LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 341, 22 August 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Captain Bonnett received the following telegram from Wellington last night:— North to east and south-east gale with rain md heavy sea, after 16 hours from now. Glass further fall. The usual weekly meeting of St. Andrew’s Literary Society was held on Tuesday evening, when Mr J. T. Evans delivered an essay on “ Clairvoyant’s Dream." In the absence of the President, Mr Ambridge occupied the -.hair. Tho essayist was listened to with close (Mention, and the members who spoke -xpressed their surprise and pleasure at the Sold of vision which the essayist had introluced to them.

Gisborne is now beginning to throw off the (ombre garb which it wears during a couple of tho wintry months, and in another month it will bo well able to claim the proud distinction which it has gained of being the prettiest town in New Zealand. The bright blossoms of the wattle, which have such a beautiful appearance just before spring, are iow being subdued in tone by tho richness >f tho willow and poplar trees, which are just beginning to put on their green mantle. In this morning’s Standard there is a business anncuncement in reference to the Roseland Hotel, which is now in the hands of Messrs Currie and Hogan, whose popularity in their line of business has added much to their success. Every effort is being ■nade to have “ the Roseland ” placed in the first rank of hotels, and the new proprietors’ experience will enable them to take every advantage of the high position which the JRoseland Hotel has always maintained.

Those interested in shipping will be glad to learn that Mr Jeune, our local ship chandler, etc., has removed to premises that ira well situated for the convenience of customers. Mr Jeune has taken up quarters in the Albion Buildings, near the bridge, and those who patronise him may in their dealings rely on getting that satisfaction which an experienced and honest tradesman can give. Persons requiring tents of any description would do well to pay a .visir to Mr Jeune’sjshop. A large crowd of Maoris are expected to arrive from Opotiki this afternoon, being members of the Ngttai tribe, who have :ome to hold a tanyl over the son of the chief Wiremu King!, who died a short while back. They meet at Waerenga-a-hika tomorrow. The large number of Maoris exp- cted to assemble ought to make that place look lively while they remain. The Committee appointed to take action in

’he matter of having the district properly '■■-presented at the Dunedin Exhibition, held ( meeting at the County Chambers on Tuesday afternoon. There were present i Mr Bennett (in the chair), Ven, Archdeacon Williams, Messrs Butt, Bright, Chambers, Gray, Shelton, and Townley, A general discussion took place as to the best means of having tho district represented. It was considered that tho information at hand was not full enough to allow of any definite steps being taken, and it was decided, on the motion of Mr Chambers, seconded by Mr Butt, that a sub committee ba appointed to make the necessary enquiries, tho committee to consist of—Ths Chairman, Archdeacon Williams, and Messrs Gray, Townley, Bright. Butt, and the mover. Mr Bright and Mr Shelton expressed tho opinion that unless there was a good representation of the products of the district the object would fail, and to have this proper representation it was estimated that £lOO would be required. The Gisborne Park Company’s grounds are now becoming a source of great attraction for those who like a pleasant walk and do not mind the distance. On Sunday afternoons a large crowd of people, including many ladies, take a stroll up to the ground and enjoy themselves in the meadows, without the fear of being accosted by skinflint gatekeepers wanting their fees. The grandstand is now approaching the stage of completion which comes within Mr Skeet’s contract, and the work is being done in a most satisfactory way. It is quite a pretty sight for townspeople who are worried with business cares all the week to go out on Sunday afternoon and see the lambs frolicking about in the Park’s Company’s grounds, A very successful concert was held in the Holy Trinity Sunday-school room on Tuesday evening, in aid of the building fund. The concert was got up by Mr Palairet, whose ability and praiseworthy efforts the Rev. J. E. Fox publicly acknowledged from the platform. Those who took part in the concert were—Mr and Mrs Palairet and members of their family, Mrs Bourke, Mrs Greenwood, Mrs Sunderland, Miss Holroyd, and Messrs Airey, D ilrymple. Grant, Parnell, Reynolds, and Shelton. A meeting of the Whataupoko Road Board was held on Tuesday afternoon. Present: Messrs E. P. Joyce (Chairman), Clayton, Sigley, and Beere. The Clerk reported that a slip had occurred on the upper end of Ballance Street, and he estimated the cost at about £8 to remove the same. The Chairman thought that a small opening should be made so as to allow the traffic to pass. It was ultimately decided to inform Mr O’Neil, the contractor for the road, that he would have to keep the place clear for traffic. Accounts were passed as follows: —J. B. Lane, 16a; Ollivier and 00., £llss; Gisbobne Standard Co., £6 ss; A. B. Muir, £3 17s. Soma other unimportant business was transacted, and the meeting adjourned.

Young men in Gisborne who put on airs that are not j ustified by the salaries they draw would do well to study the following :—“ There is a province in China which is afflicted with too many mashers, and the Governor has had to issue a proclamation pointing out to them the error of their ways. The bright-colored jackets and waistcoats of the young men embroidered at neck and sleeves with flowers and other ornaments, are shocking, he declares, to the view ot the sober, respectable citizens, who know that money should not be squandered by men on such things. Holding that it is a Governor’s duty tn watch over the behaviour of ths people committed to his charge, he warns them that young men dressed in a foolish extravagant way will be arrested and punished, and that the responsibility of their fathers, elder brothers, and tutors will nnt be overlooked. At the meeting of the Exhibition Committee on Tuesday afternoon Mr Shelton related a couple of stories to show that if there were not pains taken to see that exhibits were placed in a good position the chances were they Would be put in some obscure place where they would never be seen. His firm had sent some produce to the Melbourne Exhibition, and while he was there he naturally went to have a look at the exhibit, but he could not find it. However, after a lot of trouble he discovered it on an upper floor, in a place where it would never be seen. The other instance was a still better one. The firm intended sending some produce to the London Exhibition, but on enquiring received information that wool, grain, etc., would have to be exhibited in different classes, and therefore nothing further was done in the matter. Later on, however, a communication was received stating that the firm had been awarded a medal for the excellence of the exbiblts —though no exhibits had ever been sent 1 Mr Shelton said they still had tho medal, which is a large bronze piig, Those who have the management of a certain Gisborne paper entertain strange ideas as to what are the duties of a public journal. They did not give a line of a report of the last meeting of the Charitable Aid Board, the proceedings at which were of great interest to the public; but then they, without inquiry as to truth, insert a letter written by a person who appears to be ashamed to sign his name, and who could with less trouble have communicated with the Secretary. The Secretary has a very difficult task to see that public funds are distributed only to those who are in absolute need, or the burden upon the taxpayers will soon become unbearable; Those duties have so far been well carried out, and Mr McKay ought to be assisted in every way possible, instead of being subjected to underhand attacks by untruthful writers, and of benevolent people being insulted in place of being thanked fop their kindly actions The same print not so long agtr published a string of Were pleading on behalf of a man who was seen hiutolf in the publichousos nearly every time he came into fewfii

In the Holy Trinity Sunday-ehool room tomorrow evening Mr Von Dadekzen will again deliver his lecture on Fiji. Paris "Figaro" prints a special edition in an office 500 feet up in tho Eiffel tower. It is estimated that fully £7.000 worth of flax was shipped by the Zealandia for Frisco the other day. The Privy Council has decided that in England income tax cannot be levied on whole profits realised in the colonies, by persons residing in England. There was recently filled in New York tho certificate of the birth of Jeanette Flooker, who was the 25th child of her father, David Flooker, who is 73 years old, and has been married twice, and the ninth child of her mother Mrs Jeannette Flooker, who is 43 years old. A Marlborough paper has the following paragraph which will be interesting in this district It has been found that the Boad Boards are entitled to receive subsidies on account of tea duty, which they did not expect to receive. The Omaka Board’s share is about £250.

An Auckland telegram statee that Malietoa has again returned to his beloved Samoa. As soon as the natives observed the deposed monarch on board the ship they became greatly excited with joy, and hoisted his old flag which the Germans had pulled down two years previously. A Chinaman charged before the Bench for fan-tan playing, puzzled his Worship in Newcastle, N.S. W., by asking. " What for you finee ns and no finee totalisator man 1 Alls same, gamble, alle same sometime Chinaman chcatee, sometime the totalisator man chea’ee, but alle same You tink and say what for 1" His Worship is still " Raking."

Sullivan, the champion brute, has just been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for the part he took in the recent fight with Kilrain, but he has been liberated on bail pending the result of an appeal against the decision. It is a pity these chaps could not be kept “ cracking diamonds " for the term of their lives, instead of being made second monarch: of by all the foolish people and rascals in the country. While the wealth of the colony is estimated at £127,000,000, tho nominal capital of the hanks only amounts to about £6.000.000. Therefore (says an exchange) to say that they are master] of the situation and that we arc only their slaves is nbaurd. Sir Julius Vogel used to be fond of the quotation " If the tail were the strongest the tail would waggle the dog." It is our fault if we allow the banks to waggle ua, The San Francisco News Letter says t 11 Hanlan expects to remain here a month or longer if he can get on a race with any of the local men, Hanlan savs be believes Searle outclasses Beach and Kemp, and he is the most wonderful athlete Australia has produced." The News Letter thinks O’Connor’s chances of defeating Searle are very poor it Hanlan properly estimates the powers of tho Australian, From another paper, we learn that the ex-champion has failed to get on a match with Petersen, champion of the Pacific Coast.

Young men in New York have discovered a fresh distraction. They go in for training as nurses, and after two years spent in learning the business, are to have a certificate of competency, and the right to nurse anybody and everybody who may require their services. This opens up a glorious sphere of usefulness. Ladies who are indisposed will ba able to dispense with the snuffy and wheezy old women on whom they had hitherto depended for assistance, and will be waited on by educated and competent young men, whose aristocratic hands will smooth the invalid’s pillow, mix the cooling drinks, and perform the other little offices of the sick rcom. This will ba delightful for all parties concerned, except perhaps the husbands of the patients. A Penhurst correspondent writes to a Melbourne paper:—“A note appeared in your columns a few weeks ago in which a shearing record of 180 sheep is given, that number being shorn between the hours of turn-to and knock-off, and states that it is the highest yet accomplished. This is a great mistake, as the record furnished by your correspondent has been beaten in many instances. In the year 1886, at Moyne Falls Station, a man sheared the extraordinary tally of 204 six-tooth wethers, heavily fleeced, during the usual shearing hours. Should any doubt be entertained regarding it, I herewith furnish you with the name of the shearer, Mr John Beid, ot Penhurst, who has beaten all hitherto published records several times in New South Wales, where he is regarded as something phenomenal.” After the Tauwhareparae Block has for five months been advertised all over the colony, and in Australia, for lease under certain conditions, and an advertisement bill of about £lOO having been incurred, a petition has been got up protesting against the conditions under which the block is to be leased. The petition has been lying at Mr Parnell’s for two days, and up to last night had be n signed by sixteen persons. It does seem strange that not one of those who have signed the petition thought it worth while, when the subject was under discussion for two or three months, even to write a letter to one of the newspapers, and we believe it is correct to say that not one of the signatories have any knowledge of the block proposed to be dealt with. The names of those who have signed the petition follow in the order they appear on the list W. L. File, butcher ;U. A, McLeod, contractor;!. Warren, clerk; J. McFarlane; T. Adams, stationer; T. J. Dickson, hotelkeeper ; A. Kempthorne, sheepfarmer ; Hy. McKay, settler ; W. E. Akroyd, land agent; Bedford Sherriff, clerk; James Finlay, hotelkeeper; O. O. Lucas, settler; V. G. Day, solicitor; H. M. Porter, agent; H. J, Finn, solicitor ; F. Tietgen, settler.