LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 648, 18 August 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

An ordinary meeting of the Borough Council takes place to-night. Probate in the will of Wi te Rangituroa, deceased, was granted by His Honor Judge Scannell yesterday to Te Teira Tiakitai, on the application of Mr Jones.

Through the over-heating of the cool chambers of several of the steamers carrying dairy produce from Wellington to London, the Wairarapa district loses between £5OO and £6OO this season.

A suggestion comes from South Africa to license all imbibers of intoxicating liquors in the same way as game licenses are issued. It is imagined that there would be a vast increase in the revenue if an annual license cost twenty shillings.

The Auckland Herald puts it neatly:— We all regret for ourselves that we did not come into the world with silver spoons in our mouths, but we can all see that it would never have done if everybody had arrived with such luck. TThe local branch of the Salvation Army has been having a " special go ” since the arrival of Adjutant Bishop. There have been crowded attendances at some of the meetings, and it is expected that the interest will be still further increased during the week.

The following little extract from a Wellington journal will show the sort of opponen's Mr Ballance has to contend with :—“ We should recommend him (Mr Ballance) to join some company of strolling players, where his capacity for poor acting would find scope, and his chameleon nature congenial surroundings." That dreary prophet Captain Edwin has for the last few months been remarkably accurate in his weather prognostications. One time it was otherwise, but now much of the joy is being taken from life by letting us know beforehand that miserable days and nights are to be our lot at stated periods. The present seison, though it has made the roads unpleasant for travelling, is regarded as an excellent one by the farmers. There has been no bitter cold weather yet to interiors with the lambing season, and a large percentage is anticipated, Yesterday the Trust Commissioner granted certificates to the following deeds: Lease from Amirin. Tipoka to P. Takamoana, of Okahuatiu, 2c ; conveyance from Tamati Tuawaru to A. McLean, of Okirau, D; transfer from same to same of Takopa No. 1 B.

At the furnishing house of Mr E. G. A. Reynolds there is a handsome old English sideboard, which Mr Reynolds has himself constructed and polished to the order of a gentleman in town, The nay the work has been done is a credit to Mr Reynolds. At Waerenga-a-hika on Saturday afternoon the Gisborne Wavarley Football fifteen (juniors) played a combined team of the Waorenga-a-hika School and College Clubs, After a good game the Utter won by seven points. Tea was provided by the Bev. E. Jennings, and the players all appeared to thoroughly enjoy themselves. Wanganui comes a good deal behind Poverty Bsy in the frozen meat industry, but the people are jubilant nevertheless. A recent number 0! the Wanganui Herald begins an article in.this ringing style:—Wednesday should be marked in red letters in the annals of Wanganui, as that on which the first icstalment of frozen meat from the works of the Wanganui Meat Freezing Company was transhipped into a direct steamer off the Wanganui bar for Loodon. It took much time, more persuasion, and unlimited patience to float the Wanganui Freezing Company, against which project powerful opposition was manifested from the first, but the promoters were not to be daunted ; they persevered until success crowned their efforts, and they have to-day the gratification of knowlog thst the success of those efforts has had a marked effect for good on the prospects of settlers on this coast, where fat sheep have doubled their value during the last year.