LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 222, 15 November 1888, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The ketch Zillah sailed on Tuesday for Napier to load with coals for Mr H. E. Johnston. The cutter Venus sails for Auckland via Taiaroa to-day taking, 68 bigs of bones, Orr; and 28 sacks grass seed, order. The Borough Council at its last meeting decided to extend their patronage to the Industrial and Art Exhibition. It was also agreed to grant Cr Dunlop a months’ leave of absence. In our last issue there were two contradictory paragraphs, one of which announced that the data of the Industrial Exhibition had been altered. This is not the case, and the Exhibition will be held on the 23rd and 24th November as advertised. Particular attention is directed to the sales to be held on Saturday morning, by order of the Deputy Official Assignee. The sales will include drapery, clothing, dress stuffs, saddlery, ironmongery, groceries, etc., etc. The first sale takes place at 11 in the morning. Mr Washington Weaver returned from the petroleum works yesterday, but owing to the swollen state of the rivers it was impossible to do anything, the rope that was sent up having to be left at De very’s, Mr Weaver and liis cousin had a narrow escape from being drowned at one of the crossings, Mr Weaver states that he intends to go up to the works again in a day or two, when the fresh has had time to abate. The regular meeting of Lodge Montrose was he’d last night when the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:—R W M Bro Hugo, D M Bro T J Dickson, S M Bro Hepburn, Chaplain Bro F M Johnston, S W Bro Sweet, J W Bro South, Treasurer Bro Whinray, Secretary Bro J M Dickson, S D Bro Erskine, J D Bro Busoke, J G Bro F Scott, S S Bro Erskine, J S Bro Craig. The installation takes place on St Andrew’s day, 30th insli

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Hospital Trustees takes place to-night. A meeting of creditors in the estate of Charles Petersen will be held at the Assignee’s office at two this afternoon. The men employed in the Westport-Nga-kawau coal mine have struck for an increase of wages from 8s to 10s per day, the district rate. A dozen men are interested. The appeal case Broughton v. Donnelly, in which probate of Renata Kawepo’s will had been issued to the latter, began on Tuesday before Justices Richmond, Williams, Ward, and Gillies at Wellington. A Brisbane teipgram states thatSedim, the Malay who ran a muck at Normanton in June last, has been executed. The execution was sadly bungled, and the man was strangled. A Melbourne telegram states A body oi shearers severely assaulted the proprietor and overseer of Koroiti station, and forcibly carried off nine non-unionist shearers that were on the place. Sir William Jervois was banquetted at Christchurch on Saturday, 150 persons, including the Premier and Mr Fergus, being present. His Excellency, iu replying to the toast of his health, said he had spent one of the happiest periods of his life in this colony. “Old Soldier” writes:—ln order to decide a bet, will you please give your opinion upon the following question?—l bet that Mr T. W. Porter, not holding a commission in the Imperial Army, is only entitled to be called Major when he is actually on duty—that on all other occasions he is simply Mister. Is this right ? The following deeds of transfer were granted by Mr Booth, Trust Commissioner, on Tuesday : —From. M. Hinaki to H. Wilson, of Kaiti section 211; from E. Kuha to W. P. Finneran, of Kaiti section 11. Deeds of oonvcyance from Hirini te Kani to E. F. Harris; of PouawaNo. 2; from Kate Gannon to W. Maude, of Pakirikiri reserve.

A Wellington telegram states that the schooner Lizzie Guy, bound from Oatnaru to Auckland with a cargo of produce, was wrecked on the East Coast, off White Rock Station, on Saturday last, The captain and cook were drowned, but the remainder of the crew were saved. The captain (J. Stephens) leaves a wife and family, who reside at Sydenham. Thia afternoon the Maitai arrives from the North. She goes on South in the evening. Ths Australia loaves Napier to-night, reach ing here first thing on Friday morning, and steams north shortly afterwards. The Te Anau should put in an appearance about 1 o'clock to-morrow from Sydney and Auckland. The last launch goes off at 5. Mr Hill has reported very favorably on the Infant Department of ths Gisborne School, and highly commends the system of teaching which is used by Mies Dawson and her assistants. The children presented for examination in Standard I. have passed an excellent examination, the majority obtaining full marks in most of the Paes Subjects, whilst the exercise books and copy books of the little ones would have gained high commendation had they been shown by second Standard pupils.

On Tuesday afternoon a little boy was caved from drowning, by the presence of mind and expedition of Mr .W. Soeata. A seven-year-old son of Mr Priestley was fishing off the Kaiti wharf, when he lost his line. He then got into a flat-bottomed beat to try and secure the lost article, but the tide was running out swiftly, and ths boy had not the slightest control of the boat, which was bring quickly carried towards the heavy breakers. The danger was unobserved from the town side, and the little fellow would to a certainty have lost his life had not Mr Soeata (who was working up near the stone crushers) noticed the drifting boat. He then ran along the viaduct, divested himself of his wearing apparel, and swam some distance after the boat, which he just reached in time. This is certainly an admirable instance of coolness and pluck. Some men seem capable of descending to the most contemptible and disgusting tricks in order to gratify their malice. At the last meeting of the Borough Council, the following paragraph was read, being from the report of the Inspector of Nuisances: — “ Some one is evidently trying to injure the night soil contractor in the estimation of your Council. A gentleman called my attention to his premises last week. From his closet, for a distance of 12ft, a bucket of night soil had been deliberately strewn on the ground with the evident intention of making it appear as if it was the carelessness of thu night soil contractor, who convinced this gentleman and myself that the night soil was brought from some other house and thrown down with the intention I have stated.” Or Lucas said that his place was the one alluded to, and an examination had made it clear that the contractor was in no way responsible for what had occurred. In reply to Cr Joyce, it was stated that the occurrence had happened on the same night as the contractor’s man had been round. The Inspector explained the circumstances, and said he was convinced that the offence had been done intentionally by someone wishing to injure the contractor—it had been overdone, or otherwise it might have appeared like an accident on the part of the man. The subject was dropped, as the Council had no power in the matter other than that they wished to be assured that it was not the contractor’s fault. The proper course would have been for the police to have been immediately informed of the disgusting offence.