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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1320, 23 June 1883, Page 2

Settlers at Ormond and Makar aka will do well to recollect that next week meetings will be held at the two places named to review the Rivers’ Bill already drafted, and to make such amendments in draft as are deemed necessary. The dates appointed for the m< etings are Tuesday next, the 26th instant, at M»karaka, and on Thursday next the 28th, at Ormond. We need scarcely remind our readers that the object of these meetings are to arrive at the wishes of the ratepayers, and at as early a srtage as possible in the sitting of Parliament to get the Bill introduced so that, there will be no chance nf getting it shelved. The Bill is a very short one, and we would commend the perusal of it to all those who intend being present at the meeting, so that the business may be expedited, and no misconception of the objects of the Bill arise. Cn our fourth page will be found an article entitled “ The steamship Austml,” propounding the mysterious question, “• Why did she put into Auckland?” The article reads more like‘a chapter from the “Flying Dutchman ” than aught else.

Mr Humphries, coach, buggy and dray builder, of Peel street, informs us that he has four-horse drays, one bn Hock dray, four buggies, and three other vehicles for sale, all in first-class condition, and at most reasonable prices.

Mails for Napier and Eolith, per Taiaroa, will close this (Saturday) night, at 7 p.m.

We are requested to state that the s.s. Omapere will leave for Auckland via Tanranga on Wednesday next, instead of Thursday as at present advertised.

Mr F. Steele, ship carpenter, is busy at work at Parkirikiri fitting up a very commodious freight lugger, It is intended especially for transport of goods and material between the Mabia and Gisborne She has a 34 foot keel with a breadth of beam of 7 feet, and is decked over. The boat has been well built of heart ot kauri, and will, when finished, prove very useful for the immediate coast trade.

In the Roman Catholic Church, Star of the Sea, to-morrow (Sunday) morning, at 11 a.m., will bo celebrated Mfoa&o Cantata. Mr C. P. Browne, of the Gisborne Photographic Studio, having secured the services of a first class Retoucher and Colorist, is prepared to execute all kinds of photographic work in the best and latest style, and on the shortest notice. All photographs taken by the instantaneous process. Mr Browne’s work is so well known in Gisborne as to need no further comment from us.

The punt at the Big River, tinder the care of Mr. E. Devery, of the Ferry Hotel, has been for the last 6 or 7 months undergoing a thorough overhaul, every effort has been made to get it out of hand, and it is now ready f >r launching, the wire rope which is expected frurn Auckland by the fir«t boat, an«t which is intended to replace the original one lost in the flood. It i« the only portion wanted to once more establish the ferry in working order. In acblition to the punt work, Mr. Devery has a small army of carpenters, paper-hangers, and painters at work, generally fixing up the Hotel, which will afford every accommodation. This much needed convenient little hostelry will, when completed, be a great improvement on the old one for comfort and convenience, and being in a most convenient position for the travelling public, will no doubt be fully appreciated. The proprietor, Mr. C. Devery, a most genial host, deserves every encouragement, for he has had many difficulties to encounter since the late disastrous burning of his old Hotel, besides having sustained great losses.

A sitting of the Native Land Court will take place at Tologa Bay on the 30th July next. The cases set down for hearing are solely succession claims, together with a few applications for the appointment of trustees tor minors. The sitting of the court at Tologa Bay for subdivision and other claims, will be held after the court dealing with similar cases has been held at Gisborne. His Honor Chief Judge McDonald is expected to attend along with Judge Brookfield. Tne usual scratch football match will take place to-morrow, in Captain Tucker’s paddock. It is rumored that a Napier team will shortly arrive here. The special Parliamentary reporter of the Auckland Star says : “ The private Bill for the New Zealand Native Laud Settlement Company is not yet in the examiner’s otfice. The delay is generally attributed to strong opposition in the Cabinet.” In our report of the last. Borough Council meeting, we scarcely made Cr. Lew is’motion re printing and advertising, clear. Mr. Lewis’ motion, in effect, was that the

“ Herald ” continue the printing and advertising “ fur the ensuing month,” his object being to delay the tenders until the proprietors of “ Facts ” were enabled to compete, 30 that the public would have the benefit of three competitors.

A service will be hold to-morrow for young men, by the Rey. J Pinfold, the subject will be “ Paul’s life and its lessons.”

Mr. W. L. File notifies that the adjourned meeting of the New Zealand Land Nationalization Society will take place on Monday evening next. We hope to see a good attendance to discuss this subject. A report of the proceedings will be given in our next Tuesday’s issue. We hear it rumored that a petition is either in course of preparation or is already prepared, Laving for its object the commutation of the sentence passed on the Native Naera, and that the jurymen have unanimously agreed to sign it.

In *nnouu«£- ,g th© advent of Messrs Stanfield and Dark’s “ Merry Moments and Hap-fpy Thoughts ’ entertainment, it may be of 11 iterest to some of our readers to state that* both these gentlemen bear almost his* torixi names ; Mr. Stanfield is grandson to the. celebrated landscape painter, “ Clarkson Sunfield,” who fairly shared the artistic 1-anrels with such men as Birket Foster, Aniiiuell and J. W, M- Turner, Mr Fred Dark is son of the. proprietor of “Lord’s 1 Cricket Ground,’* and both these young gentlemen bring with them testimonials of ' the highest degree creditable to their talents and industry. Their season in Auckland has been a pronounced success. Their advance courier is Mr Buchan Hepburn, whose connection with the •’ Lyons Tourists ” is a suffl. cient guarantee as to the business portion of the matter being in able hands. We hope to see a full hows', to welcome Messrs Stanfield and Dark at the Academy of Music on Monday evening. A man w’ao can milk Uttrl make himself generally useful can find good employment hy applying the Bridge Hotel,