LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 593, 11 April 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. Rosie, who is well-known and popular in the district, is now in full swin» with a boot and shoe shop next to Boylan and Co, There is a fine assortment to choose from, and the victorious ‘ f Standard” brand, which won first prize at the Exhibition, is made a specialty of. At the K.M. Court on Thursday judgment for plaintiff was eiven in the cases Urr v, E, Lima, for £2O 13s 4d, bv consent, with costs £1 15s; A. Knefer v. J. Weston, claim £1 Is. b* default with costs 6s ; H. Lewis v. Noko Waiti (Mr Watson for defendant), claim £ll 4s, to be paid in instalments up to August 23* Mr W. Miller, sen., experienced a painful accident yesterday. He was mounted on a set of steps fixed above the doorway of his shop; he over-balanced and the steps fel from beneath him, crashing the window, while he was precipitated on to the pavement. He was dazed for a time and sustained a few nasty cuts and bruises. A meeting of the Charitable Aid Boarl was held on Thursday, there being present: Messrs Joyce (in the chair), Harding, Hepburn, Coleman, Townley, Taylor, and Wbinray. Altogether 13 adults and 10 children were getting relief during the month. The amount estimated to be required for the year was stated to be £5OO, £2O more than last year.

The complimentary and farewell conversazione tendered to the Rev. J. Ward is announced to take place at the Theatre Royal on Thursday next. There is not much doubt but that the gathering will be a great success, and a fitting testimony of the public appreciation of the earnestness, self-sacrifice and energy of the pastor whose duty now calls him elsewhere, A Featherston correspondent says:— { * The trucks on the Wellington-Wairarapa line, capable of carrying 3000 sheep, have been running night and day since October, so great has been the demand for them. In 24 days of the Last month (February) no less than 31,000 sheep passed through B'eatherston, and the increase in the trade may be gathered from the fa-t that in 1881 only 30.0 >0 sheep were trucked during the whole year.” With reference to a re*?°nt fire in W >odville the Examiner SB'S : “ A strong north-west wind blowing at rhe time greatly assisted the progress of ihe ftames, and when the fire brigade arrived the building was almost burned to the ground, together with stables •nd outbuildings and a quan'i-y of hay at the rear of the place. So rapidly did the fbe spread that the occupant*, six females, were barely able escape wi h their ii»ea. Two of them were forced to jump • distance of fourteen feet from & window of the upper story. Both of them severely sprained their ankles, and one was seriously injured in the spine,” It is a rare occurrence when one native sues another for wages, but lately there have beeii several cues of that kind in Gisborne. Ou Thursday, at the RM. Court, Karuitiann Pahau sued Hemi Wa*ka and others for £27 10s 6d, for twelve months’ work as a shepherd, Mr L. Rees was for plaintiff and Mr Notan for defendant. The. defence wae that the claim ant had never been engaged by the defeudarvs, but substantial evidence was given in his favor, some of the defendants themselves acknowledging the justice of the cl lim, and judgment was given for the amount, with £4 7s 6d costs, Mr J. Poole, surveyor, has just perfected an invention for destroying rabbits in their burrows, which is considered a most feasible and economical method of ex ermiuating the pest. By a combination of pipes, smoke is forced from a furnace, burning charcoal, into the burrows. The fumes of charcoal follow the smoke, being joined on their way by five of the most volatile and poisonous ga-es, which are generated automatically. The whole apparatus is driven by an automatic fan, and can be wheeled about in a birr »w or packed compactly in a box for long journeys. It is understood that patent rignts are to bo applied for in the various colonies, a’flo that each machine will in all probability not cost more than £2o.—Sydney Mail. “Mercutio” tells this story in theN.Z Herald :—A certain professor was journeying up the coast. His genial nature had won him many friends, one of whom took the liberty of cracking a little joke at his expense. It must be premised that the professor’s head is of the bright and shining order, being quite destitute of hair on the top. One day there came on board at a way port a gentleman whom we will call Johnson, known to the professor’s friend, whom we will dub Wilkins, when the following little colloquy took place Wilkins: Why, Johnson, how are you? Here, let me introduce you to my friend, Professor Archie. Professor: Pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr Johnson. My name, however, is not Archie, but Archi—bald. Wilkins: Oh, yea I I knew that quite well, but I thought I wouldn’t hurt your feelings by saying so, as Mr Johnson can see it for himself 1

At the Palmerston North encampment one of the Permanent Artillery was rather neatly done by a coup'e of Napier Navals. He had travelled all the way to the watertaps, and after some trouble brought back a bucket of water to refresh himself with a wash This he placed carefully outside the tent, and went to get a towel. At that m meat the two navals aforesaid hopped across, seized the bucket, removed it to their tent, a few yards away, and when the Artilleryman came out with his fowl, were vigorously washing themselves. He never suspected them. Another member of the Naval corps did not come off so well with his attempt to make a rise. Straw for bedding was rather short, and he espied an apparently empty tent with a good supp’y temptingly near. To m »ke a rush for the tent aud tak« up a good armful was the work of a moment, but a vo'ce from the tent commanding the venturesome robber to stop, caused him to look round, and he found hi was depriving the commanding officer of some of his bedding. At nearly every meeting of the Charitable Aid Board there is a discussion about what is io be done in regard to an old men’s refugp, and it came up again on Thursday. Mr Whinrav favors the obtaining of some land on the Haiti and the erection of a cheap but suitable building, making the men do work in the garden, The Mayor said the question of expanse prevented their doing anything in that direction, but he tbougfic it might be possible to u»«e the Borough cottage, putting the men on rations. It was resolved to appoint a commit'ee to consider the whole question, Parnell Orphan Home claimed £126 on account of the Ashdown children on beha'f of whom the benevolent Society had made an arrangement The Secretary said some of the money had been paid and had probably got mixed up with Mark Rawlings’ embezz ements. The father he considered was now well able to pay for the children, and he thought some of them were able to go out and work, if they had not already done so. There was a sum of £52 in hand, paid by Ashdown on account of the Benevolent Society. It was decided to reply, offering to remit the £52, but acknowledging no further liability.

Curious (writes Atticus) that all living regal peißonagea are such angels, and most of the dead ones quite the reverse. The thought came into my head when I was reading " our travelling correspondent’s” field night at tbs Colonial Institute. Hnw they dii butter up H R.H, to be sure ! What a noble prince, to take so much trouble about distant eolonies, as was manifested by his allowing nirrtHelf to ba made president of the Colonial Institute and of the Melbourne Exhibition ° and, above ail, by his having started the Imperial Institute, out of which several of his seedy friends hope to get fat billets at (he colonial cost I George the Fourth, when a live Prince or fting, was spoken to in similarly fulsome fashion. Look how Scott sang hia praises, and almost kissed his feet. Thackeray describes bow when the obese monarch wpnt to Edinburgh Scott rushed on board the royal yacht to welcome the King to his kingdom of Scotland, seized a goblet from which bis Majesty bad just drunk, vowed it should remain for ever as an heirloom jn his family, clapped the previous g’ass in his pocket, and sat down on it and broke it when he got home.” Scott writes in bls diary concerning George as though be were an epitome of all ths virtues. Thackeray takes & different view. Who shall say how a tulare Thackeray may ot our preaeht ILBJI, ?

During the late fires on the Ardachie run in the Western district, Victoria., a small mob of rams was burned. They huddled closely together and five of them died standing up, and they remained in that position for some few days after the fire had been extinguished. A great many people who heard of the curious state of things were incredulous, but going to see for themselves believed.

At a meeting nf the Garrison Band held on Thursday night Mr T Morrison was reelected to the position of Bandmaster ; Mr H. J. Reed, Secretary ; Mr E. J. Spurdie. Sergeant, and Mr T. Morrison, sen., Corporal. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the officers for their past year’s services, especially to Bandmaster Morrison, who has been un tiring in his efforts in coaching the young members. A special prize is to be awarded at the end of the year, to the junior member who makes the most progress. The Tasmanian Mail reports an interest ing experiment as having been carried out by Mr Moses Ward, of Holebrook place, Hobart, who recently put a large boar under the influence of chloroform for the purpose of operating on him. The pig was a very large one, and, moreover, rather savage, but less than 2oz. of chloroform prostrated him. It was applied on a piece of lint, which, when held near to his nose, he bit at savagely and retained between his teeth, unconscious of the fact that it was rendering him he’pless. When the antesthetic had taken effect a man jumped into the stye and performed the operation, and about 20 minutes afterwards Mr Ward aroused him. He moved about freely, and never appeared to suffer anything 1 from what had. taken place-—he did not lose more than a quarter of a pint of blood. This is doubtless due to the absence of the struggling that w »uld have taken place if the operation had been performed in the common way. There is no difficulty, or any skill needed in applying the process.

A shocking burning accident occurred at Lurgan a few weeks ago, whereby a woman named Jane M’Mutray was almost burned to death in her husband’s presence. The husband had a paralytic shook two months ago, and since then he has been lying utterly powerless in bed in the kitchen. Mrs M‘Murray has lo'»g been subject to epileptic fina, and ’vhile performing some household dtvy, H he was struck down in a fir, aud fell with h j r face aud-part of her breast right across the fire. The unfortunate hu«baad, lying ptralyaed in the bed only three feet away, could render no aid whatever, and hi* feeble cries for kasistanoe were unheard The piteous moaning of the house dog, how ever, attracted a neighbour, Mrs 8011, who rushed into the house and discovered Mrs M'Murray still lying on the fire, and almost burned to death. Her face is bo badly burned ag to be almost unrecognisab'e. Most of her left breast is literally burned away Her fingers are burned off, and other grave in juries have been sustained, Husband aud wife are now iu the hospital. Mr Stead, in ihe January number of the Review of Reviews, deprecates the assertion of those who say he is responsible tor the literary part of General Booth’s scheme. He simply acted as scribe, under the General’s orders, in reducing the bulky material into shape. His position, he says, was strictly subordinate through mt, and in this conneo tion ha relates a oharactftris'ic anecdote. He had objected to some subsidiary proposal of his in connection with the farm colony, and said, “ I really cannot have this ; it ta preposterous.” The General turned sharply round upon him, “Cannot have this! Pray, and what do you mean by you cannot- hive thia? Is it your book, or mine, then, that we are busy with?’ “General,” replied Stead, “it is your book. lam only a scribe under your orders, and if you desire to advocate, let us eav polygamy, I will obey you implicitly, and put the chapter in praise of polygamy into the book. Only before allowing any such deadly heresy to appear, I claim, as your scribe, full right of expostulation and protest.” He (the General) laughed and the work went on. I have never,” continues Stead, “ found the General inclined to enforce his famous dictum, “ Do as you are told, and don’t argufy !” He was always moB . reasonable.” Complimentary and Farewell Conversazione to Bev, J. Ward, Theatre Royal, Thursday evening, April 16h. Music, adiresses, etc., etc. Public invited. Tickets,