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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 26, 25 December 1883, Page 2

In order to give the employes in the office of this paper a holiday on Boxing-Day we have decided to not issue the Telephone nn Thursday, and trust that our subscribers will pardon the liberty we take.

The next meeting of the Harbour Board will take place on Thursday Evening next, the 27th instant, at seven o’clock.

Majors Sculley and Swindley have appointed the mounted police as dog-tox collectors for the Cook County district.

County dog-owners are reminded that the dog tux for the year 1884 has been fixed at 10s per animal.

The regular monthly inspection parade of .1 Battery N.Z. V. A. will be held on Thursday next, at 7-30 p.m.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Alfred John Leggatc to be Honorary Surgeon of J Battery. Pate of commission, 18lh November, 1883.

The meeting of tho Cook County Council, convened for 2 o'clock yesterday, lapsed for want of a quorum, and was, consequently, adjourned until Thursday, January 10th, 1884.

In the Supreme CDurt, on Saturday, the rule nisi, was made absolute in the divorce case of Goldsmith v. Goldsmith and Foulgrain.

The total receipts from all sources of the Floricnltural and Horticultural Society’s Show this year was £4O 14s sd, as against Habilities of £3l 3s Od, Paving a balance of £9 Ils sd.

We are in receipt of a card from the officers of the Post-office and Telegraph Department, Gisborne, wishing us the compliments of the peuson. and may ray that their good wishes are reciprocated. There was no business transacted at the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning. At the Trust Commissioner’s Court only three cases were heard, and which were nil ad join heel. The eleven selected from the Wanderer’s Christchurch Cricket Club to play the Auckland team pasiwd nn in the Rotoinahana on Sunday morning. Go Saturday, prior to leaving, they played a scratch match at Patene against an eighteen, for the purpose of practice. The eleven include four inter-provincial men,

[ The '* New Zealand Tourists’ Vude Mecum,” i a pamphlet published by the Union S.S. Co , J h.«s been sont to us, and wo have much pleaI sure in calling attention to the well-oom piled I traveller’s guide. “ This brochure is published ' for the information and guidance of pmsmgars by the 0,8.8. Co.’s b ,u!fi,” and among its useful eonlenlfi are a table of distances and an “ Index Guide to the Colony.” Some improvement is certainly needed in the arrangements for tho tender of the U.S.S. Co.’a steamer in the Gisborne roadstead. No definite time for the departure of the Snark frum the Gisborne wharf appears to be fixed, and it is, of course, u great inconvenience and source of annoyance to intending passengers by the Co.’s boats to find they have to wait a long time at the wharf, while persons have lost their passages, through a want of system in anuoun ciiig the time for the tender to cast off moorings. We would suggest that the Gisborne agent post up a notice outside the door of his office, as well as advertise a day in advance, giving the time for the leaving of tile tender.

A few of the officers in tho U.S.S. Co.’s service appear to have easy times of it, or take things rather philosophically, an example of which was afforded us on Monday morning. We took a run out in the Snark to the Omuperc, and on our little bort steaming up alongside of its big friend, an entire absence of interest was taken in our proceedings. Close to the Omapere’s gangway stood twn gilt-bound “stilors ” with their bands in their pocke's, and not a soul appeared to be on band to give a «y orders us to Clie trans'iinment of passengers. The captain of the Bna>k, disgusted with the inertness of the gilt-boui.d officers, climbed on board the big steamer an i ran the gangway out. There were but three or four passengers for Gisborne, and yet only one of them, Major Ropata, left tho steamer, as the others, (ladies) could not procure their luggage in time to come ashore in the tender. It may have bren very fine for the “officer” who facetiously intimated I hat he would send them (the ladie-) in the lighter ; but we think thata man of I hat stamp is totally unfit, for the position of officer of a passenger ship The U.S.S. C•. has spared no expense in filling up its steamers, the tables kept are firstclass, and tho inajoii yof the officers are attentive to pas<engers ; but, unforlunutely, some of the brass-bound swells are perfect boors.

Our attention has been called to the following local in the H r ainoa Guardian of the 15th inst. :—“ With reference to a local that appeared in our issue of the sth inst., embodying a portion of a report of tho Native Land Court proceedings in Gisborne, copied from the and purporting to give the remaiks of the Court, on certain allege I fraudulent land l-ransactions said to have been perpetrated by Mr. Allan McDonald. M.H.R., t o the detriment of Katarina Kahut ia, we are informed by Mr. McDonald that the report in question was untrue, that what was published by the Telephone was never said in Court, that Katarina Kahutia never signed a d cd to him. and that he has entered

an action against tho proprietors of the Telephone for libel. Wo always regret when incorrect statements find their way into our

columns, but in this ease we copied the report in queslion from the Telephone in perfect good fait.h, supposing it to be a true report of the proceedings of the Native Lands Court ” For the information of the simple creature who penned the foregoing—evidently with a goose-quill—wc may state that our report was correct in every particular, and can be substantiated by the Native Lands Court ; besid. s which, we are fully prepared to defend any such action, if intended. Really, the editor, or proprietor, of the Guardian must be a veritable journalistic gosling to be bounced into making a mean apology, and it occurs to un that we have an action for libel—say for a claim of £lO,OOO damages—against the “good fait.h” disciple of Wairoa. Journalism appears to be at a very low ebb in the district where our friend so brightly.

A magnificent head of oats, of the species known as Foxtail, over two feet in length, has been grown on Mr. Edward Hurst’s farm, Eumeralla West, Macarthur.

” We {Tapnnui Courier) regret to state that the weather continues very wet and unseasonable for the time of the year; and ‘midwinter’ rather than ‘ mid summer’ would be a more fitting description of the past week’s weather. Snow, hail, and frost have in turn made their appearance, and ‘the ruin it rnincth every d.iy.’ ”

“ A rather singular case was brought in for medical t - atment from Hawera recen ly to the hospital. The son of Mr. Read, llawera, storekeeper, about two years old, was placing with some wi eat, a. grain of winch enleied t !, o ear and caused great pain. Medical aid was obtained nt lluwera, biV all efforts to extract the grain were unavailing. The child was brought into town two days ago, and taken to the hospital, where Dr. O’Carroll performed a nitlier delicate operation, an<l was successful in extracting the grain of wheat, which hud swollen six or eight timerf its original size and hud caused excruciating pain,’’

From llie New Xe.aland Herald of the 12th instant tho following is taken:—“Wo have to record the death of another old colonist in the person of Captuin Dinnin, who died u’ his residence, i’oneoiiby, at. the advanced ug«of 73. He arrived m Auckland with t e 58ih Regiment in 1845, and took part in the lleke war which was then raging The company lo which he belonged (the Light Company) lost a great number of their men in the assault on Okai juu, which took place on the Bth of M«y in l.iiu same year. Un retiring from the service Captain Dinnin eel,tied in Auckland, nnd engaged in business, in which be earned a competence. On the Waikato war breaking out he was made a captain in the Auckland Militia, Of lute years ho has lived u very retired life. Ihe funeral will taka place to-uiorrew (Thursday) ut throe p.m , and no doubt his old comrades of the old ‘ Biack < uffs ’ will muster in force to paj the List token of reipeot to their old notnpanion in arms.”

Tho remark “Served at Trafalgar” is appended to tho name of the late William Ward Aikers, who died trt Napier on the 13th October last, and whose estate (•' under £5 ”) bus been phved under the care of the Public Trustee. The Eoening Post says, referring to this “ Seeing that the Buttle of Trafalgar occurred nearly 79 years ago, the de-

ceased, to have served at it even as a boy, must have atlained u good old age. Captain Aikertt, who died in the Napier Hospital, us our readers will probably remember, attained (ho good old age of 90 years, his death being eventually caused by atrophy of the heart,— Daily Telegraph.

The Otago Daily Timet reports that ‘ a good deal of interest has been shown by the ex-pupils of the Girls’ High School in the proposal to form an ex-pupils' association. A very successful meeting was held yesterday at the school, uud a lively iuterest shown in the proceedings. The association was named “ Hie ex-High School Girls' Club,” and over 40 members were enrolled. Au energetic committee was elected to draw up rules, & to be submitted to a general meeting of the Club to be held in February next. Meantime, with the object of making the membership as large as possible, the secretary is to communicate with all ex-pupils. The object of the Club is to promote pleasant social intercourse between the members physicalas well as intellectual improvement being aimed at.’’

The correspondent of the Aucklan 1 Herald writing from Ohineinutu, on the 12th instant says. “Te Kooti and a cavalcade of seven'y horsemen made an imposing entry into the settlement this morning. Large crowds of gaily-dressed natives had assembled to do him honour. He proceeded directly to the large carved house, where he received a demonstration worthy of a conquering hero under the splendid banner of Uenuku-Ko-pako. A vigorous fangi on both sides was at once indulged in, after which came speeches of welcome from the Ngatiwl akaue. one of winch hinted strong'y that the illustrious visitors might expert but poor fare, as Rotorua was in a state of mate kai. Th Kooti, in a quaint speech, wished the hatchet buried for ever, and the past misdeeds remembered no more. ‘ Let peace abound,’ he said, ‘ and sell no more land.’ The proceedings were most orde.lv.”