LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 500, 30 August 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tenders are invited up till Monday next for cutting down 25 chains of hawthorn hedge at Wacrenga-a hika.

The owner of a leather bag, found by Mr Fairley near Pakarae, cm recover his property on applying at the Standard office.

Nominations for the three vacancies occurring in the Borough Council are to be in by noon to-day. It is expected that Mr Joyce will be nominated, as well as the three retiring Councillors. Captain Tucker is also mentioned as a probable candidate. The decision of Mr Justice Conolly in the lawsuit between the Borough Council and Mr Joyce will toke about £6O from the Council c s income. With the recent reduction in the rate this will be a severe blow to the Council. The opening of the new Wesleyan Church will not take place until after the Church of England Bazaar, which is to be held in October, the Trustees having kindly consented to delay the opening ceremony so as not to clash with the other church’s arrangements. The Wairoa people finding it useless to make communications to the member for Waiapu about the Waikaremoana road they now propose to make their petition to Captain Russell. In the matter of the Fast Coast me.il rervica the Hon. Randall Johnson at once p’aced himself in communication with Ministers, It is satisfactory to know that there are still gentlemen who can be relied on to represent cur wants at headquarters. It is useless to make appHcation to the member for Waiapu.

I The following? civil cases were disposed of by Mr Booth, R.M., on Thursday morning : E. Chrisp v. J. Peraton, claim .£3 7s 8d; judgment by default, costs 6s. Common, Shelton and Co. v. C. Doyle, claim <£l2 2s ; judgment by default, costs £l. W. G. Scotter v. Milne and Poole, claim <£3 JBsjudgment by consent, costs 6s. F. Hall v. S. DeCosta, claim £1; judgment for amount, costs 6s. G. R. Moore v. Wi Fere, claim £7 13s; judgment by default, costs £1 Ils. Judgment Summonses: J. Mullooly v. Edward Thomson, claim £2l 17s; an order was made for the amount to be paid by weekly instalments df £l. G. R. Moore v. P. Malone, claim £1 14s 9d } the defendant wna ordered to nay the amount forthwiilij in dvfuuli two clays’ iinprifiomnonti

The Union Bank to day closes its branch at Port Ahuriri, H.B. The steamer VVaihora has not left Auckland yet, but; it is expec L ed that ehe will sat lur •- uth’-rn ports at i oon tc-lay.

Efforts re being made to trv and get the Government to squander £5OO in having New Zealand repr< sen ted at an Exhibition that is to take place in Tasmania. Yesterday afternoon Mr W. Parnell was handling a. revolver which was supposed not to be loaded ; it went off, and the bullet penetrated right through his left hand.

Bishop Julius wants to know where the consistency cf the working man has got to when he demands shorter hours for himself and will not do his shopping early, so as to let the shop assistants have the same boon. Some idea of the depression existing in Sydney may be gatheiel from the replies to an advertisement for a clerk at 30s a week. There were over 400 applicants between the ages of 15 and 30

W. Brassny, solicitor, of Napier, has been adjudged a bankrupt. He has not yet got his discharge from his previous bankruptcy, the new insolvency being on account of more recent debts. A meeting of the bankrupt’s creditors was held yesterday.

Over a hundred tickets have already been disposed of for the matinee this afternoon. A new feature that will he introduced will be a bicycle race between the clowns. This ousht to he a great source of amusement to the young people. The followincr mail notices are officially issued:—For Honolulu, United Kingdom, America, and Europe; also zAustralian Colonies, China, and Japan, per Waihora, to-day (Saturday) at 7.30 p.m. For Napier. Wellington, and South, per Waihora, today (Saturday), at 7.30p.m. The Napier Rowing Club has an overdraft of £26, but the balance of assets over liabilities is e : timated at £590. Mr J. Parker ia now Secretary, Mr Kennedy being again elected captain. During the year 41 new members were enro’led. There is a proposal to erect a shed near the month of the branch of the Tutaekuri river. Dr J. F. Innes having to go to Auckland to give evidence in the murder care, his brother Dr W. F. Innes, of Napier, will temporarily take charge of the practice. Dr W. F. Innes was formerly in Gisborne for a abort period. Being a ppeoinlly skilled oculist his visit will give an opportunity to those who wish to consult him on such complaints. One of the jolliest pieces of fun at the carnival on Thursday night was the way in which the amatrur clown burlesqued the Highland fling. A reporter states that a dusky matron went into ecstaoies over the fling, but did not even smile at the clown’s performance. As everyone but the waihena did laugh, and the reporter recorded the minor fact without noting the greater one, the wittv friends of the clown confidently expresa the opinion that the scribe must have been unduly fascinated by the dusky descendant of Eve. There were two features worthy of note in connection uith the carnival on Thursday night, one being in marked contrast to the other. Several ladies had to stand up during the first pari., while gome men coolly remained seated elope bv. without effering to vacate their places. The members of the Band, on the other hand, relinquished the seats pro-

vided for them, in favor of the ladies, and remained standing during the evening. Such gallantry is very creditable to the bandsmen, most of whom had already done a hard day’s work and must have felt the continued standing to be very tiresome. Messrs Davies, Akroyd, and Porter continue to hold very successful auction sales every Saturday. At eleven this morning they dispose of a fine lot of firstclass furniture, including a handsome drawingroom suite. The attention of settlers is also referred to the advertisement concerning the stock sale at Makaraka next Wednesday. A large number of entries have already been received, and there being a brisk enquiry for store and fat cattle, a very successful sale is anticipated.

At the carnival at the City Rink on Thursday evening, the Mayor presented Mr Fred Clayton with a handsome cup awarded hv Dr Pollen to the champion sculler of the Gisborne Rowing Club. His Worship dilated on Gisborne’s beautiful rivers ; it was. he said, a pleasing thing to see the youth of the place making use of the rivers for the manly exercise of rowing, and he remarked that euch contests must, when the happy days of youth had flitted by and maturer years prevented the participation in such trials of skill and s’reng’h, be pleasant to retain in the memory. Mr Clayton was budly cheered, and by no nne more lustily than by the sculler whom he had triumphed over in the final heat.

The fiascos that take place in country Courts of Justice arc often funny, but sometimes disgraceful. One of the latter kind is reported as having taken place at Pahiatua, in the ease in which two lawyers—Messrs Tosswil and Gould—were engaged. The first named luminary opined that “ no one but a fool or an idiot ” could have drawn up an information before the Court, at which Mr Gonld naturally enough asked the protection of the Court. The Court did not interfere between them, whereupon Mr Gould attempted to wreak vengeance upon Mr Tosswill in approved able, the latter retaliating by knocking down Gould on the floor of the Cc urt. The policeman present then interfered and the “ debate ” was stopped.

‘Puff’ says: At Stanley’s wedding they had ard another in the belfrey ! Whin th explorer has a tiff with his spouse eihe can drown his voice and awaken his memory by turning on the wedding belle! Or when in ti»Ae to come they want to remember “ the days of their youth”they set the three going and have the Wedding Hymn, the Grand March, and the wedding bells, and possibly the tremulous tones of the bride when she promised to look after her spouse in sickness and in heabh! Stanley was very ill the morning of his marring?, and it made his bride’s voice falter sweetly at that part of the ceremony ’ So the reporters at Home say! A yankee firm pave £lB,OOO for the American riphfa of book! It’s a pood price for rescuing Emin Bay. who has pone back again as soon as be got rid of Stanley ! ”On Stanley, on !” You’ve taken the tide at its flood, and heaven knows where it will land you |