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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1340, 9 August 1883, Page 2

With this publication is issued a supplement, in which will appear the Gisborne Harbour Board By Laws, which have been carefully framed with a view to the special requirements of this port. No doubt as time goes on and the place increases in importance some alterations and additions will be found necessary, but for the present they will, no doubt, be found to meet all requirements. By-law No. 1 deals with and regulates the ordinary proceeding of the Board meetings in the usual manner. No. 2 deals, under the Harbours Act, 1878, with all matters appertaining to the wharves, such as delivery of bills of lading, manifesto of cargo, shippers duty, wharfingers receipt, &c., removal of goods from wharf, carters and carriers obligations and duties, transhipment of goods &c., together with place allotted for shipment and discharge of all goods, shipping stock, animals in boxes, gunpowder and explosives together, boats aud boatman, watermens licenses, tariff for vessels hauling alongside the wharf, for all goods, &c., landed on or shipped from the wharf. The whole are clear aud explicit, showing care in the compilation. Mr. A. D. Fraser will leave for Napier on Saturday morning next by the Tarawera, to fill the post of Manager there for the Union Steamship Co., in place of Mr. L. Hart. By the courtesy of Messrs Parnell and Boylan, we have before us the descriptive catalogue and price list of E. J. Bowen, seed merchants, of San Francisco. The catalogue is not alone replete with directions and instructions of a highly instructive character, but also descriptive, the cuts both vegetable and floral being executed in a most artistic style. The seeds are well and neatly packed, each packet of vegetable seeds having full and explicit directions printed thereon. In addition to this, each packet of flower seeds bears a true and beautifully-colored illustration of its particular flower, showing both description and size of bloom and foliage. Purchasers are assured that the greatest care is taken to have all sorts pure and reliable. Messrs Parnell and Boylan’s shipment of the above is a splendid assortment of the most superior classes of the above seeds, and is highly recommended to all gardeners and florists.

On the 6th September next, the quarterly meeting of the Tologa Licensing District will take place at the Court House. Particulars of same in advertisement. An ordinary meeting of the Cook County Council will be held on Thursday 9th instant. a t 7 o’clock p.m. Business - D -cision of Library Committee re strong room ; question as to exemption of public officers from ferry tolls • gl ve instruction re tenders for works under Roads and Bridges Construction Act ; confirm Special order re By-laws ; receive tenders for Pakirikiri Punt and Scott’s road, Kaiteratahi. In to-day’s issue tenders are called for the erection of a Drill Shed for the use of the J Battery. We are much pleased to see this ins’itution is gaining ground, and enabled to have a larger building constructed I tha-He present.one. It is what has been quire I from a long time past, the drill 1 bii l. conei erahly impeded by the smallness ' 1 the one now in use. Plans, &• ~ can be B>.nt 8 >.nt Messrs Wi ter and Haig’s, Lowe , Sire -t. I We are pleased to see that the fluid day in the Gladstone Road is being rapidly I absorbed by the “congealed clay” which I the contractor is rapidly spreading.

Ladies and gentlemen who are to taxc part in the entertainment in aid of Mr Neville Thornton, are requested, by advertisement, to atte" 111 •*T*snl on Friday next. In Mr Bchippor'fl advertisement a variety or jewellery, watches, &0., of every description will be found mentioned. His stock is complete and newly to hand, and he notifies that, by going to him customers will receive full value for their money. Mr Schipper is prepared to clean and repair watches, clocks, &c., and guarantees all work for 12 months. Remember that a little Hop Bitters saves big doctors’ bills, aud cures when all else fails. Read. Time—Two a.m., after a ctirtain lecture. Husband: “ Well, all I’ve got to say is, if you are a person of such refinement and good breeding, you ought to be above talking to a drunken fellow at this time of the night.” It is understood that the Government will appoint a number of New Zealand Land Court Judges after the session, We beg to call attention to the genuine sale of the bankrupt stock of Combs and Co. consisting of drapery and clothing. Mr. J. Cantie. so long aud favorably known amongst us, having bought the above stock from the trustees, is prepared to dispose of the whole lot at unheard of prices. The sale will commence on Saturday next, August 11, when an opportunity will present itself to those who wish to lay in a good stock of drapery and clothing at their own price. We beg to call attention to the advertisemsnt of M. R. M. Steggall, pound keeper, Matawhero, which notifies that fourteen horses of various descriptions, one cow and two heifers are impounded, and will be sold out of the pound yard, on August 21, unless redeemed.

We draw the attention of our readers to Professor Lichtwark’s lecture, entitled “ Horse Taming and Horse training,” to take place this evening, in M'Farlane’s hall. We hope and expect to see a good audience, as the subject will prove interesting to many. A re’urn laid on the table of the House shows the travelling expenses of District Judges and Resident Magistrates, for the year ending 31st March last to have been £5,486. The R.M. of Clyde got the lion’s share, £758. The District. Judge at Auckland received £llO ; of Wellington, £2OB ; Westland, £342 ; Otago, £3BO. The R.M. of We tport had £320, and his brother, of Grey mouth, £364.

A physcian writes, in the “ World of Science,” some very interesting things regarding what to drink. “ The habit of drinking strong tea, or black coffee, directly after dinner, is especially bad, and certainly interferes with digestion. At breakfast time, a healthy man has all his sleep in him, and surely it is then unscientific for him to inflict upon his system strong tea or coffee* As tea-time, tea or coffee may well be indulged in moderately ; the bulk of the day’s work is done ; the body not only wants rinsing out, but fatigue is felt which may well be counteracted by the use of a mild stimulant such as tea ; and bed-time is not yet so near that sleep is thereby interfered with. Most nations that drink coffee largely get a sallow skin ; and I am inclined to think that the carbonaceous matter of the roasted coffee, when so largely and frequently taken may perhaps have something to do with this. For hardworking persons who are not corpulent, I should suggest the thick flake cocoa as the healthiest and most nutrious breakfast beverage. For those who do not want fattening drinks, and who cannot digest cocoa, I should say drink hot water at breakfast. Those who dine late, and make their dinner their main meal, need a dilutent drink an hour or two afterwards ; and, if they drink tea, it keeps them awake, or makes them irritable and nervous. I find, i for myself, that dining solidly as I am obliged to do when I have done my work (7.30 p.m.), and often needing to work from 9 to 11, a tumbler of hot water brought into my study or laboratory is the best and wholesome drink, and after a few evenings, it will be as much relished as the usual draught of tea. The hot water assists to complete the digestion of residual food, it acts upon the kidneys, and rinses out effete matters, and thus will be found to wake one up sufficiently, and neither to injure the stomach nor to keep the brain awake after bedtime. In cold weather, warm water is by far the best drink at dinner-time ; and, m hot weather, a draught of warm water is far wholesomer and more cooling than cold or iced water.” A resident at Tunbridge Wells writes to the Referee ; “We have had a mad dog here, and he is supposed to have bitten other dogs. The police have taken the matter up, aud for twenty-one days all dogs have to be led by a string. The regulation works with small dugs, but with large ones—well, the order is reversed. lam always meeting old ladies and gentlemen who are not loading their dog, but are rather being led by them. The other day a collie ran an old lady two miles in a quarter of an hour, with serious consequences : and a Newfoundland went off with an old gentleman, and neither have been heard of since.” Here is an essay on man rather more concise than Pope’s : “ Man’s & vapour, full of woes ; starts a paper, busts and goes.” Dyspepsia, billiousness, nervousness, and miserableness all cured with Hop Bitters.