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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1321, 26 June 1883, Page 2

On reference to our advertisement columns 1 there will be found the Zealandia Company’s I consultation on the forthcoming Melbourne i Cup for 1883. Persons desiring of becoming ! a member to the above can do so by making ; application by letter to the address in the ' advertisement. We assure intending members that this is a genuine company, and is worth the investment. As there will be no steamers leaving belie ween this and Friday next, His Honor Sir James Prendergast, will be unable to take his departure from here till then. Yesterday the engine for metalling the main road between here and Ormond ’again commenced work, after a delay of about a month. During that time the weather wrs favorable, and now’ it is becoming boisterous the engine starts once more. We are informed by advertisement that a Ball will be given at Patutahi on the 29th of this month. The proceeds are to go to the paying off of the debt which is now on the school of that little township. We sincerely hope and trust that it will be a. suecess, as it is for a good purpose. We are im formed that several townspeople intend going out if the weather should prove fine, To-morrow night the ball in aid of the funds of the Gisborne Hospital will take place at Ormond, in Bruce’s Hall. The gentlemen on the Committee have been busily at work to make- it a success, which it undoubtedly will be. Mr Sam Stevenson has, we learn, kindly lent them a very good piano for the occasion, at which Mr Cullirnore will preside, therefore good music may be expected. We can onlv hope that it will pass off successfully, aud that those energetic gentlemen who have pushed it forward will be rewarded for their pains by a good roomfull. T’ickets can be obtained almost every' where on the payment of 10s fid for gentlemen. The ladies go by invitation. The At/e has despatched Morrison, who recently walked from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne, to explore New Guinea. The Rev. .1. Pinfold delivered the sermon “ Paul's life aud its lessons" for young men on Sunday evening last, at the Wesleyan Church. There was a good congregation.