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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1352, 6 September 1883, Page 2

On our fourth page will be found the report of the Harbor Board meeting. Correspondents’ letters, and the report of the Resident Magistrate’s Court will be found in the Supplement. Mr A. Y. Ross’s tenders for the erection of a shop for Mr Rosie, has been postponed until Friday next, the 7th inst. There was no business on for hearing at the K.M. Court yesterday morning. Obstructions of the kidneys and attendant organs will prove fatal if not removed with Hop Bitters. Read. Au auctioneer’s license has been issued to Mr A. D. Fraser, who is about starting business in the firm of Fraser, Wyliie aud Co., Gladstone road. The ordinary monthly meeting of the School Committee was held last evening, in Mr Johnstone’a offices. The tenders called by Mr W. P. Finneran for alterations and additions to Mr B. C. Fryer’s residence, will close to-day. The scale of tolls to be levied at the Tologa Ferry, on and after the 19th of September, 1883, will be found in another column. Any person in a quandary as to where they really can get good boots, and a perfect fit, can easily soive the question by going to D. E. smith, who guarantees to give periect satisfaction in every respect. Messrs. C. D. Bennett and H. C. Boylan have been elected trustees in the estate of Mr U. M. Orr. Mr Benjamin C. Fryer, of Lowe-street, Gisborne, Has been granted an auctioneer’s license. A select dance will be held in Bruce’s Hall, Ormond, this evening, Dancing will commence at eight o’clock. We wish to call the attention of those desirous of joining the new Volunteer Fire Brigade, that the time for sending in applications lor the same to Air John Bourke, at the Borough Council offices, will close on Friday rent. We hear that Mr Turner, the obliging manager of Mr Stubb’s drug store, is about to leave Gisborne, having been engaged to travel for the New Zealand Drug Company. We wish h ; nGod speed. Messrs. Fraser, Wyliie and Co. will hold their first auction sale on Tuesday, the 11th instant, at the Makaruka Yards. A prime lot of mixed cattle, comprising steers and heifers, ranging from yearbugs to three year-olds, will be ottered. The cattle are in splendid condition, and should command ready Bale. The well-known “Jack” Cohen announces in this morning’s issue that he has taken over the Billiard Room of the Gisborne Hotel. Mr Cohen was for some time in charge of the h rgyll Billiard Room, and invariably gr.ve satisfaction, and we have ro doubt he will still continue to keep up his reputation in this reap set in his n< v venture. If civility and attention merit support from the lovers of the green cloth, then we are sure Mr Cohen will hav“ no reason to complain of the patronage that will be accorded to him.

A meeting of those who took part in the late entertainment for the benefit of Mr Thornton, Scenic Artist, was held last night in Parnell and Boylan’s Hall. Mr Pavitt read a statement showing that L 24 17a 6d was the gross amount of receipts, and the expenses incurred being Ll2 4s, leaving a balance in hand of Ll2 13s 6d. Mr Pavitt was authorised to pay the accounts still outstanding. Mr Willoughby proposed that the Ticket-of-Leave Man be again produced, the proceeds to go towards the formation of an Amateur Dramatic Club This motion was carried, and it was decided to hold the entertainment on or about the 17th inst. Mr Pavitt consented to act as secretary.

The following is the team selected to play against the Napier men J. Berry (Capt), E. A. Pavitt, McKae, Serge, Oatridge, J. White, Sherratt, C. White, Whitcombe, A. Rees, Bull, L. Rees, Bourke, Wi Brown and Mills. They will take their departure on Friday next, by the Te Anau, and will play on Saturday, returning here by the Tarawera on Sunday. We expect the contest will be pretty warm, for both sides, as our boys are all good and true, and it is most probable their opponents will be equally so on account of their late defeat here.

On Tuesday night a meeting was convened by Mr G. H. Wilson, for the purpose of considering the home lessons given to children. There was a good attendance, aud Mr Wilson had an opportunity of thorougly ventilating his grievance. If that gentleman thought to get a motion passed condemnatory of the principle, he must have been greviously disappointed by the meeting passing a resolution diametrically opposed to the purpose for which he had convened it, and which ran as follows :—“ That this meeting regrets the action taken by Mr Wilson, as it tends to discourage the school master in the proseecution of his duties. ” According to Mr Vincent Pyke, Jacksons Bay must be a lively place. In the House Mr Pyxe spoke on the necessity of Government subsidising a medical man in that distant corner of the Colony, 150 miles away from the nearest civilisation. Oue man (said Mr Pyke) who had broken his leg had it welded together by a blacksmith, and another unfortunate who had smashed his arm had it amputated by a sawyer. The wildest scenes of Californian life depicted by Bret Harte cannot beat this. In another column will be seen the advertisement of the Auckland Church of England Grammar School. Governors, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Auckland, the Ven. Archdeacon Maunsell, D.D., the Ven. Archdeacon Pritt, the Hon. Colonel Haultain, B. C. Barstow, Esq., C. C. McMillan, Esq., and A. Boardman, Esq., Hon. Sec. The name of Mr Henry T. Pycroft appears as head master, classics, modern languages, and English being under his direction ; science and mathematics are under the control of A. F. Ansley : drawing and painting, K. Watkins, and the writing, commercial arthematic and mechanical drawing, F. J. Claridge. Instruction, under an efficient instructor, will be given in gymnastics, and pupils will be instructed in mechanics, a suitable work shop being prepared. Boys will be expected to pay for the timber uhey use. The fees are (including stationery) £3 10s per term, which begins on September 17th. Pupils will be provided with comfortable homes on application to the head master, Henry T. Pycroft, Church of England Grammar School, Auckland.