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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 9, 15 November 1883, Page 2

A letter from our East Coast Correspondent, containing news from that quarter, can be found on the back page,

A fretful mother and cross child indicates ill health, requiring only Hop Bitters to remove, see

The Committee of the Library held a meeting last night for the purpose of settling the accounts, and drawing up a balance sheet of the Fine Arts Exhibition,

Tnere was a large gathering of the legal profession in the K.M. Court on Tuesday, no less than the seven following gentlemen being present ; —Messrs Nolun, Kenny, Brassey, Finn, Rees, Turton, and Watson. To-day, for the fourth time, Captain Thomas William Porter was returned, unopposed, as Mayor of this Borough. The more fact of no one coming forward to contest the honor with him is the best proof of the high estimation and respect in which Captain Porter is universally held by his fellow townsmen.

Our attention was called yesterday to twelve beautiful specimens of roses which were shown in the shop window of Mr J. Robb. The following are the names of the specimens—Prince Camille de Rohan, Victor Verdeer, Marie Duchess, Madam Berrard, Solfaterre, Marie Baumann, Lord Raglan, Mareschal Neil, Ethenne Levet, Empereur de Marie, Marie Va Houtte. They are from the garden of Mr Bull. The following report was handed to us by Mr D, Isles, the obligiag Manager of the South Pacific Petroleum Co : — “I have to report that on Monday morning last the depth was 303 ft 6in, The Gin pipes were then being driven home in a satisfactory manner, and the drilling was also going on favorably. The strata we have now got into appears to be slightly different to that mentioned in last report, and is harder than we were in some short time ago. Gas was coming up freely, but little or no oil seen,” The United States ship Yankee, which went to the relief of the Greely exploring party, has arrived at Canada. The tidings she brings are of a lamentable nature. No word has been received from Greely or any of his party. The steamer Protias was crushed in an ice floe at the entrance to Smith Sound on 23rd July. It is believed that Greely left his polar station before the close of the summer with the intention to retreat in boats in a southerly direction. Sir George Nares, the English artic explorer, has some hopes, however, of the safety of Greely’s party, The Canterbury “ Times ” says : The New Zealand Native Laud Company has lost no time in getting to work in the way open to all companies. Having failed to get all laws and conditions suspended, the Company has fallen back upon the usual laws and conditions. It is now, or soon will be, before the London public with some brilliant estimates, The Company has not made anything yet, but its balance sheet shows a certainty of a return of nearly cent, per cent, after providing for a substantial benefit to the Native owners, also estimated of course. The Company is confidently described as certain before long to take a moat prominent part in the colonisation of the North Island. These measures and hopes of success are the strongest proof that the Company wanted no legislation to help on their legitimate views. Aa the Company cau get along so well under a law which amongst others they wanted to be suspended, the conclusion is obtrusive that the Company had views last session which were by no means legitimate. As they deserved no pity for the failure of last session, they now deserve no sympathy in their hopes of success. That should be the fates of all who, under pretence of n necessity which docs not exist, seek to have themselves emancipated from all the laws which bind their competitors in business ; of all, in other words, who make impudent demands upon the Legislature of the Colony.