LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 487, 31 July 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A conrignment of seed potatoes have just arrived at Messrs Whitby and Partington’s produce store. The schooner Awaroa sails on Saturday for Auckland. Messrs Clayton and Sawyer have been appointed local agents for the vessel. A letter approving of the opinions held by the Rev. Mr Munro, and also our Maraetaha correspondent’s notes have been he Id over.

At the police court on Tuesday, Walter Jennings was fined 10s or 24 hours’ imprisonment for being drunk, A native for the same offence was discharged.

Messrs C. D. Bennett and Matthewson occupied the Bench at. the Police Court yesterday morning, when a batch of cases against natives for failing to register their dogs were adjourned. The Vivian Dramatic Company will commence their season of four nights in Gisborne on Monday evening next in the Theatre Royal, on which occasion will be produced, Lady Audley’s Secret.” ’■ Do Englishmen pay too much attention to athletics ?” is the question that will be debated at the Union Literary Society this evening. Tne Rev. A. Gardiner takes the afiirmative, and Mr F. Lysnar the negative.

Upwards of 2000 people witnessed a Maor Salvation wedding in the Army barracks at Wellington the other day. Colonel Taylor solemnised the marriage service. The happy pair were Wanganui natives.

The Woodville Examiner says:—Messrs Nelson Bros, have written to Mr Ellis stating they intend definitely establishing works at Woodville for next season. Mr W. Nelson is expected back in August, when the necessary arrangements will be made.

Yesterday Mr C. Y. O’Connor, Colonial Marine Engineer, was engaged in taking soundings and surveying the bay. Mr O’Connor does not leave Gisborne till next week, and he intends to present his report to a special meeting of the Harbor Board, which will be most probably held on Thursday next. When discharging a native on Tuesday last, the presiding Justice, Mr Lucas, said he hoped that the prisoner would not again put in an appearance there, for if he did he would be far more severely dealt with. The native cutely replied that he would never be there again unless brought by a policeman.

Those who wish to obtain seats for the lecture by the Rev. Mr Beecrofc, at the Wesleyan Church this evening, will bo wise to attend in good time. As a lecturer Mr Beecroft is exceedingly pleasant to listen to, and the special lecture which he delivers this evening is one of great interest; He was in very poor form when he spoke ou Tuesday evening, and also appeared to have misjudged the pitch of voice required for the hall and with the noise of the children, but even then his powers as a speaker could not help but impress those who were at a reasonable distance from the platform, He returns South by to-morrow’s steamer, so that tlrs evening will be the last opportunity of hearing him lecture in Gisborne. Emperor William has issued new regul* tions respecting the wearing of German Naval uniforms, which are so minute and elaborate that they fill a book cf forty pages. Any Admiral who marries is in future to go through the ceremony arrayed in his full uniform. Admirals ars only to wear plain clothes at the seaside or at baths, when out shooting, at masked balls, or when on halfpay. If they happen to be in Berlin on a Sunday the cocked hat must be worn when walking about the city till four o’clock in the afternoon. When an Admiral is at sea he may wear an oilskin sou’wester and coat Only if the weather is stormy, and his shirt front must alwavs be perfectly plain. It is further strictly forbidden to have the corners of the collar turned down or doubled back, and there are peremptory rules about gold lace and fiddle-faddle appendages. A correspondent from north of the Tweed, writes :—Mr Chisholm, the Tory candidate for Perth, has announced that he will not again contest the city, as he finds it impossible to obtain the united support of all sections of the party. The fact is that there are plain signs of a complete rupture among the conflicting elements which, make up the Ministerial party in Scotland. The old Tories, in their hearts, simply hate the Liberals, whether they are Unionists or Home Rulers, and at the next election they certainly will not vote for Liberal-Unionist candidates, while, on the other hand, the Liberal Unionists will have nothing to do with purely Tory candidates. One of the leading Scotch newspapers reproaches the Tories witb * showing their ingratitude to the men who have fought their battles, not only by giving away honors and places to those who have done nothing to earn them, but by declining to lend them assistance for acceptable candidates who are prepared to champion their cause against considerable odds.’ Lecture, Gisborne, thia evening, Wesleyan Church, “Three years Dock District East London.” J. Bourke, Esq., Chairman. Amusing, pathetic, popular,—Adtt.