LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 456, 20 May 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr C. F. Lewis has money to lend. Our telegrams state that Mr W. L. Rees has an excellent chance to be elected for an Auckland constituency. By the cutter Venus, which leaves this morning for Auckland, Messrs Clayton and Sawyer export 480 sacks potatoes, 20 bags barley, and 20 bags of onions. Captain Bennett yesterday evening received the following telegram from Captain Edwin : —Northeast (to north and west gale, with rain ; and glass further fall.

Mr Corrie Johnston’s evangelistic meetings continue to be well attended. There were large congregations at the City Rink on Sunday afternoon and evening. An interesting lecture is promised for this evening, at the St. Andrew’s Literary Society, in the Church. The Rev. R. J. Williams will lecture on the Subject—- “ Amusements—the false and the true.”

The Taruheru footbridge will bo closed for traffic for some days yet. Yesterday the schooner Opotiki was being towed up to the freezing works and she also came in contact with the bridge, displacing the repairs that had already been made.

An advertisement appears this morning, making particular reference to the large stock of new season’s goods uow opened up at Messrs Graham, Pitt, and Bennett's drapery establishment. The stock is a very large one, and low prices are the rule of the day. At ths Mutual Improvement Society last night an essay by Mr M. B. Ford, on Sir Walter Raleigh, was road. The essay was a highly interesting one, and contained much information regarding the life and character of the subject.

At the Police Court yesterday morning W. Bowler was discharged with a caution for being drunk. On a charge cf assaulting the police, the same prisoner was fined £l. A native named Maaka Eru Raugiwaha was committed for trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court, for forgery.

The Napier News falls into the error of supposing that Tarton, the “ converted ” but eeoeding lawyer, is the Salvation Sergeant Major Turton in Auckland. Both were fron Gisborne, but the tussle between the angels and the D. led to the lawyer falling from the Army ranks.

The Auckland Observer acknowledges the receipt of a pamphlet on State Banks, by Mr J. Sandlant, The Observer save the transformation of the Bank of the N.Z. into a State Bank would have been resolved upon had there not been a fresh supply of London money to tide over the crisis.

To the Editor: Sir,—l observe by your report of the Charitable Aid Board meeting that Mrs Campbell's children are being maintained at the expense of the public. It seems to me a pity that there is not an attempt to do something further than this, so that in after years such deserving children cannot be taunted with having been so maintained. The boy is a fine, willing young fellow, and there ought to be any amount of people who would gladly give the young fellow a home for the services he could render outside of school hours. It would create in him a manly and independent spirit, while to permit the present state of dependency to continue would be a crying shame for the sake of the children themselves, whose careful training is a great credit to their unfortunate mother. Surely, too, in the case of the girl there are people who would he willing to take her off the hands of the Board and provide her with a good home, without her schooling being interfered with. I think in a case of the kind the Board should try and do something more than merely dole out a maintenance fee.—l am, etc., Wellwisher.

The general meeting of the Turanganui Football Club, held on Saturday evening, for the purpose of framing bye-laws and electing two representatives for the Cap Match Committee, was fairly well attended, Mr H. Maude (captain) being in the chair. The Secretary laid before the meeting a copy of the bye-laws, as drawn up by the Committee, which were, with a few amendments, passed by the meeting, the colors decided on being blue and white. Messrs H. Maude, E. Matthews (secretary), G. Johnstone, R. Robinson, and Alf. Wade were proposed as representatives for the Cup Match Committee, and on a ballot being taken the Captain and Secretary were elected. Several new members were elected to the Club.

To the Editor: Sir,—l have patiently waited, wondering what action is to be taken regarding the Harbor Board’s absurd decision concerning the question of allowing a certain firm to squat just above the Taruheru bridge. If the agitation against each an insane course is to be no more than a little storm in the Borough, I think the burgesses will have good reason to feel ashamed oi themselves when they find what the result may be. As I understand that the Board has already accepted a deposit I do not see how that bodv can withdraw, and the proper course will be, to my mind, to get up a petition for presentation to the Marine Department. Those who remember the trouble there was with the sama firm some years ago, on a question regarding the foreshore, will not be inclined to invite another grievance when the trouble might be set at rest from the outset. Were it any other site that was required there could perhaps be no objection, but the stupidity ol leasing the sila asked tor is only surpassed by tbe mess that has been made over the harbor endowment.—l am, etc., Sexsandoo,