BREVITIES.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 258, 9 February 1889, Page 3

BREVITIES.

The turn of the tide. Melbourne Argus cheering us up. “ Z’s ” letter declined—many thanks, etc. Mr Weaver back from the springs yesterday. “Mark’s” weekly notes will be found on our back page.

Maori footballers beat Blackheaih—2 goals 3 tries to a goal. A New Zealand Football Club has been formed at San Francisco.

Another fallacy exposed — “ The pounds will take care of themselves.”

“ The Gisbobnb Standard Newspaper Company ” has been registered. Over a thousand people attended an Auckland Rink last Tuesday night.

Tremendous crowd down at the wharf last night to see the passengers off. Lad wanted, to deliver Standards early in the morning in Patutahi district. Parnell (Auckland) borough valuations show a falling off of about £2,000. It is better to hit a nail on the head twice than to hit a nail oa the finger once. Rev. A, Gardiner takes the evening service at the Church of England to-morrow.

Mr W. Kinross White, of Napier, has bought the s.s. Ahuriri, giving £4OOO for her. Fruit is coming into Auckland from the country districts very freely this season. Borough Council getting one pound forced on them, and parting with other pounds. Work is proceeding satisfactorily at the Minerva—the last pipe was drawn yesterday. Vesuvius is showing increased activity, The new cone that was formed has been rent open.

Mr and Miss Townley return to Gisborne to-morrow, after their recent holiday trip to Australia. A race for £5O a side beween the Thames and Waitemata crews takes place to-day at the Thames.

The Prefecture of Police at Leghorn was wrecked on January 7 by an explosion of dynamite. Our Ormond correspondent says there is just about as much news in that town as there is money—almost nil, Miss Von Finkelstein has sailed for Jerusalem, but hopes to returns to Australia, “ Poor Australia I” sighs one journal, A Melbourne telegram says Mentor has broken down, and is not likely to put in an appearance at tha ensuing meeting. Janson and Tinney’s tender of £574 has been accepted for painting the Government departmental buildings, Wellington,

Sir Julius Vogel is undecided as to whether he will return to New Zealand or resign his seat in the House of Representatives,

In Belgrade on December 20 a mob smashed the windows of the Austrian Consulate, shouting, " Down with Austria.”

At tha Lower Heathcote Trotting meeting last week, in tbe Maiden Trot, there was only one ticket on the winner; dividend £94 4s. A well known Manawatu contractor has been summonsed for using abusive language at a Borough Council meeting at that place.

A big hospital scandal has been unearthed at Dunedin—the tales of neglect are horrifying and the way the patients are ted is soaudalous

The Salvation Army has filed an affidavit setting forth the claims of its rescue work in Auckland to the Costley trust funds in dispute. New South Wales stock returns show a decrease of nine million sheep and two hundred thousand head of cattle during last year.

The Defence Department finds that, making allowance for youths and invalids, there are 190,000 persons in the colony capable of bearing arms.

Messrs Graham, Pitt and Bennett sell by auction to-day a portion of Mr South’s furniture, and a lady’s phteton, horse, and harness.

Mr Larnach got £5OO from Wilsons and Horton and now Pyke has got £l5O from his constituents—yet some people say politics don’t pay.

Mr Gladstone’s letter to the secretary of the Toronto branch of the Imperial Federation League, is in favor of Colonial and Imperial Union. Eev Mr Sutherland, of Sydney, N.S.W., has been attracting a good deal of attention in San Francisco by the eloquence of his pulpit ministrations. As our Sydney correspondent has sent nothing further regarding the South Pacific Oil Company’s meeting we assume that it has been further adjourned. The popular Mr W. K. Bishop will be a through passenger by the Mararoa to-morrow, on his way to Sydney. His Gisborne friends will wish him continued success.

Tenders for fencing are required by the Chairman of tbe Gisborne School Committee, specifications to be seen at Mr Piesse’s office, and tenders must be in on Monday next. To read tbe rubbish published by the Yankee papers, about the tour of American basebailers through Australia, one would think Australia is a wild country peopled by wild niggers. Abstraction of mind: A man forgot the rope with which he was going to hang himself, and did not discover his omission until he began to kick about in the mud into which he had fallen.

Messrs Wingate, Burns and Co.’s new advertisement may be seen on the first page. The firm has the best stock of ironmongery in the district, and are Selling single articles at wholesale prices. An East Coast settler sent a consignment of pears and plums to Auckland, and they realised what he thought a good price, but when the charges against them were reckoned up, he had to send on a cheque to meet the deficit.

A good deal of religious " feeling ” has been aroused in Christchurch owing to some bigoted Protestants objecting to the Dean of Christchurch attending the Shakespeare Festival, in aid of the Convent funds.

The Australian Jockey Club has passed a rule that provides that two-year-olds shall not be allowed to start in any race, over any distance exceeding 1J miles, nor in any handicap until the first of December in each year. Two Auckland ladies complained a Russian man-of-war sailor had presented a revolver at them—the police thought they had a “ Jack the Ripper”—enquiry proved the sailor had pointed a perfume bottle, shaped like a pistol. Obituary—Prince Rudolph, scamp; causes of death—apoplexy, suicide, jealousy, duel, got shot, committed suicide again, etc,, etc,, and we suppose he is not expected to recover I Time some of tbe telegraph agents were lynched, The Empress Dowager of China has issued an edict, to the effect that as the Emperor Is “ increasing day by day in maturity,” he be provided with a wife, a secondary consort, and an Imperial concubine of the second rank.

The Tubai or Austral Islands, recently mentioned in our telegrams, are a dispersed group, lying between Jat. Sldeg SOmin S. and 23deg 42min S„ and long, 147 deg llmin and 154 W,, to tbe southward of the Society Islands and. Low Archipelago, They have not been much frequented, as they are small and do not offer many inducements for the calls of passing steamers,