The Poverty Bay Herald AND East Coast News Letter.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1099, 19 August 1880, Page 2

The Poverty Bay Herald AND East Coast News Letter.

PUBLISHED EVEHY EVENING, "^THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1880. ...... . W* are compelled! to: hold over some M*oriadvertisemerits, from Natives cancelling thek appointment of Mr. W. *L. Bees, and WrPer^tlastees.* */ A * :: ; ItrwilllbeJiMitiafaototy ; to i the" ntlniefous persons who, are, creditors of Mr.,. Robert Cooper, and tio' his friends, to know that Judge Kenny has dismissed the appeal • instituted *-by/, Mr. W. L; ; Bees,; > solicitor, ; to'npsetthV late arrangements entered into: by.'Mtf'Cddper 'with* 'his 1 creditors; ? which brder/XW ii oo[i^fmed.by I ,.Mri; Greenwood, clerk t» the District Court, and the 'order has now been declared absolute; with costs against Mr. Bees' clients. Astrong 1 westerly wind and a warm sun are effecting a dryings up . of the roads, a thing much- to.be, desired, , if only to enable the settte'rs Of I ' GririoridH'q 1 . bring ' in their produce to the market, of which we learn there are considerable quantities. .Stocks of firewob^in Gisborne are' raining short, owing to the impossibility of its being con-veyed-into town.- — It 'Mil /bej ;;seen, /by four advertisingcoluinns," r that Mr.'AridSrew.Somefville, so well known in'thie Bay," has opened a wholesale and retail.grocery and provision store on th'e°'Gla&fone Koad, I 'm premises adjoining Mr. Bobb's, painter. Mr. Somer- : , ville ; to,- jdeliver ■ goods; free of carmge\t9,all.parts ofthetown and subnrhs. We'wßh 1 lilri* Soinerjville all. the." „, ,stf(we^CJnyhisaiew-|jUndertaking and trust:. '''his most sanguine expectations will be ;i'?fully realised. ' ' ' ( •, ■- It Kas^beenJ euggesteiftna^ ■ the mast of the Orpheus, now lying- on the Manukan beach,} ;lfew{ /Zealand,. should be taken to England 'as^a^reKcj , -ot , a catastrophe not *sojrpwßße3j' ''perhaps^; in naval annals .for, : th4,'cqura|e and J resigriation shown in con- ; nection'with it! There' are many uses to . which the memorable spar could beputi ''" The,^ue.date,of tbecall of : 3d per shar,e r made by the ''South ' Pacific Tefaroleuin Co.,' having expired;-, thftsharesi on which the calls are. not paid are liable to forfeiture at any moment. " ' : There is still a large amount of grain mp.ving on the railways. During ,the month of Ju1y: 56, 096 "bags were carried; on the' 'ijttimaru-Timaru section. . It.may be mentioned (says the.Oamaru Matt) that last year the grain traffic was over in June, none being carried' in July; but this year the season was very late, and as the farmers have been and are holding, out for better, prices, , .there still , remains a large quantify oi both wheat and pats to be brought to town. . rWith an improyemeut in prices, of which' we have indications, the railways should have a busy time for some weeks. — •The' il Qneen has 1 ' been pleased 'to declare the Duke off ' Edinburgh, a' knight of the Order, jOfhSamt, Patrick, as a mark of the ■enae entertained by Her Majesty _of tb'e pem^iw .rendered by His Royal Highness htadnuniiieifuig^ relief .in Ireland;' { /( / : . : It appears that among the assets of .the V'Clty 61 Glftigbw}Bankrwas a ■gordj reef in ■ thelndiaa mines/ to t wWch; public Aatteji-, tionhas lately been 1 directed, and it now. V appearß: that this «folaim;'?ha» proved' very ■ .ricnyijide&ilitgisi rumored that its prbdpc|may possibjy;be of faufficient^ value,to return a ; moiety. o£the ?ank # 'a i debts,' the payment of- which' utterly " ruined .so many p^vibiuiy;^ weU-Wd6 ' Bnareh^ideraV/ ■ ''But 1 tKbs'e' (and' much y thelarger , : n'urriber) who' have •falled' rJ 6r 'compounded' ■with? ''the liqnidators will have no share in this wind- - ; fkUj't which will go: to the^ very small numj b^r^hofhaye beenirioh "enough, to .weather, the storm and retain their position on the rolL

The Dunedin correspondent of the : Bruce Herald "is responsible for the following.-— "Polite duelnng I thought, was confined to< France.; ;ilt seems not, when even kere-iiii unromantic New Zealand.'^rblood 'must^De she'd fo quell the fury of a heart. As fate will have it, two Lotharios basked in the sunshine of a certain young lady's eyes ; and the one, feeling powerfully under the influence of the "green-eyed monster," ' ' called the other out, " , and the Ocean : Beach was the spot chosen for the sanguinary scene; ."Having / arrived- ' therms one' dark night and seconds appointed in the orthodox style, the opponents blazed. away : -at eachother until oneof them wasiwounded in ;tbe shoulder, wheifc hfe aclmowledged that the other was now to the lady,- -and accordingly retired from the. Tamatory contest; Of course, the affah* is ; Hushed up ; yet Chivalry of this kind, " will out." Duelling' in the American fashion is carried on here too. ...Late one night two young "men had a quarrel, and feelingthe .only way to settle the affair was to hack each others ear's off, they proceeded.' to do so I with the aid of sailors' knives. ' They cut and sawed each other until a large pool of , blood was drawn, when feeling quite satisfied, they went on their way, and, strange to say, untouched by the police."