LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 366, 19 October 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A concert is to ba held in the Patutahi Public Hall on November Sth.

An adjourned meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of J. R. Scott will be held on Tuesday afternoon.

For the quarter ending 30th September the amount of arrears in rent owing to the Hawke’s Bay Waste Land Board from prawn Land selectors was £7(10. To-day the s'eam launch Tuna will be launched from the yards of Messrs Luka and Sons, Wellington. The Tuna is built to the order of Messrs Nelson Br-s,, for this port.

An entertainment will shortly bo given in aid of the Gisborne Library. An attractive feature will be the performance of the comedy “ My Uncle’s Will,” which was so successfully given at Patutahi last week. The Itev. J. Ward is aunounueu to praxcb a series of special sermons on *' Present Life subjects ” in the Wesleyan Church, during the next four Sunday evenings. The first will be preached to-morrow evening. Subject : " Wnat should we read 7 ”

The stepfather of Rangi (who was committed for trial in Auckland tor theft) went to -that city to enquire into the case. An effort was made to get tho prisoner admitted to bail, Mr S. Brooking and Rev, J. S. Hill becoming sureties. Rangi refused to see two clergymen who went tn sympathise with him, saying that they should have come before it was too late, it they had any sympathy. At the meeting of the H.B. Land Board this week a letter was read, from Mr R. Burke, protesting against his lease of section 9, block 3, Motu, being forfeited, the letter enclosing minute on the circumstances, by land officer.—lt was decided under the Circumstances adduced to cancel the forfeitu e on condition that Burke did a certain amount of work on the land before Christmas. In the action brought in Napier by E. E. Morton against the U S.S. Co., claim £5O for loss of portmanteau which loss he alleged, was caused through the negligence of the company’s servants, judgment has been given for the plaintiff for £2O 14s by Captain Preece, with costs £1 10s, p'aintiffs costs 10s and solicitor’s fee £2 2s. Mr Cresswell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Lteoelles for the defendant company. It is understood the decision will be appealed against. The progress of the new principle of dredging for gold promisee to ba a great s iccess, and will certainly do much to give increased prosperity to tho West Qoast. Mr Taylor (a brother-in-law of Mr W. Cooper, of Gisborne) appears to be one of the most successful, and by a late number of the Grey, mouth Star we notice that Mr Taylor has been successful in getting lOOoz of amalgum in three day..' work. The Poverty Bay Gun Club held their annual pigeon match at Makarakq on Thursday last, The following are the results :— Trial Sweepstakes ; There were nine entries for this event, which was eventually divided between Messrs T. Price, J, W. Smith and T, Carroll, who grassed five birds each in good style. Spring Handicap : After some good shooting between Messrs T. Price, T. Carroll, A. C. Arthur, J. Clark, J. Wilson, and J. W. Smith, the foimer won. Two sweepstakes were then fired off, the first being divided by Messrs J. Price and A. 0. Arthur, and the second by Messrs T. Price, A. C. Arthur and J. Wilson.

There has not b>en any startling news lately, but there have been a few novel items. The other day a Maori woman committed suicide, and now we hear of a lawyer who tried to keep himself, wife, and a host of bairns on something under £3 10s a week, but ho has >' gone broke.” The Lyttelton Times has gathered from the rqll of barristers and solicitors that there are in all 113 qaali* fled members of the legal profession in Canterbury. Of this number there were 81 but a short time ago practising in Christchurch City alone. Five of these having sought * fresh fields and pasture new,' and one died, Christchurch is just now well supplied with 77 (adding two admitted qlaewherq and not appearing on the above roll). It used to be said that a stone thrown anywhere ia New Zealand must hit some membet either o| a City Council, Road Board, Town District Board, J.P., or M.H.R. We (says the firpes) may fairly now add lawyers to the list.

Mr Lohr, the popular theatrical manager, passed through Gisborne yesterday, looking as freshes the daisy on a dewy morn. Ho informed us that it was first his intention to accompany Mr iirank Lincoln to Gisborne, end have a holiday here, making at Jeast a week's stay] but owing to Mr Lincoln haying been indisposed for a short time since he arrived in New Zealand arrangements were interfered with, and he finds that he, too (Mr Lohr), must push on, though he would be delighted to have a short stay in Gisborne. Mr Lqhr says that Mr Lincoln's success in Auck land was something wonder'ul, and the rush there was for seats heats anything he has previously seen in the course of his experience, and of course those who could not be aepommodeled were very much disappointed. Mr Forster, the pianist who accompanies Mt Lincoln, is a performer of exceptional ability, and has be,an the recipient of a gold medal in the hlghogt musical circles, of Australia. Mr Lohr states definitely that Mr Lincoln will only perform in Gisbosaa far one night.

At the last meeting of the H.B. Bdugation Board the following business of interest to this district was transacted, besides that already telegraphed I —From Waerenga-a-hika, asking that t.he services of the assistant mjstrese who acted as pupil teacher might be retained, for the' following reasons i—Although the average for the whole quarter was not quite 60. yet for the last four weeks of the quarter the average was V/Ith a roll number of 64. A still further increase of scholars was expected to take place during tho present quarter.—Services of the teacher will ba retained, but engagement will be determined if attendance docs not warrant her employment at end of present quarter. From Patutahi; committee were of opinion that Mrs Woodward was the most suitable teacher for the Patutahi school, and again recommended her to the Board for appointment. —Approved. From Patutahi, with reference to teaching staff- Tho committee complained that a pupil teacher had not beau sent,—This school, the Board decided, not eulltk-d to a pupil teacher under tho regulation*, It was stated that Matawhero School was 009 of those that are over* staffed,

Mr Hare has engaged Whinray's hall for future lectures, and invitee those who are interested in these lectures to attend. The lecture on Sunday night will take up the ” Great battle of Armageddon : When and where will it be fought ? and will it close the world’s history.”

The Wesleyans have arranged to continue regularly the Sunday afternoon services at Makaraka, held hitherto by the Congregationalists. The Bev. J. Ward is advertised to preach in the school-room to-morrow afternoon at the usual hour, 2 o’clock. In consequence the Te Arai service will bs held half an hour later, commencing at half past 3. A Christchurch telegram states:—A girl 7 years old, a daughter of Mr H. Parrett, of Taitapu, was drowned on Monday in the river Halswell, near her parents' house. She fell into seven feet of water, An alarm was raised by another girl, and the father and mother ran to the spot, but the child was then sinking and the father could not swim and dared not venture to go in the water, An effort was made to reach the child with a ladder, but it was fruitless, Finally a boat was used, and the body recovered, but life was then extinct. At ths inquest on the body a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. The other day there was published a sensational cablegram as to the sticking up of several persons at Dubbo in New South Wales, and a cabman, who had gone in pursuit of the bushranger was said to have been shot by Sub-Inspector Cameron. The Australian version is the very opposite. A contemporary says :—“ Massett informed the police, and after arming himself with a revolver, returned to Smith’s house. He left bis cab before reaching the gate, and went forward on foot until he was challenged by two men, who jumped up from an ambush near the gate. Ona of those men, who afterwards proved to o?Sub-Inspector Cameron, said, ” Stand ; who are you ?” and Cameron replied, “ Never mind, stand or I'll shoot you.” Massart, thinking that he had again come across the rober, fired, and badly wounded Cameron. The constable who accompanied the Sub-Inspector caw Massart by the flash of bis pistol, and prevented any further shots from being fired by ceiling the cabman by name and informing him of his mistake. Cameron was found to be wounded jn the right breast, his collar-bone being smashed by the bullet, which, however, missed his lungs and the large artery, Ha now lies in a precarious condition." Mr H. Oberlin Brown, Pia ofotte Tuner, has arrived in Gisborne, Orders slfui'd be left at Mr Townley's as soon as possible, as Mr Brown's stay is limited.—Advt.