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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 198, 20 September 1888, Page 2

At the R.M. Court on Tuesday a young Maori named Karauria Takina was charged with assaulting George Williams by striking him on the face with his fist. The Bench (Messrs Matthewson and Lucas, J.P.’s) fined the prisoner £5 or in default one month’s imprisonment. For resisting the police the prisoner was fined £2O or three months’ imprisonment, and for damage done to the constable’s hat a fine of £1 Us 6d was inflicted, or in default one month’s imprisonment. The schooner Kenilworth was towed out of the river yesterday, bound for Greymouth, having on board thirty tons of produce, shipped by one of our enterprising tradesmen, Mr Orr. This is one of the advantages of having a locally-owned vessel, and it is to the interest of settlers to give it every support. The Kenilworth secured a cargo of coal under the adverse conditions at Newcastle, returned with the cargo, and is now taking the local produce to the West Coast. If this trade can be successfully developed it will be a fqrtupate thing for the district, and Mr Orr is deserving ot credit for having taken the initial movement. We hope Messrs Kennedy and Evans will have success with their vessel.