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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1269, 7 February 1883, Page 2

Mr Larnaeh, the chosen representative for the Peninsula, distinguished his candidature by the extreme candour, not to say barefaeedness, of his language. At the declaration of the poll, while Mr Larnaeh was returning thanks, an elector indiscreetly interposed the query, “Who paid for the cabs I” “ Kennel up, you cun I kennel up I" shouted the newly-eleeted M.H.R. in a voice of thunder, " I nave too much regard for the Intelligent, honest, and reel working man and mechanic to care one jot for she miserable ejaculations end heotings of a most damnable lot of cure, lam not afraid to meet men, but it is those wretched individuals who demoralise a great nation by their vile acta.” It is interesting to compare Mr Larnaeh’e estimate of himself with his opinion of his constituents. He says i—“ You send ms to the place that I ought to occupy aa a repre. tentative of the district in which I have lived so long, and for which I have done so much. Here u the best evidence of a man who has done well for the people meeting with that gratitude and that reception that such a man deserves." The modesty of Mr Larnaeh in the latter quotation is as remarkable as the elegance of his allusion to the “ ours,” and if he carries this style of eloquence into the House of Representatives some lively acenes may be anticipated.—“ Auckland Star." The net profit for the past year of Fisher and Company (Limited) the great butchering: * establishment of Auckland was £3,483 12s 2d. Eight conveyances full of tourists for Rotomahana started one morning lately from Tauranga. The salvage of the Austral haa been sold for £2OO. A piano was ao damaged that it was sold for one shilling and another for fifteen shillings. The “Auckland Star” of Ist February , says: “Another large shark made its appearance near the Watermen’s steps this morning. He darted about beneath the wharf tor some time, but was at length ' tempted to swallow several fish, concealing a large hook, and was thus caught. Harry Keane, who stood by with a harpoon, immediately struck the monster with such force ’ that the iron went clear through its body near the fin, and protruded under the law. A rope was next thrown over the tail of the fish, and by this means ha was hauled ashore, not, however, without great difficulty. The monster was found to measure eight feet in length. He is not the same ish which was harpooned and got away yesterday, as there are no signs of his having been attacked before.