The Poverty Bay Of Herald AND East Cost News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1093, 12 August 1880, Page 2

The Poverty Bay Of Herald AND East Cost News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING.

PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING.

THURSDAY, * AUGUST.; 12,..-1880.

This morning, at about 8 o'clock, a native^fnamfcd j Tarpre, .who some three * weeks or a month back was committed for Ji ; trial,' on a . r chargei of ; passing : 'a . valueless cheque. on. Mesacs. Davis. & Co., of Makaraka, escapedfr^m the gaol. The architect who planned the- Stockade was no doubt / a humane and JtfHder-hearted man, having '" a great 1 pity tor all poor prisoners; and „?captiveß.''T here- is a corner in the Stockade yard whioh.is so arranged that when * ' :: thedoor of "the cell- nearest the corner is opened a peraon desirous ' of liberty has merely to place hia toe on the,, lower ledge, then on the. bolt, and then 'oh the upper •"•'ledgey : when 'over he goes. ' Any prisoner who wishes to do so may escape. at any time, fromthe yard unless he be immediately under the gaoler's eye. Bjat the great inconvenience is this, that should a prisoner ■ .whp has.escaped from,.inside desire to return , he could not do so without assistance unless 1 ' he tapped at the gaoj.^ate and askedfbradmission. With \ 6uV Stbclta^e it is- very easy to get ou^bf 'gaol lind difficult to get -in. v ' ? yf '-'"' J r ' ■•"' ' ■'•■■ "• ' ".' <j ■ '-.{ i ••■''ij i - • !■■■• ■ ' The taking oL. evidence relative to the Poututu block ia coiicluded. / Judgment "wililje given to-morrow. This morning the Poritu claim* W block lying between f ' !i 'PoVer'ty 'Bayand Te'Mahia, was called on. ■ The -<Jprocess:.;.of investigating titles, as adopted by the gentleman presiding 45.- gain^ •»y*iliy i; Bl6w. j:: We wonder at .^thte patience" shown by the Natives. .■■•?V"t." : \- . ''' , B We (Thames. " Star. ".) understandi that a ; libel action is-.aboutto be commenced i . . aßainst, the "New . Zealand Repaid, " by /" Mri'KenrickVin reference to ah 1 ' article in''"seriied 1 on' the question^ licensing. We **;'i6; ! n6t rthihk : tbat : Mri 'Kenrick ,has acted ' - 'wisely s ; iii^ the 'matter, as' no matter whoever wins will also lose! There is an old saying and a true one which urges that " a 1 to fight Jagauist i a newspaper! .'"".' ■■•.-- . _. ; . As has^alrekdy been mentioned hi our columns (says thtfOamaru Mail), some 40 1 i * telegraph' officials have receiyed;nbtice. that their serrices will , be dispensed with. ,Jn. the majority of these cases those selected, for* *icfismißsal : are -the ringleaders 'of the ■bp'erator's ■ strike at' : the^cpmmencement of year. We have, however,, heard, of one dismissal which bears the " appearance of extreme hardship. It is the case of an operator who has" been many years in the service, and who, through long hours of night-work, has become near-sighted. He has been a faithful servant; and now that be haß become incapable of .following any other calling, he has been cast put into the world as .of no further use to the depart; ment. This is certainly a case into which ,v .gome enquiry should .be made.'i •■•

There is one aspect of the ladies' gallery '^ of tne ! House of Representatives (says ; the Chronicle) which is amusing to witness— » <•. the' industrious appearance of its occupants. r ; SomeWe industriously stiching mystenouslooking garment or dainty little hats; othertf/tatting, - knitting, -or crocheting. : Wittittie* exception 1 of one young lady who reads assiduously, and another who poses • a lead pencil in the air and gazes .pensively: r At a. sheet of paper before hery.inw hopes ■;'..' of. Bomething >' notable'?, turning up; all ' the fingers in the gallery /are active. In fact judgingfrpm the piles/of work m front : : of some of the ladies, it is bbviouSthat but -'for the unpleasant noise, a ! sewing~machmß would' not be <out of place.- The scene far • more resembles what we shouldj-imagrae a ; , ,',• Sewing Bee, " or, a ' '. Dorcas. CJircle, to iibe (could the profane eye of manpenetrate "it) ttiaii the gallery of a House of parliament.