LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 498, 26 August 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The auction sales of Messrs D&vies, Akroyd and Porter continue to be very successful. A gale ci fruit trees, eio, from Messrs Bill and Son’s celebrated nursery takes place at 11 tc-morrow morning, Thia will he a good* opportunity f >r persons wishing to take advantage of the season. Last week Mrs Donner had a narrow escape from an accident which, but for her own pluck and skill with horses, might have terminated fatally to one or more persons. Mrs Donner was driving a pair of spirited horses down Palmerston Road, when a boy passing with a trolly caused the horses to shy and sheer clear of the road into the guttter. Another lady and a litt’e child were in the trap. Mrs Donner clasped her child in one arm, and with the disengaged hand succseded in drawing the horses to- I gather again, but it is wonderful that no one was thrown from the trap, 1

Mr A. Keefer has been authorised to collect the Independent newspaper accounts. The New Zealand Bible and Tract Society have opened a depot for a short period in the shop adjoining Mr Foster, chemist. The Salvation Army hold a coffee supper to morrow (Wednesday) evening, on which occasion the corps will celebrate the Army’s Jubilee.

About 430 on Saturday afternoon a high tidal wave came into the bav, the boats in the river being rocked to and fro by the force of the wave.

Mr Booth, Trust Commissioner, yesterday morning granted certificates to deeds of transfer from —Raihaina to T. J. Dickson, of Kaiti section 231; from Matutaera Kaipuke and others to Annie Harris of Kaiti section 127.

If we beard a great deal less of Shop Acts and such like measures, and more about encouraging the settlement of the land and turning to the beat account the produce rf the mine, tbe field, and the forest, it would be better for the colony and for all who live in it.—Christchurch Press.

The N.Z. L. and M.A. Company have received the following message from their London office, dated 23rd August Tallow — There) is good demand. Quotations for tallow unchanged since last report. Frozen meat—Market eas’er; Canterbury mutton is worth per lb. N.Z. Beef, hinlquarters a r e worth per lb. Other quotations unchanged since last telegram.

Those who have been entrusted with the arrangements for the entertainment at the City Rink on Thursday evening are energeti cafly at work, and the proposal has already won its way to public favor. A jolly night is promised, and tickets are going off rapidly. The affair will ba a great novelty in Gisborne, while it is in the hands of those who well know how to set to work to make it successful.

The Napier Nows writes:—On the Ist day of January this year, with the exception of the Typographicil Association and Cabmen, there were no Unions in this district. Today they stand as follows Wha'f Laborers, 239 ; Timber Workers, 250 ; Butchers, 160 ; Saddlers, 20; Working Men, 220; Railway servants, 153 approximate. Not bad work for eight month?. Tho following handicaps are declared for the sports by gaslight at the City Rink on Thursday evening : —Mile Walk—’Wildish scratch. Johnstone lords, Loomb 30yds, Nazer 35yds, Spurdie 40yds, J. Image 40/ds, J. H-irding 65yds, W. Parnell 70yds. 120yds Hurdles—Cameron and Loomb scratch, Carrington syds, Nazer 6yds, Johnstone 7yds, Morell 9yds. Only ten reserve seats are now available.

Last evening was devoted by members of the Mutual Improvement Society .to “ Descriptive Sketches.” The President described journeys he had made to the Wairoa and Waipiro, and de»lt with the various objectsand places in a very interesting manner. Another pleasing descriptive sketch wag a Californian scene entitled K Two Villages.” Votes of thanks to those who assisted at the annual soiree weie passed.

A Home contemporary has the following :— Tbe fact that over 300 live sheep from Buenos Ayres had b en landed at Liverpool and had been sold at double the price of frozen mutton from the same quarter is of great importance to thh colony. The Argentine Confederation can give practically unlimitei supplies of sheep if they can be landed alive in England. Tbe development of the trade will be watched wi h the greatest interest by the farmers of New Zealand.

The member for Waiapu “has spoke”! In the House last week he moved to amend the Electoral Acts Amendment Bill so that natives and halfc&stes who voted for their own special representatives should not be allowed to vote for European members. The proposed amendment is a very just one, but the member for Wafapu had not backbone enough to force a division on the principle. He meek’y submitted to the question going through the usual red tape process—“ referred to the law officers of the Crown” ! Much too deep for the “ mute, inglorious Milton ” ! If the Government would only beh .ve, we would get some good work done I Oh, Mr Arthur !

Writing in the Weekly News ‘‘The Tramp ” (Mr Wickham) says that if Mr Rees stands again for the East Coast his return to Parliament may be regarded as a certainty. “If it were a question of money,” says the writer, “W.L. would best consult his own interest by standing for Auckland, where his chances wou’d be equal'y good, but money was never a question with this tribune.” The writer says Mr Rees will be a powerful advocate for the Labor Party in the House, and he has a more intimate knowledge of the workings of the Unions, strikes, etc. than any other politician in it. We may add that in a lecture Mr Rees delivered in Gisborne after his return from England, he predicted the great strikes and labor revolution which has come about, saying that politicians in the old country preferred to let things drift on and would let things drift on until a rude awakening came. Mr Rees’ prophecy was soon verified.

In a recent interview Prines Bismarck said of the ynnng Emperor : —“I pity this young man. He is like a young hound that barks at everybody, that smells everything.that touches everything, and that ends by causing complete disorder in the room in which he is, no matter how large it may be. I think he is the victim of current history, which he might have curbed by a reign of tranqui'ity sans eclat in the beaten track, and by allowing Germany to enjoy the advantages gained in 1870.” Now if there is any one thing a young man just hates it is to be pitied, whether it is in consequence of the hump or other ailments or because of getting on too fast and nearing the precipices which pride is supposed to lead to. Prince Bismarck had better have lain quiet. The Emperor Saul can bide. There were a few greybearded Zealots in 1740 who tri n d to patronise the present German majesty’s ancestor, Frederick the Great, and their experiences should serve as a warn off now,

A meeting of the local Acclimatisation Society took place at the Masonic Hotel on Saturday afternoon. The President, Mr G. L..Sunderland, occupied the chair. The Hon. Secretary, Mr Grant, read the corres* pondenoe, and presented the annual report, whtoh showed that good work had been done during the year. Six thousand trout ova were brought to the district, and are now hatched, and will shortly be distributed by Messrs Dods, Hutchinson, and Johnson. The report expressed thanks to the Union Company for allowing free carriage, and to Mr Townley for making cases for the transport. The Bluff and Foveaux Straits Fishing Company gave 140 dezen sand oysters, which have been laid down at Maraetaha by Mr J. W. Johnson. Next season all sportsmen are to be asked to sign a pledge to the effect that they will not shoot hen pheasants. Communications are to be mede with a view to introducing American prairie hens or Nevada quaih It was decided to send to Southland for two opossums.

The Ca’bolic Times pays Mr Hutchison back very smartly for his derisive allusion to the section of the Press which opposes him :— Mr Geo r ge Hutchison, M.H.R. for Waitotara, has thought fit Io allude in the House to the “ reptile pres?.” This is ungenerous of George, who was once himse’f connected with the Fourth Estate. He proved on utter failure, but that was in no sense the fault of the profession, which is an honorable one. It was because he sough* a voearion, which was more sue generis, and in which he felt he must shine by reason of special natural attributes, that he left the Fourth Estate for ibe numerous ranks of the “ Devil’s Own.” Experience has shown that one may carry a Marshall’s baton in that corps, who would never have risen above a “ printer’s devil ” in the journalistic world. Of course the term “ reptile press ” comes naturally from the lips of the elect of Waitotara. What it means is that the press has never crawled where George Hutchison has been concerned, whether it was when he vainly contested the Wanganui seat in 1884, or when the election peti'ion against his return for Waitotara iu 1887 was being tried in the Supreme Court. Whatever of the reptilian business was done in connection with these two incidents in the chequered career of George Hutchison waa not done by by the press g