The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. Saturday, May 25, 1889. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 303, 25 May 1889, Page 2

The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning.

Saturday , May 25, 1889. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Be just and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s, and truth’s.

It is claimed that one.seventh of the population of Victoria belong to the Presbyterian Church,

The N.Z, Herald regrets “ to learn that the Rev. Father Kehoe, of Gisborne, is ill. The Bev. Father Hayes has gone to take his place nt Gisborne during his absence.” Tenders close at six this evening (to be addressed to Mr McOlive's store, Patutahi) for fencing and other work at Wasrengaakuri, for Mr T, Oarroll. In a previous advertisement Mr Carroll’s name was omitted.

Out of twonty.aeven ratepayers sued for rates by the Harbor Board, only three oases w*r* disposed of an Thursday, viv., "F. Dufaur, claim £4 ]3s 4rl, and costs 6s; J. Gibson, claim £1 ss, and costs 6s; Mrs J, Bailey, claim £1 ss, and costs. (Is ; judgment in tbe above cases being given for plaintiff. The remainder of the cases were either confessed, paid into Court, or adjourned till the next sitting. Another batch of summonses are now being issued and they will come on for hearing next Thursday.

The glove contest between Laing, of Wanganui, and Smith, of Australia, wok place at Wellington, on Saturday night, and resulted in a fiasco. By the advertisemea t the public were led to believe it was for a finish, but when the hall was crowded it was calmly announced that it had been arranged to fight eight rounds for “ a purse." At the end of the eight rounds both men appeared as fresh as when they started, and the referee declared the contest a draw, The Mayer objected to Laing and Smith fighting, but the police saw no ground far interfering, «a they considered it only a glove contest, not a prize fight.

This has been quite a phensm inal season for the number of travelling stunk that have passed through the district. We rueaiioiied in a recent issue that 52,000 sheep had crossed the Wairoa Bridge during the seven months, ending April 30, We now learn that during the same period, some 80,000 crossed the Mohaka fprry, tlta difference between the two totals expressing the number of sheep that have departed from, and arrived at, stations on the south side of the Wairoa River during tbe same period. But this state of things will not last much longer, as Messrs Nelson Bros., Limited, have definitely announced that they will commence freezing at their work* in Poverty Bay in October next, when, of course, all the surplus fat sheep in that district will be frozen at the Gisborne works, instead of being driven through to Hawke’s Bay, as heretofore, Probably, all those on the north side of the Wairoa River will ala i go to Gisborne ; those on the south side going to Hawke's Bay, There wilt, therefore, we believe, be a great diminution in the number of sheep passing through this district in th* iuturo.—Waitoa tjuardha.

Rather more than a week after the late Sir William Stawell’s death at Naples the Star announced his arrival in London, and gave/ some interesting details of his career. . New I journalism this with a vengeance, ,’T- " The date of the disastrous hurricane at Samoa was long ago predicted by Dr Rudolph Falb, tbe eminent meteorologist, as a day on which great atmospheric disturbances might be expected. It is alsoworthy of note that on the 16 th of March there were heavy snowfalls at Rome, Naples, and Vienna, such as have not been witnessed for ten years past.

The time in which Morrison’s team did the hose and hydrant practice yesterday was five seconds quicker than the'' champion shield was won by the Gisborne team at the colonial competition at Christchurch. ■ The Wairoa Guardian cannot imagine what induced the master of the Coralie to take his vessel into Mahia Bay, where h* might have known that in the case of a sudden souther —very prevalent at this time of the year—a sailing vessel has no chance of beating out and is almost certain to go ashore, unless she is run into Waikokopu creek, which can only be done at high water. It would have been far more sensible, either to hav* remained at anchor under Long Point, until the weather set in fair, or to have made a good offing with the westerly wind that prevailed on Friday, before the sudden shift of wind to th* south- ' ward, . . t, .

A Wellington correspondent telegraphs :— I asked a Cabinet Minister to-day whether there was any truth in the persistent rumor which was going the round of the press, that the Government would, during the next session, recommend a loan. The reply I got was of a very positive character, to the effect that this particular member of the Cabinet had neither heard of such a thing either within the Cabinet or from any of bis colleagues outside of it. He thought it more probable that the “ rumor ” originated in places and among persons who would be extremely glad to share the product of such a policy, although they now denounced it with much virtuous indignation. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, judgment were entered up for plaintiffs in the following cases:—A. W. Croft v. S. M. Wilson, claim £49 4s 2d, and costs £4 14s; N.Z. Native Land Settlement Company v. J, Craig, claim £5l Ils 3d, and costs £2 Is; same v. James Henderson, claim £l9 4s 3d, and costs £1 19*; AW. Oroft v. John Hays, claim £2 10*, and costs 7s ; same v. Akahutu Aenar*. claim £6B* lid,, and costs £1 12s; J. W. Wade v. James Harris, claim 10* fid and costs 6s. Common, Shelton and Co. v. John Dick, claim £1 18* lid, and costs 3s ; Shera Bros. v. F. Dufaur, claim £l3 14s on a judgment summons. The defendant was ordered to pay the amount forthwith, or in default 13 days’ imprisonment. ■ ’

A London correspondent writes:—Soma most unjust and untrue aspersions have been cast on the Maori footballers since they *ail»d, The Pali Mall Gazette and several provincial journals, ignoring the asssrtions of tiw Rugby Union to the contrary, aver that at th* l*d< the team was '• boycotted " in the South of England, and that a decent fifteen could with difficulty b* raised to play tbe final match, against them. It adds that the scandalous conduct of the New Zealanders at the All England match was no doubt responsible for this, and opines that though they are smart players they leave an unpleasant impression behind them. I don't suppose these sort of statements will carry any weight or do the team any real harm at your end of the world. The plain truth is there was amongst Londoners a ptej udioe against the New Zealanders from the first. Absolutely before they ever arrived in England, paragraphs (sent from Melbourne) appeared in the papers, accusing them of rough play. The consequence was when the team debuted at Richmond everyone was on ths qui vive .ioc. it, and- ready to hurl the accusation at their heads upon the faintest opportunity. As a matter of fact, had the New Zealander* been leu successful, we should have heard precious little about their rough play. It was. members of beaten teams who desired to discount their defeats who gave currency to these ill matured stories.