LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 631, 9 July 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tne ordinary monthly mooting of the Charitable Aid Board will be held thia afternoon at 3, at the County Office. Mr Booth, Commissioner re the Taruheru footbridge, deals with the subject tomorrow. Mr H. Lewis is now holding a “ great slaughtering sale ” of drapery and clothing. , staging of Little Lord Fauntleroy at he Theatre Royal on Tuesday night waa one 0! the prettiest things of the kind seen in Gisborne. We have to record the advent to our town of Mr St. John, a musician of no mean ability, not long from England, and a graduate of Trinity College, London He has come here with the intention of forming a teaching connection, which he should have no difficulty in doing, as he would soon enliven things in our little musical world.

The following tenders were (received yesterday by Mr Finneran, architect, for the erection of a dwelling house for Mr C P. Browne, on North Gisborne: J. Ponsford £319, W. O. Skeet £2Blloa, J. Machrill £277, B. Robb (accepted) £267 16s. The plan of the house is a very nioa one, Whoever has the management of affairs at the Theatre Royal seems to ba of an airy disposition. It is a oommon thing on a oold night for some windows to be open on each side of the hall, thus adding to the discomfort of the cold, the danger that is attached to such a system of ventilation; a knowledge of the nature of air currents should lead to this being avoided, The other evening, just before dusk, a 11 morepork ” came to roost on the chimney of a house in Feilding. It was driven away, but returned, and one of the family expressed uneasiness over the matter, ae it was a ” certain sign of death.” Sure enough, a death did occur in the house that night, and now another “pretty Polly ” is wanted to occupy the empty cage—Mercury.

On Tuesday morning Mr W. L. Hall, a clerk in the Native Land Office, was found dead in hia bed. He had been ailing for a long time past, and on going home on Monday evening he complained that he was getting weaker. He was about 58 years of age, and was a man much respected by all who knew him. He had experienced eonie ups and downs in his life, but had always borne the highest of characters. An inquest on the body resulted in a verdict of death from natural causes, with a rider that an inquest was not necessary in the circumstances.

The H.B. Herald tells a little tale of how it is done in Napier. An alleged ' swell ’ got drunk on Thursday night, and was taken to. the lock-up. When he soberod up he bailed himself out by depositing £l, giving the name of William Rayburn. He was called at the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday by hie " nom de jug,” but did not appear, and his bail was estreated. Can the man not be arrested for giving a false name, and made pay again at least under his proper name ? t Great interest is manifested in football circles, ae on Saturday next the last cup match of the season will take place, Turanganui meeting Gisborne for the second time this year. On the last occasion these clubs met Gisborne won by 8 points to 3. The match this week is expected to prove a very exciting one. As the Turanganuians are training hard in the hope of turning the tables on the blue and blacks, and as the supremacy for the cup rests on the result of this match, the Gisborne team will no doubt be up and doing to retain their laurels. The following curious illustration of the one man one vote system, which is notexaotly in accord with the theory advocated by Sir George Grey, is taken from the Wairarapa Observer:—There is only one ratepayer in the Dry River Irrigation District, Mr Coleman Phillips, and he ia the only applicant for the proposed work. Notwithstanding this, all the machinery of the Act has to be put in motion, the same as if the district was thickly populated. The usual notices have to be inserted in the papers, a returning officer has to be appointed, and if Mr Phillips does not come forward to record his vote, the proposed loan for the work will fall through.

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