The Telephone. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23. Local and General.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 113, 23 April 1884, Page 2

The Telephone. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23. Local and General.

J Battery.—The ordinary monthly inspection will take place on Thursday evening at the Drill-shed. Lectuue.— On dit that a lecture, illustrative of the advantages to bo derived from Building Societies, is in course of preparation and will shortly be delivered by a well-known resident. Potatoes.—We have before us a splendid specimen of the “ Pink-eye ” potatoe, weighing upwards of 2|lbs, which was grown by Mr Ewen Cameron, Toanga, from imported seed. The yield has been in proportion to the size. County Rates. — To-morrow, Thursday, has been specially set apart, at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, for the hearing of cases brought by the County Clerk, for the recovery of County rates. Union S.S. Service.—On account of the ■Manapouri’s being detained at Southern Ports, she will not arrive here till Monday morning. The Te Anau may be expected on Friday from Auckland. Shipping. — The s.s. Omapere may be looked for about May 3rd, proceeding to Auckland via Tauranga. The Southern Cross, for Napier, will not arrive before Friday morning, the last boat leaving the wharf at 8 a.m. Albion Club Stables.—Five tenders were opened to-day for painting the above stables, and the lowest, W. Burton, was accepted. The Kawatiri —This steamer left the Bay about 1.30 with the Westport mails on board. The English Mails.—The Zelandia with the March English mails left San Francisco for Auckland on the 13th April; two days later than time-table date. The City of Sydney with the April Colonial mails arrived in San Francisco from Auckland on the 21st April; two days earlier than time-table date. Attempted Suicide.—The R.M. Court has been occupied the whole day in hearing the case of attempted suicide at the British Empire Hotel. Gisborne Institute. —We remind our readers that a meeting of the above will be held at the school-house to-night, when we hope to see a good attendance. Earthquake.—Cablegrams convey the remarkable intelligence of a rather severe shock of earthquake in England. Harbor Board.—After the termination of the Borough Council sitting last night a special meeting of the Harbor Board was called for the purpose of considering the various matters which had been left over pending the arrival of the Harbor Board’s Grants, and also the notice of motion made by Cr. Joyce re scale of foreshore rents. Cr, Lewis said Mr. Rosie had been in attendance for some length of time for the purpose of submitting his scheme for scouring the river, but he had now gone and the matter had better stand over. Cr. Tucker moved “ That as the night was so far advanced, the whole of the business stand over till next Tuesday.” It would be no good commencing at that hour as it would be midnight before they got fairly into the business and lie did not wish to stop there all night. The sensible resolution having been agreed to, the Board adjourned.

Gas Company.—The balance of 550 unallotted shares in the Gas Company has been placed on the market, and may be taken up by the residents in the district till Friday the 2nd proximo, at par, ?;A., at £1 15s. per share, including 6th call pail up. The remainder of the shares not subscribed for locally by that date, will be offered in Auckland, where they will find a ready sale. A visit to the works shows the rapid progress being made. The balance of the plant is shortly expected to arrive. Intending consumers should lose no time in procuring their fittings that they may not be disappointed when gas is available. Age Specials.—Among the Aye specials is a telegram stating that in the New Zealand appeal case of Williams and the Queen, the Privy Council affirmed the decision of the New Zealand Court. This is probably the action brought by Captain Williams against the Government for damages sustained through the sinking of the s.s. Westpoiu in the river at Westport. Captain Williams gained the case in the New Zealand Court, and it will be seen that the decision of the latter has now been affirmed by the English Court, to which the Government appealed. M. de Lesseps.—M. de Lesseps was present the other evening at a banquet given by the leading members of the scientfic press of Paris, and, in the course of the speech, said ijhat the scheme for the creation of an inland spa in North Africa was approaching realisation. M. Roudaire would, he said, proceed shortly to Tunis with a firman from the Sultan authorising the execution of the project. A. Monster Organ.—There has just been received from Belgium, for the Italian church at the north end of Hatton Garden London, an organ which has cost £2OOO and will be one of the largest in the metropolis for a place of worship. Its weight is thirty tons ; the bellows is worked by pneumatic power, and the central pipe is thirty-two feet in length, and a door had to be removed to get the instrument into the church. Robson’s Diorama.—This -celebrated diorama of ■' the Egyptian War will open in Parnell and Boylan’s Hall to-night, and has earned a wide-spread popularity. The lectures are entertaining and instructive, conveying a large amount of information upon various interesting subjects. The scenes are lighted with a peculiar kind of gas composed of oxygen and hydrogen, which would prove very useful to tradesmen as being both simply and inexpensively manufactured. The presents are of the most substantial kind, and will prove not the least interesting item. No doubt the entertainment will be well patronized. Defences.—The defences of Bombay are receiving the serious attention of the military authorities in India. The present forts aie of small value, and but for the protection of the East Indian Squadron the principal city in India would be at the mercy of any wellappointed and heavily-armed cruiser. Theft of Important Documents. — Some most important correspondence has been stolen from the house of a deceased statesman. It consists of confidentiel letters exchanged between the late Due de Mornv and Napoleon HI. The fear of its publication is causing quite a flutter of excitement in Parisian circles.