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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1333, 24 July 1883, Page 2

’ If/a’nything were wahfwig to Bh6W W dangerous to. the community at large ape all extensive monopolies the manner ii> which r .th? ?Press Association has behaved in the jttat|;er of this wrfetched tfew Zealand-Native Land Settlement.Company*b Bill would be sufficient aloud to demonstrate the same. No Jnatter who sent any telegram to. .Weilingtdi), so long as there was the slightest matter therein contained antagonistic to the ConipanyX Bill bo surely were they suppressed, It is high time that the Government teok same decisive steps to put a stop to practices fraught with so much danger,to the public liberties. The only possible way of effectually remedying J thiM‘evil is for the Go\lej'pinfnt,to take over the working of the. whole anatf In the game’way as was done at O :'T

A Dunedin newspaper says a barrel of fletroleqrfr from the Southern Cross mine lies;been placed on board the lonic, to be transmitted to a njercanfile 'ffrin in Liverpool. s U. c.A , I Cff tlte Native Lands Bill, ■ introduced by MriDoLautouc, the Chri&tebiAreh Press says : “ The inevitable effect of the bill, if it becanje law, would be to'make the Company soojier or later, the sOle proprietor .of a vast laud,and .the dominant pol | titter power in the There isj .are convinced, but one method by which Bucii a measure could be' got upon the book, and that is by the majority the members of the Legis'ature refusing to fulfil tog Jjacfed tru4t imposed in them by electors of New Zealand, ItPth# present parliament we assume unhesitatingly that *“Budh a contingency is impossible. But the danger is that, unlaw some law is passed ftbsolutelytravereing the whole design, ite promoters may so manage matters as to gain a piarts&iftgeneral election • strong igb unscrupulous to cpiqpass their ..objjeetik.foc hhem.” . ; The European mail will arrive here, per s.si Taiaroa, on Wednesday next. Wc. ba-ye received frorti Messrs Thomas i»Bprge and Co., Octagon, Dunedin, some Tobies of a plan of Dunedin snd its 138 suburban townshipfc Jt-ii' ai fifce-a specimen uf lithography as we have seen in the Cojony. ' ■ Messrs Wells ft Gftfdtner,' of Auckland, toajvirtgf oouffplitfd with the specifications ?are |he tendeft'^rs f for the 1 new. wMarfj extension at a contract of £1,385. In dur. 1 fsidd f a Horough - -Council nbuce to theteffect that - ’ a curetaker and engineer was recpiired for the steam fire erigine. thijf & ems- very its w fe„ ‘before, procuring the engineer bur .Qdqncillors ought secured a eupply : c»f water. We were prefiont ad toe trial of’'the -drigina yesterday after* noon, and fnust pronounce the whole affair a dead' failure.' Th 6 tide was f <rTrbtfrhV Water.- The ’-Mver ehd of the pjpe Was certainly 4 Inches under water, but befdKe the engine hay! been at work'a minute .jdte sucked, and ttie water could; be seen “running feebly into the well, plainly demonstrating’4he'fact thattha supply pipe is not Uid at ar sufficiently low level bv at least 15 or 18 inoliea. As a truth the thing is entirely useless at low water, and we are compelled to say there has been gross mismanagement somewhere. In tho meantime the ratepayers have to pay* . .. .

: As evidencing how ridiculous some people make themselves when .they try to say a smart thing, we call ourreaaere attention to a letter from Mr. Aislabie to the “ Herald ” on Saturday last. "Mj Aislable, coriscioilfi of doing something mean/ write#, ** I must apologise for wrjting,to y° u J n ty matter which, appeared iri the Standard. I do so however, because I my answe'r to' be read by the general public/’ Ate'we to understand by this that the Standard is ho|.read by tjie general public ?,■ If ao why the necessity to cohtradiot Any of ’ its!ht&teri\epto in any journal that la. It is cleatfrq(n the fth ov ° codimon-eense is ndt a nedtfssary 'lngredient in making a good butcher, and we would strongly advise Mr. A to learn a little logic, and common sensed . y bcfOKp. ~h4 e again tries to snub a j'Wttwtetodsetoae wc toustj excnsei'him from .understanding, * Wy th’b TarawHfa yesterday, Mt; Brilcej shipped ;tw# huadred apd, ten ; jshedp rotland;- ‘ •;' ' ?'/ .. .? <■ ’ Mr. Edmunds? arrived from Wellington yesterday .by .$«, take the place of Mr. A. D. Fraser, in managing the ' L T ntott<tf/joc>.' here.: ij:Th<Tk.>terj gentleman i takes the same position in ; Ranier about the j beginning of next mbntfi/anfi whilst wishing hjtn in his now portion, we i <ii’n ortly oxpreßTinir-stacerw--regre't at hi#i deMgtuife A rather laughable 'Accident ftapjjfefTed j&steiday in the Gladstone ; Road. A 3 dray; Iflad |f;. ? by c twD wa« Ofossihg the rails alright} angles, whe| jplt caused the citich in front to slib,‘ sjiqiotinff toe wpod ahtl tire dmtet, Who wte< sealed off the top, into road, while the sci|M qilifetl/ jigged’ 6n ti-e em dray,, much to the amusement j Wishfog is sometimes hazardtfus. A family youple in this town rejoice in fiye all bojriq andFthe parents for aofee time pftat /havejnxptewed a strong desire for a daughter. The powers that be have more than.satisfied the parents by sending them . -J’StefecK to call putf readers attention to Mr 1£,.: Brown*# neW ■ adyertiteraent, Mr Brbwnjjas .juat replentebpS his largo stock •pjth.kpring goods bf a very first class des..crlpuQP., .He is already clearing off ,hw winter goods at greatly reduced prices. His wintepffreas materials are considerably lower ; and better in quality than any that can be • purchased elsewhere. The general goods department is replete with every description of articles. Goods are marked ill plain figure^*,, An inspection is strongly invited. ’ " , Paraoffe, and others who have : not any deed or sold their interest in “thy blocks, giVe notice that a housed built op.B-a-ngatira Slock No. 1, must not be removed/ and thav Europeans must stop killing the Maori pigsy affd- humbugging'the Maori cattle. L; ... <Z > A Quadrille Assembly Will be held at the vlakaraka Hall this VPtiesdiiy) evening, 24th, when Mr F. W. CtflHmote will preside 7at itffe.pianoforte,: ;[ >• a '• hrvA situation is./wanted by a young girl, in a family, to do light hoqse.work or taljte care of children.’ r .Arrangements taxing beeA completed with -(r W. E. the regular’ aelivery of the Standard and the collection of subs■•riptions for the stme. all orders left with w Ibe prompt’y attend' d to. . Any irreu’darilyinthe delivery wall receive immediate attention if notified at our office.

New members and seat holders wanting to tyke aittiugi or the nresent ones, are .requested to attend at the .Holy shiash July aO IW. In®: 7 W# are i»rry to j*iy tbafj-ilr S&tttOs thoWfwae ob ill-atteisjed last night (Met ,fi(e not think it wortli with tte performance, and* returnea the money to those who had paid. We hear that another Building-Society, with shares of the value of £25 eacl/ and to meet once a month only, and otherwise on soiifewiiiit’'aishfaitdtm-ts’the':iM’*MriEtyr is in contemplation. , . * ' Mr.' I.' E ' SMrley wlehie 'ft '-ItAdija i that ■■ he- i»,carrying oa lhe .bnsiusjs of_wrnmjsiion agent, Peel Street, opposite Lirge and ■ Townley’s. J- .!■ A number of forfeited share.in the South Pacific Petroleum Company, will bh sold by Mea.rs. Carlaw Smith & Co., on tlie 9th of next mbilth. 'Full purtlrfulare in advertisement. ; The members of the J Battery will parade for inspection on ■ Thursday, the 26th in»t., at 7 p.m. . Carlaw Smith A Co. will sell by auction, under distress warrant, atMr. Fryer’s etablee, on Friday next the 29th in, U, at 12 o’clock, 1 horse, saddle and bridle. , < On our fourth page will -be found an in-t’e-erting description of Brooklyn .Bridgi;, which can be seen in Pearse’s Panorama. When worn down and ready to take your bed, Hop Bitters is what ytsu need to relieve you, See. —r.-

The borrower of Dr Ura’i Dictionary of Art, is requested to. return the earns to the Public Library a* once. ~, . Any one having oats, maize, barley; bean,, etc Ito crush, at lowest rates, ar, requested to send the same to L. P. O’Meara, next the engine shed, ’ ' ' ; !A ' eiegram ha, been received by the loca' manager for, the Sppth Paciflp.-Pptro|oym-, Company from Au -kland,. staling that the nevi engine and boiler for the company jas not,arrived by the Zcalandia from San Fran cisco, a, expected. We are very .pepy fqr-tlu, us they may not be expected for folly i month or more, and will, therefore, prove extremely detrimental to the company in every way. .; ’'" : ■ " That invalid wife, mother, sister, or child can be made the picture of healch.with Hup .Bitter.. Gbeerve.. ■ 7 ’ ! ■ thoconsjderaHqn of tile flr,t four clauses iif foe'MtivS'-Lind SdtHemeht -Corapanj-'j Bill (tho vital Olathe, in it having beenabandoned ip, desnair|,w|ll take. ;plpce. thi,.. craning ip, the House of,,R-presematire,. Frotn our Southern files we lean: that es soon m tbo member, of .Puruam.nt tliorouglily..' understood, tbe of < the,mea.OTa, askod to’be made law', they viewed it‘with the greatest abhorrence, so' mdoh so, that not twedt-y members in tAa.JJower Elouse- could ■Eejfound to support it. Some of the leading Journals published tho list of the principal 1 shareholders in the company. This included 1 several members of tlie House, who, hud the matter gone to a division, would have been c..ppelled'jta> -ydltitlg, for jor against it. Mr DeLautour and others found ,it convenient to give the House their assur 'Slice tly»t,J>eiijg interested in tho passage of tire Sfeli/t,hoy ifduirt not vote updn ■it, j?ece»siias non habet. Irtjes.

■The only safe and sure cure for Gravel of Urinary troublaß.i. fJ pn Bitters. Road, ' iThc footh ill match—flfteeen against eight eon—took place on Saturday afternoon lust at tlio dsUatoplahe. 't'The'i weatiiaiofjaj fina,:' though ohilly and Suitable ‘for the tl’hore was a good attendance, the players' tpllitrgtip ifti force to time.' Mesejs Berry and ißUtr tfaptiiiiiocl'th'e teams wpseotlvaly. After a ehdrt'tinio'it Was seen that the fifteen weretoil ntiiolr for their opponent.; though they played fiM to gain the victory, but to no avail, and the” rlHiilt wa. fo fevor of the■ •otliof side by sotnethipg qqrisiderable, Both tote-played well,’though fo is evident they alt require moro practice,' »pd' we are' gladfo hoab that they are gbjng m • for -it now every ’day to contest tbo forthconiing match with tho Napier team, wfiioh will be played next rueejlg in Captain Tucker’s paddock. The following ■afotnb names of those chosen to Com pete, against the Napier tram. Forwards i $ ilptirke,' Val'pjq Knight, Day, E; Pavilt, C. Whde, Sage, Sherra'tt.’ Quarterbfofcs'i, Beify, Mill, and ' Outridge. Half buiiks P Morgan atid J. Wliitd. Backs f Whitoonjbq and Bull*. Emergency iL. Bros.