LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 271, 9 March 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Estimates of the cost to the countrv of the Te Knot! business range from £2OOO to £lO,OOO. The Maori footballers were again victorious, on Wednesday, beating Halifax by a goal and three tries to nothing.

A settler in the Pukerimu district writes to the Waikato Times that if apples affected with the Oodlin moth are immersed in a tub of water lor a few hours, the grub will be found lying dead at the bottom of the vessel. The apples can then be wiped and packed away.

The Fisk Jnbillee Singers open in Gisborne on Monday evening next, for a series of four nights. When they were here on a former occasion they were greeted with crammed houses, and there is every reason to believe they will be accorded a large amount of support when they again open in Gisborne, next week. They have been having much success dewp South, and everyone who has attended a performance of the Singers can testify that tbe entertainment is a highly appreciable one. The company hsye .engaged McFarlane’s Hall.

An Opotiki farmer, named Mills, while being eerved with a summons for assaulting Mr C. Thomson, Sheep Inspector, attacked two constables with an axe, but no injury was done. He was subsequently arrested and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labor.

A Napier correspondent writes:—lt is stated by a competent authority that the exports for Hawke’s Bay for this financial year will total a million sterling, The same authority could not determine what amount of that would have to be sent away for interest on mortgaged properties.

Mr Booth, R.M., disposed of the fo’lowing civil cases on Thursday :—H. E. Johnston V. J. Pallant and another, claim £25 Is 7d, judgment for plaintiff, with costs £3 13s; A. Keefer v, Petera Honotapa, claim £1 4s, judgment for the amount, with costs 6 s; J. Price v. Patoromu Notl, claim £24 ISs, judgment by consent, with costs £2 7s fid ; JV. Brassev V, S. M. Wilson, olaiin £lO6, judgment for £2 fis 4d, with costs £1 ; W, Fraser v . W. Gellender, claim £5 3s, judgby defauu, with costs Ils ; C. A, Brown v. Tipene Raki-ia, claim £ll 9a, judgment for £4 9s, and OO.’ts £1 12s. Judgment summons—Boylan C°- v - J- Bidgood, claim £3 7s 9d, amount ordered te be paid forthwith, in default four days, Execution to be stayed for one week. A Napier correspondent writes i besrd yesterday that a number of work-girls employed by a well-known tailoring firm in Napier agreed to cease working if a girl, of whose prudence of conduct there was perhaps reason to doubt, was placed in the work-room with them. Accordingly, on Monday morning, when the new girl took her place with the * young ladies,’ they deputationfsed the manager of the firm, stating that if tbe now work-girl were allowed to remain they would go out on strike until she was dismissed. The manager, instead of remonstrating with the girls as to the injustioe of their request, gave injto tbem and dismissed th# pbaoxious

Marie, Duchess of Galliera, has, during her life, given away for charitable purposes nearly the whole of her immense fortune of £11,000,000.

Four hundred Irish families, comprising 1500 persons, left Ireland for Buenos Ayres on January 20, under the free emigration scheme promoted by the Argentine Republic.

A noted beggar named Eliza Latuohe, who has for years been living on charity, was found dead at Campbelltown, near Clunes, (Vie.) In the hovel where she resided a bank deposit receipt for £ll4l was found.

A woman in Sydney played a clever trick the other day. In order to get her husband, who was in Melbourne, a free passage home, she had him arrested for wife desertion, and when the police brought him to Sydney she refused to prosecute, much to the chagrin of tbe police.

There was a great “ sell ” when Te Kooti was being taken to Auckland. The arrival of the steamer was anxiously waite 1 for by a tremendous crowd, but when she steamed alongside it was found the prisoner had been previously transhipped !

There has been a fair attendance and a good interest at the Tent meetings during the past week. There will be no meeting to-night. Two services will be held on Sunday, at 3 and 7 p.m. Mr Hare proposes to speak on “ Baptism—What is its nature and necessity ? Should we be sprinkled or plunged ? Who are proper subjects for baptism ?” The evening lecture will deal with the ".Signs of the Times."

Information received from Louisville, America, reports the sale of the two ye ir old chestnut gelding Proctor Knott, by Luke B'ackburn out of Tallapoosa, to Mr J. B. Haggin, of San Franciso, for 30,000d015. (£7.500). Proctor Knott won 73,000d015. iu stakes and purses last season, and next year his engagements include a majority of the important events both in the East and West, The price is the highest ever paid for a two year-old in America or a gelding of any age. Proctor Knott was purohased as a yearling by Messrs Scoggan and Bryant for 450d015,

The London correspondent of the Auck| Star writes:—Mr W. I-. Roes cannot give me the names of any gentlemen who have promieed’to join the directorate of his colonising company, A few months back, if Mr Rees had stuck to tbe idea of an experimental crofters’ settlement on a moderate scale, and asked for a comparatively small sum of money to start things with, I really believe that between the Scotch landowners and philanthropists he might have got it, Now I'm afraid there isn't a chance,

From the Wellington Evening Press of March 1 (that is over a week ago), we take the following suggestive extract The Government refuse to give any information as to what is being done, on the ground that ‘the officers have requested that no information should be given to the Press,' Who are these 1 officers’ and what business have they to dictate to the Government to envelop in secrecy a state of affiirs which ought to be as public as possible ? Do these ridiculous people actually believe that they are engaged in the performance of a momentous military duty, requiring secrecy for its successful execution, or that any public interests could possibly suffer by all their movements being known ?”

At Napier the other day they had an exhibition of art—it was poorly attended ; they had an exhibition at the Police Court of pictures of social degradation—the Court was crowded, With regard to the former exhibition a correspondent writes to the H. B. Herald :—“ Yet a visitor to the exhibition on Saturday night remarked, as he looked round the deserted room, that he would guarantee to take from the objects exhibited three which were merely curios—Te Kooti’s ammunition pouch, the blood stained ‘ mere ’ used in the Wairoa massacre, and ‘ the forbidden fruit ” ; place these in a tent near Hastings Street, hire a loud-voiced showman and a bell, and in half-an-hour take more sixpences than Mr Hamilton, with his pictures, the curios, his museum and his library, took while his exhibition was open.’’ The use of paper for building pu -poses—that is to say, flexible sheets made of vegetable or other fibre which has been reduced to a pulp and then spread out, pressed, and dried—is finding favor amongst American builders. They advance several reasons for the new application of paper s-uff In the first place, it can be made in rolls of almost any width and length, is flexible, or, by gluing several layers together, may be made stiff, and will stop the passage of air, because there are no joints. Secondly, it has no grain like wood, and will not split, Thirdly, it is not affected by change of temperature, and therefore, has an advantage over sheet metal as roofing material. Fourthly, whereas in its natural condition it is affected by moisture, it may be rendered waterproof by saturating it with asphalt, or by a variety of other methods. Fifthly, it is a non-resonant, and well fitted to prevent the passage of sound. Sixthly, it is a non-conductor of heat, and can be made also of incombustible material like asbestos, or rendered fire resisting by chemical treatment. The combination of paper with other substances, and solid Tying the m iss by pressure, renders practicable the production of a material capable of replacing wood forjmany purposes. The irrepressible Sidney Taiwhanga, M.H.R., is now exercised in mind concerning what he alleges to be ten breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi, and claims for compensation, in respect of which he shortly proposes to petition Her Majesty the Queen. They will include, he says, claims for the arrest of Te Whiti, and also for the arrest of Te Kooti, both of which he maintains are illegal. Sidney is endeavoring to obtain the valuable services of Sir Robert Stout as counsel in pursuance of his intentions, and with that object in view has had an interview with Sir Robert. Sidney propenes to air his grievances fully at a great meeting to be held at Okahu, near Auckland, on the 25th of March. This meeting has been called by Paul Tuhaere, Hemara, Taumatine, Heta Paikea, and 8. D. Taiwhanga, M.H.8., and its objects are set out as follows I—l, To consider all disputes that have arisen contrary to the provisions of both the Treaty of Waitangi and the 71st section of the New Zealand Constitution Act, 1852. These grievances will have to be dealt with by a Court of Law. 2. To consider all statutes affecting the Maoris and their lands, and to abolish the same, as they were made contrary to the provisions of both the Treaty of Waitangi and the 71st section of the New Zealand Constitution Act, 1852, and to let the Maoris have the management for colonisation of their own State by themselves, and such other matters as may pertain to the mutual benefit, happiness and prosperity of both races. Therefore we invite you to be present on the occasion, and our hearty welcome will be extended to you. From your friends.

The Garrison Band will to-night play the following selections next the City Bink, commencing at 7.30: —

March, “ The Men of Merry England." Quadrilles, “ The Pet of the Bail." Snhottlspho, “ Queen of Love." March, 11 Blue Bonnots over the Border.” Woltz, “ Daybreak," March, “ Don Caaaar (Marltana)," This morning Mr Lucas publishes a statement of accounts in connection with the recent entertainment to the Hussars and Ngjtiporous, The Vigilance Committee meet on Monday afternoon to settle accounts. Mr Coleman has money to lend on freehold security. The Whataupoko Road Board calls for tenders for various road works, Mr Witty has for sale a 101 acre section. Tenders are required by the Gisborne Harbor Board for a supply of coal, tenders to be in by Tuesday next. Mr Quigley, architect, calls for tenders, to be in at noon to-day, for building a dwelling house at the Hapara, Whataupoko. Rates due to the Ormond Road Board and not paid by the 16th instant, will be sued for after that date without further notice.

Tenders are invited by the Kaiti Road Board, up to noon on Tuesday next, for clearing and drainage works. The Standard Coffee, Pepper and Spice Company have an advertisement elsewhere, notifying that they are makers of coffee, baking powder, sauces, pickles, jams, etc, 'As this is a local company it is specially deserving of supporti