THE Poverty Bay Independent. Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. Saturday, November 28, 1885.

Poverty Bay Independent, Volume I, Issue 80, 28 November 1885, Page 2

THE Poverty Bay Independent. Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. Saturday, November 28, 1885.

There are 626 sub-division cases gazetted for hearing at the sitting of the Native Lands Court to be held on the 28th of January next. The case of McDonald v. Finley was adjourned until Monday next, and it is confidently expected that some arrangement will be come to by that time.

Among the United States journals there are no fewer than 120 edited and published by negroes, the oldest of these being the Elevator, which was brought out at San Francisco about 18 years ago. Mrs Edith O’Gorman, the escaped nur, who has lately been lecturing withjsuch great success in Auckland, to large and enthusiastic audiences, passed through Gisborne today, iu the s.s. Te Anau, on her way south. About thirty or forty feet of the Auckland harbor reclaimation wall gave way and fell into the harbor last Wednesday. The cause was on account of the foundation not being placed on the solid. The collapse is a serious matter and involves an outlay of L 20,000. Very Healthful Fruit. Dyspeptic— ll This fruit cure cure's a fraud, I have tried fruit at every meal, without the least improvement.” Hearty man—" That’s odd. Why, look at me. I subsist entirely upon fruit.” What kind of fruit ?” “ The fruit of my own industry. I haven’t been sick a day.” A Knock-down Argument. Teacher—- " Which was created first, Adam or Eve ?” goy—“ Teacher—" Why wasn’tjEve|oreated first ?” Boy—“ ’Cause the Lord understood his business- He wanted to know how it felt for a man to live a little while without a boss. That’s what papa says, and I guess he knows,"

A bill of costs will shortly come before the Council for labor and material in connection with the loading down of the Snark with sand in order to get her under the Turanganui Bridge. Of course the Council will have “moral fibre ” enough to pay the account quietly, cheerfully and even gladly. The Derrick and the Blizzard contest the newspaper field of Oil City, Pa. The Derrick, in closing a notice of the death of Peter Gidders, lately said Shortly before 6 o’clock a lady began reading the Blizzard to him, and in less than two minutes he died.”

The Napier Evening News, with a commendable view of encouraging literary work, is offering a bonus of £lO to the writer of any accepted original story to be published in the columns of that journal. The story must be of a length not less than required for forty columns of the News’ measure.

The latest addition to the ever increasing ranks of literary productions is a newspaper called the Globe, the first issue of which took place in Sydney on the 16th inst. The paper is produced in a very creditable manner, and from its contents will undoubtedly prove a very welcome addition to the current publications of the day.

A yankee, who had never paid more than a shilling to see an exhibition, went to a New York theatre one night to see the “ Forty Thieves,” The ticket-seller charged him three shillings for a ticket. Passing the pasteboard back, he quietly remarked, “ Keep it, mister ; I don’t want to see the other thirty-nine,” and out he marched.

Mosquitoes bite with their noses. Bom of poor but industrious parents, they have some of the best blood in the country in their veins,” says Josh Billings. “ They are very courageous, and I have known one to fight a man and his wife all night and draw first blood. They are cheerful little creatures, singing as they toil.” The Sydney Globe says George Augustus Sala is about to visit the New Zealand Hot Lakes. After Christmas he will return to Melbourne, where he will find himself in hot water. The Yorick Club has a hot lake of its own quite ready for him, and his welcome will be of the very warmest description. There were two tenders received in the Cook County Council for the printing and advertising contract at the meeting on Wednesday last, but the Council took the unusual course of opening the tenders and then referring them to a committee without even reading them out. Why printing tenders should be treated in such an exceptional manner to all others is a mystery to the uninitiated.

The J. Battery paraded for inspection on Thursday evening, Major Porter in command. The arms and accoutrements were found fully up to the mark, and the men were compli* mooted on their appearance. In the evening Colonel Simeon gave a most interesting lecture on the Delhi Campaign, which was listened to with much attention by a tolerably large audience.

“ The worst is over,” said the doctor, putting his watch in his pocket and preparing to leave the room. “ No, it isn’t,” suddenly came from the emaciated patient opening his eyes and raising himself on his pillow, “ Why, what do you mean exclaimed the surprised physician. “ Why, I mean that the worst won’t be over until I get your bill settled.” In Professor Kirk’s report on “Fruit Blights and Diseases of Fruit trees” he says :—“The sting-leech, however is very troublesome ; apprehensions were expressed with regard to a fly which is said to attack the plum and kill the young wood but I was unable to obtain specimens of the insect.” Mr J. Witty has forwarded the Professor a box of these flies and says if the Professor requires any more he will forward a case or two of them as they are about in any number in the Bay. “ The greatest work on the East Coast ’ has again collapsed, and it will require much more moral fibre ”to brazen out the ignominy which attaches to the whole disgraceful work. Censure and obliquy has been freely levelled at the Engineer, but it must be remembred that the ratepayers have nothing whatever to do with him, as the Councillors alone are responsible for the employment of competent and efficient servants. The whole thing is a standing disgrace both to the intelligence of the ratepayers and the integrity of the Borough Council. A very usefui form of home-made shoe is worn in Norway which would be useful to pedestrians nearer home. It is shaped like those of our “ Oxonian” pattern that lace in front, but the lace extends all round, in front, under the ankle and above the h eel, being threaded along the upper part of the shoe close to its edge by running it through holes so that it passes alternately inside and outside. The leather being soft and pliable and the shoe is thus drawn like the mouth of a bag close round, leaving no space for the entry of pebbles and sand. Though lightly made, these shoes hold very firmly to the feet.

What She forgot. A good story is told of a prominent member of society, who has an habit of tying a knot in her pocket-handker-chief when she wishes to fix anything in her mind which must be attended to. She was engaged in a desperate flirtation on a certain occasion, and in her abstraction dropped her handkerchief on the Soar. This was noticed by her hostess, who endeavored to break up the flirtation by inviting her guest to another part of the house. As the latter rose from her chair she stooped to pick up her handkerchief, aoticing as she did so, the knot tied in one corner. “What have I forgotten to-day ?” she asked audibly. “ Tnat yoc have a husband.” replied the hostess. The story was repeated, and the ludy, who is a well known member of a diplomatic circle, always keeps her handkerchief free srom knots now. We are making a great fuss about our breakwater, which we look upon as a gigantic work ; but it dwarfs into insignificance when compared to a work they are about starting at home. For many years the Manchester people have been trying to get a bill passed for cutting a canal through from the Mersey to Manchester, so that ships can unload and load in the heart of that great beehive of industry. After giving a guarantee of four millions they have at last obtained the Ship Canal Bill, and last month a grand demonstration of trades Societies, at which no less than forty thousand tradesmen attended, took place in honor of the event. It is estimated that shortly there will be upwards of 20,000 navvies on the work. The following somewhat remarkable detection of a thief took place in Sydney last month Charles William Cook was arrested and charged with stealing a large quantity of jewellery from Robert Carter, who was a jeweller in Collinsstreet, Melbourne, in 1883. Carter deposed that he left his shop on Saturday, May 26, 1883, and when he returned on Monday he found that gold jewellery, valued at £2700, had been stolen. He soon afterwards sequestrated his estate, and went to Sydney, where Cook, who previously resided at Melbourne, and with whom he had dealings, was carrying on business as a hotelkeeper in his wife’s name, and was also keeping a jewellery shop in Oxford-street. Witness entered the prisoner’s employment in the Oxfordstreet shop, and saw some of his stolen property there. He then obtained a search warrant, and found more of his property at the prisoner’s hotel. Prisoner was arrested, and, since being lodged in Melbourne gaol, prisoner had sent for him and said that he (Cook) would give witness the balance of the stolen goods, which the prisoner said he valued at /1800, if witness would not prosecute him. Prisoner said that the jewellery was buried in an oil drum near Batman.