LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 497, 23 August 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tenders for falling 300 acres light bush are invited by Mr James Orr, Rangatira, the date of closing being September 1. Mr Ambrijge, the manager of the local branch of the New Zealand Clothing Factory, has returned from a visit to the warehouses in. the South, where he selected a- choice assortment of new goods. These have now been operied up,

An amicable arrangement has been come to between the Borough Council and Mr Richardson, concerning the damage done to the bridges’by the s.s. Fanny. Mr Richard son pays £23 15s; turd gets a clear receipt, The owners bf'Yhc boat have yet to deal with a claim (£1500) from Mr A. Gregg, for serious injury sustained through the Fanny's collision with the bridge;

Our reporter At the Mutual Improvement Society’s anniversary gathering the other evening must either.have got carried away by the enthusiasm oh the occasion, or else the compositor maant to make it appear such was the case. It was Miss Grace Adair who played the accompaniments so waif, and the Bev. Mr Douglas was among the speakers.

Frank McDonald, a prominent witness in the recent murder tiial, has “ visited Lowe street.” The only asset is his good name, against which £7B liabilities have to be placed. There are less than a dozen creditors in the estate, the majority being in the Wbakatane district, from which place the pressure has come. .There was no business of importance at the meetings this week of the H. B. Land Board and the Education Board. At the Land Board the following applications under the small grazing run system were approved 0f: —2942, Waingaromia, Thomas Todd; No. 2943, Waimata, C. Letrget and others; No. 2944, Waingaromia, C. Gray; No, 2945, Waimata, F. Kenway. At the Supreme Court on Thursday a verdict for the defendant was given in the case Westrup, Hardy and others v. John Clark, claim £3poo damages. The. dispute was as to the right fo make use of the bush on the land, and the manner in which it was to be cleared.- His Honor ruled that according to the lease Mr Clark had not only done no wrong, but was only carrying out the terms of Ihe covenant. In the case Potae v. Arthur judgment was given for the defendant.

We must decline to publish a letter by “ Bereaved One.” To do so would simply be to give importance to a contemptible, peunle (alleged) joke, which the lightest-headed schoolboy would be ashamed to have attributed to him, and. which we think might well.-' have been refused space even in the advertising columns of-a newspaper. But silly as the thing is there was no irreverence—the unknown perpetrator appears to be top shallow to have considered such an inference passible. It was seemingly nothing more than a pitiable attempt to cast odium on the working men who are organising for self protection, and it is only waste of space to refer to it at all were not our correspondent's sincerity such as entitles Bome'hing more than a curt refusal of his letter.

The other day the Dunedin Herald had the following coniipents on members who are too deep with the bsnka" They should be excluded, one and all, from the counsels of <he colony ; nor will the legislation!ot the fniure be what it should be uh'il the Assembly is purged of ever member who is the permanent servant of a bank or agency company, and only the temporary servant of h’s constituency.” The Herald has now had to write its own epitaph—suspiciously soon after the above comments were made. It was an ab ! y written paper, strongly advocating the Labor cause, but seemingly those whose internets it upheld were as thankless as they were short-sighted, and the journal through taking up an independent attitude and declining to knuckle down to monetary institutions, had to die a natural death-.—expire for want of funds ta fight against the powers that be. It is strange how different the opinions are concerning the Taranaki football team. The Auckland journals allow that ths team is composed of good material, but say that the method of using it is behind the times and the team have a lot to learn. In Napier, however, the impression is that Taranaki has sent the best back team that ever played in Hawke's Bay, and “ how they could be so thoroughly beaten by Auckland must remain a mystery.” In Auckland one critic said they lost a lot through scrupulous attention to the rules ; in Gisborne some of ths players were notorious for their offside work, and in Napier a similar eompleint is made. They got groaned a good deal in Napier for resorting to the tactic of kicking the ball over the fence. The management of the tour is conducted by Mr C. E. Major, who many years ago, was captsin of the Gisborne representative fifteen. In the match last Saturday Gisborne had snbstitu'es for three of their best forwards— Nisbett, Langford, and Allen. A Supremo Court sittting was held in Chambers yesterday, when the following business was transacted :—B. N. Jones was admitted as a solicitor. Re the late Owen McGrath, Mr Watson moved for letters of administration; granted. Re the lato R. Scragg, letters of administration were granted. Re the Maori Real Estate Manage ment Act, 1888, and sections 127 and 202, Kaiti; Mr Nolan moved for approval of the judge to two transfers; approved. Be Paitarawat and Kapawanga and others, terms of decree ; settled on tho motion of Mr Rees. Ro Knraitiana Takiimoana, Mr Rees moved in the Supreme Court, on tho petition of J. Coleman, to mortgage certain property; granted. Re Coleman and others v. C. A. Brown, on the motion of Mr Cooper this matter was adjourned to be argued in Auckland. In the Divorce and Matrimonial Court, Harris (Whataupoko) v. Harris and Jones—On the motion of Mr Rees this case was fixed to be tried on the next sittings of the Supreme Court at Gisborne, by a common jury of four, The application ia made by the husband, the eo-fospondent being a relation of his.

The late Cardinal Newman was the au of that beau’.ifal hymn ‘ Lead kindly light.,’

Communications have been made with thi Haibor Board concerning the action to be taken in regard to its financial position, but nothing definite ia yet known. A business announcement of Mr Wm. Ratcliffe, commission agent, &c., appears in th ; s morning’s issue. Mr Ratcliffe has removed from his office in Peel Street, to Mr Adair’s Chambers in Lowe Street.

At the R.M. Court on Thursday the following cases were heard :—M. Hall v. H. E. Johnston, claim £1 4s; no appearance of planitiff, case struck out. A. Parnell and Co. v. D. Dunlop, claim .£6 18s 6d; judgment by default, costs «£! 2s. J. H. Stubbs v. C. McFarlane, claim £3 3j ; judgment by default, costs 9s.

The latter part of our report of the Karaitiana case, giving the answers -to the issues, got slightly mixed up on Thursday morning, though of course no one could be misled thereby. It is, however, due to Mr F.’nn and the other gentlemen concerned, to state that the verdict of the jury was practically that there had been no collusion in the taxing of legal costs, and that proof had been given of the work done. . - i.

At the Union-Literary Society on Thursday evening, a discussion on the question “ Should* a Christan State recognise Christianity ? ” was opened by Mr Dunlop. Mr Crawford, Rev. Canon Fox, and Messrs Mann and R. N. Jones also spoke, but though the discussion was very interesting, -it could hardly be termed a debate. On the Chairman (Mr Featon) taking a division he found the voting equal, and gave his casting vote, in the affirmative. At Napier last week a man got into a cab to be in time to catch the night train. The cabman was subsequently picked up unconscious, having evidently fallen off the seat, while the ho_rses jaunted on pleasantly .round the various streets, until someone noticing there was no driver caught ths reins. On opening the door the unsuspecting occupant of the cab

was found to be in the arms, Of Morpheus, probably dreaming that he was bound for fairyland.

A sample of pure Indian tea has been forwarded to us by Mr A. Parnell, to afford us an opportunity of testing the quality of a new line which it is proposed to introduce into this district. The sample is of excellent quality, the flavor being such as would please the. most epicurean taste. Mr J. Pollock has been appointed local agent for the tea, the superiority of which is bound to quickly establish it in favfjSj,. and ensure a large sale. Partner, the well-known thoroughbred by Bundoqra—Trinket, arrived by the Southern . Crops yesterday morning, and was landed in excellent condition, showing that care and attention had been paid by Mr A. o’Dowd, who came in charge. The hdrse will be located at Mr A. Pritchard’s (Waerenga aLika), and if breeding and good looks go for anything, should command a most successful season. An advertisement setting forth particulars will shortly appear. “ The Tramp,” a well known contributor to theN.Z, Herald, recently made a journey along the East Coas f , and gives the following item under the heading of Tologa Bay :—“ At Tologa I had the pleasure of renewing my acquaintance with the engaging postmistress there. Since my last visit she has succeeded in providing an organ for her Sunday-school, partly by subscription and partly by the proceeds of a concert she got up for the purpose, which was a great success, as it deserved to b?. May all her efforts at doing good result succesFfully and happily I I was also glad to meet the renowned Micky Mullooly. Micky has.had the misfortune to have his hotel pro perty burned down. But another ‘ pub ’is to arise like a Phcenix from its ashes. Were I in Micky's shoes, I would pocket the insurance money and let the Phoenix rest in its ashes. Micky has greater faith in the future prosperity of Tologa Bay than I have. As an instance of its present state of prosperity, I may mention that the gross takings of the only ‘ pub ’ now op-’-n amounted for the day, up to the time of my arrival, to the sum of one shilling; on the day previous to an equal sum; on the previous Saturday three bobs were collected. But Micky is of a sanguine temperament. And a generous soul, ton.” The same writer remarks that at the Pakarae Hotel he found the best table on the coast, and that for variety and excellence it is not to be surpassed anywhere in his travels. That is a big feather in the cap of Host Gibson.