LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 460, 29 May 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The interesting subject of the recent dock strike will be debated at the Union Literary Society this evening. Mr Featon takes the lead in the affirmative, and Mr Mann in the negative. On Saturday next Messrs A. Budd and G. Edwards, both of whom are well known in the district, open new dining rooms in Gisborne. They have taken the premises formerly known as the D. 1.0. bnilding, and extensive alterations have been made to suit it for its new purpose, the building itself being a fine commodious one. Messrs Bald and Edwards have each had experience which specially fits them for their new businessThere will be an entrance from Lows street for the benefit of ladies. There was a fair attendance at the St. Andrew's Literary Society on Tuesday evening when the Rev. B. J, Williamagave hie promised lecture on “ Amusements: the false and the true,” As an exposition of the views of an extremist the lecture was very interesting. The lecturer approved of amusements, so far as they did not interfere with the exercise'of the higher faculties,and true amusemeats were those which tended to one's development physically, mentally, and morally, and had no degrading influence of any kind. Gambling, racing, and theatre going were strongly denounced, and dancing was classed with drinking and stigmatised as an abomination which no Christian should approve of. Mr Smaill having made a few remarks commending the lecture (which took an hour and a half in delivery), Mr Turnbull moved a vote of thanks, which was carried by acclamation. The Bev. Mr Williams, in reply, said he there had been too much shilly-shallying in dealing with such subjects as ths one he had chosen, end he had no sympathy with such weakmindedue^—he believed in sttaightly speaking ent what he thought the matted

The County Council meets to-morrow afternoon.

There is a strike on in the local corps of the Salvation Army.

Mr T. U’Ren notifies the loss of a black gelding, from Ormond. Calls in the Sonth Pacific Petroleum Company must be paid to-day.

The formal notice regarding the Kaiteratahi loan appears in our advertising columns.

Mr Finneran invites tenders for the labor required in building a cottage on Kaiti.

Mr E. F. Harris invites tenders for falling 100 acres of bush at Rimuroa, tenders to be in by June 10th.

The wreck of the Ashleigh Brook will bo a serious matter for shippers of frozen meat, as it is very difficult to secure freight accommodation.

Mrs Caro, the well known ladv dentist of Napier,arrives in Gisborne on Sunday, and may be consulted for a short time at the Masonic Hotel.

Mi- M. Hall has been instructed by Mr Tutchen to dispose of the whole of his freehold properties, and is now prepared to deal privately with any persons wishing to invest. The ladies of the Church of England have made arrangements for a bazaar. It was to have been held at an early date, but it has now been found necessary to postpone it until some time in October.

In onr advertising columns there appears a challenge for a fight to a finish, to come off at the Theatre Boyal on Saturday evening next. The person who makes the challenge is a half-caste of the Haaraki district, and the stakes are fixed at £2O.

A mob of 1000 splendid big sheep crossed the bridge yesterday morning, en route for Mr Edward Murphy’s station, Panikau. The sheep were from Mr Bobbie’s run, and were undoubtedly the finest mob that we have seen for some time.

The native Bawhira, who had on Tuesday morning been imprisoned on a charge of breaking intn premises, escaped from the gaol yard just before time far looking up the cells on Tuesday evening. Ha was recaptured before 3 a.m., having made his way across to the Wainui.

While Mr Owen McGrath, who is employed at the freezing works, was riding into town yesterday morning, he was thrown from his hnrse and sustained concussion of the brain. There are very faint hopes 0! the unfortunate man’s recovery from the effects of the accident. He is a married man.

The public school was re-opened on Tuesday, but was again closed owing to the very small attendance, through Is grippe sickness. There is not much prospect that a good attendance will be got next week. Many of the teachers have had their turn of indisposition. The secondary school, under Mr Mann, has made no intermission in studies,

The s.s. Maori King, which arrived from the South on Tuesday night, is said to have been brought up to an anchorage close to the reef under Young Nick’s Head. The steamer was in command of Captain Todd, of Napier, who it appears acts as ship's husband to the Colonial Union Company. Early yesterday morning the Maori King steamed across the bay, and commenced loading up with frozen meat and wool. It waa expeoiel that she would have completed loading operations last night. The steamer returns to Napier.

A native who gives his name as Bawhira, was booked for six months’ hard labor, by Mr Booth, on Tuesday. He had been discovered on Monday, by Mr Friar, having in bis possession such rude implements of burglary as a file and a piece of hairpin wire, and a sack for convenience in carrying away the loot. This was at the back of Mr Friar's premises. The native said he had been having a lark with the boy in the shop and made other paltry excuses, none of which could do more than convince one that Bawhira would make a good apprentice if he got into the hands of a scientific burglar. He is certainly good raw material for such work, and he might have had sufficient skill to be successful if he had not been caught in the act.

When rev. gentlemen consent to give lectures they should try and get them prepared up to date. In alluding to the gambling mania, on Tuesday evening, the Rev. R. J. Williams made the ridiculous statement that one cannot take up any newspaper without noticing advertisements of “ consultations." As such advertisements have for years been prohibited by law, the most charitable assumption is that the consultations which Mr Williams refers to are those concerning quack medicines, which are very often bigger swindles than any sweepstake arrangement. He might have truthfully remarked that since consultations and other forms of sweeps were suppressed in New Zealand thousands of pounds are annually sent away from the colony for investment in sweeps that are legally promoted in Australia.