PITH AND POINT.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 354, 21 September 1889, Page 2

PITH AND POINT.

Sharp frost early this morning. Ninety three adult passengers left for Sydney by the Tarawera. The Waiapu Separation Bill was one of the “ slaughtered innocents." The Timaru Harbor Board is going to strike a rate of’d in the pound. Lawn Tennis Club's ball, the last of ths season, was a grand suco ■■■ last night. A man named Leslie Ireland, aged 24, has been drowned in the Manswatu River. J. R. Scott, publican, gone bung; same Scott as piloted the Maori footballers. Why is an unkind criticism like a pin ? Because the better tbe point, the more it hurts. Irish employer, to olerk : Din t know the man’s address? Well, write to him, and find out. The Port Chalmers Gas Company have declared a dividend of 7 per cent for ths year. The present Parliamentary recess is likely to be distinguished by more than usual activity. It is stated that Mr Ballance, the Opposition leader, will shortly begin a stumping campaign. Auckland footballers had a big victory at last—trounced the Nelson men by 25 points to nothing. Encourage local industry !—Read the advertisement of the Standard Ciffee and Spice mills. Why may carpenters reasonably believe there is no such thing as stone?—Because they never saw it. On a teacher's asking where the Spanish Armada was first seen, a boy promptly replied, “ On the horizon.”

A strange coincident—AU the Gisborne bankrupts go to ■* Lowe Btrest.” For explanation see Mr Croft. Professor Hickton, a horse tamer, is making a great name for himself in Napier, his power over wild horses being wonderful. The lonic brings 12 more passengers to New Zealand than for all the Australian colonies. Things looking brighter. The question as to the identity of “ the converted athlete ” is still disturbing minds of the good people in the South. An Auckland F R.A 8. has discovereWH new comet which, he says, is visible to the T naked eye of a person with keen sight. A sculling match has been arranged between Hearn and Stephenson for £2OO, to take place at Wellington on February 1. The annual balance rheat of tbe Wallington Poultry Association shows a dstlcisnoy of £lB. The profit on ths last show was £4l, “ Tbe consonants ars bettar then ths vowels,” said a father to his son. *' I mean, L 8 D are always to be preferred to I O U.” It is definitely stated in well informed political circles in Wallington that Captain Russell will shortly be offered e seet In the Cabinet. Miss Ada: How do you pronounce Mepbistopbelea, Mr Smith? Smith: I never pronounce it; I simply mention his home ad. dress. A private letter from Mr Stubbs conveys the information that he is now getting on splendidly, tbs bore going down at thereto of 20ft per day. A waiter at the Club Hotel, Wallington, fell from the top story, and was seriously injured. He had been oleaning the windows before he fell. This week the Tarawera left Auckland for Sydney, with 33 head of pure-bred Hereford cattle, which were purchased for breeding purposes. When told that some one he knew was dead, an old fellow, who bad a perfect horror of doctors, was in the habit of asking, •• of whom did he die?”

A flrxmill just erected at Opunake ia lit by the Gulcher electric light. Ou its instalment the natives got so excited over the novelty that they danced a haka. Mr Johnston’s advertisement re the Wave Queen was, through an error, left out of our last issue. Mr Johnston is local agent for the Shaw, Savill, Albion line. First friend : Is marriage a failure ? Second friend: Yes, of course. First friend : Why of course? Second friend: Because the lady never marries the * bast man.' " '*'“•** The N.S.W. Council passed the Payment to Members Bill by a majority of one. Even that one will make many thousand pounds difference to the Exchequer. A young girl who did not answer to her bail at Lismore, N.S.W., on a charge of larceny, was afterwards discovered in the river, unconscious, but still alive. Ac a meeting of the New South Wales Commission to the Melbourne Exhibition it was reported that after paying all expenses there would be a balance of about £69. C.C.C. voted £25 for the Dunedin Exhibition. What will tbe Coast people say ? If they don’t send a bottled sample of the roads, by way of protest, we shall be much mistaken.

Several Natives of note left by the Botomabana last night, for Napier, to attend the tangi of the late Paura Toro Toro, a chief of the Ngati Kahunguoui tribe, who died about a fortnight ago. Mr John Thompson, late BE , says the L2O he once got from the C.C.C, was ■* tor services rendered "—not a bonus. We beg his pardon, though our information did ooms from headquarters. Mr Hurry, of Makaraks, has started the manufacture of a soap which he believes will shut out the imported article—price cheaper, quality better. A new local industry in the district. Let it be supported. Bad news for New Zealand—The Victorian Parliament has passed a resolution in favor of increasing by 30 per oent. the duty on woollen goods, and also increased duties on wheat, maize, beans, peas, and hops. The Sydney Chamber of Commerce and other influential bodies have written to the Premier protesting against ths number of public holidays as excessive and detrimental to the interests of the trading community. A wild flower show at Manly, N.8.W., was opened last week by Lord Carrington. large number of visitors attended the fl display, which is admitted to be the best hHj in Manly for some years. The Auckland yacht Jessie Logan been sold to Mr Dixon, of Wellington. Bhe has the splendid record of 13 wins and S seconds out of the 15 events in which she has competed. Two hundred cases of Californian apples were imported to Auckland by ths mail steamer, bnt traces of the oodlin moth being detected, the apples had to be taken on to Sydney. Mr William Fraser has secured the assistance of Mr Nasmith, and is now in a position to do work at prices that will defy competition, as the prices quoted elsewhere will testify. The Wesleyans of Nelson think the Church should have in New Zealand a Conference independent of that in Australia. The Governor next week lays tbe foundation stone of a new church in Nelson. ‘Typo,’the printers’ trade journal, says that Mr Mogridge (formerly on the SrairnanD staff) is one of the beet job printers in the oolony. A high compliment, but well deserved.

Th® Wairoa Guardian—Mr L*rg®'« paper —says that Mr Look® never visited th® Urewera Country, and that he knows comparatively little about that oountry. Mr Large ought to know. Some ore has been discovered at the Sylvia mine, Tararua creek (Thames), which is valued by an expert at over £lOO per ten. If anticipations are realised there will h® a great revival in Thames mining. A Wellington woman got 5s a week for three years, charitable aid. She says she did not want relief, but the mayor of the borough (a storekeeper), prevailed upon her to accept it, he himself receiving £B7 for goods supplied I Eighty applications were expected for the appointment of a lady assistant at the Auckland Art Gdlery, salary £26 per year, anyone " buttonholing ” a Councillor to be disqualified. As personal application is necessary, we pity the councillors who have to face 79 disappointed young ladies 1

The Times says of the Dervishes With men whose motives are a compound of religion and hunger it is not easy to d®al. If we can neither feed them nor believ® with them, the only thing to do—it is an ugly confession—is to shoot them down until (he survivors rsoognhe the duty of retreat.