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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6711, 29 June 1893, Page 2

The Harbor Board meets to-night. The Rev. T. j.\. Uuui" will deal with the loss of H. M.*. Victoria the death of Sir Wm. Fox at w tdicy church on Sunday evening next. We arc requested to draw attention to the sale of a Urge assortment of handsomo oppoßsuni rugs, etc., which will be offered on Saturday forenoon at eleven by Major Pitt. Considering the excellent class of the the reserves have been fixed very low. The auctioneer has received definite instructions to repack and send away all articles no» disposed of at Saturday's sale. Our correspondent wires from Auckland : — Madame Antoinette Sterling concluded last uight, when the Opera House was again packed to overflowing, hundreds being kurned away at every door. Madame Sterling sang six of her best songs, three bein" in response to undeniable encores. She had a ieally enthusiastic Bend-off, and the concert on the whole was excellent, the Madame being admirably supported. A relic of Te Kooti's days was found a few days ago at Fort Arawa, on the Repongaere run, in the shape of a skull of one of Te Kooti's victims, as in previous Native raids no firearms had been used in that part of the district. The skull had been pierced by two bullets. The rest of the skeleton has probably been consumed by bush fires. Mr Chambers intends to hand over tshe relic to the local Museum. The attention of the Borough Council is called to the bad state of repair of Lowe street footpath from the Catholic Church towards the beach. The leaves from the poplar trees have been allowed to accumulate this season, with the result that the road has no possible chance of getting occasionally dried up. It is now some time since tlio Council expended anything on this road, and us all that is necessary is a few loads of gravel to make the road passable, the matter ought not to be allowed to stand over any longer. It is a thoroughfare which is mostly used by those frequenting the beach, and has more traffic than most of the bye-street.s in the borough. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have received the following cablegram dated London, 271h June : Wool. Since close of the last sales the following descriptions are a to Id per lb lower : greaay and scoured merino, super and scoured merino, medium and inferior. Fine greasy cross-bred, and coarse washed aud scoured cross-bred are id per lb lower. Coarse greasy cross-bred, and greasy merino lambs, super, medium, and inferior are par at £d per lb lower, and greasy cross-bred lambs have declined £d per lb. Home buyers are purchasing freely, but the Continental demand is limited, and there is much irregularity in the bidding. The total quantity catalogued to date is 31,000 bales. The monthly meeting of the Hospital Trustees was held last night, there being present : Captain Tucker (Chairman) Messrs Lucas, Watson, Taylor, and 0. A. Brown. Leave of absence was granted to Mr E. F. Harris. The monthly report showed : Remaining from last month 19, admitted since 8, discharged 9, death 1, remaining at date 17. The treasurer reported a credit balance of £68 6s sd. Accounts amounting to £109 15s lOd were passed for payment A discussion arose as to the admission of measles cases into the hospital, but it was held to be contrary to the rules to admit any infectious cases, especially when there is no provision for isolating them, and when an extra nursing staff would have to be engaged. It was decided to adhere to the rules. Messrs Watson and C. A. Brown were appointed a Visiting Committee for the month. At the R M Court this morning Messrs Tucker and Chrisp, J.P.s, had before them a claim, C. F Lewis v. F. Swindley, tor £11 17s Gd rent of premises in Gladstone road. Mr Lewis deposed that Mr Swindley took the place from him for some Natives and paid one week's rent, and agreed to be responsible for future rent. Mr Swindley, however, denied that he agreed to be responsible for any more than one week's rent, and gave no written undertaking. Mr Chrisp, for defendant, contended that even if plaintiff's statement were borne out, without a memorandum in writing signed by defendant," he was not responsible under the .Statute of Frauds. Mr Jones appeared for the plaintiff. The Bench upheld the contention, anduonsuited plaintiff with costs £1 lls. T. Atkins v. Peka Kerekere, claim £2 10s, Mr Lysnar for plaintiff and Mr Day for defendant, judgment for plaintiff for amount and costs £2 3s; J. Rosie v. \V. Searlc, claim £1 18s 2d, judgment for plaintiff by default and costs 7s ; J. Erskine v. A. Ward, claim £3 19s Id, judgment for plaintiff by default for amount and costs 6s ; G. Maher v. R. Robb, claim £1 16s, Mr Jones for defendant, judgment for plaintiff for 12s and costs 6s ; A. Keefer v. C. Anderson, claim £2 19s 6d on a judgment summons, Mr Watson for plaintiff, ordered to pay amount by instalments of 5s a week ; no further steps to be taken by plaintiff for one month.