LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 660, 17 September 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The County Council meets at the usual hour to-morrow afternoon. Mrs Ledger announces that her new season’s goods are now opened up. A big sale of this season’s fruit from trees at Mr Hurrey’s place, is to be made on Saturday morning. Though Tuesday night was miserably wet every Borough Councillor was present at the meeting, and the new Councillors took the usual declaration. At the Police Court on Tuesday J. Shetland was fined 10s and costs 7s, for allowing six goats to wander about the Borough. A prohibition order was granted against J, B. Adams. Our reporter at the junior football match on Saturday appears to hare got so en. thusiaatio over it that he mixed up the names of the scorers on the Arai side, which we are now informed ware—WilHe Ashdown two tries, Tom Hsistnin two tries, and Allan Wilson one try, The continuous rain of the past few days bos had a good effect an soma parts of the country, but the plain has now had more than enough for the time being, and the flat paddocks have been made uncomfortable for the lambing season. The rivers are now in a swollen condition. To the Editor s Sir, —Your contemporary appears to have taken up the role of a free advertising sheet for a Juvenile Opera Company. Are there no institutions at home worthy of notice ? I cannot understand why night after night the same sing-song should be drilled into people. It would be a mercy once in awhile to give persons peace of mind to pay their just debts, and not weeks beforehand keep up a din about a company of juveniles, so as as to lead a certain class of people to save np for the occasion, to the disadvantage of creditors, There is quite enough money taken out of Gisborne without working up special booms. Let the company gat support on its merits.—l am, etc,, SnorKBBfBa,

James Humphreys waa yesterday committed for trial on a charge of breaking into Mr D. McLean’s house on the Whateupoko, and stealing £1 19s 5d in cash, also a pocket book and Bank deposit receipt of £6OO. The evidence was to the effect that Mr McLean had gons to church, there being no one left in the house. During hjs absence the window had been broken at one corner near the catch, and it bad evidently been opened. Then on examination he discovered the theft, Mr Keating saw accused coming from the direction of the house, and Mrs Ardern deposed that the accused had about a few minutes after gone to her plaoe and bought-a stick of tobacco. He then apppeared to have come into town and paid How Chow an old account of 8s 41, also had dinner there and left a pound note in How Chow’s charge. The accused is an old man, well known as a cook for different parties of laborers. He held his head down most of the time while the case was proceeding, apparently feeling much ashamed of the painful position he was in.