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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1001, 19 November 1881, Page 2

Mr. H. Lewis’s advertisement for seasonable goods is in another column of this issue. Mr. Locke notifies through our advertising columns that he will meet the'electors in the Makaraka Hall on Tuesday evening next. Owing to the telegraph wires working very slowly up to a late hour last night, we have been obliged to leave out our usual batch of telegrams. Major Westrup returns thanks to the electors for the honor they have done him. We congratulate Major Westrup in his proud position as head of the poll, being a shrewd and painstaking gentleman. We understand that Mr. R. S. Smythe, the well-known advance agent, has left Melbourne for Home, for the purpose of arranging with Mr. Archibald Forbes, the celebrated war correspondent, for a lecturing tour in the Australian colonies. What might have been a conflagration on an extensive scale, was prevented on Thursday evening last. It appears that from some accident, the curtains of Mr. S. Stevenson’s dwelling house caught fire, which was extinguished by the timely interference of the neighbors. The usual official mail notice by the Albion for Auckland, appears in this morning’s issue, as to close on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o’clock. We assume, therefore, that the steamer will not leave until Wednesday morning. We learn, however, from Mr. Hart, the Company’s agent, that the mail notice is incorrect. Surely the public ought not to be placed in this predicament of uncertainty. * Under the title of “ A Disclaimer,” a Southland elector addresses a local paper as follows •' —“Sir, —l see by this morning’s paper that you announce me as a candidate for legislative honors. I distinctly deny this, as 1 am particular as to the company 1 keep, and goodness only knows what a crowd 1 should meet with in Parliament—land-sharks, Maori pakehas, .and others.—l am, &c., —Wm. Lawson.”

From Dunedin we learn that Mr. Isaac Abrahams, a well-known “ consultationist,’ intends, the Gaming and Lotteries Act notwithstanding, to get tip consultations on the various events as usual, and that the Otago Daily Times intends advertising the same. This will be done with the object of bringing a test case into the Courts.

We clip the following amusing par from a southern contemporary : —During the last few weeks a hearty response has been made by the country to the Government appeal for volunteers, and in this respect Ashburton has not been left in the rear. One man, in his martial ardour, and keen desire to crush the rank of the dusky foe, came forward and represented himself as being an experienced volunteer, fully acquainted with drill, &c., and succeeded so well that arms and accoutrements were furnished him, and he rushed to the front with so much enthusiasm, that great deeds were anticipated from his single arm alone. But a change seemed to have come “ o’er the spirit of his dream ; his fire eating propensities seem to have vanished like the glow of the setting sun of a winter’s day. This modern Caesar, seized with repentance, telegraphed to his wife, asking her to have him arrested for wife desertion, in order that he might return. His obedient spouse, as in duty bound, applied for the warrant at the Resident Magistate’s Court on Tuesday, when the facts of the case leaked out. In order to be certain of acceptance her “ warrior bold” had practising private drill in the kitchen for some weeks before applying. The warrant arrest of her leige lord was, however, not granted neither could the Bench guarantee his immunity from Maonland, but in answer to the tearful pleading of the wife, assured her that there was not much danger.