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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1253, 22 January 1883, Page 2

. Mr Kenny applied to the Court to know I when the Civil business would be taken, i He asked His Honor if he could take it tomorrow, as there were several witnesses who had just arrived in town, and no time had been allowed counsel to have an interview with them. His Honor granted the request and said he would take the civil business to morrow.

It is somewhat singular that although there was a full bar present this morning, on the occasion of His Honor Judge Smith’s first appearance in the District Court at GisI borne, there was no address of welcome pre- • sented to him by the gentlemen of the long ; robe.

A Juror, named J. Brown, was excised at the District Court this morning, on account of deafness.

1 The prisoner Pita tc Rua challenged three of the Jurors called for his trial at the DisJ trict Court this morning, and the Crown challenged one. The cases disposed of at the District Court to-day, before Judge Smith, were against two Natives, one for indecent assault, and the other for assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Both prisoners were sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with hard labor in the Napier gaol.

The Civil cases in the District Court, which are set down for hearing to-morrow morning, as as follows : —Brown v. McQuirries, claim £200; Mullooly v. Jury, claim, £165 2s 6d ; Mullooly v. Paki te Anaru, claim, £199 4s ; Joyce v. Graham and Kinross, claim, £139 ss; Mullooly v, Wilson, claim of detinue, 1’25. In the bankruptcy proceedings to take place at the sitting of this Court, an application will be made on behidf of Mr C. D. Berry for an order of discharge, and a creditor’s petition will be considered in the case of Milner v. R. Cooper. The Court will sit at the R.M.’s Court-house at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

On Friday evening next there is to be held st the Masonrc Hotel a meeting of the Gisborne Rowing Club. As the business is important we hope that members will muster well.

The annual meeting of the householders in this district will be held at half past sev« n o’clock this evening at the school house Gisborne, for the purpose of electing a committee for the ensuing year.

Our Waiapu correspondent, under date January 17th writes : —“ Mr John Brooking of the Land Purchase Department returned from Te Kawa Kawa to-day having satisfactorily settled for the Government Survey of the long and severely contested block Puke* rangiora, situated at. Waiapu. It will be re membered that, the surrey of this block was formerly stopped bv an arm -d party of nat ires Now however Major Ropata, and other chiefs energetically seconding Mr Brooking, the boundaries have been settled, and everything amicably put in train for the Survey, which will bo curried out at an early date. The great Archibald Forbes, the soldier journalist, will let.ure hereon Monday evening next in Messrs Parnell and Boylan’s Hdl. Full particulars will appear in our issue of Wednesday, and to-morrow we purpose giving a resume of his career.

A six pound armstrong gun, with carriage, arrived here by the steamer from the south yesterday morning, to be used during the coming prize firing. It is not improbable that should the local volunteer corps re-con-aider their decision as to disbanding, it maybe handed over to it. Mr E. Matthews of Roebuck Road, advertises that he has on hire a number of saddle horses.

With the present issue of the Standard winds up another quarter. We sincerely thank all who have patronised us so liberally <luring the past three months, and can only hope that they will during the ensuing term continue to give us a fair share of their favors. Our accounts will be eut shortly, and we hope that people will act up to the good old adage “ Always pay the printer.’’

Dr. G. W. Septimus Breese, Ph, D., F.C.S., whose demise was recently an- ; nonneed in our obituary column, was the founder and senior partner of the wellknown London firm of Piesse and Lubin, per- * fumery manufacturers. As the na me Septimus indicates he was the seventh son of tne Ute C. A. J, Piesse, of the War Ofi3.ce, and by profession he was an analytical uhemist, and having studied under the Ute Professor Graham, his was a calling which is now successfully practised by one of hie sons in the metropolis of England, Dr Piesse, however, turned his attention te» floriculture on an extensive scale, and the wholesale manufacture of perfumery with the result that the articles bearing the name of his firm are tn be obtained in almost every habitable part of the Globe, so wall*known and in such esteem are they held. Thto exten* tensive lavender fields at Mitcham, Surrey, are owned by the firm there still, they beiug the largest in England, while their consumption of rose, orange, violet, jasmine, and other scent-yielding flowers necessitates the cultivation of large tracts of land in the South of France, where the subject of this memoir had a comfortable villa to which to fly during the inclement seasons of the old country. Dr Piesse was an indefatigable j worker, devoting nearly the whole of his ; spare time till very recently to literary comI position. He was the author of “The Art I of Perfumery,” a work which stands alone I in its class; “ The Laboratory of Chemical ■ Wonders“ Natural Chemical and Phyi sical Magic ;” “Twenty Letters to Young I Farmers,” Ac. The first named met with | such marked success that two reprints of it 1 were issued from the American Press, while • it also passed through French and German j editions. He also contributed articles to the I modern encyclopedia, and was for many years an esteemed contributor to the Scientific and Useful column of the “ Family Herald” the founder of which, the late Mr George Biggs, held him in high esteem. As a Fellow of the Society of Arts, both under the presidency of the Prince Consort and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Dr Piesse has taken an active part in the affairs of that body. By lectures delivered before the Royal Horticultural Society, of which he was a member, he endeavored to further {iromote the growth of such flowers in Engand to the practical perfumer as the climate will suit. Acting as a juror he assisted in the award of the prizes for certain of the classes at both the great exhibitions held in London in 1851 and 1862. His relative Sir Henry Bessemer doubtless owed some portion of the success to which he brought his steel process to the advice and chemical knowledge of Dr Piesse, who took a great interest in the work in its early days. The business of Piesse and Lubin is now managed by Messrs George and Theodore Piesse, the latter of whom, it will be remembered, visited New Zealand some two or three years ago, spending a few days with his relative here. The lute Dr Piesse was uncle of Mr F. J. Piesse of Gisborne.

The Great Bonanza Club are again to the fore, and offer a fortune for a shilling ’ Particulars may be seen on reference to an advertisement which appears in another column. Lieut. Boylan and Sergeant-Major Featon interviewed Major Withers re Volunteer matters, Captain Porter and Capt. Winter both being up the Coast. Major Withers came to Gisborne as the Officer Commanding the Auckland division, for the purpose of interviewing the officers of the J Battery, and to enlighten them in respect to the new regulations, and to report to the Government such measures as he thought conducive to the welfare of the J Battery, and for the reformation of the Corps. The objectionable clauses were thoroughly gone into and argued, particularly clauses 71, 72, 73 and 74 respecting position of the enrolled members ; clauses 56, 57, 58, 59 and 60 re drill instructors, and 88 to 93 inclusive, re Bandsmen, and with satisfactory results. It is purposed by the Government, under the recommendation of Major Withers, to make grants in aid to maintain the expense of the drill-shed and rifle range, to furnish clothing in advance of capitation, to supply a 6-pounder Armstrong gun, and to attach an Instructor to give periodical instruction. In view of the concessions made by the Government, it is purposed to hold a special general meeting of members at the drill shed on Thursday evening next, at 7 p.m., when the question will be fully placed before the Battery, and it is believed that a good and final solution of the difficulty will be arrived at. All members are particularly requested to attend. We were pleased to see that the children counseled with the Juvenile Opera Troupe were marshalled on Sunday for a church parade, and further that during divine service they proved that their moral, as well as their secular education hail not been noglec ted. They are in fact treated by M> ssrs Stanley and Da'byshire hs if they were their own children, are well clothed, well fed and properly educated. Mr A. D. Fraser, the agent for the Union Steam Shipping Company, received a telegram on Saturday lust, from Dunodm, stating that the Company could nor get a vessel to take the Sn irk, before the Wuirarapa, which is due here next Sunday week. Hone Kewa, an influential chief, has, we regret to le.t-rn, joined the great majority, and taken his departure for that bourne from which no traveller returns. It will be remembered that we mentioned the fact of his illness some days back, since which time he has gradually sank, until at 7 o’clock last evening he expired. The Cook County Council advertises that their offices will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday in each week until further notification. That Messrs John Allanach and W. Milner have been appointed registrars under “The Registration of Dogs Act.” Also that persons willing to dispose of, or lease a suitable site for a public Slaughter House, should communicate with the Council.

At a meeting of the creditors of Mr J. R. Davies, held at half past two o’clock this afternoon at the Resident Magistrates Court House, there was a large attendance, and it was decided not to oppose his application for discharge.