LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 433, 25 March 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr J. Booth, R M., sooompaniefl by Mr R Watson, left for the Wairoa yesterday morning.

At the Police Court yesterday morning, Thomas Hawkins was fined 5s for being drunk.

During Mr Aliroyd’s absence from town hit agency business will be conducted by Mr H. M. Porter.

Mr S. M. Wilson, formerly nf Gisborne, has taken over th« Occidental Hotel a 1 Palmerston North. Hia Gisborne friends will wish him the best of success.

A concert and plain and fancy dress ball are to be h--l<l at. Ormond on the eveni-'g of Eister Monday, in aid of the funds of the Roman Catholio Church Tho arrangements are in the hands of a good Committee. Mr W. E. Akroyd leaves for Tologa Bay this morning, to join the Ministerial party in their inspeo'inn of the Land Company’s property. Mr Akroyd has s good knowledge of all the property, and his inclusion in the party will ensure a thorough inepeotion being made of the land.

His Honor Judge Richmond does not mines his language. RTerring to a case at Nelson, the outcome of drunkenness, he said, “ The filthiest imagination could not exceed what is revealed here, and the yahoos of Swift, anpear like matters of fact in comparison.”

The"following tenders were received by Mr W. P. Finneran for work in connection with the Royal Oak Hotel: —T. Morrison, painting £26, other work £77, £103; F. Hall, painting onlv, £2B 19- 1 61; J. Robb, painting only, £27 ; Ogden, painting only. £39 ; Haisman, painting £56, other work £B4. £140; Brewer, carpenters' work, <fcc., £B9 ; J. Hart, painting, £lB 15c. Mr Morrison's tender was a icepted. At the last meeting of the H.I). Education Board there were one or two other little matters of business, of interest to this district, transacted besides what was telegraphed by our correspondent. The Board approved of the appointment of Mrs Rudman as mistress of the Waerenga-s kurischool. A letter from Pututahl, pointing out the necessity of increased accommodation at the school, was deferred, there being no funds. The account for a refund to the Makauri committee of £l5 paid for spouting was passed for payment.

A meeting of the members of the Turarganul Football Club will be held this evsning, in the schoolhouse. The Turanganui is a young and thriving Club which has been ab'e to render a good account of itself in the past, and it will make another vigorous start thin year. It has done much to galvanise life and energy into the dry bones of football in thia Sistriot, and if the Committee to select the representative team for thia year can afford to overlook the Turanganui Club it will be only by selecting a team that has bad no (equal for the past few seasons—and that does not seem hopeful unless the Tiuangeauhtfa have» big s»y iu thematlah

Mr J. Coleman has been appointed agon' of the South British Fire and Marine Insurance Company. The Gisborne branch of the Druids’ Lodge has on its membership list 13 out of the 17 active members of the Poverty Bay Bowing Club.

Tho Napier Telegraph gives a flat denial to the report that Messrs Nelson Bros, are negotiating for the purchase of the North British Freezing Company’s business, though it says th'-ro is a desire on one side in the direction mentioned.

The following extract ia from ti Melbourne paper. The first two sentences form the head lines of the telegrams, and are in large black tvpe:—“ Australasian butter. New Zealand heads the list. London, 21st February, 725 p.m—New Zealand butter, best variety, is realising from £4 16s to £5 2s per cwt., being superior to the Victorian and New South Wales butter now on the market.” An Auckland writer says that the great difficulties in the way of effecting the great social reform of early closing are:—“A narrow-sighted commercial greed, disunion among tradesmen, which bars concerted actior, and the brutal heartlessness of a section of the working classes, who, having got an eight hours system for themselves, care nothing as to whether their fellow citizens in other branches of labour live or die."

At the Native Land Court yesterday morning, the Chief Judge, referring to the fact, that a number of applications for rehearing had been adjourned until that day, said it would be nece.-'S-iry to again adjourn them until Waipiro was finished. He suggested the 29:11 of April, with notice to begivanto the parties if it wore necessary to further adjourn. Mr Harris suggested that if it was uncertain whether the applications could be taken on the date mentioned, it might be hatter to adjourn them at once to a date which would be certain, as a number of the parties had to come from Wairoa, Tologa Bay, and other distant places, and were uuder some expense in making tho journeys. The Chief Judge thought that perhaps that would be the best way, and thereupon adjourned the applications until June 2.

Mrs E. Ledger, who has for a long period held a position in connection with M--Marcroft's drapery business, intends this week to take over the whole business, Mr Maroroft having been compelled to relinquish it under medical advice. Mrs Ledger has received assurances of large support in her new' venture, and having been enabled to purchase the s'oek at a substantial dis count will be in a position to give purchasers the advantage. Stocktaking will be gone into during the week, and the sale by Mrs Ledger will commence on Saturday next. Mr Maroroft has already worked up a good business, and with the support of new friends Mrs Ledger ought to be very successful. Her business capabilities are too well known to need commendation.

At Wellington on a recent Sunday a number of people “ sold ” themselves in a way that would be humorous were it not that some people might consider it irreverent. A rumor obtained currency that Mr Santley would sing in St. Mary Roman Catholio Cathedral at the evening service, as he bad at the morning mass,, and immense crowds thronged the building to hear the great singer. In due course a male vocalist contributed a solo, and was listened to with enthusiastic admiration, as some of the congregation averred that they distinctly recognised Mr Santley in the choir. A few however ventured to remark that he did not seem in as good a voice or to sing so well as in the morning, and others observed that his voice sounded very iliffeiently in the church to what it did at the Opera house, but the joke of the affair is that Santley did not sing at all, and was not even present.

The Napier Telegraph remarks -.—The jnckeys ri ling at the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club meetings and on the Park Racing Club course have been accustomed to have it\ pretty much their own way in the past. They found their master, however, in Captain Winter, at Hastings, as a starter. They were made to do what they weio told, and they were fined if they did not behave themselves. One little whinp r-snapper was overheard yesterday to express an adverse opinion of Captain Winter, and consoled himself by adding, “But wait till wo get him at the Park.” The racing was decidedly an improvement on the previous day, for in four events the contests were each worth a long journey to witness. Ia two instances the winners got home by less than a head, while in another event one hundred yards from the post four horses in a line were under tho whip. The new starter has proved a success, and when the jockeys get more accustomed to his methods, he will do still better.

Ths question as to whether Gisborne is at present in a position to enter upon a water supply scheme was debated at the meeting of the Gisborne Phonographic Society on Saturday evening. Mr DeCosta opened in the affirmative, and Mr F. Lysnar led the opposition. Both sides were well prepaped, and the question was gone into so minutely as to reckon the cost of tanksand their cleansing as compared with the cost of a general scheme. The Waihirera stream had even been visited and opinions formed as to its suitability or otherwise. The main argument in opposition was that the rate would be more than the town could bear, and it was pointed out that on nearly every Court day defaulting ratepayers were being sued. One speaker said it was positively nauseous, aud very harmful to the place, to bear the way people talked about the rates, and ga’e instances to show that many of the defaulters found it more profitable to leave rates unpaid until,they were absolutely forced. He also remarked that if the circus or an opera came along the persons who complained so much would not bo far distant. A division resulted in the negative being victorious by one vote. “ Consistency ” writes: Sir,—Do you not think it is a mistake for a man to introduce politics into matters where the case ought to be considered on i's merits ? Dr Pollen was v»ry warm at the creditors’ meeting on Friday, and balanced himself beautifully on the high pinnacle of principle. Yet there occurs to my mind a much worse case so far os the bankrupt was concerned, only a few months ago, and Dr Pollen talked bravely about the wickedness of newspapers making political capital out of certain very grave disclosures, and then in his enthusiasm be actually went the whole nomine animal and proposed a note of condolence with the bankrupt. I have no sympathy with men who allow their affairs to get in the state that Mr Gannon’s are in, but I think when one stands upon the noble dignity of principle there might to be some consistency, I, like Dr Pollen and the latest bankrupt, was in GiS' borne in the good times, but b'ess me if I Have yet made such a fortune that I can condole with any man who lets me in. I say we should jump on tne lot of these people end not butter a political chum and then throw assegais dt the rhinooerous hide of a political opponent.

An ordinary meeting of tho Gisborne Harbor Board will be held this evening. In hie report at the last meeting of the Napier Boird Mr Carr wrote :—“ Hearing that the Gisborne Harbor Board had two mixers of tho most improved pattern, I wrote to the engineer of the Gisborne breakwater to ascertain the nature of the mixers, their cost, and whether it would be probable that the Board would be willing to part with one From hia reply, which I attach, it will be seen that the mixers are travelling ones, and are the same pattern as those used by Sir John Condo and other engineers at Home. By Hying another rail in the mixing grounds, nr by slightly altering the gauge of the mixers, it would be quite possible to use it in the straight block ground. The price asked for it by the Gishorne Harbor Board is however, i i my opinion, too much, considering that we « h all have to alter the machine, and that the Gisborne Board has had several years’ use out nfit. Be ore any further steps are taken in the matter, I should like to inspect it at work to see whether it would suit, whether there is any saving of time as ootnp ired with hand labor, what state the mixer is in, &c. If it could be obtained for about £5OO fob. at Gisborne, it could be fixed in working position hero for about £800.” The Gisborne Board will certainly be acting thoughtlessly if it does not try to oome to some terms for tho disposal of tho machine. It would be better to let the Napier Board have a bargain than have the maohiod on our bands with op use lor it for yeMro to oomo.

Mr Townley, J P., took his seat on the Bench yesterday for the first time. Nominations for the Toroa steeplechase meeting on E istor Monday are to be in by tomorrow evening. While Saturday and Sunday were oppres sivcly warm days, yesterday afternoon and last night have been easily mistaken for midwinter. Mr Noa Wakaaters, whose geese and sheep have suffered severely lately, has resolved to prosecute trespassers on the land along the Waikanae, up to the Maori Church, and so notifies in this issue. Sheet iron is rolled so thin at the Pittsburg mills that 12,000 sheets are required to make a single inch in thickness. Light shines as readily through one of these sheets as it does through general tissue paper. A polisher has gone bankrupt in Wellington, and this is the way the information is conveyed through the'usually dreary columns of the Times:—Another bankrupt 1 This time a polisher, who is evidently bent upon polishing off his creditors. Too many bankrupcies just now 1 Mr J. Oakley Browne, representative nf the Melbourne Telegraph, was in Gisborne on Saturday, leaving again by Sunday morning's steamer. To him Gisborne aeems slow, but he entertains a high opinion of the place, though he speaks in very deprecating terms of the attempt to construct a harbor. His judgment in such matters is ripened by the experience gained by travelling, and if he has much to say about Gisborne it is certain that he will write in disparagement of the harbor works.

The Dunedin Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting commenced on Saturday last. The weather was threatening, therefore the attend anoe was only moderate. The following are the results :—Handicap Hurdles : Garibaldi 1, Maxwellton 2, Waitangi 3; time. 3m dividend, £2 S J . Anniversary Handicap : Dispute 1, Apres Moi 2, Occident 3. Forbury i Cliffs Handicap : Stonehenge 1, Sir Julius 2, Miss Ann 3; dividends, £5 ss, and £4 15-* 61. Selling Hurdle Race: Mammoc 1, Garibaldi 2, Trapper 3; only i hroe smarted ; time, 3m dividends, £1 18s, and £1 17s. A Napier paper, referring to the timekeeping at the late Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s race meeting, says :—The timekeeping was anything but what is to be expected on a first class course, and is utterly useless for future guidance. The course is some five or six chains over the mile, yet the time posted for (he High Weight Handicap (won by Cynical) was Imin 44 2-sthsec, which would have beaten the world’s record for a mile. After an interval of about an hour, an alteration making it ten seconds slower was made. In not a single instance did the official time agree with that made by other experienced takers. The firing for the East Coast Hussars’ champion belt (first stage), 1,2, 3,4, and 5 hundred yards, was concluded yesterday at the butts, Haiti-, with the following result, the ten highest scores only being given: —Sergeant Tiffen 147. first prize, a Martini-Henri rifle ; Trooper Dickson 144, second prize, a gold medal; Sergt. Thelwall 137, third prize, £1 10s; Sergt. Pavitt 134, fourth priz**, 100 rounds of ammunition ; Troopers Woodhead 132, Adeane 129, Primrose 128, Serge.-Major Colebourne 121, Troopers Milne 118, Tansley 118. The second and deciding stage will take place in October next, when the winner of the belt will be decided. The present bolder is Sergt. Thelwall. It is a strange thing that while nearly every other part of the colony has been complaining of the want of rain, this district has been favored with an exceedingly moist summer, the rains always corning at a suitable period, but one result of this has been that it has been found impossible to get bush clearing done because the growth has been kept so fresh It was thought the warm weather last week would have had the desired effect, but the rain has come again—always suiting the convenience of householders—and it is now feared that in many places no burning can be done this season, and when the bush has to remain for so many months new growth shoots forth' and gives much trouble. As the football season if now approaching we commend the following paragraph to the lovers—and haters, if there are any—of the sport:—The Bishop of Richmond preached on football to over a thousand men in Bradford recently. His Lordship said that if Christ had seen such a great crowd as assembled in Bradford on Satur diy week, and noticed the enthusiasm and interest in the game, He would have rej >iced with them in breaking away from work, and wou'd have drawn out all the good He could. St Paul also would have stepped into the field, and found his illuatrations there. The Bishop, as a lover of the game, urged that it was worth playing and watching for its own sake, apart from batting and other evils. The Napier News says the Wairoa settlers should be grateful to Mr Rees for having worked so hard to get the various matter* properly brought before the attention of the Government. How unfair of the News I— Mr Arthur’s name not even mentioned 1 Why, Mr Arthur was the guardian angel ol the Ministers during their stay in Gisborne. When they were reposing like healthy twins, at the head of the table in the Corporation offices, Mr Arthur stood bending over them as a fond pater blesssing and admiring his (wi)promising sons, the trio being wreathed in the most benevolent smiles. Really the News ought to be fair to Mr Arthur, for as a Master of Ceremonies he was magnificent, and had the extreme wisdom to know that he could be most successful by maintaining that golden silence which we so dearly love—in.some people, A block occurred on the Taruheru bridge at dusk on Sunday evening. It was just at the time when people ware on their way to Church, and a good many persons were coming and going on the bridge. A buggy advanced on the bridge from the town side, and almost simultaneously another buggy approached from the other side. The latter vehicle was stopped for a moment to make sure chat the way was clear, but owing to the number of people on the bridge, and the fact that the light was at that time deceptive, the occupants were unaware that there was already another trap on the bridge, and went forward. A foot passenger, seeing the state of affairs, shouted to stop, but before he could be heard the trap was too far on the bridge to go back. The bridge was too narrow for the vehicles to pass one another, and nothing was left but to back one of the vehicles, no easy matter with a restive horse. This, however, was effected, and after a little manoeuvring, and a slight delay, the parties were able to pro ceed in their respeotive directions. A pretty scene was presented at the Court house during the meeting of M. J. Gtnnon’a creditors. The sitting accommodation was insufficient and as Mr Croft could ha»d y be expected to undertake the duties of por‘er it was a case of everyone for himself. Two learned brethren of the wig and gown sat in the comfortable chairs wn*oh accommodate “ their Worships ” when they are controlling the wand of Justice, and basking in the smiles which beamed forth from the Bench was the Assignee presiding at the table generally reserved for the legal profession. •n his left and right were members of the legal profession, the bankrupt having a cool corner all to himself, a medical gentleman being to the left of the debtor’s legal adviser Directly opposite the Assignee were two well-known opposition drapers no doubt united in misforiune. The youthful reporters, their eyes twinkling as though the whole thing was by them considered as a good pantomime, wore hemmed in by an elderly and sage-looking member of the learned profession, who cou'd see more of the bank rupt’a back thin he could of bis blushing forehead One energetic business man, who seldom falls to respond to the ca'l of Time, came in just in time to see the finish and said he bad been waiting about the Assignee’s office, wondering when the meeting was going to commence, and he was reminded that the place of meeting had been advertised in both papers, the Assignee mentioning that the Doctor had complained that the other place was too small and therefore was injurious to the health. The knowledge that a few minutes before the Doctor had made the atmosphere of the Courthouse warm by the way he rebuked the bankrupt made some of the persons who were present smile in a way that Indicated the dbcavtry oft joke.