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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1241, 8 January 1883, Page 2

A very important sale of stock is announced by Messrs Graham, Pitt and Bennett, to take place at Lavenham on Tuesday, the. 30th inst. They have been instructed by G. L. Sunderland, Esq., to sell at Lavenham, by public auction, 100 head of cattle, a bull (winner of the Champion Prize), 900 long wool breeding l5O fat sheep, 19 rams from Messrs May and Jackson’s flocks, 2 heavy draught ma,res stinted to Dugdale, and a lot of useful horses.

We (Adelaide Observer) are informed that the wife of Mr Thomas, dairyman, of the Grange Estate, was, on Monday night, Oct., 30th, safely delivered of five children-—four girls and one boy. Shortly after birth three of the girls and the boy died, leaving one girl still living, with a reasonable prospect of continuing to do so. The children were all perfectly formed and weighed probably about two pounds eaeh- Dr. Magarey was in attendance, and Mrs Thomas is progressing favorably, We have authenticated the information and can vouch for its accuracy. Says the Napier “ Daily Telegraph “ A member of the Napier Borough Council who lately returned from a visit to Gisborne gives an amusing account of the proceedings of the Town Council there on the occasion when he looked in for the purpose of taking a lesson in municipal matters. The Mayor sat at the end of a long table, the Town Clerk at the other end, and on either side were ranged the ‘ City Fathers.’ The audience consisted of a few contractors and the visitor from Napier. The Mayor had a pipe in his mouth, so nad the Town Clerk, and most of the Councillors were also smoking. The audience likewise smoked, and kindly took part in the proceedings to enable the Council to arrive at a right decision. ” This is as others see ns. Some of the Napier people, as well as the “ Daily Telegraph,” are only too ready to cast slurs upon Gisborne. No doubt they are jealous that a young township is making such rapid strides, and gradually growing into an importance Napier can never hope to attain.

This should be a big idea for a Borough Councillor. In some of the Southern cities it is suggested that the shop verandahs should be supported from above, not from below, and so the pavements be left clear and unobstructed for foot traffic. It is held if this rule were enforced, the Government would then be compelled to carry the telegraph and telephone wires underground and thus get rid of one cause of unsightliness and obstruction. The Branding Act came into force on Monday last. Under its provisions all brands hitherto been deemed as registered under any provincial district law shall, for the purposes of the Act, be deemed to have been registered thereunder, and such registration shall continue in force for two years from the commencement of the Act. All sheep over the age of four months must be registered in the form provided by the Aet, and neglect of this regulation renders owners liable to a fine of £lO. The maximum penalty for using another person’s brand is £5O, and £lOO for branding animals without authoity, or for defacing registered marks. We have to acknowledge the receipt of No. 6, vol. 2, of the New Zealand Schoolmaster, for the month of January. It is published in Napier, and contains a number of most useful articles on various subjects, and we recommend a perusal of it to the inhabitants of Gisborne.

The Union S. S. Co. is rapidly extending its business, and we learn that the new steamer Hauroto, although she will be principally employed between New Zealand and Sydney, will make occasional trips to China, the new vessel is said to possess a combination of the merits of the Te Anau and Wakatipu, and will no doubt become a very popular boat. At Waerenga-a-hika to-morrow, Messrs. Graham, Pitt and Bennett, will sell at the usual hour, a mob of mixed cattle, as announced elsewhere.

At the weekly meeting of the Gisborne Chess Club to-morrow evening, Tuesday the 9th of January, a motion will be brought forward to extend the time for the tourna ment to the 31st January, owing to the break which has been occasioned by the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

Prior to the departure of Win. Clarke, Esq, for Sandhurst, whose temporary absence from Gisborne is rendered necessary by the continued illness of his wife, his friends have determined to invite him to a complimentary banquet, which is to take place on Thursday night next, at the Masonic Hotel. The compliment is one which has been well earned, as it is mainly through his untiring energy that the oil spring industry has received so great an impetus, and we feel assured that a large number of his friends will on the occasion make an effort to be present. We want gentlemen such as Mr Clarke in our midst to impart a vigor to our business, and a little less “ taihoa.”

The photographs of the several children comprising the Juvenile Opera Bouffe Company, which will open here on Saturday, 20th January, attracted considerable attention, and knots of people were congregated at the corner of the Alasonic Hotel, gazing at them during the day.