The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE. Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. Thursday, August 13, 1891. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 646, 13 August 1891, Page 2

The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE. Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning.

Thursday, August 13, 1891. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Be just and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country’s, Thy God’s, and truth’s.

At the Supreme Court yesterday morning His Honor intimated that jurors not required to serve on the case Rees and Day v. Barker need not attend until io this morning. After 4 yesterday afternoon His Honor said that as there was no likelihood of the case being finished before this morning, jurors not engaged in the case would not be required until 2 this afternoon. At 435 the evidence in the case was concluded, and the issues are to be decided and counsel address the jury this morning. Papers addressed as under are detained at the Post Office, being insufficiently stamped E. Davies, Newcastle; H. Clayton, Napier; Mrs Tombleson, Bar-ton«on-Humber. The Military Social in aid of the Band fund, to be held on Friday evening next, promises to be a big success. As this will be about the last dance of the season a large gathering is expected, especially being for so good a cause.

The annual meeting of the Building Society takes place at the City Rink at 7 o’clock this evening. The report alludes to the amount of defalcations made by the absconding Secretary, and the shareholders will have to appoint a new secretary, and also newly elect three directors.

Mr Joseph Price, of Patutahi, did not respond to his name when called on as a juror yesterday morning. He came in a few minutes later, and in explanation said he had to ride in a distance of 17 miles that morning. His Honor said no doubt there was something in such an excuse, and he allowed Mr Price to be sworn in.

There have been so many instances st people being, “ had ” in Gisborne that a word of -warning seems necessary. Where there are resident agents in the town for any particular concern business should be done through them and not through the agency of mere birds of passage. At the Police Court on Tuesday Patrick Frawjey, who was arrested by Detective Grace on the same morning, on a charge of personating an elector at Danevirke, was remanded to Napier, the case to be heard on Monday. The accused has the appearance of a laborer v/ho would not know much about the laws regulating elections.

Union Literary Society—This (Thursday) evening. Lecture by Mr Hugo on “ Popular Colkquial Slang. ” Free A drnl'-sioa .—Ad vt. The ateinj tender Snark will bs towed down to Napier to-night by the Dings das, at'whlch port she will ba placed on tha slip to jreoelve a thorougli dverßAul.

In referring to the footballer Forest, who last week walked over 35 miles from the country to be in time to leave for Napier, it was not mentioned that in some parts of the journey the ground was covered with three inches of snow. Mr Forest only made a delay of a few minutes for refreshments. He and the other representatives had a very rough trip to Napier, for which place the boat started shortly after he arrived, but he played a good game in the match on Saturday. Those interested in the growth of grain—and who is not ?—will be in a measure concerned by a death that occurred the other day. Mr Smith Ellis, who claimed to have discovered a remedy for rust in wheat, died from heart disease a few days ago, in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens, where he was operating on a portion of ground granted him for the purpose. He was confident of being able to secure the ,£lO,OOO bonus offered for the discovery of a remedy for rust in wheat.

The value of imports into New Zealand for the quarter ended June 30th, was £1,144,271, of which Auckland contributed £284,594, Wellington £234,164, Lyttelton £187,010, and Dunedin £282,342. The value for the corresponding quarter of 1890, was £1,258,273. The exports last quarter were valued at £2,3ls,l24—Auckland contributed £254,234, Wellington £282,060, Napier £212,710, Lyttelton £457,471, and Dunedin £390,416. For the corresponding quarter last vear the total was £2,252,958.