LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 444, 22 April 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

An auctioneer's license has been granted to Mr Matthew Hall. A business advertisement from Mr J. Palmer, herbalist, appears in this morning’s paper.

A man named Harry Hunter was missed from the schooner Opotiki while she was in Napier, and it was feared he had met his death by drowning. Government intend reserving a portion of the Nuhaka block on account of the hot mineral springs in it.. The springs are only 30 miles from Gisborne, and the discovery ought to prove of great value to the district. The Wellington Herald says :— 11 Gisborne was represented at the encampment by one volunteer, and that one was the cove on horseback with all tha fancy trimmings. The people could not make him out.” Query—who was it?

On Saturday last Captain Tucker and Captain Chrisp nominated Mr Townley for the Mayoralty, rendered vacant through the departure of Mr DeLautour, on a visit to England. It is very improbable that anyone will contest the position with Mr Townley, than whom there ia no one better entitled to the honor.

Mr Booth, Trust Commissioner, yesterday morning granted certificates to the following deeds of transfer:—From Turuhira Nohoto and Houana Kaingahou to P. McLoughlan of Kaiti section 290; from Popata Uktuki to T. W. Porter of Taumatapaiiti No 1; from Epeniha Hauteepa and Raira Hauteepa to W. Milner of Opoupawhero.

Some mean person has written us a letter from Napier, making very serious charges against a Gisborne resident, but has omitted to sign the letter; which appears to indicate a female’s handwriting. We hope the name of the writer will be sent next mail, as we should very much like to have pointed out to us the person who can be guilty of such a cowardly attempt to shoot a person from behind a hedge, and who imagines that any decent newspaper would assist in the matter. The Napier Rowing Club have sent up a very handsome set of medals, tor presentation to the Poverty Bay crew who were victorious in Napier. There has always been a very friendly feeling between Gisborne and Napier athletes, though the rivalry for first position has ever been keen, and it is to be hoped the friendly feeling will be maintained, Certainly the Napier Bowing Club have forwarded medals which any winner must be proud of. Mr W. E. Akroyd, who returned yesterday from a trip to Taupo, says that the electors there did not, until he told some of them, appear to have any idea of the alteration in the electorate. Tne general opinion was tbit it was most absurd to include Taupo with Gisborne, but they did not think it mattered a jot to them in what electorate they were—that they would neither fare better nor worse than they do now. Mr Akroyd says the road from Napier to Taupo is a magnificent one. At the Police Court on Saturday morning, A. McPhail was charged on the information of R. Thelwall, Dox Tax Collector, with failing to register his dogs. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr Nolan appeared for informant, and Mr Chrisp for defendant. Mr McPhail was fined ss, costs of Court 12s, registration fees £2 103, and solicitor’s fee £1 Is. E. C. Bolton was also charged with neglecting to register a dog, and was fined Is, costs of Court 12s, and registration fee 10s. Alfred Dean was sentenced to 24 hours’ imprisonment, for being unlawfully on the premises of Mrs Bell.

At the Hastings R.M. Court on the 12th inst., W. Black was charged with having certain sheep in his possession infected with lice, on the 2nd of Aoril last. From the evideuce of defendant it appeared that he had purchased the sheep from Mr Woodbine Johnson, of Poverty Bay. At that time they were quite clean. They were passed by the Inspector of Poverty Bay, who at ths tiaft made the remark that Mr Johnson’s sheep always were clean ; there had been no negligence on his part. The R.M. dismissed the case, but recommended defendant to be more cautious in future.

An operation of considerable interest, was successfully performed at the Christchurch Hospital on the Bth inst. This was the removal of the tongue, from a man about 50 years of age, by a new process. The old plan, ft may lie explained, was to obtain access to the tongue by dividing the lower jaw and laying back the two halves, The new plan is to make an incision in the cheek from the mouth to the ear, and to remove the tongue by means of \ two ecraseurs—instruments which work by the tightening of a wire loop. One of these is introduced through the mouth, and the other through the incision in the cheek. The operation was so successful that the patient was expected to be able to leave his bed on the following Monday.

Travellers will'be very much pleased to laarn that Mr C. Hansen intends to erect an accommodation house on the road between Opotiki and Gisborne, on which there is now a good deal of traffic, traffic which would greatly increase if the road was better. At tha last meeting of the H.B. Lands Board Mr O, Hansen, of Makaurl, applied for a site for an accommodation house on the Motu road— The Chairman said that an accommodation house at the place mentioned, on the road from Opotiki to Gisborne, was very necessary indeed, At the present time there was no halt-way house tor travellers, and by erecting an accommodation house it would be a great boon to the public. Of course, the licensee must be made to understand that the house must be a respectable one, and decent accommodation provided for travellers. If it were simply made a drinking shop the Board could forfeit the license to occupy the site asked for. —lt was decided to grant a sits of 50 acres, applicant to pay £1 6s * yeat rentf for the tection,

Mr James Fitzgerald, of Mahia, has sold his hotel and business to Mr E. Bentley, late of Hastings.

The schooner Opotiki arrived in the bay last evening, with a cargo of timber consigned to the Harbor Board.

At the usual weekly meeting of the Mutual Improvement Society, last night, lessons in elocution were given. The members take great interest in these lessons, which ate conducted by the President, Rev. J. Ward, and are found to be of much benefit.

As the Messrs Barker, jun., and the Misses Barker were driving home front church on Sunday night, the waggonette was upset in a nasty rut near the by-road to the freezing works. The occupants were thrown out, but happily escaped without injury, beyond ordinary bruises. It is to be hoped that an accident with more serious results will not be required to direct official attention to the daoger. At the Police Court yesterday morning Albert Hurd alias Thomas Scott was charged with indecency in Peel street on Saturday afternoon last. The prisoner said he was drunk and knew nothing whatever about it. He was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment with hard labor.

A story showing the confidence which the natives have in Judge Barton is going the rounds. A solicitor wished his client, a native woman, to do something which she declined to do, and he threatened to throw np his brief in the case. The woman at once replied that she didn’t care—that with the present Judge she could get justice. At Taranaki the other day one of the bonks hod not opened half an hour after the usual time, and a crowd began to collect and speculate as to whether the institution had stopped payment, or the whole staff had been stricken down with the influenza. It transpired that the real cause was that the officials had to set to work as usual, but had forgotten to open the door. Poverty Bay still holds its own as a cattle producing district, so much so in fact that it induces outside purchasers to visit and trade with our stock owners. Yesterday morning, Mr Black, the well known dealer, sent on in advance a splendid mob of cattle (numbering some 250) for the Napier market. The beeves he secured from the Rangatira and Waipaoa stations, and as specimens of well selected stock can competition. It is pleasing to note that our district is selected by such an expert as Mr Black for his operations in this line. Mr Black feds assured that he has secured the very best lot ever leaving Poverty Bay. At the last meeting of the H.B. Lands Beard it was decided to refer to the head office the application of the Waimata people for a site on which to erect a public hail. The timber is now on the ground. The following deferred payment transfers were approved of — A. Gold to A. Clarke, section 4. block XI, Woodville; M. McDermott to E. Hut, section 20, block 11, Weber; R. Potts to J. Ajkman, section 39, block 11, Ruataniwha; H. R. Hodding from Public Trustee, section I, block 11, Ruataniwha; A. T. Thomson to A. Milner; Administrators of W. Bruce to J. Poole; Dixon to Akroyd; W. Norris to R. Mackenzie. In perpetual leases the following were approved of— Robb to Palairet, sections 15 add 16, block VIII, Hangaroa; Moore to Bruce, section 5, block V, Patutabi; Davis to Lima, section 1. block 111, Motu ; Peck to Sargent, section 10, block V, Tautens; Alder to Reeves, section 5, block I, Ruataniwha; Hutching to Akroyd and Field, section 24, block VII, Waimata; Brown to Ingram, section 113, blocks 2 and 6, Patutabi. The following land purchases were approved :—Waterhouse and Fitzherbert, pastoral run No. 13, 19.500 acres, J. P. Peddle, pastoral run No. 13, 5326, Kuripanga. Norsewood—A. De Lamba, section 1, block I. R. C. DeLamba, section 2, block 1.; B. DeLamba, section 3, block I.; O. Johansen, section 4, block I. On H. Brownlow's lease, Hangaroa, the improvemeats must be completed by the 30;h Sept. The following problem in whist has been handed to us for publication, and will prove exceedingly interesting to all lovers of the game :—Professor Proctor tells how easy it is to be disastrously beaten at whist even when a person holds a remarkably strong hand. There is that famous hand in which the Duke of Cumberland held ace, king, queen, and knave tn one plain suit; ace, king, queen in another; ace, king in the third ; while in trumps he held king, knave, nine, and seven. Yet, with thia perfectly magnificent hand and the lead (leading also quite correctly) he did not make a single trick. This seems incredible, but when the hands are supplied the eolation of the problem will be readily seen. The four trumps lying just over those held by the Duke of Cumberland—viz., the ace, queen, ten, and eight were on his left, with nine diamonds, while on right were five small trumps. He led a trump, which was taken on his left and a diamond led —trumped on his right. Another trump was led through him, which was similarly taken and another diamond, led, which was also trumped on his right. Another trump led through the duke caused his last trump but one to fall. The last was then extracted by the player on his left. The duke had now no diamonds, that being the suit of which he had only held the ace and king. Then the diamonds on his left were as good as trumps, and made all the remaining tricks.