Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. GISBORNE : SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1883.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1356, 15 September 1883, Page 2

Poverty Bay Standard. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. GISBORNE : SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1883.

Thb result of the municipal election cannot fail to prove moat satisfactory to all sections of the community, as the various interests in the Borough are all fairly well represented in candidates who are returned. The success of Mr Kenny exceeded the expectations of his most sanguine supporters and the large number of votes recorded in his favour cannot fail to prove a source of much pleasure to his friends, and a great honour to himself. There can be little doubt but what the flattering total which stands opposite to his name, is largely owing to the energetic efforts and ceaseless vigilence exercised by his staunch and able supporters, Messrs Creswell and 0. Ward. These two gentlemen Jost no one single possible chance of securing any doubtful or indifferent vote. There never was any doubt as to Mr Smith’s return. His usefulness as a Councillor has been amply and fre quently demonstrated, and the fairness and impartiality which he has always shown, has justly earned him many warm and attached friends, who willingly responded to his invitation, to again represent them at the Council Board. Mr Joyce also has great cause for congratulation in the fact that every single vote recorded in his favour were simply an acknowledgment and a tribute to his sterling honesty and uprightness. For this reason, if for no other, his numerous friends should feel exceedingly gratified at the result of his candidature. We feel great regret at losing the services of such a worthy member as Councillor Whinsay, and could sincerely have wished that gentleman’s re-election had he but consented to again stand, but we must congratulate the ratepayers upon securing such a worthy successor to this gentleman in the person of Mr Joyce. With respect to Messrs Wilson, Nasmith, Hall, and Tharratt, we must say that these gentlemen did not enter into the contest with sufficient spirit to ensure their return. These gentlemen must know that a large number of voters are very careless as to whether they record their vote at all, or in the event of their doing so, whom they give them to. These people want asking and bringing up. If any candidate fails to canvass for support he assuredly places himself in a very inferior position to one that does. These remarks apply very forcibly to Messrs Wilson and N asm'TH who could, no doubt, have made a very different fight of it had they adopted proper tactic* and not have left so mueu to chance. Anyhow we hope the lesson will nut be again thrown away. We must say that the result of the election is most gratifiying, inasmuch as the ratepayers are great gainers by the change in at least one marke 1 instance.

Hydrophobia is raging in England, and would be in Gisborne but for Ted Beresford’s skittle alley. Opens to night. No collection. At the change of life nothing equals Hop Bitters to allay all troubles incident thereto. By advertisement it will be seen that Mr. T, E. Shirley, House and Estate Agent, has several comfortable cottages on sale, and also a sitting and bedroom to let. Come up and see Ted smile as he puts the pins up. That beaming smile. To-night. Beer and skittles ad lib. Admission free. The ratepayers are reminded that all over due rates must be paid on or before the first of next month. If not summonses will be issued for the recovery of the same. In another column will be found the ad vertised scale of charges for the Pakirikir Ferry, which will be in force on and after October 12th. Tenders will be received at the Cook County offices for the cutting and forming a drain on the Waimata Road. The tenders are to be in by 7 p.m, on Thursday, the 27th inst. Messrs S, M. Wilson, H. Kenny. W. Tharrat E, P. Joyce and C. Smith, return their sincere thanks to the ratepayers for their support in the late election contest. “ Oh, John, what make you appear so gay,” quoth she, “ The skittles at Beresford’s,” my d ar, he replied. R 11 up to-night. The ’well-known and favorite draught entire Windsor Castle will stand this season at the farm of Mr Laurence Dunne, Matawhero. The stock of this horse is so well known and appreciated, that it needs no recommendation from us. Mr P. Bond’s tenders for the erection of about four miles of fencing will close today at noon. For particulars see advertisement. In our report of the voting for Engineer in the Borough Council we give it that Mr Hepburn voted for Mr O’Ryan. This was not so as he only voted for Messrs Ross and Reynolds. Our East Coast Letter will be found on the fourth page. The termination of the Cook County Council is on page one. Scotch pies and coffee are very well in their way. but not a patch on a game of skittles at Beresford’s. See to-night. We call the attention of our readers to the fact that Mr J. Hearfield requires an assistant. Applicants are notified that they need not confine themselves to chrispness. This ought to be a sufficient inducement for many applications We would remind our sporting friends that the best portion of the shares in the Zealandia Company’s Sweep are taken up, and great demands are still being made for those remaining. If anyone requires a ticket they had bettor make application at once, if not they are likely to be too late to secure any.

We have just received to hand “ Cecil Gardner’s Penny Time Table and North New Zealand Guide.” These tables are issued monthly and are replete with all descriptions of information including trains, coaches, steamers, postal, telrgraph, &0., throughout the whole of the North Island. The subscription is only 2s per annum, posted everywhere. On Monday evening the Seraphics will meet as usual at the Academy of Music As this will be the concluding evening of the quarter, we hope to see a good attendance, and that Mr M'Farlane will be prevailed upon to continue the dances for another quarter, as the pleasure of the same will be greatly missed by the majority of his friends.

In another column will be seen the prospectus of “The Goldfield Consultation Company’s Consultation on the Melbourne Cup,” It will consist of 4000 shares of £1 each and the first prize will be £4OOO, second £lOOO, third £5OO, starters £3OO and non-starters £2OO. As this can be guaranteed a genuine sweep and the lists are rapidly filling up, we strongly advise intending speculators to make an early application for shares. The Gisborne people (says the Auckland Star) are resolved to obtain for that town tbe luxury of gas, and a company with an influential provisional directory have taken the matter in hand. Mr F. L. Prime has been appointed broker for Auckland, and notifies in another column that applications for shares close here ,on Saturday next. The capital is to be £lO,OOO in 2,000 shares of £5, which it is anticipated not more than £3 10s will need to be called up.

Messrs. Fraser, Wyllie and Co. will hold a sale of horses to-day at Mr Fryer’s stables, at 2 o’clock, when they will offer some good hacks. On Wednesday, the 19th inst., at Makaraka, at 11 a.m., they will offer 59 head of cattle, comprising steers, heifers and cows ; also, the well-known imported bull “ Robin Adair,” by Robin Hood, and several other lots too numerous to mention. There is at this moment (says the mystical poet Emerson) an utterance brave and grand as that of the collossal chisel of Phidias, cr the trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen of Muses or Dante, but different from all these. That utterance is, “ Skit tles !” We have it on good authority that the grandest eventlof the present century will be the opening of Beresford s Skittle Alley, within the precincts of the Settlers’ Hotel, shortly after two o’clock today (Saturday). To all and sundry the cry is, “ Come, for the feast is spread.” The fatted calf will not be killed, but there will be an unlimited supply of XXX.X, to cool the combatants and excited spectators, while skittles will bo provided for the million. No charge for admission. Recollect. A Dunedinite who recently set out on a tour round the world writes from Fiji:—“ I got a billet the first week I landed, on a sugar plantation forty miles up the Rewa River, as storekeeper and hospital attendant. We have about 200 coolies—Fijians and Islanders—and three white men to keep them in order. There is no fresh meat obtainable here ; but we get tinned meat, and make up on bread, biscuits, and fruit. Yams, bananas, oranges, pineapples, etc., are to be had for the plucking. 1 can't say I like the life. My hut is alive with mosquitoes, lizards a toot long, and rats, and their company is not pleasant. We have had rain all the while I have been here. The natives are very lively at night with war dances, in which they keep wonderful time. The women and girls spend the day in bathing in the river. The less clothes you put on here the more you are iu the fashion. We drink a lot of Fiji grog, made thus : Two niggers sit down and chew the root into a pu.p, then put it in a basin of water and work it about with their hands till the I mixture becomes the color of pea soup, then I the pulp is taken out, and the drink is ready I for use. It’s not bad stuff if a fellow didn’t see the making of it.”