternoon, and will continue to hold the same during the season. For variety, beauty, and cheapness these goods cannot be surpassed. To-morrow, at 11 o’clock, will commence the absolute sale by auction of the whole of the lots which were to be drawn for in prizes in the Poverty Bay Art Union. Such a variety of beautiful goods have never before been offered for sale in Gisborne at one time. There were no criminal cases for hearing at the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning. The civil cases were Warren v. Thomas Wright, £2 ss, for rates ; Warren v. Noko White. £6, for rates ; and Warren v. Norton, £lO 15s, for rates. Judgment in each of these cases went by default. Mr I. C. Taylor, saddler, of Peel street, has just turned out a first-class set of buggy harness to the order of the Ven. Archdeacon Williams. It is all hand sown, is silver mounted, and has the additional merit of having been made on the premises. We have on previous occasions mentioned Mr Taylor's excellent workmanship, but we think on this occasion he has surpassed all previous efforts.

This evening, at 8 o’clock, Mr Neville Thornton, the enterprising scenic artist* will put his little troupe through a dress rehearsal of Aladdin, in Parnell and Boylan’a Hall. Mr Thornton has gone to no small trouble and expense over the production of this burlesque, and the proficiency of the troupe give ample evidence of the painstaking cafe that has been taken in drilling them. The dresses are numerous and handsome a,nd tastily suitable to the burlesque. The scenery we need not speak about, for knows Mr Thornton could not paw*t a duffer if he tried. The burlesque should command a crowded audience on Boxing night, and we would remind our readers t nat there are yet seats disengaged. A few Judies and gentlemen have been specially in* /Red to witness the dress rehearsal this evening, otherwise it is strictly private. Mrs Morgan -Morris presented a prize for “ the most per boy in the school, yesterday. It was accorded to Arthur Brown, a young half«c r ASte lid. This is by no means an insignificant, fact among a large school community. There vy a? a shock of earthquake distinctly felt this rj .orning at about half-past 1 o’clock. Mr A . Peters will give on New Year’s Day at the sports at Kaiteratahi a Winchester rifle to be competed for. This is really a valuable prize, as the rifle can be loade d with sixteen shots, all of which can be r ,red without the weapon being taken fror q the shoulder. Some of our sportsmen il doubtless try hard to secure this prize. The “ Wairoa Guardian” in a recent issue fell into an error which, we feel sure, it will hasten to correct. Read’s Trustee’s did not purchase R. Cooper’s oromissory note for £5OO from Allan McDonald, as stated, but from Malcolm McDonald. Mails for Napier and South, per Rotorua, will close to-morrow (Saturday) evening at 7 p.m. Some days ago a brass hand-pump was taken out of the garden in the rear of Capt. Kerr’s house. He would be glad if any one hearing of, or seeing such, an article about, would give information to the police, or to himself, at the office of this paper. or to Mr Ledger, Childers-street. Mr Patrick Bluett of piscatorial fame had a very large and varied description of fresh fish on sale in the Borough to-day. The fish in question included Herrings, Mokai, Soles, and others of the finny tribe too numerous to particularise. We hope Mr Bluett, having stepped into Mr Charles Sawyer’s shoes, will meet with the reward he deserves, because he now offers some first-class fish for a very moderate sum. The Rev. Mr Hill, in addressing the school children yesterday when referring to idleness, caused some amusement by mentioning that there was one boy in the school, whom all knew, who was never out of trouble. He was smart, and finished his work before the others were half-way through. The consequence was, that having nothing to do, he was constantly in mischief The boy was pointed out to our reporter, and as he sat gazing at Mr Hill, he was trying to put on a most innocent face, although from the twinkle of his eye it could be seen he knew who was meant.