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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 17, 4 December 1883, Page 2

The opening of th * Supreme Court will take place un the lOth in«t. The usual f< rlnigh ly meeting of the Borough Council, will be held in the Borough offices this evening, Tne funeral of Mr. Hebar Pritdnvd to »k place yes’erday afternoon, when a large num ber of friends followed his remains to the Cemetry. It will be remembere 1 that he broke a blood-vessel some time ago, and has since developed cancar in the stomach, from which he expired on Sunday last. He was an old Gisborne resident, and brother to Ur vlbert Pritchard. He Laves a wife uni five young children. In the Native Lands Cm-t to d iy, his [on »r Jud'o William compldnel of the lefecnra mmur in wiish Lha p iis wore irawn out, aril sail they sh »ul I eleirly 4 iow ail strrti m, hills, pahs, boon I try trees, in 1 every other uiarice 1 feature. If this were done the Court would be saved much trouble and annoyance.

Thomas Newby was fined five shillings, or in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment, for drunkenness, at the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday morning. It affords us pleasure to encou r age athletic ► porta on every convenient occasion • but we w-re surprised to find on Saturday evening last that a swimming inatnh had been arranged to take place in the river, immediately in view of ladies, about the time of the boat-race. Had the swimming match been announced publicly to take place on a secluded part of ike stream no b ame could attach to the promoters of the sport if ladies attended it ; but there was no such announcement, and many ladies who cong-egated on the bank of the river had no idea that arn other amusement than the boat-race was to eventuate. We are serry to have occasion to call attention to the want of thought or delicacy ou the part of those gentlemen into rsted in the swimming ina'ch, and hope tuey will have more respect for the ladies in fin ure. We understand that the Rev. W. Cocks is about to take his final departure from Gisbornej The passengers on board the Tarawera on Sunday morning must have formed a good opinion as to the importance of Gisborne as a irading poit, when they saw two large ships and three schouneis l)ing in the Bay. We trust that before long such a sight will be far from unusud, and that double the number will cease to be a matter for surprise.

The business of the Trust Commissioners court yesterday, uonsHted of an application fur certificate to d<ed of conveyance ol .Vluhungi 1 Block to Peter Cooper, which was adjourned. Waikohu Block deed of conveyance from Alum lurei to D. Page, corticate affixed.

During the next week Gisborne will be the scene ut a amount of legal business, us uu less than lour Gouris will bit then—the ■Supreme, Luo Aa ive Lauds Courts, and the it. M. Court. The town will also be honored uy the pivsence of lour Judges—His llunui duel Justice Prendergast, vi the ttupiemu Uuurt; Judge Bruuklicld, of the Aalive luands Court; and Judges O'Brien and iliiaiiis, of the hative Lauds Court, for the le-heailug ut Cases.

We are informed by Mr. Hatol.ffo, Uuptuiu of tne Gisborne ituvung Club, Lnat he is writing to together a crew of fuur meinvers vf tne Lluu io row against an equa. number of amateur numbed belonging to any Ito Aing Club in Kapler, for a trupuy of tin vaiue of frutnuU tj 7o gu.nuus, ou tuu under oiunddig that the race laKcs place at mis o rine, at any time during tne mouth ul vebruury or Aluicii next. Tuis sLipuiatlm we consider only fair, us uurbuys have already uceu twice lu Aapier Lo lake puit in bUvh a like coolest as that now piopuded.

A vuiy curious pneuoineija occurrvd on Munday uiui'iniig uo <ut 2 o'clous a.m. As Con oluide vv iisou and N.gniw * to., man Hump,.nes were proceeding along street, and Mi.nsi Liie any was purieutiy uiear and ought a luelvunu lig t suddenly Hashed in front ol uieni, lighting up the liuuses ou one side oi vhe way in a most DtiliiuuL manner atm

creating such surprise that tuey felt cunBiruiuud tv gu auu examine the buriuiug tv ece whether it hud sustained any injury, they slate that the light lusted a cuup.e oi BecOuds and looaed like u luminous star radi a iog bi'ii.ia*it rays of light.

The Otago Daily Times reports that “ the tenth annual meeting uf the shareholders of Alusgiel Woollen Factory Company was livid un the 23rd ult. Air. John Roberts, chairman of directors, presided, and about 2l) biiaiehuldei's were present.” In the annual report it is stated that “ the business ti’ausacUons uf the Company for the paaL year have been sonafactory. The new vuildings at the factory are now finished, the who.e uf the machinery is effective and kept fully employed, and the demand for thu Company's nianuiaciures has been quit** equal to the increased production. After making the usual depreciation on plant—£2ooo—and for the interim dividend for the naif year already paid in April, £2OOO, the prolit and loss account shows an available balance of £BlB4 14s 6d.”

Mr, Mcßeth contradicts the statement that he is the author of the letter of the .dttori members to the Aborigine’s Protection Society. The following is Mr. Mcßeth’s version uf the affair “ During last session 1 was asked by Mr. Tawhai, who meL me in .Vlole*worth-street, to aitend a meeting of Aluoris, including the four members, whom 1 had not seen or nad cominuuica'iun with for about twe.ve months. T..e letter was the joint production of the meeting and its sub e<ance had, 1 b>lieve, been before thoroughly discussed iu Maurdand. I wish it to be di«tincliy understood that 1 did not even suggest that the letter should b» written, and t -e Maoris prubab y consulted tne merelv because they knew me to be one of those who objected u the illegal treuiuient of Maoris on the West < oust. The statem-mt that the let ter was itiered to the Pr«ss is quite true. I offered it to the manager of the Press Association since its publication in Great Bri'ain. 1 thought that course might prove the most expeditious way of ra sing money to transact a little business in the interests of I lie Mauris. 1 am fully authorised by tne Maor.s to act for them in all matters ieluting to the letter. 1 told them that it might probably be necessary to | üblish it, and 1 have no doubt Major le Whero would endorse my doing so. Tne paragraph in your issue uf the 24tn instant, is offensive to me, and 1 must jequeat you to publish the facts of the case.”