LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 409, 28 January 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

For being drunk Patrick Whelan was yesterday morning muloted in a fine nf 'five shillings. In default 24 hours* imprisonment,

Tha Mataura oorrespsndent of the Southland Times reports that great loaeea are being experienced this season among sheep in that district. Any wounds or bruises they may receive seem to gangrene and the animals die. The Churoh of England Committee laet night decided to postpone the Hapsra Fete to Wednesday, the sth day of February. Thia Is the day which will bo kept as a general holiday in Gisborne In accordance with the notice of postponement published elsewhere.

The Mayor (Mr C. A. DeLautour) has received from the President of the Caledonian Society, Napier, the medal lately presented by that Society to the dux of the sohoole in the Hawke’s Bay district, and which Master Hedley Thompson is entitled to. The medal will be presented to the clever young winner on the first suitable public occasion, In our advertising columns there is a notification concerning tha Napier Evening News, a journal which now occupies a front rank ns a bright and readable paper, ably edited as it is by Mr Charles Wilson, who has made many friends in Gisborne. A Gisborne agent for the News has been appointed, and is empowered to receive subscriptions and orders for advertisements

Gisborne visitors te Christchurch cannot do better than make Mr W. F, Warner’s Family and Commercial Hotel their place of sojourn. The house is conveniently situated for the transaction of business, but every comfort is also assured. Mr Warner is a manager of large experience in the special line of business, and those who patronise the hotel will not be disappointed in their choice.

George Jackson was charged before Mr C. D. Bennett, J.P., yesterday morning with being a habitual drunkard, this being his third offence within six months. In reply to the Bench, Jackson elected to be tried by a single Justice, and pleaded guilty. He asked to have 1 another show ’ as he did not expect when he came into town on Satuarday to seek work on the Lochnagar, that he would have got drank and been looked up. The man he expected to see had gone to Napier, and he (Jackson) intended to go straight back to the country. Mr Bennett pointed out that Jackson had not availed himself of ths chances he had already had, as he had been out of gaol for less than a week, and on a former occasion loss than a month, before being brought up again. Jackson was sentenced to six weeks’ hard labor.

The Cambridge correspondent of an Auckland Society paper met with a first instalment of his deserts yesterday morning in the shape , of a sound thrashing administered by a young printer. It seems that tn this week's Observer there is a lengthy and scurrilous production from the pen of this scribe, in which a young lady's name is mentioned in an insulting manner,‘and also the names in full of a number of young men are offensively introduced, the administrator of the thrashing being ons Of them. Meeting the writer of the precious effusion at Popple’s corner on hit way 'to work on Friday morning, the typo went for him straight in a manner that would suggest that the veritable * talpo ’ had hold of him, and pummelled him soundly, encouraged the while by the recommendation of the scribe's employer to ‘give it to him.’ The universal verdict of all who heard of the fracas was that •it served him right,' and that he will only have himself to blame if he gets similarly served by others who he has outraged and insulted.—Waikato Times, At one time the natives in the North Island used to grow large quantities of grand wheat, which was exported to Sydney and Adelaide for seed purposes, and Taurang* and the Wairoa were two of the principal shipping ports. War put a stop to ths industry, which has never been revived, and the special kinds of wheats were lost or forgotten, Mr R. P. Williams seems to have struck on a variety admirably adapted to the climate of Hawke's Bay. He has sixty acres in crop, and he hopes to thresh fifty bushels to the acre at least of a wheat which should fetch a high price tor seed. Though it may not pay to grouf’ wheat for export, our farmers might at least find a profitable market in meeting the local demand for wheat, and in growing superior qualities for export for seed purposes, and the opening of the Gorge railway will soon open up a much larger market. The past has shown what can be done in growing grand wheat here if seed adapted to the prevalent conditions is used, ana there is no reason why the raputatation which Wairoa-grown wheat once possessed should not be revived.—H.B. Herald.

Walter Watson was brought before Mr Booth, R.M., on Saturday on an application by Mr H. Williams, of Tbloga Bay, one of the bondsmen, that Watson might be committed to prison on the ground that he had attempted to abscond for the purpose of evading justice. Watson had been committed at Tologa Bay and bail was allowed, Mr Williams becoming security on the distinct understanding that the accused should remain at work on his (Williams') station until the trial took place. Instead of doing so Watson decamped and was eventually arrested near Wairoa. Constable Barry (of Wairoa) gave evidence that he and Constable Shaw (also of the Wairoa) had effected the arrest with some difficulty. They had been following him up for some time and at last came across him living in a tent with some Maoris. Barry went te the rear of the tent while Shaw walked inside from the front. In the dim light, Shaw mistook his man and cauarht hold of the wrong person. Meanwhile Watson, who knew Shaw by sight, made off underneath the tent, and rushed into Barry’s arms. He struggled at first, but afterwards listened to the cons'able's al vine and b-iwme quiet. The magt-trate ordered tba defendant to be oftinmlttcd to prison, not to be released until his trial had taken piocu.

The Napier people intend making a close holiday of to morrow (Jubilee day), and the evening papers do not publish on that day. | No particular arrangements hare been made to celebrate the occasion, a quiet holiday being considered the most enjoyable after the surfeit of racing and other sports the Napier people have had to put up with. The following item is from the Wanganui Herald :—lt is probable that the Rum Buffers will hold their annual outing on February 6:h. The Major Domo, an official who stands, we understand, high in the order, is now consulting a mysterious body known as ‘ The Lion’s Mouth,’ which has something to do with the passing of candidates. It is said that the qualifications fof a Buffer are that he mnst ba fat, bald, or forty, and ready to act up to the motto of his order Semper Parati Ingurgitatum, which scoffers have been known to interpret ‘ Always ready tor a long beer.’

News from Hobart states that the Hon. John Lord, M.L.C., was killed on January 14 by being thrown outaf a oab. Being in ill-health, he was in the habit of going for a drive every afternoon. When in the Domain, the horse grew restive and swerved, and broke the pole of the cab. The cabman got down and tried to seize the horse's head, but it got away and dashed down Liverpoolstreet. When near the railway the cab came in contact with an obstacle, and Mr Lord was thrown out and seriously injured. He died on reaching his home. The deceased gentleman wae a very old and respected resident. A London correspondent gives this forecast of the decision of the Parnell Commis-

sion:—What the judges will say one can imagine—viz., what they would have said before the Commission began its deliberations. We shall be told that both sides have been in fault. That the Parnellites had never actually conspired criminally against the Crown, but they talked and behaved in such a rash and reckless manner as to justify tha Times in believing that they had done so. Six to one and half a dozen to the other will in fact be the judgment, save that the Times must come in for a few words of reprobation about the now almost forgotten Piggott incident. They do not appear to get any Gisborne butter in Oatnaru. A merchant of that town being asked the value of butter replied " I don’t know that it has a value, and I wish to goodness I never saw another pound of the stuff. 1 have more bother and

trouble over what the producers please to call butter than with any other branch of my business. If you tell the maker that his or her butter won’t keep, you give offence, and should you sell a customer a pound of it it is very likely returned the next day with a request not to repeat the insult of expecting the purchaser to eat snob rubbish. Much of the butter looks and tastes well enough when it is brought in, but it won't keep two days barely, Were the general run of butter better, much more of it would be eaten and prices would be correspondingly higher. In some oases laok of cleanliness is tbe cause of bad butter, but in my opinion the chief fault lies in the foolish practice generally observed in thii district, of keeping the cream a whole weel before churning, when in many instances i is fairly putrid and totally unfit for makln; butter.’’

The N.Z. Herald's Taursnga correspondent wires the following particulars respecting the sulphur works there:—The local sulphur works are about to ba utilised for tha manufacture of acid, in the interest of Shetland end Co., of Auckland. Mr Symons, lats of the acid department of tha Frozen Meat Company’s works in Auckland is in charge, and is Retting everything in order, and the works will bo in full awing in a week or two more, The first supply of sulphur is to ba obtained from Taiha, and the first shipment will be received almost immediately. The local owners 0! White Island are very indignant with Judge Wilson, in relation to the local supply of sulphur. At the time of the chemical company was in existence here, certain residents bought a half-share in White Island, in the interests of the company. Judge Wilson held the other half of the island, and also held a lease of the other interest at a peppercorn rent, subject to paying a royalty on the crude material. It la stated that he now refuses to either work the deposits himself or allow hia co-owners to work them.