LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 430, 18 March 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The ordinary meeting of the Gisborne Building Sooieiy takes plaoe this evening. The Hon. the Native Minister had a consultation with the natives un the Haiti yesterday morning.

The Salvation Army held a pion io on the Kaiti yesterday. It .was largely attended, and a most enjoyable day was spent, the band proving a great attraction to the day’s outing. At the B.M. Court yesterday morning judg ment was given for the plaintiff in the case Common, Shelton, and Co. v. Colonial Union Steamship Company, claim £34 18a, and costs £4 Is.

Some silly clown addressed a neat parcel of leather medals' to the Napier Fire Brigade, as a sneering joke on account of the Brnnlt success which the men had at Wellington. Whan the deputation was interviewing Ministers on Saturday, and Mr Sievwright was urging tha.* permission should be given to spend anotha/£40,000 on the harbor works, it was very evident that there was not unanimity on thst point, and one member o! the deputation signified his dissent by exclaiming “ Question." Mr Harris, the painstaking principal of the Matawhero School, is training the children preparatory to the holding of an entertainment which ought to attract a large number of tovrrrspeople to Matawhero Only children will perform on the occasion, and it is intended to give selections from Shakespeare. The date of the entertainment has not been definitely fixed, but will shortly be announced. The Hon. Messrs MitcliMson and Richardson yesterday inoi-nimi paid n. visit to the Gisborne School, and wertf shown ample proof of the want of - accommodation in the school. One room which ough tin ordinary circumstances only to aecommodi’te 80 children contained 170. Me Mitchelson expressed much astonishment rtt) the cleverness of pupils who could enter tho highest standard at so young an age. He paid a high compliment to the teaching staff, and also expressed admiration at the energetic vzayjin which the school had by self-“Xert.lon been provided with an excellent library, piano, etc. ’’’ha Hon. Mr Mitchelson and ■ Hon, Mr Richaribon nisi: a largo deputation at the Borongti Council room on Saturday morning, em.ing f|wjg nresent being Mr Arthur, M.H.R , His Worship the Mayor, and the respective Ohalrm’n of the Harbor Bnsrd and County Council. Borough matters were tak«n first, Mr Lewis urging the necessity ot a rssarw b-ing granted far the erection tit Council offices, and tha Mayor aflhding to the inadeqirats aoonmmniiatian at the gaol, Mr Clark. County Chairman, had a long list of roade on which expenditure was required, and made a lucid sDeeoh, urging the desirability ot the works being done, and representing special claims entitling tha district to cons! deration. Ha particularly commended the construction ot a road to open up tha harbor endowment and to connect Gisborne with the Mahis, The Ministers said it was hopeless to expect anything like what was asked, but the works recommended would all ba carefu l? considered. It was also pointed out that a road communicating with tha Mahia was now being made through the Nuhaka block, Mr Riavwright spoke iu regard to the harbor, the tenor of hie speech being that the district ought to be permitted to spend another £40,000 on the harbor works, whioh he considared would make the works, even with the present shipping, produce a revenue to cover the interest, and he also urged that a land endowment ehould be granted. Mr Mitchelaon said they were assured on reliable information that the further ths works went out the worse they got, and the attempts to construct artificial harbors had been so unsatis. factory, notwithstanding the opinions given by Engineers, that no matter what the Government migiit daeire to do, Parliament had resolutely see its face against supporting such structures, The subject ot native land legislation was ably dealt with by tha Mayor, who recommended that men of such high atandiDß al Mr E<l«itrd«, Mt Bell, and Mr Ohaplhati) should ha .consulted when Aeta of the hind ware {filing framed. Mr Mitchaleon specially thanked Mr DaLaqtour for the way be had put ths points, and said some ot tha gentleman mentioned had been consulted, but unfortunately jt was vary difficult to get the House to pest legislation as framed. Government was paying pareful attention to the matter, and much weight would attach to the recommendations made by Mr Edwards, in his new capacity. Mr Raes directed attention to the necessity of a deeds registry office and Supreme Court building, and the Mayor pointed out ths ilselrability of a survey being made of tho nay. Miaistsra promised that all these matterr thauld be litlly g«nei<kHM.