LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 277, 23 March 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A thrilling narrative entitled the Great Siberian Boad appears on our fourth page this morning. The Manapouri arrives from South early to-tnorrow morning. The first launch goes at 6 and the last launch at 8.

Gisborne will have to wake up if all we hear from Tauranga can be taken to be authentic. The Tauranga paper, in one of last week’s impressions, says “Thanks to the erection of a suitable cattle barricade on the Town Wharf, the commencement of a large export live stock trade was success, fully inaugurated yesterday, when Mr Verooe of the Maitai, shipped for Auckland thirtyfive of the finest fat .cattle that a butcher could set eyes on—not a weed in the mob. We understand that at least 600 head of similar cattle will be forwarded in mobs of forty by every trip of the lona, dating from yesterday. We also learn that the Whakatane cattle breeders are sending their fat stock to thia port for shipment, Captain Amodeo tells us that this shipment was made in fifty minutes, and was all completed before seven a. m., so that the other traffic was not in the least interfered with. Captain Amodeo also told us the cattle shipment facilities are now so excellent here that he could easily ship 70 head bsfore 8 a.m. Our city fathers and the co-operating Northern Steamship Co, are deserving of much praise tor havlsg tateou thie progrsulve step.’ 1 ; t

The Maori footballers won their match with York Club by a goal and a try to a goal. There are duly qualified men in Sydney willing to accept engagements at £3 a week. Mr A. Guy has been elected Captain of the Napier Rowing Club. The Parnell indemnity fund collected in Queensland amounts to over £827.

Ff teen horses belonging to Mr Packer, near Cairns, Queensland, were recently struck by lightning, and seven were killed. We understand that Major Porter will shortly be leaving Gisborne with the intention of taking up his residence down south.

The native charged with stealing a bay mare was brought Mr Booth yesterday, who after hearing the evidence dismissed the information.

Miss Doran is holding a clearance sale for one month, prior to the opening up of new goods. The advertisement announces that no cash offer will be refused.

At the inquest on the boy Harris, held at Makauri on Thursday afternoon, a verdict of accidentally killed was returned. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon and was largely attended. A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest on the two men, who were killed at Otaki, by the explosion of two rockets.

Further trouble is feared at Omahu, near Napier, in connection with the BroughtonDonnelly dispute. The natives seem determined to fight for the land on which Broughton lives, and both sides are said to be well armed.

Mr H. Marcroft announces a clearing sale ot his summer stock to make room tor a large shipment ot winter goods. The sale commences to-day. Some natives at Papatu found and released a fine horse that was bogged in a swamp. They now advertise for the owner, who is informed he may have the animal on payment ot compensation ; otherwise the horse will be sold to defray expenses. As instancing the scarcity of water in New South Wales during the recent droughts, a correspondent says that near Lithgow, in that colony, a traveller had to pay 2a fid for a driuk for his horse.

The sneak thief still continues his depreda* dations in Auckland. Having recently had a good time at robbing safes, he has now developed a taste for literature. Accordingly he appears to have inspected the Free Library. Recently some newspapers were annexed, and now Kingsley’s “ Westward Ho ” has disappeared.

The last number to hand of the Sydney Mail has an interesting and impartial account of the Te Kooti affair, evidently written by a Gisborne correspondent. The Town and Country Journal has been hoaxed (or been the party to a fraud) into giving a picture of Te Kooti which is no more like him than Sir Harry Atkinson’s conduct was like Mr Mitchelson’s. Te Kooti at any rate has no reason to initiate a law suit on account of the manly looking face that has been passed as a likeness of his, but the Maori ot whom the thing is an actual likeness ought to have good grounds for action at the comparison made. At the inquest on the remains of a boy named Stone, aged 9 years, who was drowned at Waterloo, New South Wales, it was stated that a big boy threw a bottle into the waterhole where Stone was bathing and told |him to dive for it. The little fellow did so, and lost his life. There was a glorious display of bunting off the big crane at the harbor works yesterday. Captain Nicholas' fast and favorite schooner the Waiapu had got alongside. Oh ye gods and little fishes 1 Why did not the popular Captain reserve the little joke until April 1 ? In two weeks' hence Poverty Bay will be a land flowing with oil and milk and honey. Mr Weaver says all the difficulties will have been got over in from one to two weeks. The “ Board of Consolation ” ought to be on the ground on about the first of April. Two weeks more and we shall see—what we shall see. Two weeks—that’s a bargain; if Mr Weaver comes up to time, “ the section of the Press ” will be his righthand supporter for all futurity. Two weeks, mind. A young man who was a bank clerk in Napier states that there appears to be no opening whatever tor bank clerks in Victoria, He tried 13 banks without success, and at the last one he was told by the manager that he had 230 names down on ths list, for any vacancy that should occur.

A report was current in town yesterday among the natives that Haira te Piri, who is charged with the Pook murders,'had made a confession implicating his brother and his brother-in-'aw,- In "reference to this our Napier correspondent wired.last night “ There is really no foundation for such a statement. He leaves by the Manapouri tomorrow night, and will be tried in Gisborne next week. ” -

The usual meeting will be held in the Tent at 3 this afternoon. Two meetings are announced for Sunday. At 3 p.m., “The great chains of Prophecy—Why were they given, and what do they teach ? ” is to be considered. “ The inheritance of the saints in light ” will be the subject at 7. Mr Hare intends closing the meetings on Sunday, unless circumstances prevent the securing of a hall for further meetings. He also proposes departing from the usual plan and lifting a collection at the evening meeting, to assist in meeting expenses. All are invited to attend. Seats free.

We are informed that there has been much annoyance caused by “ Ballyaltikilligan’s ” comments on the recent Tologa race meeting, and from further information received matters appear .to have been put in a very unfair way so far as the Tologa people are concerned. In reference to the first protest not one of the stewards wished that it should be sustained, after they had heard the explanations. In regard to the second protest, no witness testified that Forest Queen ran inside a post; the boy had to be lifted off the mare because he had hurt his leg against a post, but it was the opposite leg to that whioh would have been hurt had he been on the wrong side of the post. The other jockeys had told Darnley’s jookey that the mare had run inside the post, but when afterwards questioned about it, it appeared they had only been “ taking a rise " out of the other boy—a little prank which can be easily understood. Mr Currie himself subsequently expressed regret at having entered the protest, and none of the horse owners expressed any dissatisfaction. From these statements it would appear that our correspondent was misled. It is intended to have a new course ploughed and laid off fer next year.

The Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation Society does not seem to be in a happy way. A meeting was held thia week, when Mr Coleman said that before any action was taken it would be well to decide whether the society was to continue in existence. There was a great deal of dissatisfaction in connection with the society. Over £lOO was collected annually, in one way and another, and what did the subscribers get for their money ? It appeared to him that promiscuous shooting was Just as general as if the society had no existence ; there was not a single head of game more or less to shoot. It passed regulations which were a dead letter because it had not the income to enforce its decrees by means of paid rangers. As it was, game hod practically disappeared; nothing was left but a few quail. Phesants had almost disappeared, ducks would soon be a thing of the past, and pigeons would follow; as for hares, they were only vermin, and it was a good thing if they were killed. The only thing left was fish, If it were considered worth £lOO a year for the sake of trying to establish trout he had nothing to say, but that was all the society was doing. Even the society's recommendations as to the shooting season were ignored during last year, and the season for native game was fixed a month earlier.—A discussion ensued, some members thinking a gun tax would meet the object, but the same difficulty presented itself that the tax could not be collected. Mr Tanner moved as an amendment, that the question be deferred for a month. No notice of motion had been given, and it was unfair to spring a motion of that kind on the meeting, There were only nine members present out of fifty, Every member should have an opportunity Of voting on the motion.—The amendment wat cMrUd by a majority «t one.