LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 587, 26 March 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

To avoid the necessity of the Standard employees working on Good Frid«v, thenwill be no issue of this journal on Saturday n xt.

There will be a great day in Gisborne on Monday next.

Tha first event cf the regatta on Monday oegins at 9 in the morning. The shooting for he champion belt of the Hussars begins at 10 to-morrow morning. Tho mAmWrs of the Fire Brigade had a highly satisfactory wet practice last niaht. At the pigeon march near Napier last werk, Mr Whittle used tbs Binokelees powder. Mr Johnson, surgeon, notifies that all aecoun’H owing to him must be paid to Mr C. F. before April 1.

Ladies will be admitted free to the Toroa racecourse on Monday. The first race is timed for half past 11.

The prisoner Hohepa te Pure, who re cently escaped from custody at Waipiro, wm re-arrested in the bush, three miles from Waipiro.

Rome friends who attended the funeral of a young English lady had a novel »xperienoM 'he o’her dav. A few weeks before the ladv had sung “ Nearer my God to Thee ” into a phonograph, and afer the funeral ceremony the hymn was reproduced.

To the Editor : Sir,—As lessee of the British Empire Hotel, I should like you to state that I did not publish the notice appearing in your issue of to-day (March 21) alluding to my house.—Yours truly, T J. Dickson.

At a committee meeting nf the Gisborne Junior Rowing Club, the following crews were selected to represent the club at the regatta: F. Muir 4, P. Reid 3, D. Watt 2, J- Morrell bow. E. Wilkinson 4, F Henderson 3, H. Smith 2, H. Johnston bow.

The Gisborne Co-operative Store is now making steady progress under the management of Mr J. Lewis, and is increasing in popularity in town and country. It offers exceptional facilities to nhareholders, who not nnly enjoy the ordinary advantages, hut participate in an annual division nf profits. The Association has the advantage nf being able to buy goods through tha Associations in other towns, which apnly themsMves to the work of enabling the farmers to obtain relief from the charges of middleman. Th? business faping strietiv on the ca?h principle customer* get the benefit.

According to the London Star, a man who is supposed to have been a lunatic committed suicide in a fearful v ingenious manner last month in the ohurch of St, Michel, Havre, while evening service was proceeding He had saturated his c’othing with paraffin, and tied round hh neck a cord to which was attach'd under hla clothes b xes of matches and bunches of wood chopped flue. He went tn the church aurreprltlona’y, pu r some paraffin in a plate under the spot where he was seated, and 86 r fire to It. _ He was instantly enveloped in firnies. His body was disfigured beyond recognitiun, A curious thing happened on Tuesday, at lunch time. A fine looking bay mare was running about neighing in an upper street. No one took much notice nf ths animal at first, until some one observed that its leg was all blood, The mare was then caught and an inspection showed that it was bleeding profusely from a gash above the knee, evidently sustained by getting the leg foul of a barbed wire fence. The poor animU was just bleeding to death, and the blood tracks could be seen for a long distance. The leg was ban* d»ged and tended to by an employe* of Mr 0, Whitfield. The mare was then put in Mr O. Wui’field’s paddock and looked after carefully, but no one seemed to ba able to give information as ro ths owner, who may be thankful that mare was attended to before she had bed to death, A notice to the owner is published in our advertising ooiuoms.

The visit on the West Coast of Mr Richardson, the stock hispoutor for the Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast districts, has (writes a Correspondent) had considerable in unsettling people’s minds in revpeet of dii-eaned meat. Th! a especially the case at ttaefton, at which pls&e wsb industriously circulated ibe report that Cfittle on Messrs Walker Bru’s.’ Mnruia run were known to be dheased. In order to have an authoritative denial, Mr George Walker organised

a party pt reputable persons, who visited the run and inspected for solves. In all 466 head of cattle were in~ spected, and all seemed to be perfectly healthy, nub a blemish of any kind being observaole. Tha result of their visit was embodied in a report, duly signed, which certified that there was no djseaefid cattle on the run. The Messrs Walker supplement this by offering a reward of £5O to anyone who will point out a diseased belonging to them, or on their erati n. This will allay tfee uneasiness so far us R ■» ftou is concerned, but in oifier places it will be necessary to take some steps, gauah the appointment of inspsatpj#,

Tne steamer Haurotn, from North, does 006 arrive here till Saturday morning.

Provided there is a fi :o day on Easter Monday the Toroa Meeting, from the ex cellent acceptance list received night, must he a great euccese, and some exciting racing may be safety predicted.

J H. Love, nf Brisbane, af er nine year? residence in Fo 'chow, solemn y writes: - “ t I wish every Aus ruliau to understand is that if he loves his country, and if he loves race, he will give his life, if need be. to keep the Chinese out of Australia” An alleged sham curate was charged at BirnnT, with airioi; hs a clergyman wi hout being i» H >ly Orders. A second cha*ge against him is being inves'iga'ed in London, i-» accused <>f conducting a mock marriage, himself being the bridegroom. He is said io have induced a young lady to leave her home in the country for the purpose of mar«ymg him. It is at-eged 'hat they proceeded to a private house, where he read a portion of the marriage service, and for a time they lived as man and wife.

We understand that a movement is on foot to provide the residents of Mikaraka and Matawhuro with a public hall, a convenience, the want of which has been long fell. Such a building might be utilised as a read ing room, for meetings of the local Debating Society, for entertainments and dan' es, for public meetings, and gymnasium, &u., &c. A meeting will be called shortly to discuss the project, due noti<*e of which will soon appear in our advertising columns. In the m'-antime we wish the movement every success.

A Hokitika correspondent writes :—The rush is going ahead steadily, imt slowly. W*- can still record fresh finds every week, and nearly all of them highly payable claims, but the sinking is deep and th expenses heavy, consequently many are tfraid <r unable to attempt the undertaking. I met with a fair sample of many of our new arrivals the other day. They had come down from Nelson, their passage* being paid for them. They bad a few shillings with them—enough to buy food for a day or two, but that was all They had a look at the rush, and told me they wore very pleased with the prospects, and intended going to Saunders’ contruci on the Hokitika - Grey railway, in order to earn a few pounds so that they coaid set i>> at Back o>eek. Tne track* will soon be in a forward state, giving »h»■niners better facilities for getting theii imber and stores. Already the place i> neginning to assume a settled appearance, although it is not growing half so rapidly as did Rimu, but from present appearances it will be far m >re permanent.

In referring to the Uriwera country the other day, we mentioned the names of several persons who had travelled through it, but omitted the name of one who perhaps most of all deserved to be mentioned—that is Mr J W. Witty, of Gisborne. Mr Witry is one who did a great deal of the re»l work while others who looked after (f No. 1 ” before they troubled about their country, got praise for work not done by them, and even succeeded in getting those claims recognised by the Government of rhe d»y, while some of the real workers were brushed to one side. Mr Witty, at the unanimous request of tne Mohaka natives, was sent out in command of a native expedition. This of course was only one of the expeditions with which he was honorably eonuected, and in his various experiences he was all through the Uriwera, seouriQtf country to the South of Waikaretnoana which there is reason to believe no other European has trodden Had it not been for the success of one expedition with which be was connected, there would have been little chance of Lord Onslow thinking of venturing into the country the other day. Thur-dav‘» Lyttelton Times states The steamer’ wharf at. Lyttelton, yes<erday, pre sented a most animated appearance The ca r-e was the departa-a of h-. rival steamers Jubilee and Tekapo. The former was on the K• < tide of the Wharf d the latter on the W 4, and as both were simply crowded with passengers, the emwd tha' assembled on the wriarf gave one th-< idea that, both Rteamers were going short excursion trips. We would be well within ihe mark in saying that the wharf never before presented such an appear ance on such an occasion. Th** bus'le and Ife were some hing to be wondered at. Passengers hurrying here, porters pushing their way through the crowd, first in that and «h*-n in ano her direction, f iends saving the lant few words nf good- bye, and la«t but not least, the workmen putting on the finishing touches at the w<«rk of loading the steamers. Both steamers had the whole of their ttcoommodttion fully taken up, in fact the Ellis liner bad been shutting out passenger* since early in the forenoon, while the I’ekapo, even with her additional space, had all she could do to fi <d berths for those applying, and a glance down below just before starting time showed plainly that the stewards had th ir hands full. Naturally, so many brought numerous friends to see them off, and the presence of those on the wharves and railway sta'ion gave the place a regular holiday appearance.

The Papal decoration of the Golden Rose appears to bring its recipients the reverse of good luck, if a R'atement recently made in ihe Times (and so far uncontradicted) be accurate. The Paris correspondent of that journal having announced His Holiness’ intention to confer this coveted distinction on Madame Oarnot next year, a “ Constant. Reader ” wrote !—“ Ab »U' forty years ag ) the Rose was sent to King Bomba, nf Naples; in less than a year ba was dethroned. It was sent to Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria; in the following year he was bea'en at Smiowa and Inst his Venetian dominions, Il was sent to Queen Isabella, and within a year she was driven out of Spain. It was afterwards sent to the Empress Eugenie; within a year sh-t was exiled from France. In 1888 it was sent to Princess Isabella, the Regent nf Brazi ; and wi bin a year sh j is an in Europe, and Brazil is a Republic. As President Carnot's term of office will, I presume, be expiring in 1892, he may accept the Rase wbh a light hiart; but it ought, to be an anxious matter for the Austrian Emperor when the box containing the donum exitiale once again reaches Vienna this year.” Ceitai-dy a Ftrango series of—coincidences! How rabid antiOathnlice will revel in the story, if it should stand examination.

Church of England country services on Sunday nextOrmond 11 (Holy Communion), Waerengs-a-hika 3, Te Arai 3, Patutahi 7 (Holy Communion).