LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 219, 8 November 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr W. Weaver proceeded to the oil works yesterday afternoon, and it is expected that in a few days time there will be some interesting developments to record, A number of fancy handbills are issued with this morning’e Standard, being a partial description of the many summer novelties which are now 00 vjiw at Mr Win Adair’s ettablisbaieuti

Five thousand pounds is the amount already subscribed for the Dunedin Exhibition.

The election for the office of Moy or for the ensuing year will take place on the 28th inst. Nominations will require to be made shortly. At the R.M. Court on Tuesday (before Messrs Matthewson and Graham, J.P.s) the case D. Courtney v. Matenga Taihuka, for damages caused by trespass of a bull, was dismissed with costs £6 2s. The evidence showed that the defendant was not the owner of the bull.

A Wellington paper considers that there is too much reason to fear that “ these property tax assessors, throughout the colony, who, the Premier informed Mr Church, were not appointed by the Commissioner, Mr Sperrey, but by the Government after due consideration, have, in a great number of cases, been selected to suit political purposes and gain political support, from any considerations of personal fitness for the performance of the important duties of the position.”

To-morrow afternoon the East Coast Hussars hold a tournament in Captain Tucker’s paddock. The members of the troop have been practising regularly for some time for the different -events, particular care being given to the Maypole, which, judging by the rehearsals, promises to be a pretty and interesting sight. This will be the first exhibition of cavalry movements hold in Gisborne, and no doubt it will be a novelty to the greater number of people here, so that there is every prospect of there being a large attendance to witness the various movements.

There is a vague and an unpleasant feeling in the air that Englishmen are being outpaced by many of their Continental rivals in the race of industrial competition. It is no longer true, as it once was, in the world of commerce and industry that we Englishmen are first and the rest nowhere. We had the start in commerce, but our neighbours, Germany especially, had the start in technical education. The result, brains are holding their own against brawn. This is making itself more apparent every day. The English worker is solid and clumsy ; his opponents, while sufficiently solid, are more artistic, elegant, and facile.

Archbishop Walsh says to the people who attend on his Ministry “ The Holy Father was no less anxious to learn the truth about Ireland than I was to tell him all about our claims and aspirations, He has grasped them in all ’h»ir bearings, and while of course we remember that in matters purely of politics, it is not for him to interfere, it is well for us to know, that in every lawful effort for the attainment of our wishes we may count upon his fullest] sympathy. The revolutionary changes of modern times have left but little of political influence in the hands of the Holy Fathers. That influeooe, if it existed, would to-day be freely and unreservedly placed at our disposal.” This announcement is a very remarkable one, and deserves to be understood.

The Tarawera will shortly make two excursions to the wonderful West Coast Sounds, the first leaving Dunedin on Wednesday, 16th January, 1889, and the second on Saturday, 26th January. Each trip will occupy ten days from Dunedin, during which the most attractive of the Sounds will be visited, and facilities will be given for fishing, shooting and sketching, and for exploring these wonderful fiords, where Nature is seen in her grandest aspects. Should the track now being made by the Government from Milford Sound to the magnificent Sutherland Falls—the highest in the world—be practicable for tourists, opportunity will be given for visit! ing them. The social enjoyment of passengers is made a special feature of these excurions, the whole trip taking the form of an ’xtended pic me. A ceremony of a very quiet, but none the less impressive, nature took place yesterday, in the union in the bonds of wedlock of Mr H. M. Smith ard Miss Swain (who has made many fast friends during the time she has been in Gisborne). Though, as stated, there was no intention of conducting the wedding on any pretentious scale, yet there was a full choral service, the ceremony being performed in Holy Trinity Church. The bride looked very handsome, dressed in white satin, eord train, Chantille lace, orange blossoms, wreath and veil (the outfit being made at Miss Doran’s establishment). Mrs and Miss Weetman acted as attendants, and Mr Weetman as best man. There was a large attendance at the church, although the date of the wedding had not been made generally known.

Great interest is being worked up in’eonnection with the forthcoming Hospital Sports, and a good deal of quiet training is going on. The programme of events is published this morning. In a copy of the programme previously published we notice that Mr C. Gray’s name has (no doubt in error) been substituted for that of Mr A. Gray, as one of the handicappers. There are one or two points in the arranging of the programme of sports which might well be reconsidered. Those who start for the Walking match will have a severe penalty placed upon them if they also intend going for the second event of the big Handicap, and again between the second and third events of the Handicap there is only a girls’ race to give the pedestrians time to recover their breath. It is, we know, a difficult thing to arrange such a programme, but the arrangement has always much to do with the entries received.

A meeting of the Committee of the Gisborne School was held last night, but the only business of imnortanee was the following letter from Mr T. Faram I beg to submit a plan for a girls’ swimming bath, and ask for your assistance. The place I have selected is in the centre of the Recreation Ground, it being private, handy to the school, and with shorter distance of mudflat. Mr Doleman has given 2000 bricks to form a causeway from the shed to low water mark. Will your Committee give £4 for laying them and fixing blocks and totara above the edge? I have the promise of labour required in erecting the building, and I have asked the Borough Council to provide the timber. I have to submit this plan to them at next meeting, with an estimate. The Committee decided to grant the £4 asked for. Our Melbourne correspondent writes •— Talking of Governors though, I might as well say something about our Governor’s lady—our dear delightful Lady Loch. lam intimate with a gentleman who frequently visits Government House, and he related to me something Lady Loch said to him, which I think remarkably clever, and quite a Jeu d'espril. He was chatting with her after dinner, and the talk veered round from the weather, the Exhibition, and the races, to that most interesting of topics—the ladies. In her sprightly way the hostess dilated on this fascinating subject, and rather rallied her companion on his admission that as a rule he did not get on very well with the gentle sex. Fie 1 Fie !Mr , ” she said archly-“ You don’t get on very well with the ladies 1 I an) surprised. But let me give you a hint if you want to really win their favor. Now, with very young girls—just out for instance—a man should he respectful in the extreme. It flatters _ them, you know, and gives them a pleasiong idea, of their importance. With more matured young ladies a man should be bolder, more gallant, more effusive ; and with married ladies he should become confidential, and tell them all about himself. It flitters their importance, too, you know. Now, said her ladyship, with an arch smile—Follow out these receipts, and I am sure you will become very popular with our sex.” I think . this was rather smart of Loch, and quite worthy of narration.