LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 591, 7 April 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A mob of fine fat beef, from Mr E. Murphy’s panikau station, crossed the Whataupoko bridge early on Sunday morning last, their destiny being the freezing works. s. Messrs McPhail (Chairman), Tombleson, Barker, Reid, aud Harris attended a meeting of the Waimata Road Board on Saturday. The loan of £7OO under the Local Bodies Act has been granted, and at next meeting the Board will proceed, by special resolution, to strike a rate of 3Jd in the £ to secure the interest on the loan. Mr Gray waa given authority toongage a surveyor to make n report on roads reqa'u’ed, by UaSt meeting. Tae amount of JBoiss, neoi’ited from, the I m,ml tuail, wan Mlwalettii

A meeting of the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union will be held in the Masonic Hotel at 7.30 to-morrow evening.

Tauranga’s only racing skiff waa shipped off to Auckland the other day. It ia sad that there should be so little life in a place with such a fine harbor.

The Tauaranga Times thinks that a nice trade in smoked fish could be done with Southern towns now that the Union boats again make calls at Tauranga. By the Napier Telegraph we notice that the rowing representatives in high terms of their treatment in Gisborne, the dispute over the Poverty Bav-Union race being mentioned as the only thing to mar a most enjoyable trip. A correspondent of the Auckland Herald says in regard to Mr Darrow’s offer of £5OO for Te Kooti to go to Australia, the chief attraction he could be to sightseers would be as the slaughterer of men, women, and children. The Opotiki Mail considers that district one of the finest in New Zealand. For its size no doubt it is, and when the public exchequer gets a little easier, an overland mail service between Gisborne and Opotiki ought to be an assured thing. The principle upon which Ministers propose to bring about the reform of the Legislative Council, in the Bill they are preparing for the consideration of Parliament, ia that of limiting the tennre of seats in the Council to seven years, in regard to all future appointments. There was a good attendance at the meeting of the Mutual Improvement Society last night, prior to resuming the session of the Society. Great interest was shown by the members, and it was decided that the first meeting should take the form of a social, on the 20th inst., when the Rev. Mr Gibson will be present. By the proposed amalgamation of Borough offices it is esrimared there will be a saving of £207 a year. Under rhe proposed system there would be a chief clerk at £3OO per annum ; second clerk and wharfinger, £2OO ; third clerk. £100; fourth clerk, £65; ra’ea and rent £65 15s,

Nine members attended the meeting of the Acclimatisation Society on Saturday. It was decided to lower to ten shillings the fee for shooting imported game, to procure three fallow deer from Auckland, and to ask each member of the Society to undertake not to intentionally fire at a hen pheasant during the season. At the meeting of the Kaiti Road Board yesterday, Messrs Harris (chairman}, Ponsford, Matthewson, and Liddle were present. A special meeting la to be held on Monday next, when tenders for new works are to be in, and when there will be considered the question of compensation to Mrs Ponsford for a road taken through section 263. The last number of Typo to hand cornea in a new form, for it has now been incorporated with Messrs Lyon and Biair’s Monthly Record and Review, Mr R Coupland Harding retains the editon-bip, and while Typo will still continue to represent the printing Graft, it will have the assistance of contributors to the Record and Review. In fact, wi'hout pretensions, it will soon have achieved a standing for which magazines like Zealandia might strive in vain. A man named Anderson yesterday did a plucky thing, A horse attached to a spring cart bolted, and was turning from Gladstone road round Customhouse street corner, making straight for a trap containing a Maori woman, when Anderson rushed forward, seized the hor?e by the head, and diverted its course. It then dashed against a tree near the post office, and Anderson fell

under the horse and received some nasty bruises about the face. The horse broke free from the trap when the collision took place. The Matawhero Literary and Debating Society was re-opened on Friday evening, in the form of a social gathering. The attend-

ance was the largest yet noticed, The President (Mr Birrell) made a few introductory remarks on the pleasure and other benefits derived from the Society, and expressed a hope that all would try to make the present sesssion enjoyable and beneficial in every way. Several ladiee and gentlemen assisted in carrying out a very uood programme, and thus making a thoroughly enjoyable evening to all concerned. During the evening refreshments, liberally provided by some of the lady members, were supplied to the audience.

If the New Zealand Timas report can be relied on—and we feel that it may—the conduct of some of those volunteers at the Palmrrston camp is a most shameful disgrace to volunteering, and would put many ordinary larrikins to the blush. Several of the men got drunk on Good Friday, and attacked a party of Salvationists, breaking up their torches aud smashing their big drum. It would not be fair that the stigma brought down by this cowardly ruffianism should be placed on those who are innocent, and the individuals should, if possible, be singled out for the severest punishment allowable.

At the Rowing Club’s carnival on Saturday afternoon a curious accident occurred. As Mr Wilkinson was taking part in his clever plate spinning performance, one of the plates broke as it was being caught on the wand. One of the pieces jagged into Mr Wilkinson’s wrist, cutting a vein. He quietly slipped off into the ante-room, hardly anyone being aware of what had happened, but the wound bled very much. It was attended to by Dr Johnston as soon as pos* sible, and he made known that there was no danger, and that with care a few days would leave the cut fairly healed, Mr Wilkinson s good sense in ’Tying to prevent the blood being seen by the the ladies and children is to be highly commended.

The Trust Commissioner yesterday morning granted certificates to the following deeds Lease of Waipiro No 2, or Kaupeka a Haumia, from Mere Taitai and others, to J. N. Williams. Transfer of Kaiti section 280, frpm Hemi Kama and another, to S. R. Cooper. Lease of Whenuakura C, from W. L. Rees, Wi Ptre, and A ra P 6ra Pere, to William Smith. Conveyance of Hotuapaka, from Hone Petl, to Wi Pare and Peka Kerskei'e. Conveyance of Wharaui'angi, from Kparaima Haera, to Harata Whareagaio, Transfer of Kaiti section 261, from Miriama Okelkei, to Herewaka Poata. Transfer of What&tuna, No I, from T. W. Porter and Nikora Kiripsora, to John Clark, Transfer of Kaiti 2875, from Mero Karaka, to 8. R. Cooper, transfer of Kaiti section 898, from Piriniha te ska and others, to S. J. StevGnoon. Transfer of Mokjrau No 1, from Henareßoru and others, to N : B,W. Austral la- seems to have bpcoma goal of New Zealand'Pressmen, from whose ranks the leading Australian journals are constantly recruiting their own Btafts, or giving opportunities to better men than they have previously had In certain branches of the work, Mr J. T. C. Cook, who for seven years had filled the position of sub-editor of the Napier Telegraph, shortly leaves for Melbourne, and on Saturday the members of the literary and compositors’ stafi gathered roiind the “ stone ” in a farewell ceremony. The editor, Mr Price, on behalf of the staflf presented Mr Cook with a handsome photos graphic shield, beautifully framed and illumined, bearing the photo of each member of the staff. On his own behalf Mr Price presented Mr Cook with a handsome set of gold solitaires, Th^ ro waa a little speeohi fylng, in which the marked ability displayed by Mr Cook, and the cordial feeling thathaq existed, were specially referred to.

The inquest on the remains of the late John Bourke was helfi at the Turanganui Hotel on Saturday, before the Coroner and the following jury I—‘Messrs Akroyd (forenjan), Watson, C, Brown, Jlarper, Good, and Suav?. There was nothing fresh elicited, beyond that Mr Langford said that at the state of the tide when Mr Bourke in a man could clamber up again, though if a man was tired he would not find It easy. He had noticed scratches in the slime on one of the blocks as if a man had been trying to get up. Captain Thompson, Constable Reddell, Mr Good, and Sergeant Carlyon also gave formal evidence, and the Coroner stated toe evidence was quite clear for the jury. A verdict qf accidentally drowned while bathing was returned, with a rider that the Harbor Board should ba retlnested to have |a notice put up on the pier, warning people’ against bathing

L ist Wednesday the Wairoa bar was completely blocked up. The Rev. J. Ward will be leaving Gisborne on Sunday week. On Easter Monday 19,700 people patronized the Dunedin trams. There was a great day at Kumara last week, when the wedding of the Rev. Mr Bean to Miss Seddon was solemnised. The Sydney Banks have raised the rate of interest on fixed deposits to 5 per cent, for twelve months. Before leaving Napier Inspector Kiely was, by members of the force, presented with a massive gold chain and locket. The boioughs of Wanganui, Invercargill, and Awaroa will be among those represented at the Municipal Conference at Wellington. A new journalistic venture in St. Petersburg will be printed in fifteen different languages, and it is to be the “ most original and striking monthly in the world.” The H. B. Herald thinks that those members of the Federal Conference who object to the title of Commonwealth because it was connected with Cromwell should be stuffed with sage and onions. A Napier gentleman wrote to London for a a copy of the devotional composition “Tenebnv,” and in reply received a copy of the Referee. As Napier is such a horse-racy place the Londoner did not do so badly. When the Tipperary Court was recently on fire the flig flying from the top remained intact for an astonishing time, and there was great enthusiasm amongst the Nationalists when the flag at last fell among the flames. Mrs Firmstone, of Pahiatua, has died under singular circumstances. She was married on the 24th of last month, and went on her bridal trip by sea. During this she suffered so severely from seasickness that on her return home rupture of the bowels supervened, causing death. In the eyes of loving Conservatives it is a terrible thing for an opponent to be popular. The Hon. Mr Seddon is afflicied with this awful misfortune, and the Hawke’s Bay Herald has nicknamed him “ Sir Banqueteer Seddon.” How Sir Banqueteer must laugh at these funny people, to whom the grapes are so sour.

The Hon. R. Seddon is reported by tbe Grey River Argus to have said that since he had been in office he had found that £ll,OOO of th<3 funds of tbe Harbor Board had heen misappropriated without tbe knowledge of anyone outside the Government. He found that the revenues now available would not enable them to obtain a loan ; but as he considered that the great national work—the harbour works—should be completed, he would go to Parliament and explain the whole ease to them, and he made no doubt that they would obtain full power to get the funds necessary to complete the works according to Sir John Ooode’g plans.

Though it rained heavily on Sunday afternoon, there was a very large prooession of mourners to pay their last respects to the earthly remains of the late John Bourke. Each one who went out to the cemetery had to face almost the certainty of a drenching, but as an indication of the number of friends who were not thus prevented from going, it may be stated that over forty vehicles went out from town, and tbe cortege took six minutes to pass a given point. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. Canon Fox and the Ven. Archdeacon Williams, Bro, Greenwood (Masonic Chaplain) following with the service of tbe Order he represented. At Holy Trinity Church in the morning Canon Fo? made a very touching reference to she sudden death of Mr Bourke, and the hymns selected for the morning and evening services were of a very impressive and beauti ful class, In the other churches the sad event was also referred to.