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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1241, 6 January 1883, Page 3

Meurs Gtahun, Pitt and Heniwtt announce in our advertising columns that they will hold a sale of woo! and shcepakine at Makaraka, on Wedneskay, 10th instant, at noon. They will offer 14 bales of wool and several bales of sheepskins. On Thursday throughout the day and the greater part of the night a splendid rain visited Gisborne; and although some of the knowing ones predicted a flood, the event, fortunately, did not come off. Those of our citisens whose water tanks were v»rj lbw Indeed thanked Jupiter Pluvius for his bountiful shower, and tneir hearts rejoiced. Yesterday was quite the opposite extreme so far tat She weather wa concerned. It was almost hot enough to boil an egg in the bottle of water on our editorial table. George Belcher, the well-knoWn bookmaker. wanted to land from the Wairarapa yesterday, but owing to the boat used being Overcrowded, he was refused a passage. The layer bf Odds said if he could iot get ashore by the boat, he would take £lOO to a sovereign that be could swiin the distance. Whether it was that the hundreds were scarce, or that those on board did not doubt George’s ability to accomplish the feat, the offer was not accepted. Messrs. Graham, Pitt, and Bennett will hold a battle sale at Waerenga-a-hika on Tuesday, the 9th instant, at two o’clock in the afternoon, when they will offer a small mob of mixed cattle, tie would also call | attention to the alteration in the dates for ■ holding Messrs. Graham, Pitt, and Bennett’s ' sales at Waerenga-a-hika and Makaraka. Ma Neville Thornton’s Juvenile Company performed in the burlesque of “Aladdin,” at Messrs. Parnell and Boylan’s Ball this afternoon. There was not a very numerous attendance, owing doubtlesss to the rain. There could have been no other reason assigned, because the prices were at million rates, and those youngsters who took advantage of witnessing the performance were evidently thoroughly satisfied, and appeared to enjoy themselves immensely. We regret that Mr Thornton had such a bad house, but he deserves every credit for having carried out his programme in its entirety. Mr Dougherty, who started from Gisborne to the Thames overland, has just returned, and reports that the road is not only dangerous but thoroughly impracticable for cattle droving. Between Gisborne and the Motu the road is fairly good, but after that it requires immediate attention. Mr Dougherty had a narrow escape as he and his hone wont down about 200 feet. Fortunately be got hold of a tree, but his horse rolled to the bottom, and was consequently injured so severely that he had to be left where had landed. Mr Dougherty, after , considerable labor, managed to get once more on the track, and proceeded on his way on foot. The Government should certainly do something to render the Gis-borne-Opotiki road safe for travellers. “One of the Staff” of the Yellow Ribbon Army writes to a London paper to explain its programme— ** moderate drinking,” and Invites rto readers to carry on “this great work for the defence of our liberty and existence.” The great work is the the defence of England against the United forces of General Booth, the United Kingdom Alliance, the Blue Ribbon Army, the Band of Bops, and others, who, according to “One of the Staff,” are about to Boycott all who believe they have a right to drink what they please. This impending national disaster has aroused one General Ricks to be the i saviour of society, and all moderate drinkers are requested to adopt at once the yellow ribbon, which can be worn inside or outside the coat collar. What with the army, the volunteers, the Salvation Army, the Blue Ribbon Army, the Green Ribbon Army, and the Yellow Ribbon Army, England runs a risk of becoming the most military nation on the face of the globe.

What odd names some mortals are blessed With ! A family in Michigan actualy named their first child Finis, supposed that it was their last, but they afterwards happened to have a daughter and two sons, whom they called Addenda, Appendix, and Supplement. A man in Pennsylvania called his son James Also, and bis third William Likewise.