LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 414, 8 February 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

11 Settler’s "letter will appear in our next issue.

Mr Booth, R.M., returned yesterday from Auckland, whither he bad been on a trip. An affiliation case, which was recently adjourned, comes on for hearing before Mr Booth, R.M., at 10.0 this morning. In St. Petersburg there was to have been a great performance of the oratorio The Tower of Babel on the occasion of Rubenstein’s jubilee, but owing to the influenza epidemie the performance promised to be a little Tower of Babel in itself, because of the six hundred choristers two-thirds were in their beds, and as each one was stricken down a substitute had to be tonad.

A large area of bush land will be cleared during the approaching season, Mr Murphy, owner of the Panikau property, intends getting three thousand acres of bush fallen, and there will be a good deal of clearing done on the back of the Walpaoa station. This work ought to add considerably to the value Of the Harbor Board's endowment, the Tauwharepare block, A young man named Spence was thrown from hie horse, at Tologa Bay on Sunday last, under circumstances which may lead to further trouble. In getting the flax mill to its destination holes were dug in the road. Spence's horse shied and threw him into one of the holes. He was stunned, and at first it was feared the injuries would be very serious, but Spence got over it all right.

The attention of persons who are indebted to the Gisborne Standard Company is particularly directed to an advertisement which appears elsewhere, As it is very desirable that accounts which have been outstanding for a considerable length of time should be paid up so as to facilitate the arrangements with the new proprietor of the Standard (Mr Akroyd), we hope that legal measures will not be necessary tc ensure a prompt settlement of accounts.

In a case in the R.M. Court on Thursday last, a receipt was produced as evidence that the plaintiff had paid an order which the de. fondant had accepted, and never paid, The receipt was received by the justices without any discrepancy being noticed, and the plain tiff’s counsel was proceeding to argue upon the document, when the counsel for tlqe defendant pointed out that the receipt was dated just nine months before the order was given, and so could not possibly have had any con; neolion with it

“ Less ” has omitted to comply with the condition thqt a writer's name must be snploseff with letters addressed to the Standard, S? a guarantee of good faith. In any case we would prefer not to publish the letter, because, though harmless if taken in the proper spirit, and containing some good jokes at the expense of the intelligent scribe, those who could not understand the drift of the jokes might take a very different mean, jng. from that intended by “Lass.” Anyone of a humorous temperament would see a good joke—no matter at whose expense—in the reference, in auab a place, to " eldest daughter’s sponge cake fit toy a fishing line sinker,” but then an editor m'u'jt not assume thr-t everyone is of a humorous temperament, and while we cannot help complimenting the writer on l.er witty pro duoUon, on second-thoughts she will probably agree that the joke may be carried too tar in ptihli

Church of Eng'and country services: — Patutahi 11, TsAraiS, Makaraka3,Ormond7. Wesleyan Services, tomorrow : Gisborne, 11 a.m , Mr W. G. Scotter, evening, 7 p m.. Rev. J. Ward; evening subject, ‘‘The Jubilee ”; Makaraka, 2 p.m., Mr Scotter; Ormond, 2 30, Rev. J. Ward. The Australia steams on to Napier and Wellington thia morning. The outward passengers will leave the wharf at 11. Board and residence for ladies or gentlemen can be obtained at a nice quiet place in town. Applicants are referred to the Standard office. A meeting of the N.Z. Federated Wharf Laborers’ Union took place on Thursday evening. Mr Fox occupied the chair. The following officers wore elected for ensuing term:—President: Mr F. Benny ; VicePresident : Mr Fox; Secretary: Mr H. Greume; Committee : Messrs Marshall, Johnston, O’Neill, McLeod, Poswillo, and ; Scope. The byelaws for the port will be framed on the arrival of the delegates from Dunedin.

Some wsgs perpetrated a little hoax at the Garden Fete, on Wednesday night. They .circulated a report that a Standard telegram had been received slating that the Gisborne Club’s crew had beaten Napier easily, and the many friends of the local crew were naturally much gratified at what they believed was the result. The Standabu was the first to get messages through announcing the results, but our “ friends ” credited us with more expedition even than we deserved, and were not fortunate in their prophecy as to the result.

A meeting was held in the City Rink last night to consider a proposal to form a Holiday Association, so as to ensure unanimity of action as to what days to maintain as holidays. Mr C. D. Bennett was voted to the chair. There were about twenty business people present. After the matter had been fully discussed Messrs Bennett, Adair, Townley, Evans, Moore, Pettie, and G. Bull were appointed a com mittee to regulate the holidays. The matter of closing premises on race days was discussed the opinion being that it was very prejudicial to I he general interest of the district to hold racing during the harvest icason, and the Committee wsra instructed to interview the Race Clubs with the object of trying to get them to hold their meetings say in the month of February, At the Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday morning, the following cases were disposed of:—J. East v. H. Purchase, claim £5 12s 6d for goods supplied ; judgment by dsfault, costs Ils. G. J. Winter v. M, Mul~ looly, claim £? ISi for survey, Mt Nolan for Slaintiff ; judgment by default, ousts £1 Ils. udgment Sinumonaea : K. Pollan v, George Burnapd, plaim Ifis: qn order was made for immediate payment, in default four days’ imprisonment. Wingate, Burns and Co. v. 8. Doleman, claim £5 17s; the defendant was ordered to pay the amount forthwith, in default six days' imprisonment. W. Whittaker v, P, Maher, claim £i 4s fid; the defendant was ordered to pay the amount by monthly instalments of 10s. Q. B. Hubble v, Epiha Paran, claim £1 Ils; an order for immediate ftayrnent was made, in default two days’ mprisonitjant,

The intelligent Maori does not appear to have much appreciation for the French language, and there was on Thursday night a novel example of this repugnance. A young lady, with a number of still yopnger companions, was trying to master the difficult French pronunciation so she was on her Way homewards. Sorpe Maoris were passing by, and a dusky lady with frizzy hair—a fluent speaker of the English language—imagined that the unfamiliar attempts »t French were meant as a alight upon herself and her colored coropanions. She severely reprimanded the ’young student of French for speaking bad words to the Maoris; attempted explanations only increased her wrath, and snatching the 'shawl off the young lady’s shouldeis marched off with her booty in the direction of the kainga. Two youths were appealed to, and hastening after the Maoris the shawl was obtained without much trouble, the colored daughter of Eve consoling herself with a threat to box the ears of the owner of the shawl next time she attempted to talk French within the hearing of Maoris. The other natives seemed to regard the thing as a good joke, but the owner of the shawl certainly did not see it in that light.