LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 624, 23 June 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A newspaper addressed to Mr Adams, Christchurch, is detained at tha Postoffice, being insufficiently stamped. The old brewery premises in Lowe street have been epeoially fitted up for the wholesale business of Messrs Dunlop and Bourke, and for receiving and dumping wool. An ordinary meeting of the Borough Council will be held this evening, when the applications are to be in for the vacancy of Town Clerk, Ore Coleman, Hepburn, and Harding ere away from the district. A strange trick appears to have been perpetrated by a young man for whom w»«n is now being tpads. Ha naught a valuable brood mare from Mr G, Soott's run at Willows, rode tha animal into Saturday afternoon sold her to Mt M. Hal' for £6, having first shown the purahaesr a receipt alleged to have been signed by Ml Scott, in the presence of a witness, Mr Hall subsequently sold the mare for a small advanoe in price, and then the real owner got io hear o? the affair. The young man is supposed to hays got away by steamer, but he is not likely to have a long lease of liberty before being called to account far his actions. On Thursday next a lecture of a specially interesting nature will be given, the Rev. Mr. Gibson being announced for that evening on the subject •’Fiii and the Fijians,” Optica! lantern views will be utilised for the occasion, and there is no doubt that the lecture will ba very entertaining and instructive, Mr (yibson has a style of pleasantry that makes it very enjoyable to hear his views on any eubj et. The lecture was given while ho was on the West Coast, and there was a crowded audience, all being bigbly dellabfed With the Opp6t’“ luuiiy they bad availed tbeiuseli't; pt;

Messrs Dunlop and Bourke have just had a large supply of Oamaru potatoes landed. Mr Alox. Keefer reports the sale of three acres on Kaiti at a satisfactory figure. At the Trust Commissioner’s Court yesterday certificates were granted to a tranefer from Heni Rohaiwi to P. McLoughlin, of Kaiti section 290, and to conveyances from Pene Maraora and Tarita Mstaora to J W. Johnson, of the Te Kuri and of the Maraetaha blocks

The following Turangunui team has been selected to go into training for the annual match with the Napier Pirate Football ClubFull-back—A. Wade ; three-quarters —Maude, Matthews, Crawford; halves— Hepburn, H. Burns ; forwards—Robinson, Forest, DeCosta, Leslie, Sherrill, Loomb, Hope, Eaton, Nisbett ; emergencies— Featon, Dunlop, Hooper. The above team (which is subject to alteration) will play in the Cup match next Saturday against Waerenga-a-hika. On Saturday afternoon last a football match Waverley v. Gisborne School was played. Both sides were pretty evenly matched, and the game was a good one. For the School, in the first spell, Evtnson obtained a try. During the second spell Jeune managed to get a try for the Waverly, and Evans kicked a goal, Harris la'er on secured a try for the School, hut no goal was kicked, and the Waverley’s won the game by 3 points to 2.

There is a rumour in Christchurch to the effect that the Canterbury Jockey Club has withdrawn its programme for the season, in order to see how the proposal to deal with the totalisator is received in the House. They propose giving something like £6OO more this season, and will have to give perhaps fully that amount less if the taxation of tha totalisator receipts to the extent of 2j per cent is passed. The football match on Saturday afternoon was between teams selected on the ground, most of the Maoris having shown the white feather. The playing was not brilliant, but the match was of some interest in showing to some extent the material from which the representative team will have to be largely selected. The game resulted In favor of Loomb's side, with a try by Burns, which Crawford converted into a goal, and a try by Hope; Fisher neatly potted a goal for the other side. Among the meet prominent playere were Rees, Loomb, Burns, Fisher, Lewie, Lysnar, Hope, Crawford, Sherrill, Poynter, DeCosta,; Dunlop, Eaton, and a native.

A cable message from London announces the death of a very old and notable personage in Irish politics, the O’Gorman Mahon, M.P. for Carlow. ” The O'Gorman ” had attained a ripe old age, but up to the last be had fought hard in the cause of Irish liberty, He was long over the age of three score and ten when he died, and had seen some stirring scenes in the British Parliament, as well as in his native country. Perhaps the first occasion on which he came into public prominence was at Clare in 1828 during the exciting time of the Clare election, when he vigorously espoused the cause of Dan O'Connell, the Irish '■ liberator,” and greatly aided that member in his subsequent success. He was a picturesque figure in the history of Ireland’s struggle for a higher degree of liberty during the past halt century, Ou Friday afternoon the little church at Matawhero (which was prettily decorated for the occasion) was again the scene of the union of a happy young couple, Ths bride, who wore a charming’ wadding dress, was Miss Cameron, a lady wellknown and highly respected throughout the whole district. The fortunate groom was Mr Arthur Trafford, a settler of about two years’ standing in this district. Miss Mackie and the two little cousins of the bride acted as bridesmaids, and Mr David Caldwell as best man. The Bov. Mr Ryburn performed the ceremony. A dance in the evening (in Mr Stevenson’s Hall, at Matawhero), at which there were about 30 couples present, concluded a very pleasant day, and one which will belong remembered by all who were present at the festivities. At the Mutual Improvement Society last night the question whether the franchise ought to be extended to women at present was discussed. The majority of the speakers were in the affirmative, and the matter was decided in that way. One new member was elected.