LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 599, 25 April 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dr Heale is gazetted a public vaccinator at Gisborne. The building trade is very brisk in Woodville, H.B. A school reserve o! two acres has been made at Tinirolo, The To Anau does not arrive from South until Munday morning. Great interest taken in the School Committee elections next Monday. There is likely to be a large number of applicants for custodian of the Old Men’s Home. There are 100,000 depositors in ths Savings Bank, with deposits amounting to nearly £2,500,000.

“ Politico ”: If your suggestion is made to the Liberal Association it will no doubt be considered and we believe adopted.

So as to allow householders to attend the annual school meeting the olfiee of the Building Society will be opon for the receipt of payments on Tuesday evening next instead of on Monday. A correspondent who referred attention to the new scheme for the Old Men’s Home will find on looking at the conditions that what he fears in the way of imposition has been provided against. Mr Massingham, the able journalist who contributed greatly to the success of the London Star, resigned because the new proprietors wanted to tone down his zeal for the Labor cause. The establishment of a second meat freezing place in Gisborne is mooted, and it is believed by those who ought to know that there would be a good prospect of success, and plenty of room for healthy competition. An intelligent Melbourne compo. informed the public that a celebrated defendant was “nervous and dissipated.” The reporter says he wrote “ dispirited ” ; five experts translated the scrawl variously—disputed, despoiled, dysentry, disunited, and desperate. Captain Garbust, of the Salvation Army, left Gisborne last night for South. He has lately had a trying time on account of the illhealth of Mrs Gaibutt. A farewell coffee supper took place at the meeting house on Thursday night, and was well attended, Last night many of the Captain’s friends went to bld him goodbye st the wharf.

There was a large attendance at the opening meeting of the Union Literary Society, on Thursday evening, the President (Rev, Catton Fox) being in the chair. Ths subject of the debate was “ It is undesirable that capita! punishment ba abolished,” MrR. N, Jones took the affirmative, and Mr J. W. Bright the negative, and the question was well debated, ths Chairman, Mr Crawford, Rev. H. Williams, Messrs Greenwood, File, Wilson, and DeLautour also taking sides in ths discussion. On a vote bring taken Mr Jones’ side had the advantage by oigbt votes. Next Thursday there will be ”An evening with Dickens.” From the great interest shown in the opening meeting of the session the Society ought to have a very successful term this year. Mr Booth, R.M., disposed of the following civil cases On Thursday last; —D. Kydd v. J. W, Thompson, claim £l4 4s 6d ; Mr Pay for plaintiff; judgment for £lO 18s 9d, costs £1 3s. W. Fraser v, Peta Hapi, claim £1 ; judgment by consent, costs 6s. B. Little v. B. Craig, claim £5 ; Mr Watson for plaintiff; judgment for amount, costs £1 7s. A. Keefer v, E, Clements, claim £2 2s; judgment by consent, Costs 6s. Judmsnt summoneoa™/. Cassidy v. A. Ward, claim £l4 7s 9d; an order for immediate payment was made, execution to be stayed for three months. J, Mullboly v, E. Thomson, claim £9 7s; the defendant was ordered to pay the amount claimed forthwith, estecutioq fo be stayed for one week.

The Police Court was occupied up till one o’clock yesterday in hearing the charge of forcible entry preferred against F, Hall, A, Ward, and H. W. Williame- by J. M. Arundel, Mr L. Rees appeared for the prosecution, and Mr DeLautour for the defence. After hearing the evidence of J. Siglcy and F, Hall, the Bench committed the accused to take their trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court. Boil was allowed, each defendant being bound over on h>s own recognisance in £lO. In his evidence Mr Hall said he had not heard until the day of the row that the informant claimed to be more than manager of the shop. When the arrangements were being made Arundel said Hall bad been a good friend to him, and he would work at the business just for his food, but Hall said he would not expect such |a thing, and suggestcu an allowance ol £2.a weelt out oi llie buulucsS. with housS rent,,

“ The little tagrag race meetings held round Melbourne, go cronker every year,” says one paper. The recent Hartlepool victory for Home Rule, is declared to be for Home Rule minus Parnell. In Danevirke district about 2.000 acres of land have been this year cropped with turnips for sheep feed. Mr W. Adair has secured for his business the services of an experienced dressmaker from a leading house in Dunedin. The Napier News vigorously denounces the Education Board for the way it rushed through the business on Tuesday. The clerk of the H.B. County Council has collected the whole of the rates dua» to the Council (£6000), with the exception of £39. When the mail left it was confidently said the Boers and Englishmen were on the best terms, and against the Portuguese. To-morrow afternoon, at Whinray’s Hall, Mr F. Douglas will make a discourse upon certain apparitions with which he claims to have been favored. A woman conducted her own case in Wellington—she abused the lawyer on the other side, rated the bailiff, and concluded by saying that she was too honest for this world, and that was how she was imposed on, so it was. Wo have received a copy of the first issue of the Mercury, the new paper at Marton, edited by Mr C. Wilson. The journal has a very •'promising appearance ; is well written, attractively got up, and looks healthy from an advertising point of view. It is bound to be a popular journal, and the people of the district should feel a special pride in helping it by their support. At the R.M. Court on Thursday a case of Gisborne Hospital Trustees v. Henry Pollen, was called. It is a claim for £9 2s, the cost of removing telephone to Dr Innes’ house, which, it is alleged, defendant in July last undertook to pay. Mr Jones, who appeared for plaintiffs, said notice that the defendant intended to have evidence taken in Wellington had been lodged, and therefore the case must be adjourned. It was accordingly adjourned for one week. It will be remembered that Dr Pollen justified his refusal to carry out his promise on the ground that the Trustees had acted discourteously io not nominating his successor—Dr Johnston—to the position of Hospital surgeon. Church of England country services Karaka 11, Ormond 3, Te Arai 3, Makaraka 7.