LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 195, 13 September 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Polo praeetioe on skates is the order of the evening at the Theatre Royal Skating Rink. Notwithstanding the weather, there was a large number of ladies apd gentlemen at the City Rink last night. From some at present unexplainable reason ws received no account of the football match in Auckland yesterday. Lecture on If California,” by Pastor Wallace, in the Congregational Church, this (Thursday) evening, at 7.30. gplleotion for Sabbath School.—Advt. There was a slight diversion in Gladstone road the other morning, when a horse jaunted off with a baker’s cart, liberally sowing the •• staff of life ” in the rich Gladstone road mud. At the Presbyterian Literary Society's meeting on Tuesday evening an excellent paper on “ Problems and their Solution " was read by tho President (Rev J. MoAra). The paper dealt wjjh the subject fully, and was criticised at length by several members. The following team have been selected to represent the local Fire Brigade .at the annual competition [—Messrs Fox, Wildish, Morrison (No. 2), Ross, and Walters ; emergency, Ormond. In connection with the trip it has been decided to hold a masked ball on Friday, October 12. Invitations will be out almost immediately, That newspaper plant to which reference was previously made has not yet gqt over its troubles. After certain amusing incidents it has found its way to a temporary resting place. The developments still continue, and it 4s anticipated that Mr Booth will have the matter in hand before any definite settlement can be arrived at. The current joke is, “ Were you one of the bums?” So far the Sabbathbreaking appears to have done no more good than the other breaking,

An advertisement which appears this morning is of more than ordinary importance, particularly to those who deal in stock of first-class quality. We refer to the sale on Saturday, by Messrs Graham, Pitt, and Bennett, of valuable pedigree stool:, lately in the hands of Mr Allan McDonald. By reference to the advertisement' it will be seen that the stock to be sold is of high quality, and a chance is offered to sporting men such as they are not likely to get again, There is also to ha sold a large quantity of goods and chattels.

Conversing with the representative of a contemporary about Seddop’s death, Joe ■yVarbriek, the captain of the Maori team, said; “Look here, old fellow, I’m not natpyally superstitious, but you will not blame me if I tell you of a thought that presented itself to me "as soon as I heard the news. I remember that Red Raper—the first man who ever captained a visiting team from from New South Wales to New Zealand—died shortly afterwards j that Milton, who paid the return visit as skipper of our boys did not long survive; and, meditating that Seddon was the first Englishman to lead a football team to the colonies, and that he also has passed away from among us, I thought to myself: “ I wonder if I shall be the next!’