The Poverty Bay Herald AND East Coast News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1880.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1071, 17 July 1880, Page 2

The Poverty Bay Herald AND East Coast News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1880.

We have but -little to say of the week in its, commercial There are no indication's; as far as we'cah see, 'that money is more plentiful here ; than it is in other „ ..places. s Ev:ery one,hope3,for the good time • coming,- :and,this probably is" not likely to happen jUntilihe^winter season has passed ; ' away. '/.'■■ In 'rtfajß'.' meanwhile,' the wool is ... growing! oorn r tjie ; carcases "of . sheep, cattle <■''■' are fattening 'on'otar 'Magnificently-grassed -■■ -Maiidsi "■■■All increase i.andj multiply. — Pro-.ceedings;:in-Parliament; , are • very tame. - -Ministers-are, quite safe for the session at i. ,, least, and ; as retrenchment, and honest •;■ finance appear to be theij policy, -we must ' M hope they -wili' be allowed;' to remain in their places until our fiscal policy is settled I

on a satisfactory basis. — It will be seen by our telegrams, that a strange occurrence was witnessed in the Assembly last night. Sir George Grey was on "on his legs " for one hour, and in possession of the House without uttering a single^ word. A, chair ■was brought to Sir George to lend him support. After a time the Speaker vacated the chair for half-an-hour, when of course members adjourned for a time, probably to the parlors of Bellamy's. Proceedings in Parliament have been quite' unimportant and equally uninteresting for some days past. It is fully believed the House will be out of session in a -fortnight from the present time.-— There are more proceedings pending in the estate of the late Captain Read versus Robert Cooper, but they are all of the same nature as they have been in the past, with slight variations. The disputes and quarrels in connection with this property are becoming quite monotonous, and peeple are getting tired and disg'usted^yith them. — There hasjbeen little or no business in the Resident Magistrate's Court for some days past, and few matters of local interest have had to be recorded. Selectors of land at Waimata, on deferred payment, are requested to be in attendance at the Survey Office, Gisborrie, on Tuesday, the 20th inst., when if there be more than one applicant for a section, the land will be offered for competition by public auction. If a selector doea not succeed iv purchasing the particular section applied for he may, if he deems fit, immediately put in a fresh application for any other section which may then be remaining unsold. Notwithstanding the dull times, and scarcity of money, we anticipate a brisk competition, but nothing like the fictitious values which obtained at the sale of the Patutahi lands j some two years ago will be arrived at. At the Masonic Hall on Monday, night next, Mr. And Mrs. Hart, and Miss Hart will commence their most popular drawing : room entertainments, entitled "Happy Hours." Their stay in Gisborue is limited to four nights only. Being public favorites wherever they appear there can be no doubt that during their short stay they will be well patronised. In the shop of Mr. W. Good, watchmaker, this morning were shown several magnificent specimens of auriferous quartz. Where they came from is not known, but we fear from some place very remote from any part of Poverty Bay. J Constant enquiries are made from property owners as to what they are to do about the Property Tax forms which have been issued, and are required to be sent in by the 2nd prox. No new fprms exempting personal effects, &c, having yet been distributed, no force can be given to the Treasurer's proposal to exempt personal effects until it shall have been adopted by Parliament, but this has not been done — indeed, there is every probability that he will meet with a good deal of opposition before it is finally added to. The new forms cannot be issued, aud the old ones cancelled, by the 2nd of August. It is, therefore, the intention of the Government to postpone further date for sending in the returns, extending the time to the 31st of August. At the auction sale of land at Onndnd, to-day, held by Messrs. Bourke & Smith, at their mart, the lots not realising the reserves, were bought in by the vendor. Directors and shareholders of the Poverty Bay Printing Company are reminded that the third annnual meeting will be held at the Masonic Hotel, at 7 o'clock, on Wednes^ day evening, on the 21st inst. .