LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 291, 27 April 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

*Mr H. M. Porter left for the South yesterday, and will be away until to-morrow week. During his absence his business will be conducted by Mr W. E. Akroyd.

The annual meeting of ratepayers in the Patutahi district takes place on May 6, at noon, and the Ormond ratepayers meet on May 2, at 2 p.m.

A column of telegraphic sporting and other news (including a full report of the Melbourne Cup race) appears on our back page.

At the B.M. Court on Thursday, John O’Grady was fined 10s, or in default 24 hours’ imprisonment, for being drunk while in charge of a horse. The City Rink continues to be a source of great attraction. The Rink will be open as usual this evening, when a Band will bs in attendance.

A Gisborne paper asserts that McQuarrie, who is suspected of the murder of Robert Gollan, was not previously regarded as a black sheep by either natives nr Europeans. They should have taken the trouble to make enquiries before defending a man suspected of such a deed. He is sufficiently well-known in Gisborne, and even supposing he had no connection with the present affair, he is not a credit to his race. The election of a Committee for the Patutahi School resulted in the return of Messrs A. Robb, John Breignan, D. Lougher, J. Price, R. Bryson, S. Philips, and W. Gentles. Mr Breignan was subsequently elected Chairman of Committee,

A miraculous escape from drowning occurred as the Cuzco was going up Hobson's Bay. A passenger named Mrs Walker fell overboard, but her whereabouts could not bo discovered though a vigilant search was made. Half an hour later those aboard another vessel observed the unfortunate woman floating about, and on being rescued she did not appear to have suffered any serious effects from the accident,

The weather was fine for the third day’s racing of the A.J.C. Autumn meeting. The principal results are : —All Aged Stakes : Carbine 1, Rudolph 2, Rusaley 3. First Foal Stakes : Sinecure 1, Pretty Kate 2. Cumberland Stakes : Carbine 1, Lochiel 2, Abercorn3. City Handicap : Keith 1, Yabba 2. Clogs 3. At tho Police Court yesterday John Heaphy was charged on the information of his wife with unlawful trupau. As there was no appearance of the oomplaluant ths case was struck out. A gentleman, who has jsit returned from Hawke's Bay. informs us that there is a great scaraity of feed in that district, owing to the numerous droves of sheep which are daily arriving for freezing purposes. The North British Freezing Company alone are paying as muoh as £l5 a day for hay far the use of tht stock they have on band. Kapai tc Kulnl 1 In reply to an tddress of welcome from ths Maoris, Lord Onslow stated that the Queen had told him that she took a greater interest in the Mini subjects than in almost any ether of the people over whom she ruled, Shades of Sydney Taiwhanga ! But this is rough on the English, Irish, and Scotch. What would John Brown have said to this ? At the B.M. Court on Thursday, the following civil oases were heard:—Brown and Smaiil v, Pota Aata, claim £20175; judgment by consent, with £1 10s costs, lopa te Hau v. John Clark, claim £10; judgment for plaintiff for ss, with £2 9s costs. N.Z. Native Land Settlement Co. v. J. B. Poynter, claim £ll 17s Cd ; judgment by default, with costa £1 19s. John Sperry v. E. ff. Ward, claim £ll2s Id; judgment by consent, with costs 6s. A. W. Croft v. D. Courtnay, claim £6 sa; judgment by default, with costs £l. A. W. Croft v. A. Y. Ross, claim £2 0s Id; judgment by default, with coats 6s. J, Whinray v, A. Y. Boss, claim £24 12s 91; judgment by default, with costs £3 17s; W. J. Hennessy v. Hepeta Kuare, claim £1 9s; judgment by default, with costs £1 6s. Kennedy and Evans v. j. H. Mason, claim 8s; judgment by default, with costs 6s. Common, Shelton and 00. v. F. Murphy, claim £7 15s lOd ; judgment by default, with costs £l. The U.S.S. Australia (Captain Crawshaw) came alongside the breakwater yesterday afternoon to discharge her cargo of cement for the Harbor Board. The vessel experienced no difficulty whatever in coming in or go. ing out, and those aboard the Australia speak highly of the work. The inadequacy of the mooring gear was demonstrated when the vessel was alongside, for both lines gave way, and Captain Crawshaw had to keep the engines going until new lines had been attached. The same defect was pointed out by Captain Bennett when the Maitai came in, and the Harbor Board ought to see that the necessary mooring gear la procured if vessels are to be brought alongside the work.

As Mr and Mrs Gordon and their two lads were riding through the Motu on their way to Opotiki, on Wednesday, Mrs Gordon’s horse took fright at a pack horse that was coming from the opposite direction, and the rider was thrown heavily. Being a big woman, and the horse a high animal, the wonder is Mrs Gordon was not killed, having come down on her face; but beyond a severe shock, the only injury was a black eye and a few scratches on the aide of the face. Mrs Gordon was in front of the rest of the party at the time. She was able to proceed on to Opotiki all right after about an hour’s delay. Had the accident occurred on any other part of the road, the consequences could hardly have been otherwise than fatal.

The scanty information upon which some journalistic writers rash at conclusions at times results in very misleading statements, The Wellington Press heads the telegram re ths Mahia murder “ Murder in Poverty Bay." Then " Puff ” spoils his wit by his untruth, fulness, as the following will show :—Poverty Bay is getting a bad name 1 Another mqrder by a Maori! Ah, the Maoris have had a lesson in lawlessness up thare, and unless a very different policy it pursued it’s hard to say where the matter will stop ! You think all the disturbances and violence hang together ? No doubt ! It's only the resuit of the spirit of contempt for taw, life and order ! The Te Kooti business and the Pook murders, the Donnelly riot and this affair are all symptoms of the same disease ! How is it to be stopped ? Well, pick out a resolute, capable R.M., and lend him into the dietriot with full orders to put a stop to it. and let the police be under his direction ! Oh 1 That won’t do here ! That would mean proclaiming the district and all sorts of things I Well I It would ba a vast deal better than to have the premier of the colony going up with an armed force and putting himself at the head of an armed tribe, and in defiance of taw, order and justice, seizing and imprisoning an unoffending man I

After some Interesting developments during ths past couple of days, in connection with the schooner Awaroa, last evening Constable Hansen arrested Captain Wug, on the wharf, on a charge of trespass and retaining unlawful possession of the vessel. The case will come on at the B.M, Court at 10.30 this morning, when a big attendance is anticipated. Mr Brassay is Captain Wug'e adviser, and Mr DeLautour appears for Mr Harding, Our contemporary last night opens its columns tor a scandalous attack upon Mr J. Edwards because he happened to be elected as a member of the Gisborne School Committee. Which of the two qorutineers wrote the letter we do not pretend to know, though it is not hard to guess, hut he divulges iniormqtion which was not available to our reporter. It is not for us to make comparisons between Mr Edwards and the other candidates —they were all good men—but it is shameful that an honest working man, who pays his 20s in the pound and attends to hie own business, should be made the victim of such an attack because the system under which he was elected is a most unfair one; but the very reason urged by the partially concealed writer is in Mr Edwards’ favor. He is said to be unknown in any public capacity; that accounts for his only having had a few supporters, but it is to bs presumed they considered he would make a good member. We agree that the voting system is bad, but its failure is not a sufficient cause for an underhand attack on an individual whose only " crime ” appears to be that be baa to take off hit eoat to make a living. I