LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 594, 14 April 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr H, O. Wilson, surgeon dentist o£ Napier, has arrived in Gisborne, and can be consulted at Mr G. Foster’s, chem sq Yesterday morning Joseph Irelands was fined £1 or 48 hours lor drunkenness, and it being his second conviction for an indecent act, he was sentenced to 7 days’ imprisonment.

Enormous damage was done by the recent frost to the oyster beds at Whitstable. Although the oysters were at least two feet under water at low tide they died wholesale, the loss thus i- flicted upon two companies alone being £l5 060. At the Polios Court yesterday C. M, Maunsell was remanded on a charge of being illegally in the dwelling house of Mr A. F. Hardy. Bail was allowed, and the case comes on at 10 30 this morning.

Up Ro’orna way two natives went out pig hunting on Good Friday. They shot a pig and one of them advanced to bleed it, but as soon as it felt the cold steel it got up and left. The other native seeing the pig run away, fired and shot hie mate on the shoulder. The woitaded man was removed to the Auckland Hospital, while the pig is still at large. A servant girl, alter having quarrelled with her sweetheart, threw herself over a bridge at Hereford, and was carried away by the current. A young man who sprang after her, under the misapprehension that the girl was his sweetheart, was only rescued as he sank for the last time.

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Company have received the following London market cablegram, dated I Oth April : —“ Tallow is dull of sale ; fine mutton tallow is worth 25s per cwt; good beef tallow is worth 25s 9d. Frozen mutton market dull, and has a downward tendency, price has declined Jth of a penny per lb since last report; lamb has declined £d per lb; N Z. beef, forequarters and hindquarters are worth 3§d and 4gd per lb respectively, At tho Trust Commissioner’s Court yesterday morning oertificatsa were granted to the following deeds :—Leases from Wiki Kuhutanrna and others to J. F. Macaudrew of Te Knta; from Toha Rahurahu and others to J. F. Macandrew of Heru-o-turea, and of Awa-o-totara ; from Peti Morete and others to G. A. Farmer of Mangaoae Ip. Transfers from lehu Nukunuku to J. N. Wildams of Taitai 1B ; from Ropata Wahawaha to W. F. Somerville of Orua No. 1, and Abioteatua No. 3.

A prominent Napier civil servant wanted to go to Te Kuiti overland. He started off with a full supply of every requirement, but unforfortunately delayed hie journey to take a refreshing dip in the water. No sooner had he emerged than what appeared to ba a colony of wild pigs came out from ths bush, and made straight for him, To rush to the nearest tree and shin up it was the work of a moment, but the porkers, apparently hungering for the gore of their victim, remained under that tree for four mortal hours, until some Maoris approached and relieved him from bis naked plight. They explained that the pigs were quite domesticated and only came towards the civil servant because they were accustomed to being fed. It is said that a factory is to be opened in Ireland for the manufacture of buttons from skim milk. The process has been successfully carried out in Norway, and soma very fine specimens of the result were shown at the last dairy show, though those who saw them were requested to keep the subject private. The new material is called lactite, or milk ivory, and it closely resembles r- al ivory, while it can be made any color. The intention is to adapt lactite for such purposes as door handles, electrical fittings, buttons, embossed panels, dados and cornices. There is no end to its uses, however, if it can be profitably made. The wedding of a popular young couple was solemnised in the Wesley Church yesterday afternoon by the Rev. J. Ward. The happy pair were Mr S. J. Stevenson, eldest son of Mr Samuel Stevenson, and Miss E. Cherrington. The church was crowded on the occasion, many remaining in the vestibule. The bride was handsomely attired; the bridesmaids were th« Misses Stevenson (sisters of the bridegroom), Miss Cherrington (sister of the bride), and Miss Chrisp. The groomsmen were Messrs S. Doleman, F. Stevenson, and H. Miller. The organ was played by Mrs Ward, and there was a choral service. The brougham in which the happy couple were eonveyed to and from the church was driven by Mr 3. A. Harding.

It will be remembered (says the Poet) that some time ago a proposal was made in the Petone Borough Council in favor of inserting in all the contrasts a clause requiring payment of current wages. This was looked upon as a very revolutionary proposal indeed, wae declared to be idtru vim, and was in some quarters strongly denounced. When still later the present Minister of Public Works, Mr Seddon, issued an edict against sub-letting of contracts, a similar series of objections were urged, and it was declared to be an undue interference with the relations between capital and labour. In fact, some good old Toriee amongst us no doubt felt a depressing conviction that the country must be going altogether to the dogs when suoh things could be. It will probably astonish, perhaps shook, these well meaning people, to learn that the British House of Commons, on the motion of a member of a Conservative Government, has actually and with perfect unanimity, affirmed both prineiples.

On Sunday the Bev. J. Ward preached his farewell sermons in the Gisborne Wesley Oburch, There were large congregations morning and evening, and at the ooncludiug portion of the evening sermon many of those prtoent were visibly affected, The sermon in the evening was a vigorous exposition of the beneflotal influence of the Gospel, In conclusion Mr Ward made a few remarks concerning himself personally, in which he warmly expressed gratefulness for the kindness extended to Mrs Ward and himself during their residence in Gisborne. He sard hie successor, the Rev. Mr Gibson, expects I to arrive in Gisborne on Monday next, and in writing to him he (Mr Ward) had told him that he would be porfliglly welcomed and assisted in his work here—an assurance which he felt justified in making after his own experience, He added that be believed Mr Gibson was a man who would bo very successful in bis work, While the offertory was being taken up the choir sang “ God be with me till we meet again.” The farewell conversazione is fixed for Thursday night, and Mr Ward leaves for Auckland by the Steamer on Sunday, going on in the same boat as that it) which Mr Gibson i? expected to arrive,