LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 326, 18 July 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

This morning wo publish lhe second of a series of sketches by “Narrator," a writer who is already a favorite with our readers, " One who's been there " has not yet finished the of hie impressions round about Gisborne, After the Fire Brigade practice last night Superintendent Townley presented ex Deputy Superintendent HloGowan with a long-service medal. In making the presentation he complimented the recipient on the efficiency and spirit with which he had performed his duties during his membership of the Brigade. Mr McGowan, in returning thanks, said he was pleased that hi? services gave so much satis, faction ; he had always done his b'st and would continue tq endeavor to do so.

Persons desirous of joining the Union Chess Club are requested to give in their narpeg to the Secretary, Mr J, W, Witty. The othar officers of ths Club are—President, Rev. J. E. Fox | Vice-President, Mr H. E. Kenny; Committee, Dr Innsg Sfld Messrs Greenwood end Dunlop.

At St. Andrew’s Literary Society on Tueeday evening (Mr Sma'ill in the chair) Miss Warren gave a biographical sketch of Shakespeare, tha paper being one of much merit and creating a very favorable impression. Selections from the great author's works were given by various members, Next Tuesday evening Mr Hugo lectures on “The Temples of Jerusalem," and as that gentleman's ability is so wqll known, there ought to bo a large audience.

The Gisborne representative football team leave for Napier to-morrbw, and play against Hawse’s Bay on Saturday. J. Dunlop takes a place among the forwards, while L. Rees takes Sage’s place as fifll.back, Thfl Union Literary Society proiqisae an especially enjoyable time of it this evening, wheu Mr Crawford lectures on “ Photography," and will give an exhibition of what can be done by those acquainted withjhe art. It is now believed that the Grey Valley miners' dispute will be satisfactorily settled, Good prices were obtained at the sale of trees and shrubs yesterday by Messrs Graham, P;tt and Bennett. The Wellington people seem to be altogether against the verdict iq flje Qhemis case, George Hill, charged with qbtainjng goods from J. Finlay, on false pretences, was yesterday remanded for another eight days. Hill represented that he was connected with the Christchurch Dairy Company, and thus ob. tained supplies that enabled him to keep a shop going tor awhile. A special Isotqro is advertised for this evening at the Theatre Royal. Mr Hare proposes giving sou;e advice to 'young njen 'and young women who jfltflnd seeking partners for life, Heads and faces will fle med to illustrate the temperaments most congenial. AU are invited. Some idea of what Poverty Bay can produce in the way of sheep, may be gained by fl, viflit to Mr J. Maynard's butcher’s shop, where a- ipagpiflpppt; carcass of a Leicester 178 lbs. is now' 'hanging- would have been interesting to have known' the esapt weight when alive, but as it now' is, skinned and cleaned, it is perfectly safe tq assert that it is undoubtedly the largest fjlie, p ever killed in the district. A cable message from London states that the frr-gen’inw trade is dull, Bess mutton is at BJ l, The New Zealand footballers teat a team of eighteen at Toowo-’mba by sixleia points iq nil, New rqles arp gavCt'fid under “ The Law PHQtifloners Act, 188'2'" ’which plaqe the control of the of barrhstors and solicitors under the New Sjvqlapfl University. These rn'os, however, do not comb Into fqypp until Ist June, 1899. On" annual examination jq December will take the place of the half yearly ones now held tn March and September. Mrs -Mackey, the wife of the Silper King, gave a groat aairiic thp .other hjglif in Faris, at which the lufliea had to appear la bl-bk dresses, and the goatlcmeq th v/hl»e o*l9-■ The effect of this was mn.l cefflioa', and', especially during the quadrilles, tile gentle, men in their white cotton swallow-tails paijsed the greatest amusement.

Tfie Napier News is rough on prize flghte. It says:—Sullivan, a Yankee champion brute, has succeeded in defeating Kifrgin, »ngt!)er Yanises champion b'H’e. after a fighf q! 1i rounds. The result of tjjg florpba-t will bp a surprise to those who have read Ifae newspapers of late. Sullivan, agree! hulking scoundrel, the pet of the saloons and the hero of the blackguard class of the Yankee great Cities, had, it was stated, become a perfect wreck through an indiscreet consumption of those essentially American beverages • Old Bbiubcn ' and 1 Old Bye,' and it was qanfldsntly fqrm|J6d thst his opponent' Jrke ' Kilrain, being a sobrf than, would tq usa the peculiar phrasaology of lhe New Voids Sporting Gazette, ‘ kill iliac arch fiaqd John L. S. deader than a dead dog.' This prognostication fifes however, turned out to be incorrect, for though, if pot exactly ' deader than a dead hog,' Eiltali), pat (Sullivan, must ha»a been ‘ very near it' uffisn thefliht was over. Sullivan,‘John L. af that ilk,'wis triumphant aud will now be a greater here than 3V O r- Columns upon columns of interviews with 'Amorigi's Bravest Son,’ printed in small type and headed with dozens of ortchily worded lines, will appear iu the Washington Warwhoop, the New York Daily Yahoo, or the Chicago Morning Clarion, bis manly form will bo , depicted on millions of cigarette card”, and I for tips next year ot srf, we shall luve aiWea 1 out to us mysterious ruthors of challenges, ( counter challenges, pegapes from the police, etc,, ptc. Then perhaps spmo rolgljty son of | Anak, a bigger bruto than John L., will arise and beat him. If h? k-Lls him outright, ; all the betted . I

The arrival at Philadelphia is reported o' the open boat Liberdale, containing Captair George B. Slocum, his wife and two sons who had sailed in her from Paranagua. Brazil for that port—a distance of nearly 7000 miles. Captain Slocum's ship was wrecked on th Brazilian coast last December, and ho left ii the Liberdale for Philadelphia, to which plac. he be’onged, the voyage occupying over thre. month'’, Several ports wore visi.ed en routi tor provisions, and often for the purpose o< seeking shelter, Ths boat, which was only BE feet in length, had some very narrow escaper and its occupants endured many hardships : but Captain Slocum, his wife and two childrei never left the little craft, and successful!, accomplished their perilous and unprecedented voyage.

An extraordinary scene is to be witnessed every evening at Leicester in the freeman's allotment gardens, where a nightingale ha» established itself. Every evening hundreds of people lino the roads near the trees when the bird has his haunt. The crowds patlentl; wait till the music begins, and the bulk ol the liatenera remain till midnight, while » number of enthusiasts linger till one and tw< o'clock in the morning. Strange to say, thi bird usually slugs in a largo thorn bush jus' over the mouth of the tunnel of the Midland main line, but the songster is heedless o noise, and smoke and steam, his stream of ■ong being uninterrupted for four or five hours every night. So large has been th< throng of listeners that the chief constabh has drafted a number of policemen to maintain order and prevent damage. It is a curious example of the burden of an empire (says a London correspondent) that wo should at the present moment—having just completed two campaigns, one against the Black Mountain tribes in the north-west of India, the other against the Thibetans, in Sikkim, in the breast of the Himalayas—be preparing for three separate and independent campaigns, small ones, it is true, but still campaigns in every sense of the word. Troops are being armed, equipped, provisioned ; they will have to march into partly unknown, certainly unfamiliar, dis tricts, inhabited by hostile people, who will certainly fight. The first and most imporportant of these is that against the Lushais, in the hills behind Chittagong, who are habitually raiding into E igl jih territory, and murdering British officers and subjects. F.fte?n or sixteen years ago they were severely chastised by an expeditionary force, but the lesson seems to have been forgotten by the the new generation. Then there is an expedition to reduce the Chins, a powerful and turbulent tribe inhabiting the mountainous districts in the north-west Burmah bordering on Tipperah, Munipore, and Assam. They have lately attacked the parties which went out surveying the region for thq purpoea of obtaining a practicable route by land from India to Burmah. They extend down the Chindwlnd River, and are the only people on the west aide of the Irrawaddy not yet reduced to submission and order. Ths third expedition is against the Red Karens, in the east of Burmah, on the borders of Siam. A number of Red Karen tribes have united qnder a chjef named Sawlawbaw, who refuses to submit to Dritish rule like his neighbors, and whose district is a centre of distqrbango.

Union Literary Society to night—. Lecture by Mr W, F. Crawford, on “Photography," commencing at B.—Advt.