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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1345, 21 August 1883, Page 2

On our fourth page will be found some interesting items, entitled, Fish and Foolishness,” by our Wellington Correspondent,” “Death of Archbishop Vaughan,” Resident Magistrate’s Court, “ Electric Hands,” ** An AwKward Fix,” &c. During the passage of the steamer City of Adelaide, from Sydney to Melbourne, the officers report that the vessel struck a whale. This was at about eight a.m, on Thursday, oth July, and the second officer enclaves that he distinctly saw the whale sink after it had been run into by the steamer. The Empress of Austria has a dread of embonpoint. and lakes violent, exercise with a view of retaining her slimn.es. In addition to her riding cross country, she swims like a fish at- Isc-lil during the summer months, spending several hours daily in the water with her daughter, the Arch duvhess Valerie. Now she takes two hours’ exercise in fencing daily. Those who wish for an early chop, steak, or sausage for breakfast can obtain the same from Maynard’s cart, which comes round every morning before breakfast time. Mr. G. Matthewson and Co. have commenced business as wholesale wine and spirit merchants, in Lowe-street, next to the new library premises. They are determined to keep the very best of everything, aud supply the trade in general and also private families. We wish the new firm every success. On Saturday night about 10 o’clock, Mrs Andrew Parks was proceeding across the spare section adjoining Captain Porter’s Hall, when she saw beneath the same what she at first thought a lantern, but which proved upon a closer inspection, to be a fire. She immediately threw down her kit and rushed to call her husband who was asleep in the house. He, and a lodger named Mr Harrop immediately ran to the scene and succeeded in quenching the fire No damage was done. There is no room for doubt but what this was the work of ui incendiary. Purify the blood, cleanse the s.oinach, and sweeten the breath with Hop Bitters. Rea l.

Quiet nerve and balmy sleep in Hnp Bit ters, for aleepleee ladies and invalids. Notice.

The Rosin a will leave for the Coast, per advertisement, on Tuesday night. The ordinary meeting of the Harbor Board will take place this evening in the Borough Council Chambers.

The usual pleasant evening was spent in the Academy of Music last night by the Seraphic Quadrille Assembly. The appointment of Thomas William Porter, as a member of the Licensing Committ’ e, for the District and Borough of Gisborne, vice 8. Stevenson, is gazetted. Mr Matson, of Christchurch, has imported from Australia two ostriches, with the intention of introducing ostrich farming in this Colony. Captain Skinner’s new schooner, the Waiapu, is announced to leave Gisbothe for the Coast and Auckland on Wednesday, 29th August, under the command of Captain Nicholas, late of the Minnie Hare. On Sunday afternoon last two men made a race-course of the Gladstone-road. As a member of the police-force was a witness of the occurrence. W© may hear more of the affair in another place. There will be a special collection for the Diocesan Seminary Fund on Sunday next, at 11 o’clock mass, at the Church of St. Mary’s “Star of tiie Sea,’ by order of His Lordship the Most Rev. Dr Luck.

Mr C. D. Berry, the contractor for conveying the new machinery to the South Pacific Oil Company’s works, has we hear made good progress with the same. By the assistance of Messrs. Kennedy and Bennett, the loading was comparatively easily and successfully accomplished, A rehearsal of the “ Ticket of Leave Man ” took place last night in Parnell and Boylan’s Hull, when the several parts were gone through iu such a creditable manner as to give strong hopes of their perfect success when the piece is brought before the public on Tuesday week next. Mr J. East, trustee in S. J. Bromley’s estate, notifies in uur advertising columns that tenders for boots and shoes, book debts, &c., will be received up to Friday, 24th August, at noon. All necessary information required by intending tenderers cun be obtained on application to the trustee. The report on the condition of the native reserves of the colony laid on the table, shows tiie aggregate area to be 53,762 acres, of which 14,327 acres are in the Nort h Islan 1, and 39,435 acres in the filouth Island. The Northern reserves produce a rental of £1,.575 per annum, and the Southern £5,514. The annual income will shortly be augmented by the entry of some of the leases ou the second and third period of their leases.

As an instance of the liberality of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company, we may mention that Mr Bishop, the other day made claim on the same fur the sum of £6O fur damage to his premises, now known us the Red House, by the lute fire at Mr I). Urr’s. As this amount included sundry blankets and other things entirely outside the insurance on the building, these items were struck out and the rest of the reasonable demand immediately complied with. Un Saturday morning last the sum of £5O was handed over by their agent, Mr F. Piesse, to Mr Bishop. At the lust meeting of the Borough Council, Councillor Uhrisp gave notice of motion that he would, at the n«xt meeting, move that j the meeting take into consideration, the appointment of an engineer. Now, what the intention of the mover is, we know not. and at present can only surmise that* it is his wish to either propose—or what is most likely to g t some one else to kick the ball he start.*, by proposing souu pet protege of the “ Hippy Family ” for the situation. If such is the case, we must strongly protest against such a proceeding Like a 1 other appointments of late, the situation must bo thrown open to competition by tender. By this means we are lik ly to obtain the services uf the best man at the lowest cost Another thing in couniciiun with this que-tion is that we hope th* successful applicant will not at* first re ceive tiio appointment us a permanency. Let him be t.akeii on trial for, say six months, and a the end of that tune let his appointment be c mfii'.ned, or otherwise according to his merits. But why this feveris i taste? Why is Ur. Chriap so uneasy about the appointment? We are in no immediate want of an engineer. We s'.ill have the old one to fall back upon.

A lady (says “ Truth ” of May 3) writes from Australia :—“ I constantly see in the papers sent me from Englund accounts of strange inquiries put by servants to their employers. While arranging with a cook some time ago I had a moat extraordinary request made to me. The woman asked if she might bring her baby, which, she added hastily, would be no trouble, as it was pickled. It turned out that the poor little ; scrap was born and had died while its father was absent on a voyage fro n which he never returned. The mother, anxious to preset’e the remains, and being ignorant of any other method, pickled the infant. She became so attached to her dead child in this staie that she objected to be without it. I conless I felt a sympathy for her, and granted her request. I have never regretted it ; she is a capital servant, and her poor little relic is quite unobjectionable. I fed sure your readers will view with horror the idea of such an inmate ; yet, when rich people incur vast expense to enbalm and even cremate their dead, great sympathy is often felt with them, and no repugnance shown towaids the expensive remains. My poor cook felt all the sentiment of wishing to have her beloved dead. Was it her fault that her way of having it was necessarily cheap and original ?” At the Central Criminal Court, London, on June 2, before Mr Justice Hawkins, Alfred Waters, a clerk, and his wife, were indicted for the manslaughter of their foiiryear old daughter. The deceased hud been suffering from the measles, and during the height of her illness the parents had a 8 vere quarrel. The woman determined to leave her husband, and whilst he was absent she stripped the house of nearly all the furniture. The girl was left on a couch covered with a blanket. The husband returned to the house at midnight, did nothing to the child, and next morning left the house altogether. The neighbors called in the police, but the child died in a couple of days. The doctor said that the death was accelerated by want of proper clothing, and by the child being kept in a cold room without a fire. The jury acquitted the prisoners, and Judge Hawkins, in discharging them, said that they must not think that they left the court without a stain on their characters, for in his judgment each of them had shown the most scandalous and disgraceful conduct towards all their children, and the deceased in particular. Whilst its death had been declared by the jury not to result from any criminal act of theirs, their conduct was inhuman in the last degree. He only wished that it was in his power to punish them, but it was not. In reply to an observation from the jury, the learned judge said that at least 75 per cent, of the crime in England was due to drink.” It semis almost m < edible that “an etilighrened B-Hish mrv ’’ c uid prove themselves to be such brutal beasts as to hoodwink such foul murder.

Tobacco is new being cultivated in Franco. The £< Advertise)? ” urges the English brewers to test the Australian _ O’Donu.;., , ohAt *Ary, is one of the ° Invineibles.” The OmftgdVe brought an unusually large cargo this time. To-morrow evening the Ormond Quadrille Club will give an extended programme. The very moderate price of 4s will be charged, On dit^ — Another firm of auctioneers and commission agents are likely to start In business in Gisborne ahcrtly. Singer’s Sowing Machines, 2s 6d per week. Repairs, parts, &c., to be had at the Singer Manufacturing Company Depot, Gladstone Road. There arc 577 different editions of the Bible in the public library of Stuttgart printed in ovr.r une hundiei different liirtjflingcß.r /It Ruheloben, Meat* Barlin, there stands u suicide tree.” I e seventeenth suicide whs cut down from its spreading branches a few days ago. On Sunday evening the Gisborne people were startled by a detachment of the Salvation Army, who had met by the fire bell, breaking into song. The only men w'm stand on thS Streetcorner and proclaim the wrongs of the workingmen, are the fe lows who won’t work, and who live by the labor of their wife and children. Several uf our exchanges arc devoting considerable space to the importance of “ cooking girl*.” It’s no u«e. We dmt want t'lem cooked. The raw damsel is good enough for us. She confided to him that she never wore anything but silk stockings when *he went to dunces He said he had no doubt, the costume was becoming, but—ought there not to be a little more of it ? On Sunday afternoon we witnessed a very obliging act on the part of the U.S.S. Coy’s, agent, Mr Edmunds. The Snark had proceeded a considerable distance out, when a vehicle was seen to drive rapidly down to the wharf, the occupant of which loudly hailed the launch, which was thereupon turned back and took the late arrival on board, who seemed overjoyed at his good fortune. A writer in the Saturday “ Advertiser,” speaking of the recently elected member for Bruce, says : —“Jamie McDonald, as every body calls him, is seen in hie element at a coursing match. He has any number of greyhounds, which he calls after flowers— Verbena, Phlox, Drummondii, Calceolaria, and so forth. He has a voice that can be heard as far as a firebell, and his instructions to the slipper or stewards, given from some neighbouring hill, ring out over the field like a trumpet peal, and are interlarded with sundry strong expressions that, somehow, seem to be quite natural to stentorian lungs. He never knows when he swears. ‘ D it, man, I’ll soon let you see how that is,’ he said to a Minister of the Crown, to whom he went on a deputation. ‘ Man, t hats a fine dog xou’ve got, is how he electrified the minister of the Gospel who wont to christen his child. Still, you would by no means call him a foul-mouthed man. He, simply out of habit, graces his conversation with a few expletives that are not always used in polite society. He is wonderfully strong. Many years ago he got into some difference wit h the police at the Caledonian iSpor s (he is now an honoured director of the society), and knocked a haif-a* dozen of them over lik-i nine-pins, creating •such a disturbance fur half uu hour as hanever before or since been seen at these gatherings.”