LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 563, 29 January 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Hawke’e Bay Education Board have decided to grant additional scholarships, out nt the nurplux Gisborne High School tandr, to Muriel Richardson, May Jones, Annie Drum* mond, Eellie Brown, Herbert Johnston,

The want of accommodation at the Gisborne School is a very serious cause of complaint. Tc-day is the anniversary of Auckland province. It will be observed as a Bank holiday in Gisborne. Mission services are being- conducted in the Boman Catholic Church by the Hon. and Rev. Father Plunkett. The ketch Comet collided with a beacon in the river on Tuesday night. The damage is estimated at £2 10s, which amount has been claimed by the Harbor Board. At the Foresters’ Court on Tuesday evening Ibe C R., Bro. Budd, presented a gold medal to Bro. LeMaiquand, for his zeal in obtaining new members. The P.C.R., Bro. Wildish, was presented with a certificate (handsotne'y framed), as a recognition of his services. Adjutant and Mrs Bishop (Salvation Army) make their first visit to Gisborne next week. Special services have been arranged to take p’ace, besides a welcome teamee'ing. During his visit the Adjutant will make a reference to the great scheme set forth by General Booth. Seven African seamen were charged at Melbourne with refusing duty. Two agreed to return, but the others kept stroking their throats and said the cap'ain could cut their throats if he liked, but they would not go back. Four divorce cases are already set down for hearing at the next si ting of the Court, at Wellington, viz., Wastneys v. Wastneys (the respondent being a baronet), Moffat v. Moffat, Bailey v. Bailey, and Hirschberg v. Hirsohberg. Mr Jellicoe is for the petitioner in each case, A meeting of the members of the Fire Brigade was held last night, when the Mayor (Superintendent Townley) presented the prizes won at the recent competition. The members passed hearty votes of thanks to all who had given assistance in regard to the competition. A mounted inspection parade of the East Coast Hussars took place last evening. Calouel Shepherd inspecting. The muster was not a large one. but the movements were good, and the Colonel highly complimented ths troop. Ths movements took place in Captain Tucker’s paddock, and nearly two hours were occupied. Constable Ryan has reported in regard to the bunting to death of an old Maori woman at Puatae. She slept alone in the whare, her husband being away. The other natives heard nothing unusual during the night, but next morning they were horrified to discover that the whare was burned down and the charred remains of the woman were among the ashes. The fire is believed to have been caused through the woman's want of care. On Tuesday evening the first heat ot the Gisborne Junior Bowing Club's trial fours was contested. The oraw ot which P. Reid was stroke had a comfortable victory over F. Henderson’s crew. List night the winning crew met that of J. Morell. For some distance the crews kept level, and for a few lengths they pulled stroke for stroke, but Reid’e crew had a superior style and when the bridge was reached the race was no longer in doubt, Heid winning by a couple of lengths. The paragraph which appeared in our last issue in regard to Mr Frank O'Meara was not bo correct as his friends would wish. Mr O’Meara was asked to represent Dunedin at the champion athletic meeting at Auckland, and he intended to do so, but then found that ho oou’d not get time to train, without which it wou'd be useless to compete with such warm company. He therefore only goes up to Auckland as a spec ator at ths athletic meeting. The Rev. Mr Beecroft, who paid Gisborne a visit a few months ago, la to arrive from Napier to-morrow morning. In the evening he delivers a lecture at the Wesleyan Church, the lecture being descriptive of London life. Those who previous'y hoard Mr Beecroft lecture will be glad of the opportunity to hear him again, and those who have not heard him should not miss the opportunity to do so. He has afu l fund of information and has a most pleasing delivery. An American writer tells of the decline of athletics in England, due to the excessive betting. Sprinters, he writes, were betting they would win their heats. S >me were hotting that other competitors would win their heats; in fact, owing to the many contestants, and number of heats, the combinations and odds were more numerous than would be found at important horse races. Some athletes are actually kept by the bookmakers, and they run according to order. Every now and then the Amateur Athletic Association disqualifies an athlete for running suspiciously, but although such cases happen quite regularly, their number is nothing compared with those who are left unpunished and ply their trade so openly and contimionsly. A party of ladies and gentlemen went out to the barque Lutterworth yesterday afternoon, in the launch Noko, to bid farewell to Captain Strea'er and o'hers on board of the departing vessel. The gentlemen entertained themselves by helping to heave the anchor—an entertainment that got to be rather monotonous as it gradually dawned on the unsophisticated landsmen that the cable was many times longer than in their estimation it should have been. Toasts were drunk to the success of the Captain and crew, wishing the vessel a speedy voyage. A spanking breeze sprang up about seven, and the barque went off beautifully, the Noko following her out for some distance. The vessel got clear of the bay about eight o’clock. The accused in the alleged horse stealing case before the Court yesterday is an intelligent looking young man, not 17 years of ago. He seemed quite at ease throughout the case. The remarkable thing about the affair is that everything was done so openly, the accused s vying he had bought tbo horse. But on the other hand the youth from whom he says be bought the mure, denied knowing anything of the alleged sale, or the giving of a receipt. He also said he could not write, but of course that would not prevent his putting his cross to a receipt. Constable O'Reilly, the Opotiki officer, is a splendid stamp of a man, audio the matter of strength there would be few men that would be on equal terms with him. His mareive appearance ought to be enough to make any turbulent native quail. The mare about which the case has arisen is a mistrable animil to look at, but gets credit for being deceptive in the matter of looks.