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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4895, 22 June 1887, Page 2

Tenders are required for a bottling shed at the Gisborne Brewery by 4 o'clock on Saturday.

A fencing notice is issued by Mr E. F, Richardson, Waerengaa-hika.

All accounts ia connection with the Druid's ball are requested to be in not later than Thursday.

The Waimata Road Board call for tenders (to be in on Tuesday next) for the erection of a bridge.

Mr Edwin Woon, agent for the Public Trustee, invires tenders for the leasiug of sections No. 2 and 3 Opou, containing up-wiu-ds of 60 acres.

The Patutahi Road Board notify their intention of striking a rate of a half-penny in the £on the rateable value. The rate book can bo inspected and any objection made before July 4th.

The Waikohu Road Board notify their intention of striking a rate of one-eighth of a penny in the £, payable on October Ist. Tho rate book ia to be seen at Mr Wallace's store, Onnond.

The Patutahi Road Bo%rd iutimate that the bridge over the Quarry stream is unsafe and closed for traffic.

Attention is drawn to tho alteration in the date of the meeting of stockownera. The meeting will now take place on Saturday instead of Friday, aa previously advertised.

Messrs Graham, Pitt, and Beunett will sell on Thursday a choice lot of fruit and ornamental trees and II nvering shruba from the nursery of Messrs Bull anil Sons. This is ?n opportunity that should not be mi3sed by those iutending to plant this season

General Mite and his mate, the Circassian are doinif well at Parnell's buildings in a;, ite of the bad weather. Tiey keep their au-1-ienc^s amused as well as «urpris»;d the whole of the tiniH they are inside. To-morrow is the last day the wonderful p-iir exhibit, and no one should miss the opportunity.

A meeting is convened for this evening by the Mayor, in compliance with a circular received from Lady Jervoi*, to cons Her the proposed establishment of a Woman's Kelief Fund. The women and girls of all ages, rank b, and belief are invited and requested to attend. The mtvting will take place at the Court House at 7 o'clock.

The population of Victoria on March 31 was estimated at 1 ,012,40 J souls.

The proposed scheme of startiug a new paper in Wellington to advocate Piotection has been abandoned.

A Sydney paper says :— Miss Randal 1 , of Mudgee, performed the extraordinary feat of skipping 34(. J time 1 ? without a break, and aho would have continued to do so if allowed.

The Califoruiau whe.;t emp will this season (ISS7) ivach about 50,000,000 bushels. T. at sr,ate has 4000 winegrowers and 160,000 acres in viue3, giving employment to about 40,000 people.

A very large number of persons, in Auckland have ser.t in their names to be placed on the electoral roll, and the Herald says they are still coming in at the rate of 300 a day.

A telegram from Wellington states" that the Representation Commission will complete *heir duties within the thirty daya allowed to them. Tne boundaries of the electoral districts will thus be shortly fixed.

Mr Woodroffe and his company of glassblowers left Wellington for Sydney last week after a mot successful tour through New Zea'acd, during which the proprietor, it ia said, has made over LSOOO.

It is not anticipated (says the Post) that the new Parliament can possibly meet before the 15th of September, and it is extremely probable that it cannot meet before the 20tli of September.

Messrs Graham, Pitt and Benncti announce tint this is the last week of their cheap sale, and in addition to the drapery stock every article in the crockery department will be sold at cost price for cash. Those who do not secure some of the bargains now offering before Saturday next will look back with regret on Jubilee week.

A grand Jubilee table, containing about 2000 articles, all at Is each, has been set apart at tho D.I.C. This popular method of giving customers a large choice of a'-ticlea lit a low price as a bonus has been adopted by the Company in honor of Her Majesty's Jubilee, and will be continued during the month.

The Hawera Star says :— The anaia Dairy Company has sold its butter for the next two or three months at 9d per lb, to be delivered at Waitara to tho order of the Freezing Company. The Chriatchurch firm who took all the summer butter was very much pleased with the article supplied.

A movement is on foot in Auckland, in musical circles, for the establishment of a Liedertafel, and a committee has been formed to consider the question of expense aud other details, to be submitted at the next general meeting, which takes place on 27th June.

The reduction made by the Greymouth Education Board in teachers' salaries amounts to LG3O per annum. They had raised the salaries some few months previously, and it was found that if they carried out all their obligattous under the former scale they would be behindhand L6OO yearly.

The New Zealand Frozen Mejvt and Storage Compauy invite the stock owners of Poverty Bay to ship frozen meat via Auckland during the season of 1887-8. The r: te they offer to do business at (2£d) is t'ne lowest consolidated rate yet offered by a freezing company. Applications will be received up to July 15, and forms may be I ad at this office.

The Act of ISS4 prov'dei that if a second session of Pavl lament is held in the same year on'y a half honorarium, LI OS, can be drawn for the sscond sessiou, so that members of the tast Parlbmeui returned to the next will be able to draw only a half honorarium. New members, however,~ai the coming session will be their only one for this yeav — w 11 draw the full honoarium of L2lO.

A bolt occurr d th ; s morning. The leg of mutton cart driven by Mr R vine being left for a moment, the horse was startled by tome dogs and bolted. On tu ruing from Bright street into Gladstone road tije cart partially overturned and the contents were scattered into the road. The hor«e continued to make one wheel of the cart describe circl'S iv the air until stopped in his mad career by running on to the footpath. The mutton was not improved by the capsize.

The half-yearly meoling of Court William Gladstone, Aacieut order of Foresters, wa3 held last evening. The following officers were elected for the ensuing term : — Bro. VV. Tanuer, Cll. ; Bro J. Ranger, S.C.R. ; Bro H. J. Bushnell, Treas. (re-elected) ; Bro. \V. L. File, Sec. (re-elected) ; Bro G. Williams, S. W. ; Bro R. Fisher, J.W. ; Bro Fox, S.B. ; Bro A. Ward, J.B The Government valuation places thia benefit society aa one among tlioie having a sound financial basis, and the obligations to its members are thereby assured by its accumulated funds and investments being adequate to the actuarial requirements.

The Argus pleads for the employment of shorthand writers in the Law Courl«, and in lengthy Magisterial or Corouial inquiries like the VViudsor railway accident. It says : " Another matter of serious and quite nu necessary delay is, that common to all our Courts, the t iking down of evidence in longhand. Coroner, jurymen, lawyers, commissioners, the whole Court and audience, representing how many hundreds of pounds a day? wait on, the clerk indicating ' I have not quite finished.' The long drawn out inquiry may serve to accentuate this familiar hindrance and waste, and so perhaps do a little good.

During the argument in the die of W. J. Scott (deceased) v. the Accident Insurance Association of N.Z., in which the plaintiff sought to recover the amount of LIOC3, the policy of insurance, it was admitted the premium had not been paid till some time after it was due, the Attorney-General said that if a newspaper propriotor were to forward a person a copy of a paper he could not recover the amount of subscription unless it could be proved that the person smd had ordered the paper to be forwarded. A verdict for the plaintiff was practically returned Counsel for the defendant raised a nonsuit point that the policy had lapsed because the premium had not been paid when due. His Honor said he would consider the nonsuit point after his return from Giaborne.

Mr H. Oberlin prown will anivein Gisborne on June 24th, foe the purpose of tuning pianos. All orders left t i M.v Townley' will be punctually attended to. — Advt