Local and General.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 266, 21 October 1884, Page 2

Local and General.

Holiday.—There will be no publication of the Telephone to-morrow. Parihaka.—Te Mahiki and several Waikatos will be at Parihaka this month. Hop Bitters.—A grocer has been fined £25 for selling hop bitters without a license. Races. —Mr. 8. M. Wilson’s brake and other conveyances will leave the Albion Club at short intervals during the day for the racecourse. Rails.—The production of steel rails in France was 44,919 tons larger last year than in 1882. Cows.—lt is stated by Mr. Bowron. that every milch cow ought to bring a profit of £lO a year. Dividend.— The Marlborough Freezing Company Directory recommend a dividend of 10 per cent. Cruelty.—Persons charged with cruelty to animals are being very severely dealt with in Wellington. Offence.—An old soldier was prosecuted at Napier the other day for disturbing the volunteers while at drill. Wood.—Some totara knots have been sent Home by a Napier firm to be used as veneering for piano cases. One In Six.—Throughout Auckland province every sixty adult males support on an average one publichouse with all its attendant expenses. Meeting of Creditors.—The first meeting of creditors in the estate of Mr. W. H. Flood is notified to take place at eleven oclock on Monday next, the 27 inst. Borough Council.—There will not be any meeting of the Borough Council to-night, owing to the Agricultural and Pastoral Society’s Show taking place to-day. Race Horses.—The following race horses arrived by the Thomas Russell this morning for to-morrow’s races—Leonata, Emir Bey, Christina, Abraham, and Yankee.

No Light.—The Supreme Court of N. S. Wales the other day awarded £4OOO damages against the Railway Department for not having a lamp alight. Aquatic.—Bnach, Hanlan, and Laycock, and probably Clifford, Brett, and Matterson, are expected to take part in a grand aquatic carnival to be held in Melbourne on the sth of November.

Wairoa.—There has been somewhat of an exodus of Maoris from here during the last few days, Renata Kawepo and his people left by the last steamer for Napier, and many needy relations deplore his departure. Court.—Judgment was given for the plaintiffs in the followihg cases this morning :— H. Lewis v. W. Stannard, claim 18s., costs 10s.; W. Adair v. D. Kydd, claim £2O, costs £2 45.; L. Mclntosh v. J. Sears, claim £l9 Is. 4d, costs £2 Ils. Tolago Bay.—Replying to Mr. Wi Pere, Mr. Stout said the school attendance at Tologa Bay fell so low that the school was closed. If the natives make application and promised better attendance in future the school would be re-opened. Jockey.—The jockey Mahar deserves great praise for the manner in which he rode Wanda in the hack hurdle race. At the first obstacle the mare was cannoned against by another horse and fell, the left stirrup breaking off. Mahar rode the rest of the race, and won with only one stirrup.— Napier Telegraph. Native Land Duty.—Replying to a question put by Wi Pere, Mr. Ballance said the ten per cent, duty capitalised value of Native lands was a source of revenue the removal of which would entail a loss of £5,000 to the revenue per annum. Government, however, would carefully, .consider the subject during the recess. Cheese Factory. — A meeting of the directors of the Cook County Cheese and Bacon Factory was held yesterday afternoon at the Masonic Hotel, the business being to appoint a manager, and to decide as to purchasing the machinery. Both questions were fully discussed, but were allowed to stand over until the next meeting. Irony.—That was a fine piece of irony of Pugin’s, when he had got out the designs for a magnificent cathedral, to cost thirty thousand pounds, and the committee of the building fund wanted him to reduce the price to ten thousand : “ Say thirty shillings more, gentlemen,” he wrote “ and have a nice spire!”

A.M.P. Society.—The Australian Mutual Provident Society has resolved to increase the limit of risk taken on any single life from £5OOO to £lO,OOO, and is now prepared to issue policies to that extent on first-class lines. This change is warranted by the magnitude of the society’s business and the large amount of its funds which exceed £5,000,000 sterling. Tenders,—Tlie following tenders were opened yesterday afternoon : —Opotikißoad : Corcoran and McLeod, £2B (accepted) ; Cohen and Blair, £52 10s.; Dwyer and Co., £39 155.; B. Taylor, £64 10s.; M. Boland, £5O. Mangatu Road y Dwyer and Co., £79 155.; M. Boland, £75; Corcoran and McLeod, £75 (accepted). Waimata Road : D. Gready, £l6 195.; J. Chute, £l3; Corcoran and McLeod, £9 15s. (accepted); M. Keeley, £ll 10s.; Brosnahan, £l4 10s. Sweeps.—The return moved for by the Hon. Mr. Hart at tlie commencement of the present session showing the number and amount of money orders issued by the Post Office in favor of certain “ sweep” promoters, has at length been prepared and presented to the Council, It merely relates to the months of June and July last, and is as follows :—Adamastor, 4 orders, £3 ; Phcenix, 3 orders, £2; Boaz, 166 orders, £lB9 ; Fortuna, 54 orders, £62; A. Loo, 1 order, £2; Robi*: Hood, 12 orders, £6O; Jubal Fleming, 2 orders, £1; Adam Bede, 40 orders, £73 ; total, 312 orders, £392. As most of the money invested in consultations is transmitted in pound notes, and net through vhe money order office, the return is of little or no value as a guide to the extent to which speculation of this kind prevails in the Colony.

Wairoa.—The Guardian gays:—‘‘To all appearances there will be very little maize grown in-the Wairoa district this year, owing to the bad crop last season, and consequent scarcity of seed. Besides, the natives are going in for more wheat. Around Te Hatepe abont 150 acres of this cereal have been put in, and the crop looks exceedingly well. Military,—The following are the aggiegates of the British army, 1881-s:—Regular forces, 191,698; militia, 136,806; yeomanry, 14,101; volunteers, 247,661 : total, 590,469. Of 141 battalions of infantry of the line. 65 are on the home establishment, 50 on the Indian, 18 on the the Colonial, and 8 on the Egyptian. The establishment of all the regiments that have served in New Zealand is fixed at 912 non-commissioned officers and privates, except that of the South Lancashire Regiment (40th), which is 1010.

D’Arcy Hyland. — This renowned horse tamer opens at the Albion Club Stables tonight. The Wairoa Guardian says:—“Mr. D’Arcy Hyland, the renowned horse tamer, who arrived by the last trip of the s.s. Wairoa, gave an exhibition cl his skill on Thursday afternoon, in a small inclosure in the rear of Mayo’s Hal], when by gentle handling combined with effective appliances, he soon reduced to submission an unbroken draught filly belonging to Mr, G. Mayo. Mr. Hyland regretted not having a wilder animal to operate upon. Yesterday afternoon he again tried his hand on some unbroken horses in the yards attached to Mr. George Taylor’s Ferry Hotel, North Clyde, and showed to the satisfaction of the spectators that he possessed in a high degree the art of reducing unbroken and intractable animals to a state of docility and obedience to man.” Pai.riamentary Union.—The adjourned debate on the Address-in-Reply will be resumed at McFarlane’s Hall, at half-past seven o’clock on Monday evening next, and . not Friday as was first intended. Many honorable members are expected to be present and an interesting debate, traversing the whole policy enunciated by the Government is looked forward to. The Premier (Hon. O. A. DeLautonr), it would appear, has absolutely no intention of departing from his resolution to stake the existence of his Government upon its Native Land policy, notwithstanding the pressure that has, no doubt, been brought to bear from certain quarters. The Colonial Treasurer (Hon. Carlaw Smith) is busily engaged preparing his financial statement. The Hon. W. F. Crawford, is looked upon as a tower of strength to the Goverment, and it is felt on all sides that his presence on the Treasury benches cannot fail to add weight. Professor Hugo.—This gentleman arrived here on Sunday last and purposes lecturing in Gisborne at McFarlane’s Hall on Thursday and Friday next. His lectures on physiognomy have awakened a large amount of interest, and have been well attended in the various parts of the Colony whore they have been delivered. The Professor is an excellent linguist and possesses.a University education. Although a native of Denmark he speaks English and the several Continental languages with great fluency. He is also a skilled artist, and has executed many diagrams, which will be on view, representing the faces and profiles of the great men of every age. He is a reader of character, By the features, the look, the gesture, the smile, the hand, lie assumes to tell the faults, the virtues, and the disposition of man, woman, or child. From the pleasing style and general versatility of the Professor his lectures are most entertaining. They are provocative of mirth, but never of annoyance, for he avoids ridiculing his subjects. No doubt the able lecturer will be well patronised. Thanks.—At the Library concert last night, Mr. C. A. DeLatour rose and said the committee desired that a few words should be said to those who had so ably amused them, and so kindly given their services on those occasions, and he hoped those present would heartily respond to what he said as the committee wished them uttered as no bare compliment. The committed also desired to thank Mr. W. H. Flood, who had always willingly given assistance. He then thanked the audience for being so good as to go and be amused, and he trusted on all such occasions they would fully support their own instititution—the free public library of Gisborne—and here he might again remind them of the many literary treasures that they would find there. Some thought they had no books, but a gentleman had informed him that evening that he had found two rare books there, which he could not perhaps have found elsewhere, and he thought if those who had not yet joined would do so, they would find books there they had never before seen.

Entertainment.—The last of the series of entertainments inaugurated for the benefit of the public library was given last evening, and was a grand success. In the first part Mr. O’Meara sang the “ Scout” with good effect. Mrs. Osborne brought down the house by singing “ Ask me again and I will not say no,” and as an encore sang “Some Day.” Miss Porter, Mrs. Greenwood, Mr. Greenwood, and Mr. Dufaur sang the quartette “ Good Night ” in a capital manner, and after considerable persuasion favored the audience with a repetition. Miss Porter, Mrs. Greenwood, and Mr. Dufaur later on sang “ Glorious Apollo,” also with good effect. Part singing is somewhat of a rarity in Poverty Bay, and these two items were therefore all the more welcome. The Tattley family next played “La Clochette D’Argent.” for which they were encored, and also rendered “Li ci Cardem.” Mrs. Butler sang “ Oh, how delightful,” treating the florid passages in a truly artistic style. Mr. Warren gave a comic reading, which produced much laughter. The appearance of Mrs. Jones was the signal for an outburst of applause, which was renewed on completion of her selections “ Thou art so near” and “A dream within a dream.” Mr. Edwards sang “Alice, where art thou,” but owing to indisposition was unable to respond to an enctne. Mr. DeLautour, president of the library, then thanked the performers and the audience for the success of the series of entertainments, and impressed upon all present the advisability of adding their names to the subscribers list. The afterpart “ Ici on parle Francaig,” .was cagt, as follows:—Major Regulus Rattan, Mr. E.'H. Pavitt; Victor Dubois, Mr. E. Goldsmith ; Mr. J. Bourke ; Mrs. Spriggings, Madam Stewart; Angelina (their daughter), Miss Stickley ; Julia (wife of Major Rattan), Miss Jones; Anna Maria (amaid-of-all-work). Master Vandy. Each of the characters was in good hands, and the performers kept the audience laughing from start to finish. The properties and dresses were first class, and the audience were profuse in their praises throughout. The receipts amounted to about £l6.