LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 678, 29 October 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Many of the properties not disposed of at the land sale on Monday have since been privately dealt with. An inquest is fixed for to-day into ths circumstances attending the destruction of the new bouse that was being built for LieutOolonel Porter. A coach from Gisborne to Tiniroto is a new institution which should prove a boon to the travelling public and to settlers. Mr Harry Cooper, who is well and favorably known in the district, yes’erday commenced the running of a vehicle twice a week, If inducement offers, arrangements will be made for conveyance through to Wairoa. Passengers may book or instructions be left at Mr W. Morgan’s shop,

Frederick Laing was brought up on remand on Tuesday (before Messrs Matthewaon and Chrisp, J P’s), charged with burglary at the Gisborne Hotel, on the night cf the Ifith fnatant, Mr Jones appeared for the accused The evidence showed that Laing had been sleeping in the billiard room, but disappeared, and after the landlord had gone upstairs he heard “ ravings " below, which he attributed to the accused In the morning the small change in sixpences and threepences was found to have beet: taken, and on Laing's arrest seventeen th-eepsnny bits and seven sixpences were found on him, and it appeared seven sixpences had been spent by him at the Royal. On being arrested accused had threatened to make it ho' for someone, and suggested that they couldn't prove the coin, and subsequently he told the constable that he did not repy-mher doing it. but supposed that he must, and asked him if ha thought he (accused) ought to plead guilty. In cross examination by Mr Jo-iea it was elicited that the accused was not seen by anyone in the ho'el nfter a little before 9 in the evening the loss was not discovered until 9 next morning, and it was possib'e for some one else tn have got into the house. Accused was committed for trial, hail being allowed in J 2200 and two sureties of £;00 each.

Messrs Boylan and Co.’s fine display of Implements at the Show last week led us to defer entering into details until we should have space to do the display Justice, but on looking In at the shop In town we learnt that several of the machines for agricultural purposes had al-eady been sold. Among the implements exhibited were many of Reid xnd Gray’s make, Wood’s, and Hornsby’s. Vvhi'e nuffierous other articles on sale in the shop had their par; In enabling the firm to gain the first prize In the class. In taking a glanoe th r 99gh Messrs Boylan and Co.'a shop and storehouses one is struck with the choice that farmers have before making purchases. The reapers and binders are of Wood’s and Hornsby’s patterns, with latest improvements, and for ploughing an 1 such purposes Heid and Gray's excellent manufactures are specially selected. The ingenious digging plough is well worth inspection by fanpera, Is a grant labor-saving machine—no harrow i<>g is required after this plough has gone over the ground. The hand or horse power oom aheller and Whipple’s oburu are two other things that may be noted ; they are both articles that should in a short time more Jihan repay their cost to the farmer or dairyman who has use for them. Those mentioned are only a few of the numerous exhibits made by the firm. In the workshop, which has the attention of Mr Evitt, there is a patent machine worked by treadle for doing all kinds of drilling work in iron or other hard substances, and there is a completeness about all the arrangements fqr the convebieuoo of oustomersU

An unauthorised entry was made at th« Show the other day, in the class for pigs. A hopeful young man exhibited a guinea pig under that heading, and the exhibit was ” highly commended,” but it is still an open question whether the youth meant to poke fun at the judges. The mortality amongst shotp in the Feilding district is said to have reached thirty per cent, of the ewes. Mr W McLean, Veterinary Surgeon, who was recently sent there to investigate the matter, cannot discover the cause of the mortality, although he is inclined to think it is influenza, At a churoh service at a Southern place cal ed Mungaroa on a recent Sunday, thpeople were disturbed by cries of *' he’p,” and had to go outside and rescue the occupants of an overturned trap Service was resumed, only to be interrupted first by a woman going into hysterics, and then by a man having an epileptic fit. The privileges in connection with the Gisborne Racing Club’s Spring Meeting are to he s ild by Messrs Pitt and Davies on Saturday next. The fact that the Prince of Wales Birthday having boon selected as the day nn which to open the Club’s racing season should material'y enhance the value of the rights t > be disposed of. The grounds are so easy ot access and the appointments so generally approved that there is sure to be a large attendance of both sporting and non sporting visitors. Mr Sandford, the newly-elected member for Christchuroh, is a prominent member of the Order of Druids in Christchurch, and has taken an active part in connection wi<h Wesleyan Churoh affaire, occasionally acting as a local preacher. Mr Sandford is of a quiet and retiring di-poei'ion, and is high'y respected by those who know him He is a Government suoporter, and favors the extension of franchise to women. The Woodville Examiner writes of the new work at that town The arrangement devised for drying sawdust at Nelson Bros, works is now working well, and turning out 200 sacks of sawdust a week The freezing chambers are insulated by a layer each of sawdust charcoal and air division, and the walls contain seven thicknesses of timber. Good progress is being made with the works, which will undoubtedly be ready to start freezing on November ls f . The wool scouring and tallow works will not be completed for two or three months, and the wool and tallow will be sent to Waipukurau for treatment. The slaughtering room gives aooomtnoda'ion lor 12 butcher*. The engineer, Mr Robinson, is ge'ting his machinery rapidly fi red up. An improvement has been made in the cooling dawn so that the body of carcases will be Tong and narrow and this better permits ot the circulation of air for cooling them. Larrikinism has assumed an acute phase in Auckland, upon which the Star sorrowfully records its impressions. It is, says the Star, a matter ot constant complaint by land lords ‘that it a bouse is left tor a tew davs un enanted, windows are smashed, gates torn off lheii hinges, and other ante ot vandalism are perpetrated. Nor is it pleasant to learn that these acts are not merely committed by lade who are co young as hardly to understand ths serious nature of this wanton destruo ion of property. Great hulking fellows who have arrived at man's estate lead

the younger ones into mischief, and steal fruit and destroy flower gardens in a manner worthy only ot painted savages. There is another phase ot Auckland latrikinism to which our attention has lately been called. It is a most objectionable one, and, what is worse, it seems to be indulged in by lads who are members ot respectable families. We refer to the practice of hoodlums congregating together at public entertainments, and keeping up a hurricane ot stamps and catcalls, varied by volleys ot obscene language. This practice is increasing, and, unless dealt with firmly, bids fair to become an intolerable nuisance.