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

It is not generally known that a telegram hft» been received from the Government to lhe Harbor Board stating in effect that Messrs "CdlfMblc; Shelton • Go, having Utterly failed to substantiate any claim to their present holding, the deeds investing Fthe loreshore, Ac., in the Harbor Board hvej-e in <aqurse of immediate preparation, apd’ -Watqld •warded. It is likewise knOWij. todx '’(MJVfejAiiment some time since informed thia firm that they had no title whatever, legal or other, to the position they now occupy. In ’spite of this, these honorable gentlemen j thought it right to try another move. They ■went to Auckland, and thinking to scare ;our Councillors into compliance, bethought ! themselves of a splendid “ dodge,” viz., to 'circulate a rumour thaf toejr-hwp-dwo.leteil fa deed in the Registry *dfflcef ; 4feHMng I the property in dispute, by the Government, on Read. This certainly rather alarmed a timid portion of our Councillors, who would gla^Jpiye.welcomed anything which would nava Jastiood; tojipliauce in this matter. But it was not quite so easy to gull those who acted from honest principle. Even Mr McDonald, when he finds that the matter has gone beyond his control, endeavours to sham a virtue Jhi A,is thrdrom possessing. He has, we believe, tried to gull people into the belief that it is by, and with his concurrence, that the matter has thus been settled strictly in ypqrdance, With iu§ti(;e and right. Mr hap yet jtq rftf et) tjje ? fiWlfcrne electors whentoH ih thirf fhltter will not be the only thing he will have to answer. Some time ago we pointed out that if Common & Co. had any grievance what- ! ever the only mode for them to adopt was to ; approach the BokM As jkpppliants, and not in a manner alike disgraceful to them as a trading firm as it is degrading to them as citizens. We now hope that our Councillors i who have so far earned the respect aud < thanks of the public bv • straightforward opposition toUU' thftise kiean and ignoble artifices, will speedily set this troublesome firm in its proper position ano teach them that even in Gisborne “ Honesty

We beg to notify to our readers that the Standard is now the only paper in which County, Borough and Harbor Board noticerfor tendril ahd and notifications will be published. Our being in possession of this privilege proves that, iiJ spite of much corruption, there are still} enough genuine men in our public bodied to render abortive the strenuous efforts which! are being ceaselessly made by a corrupt por-i tion ta* squander Ahe jpubUa.moneu~to theiij own^j@6} - jnJ whati themext election will reduce thi« evil at leas'! by an unit. This is how one of our hones } 4 'ouncillors, sneeringly called “ pick- amß shovel men,” whs assailed by one of t’«<| u palm greasers :”—“ When sha'l I be able t<l driM- i'/iuLi rluiAt’/ia.'WUtW. We Heralci is the only p*per you s ould advertise in; i L *ok nt on eircuhi'i »n ” With a view U showi'.g ho v ;'i.s circulation i- effected, "]| may state I at M , I’uirhe i whr pa-sing a.cros.4 I one of his paddocks one day last week when

he saw Bom thing wliite a corto tltip spot he found a very hjiye qjinlijy ofz-Hcru|rls, which had been t^own.^e/in Odles from llnw to time stored teat He. again found sqse’jo put the Herald- to flian the yet say it is just to advertisers Our own circulation is' *h*»dynarger than ever it h»s been before, and is still surelv and steadily increasing, and we cannot do other thener in which our EonesF and we. hope pj'ai&wbiSjiy phdeavnrs r ,rtr? 'ecognisech i :