LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 256, 5 February 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr R. Knox, contractor, reqairea a number ol pick and shovel men; application to be made to him at onoe at the Pakarae.

The statement of accounts of the Cook County Council appears in our advertising columns this morning. Last night, at the usual weekly’meeting of the Mutual Improvement Society, five short papers were read, bearing the following titles : "Prejudice,” “Friends,” “Manners,” “ Tact”' and “Subjects.” Two new members were elected, and three more nominated.

There was a good attendance at the Tent last evening, to hear about “The Angels.” The subject advertised for to-night will be especially interesting to those troubled with Scepticism on the nature of Ohrist.

Mr Ratcliffe, the agent of the Imperial Fire Imperial Insurance Company, informs as that the instr mce on the loss which occurred through the destraction of Mr G. Hall'e house on tha 31st December, was paid on Saturday last, the amounts being £l5O on the house and £lOO on the furniture. Six nominations have been received for the vacancies on the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, namely—Messrs B, Disk, W. R Russell, C. Hall, J. D. Ormond, Robertshaws and H. Baker. The election takes place in March next,

The Trust Commissioner, Mr Booth, yesterday granted a certificate to a deed of transfer from Arapcra Pahura to Sarah Robert Cooper, of Kaiti section 273, and also to a deed of lease from Tiiahe and others to A. C, Arthur, of Tokomaru Block, Our Wairoa corrsepondsnt telegraphs : — William Boyd, the half-witted son of J, A. Boyd, ol this place, was drowned last Thursday whilst bathing. The deceased was subject to fits, .and it la supposed that he had one on this occasion as the body was found in shallow Water, Mr J. Booth, coroner, held an Inquest on the remains, The jury returned a verdict of “ Found Drowned. ”

A death under circumstances of a most melancholy nature occurred on Sunday last, the victim being the wife of Mr Ogdeo, painter. The deceased had been Wathing last Tuesday, the day being an exceedingly warm one, and after the work Was finished, she sat down with the children tn tha shade of some trees, From this, no doubt, she taught a chill | then erysipelas set in, tha poor woman took to her bad on Friday, and medical advice was procured, but It was tool late, and death was the result. Several children are left to mourn tbe lose of their mother, and tor Mr Ogden and the children much sympathy is expraase'’,

There was a heavy sea rolling into the Bay on Sunday end consequently the work of transhipping cargo was performed under great difficulty. While one package was being hoisted on board the Manapouri, it dropped overboard through the sling not having been made properly fast, Tbe package was shipped by Messrs Graham, Pitt and Bennett, and that firm now claims £l2 from Kennedy and Evans tot the value of same. As the steamer Australia was going into Napier on Sunday morning, she had in tow the ship Turakina, which vessel had been laying.to off that port since Friday, waiting for a favorable slant of wind to beat up to an anchorage, It is not considered likely that the Turskin* will pome on to Gisborne to complete her loading tor London, An insane Maori woman was brought down from Waiplro in the Australia on Friday night, and she was brought before Mr Booth on the following morning. On the application of Sergeant Bullen the prisoner was remanded till Thursday, for medical examination.

There was a large attendance at the City Rink on Saturday, and evening proof was given that sinking has lost none of its popularity. Next Monday evening Gisborne will ba visited by Professor Durney, the Champion High Stilt and Acrobatic Skater of Australia, and on that evening he will give his first performance in this town. The Professor's clever and graceful feats have been much admired by all who have witnessed them, his echipyomSbi °i jumping through hoops on high stilts being simply wonderJjjJ, The Professor wSs formerly connaeted -wUh the Melbourne Bink, and is now on a tour of Np'v Zealand, in which he has met with much success. R, O’ftanlan, of Patutahi, laborer, was brought before Mr Booth yesterday on a charge of lunacy. Sergeant Bullen said the accused, who had only been arrested that morning, was Buffering from the effects of drink, and in asking for a remand for eight days in order that the accused might be put under medical treatment, he remarked that there were too many oases of this sort, where men were treated at public expense. He considered that when men wcM able to work, they should be mads to bear the expense of their treatment. Mr Booth agreed with Sergeant Bullen, and said there was a clause in the Act which provided for such cases, and which in future could be enforced. The remand asked for was granted.

Woodville is wrath, and the Examiner thus gives vent to Its feelinga recent batch of unemployed arrived from Napier and they included seme of the worst blackguards and. gaol-birds of that town. Why should Wood, ville be made a convict depot for all the scoundrels whom the Mayor of Napier may choose to japd 9 Ths relief works openadjhare were never intended as a resort of blackguards under the cover of man shaking employment. There gra several deserving nj en on these works but why should they be required to hound with the scum of the Napier gaol ? We consider the people of Woodville should rise (in indignation against the disgraceful way in | which the Napier people are abusing the privilegs given them by the Government, This power should be taken out of the hands of people whq haya shown themselves utterly unfit to use it properly, A story of an interesting nature, but which is quite true, comes from the country. 4 buxom lady from Gisborne made application to a highly respectable but unpretentious settler (a widower) who, she had heard, was in need of a housemaid. On tbe lady presenting herself the settler said he would like to get a woman who would look after the children and mind the house, but he feared that the applicant (who fiad a haughty bear, ing) would be too expensive for him and he expressed himself to that effect. He wap nearly stunned with surprise when the lady replied that if she married him she would bo -better able to mind the children than anyaus in the capacity of a servant could do. He had been regarding the applicant as one who was far above his social world, and felt rather disgusted at his own shortsightedness when he saw how h.a hag been deceiving himself, but his affections hot firing sb eacily groused as his 9tb?7 passion was by tile fair applj. cant's prapasal, fis Insmeaiately gave Way td a rage that was not tesoffilng in a laly’s presence, She was obdurate, iissued qqfi held her ground well, but he was dear to all reasoning and wound up by threatening to forcibly eject her there and than if she did not go instanter. Even in the face of these thunderous threats the lady pluokily mam- i tained tar stand for a time, and it was only i when she felt efee was really in peril cf her ' life that she was iefdiieed to withdraw, But i some of tha neighbors subsequently gqt wind i of the affair, and tbe much harassed seitlsi I has to take ell their bauter in good part— 1 indead soma think ha ought to consider I himself a fortunate tallow to be held in such i high ««lff be an imsiellbte attraction i