LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 559, 20 January 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

An ordinary meeting of the Borough Council takes place this evening. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Hospital Trustees will be held on Wednesday evening.

Still they came 1 Sheridan's Fan on the Bristol Company may pay Gisborne a visit shortly. An exhibition of th-- famous phonogrant may also be given in Gisborne at an early date.

It is stated that the Church trouble in Opotiki is leading to a movement to try and get the district included in the Auck land Diocese, thereby taking it from that of Waiapu, The Auckland Herald says that after serving a term of four years in tbs Auckland Hospital, Nurse Gifford has resigned in order to accept an appointment at the Gisborne Hospital.

The Harvey Minstrels performed at the Theatre Boyal Inst night. There Was a fair hsnk-Bi-at house, and the performers did their but to play up tn a very high reputation with whish they had been credited, There was some misunderstanding last night about the entries for the sports at the Hapara to-morrow. Many who wished to compete said there was no certainty about the distances and therefore nothing decided appears yet to have been done.

We hear that Mr Allen McLean was so dnlighted at the wonderful progress his children had made in thri- H'ghland dancing during his absence in Gisborne, that out of compliment to Mr Stuart, their instructor, ha became a life member of the CaUdontau Sooioty—Napier Telegraph. At the Trust Oommiaaloners' Court yesterday morning, certificates were granted to ths following deeds t—Transfer from Hirini te Kenj to P, H, Bnurke, of Kaiti 1, fl, 3, and 4; also to a deed oi oonflrmation from Eruera Hprcta arid others, and Kate Wyllie and others to Mary Bead Bloomfield, of Umukape.

His Lordship the Bishop of Waiapu delivers a 1 oture in the new Wesleyan Church this evening. The lecture is certain to be a very interesting one, His Lordship’s long experience in India making him specially qualified to deal with <he subject announced. Colonel Simeon has consented to occupy the chair. The catholic spirit shown in oonnection wi h ths naw church is extremely pleasing. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. have recoived the following cablegram from their London office, dated Friday:— •• Tallow is dull of sale. Quotations are un changed since our last telegram. New Zetland Hemp.—Market unchanged. Frozen Meat.—Market firm. The price of beef has .advanced Jd per lb since our last report, but the price of mutton is unchanged." Out-ide journals are making merry at the expense pfbqr local contemporary, which has lately been gu-hing muchly about the music which whilst stealing away the senses by its soft witchery, etc., etc, The merrymakers seem co forget that it is a vary painful thing to have the senses stolen away, be the witchery ever co soft, Madame Burton ever so pleasing, or Mr Smythe ever so affable.

The Poverty Bay Turf Club’s meeting seems (says Hippo in the Telegraph) to have been a most eueoesstnl one for the club, but a disastrous one for the Hawke’s Bay horses. At the Gisborne Racing Club's meeting the week before our horses took nearly all before them, but at the Tmf Ciub’s meeting the local horses had it nearly all their own way, and our horses fared badly. Wakatipu has already well paid bis new owner, and if he continues tn run up to what he can do, there are plenty of chances of several more wins. The HB. Caledonian Society’s annual gathering, to bo held on January 30, bids fair to be a great suoc“gs. For the Caledonian Handicap the sub-dau ial number of 48 entries was received, while tbs entries for tbe other events are also very good. The following handfoape will be of local interest: — Caledonian Handicap : B, Swan, 100yds, 8 ; 220yds, 6 ; 440yde, 7; F. J. Teat, 6. 16. 24. Three Mile Handiaep I C. Swann, 70yda. Hurdles: E. Swan, JOyde. Mile Handicap : 0. Swan, 20yds,

On Saturday last the barque Latterworth was in danger through the aonfherly gale Towards the afternoon the soa rose to a tremendous height, and the barque lost one of her anchors. At 8 o’clock the rale was at its worst, and the vessel com. meneed dragging, but fortunately the wind moderated slightly, and the sea calmed down during tbe evening. The at-amar Hauroto brought up a fresh cable and anchor for the Lutterworth on Bunday. Tbe Southern Gross had also a rough time of It ontside. being oompell-d to seek shelter under Young Nick’s Head, until Sunday

Here is an example cl how discipline is ■uppoted to require that soldiers should b" treated. The ether day tbe Inkerman veterans ot ths Guards were called together to parade on ths anmyersary day. They came, some two hundred men er so, brave with medal and ola-p and the memory of the proudest day in the annals of the artpe. Some formality bad been omitted it was found. Permission had not been asked of the property amhority ; a military critae had bees committed. By tbe order of some hide bound General tbe gates remaiaed shut in the face of the poor old fellows, who were sent oft feeling ysry mush like criminals who bad oauspired to do something dreadful to society. VVbsn one thinks that under such exceptional circumstances there was not one individual at headquarters with sufficient heart and head and sense of the ti'nesii of things, to open the gates and think himself honored hy being allowed to see the parade of these brave old soldiers, spd privileged to put his hind in his pocket and find enough there to warm their o'd hearts—when one realises 'hat, one despairs of the competency of the uuiboritfes. Will the British Army ever be decently commended ?—N.Z, Titnea.