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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1317, 16 June 1883, Page 2

It will be- seen by announcement that Messrs. Garrett Bros., having decided to re tire from the boot and shoe bueiness will «eh utf their laq and vatied stuck now on hand,, at less than Must price, so as to effect a clear anue. In making this announcement we ar« pleased aluo tu add that we shall hot lo a * Mr. Garrett from amongst us, it being his intention tu go into the tanning business here, uod in which line we predrnt his success. Mr. Finneran calls for tender# for the creutiuu ul two cottages at Te A raj, Inborn only. Tenders cluse at 12 o’clock on Wed nesday, the 20 th inst. Plans and specifications can be seen at Mr. Finneran a otS*-» next Parnell and Boylan’s ironmongery sterre, Gladstone Road. There were a large number of civil casedisposed uf at the K. M. Court to-day. Tin following were the must important : —E. fl Ward v. McKay, Teat & Co. ; Clement v. Fritz Krippner; Nicholas & Co. v. Pat* romu ; East v. Kennedy ; D. G. McKay v. R. Cooper; Flook v. G Johnstone (order tu. p».y before the 29: h, in default 21 days) vVhi *ray v. I land ; Bi <ks and Huge- ; J. Warren ; Wall v. Gruner.

It is with great pleasure that we ak enabled to announce that Mr William K’ ,ng. so long and favorably known in connec with the saw-mill industry, having bought the plant lately owned by Mr C. D. P sjrry is about to resume his old business. \V* are assured that all old customers will b« liberally dealt with. Every attention wil. be paid to orders »-ent to the Mak,auri, and all will be dealt with most liberally. W* hope that Mi King will meet with that patronage he certainly deserves.

The members of the J Battery have de cided to give 5s each towards rhe erection «»l a suitable monument ho the memory of the late Major Withers. We beg to call our reiders attentions t< the fact that the Acclimatisation Societ y will hold a meeting t-e-day at the Masonic Hotel at 7-30 p m We make this announce in the interest of the public as we believe the subject of importation of hares wil form the main question for discussion at the meeting. We hope that all who are intei ested—and nearly all are more or less in thi* question—will attend, and as fur as in them Hhb endeavour to prevu nt what will other wise prove an intolerable nuisance ami irrernmidable loss to them. We also believ. that the Society wou.ld better serve theii own interests if they were to secure the ser vices of a secretary, who would study thSociety’s interests in preference to hi* private gii", and who would give publicity to the Society’s meetings through othti m diums besides his own.

It is reported that Mrs. Montague Smith accompanied by Mr«. Ward, will leave for England, via. San Francisco, by next mail steamer.

Father Boyle leaves per Southern Cross for Auckland, to-day. Father Boyle in forms us that he had just received ai. anonymous threatening letter. This is most disgraceful. The following extract from a private lettei just received from England is given by the LvtteVon “Times”:—“What a contras your harvest weather his been to that oi our side of the globe. We have had rai. and flood day after day, week afier week and month after month. The farmers, many of them, could not get in their wheat seed I know one who farms 3000 acres only got in thrne acres of wheat, and out of that h* put in a great deal perished. The crops othe cold clay soils will be worth but little The Great Western Railway people hav« been running over a mile through flood foi more than a month, and have been running a pilot-engine before each train.”

At Onton, a horrible tragedy is being whispered about. A hungry slave girl had stolen some food, whereupon her mistresheat her black and blue. Not content with this castigation, the savage brute cut a pie- e out of the poor girl’s thigh and made he cook it and eat it. Next day the slave git died. The mistress became alarmed, and tried to conceal the corpse, but was discovered. Finding she had got into trouble she called the Kaifeng, the Ti Po, and tin Loking together, and paid them twenty taels each. As the deceased was only a slav* girl, the arrangement seemed satisfactory t* all parties concerned, and the matter is now pratically hushed up. Lord Granville has been suffering from lumbago.