LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 584, 19 March 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

At the Borough Counoll on Tuesday night an aooount from the Bank of New Zealand oame up for discussion. It was an item for a guinea, for the attendance of the Bank's solicitor at an iaterview with the Town Clerk, when the matter of a loan on the Borough properties was under conaidaration. The Council had also had to pay their own solicitor's charges in the matter, and could not see why the Bank ahould charge for the amount. Gr Joyce believed that even if ibe amount were paid tbe auditor would out pase tt. After disouatioa It wae thought tbe payment #•* hardly Werth

At the Police (ourt yesterday a first off-oder was discharged for drunkenness. The nnnuat meeting of the Turanganu Foo'ball C ub takes place on Friday nightat 7-30, at the Masonic Hotel.

As Mr Cannon is relinquishing businosi at the R iyal Hotel he requests a prompt siltl - rnent of all outstanding accounts.

There was a shock of earthquake at 13 minutes past 10 on Tuesday ; it was a very tame shock for such a jol y day, Tbe trophies won at the swimming c >mpetition on Tuesday are to be pool.cl - pr< — sented during tbe course of some local enteitainment.

The privileges for the Toroa race meeting on Eister Monday are to be disposed of by Messrs Pitt aud Davies on Saturday next.

The Whataupoko fellmongery has been purchased by Messrs Bowron Bros., and the management will be in the able hands of Mr J. Corrigan. The local Literary Societies will soon be resuming their ordinary sessions. An ex ceptionally good programme is being arranged for the opening of tbe Union Society. A popular Gisborne Soortsman went up to Tologa with less than £lO in his pocliet— Fortune smiled on him and when he left for home his few pounds had run into triple figures 1 Mails for Auckland close at 7.30 thia ever - iog, at 4 to-morrow afternoon for Welling' n, and at 7.30 on Saturday evening, for Auckland and Australia The Frisco mail abo closes at tbe latter hour, To "Auditor”—Your letter ia libellous. Even with your proper name signed we should not allow you call an individual a " barefaced liar,” io say nothing of the other strong expressions used, though we might agree that your assertions were based on fact.

The fishing boat The Don is still lying in the Tologa Bay river, awaiting a favorable opportunity to sail for Gisborne. The other morning the little vessel went out to sea, but the wind proving adverse, she had to return to an anchorage. Owing to the absence of Captain Winter at the Easier encampment at Palmerston North, Mr J. W. Nolan will act as starter for the Toroa Bieeplechase meeting on Easter Monday. Mr Nolan has on several previous occasions eucdeasfnlly wielded the starter’s flag.

A correspondent writes objecting to ihelate Mr Thompson being called a laborer. We have yet to learn—and hope we never shall—tbai there is anything to be ashamed of in the term used. We wonder what our correspondent’s friends would think if the letter were published above bis name.

Tbe coroner, Mr Booth, yesterday morning held an inquest at the Gisborne Hotel concerning the death of F. J. Thompson. The jury after bearing the evidence returned a verdict of “ Accidental death while bathing,” The funeral took place in the afternoon, and was largely attended. The social and conversazione in connection with the Catholic Church was a great success on Tuesday night, everyone present seeming happy and intent on assuring that all should be so. The instrumental music was provided by Messrs Bpurdle, Hall, and Ormond, and Mr J. Martin was tbe efficient M.O.

Mr Thomson, who has for years been f engaged on the junior teaching staff of the i Gisborne District School, leaves on Friday for I Manatahi, where he has lecaived an appoint ' ment in advance of the one he now bolds, i Mr Thomson has earned the esteem of ali who s know him, and a wide circle of friends will be , pleased to hear of tbe opportunity now offered t him, and in which he is bound to succeed. I Mr B. Finlay is clearing several acres of ' land at Tatapouii, about ten miles from i Gisborne, on the Coast road, He has already ' built a small store, where groceries and I temperance drinks can be obtained. It ia Mr Finlay s intention to erect an accommo--1 dation house, and pickniokers and others can | spend the day in fishing (as boats will ba ' kept on hire) or other amusements.

The Tologa Bay Hotel ia now undergoing a thorough overhaul, and several additions have been made for the convenience of travellers. Adjoining the hotel Mr Kirk has had some excellent training staties built, and these were taken advantage of by the Gisborne horses when up for the races. The proprietor is sparing no expense to make the hotel the best on the coast.

The late F. J, Thompson, who was drowned on Monday night, was in anticipation of a remittance from Home by the next English mall. Mr Watson acted as his solicitor, and on the very day of Thompson’s death they had been discussing the question as to the mail by which the remittance was likely to be to hand. Mr Thompson had got a couple of shillings from Mr Watson to go and purchase a pair of swimming trunks with, saying he wanted to go for a swim but did not wantto risk being summonsed for Daihing without trunks on. He was then in quite a sensible though jolly mood. A so-called temperance advocate made a shocking statement the other evening in regard to a recent death. Such advocacy and exaggerations (to be mild) are likely to be more damaging to the cause than bogus Doctors of Divinity are to religion. If alleged temperance advocates can only make a noise by working upon facte that are assumed they ought to try their hands at manual labor in which the imagination can have free vent without offence to other people or injury to any cause. In the case referred to a prosecution aided by popular subscription is talked of.

Mr Glover, who professes to be a temperance lecturer, gave an address in the Theatre Boyal last night. The Bev. Mr xiyburn occupied the chair, and there was a good attendance. Although the lecturer Had a splendid subject to deal with he seamed to judge that his audience required him to be specially funny, and if be did not succeed in that he was successful in making people laugh—whether at the jokes or not is a moot point. Refinement seemed tu be a aecondaiy matter with the lecturer. We wonder if the Alliance has many more such agents to advocate its cause. At the conclusion of tbe lecture tbe Chairman made a short address, the force of which was iu striking contrast to the lecture; it was sensible in tone, and.straight to the point. Mr Pettie was the only creditor who attended the meeting of Mr Blnney’s creditors yesterday. Mr L. Rees represented the bankrupt, who stated that he filed from pressure by Captain Tucker, and that he had got into th- present difficulty through bis wife being ill, while he had not been able to obtain steady employment since the strike, Mr Pettie thought that the bankrupt ougtit to be able to make some reasonable offer. He seemed willing enough to deal fairly with his creditors, but appears to have labored under the impression that the judgment would be enforced against him at once. It was stated that about £l6 would enable 5s in the pound to be paid, and Mr Coleman adjourned the meeting for a month, to enable the debtor to judge if he could not meet the creditors with some offer.

The Hawke’s Bay Herald makes a ssrious charge in connection with the recent libel action. Our contemporary states" When the case of Casein v. Dinwiddio aud Walker was being dealt with iu the Resident Magistrate’s Court, several letters were put in by Mr Casein as exhibits, and were marked as such by Captain Preece and ordered to be kept by the Registrar. One of these letters was that which we have quoted, Mr Sainsbury, Mr Logan, and Mr Morley (the firm’s managing clerk) subsequently saw that letter, and compared It with the press Copy, and found, aS they allege, that tome words it now contains bare been added. Tbe words which are alleged to be an addition are written in between the last line of the original letter and the signature, and read as follows• and enclose ohecque (sic) payable to De.’ Tbe word • cheque,’ it will be noticed, is spelled in a most unusual manner, Messrs dainsbury and Logan intend writing officially to tbe Lodge on the question ” The Lodge in Gisborne being the senior one will probably have to consider matter.

Church of England country servlceii, Sobd*» nett ’—Waimata 11, Murewai 8, Qtmonfi 3, Makaraka 7 (Holy OoMmtMlooh