LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 437, 3 April 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

It may not be out ot place for us to remind the members of Holy Trinity Ohurah that the offertories on Easter Sunday, morning and evening, will, as customary, ba for the sole benefit of the Incumbent, Rev. Canon Fox,

Thera is an amiunt of feeling between the Woodville and Hastings firemen. Il is said that there was some tall talk between the men on their way back from Wellington; each side cried big, and it was thought • match would be got up on Easter Monday at Napier, but the Woodville man say they cannot epara the time so soon after the Wellington oompetition.

On Good Friday (to-morrow) the Post Office will observe a close holiday. All mails, with tbs exception of coastal mails, will close the previous evening at 7.30. A delivery will be made over the counter between 7 and 8 o'clock on the previous evening. The Telegraph Office will open from 9 to 10 a.m. and from 7to 8 p.m. Ou Easter Monday, April 7«b, the Pou Office will open as usual, and the Telegraph Office from 9 to 10 a.m, •nd from 7 to 8 p.m.

Ladles and children will bo admitted free to the Toroa racecourse on Monday. The Toroa steeplechase meeting will be the most attractive event on Easter Monday. The Roman Catholic Church is being beautifully decorated for the Easter ceremonies.

The County Council requires tenders for filling in a cutting at Ormond, tenders to be in by Saturday.

Two of the present N.S.W. Ministry com menced life as butchers. They both continue to slaughter—the Queen’s English.

Mr G. Humphreys, coach and carriage builder, makes a business announcement through our advertising columns.

The entertainment in connection with the Matawhero School comes off this evening. A brake from town leaves Mr Townley’s shop corner at a quarter past seven.

A letter from our Sydney correspondent appears on the fourth page of this morning's Standard. This week’s letter is in reality a thoughtful article favoring Henry George’s views.

Only twenty years ago it cost twenty five pounds to send a ton of cargo from Louden to Sydney; recently it has been so low as thirty shillings. A concert, to be followed by a ball, will be held at Ormond on -uv evening of Easter Monday, the entertain mnt being in aid of the Catholic Church.

There will be special services in the Roman Catholic Church daring Easter. An announcement giving the times arranged appears in our advertising columns.

The Surrime Court Easter vacation commences from to-morrow and will terminate on Saturday, 12th April. The B.M. Court office will r.-open on Wednesday next.

A New South Wales semi-millionaire, who died lately, made the backbone of his huge fortune by selling “ lollies” in a little ahop in George-etreet, Sydney. Owing to the preceding day being Good Friday, and the desirableness of allowing our staff freedom of action on the occasion, the Standard will not be published on Saturday morning.

Mr R. Finlay is determined to keep the name of the Gisborne Hotel prominently to the fore, and an interesting notification appears in our advertising columns. His Honor Judge Barton delivered • lengthy judgment in the matter of the Poututu Commission yesterday morning. The effect of the judgment will be, we understand, to deprive Mr Barker of the shares bought for him by Wi Paraone. A couple of years ago a few short sighted laborers agitated to get the Borough Council to call for tenders for little drain jobs, and the result was the work was done at a price that would not half pay for labor. This year, though the work is worth £5 more, there was an offer to do it for less than half—say a fifth of the ordinary value of labor only. The annual general meeting of members of the Gisborne Football Club was held at the Masonic Hotel last night. The usual business was gone through, and several new members Were proposed. It was decided to open the season on Saturday, the 12:11 inst., with a scratch match, when it is to be hoped that all footballers who can do so will roll up. ( At the meeting of the Whataupoko Road Board on Tuesday the following tenders were received for sundry repairs: —F. Hicks (accepted)—£B 13s 3d, secs. 2 and 3 £11; T. Knipe—sec. 2 £l3 13s, sac. 3 £7 17s; 8. Doleman—£7 9s 6d, £lO 18s lOd, and £7 5s ; .T. Chute—sec. 3 £5 10s ; Graham and Grady—£ll, £l5 15s. and £9 17s 61; Loomb and Maher —sec. 2 £l3, sec. 3 £6 3s. The Board's estimate was £3O, the work thus being undertaken at lees than two thirds of the amount. In his lecture on colonial life the oth r evening Mr DeLautnur resuscitated an old parliamentary joke. Mr Macandrew was' bringing forward his motion for subsidising a monthly steam service with England. Sir John Hall who stated the Government could not see its way to concede what was proposed in the motion, suggested that a bi-monthly service would be more practicable. “ If,” said Mr Macandrew, “the hon. member means by bi-monthly, twice a month, I will accept the suggestion and alter the motion accordingly.” Sir John Hall, however, disclaimed that he used the words in that sense, and produced Webster’s Dictionary and other authorities to show that bi-monthly meant twice a month. Then the versatile Vincent Puke arose and said he didn't care for Webster’s Dictionary, or any other Webster; he had always been taught that bi came from the Latin bis, meaning twice. At which the House roared, hut still considered Webster the better authority. In the course of the trial Regina v. Jackson at Oimaru (says the North Otago Times), a point of considerable interest cropped up. Mr Butt, in conducting the case for the defence, elicited that both Inspector Thompson and Sergeant O'Grady had interrogated the •reused after his arrest. Mr Creagh, who conducted the prosecution, took exception to this part of the defence, and asked permission to call Mr Thompson to explain his own conduct. This application was granted, and Mr Thompson then went into the witness box and stated that he had spoken to the prisoner iu the gaol, but that his object had been to ascertain the names of the mem who were supposed to be concerned with the p-isoner m the robbery. When summing up to the jury, Mr Justice Williams in dealing with this part of the subject, remarked that the police ought not to interrogate prisoners after their arrest, nor indeed after determining to make an arrest. He further remarked that in this case he was satisfied with Inspector Thompson's explanation. He believed that Inspector Thompson’s motive was laudable, but his action was injudicious. Some month or so since a min named Cooper was fined at the Southwark police court, for not sending his child to school. The fine not being paid, and there not being sufficient goods Co realise the fine a commitment in due course followed, and was place! in the hands of Sergeant Seymour, the chief warrant officer of the court. The other evening Warrant-officers Fowler and Moffat knocked at the door of Mr Cooper’s house in Marigold street, Jimaica road, Bermondsey, and asked if he was in. ' "Yes,” replied his wife, who opened the door, “ come in." Both officers went into the passage and explained the object of their visit—viz., that they had come to arrest Mr Cooper, " Oh, have you ?” said the wife; “ you had better come this way, then ; " and picking up a candle she led them to an inner room, and, pushing the door, said,

“ There he it in there; take him.” Casting their eyes around the room, they espied a coffin with the lid off. and Mr Cooper lying inside. The officers, it it needless to say, did not execute their warrant, and left the bouse with feelings which can better ba imagined than described,

The editor of the Lyttelton Times weept copiously over the postponement of the opening of the shooting season until the first ot May. The Times go as at it in thia fashion: — " We are quite used to submit to injustice in tbit part of ths Colony in order that other parts may benefit. We are quite used to pay taxes in order to develop the North Island by public works which do us no good, and pay heavy rates for the carriage of our prod hue because railways in other parts of New Zealand do not pay interest. But it is rather hard that our/port should be spoiled and our pea crops suffer because the North Island has a different climate from ours. Captain Russell means well when he lays himself out to protect harassed ducks and pigeons. But it is his misfortune that he knows nothing whatever about Canterbury. (In that ignoanca hie brother Ministers share fully. Occasionally we must expect to Buffer on that account. At the same time, mere ignorance is no causa for disregarding lhe combined remonstrance of sportsmen, farmers, and the Acclimatisation Society. Captain Bussell might fairly allow himself to consider that all these classes would hardly be likely to combine to exterminate our game with unreasonable haste. However, the Captain has decided to indulge in ths luxury of obstinacy. We wish he would reserve his obstinacy for soma of the more grossly improper of bls Government's appointments. He puts his toob.dawn in the wrong place."

By an advertisement elsewhere it will be noted that a nice residence in a good locality is available for a lady boarder.

Mr Stanley estimates the distance he travelled in the interior at about 5400 miles, of which all but 1000 were on foot; The entire cost of the expedition will not exceed £30,000.

At Leeds Assizes Mr Justice Manisty sentenced to six months a man who had run after a girl that had “ chaffed” him, and who had knocked her down and given her while on the ground a kick, after which she was picked up dead.

The N.S.W. teetotallers are at issue with Henry George, under whose fiscal system liquor would not be taxed. George claims that uncustomed grog would give a deathblow to adulterated (*' bad”) liquor ; but then, say the teetotallers, all grog is bad, and the Georgian system would allow every man to be a law unto binvelf on the swizzle question.

An interesting four-oared race—Married v. Single—will be piillel off on the Taruheru river this evening, in connection with the Poverty Bay Rowing Club. The distance will be one mile, and the crews ar s — Married : Marshall stroke, Sawyer 3. J. Nisbett 2, Read how, Adeane cox. Single: W. Walters stroke, G Richardson 3, F. Loomb 2, T. Leslie bow, J. Nutting cox.

The Wellington Press is severe on the roughs who demolished the tollgates. It says:—The right of the Hutt County Council could and would have been tried by peaceable, law abiding citizens in a peace able and orderly way in the courts of justice; and notwithstanding the keen scent for popularity and the applause of mobs, we believe that all the respect able men of all classes in this city and district will repudiate all sympathy with the miserable pandering to riot, or with the gross misconduct of its clients on Thursday night, the cowardly assailants of the police. It is not the legality or illegality of a toll which is now in question. What is in question now is whether a cowardly mob may go disguised by night, and armed with hatchets, stones, and other weapons, attack and ill-use constables in the execution of their duty. The question for the public now is whether they will sympathise with mob law. The question for the public now is whether they are prepared to applaud a resort to violence directly a sufficient number of persons can be found to band together to substitute 'orce and violence for an appeal to the law. We do not believe they are. Where would such examples end? If we are to appeal to force at our own discretion, why not let every debtor settle his debt with a revolver, or fight out every disputed right to property with b'udgeons and glass bottles? We call upon the Government to maintain the peace, to put down at all hazards this dangerous attempt of illadvised men to resort to violence, and to “ evince that stern determination ” which our contemporary so admires in its clients, to bring those clients to summary justice,