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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1319, 21 June 1883, Page 2

We “ Wairoa Guardian ” understand that the construction of the road between Te Reinga and the Waihau Lakes will be undertaken by the Cook County Council out of funde placed at their disposal by the Government.

Mails for Napier and Wellington per s,a. Southern Cross will close this (Thursday) afternoon nt 3 p.m. We clip the following following from th« “ Wairoa Guardian " :—“ On the 7th Inst the Poverty Bay Standard again started publication, this time under the proprietorship of Mr C. H. C. Webb. We wish our contemporary —on this its third resurrection —a long and prosperous career,” We ore very grateful for the kind wishes of our contemporary, at the same time we take the liberty of correcting a slight error they seem to have fallen into, this is our second " resurrection " and not the third—which is we hope a long way off.

The Rev, Charles Strong, in the course of a recent lecture in Victoria, thus delivered himself on the subject of “ The Church,”by which he meant not any particular denomination, but the whole body of professing Christians ;—“ Can we say that the Church's tone is very high, that it is tree from bitterness, laziness, small mindeduess ; that it commands the respect and reverence of this community by its learning, thoughtfulness, practical activity, wide interest in and sympathy with all great movements, its strict morality, zeal, and love ? Can we say that there is much real reverence and love for the spiritual aspects of life, apart from the question of orthodoxy or heterodoxy ’ Can we say that we are a spiritual people ! Alas I I fear our church life is at a low ebb, intellectually and spiritually, and that notwithstanding the absurd number of miserable little churches all over the country, or rather in every township, which the people tax themselves so heavily to maintain, the Church’s light is dim in the land ; and if we may judge from statistics as to the proportion of people attending places of worship, the hold of the Church over the country is but feeble compared with what it ought to be. The Church in Victoria is sectarian. It is narrow-minded. It is taken up with the struggle for existence, which means not the struggle of truth and love, but the struggle for money. It is not a mighty power for good. It is the slave of tradition, and lags behind, where it ought to be friend, philosopher, and guide of the people. Its members are lukewarm, and so torn is it by dissensions that politicians have had to wash their hands of it, glad to get rid of it in connection with any public question. ” The draught stock of New Zealand apgears to be very highly thought of in other olonies. The Sydney Town and Country Journal says “ Judging by the specimens landed in our port—and they are becoming numerous,—New Zealand bids fair to make her mark as a producer of high-class Clydesdale horses, iseveral of them have passed through, for Queensland mostly, and, if that were possible, these animals appear to surpass the stock from which they spring. There are now in Sydney, eu route for New Zealand, several parties going there to select Clydesdales. For breeding purposes the mares brought from there have surpassed expectations. For plantation, farm, and team work the horses are rated Al. It might be worth the while of our breeders to note carefully the points in which the New Zealand Clydesdales excel.”

We “ Wairoa Guardian ” observe that the Cook and Waipawa County Council intend striking a County rate of three-farthings in the £, on the capital value, these counties have Road Boards, and have likewise accepted the Government valuations. A rate of three farthings in the £ in the Waipawa County realises over £lOOO a year.

At au Inquest 'mid at Birkenhead, England Oh the body of Mr Tames Wilson who had nsnt hie death by being “ collared " while engaged in a game of football, the coroner ‘remarked that ho did not know any game in which there was more excitement and danger %han in football. He had seen fractures of legs and arms, and had seen dislocations without end ; but this was the first fatal case i he had had to deal with, and he sincerely hoped it would be the last. The jury returned a verdict of “ Accidental death ”

That the pheasant Is a hearty deyourer of insects we (“ Taranaki News ,r ) had a proof recently, Mr Cootnbsr, of the Taranaki Hotel, opened one bird and took from it a good large handful of grasshoppers, numbering fifty at the least. Whether the pheasant’s appropriation of farm and garden produce more than counterbalances the good it does tn clearing away insects is a vexed question, and one not easily decided, but it Is plain that it Is not the uumixed evil it is represented to be.

We have been requested to state that the lonic, sailing from Lyttleton about the 7th July, will convey mails for the United Kingdom, Continent of Europe and East and West Coasts of South America via Rio de Janero. Correspondence specially so addressed will be forwarded by every steamer to Lyttelton. Mr P. Malone, of Makaraka, has lost a dark bay colt. The finder will be rewarded on returning the same. On our fourth page will be found three amusing articles entitled respectively " The right to Hiss,” " Windsor Castle,” and •'Different kinds of fools.”

Mr and Mrs Scott late of the Roseland Hotel, were passengers by the Taiaroa for Auckland yesterday. The formal notice of the intention to introduce the Cook County River’s Bill during the present session is advertised in another column. The general provisions of the Bill are set forth, and copies of it have been deposited at the Resident Magistrates' offices in Gisborne and Tolago Bay. Copies of the Bill may be obtained from Mr Warren at the County Council Office, Gisborne.