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Poverty Bay Independent, Volume II, Issue 172, 13 July 1886, Page 2

Mr A. Keefer is a buyer of South Pacific Oil shares in any number. Enquiries for the same are very numerous, and the market is most active.

Many will regret to hear that Miss Booth, eldest daughter of Mr James Booth, R.M., died on Sunday last. The deceased lady has been suffering from lung disease, and the end has been expected for some time past. . Owing to her charitable and kindly disposition she was much respected, and numerous friends will feel her loss very acutely. Our readers may shortly look out for the prospectus of the “ Gisborne Amateur Theatri cal Troupe,” to be formed under “ The Mining Companies’ (Limited) Liability Act.” Promoter and Legal Manager: “ Tommy,” who will also do all the prospecting. No pi’otmon will be allotted shares, and timber merchants must pay up in full prior to allotment.

Our readers are reminded of the Gift Auction which takes place in Parnell’s Hall today, in aid of the funds of Holy Trinity Church, The Hall will be opened from 2 p.m. to 4.30, for the sale of ladies work, &o. The doors will be again opened at 7 p.m., when the Gift Auction will take place, followed by the concert. The programme, which is a most entertaining one, should ensure a large attendance. Visitors are requested to bring plenty of change with them ! The following cases were disposed of at the R.M. Court yesterday, before Messrs F. Dufaur and T. W. Porter, J.P’s.: —J. McAuley, for drunkenness, was fined ss, or 24 hours imprisonment. The same prisoner for indecent exposure was sentenced to seven days’ im prironment with hard labor. T. Warner, for being drunk, was fined ss, in default 24 hours imprisonment. He was also charged with assaulting Constable Leonard when in the execution of his duty, and was fined £2, or in default 7 days imprisonment with bard labor.

News from the Coast states that Mr Dalton’s boat’s ciew have secured two more whales at Tuparoa, which are calculated to give fair returns. The Awanui whalers have been most unsuccessful this season, having been fast but twice, ani in each instance have lost their lines. The progenitor of the peacock which has causal so much litigation here, was shot the oth?r day by a young man who thought he had selured a rara avis, but he was quickly enlighte led as to the real state of affairs when the circumstance became known to Mr Walker.

The Karaimu case has been adjourned from Napier to Wellington, in order to have the evidence of Mr J. N. Williams taken on the 24th inst. On the 26th the argument upon a motion for a decree will take place before a full court of three or four judges who will also decide the law point in the Rowland murder case, and several important cases under the Native Lands Act, including the long pending Makauri case. Messrs Rees and Ward appear in the first case, and Mr Brassey in the latter three. No doubt our professional men will give a good account of themselves.

Some amusement was caused in town yesterday by the announcement that a “ sea horse” had been captured on the Wainui Beach. In fact it was not until put right by Mr Hansen ( who is no mean naturalist and who is the possessor of a first-class collection) that the majority of our Simon Pares knew they had an excellent specimen of the silvergrey seal of the respectable dimemio s of sft. 9in. long, by 34in. in girth. Mr Hansen at once secured it, and will thus aCd anoth r item to his fine collection, which will we’l repay an inspection, as it undoubtedly forms one of the most interesting sights to be found in the Bay.

In his remarks on the Hot Springs, Mr G. A. Sala thus refers to Mr Mcßae’s position : “ His only grievance in life Feemed to be that he could not get more than nine per cent on his working capital. I tried to console Mr Mcßae by telling him that as soon as the railway was completed to Rotorua and the full tide of tourists from Europe to the Hot Lakes set in, the Rotomahana Hotel would bring him in at least 20 per cent, on his capital. But he shook his head and remarked dolefully that nine per cent, was ‘ ema ’ ‘verysraa.’ Nino per cent, I I would that I had half of Mr Mcßae’s complaint.”—Poor Mr Mcßae I We wonder if Mr Sala would change places with him to day.

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Messrs J. W. Nolan and F. W. Skect have entered into partnership under the style of Nolan & Skeet, solicitors,

Mr Malcolm McDonald notifies in another column that he has begun practice as a barrister and solicitor in the offices situate in Winter and Haig’s Chambers, Lowe Street.

A notification of Mr C. F. Lewis calling attention to various works of the Standard Publishing Company, Melbourne, appears in another column.

At the Library meeting last night Mr Lucas called attention to the fact that the majority of the frequenters to the reading room gave no assistance to the funds of the Library, although most of them were well able to do so. The remarks were very pertinent, and we would remind those referred to that the sum of 5s per quarter is not an enormous sum to pay for the luxury of obtaining good literature and a snug room to peruse it in. Mr E. K. Brown gave vent to that gushing gentility with which his generous nature overflows by an unnecessary remark to his coadjutor, Mr Kenny, by asking the latter if he would not propose Mr Joyce as ja Committeeman.—Mr Brown need be in no hurry—let him wait patient*v ’ j

The adjourned annual meeting of subscribers to the Public Library was held last night, Mr DeLautour in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The annual report and balance sheet was read and adopted. The following gentlemen were then elected for the ensuing year. Pres'.deir, MrDeLautour; Vice-President, Mr J. Bourk-; Committee, Messrs Featon, Finneran, Lucas, Kenny, and Brown. A Committee meeting was held afterwards for the purpose of electing a Secretary and Treasurer, when Mr Lucas was selected as Secretary, and Mr Featon Treasurer, and Messrs O’Meara and Warren Auditors,

In the Napier assault and horsewhipping case the constable stated that he saw the assault commited, and he called on the defendants to desist, and Alley said, “He should not have struck the woman.” Mr Pratt said, “It serves Lascelles d—d well right,’he called my wife a .” The RM. said the information charging the defendants with an indictable offence would be dismissed, and a fresh information would be sworn for summary procedure. Mr Moore applied for an adjournment in order to call witnesses for the defence. Mr Sheath said if the information was to be altered they should have an opportunity of calling evidence. A fresh information for as=ault was then sworn, and Alley and Pratt pleaded not guilty, but Mrs Pratt said “ I plead guilty to horsewhipping ths plaintiff.” The case was adjourned. — Napier Evening News.

The motion in the action Shera v. Haig to attach Mr Greenwood for having paid money out cf Court in the action Haig v. the Colonial Insurance Company, was heard at the Supreme Court, Wellington, on Friday last, before Mr Justice Richmond, and was dismissed with costs. This has been the third time of asking, but in three different forms. The first action was brought in the shape of an order for contempt of Court by Mr Finn (as appears by our files) against Mr Greenwood and Mr Brassey, who took the money out of Court, and was dismissed with costs. Then an action was brought in the Supreme Court on bahalf of Mr Shera, of Auckland, but this shared the same fate. Lastly, the one above mentioned. In all cases Mr Brassey conducted the defence. It is evident that our Registrar (Mr Greenwood) perfectly understands his business, and conducted it in such a satisfactory manner that none of his decissions have as yet been upset. We feel it our duty to say this much in the face of the report which appeared in the Herald at the time when the case Shera v. Greenwood was heard at the Supreme Court—reports entirely untrue.

The Napier Evening News, referring to the action of the bakers in raising the price of bread, says:—“Everybody knows that the rise in wheat cannot affect the bakers for a while yet, but they ignore that fact and that knowledge and stick on another half-penny. * * * It takes away all the satisfaction we felt at the improvement in the position of the Southern farmers, because we find at once that their grain is Io mein our loss. We are afraid, too, that our loss is to be greater than their grain. The price of their produce has gone up something like 12A per cent. The price of our bread has been raised 16 j per cent., and a lot of that rise is paid for water. Taking the water into account, the rise is over 26 per cent.” This is all very well, but what would our Napier friends say if the bakers in Hawks Bay had, like the Gisborne bakers, taken advantage of the rise of 121 per cent, on grain to raise bread fully 75” per cent.,—for that is what Ad. a loaf represents. The action is most unjus'tifiable, and should be resisted by every means within the power of consumers. But we have little doubt but what the matter will work its own cure by the advent of a baker with a conscience. Sir George Grey telegraphed as follows to the Home Rule meeting held at Napier on Friday last:—“ In 1868 I proposed a measure for Home Rule nearly identical with the present English proposal except that it retained Irish members in the Parliament, which became a Federal Congress, and justified the proposals thus : Ireland has given to England great statesmen, great generals, brave soldiers and sailors, great {lawyers, poets, an I historians ; our colonies have been ruled and legislated for by eminent Irishmen ; and surely this people may have, if they so desire, a Legislature such as each colony* possesses. I wished Ireland should be one Province or State of a great Federation. Dublin then would be a great capital, a great Legislature would sit there, and round it would naturally group themselves the most eminent men of Ireland of every class and order. Instead of drifting away to London, dumb Ireland might then speak again: its people, raised from misery, would then unite to make their counties prosperous, and they could not be otherwise than grateful to England for having so blessed them. This is still the hope of my old age. Cannot we al! work for the great end of the common good ? ” “ Struck Oil ” is again the cry, but like the proverbial boy and the wolf, the report has so often turned out to be false, that nothing short of a demonstration such as that demanded by the sceptical Thomas Didimus would suffice to confirm the] too oft deluded shareholders. There is far too much mystery in the present proceedings, and the report originated from too doubtful a source (in the columns of the Herald) togain any credence with the public, w hohave now a thorough knowledge, through the medium of our columns, of the manner in which things have been manipulated through bogus directors in connection with uur South Pacific Oil Wells. At present we utterly refuse to “ lend ” ourselves to creating any false hopes until we are in possession of far more reliable information than any yet obtainable, as should the report prove to be correct, we shall have no cause to regret our caution, whilst on the other hand, should we, either wilfully or negligently, conduce to circulating another false report, we should deserve what the instigators to many such falsehoods have so often richly merited—viz., tarring and feathering. No one would more rejoice over the good foitune of finding that our doubts are groundless, and that for once we had been deceived, but we are content to bide the issue, even if Ibo flow of oil should prove so great as to sweep us into the sea. “ More light I

The Annual Post Office Returns, just laid on the table of the House, shows : —The receipts of the department for the year amounted to £297,375, an increase of £13,180 or per cant. The revenue exceeded expenditure by £,603, and it is stated that postal and telegraphic expenditure has been less than the receipts for five years past. 35.829,855 letters passed through New Zealand post offices during the year, and 1.774,873 telegrams were transmitted. The San Francisco service shows a credit balance on the year’s operations, of £422 12s 4d, compared with a debit of £7,736 10s 7d the previous year. It appears that during the year 96,951 unclaimed letters were dealt with, of which 185 were re-issued, 2872 destroyed, and the balance returned to the writers. In unclaimed letters were found gold, notes, cheques, &c.. to the amount of £5,253 ; in addition 5 gold rings, 9 gold rings set with precious stones, 2 sets of gold shirt studs and sleeve links, 1 sleeve link, 1 gold scarf pin set with amethyst, 1 gold locket, 1 gilt watchguard, 1 packet of g .Id dust, 4 silver hunting watches, 1 silver Geneva watch, 1 silver watch, with silver chain and locket attached, 1 silver watch and chain, 2 silver brooches, 1 silver bracelet, 1 1 silver ring, and 1 New Zealand war medal wer; found in unclaimed letters. 4204 unclaimed regis'fi’jd le' tc-rs were dealt with. Th’rty letters detained for postage were received, 20 of which were subsequently forwarded. 558 newspapers and 293 booksand o'her articles whhout addresses were also received : of these 50 were delivered, and 83 book packets forwarded to London and elsrwhere, for return to the senders. 98 lettters were posted without addresses. 11 letters with libellous addresses were intercepted ; 164 letters were imperfectly and wrongly addressed ; 2,490 letters were refused by cddresses ; 4 letters were posted with previously ui.el stamps.