Local and General.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 112, 22 April 1884, Page 2

Local and General.

_ Borough Council. — The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council takes place to-night. Court of Appeal. —The next sitting of the Court of Appeal will be opened at Wellington on the 12th of May. Bank Holiday. — To-morrow being St. George’s day the banks will be closed. Correction.—The name of the Captain of the Wairarapa, erroneously given as McNeil in our local of yesterday, should have been Chatfield. Renewal of License.—Mr Thomas Fox gives due notice that he will apply for a renewal of license for his house of accommodation at Tokomaru, at the next licensing meeting. J Battery.—The usual monthly inspection parade of the J Battery will take place on Thursday night next at the drill shed, when it will be decided whether the corps can be still maintained or disbanded. Educational Reserves. — The following lands at Ormond are Gazetted as Educational Reserves Town sections 1, 34, GO, and G 4, containing 4a, suburban secs. 1,4, and 5, containing 28a. 2r. 23p., and rural sections 65, 66 and 76, containing 324 a. Ir. 4p. Gold Exports. —A return of the quantity and value of gold entered for duty from the Ist of April, 1857, to 31st March, 1884, gives 10,384,614 oz., valued at £40,707,074. Immigration Returns.—The immigration returns for the quarter ended 81st' of March, 1884, gives the total arrivals at 6,590, and the departures at 3,064, leaving a balance in favour of the Colony of 3,5*26. Wauiarafa’s Cargo.—About twelve tons of the Wairarapa’s cargo, has been carried on to Auckland, where it will very likely be transhipped into the Southern Cross, and return here again, about Thursday. Experience.—Mr. Brassey when giving his evidence yesterday, stated in reply to a remark of Mr. DeLautonr that he knew more about a certain thing than he (Mr. DeLautonr) as he had more experience. Mr. DeLautour replied that he was aware of the fact, and he hoped he would soon have Mr. Brassey’s experience. Prompt Settlement.—We understand that Mr. W. S, Greene’s claim against the Hamburg Magdeburg Insurance Company was settled within one week after the claim was sent in—an example of commendable promptness seldom equalled. Soda Water.—Mr. S. M. Wilson has just received the first, shipment of Swift’s soda water, which has ever entered the Bay, and the same will be at the services of his customers after Ulis date. Th- tenders for painting the Albion Club Stabl.•» will clo.e at noon to-morrow. Mn. McDonald. — The Napier Telegraph says : “ Speaking at Gisborne recently, Mr. Allan McDonald mentioned that he brought in a Bill to obtain a Waste Lands Board at Gisborne, and for the formation of a Waste Lands District, to comprise the Wairoa and Cook Counties. Mr. Allan McDonald, as it happens, did not introduce that Bill, it was a Government measure, and Mr. McDonald’s 1 a v/a f] o;y]q ( 0 ] a islon by a majority of six. Mr. M Doi ild, however, said it was lost by one vote, and that one vote was Mr. Sutton’s. Some members have very short memories,

Borough Council. —The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council will be held tonight, after which a special meeting of the Harbor Board will be held for the purpose of considering the several applications in connection with the foreshore. Advertisements.—As it is impossible to keep all advertisements in the most conspicuous part of our paper, we have thought it advisable, in the interests of our subscribers and advertisers, to compile an index to standing advertisements with a view of keeping all equally prominent before the public. They have been alphabetically arranged, and will afford easy reference to names and businesses. A Pitfall.—We have been requested to call the attention of the Borough Council to the dangerous pit which has been left open for an unnecessary length of time on Read’s Quay. If we are not mistaken the matter has already been brought forward at the Board, and some resolution passed with respect to the same. We hear that several very narrow escapes from accident have happened during the dark nights in which the ’busses and traps have been in attendance on the passenger service, and think that in such a small matter of cost the danger should be at once removed. The Egyptian War Diorama.—Robinson’s popular diorama of the Egyptian War opens in Parnell & Boylan’s Hall to-morrow night. From our exchanges it appears that the above diorama has met with the most unqualified success during the whole of its tour. The following is taken from a Napier contemporary : —“ Highly artistic pictures were presented to view, and each picture had a brief description given to it, which enabled all present to thoroughly grasp the situation and scene depicted to view. These pictures were succeeded by some still finer artistic efforts in the shape of views of English, Scottish, Irish, and colonial scenery, some of the pictures being really gems. Then there were a few comicalities and a display of statuary; the latter may be described as the best artistic work of the collection. Many of the pictures, on being presented to the audience, were vociferously applauded. Indeed the entertainment all through is of a very high class, and thoroughly deserves the encomium bestowed upon it which it has met with wherever exhibited. At the close a number of useful and valuable gifts were distributed in a manner which left no doubt on the minds of the audience as to the perfect fairness of the distribution. Diseased Cattle Act.—By a Gazette notice the 31st section of the above Act is revoked, and the following regulations to take effect on and after the 28th day of April, are substituted in lieu thereof :—Regulations : (1.) No Inspector shall authorise any cattle brought by sea from any place in any of the Australian Colonies to be introdouced into New Zealand, unless the certificate of the Inspector or other officer charged with the execution of the law relating to the prevention of diseases among cattle in the place whence the same are brought that the same are the produce of such colony, or have performed a quarantine of not less than thirty days therein and been found free from desease, be produced to him, together with a certificate of the master of the vessel in which such cattle are introduced indorsed thereon that such vessel has not during the preceding six months been in any port outside the Australasian Colonies, or received on board cattle from any place outside the Australasian Colonies, or from any vessel which, during the six months preceding reception, has been in any port outside the Australasian Colonies. (2.) If any cattle brought by sea from any of the Australasian Colonies be not the produce of such colony, and have not been depastured in such colony for a period of ninety days, or have not performed a quaranteen of not less than thirty days therein, and been pronounced free from disease, such cattle, for the purpose of these regulations, shall be deemed to have been shipped at a port outside the Australasian Colonies. (3.) No inspector shall authorise any dogs brought by sea from any place in any of the Australasian Colonies to be introduced into New Zealand under the provisions of any regulations made under the provisions of tlie “ Diseased Cattle Act, 1881,’, unless a certicat<’ of the Inspector or other officer charged with the execution of the law relating to the prevention of diseases among dogs in the place whence the same are brought, that the same are the produce of such Colony, or have performed a quarantine of not less than six months therein and been found free from disease, be produced to him, together with a certificate of the master of the vessel in which such dog are introduced indorsed thereon that such vessel has not during the preceeding six months been in any port outside the Australasian Colonies, or received on board dogs from any place outside the Australasian Colonies, or from any vessel which during the six months preceding such reception has been in any port outside the Australasian Colonies. (4). If any dogs brought by sea from any of the Australasian Colonies be not the produce of such Colony, and have not been kept in such Colony for a period of six months, or have not performed a quarantine of six months therein and been pronounced free from disease, such dogs, for the purpose of such last-mentioned regulations, shall be deemed to have been shipped at a port outside the Australasian Colonies.