LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 39, 10 September 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Maroro will not arrive Irom South until Monday. At his Maltaraka meeting Mr Graham said that Sir George Grey had, politically speaking, ruined himself through his oratory I The Hikiitaia fold field is causing a land as well as a gold fever. Land at Hikutaia was sold last week at £Ol an acre. Mr Woon has a sum of money to lend upon freehold security; also an American-built buggy lor sale, equal to new. The Cadets, under Captain Warren, hold a Church parade to-morrow, this being the first of a series of parades, Six lawyers are leaving Gisborne; four have left, and there are still too many there, considering the Size of the town.—Napier Nows. Messrs Morgan, Lewis, and Lucas return thanks to the ratepayers for the confidence placed in those gentlemen on Tuesday.

Attention is referred to an advertisement by Messrs Graham, Pitt, and Bennett of the sale of the section upon which the Stat Brewery is erected. Mr Graham addressed a Very orderly, though not well-attended, meeting at Makaraka on Tuesday night. His address was, in the main, similar to that previously delivered at different centres. A vote of thanks was unanimously carried, Don’t try to > tCgistet Unless yon have a fair claim. A neivly arrived tobacconist named Weer, at Masterton, the other day falsely represented to the Registrar that he was qualified for enrolment. Weer was bowled out and had to fork out a guinea fine!

At his. meeting at Makaraka 6n Tuesday night;. Mr Graham, in replyto a question from Pastor Wallace; said he believed in the women having the privilege or the franchise because, ho could manage them better. He also said that Mr McDonald was wrong as to the number of his children, because he had more than six! After the declaration of the poll in connection with the Borough election, Mr Morgan said that statements had been made that he had no stake in the district. He said his wife and family were here, his business was here, and, moreover, the latter was in his own and not in his wife’s name. Mr Morgan would perhaps have been wiser to take such statements at their own value, and therefore not have paid any attention to them. An 11 illegal seizure,’’ resulting in some unpleasantness to the executioners, took place in Gladstone road on Tuesday afternoon. A certain limb of the law had taken charge ot a spring-cart—Unofficially, it may .be mentioned—and when passing Mr Townley’s the bolt gave way and the cart tilted. A case of 11 land-grabbing ” followed, but fortunately or unfortunately the officer is now able to resume his usual duties. A letter upon the labor question appears upon the fourth page. The writer wishes to see the salaries of the County Council officers cut down, to which we reply in a foot-note. The same writer also makes a comparison, not to our advantage, of our report of Mr McDonald’s Ormond meeting and that which appeared in the Herald. If our correspondent prefers a one-sided epitome of all that could be used to the disadvantage of the candidate, we leave him to his choice. The Masonic Ball, held last night at the Theatre Royal, Was a great success, over one hundred couples being present. The floor was excellent, the music good, and, the refreshments provided left nothing to be desired. The brethren of Lodges Turanganui, Montrose, and Abercorn had worked most energetically to make the ball a success, and from the enjoyable nature of the ball they should feel well rewarded for their efforts by the unstinted praise showered upon them last night and this morning by the non-Masons present. Dancing commenced at 8 p.m,, aqd was continued to an early hour this morning, the rain which fell during the night making it only the more pleasant in-doors. A correspondent wishes to know “ whether there is any truth in the report that the-mueh-abused, but ever-persistent Mr Bandlant, has joined hands with a certain literary luminary, known by a discriminating cognomen, in'a proposed attempt to overthrow the world’s destiny. The report is confirmed by their having been seen conversing together, as if bent upon some great object.’’ We cannot give our correspondent any information, but if two Such spirited steeds do get into harness together there will soon be a big rumpus—the back page will be too good for the one to allow the othcr- to air his paces in. At any rate the Darwinian survival theory will be put to the test.

Some parents are very careless as to the whereabouts of their children at an hour whan the latter should be ensconced in the blankets. The other night several boys were playing about at One of the boataheda, when one of them, more silly than the rest, ventuved to the edge of the water, with the result that he slipped and fell in. The water was over his head and the tide was running strongly, but being able to swim a little, and with the assistance of his playmates, ths unfortunate lad managed to reach the hank. He was none the worse except for the ducking, and one would think a good deal-better for the “ spanking ” which he got—or should have got—when he want home. We learn that the long-pending Case Arihi te Naha v. Locke and others (Karamu reserve) is now settled, and that the decree has been sealed. The plaintiffs and the respective solicitors obtain their costs as between solicitor and clients out of the land, taxation of such costs to take place at Napier. Ths property involved in the suit is worth about £lOO,OOO. Mr B. ft. Ward acted as solicitor for the plaintiff. The conduct of the ease has caused Mr Ward to take several trips to Napier and elsewhere. Mr Finn, who acted for Karaitiana Takamoana’s trustees, has also had a large amount of work to do, and a number of other solicitors acted for the other defendants. It is said the costs of the various parties will amount to over £lO,OOO. The following letter appears in the Wairoa Guardian Sir, —Happening to be in a “ Pub ” not a hundred miles from Te Kapu last week, and electioneering being on the board, a well-known boss of the road, adjusted his specs and pulled out a Poverty Bay buster, and in a child-like but bland manner, said have you seen this of Mo’s friend, meaning the collapse of a well-known and popular knight of the cleaver in Gisborne, he looked so sad, you thought he was struck for £lOO, but no fear, Mr Editor, he was touting for votes, and on a miserable line too, and in order to try and catch a vote, was holding forth on the above case, and finishing up with the remark, what a show Mr McDonald has. But the dodge did not work, we saw through the cunning old boss at once and the miserable attempt to try and injure the well-known and respected candidate, Mr McDonald. The feeling of the room was dead against him, and he could have had a guinea to a gooseberry on Mac. 1 tried to obtain the copy, but the cunning old man was going up country next day; of course he wanted it to show his friends the rotten state of trade in Gisborne, of course not to try and hurt Mac, “ Oh no.” The following remarks on the education question by Mr Ormond, which were crowded out of our last issue, will be interesting to our readers:—Mr Ormond referred in complimentary terms to Mr Hill, the School Inspector of the Hawke’s Bay district. He said that our schools will bear comparison with any in the colony. Their equipment is equal, if not superior, to any—is certainly better than any others he had seen—and the teaching staff is excellent. We owe a great deal of the success of the system here to a gentleman who has had charge of the greater part of the administration—Mr Hill, the Inspector ; a man who is devoted to his work, and whom it is a pleasure to work with in assisting him in his earnest efforts to give effect to the system. In commenting on this, our correspondent says that the Board, of which Mr Ormond is the Chairman, have done their best in the interest of education, and have avoided difficulties that have cropped up elsewhere—difficulties with the Committees—and have worked the system economically and at the same time efficiently. The Board have no doubt shown much wisdom in suiting their means to the circumstances, but their arbitrary action with regard to the Matawhero Committee requires an explanation before the Matawhero people will be satisfied. The remarks as to Mr Hill will be highly appreciated in this district.

A Committee meeting of the Agricultural and Pastoral Society will be held at 2 p.m. in the Masonic Hotel. Archdeacon Stock, the well known incumbent of St Peter’s, Wellington; has been very ill and is going to try I law months at Te Aroha as soon as arrangements can be made for filling his charge. Can this be true ? The Christchurch Telegraph of a lata date publishes the following special telegram from Dunedin I—At Tapsnui last night Captain McKenzie, a candidate for Waikaia, referring to Sir Robert Stout's notion on the Bible in Schools question,, said that the Premier had ceased th be a Freethinker, atid Was no# a Methodist; Clever . Mr Wakefield Has Been playing off a good joke on that eccentric Wellington individual known as ” The Whifiler,” Hs published from a mythical paper called the Blenheim Advocate a column report of a speech supposed to have been made at Blenheim, It was full of puns and good things as an egg is of meat, and it was read far and wide. It flow turns out that the sneech was the composition of the witty Mr Wakefield, and “The Whifiler” bad never been to Blenheim at all.

According to the Auckland Herald a criminal information has been sworn by Mr Clayton, proprietor of the Hastings Star, against A. A, George, well-known in Gisborne in connection with certain letters which were sent by a correspondent Here to the Canterbury Tinies—in other words the notorious “ bug ” yarns, imputing uncleanliness to certain local publicans. The articles created a little annoyance at the time, but when the name of the writer transpired, the feeling turned to one of contempt, eVen in the minds of those who Were not at first positive of their utter untruthfulness. But the writer worked his own punishment. The alleged libel, was. contained in a letl'er written by George to the . Hawke's Bay printers, and which was read at a meeting of printers, Our Napier correspondent says that Mt Ormond's speech the other night lasted two and a half hours, and was voted very “ dry." He thought that a property tax of a penny would not injure the oolony if fixed for a number ot years; but to justify hiaopposition to the government he “ elated ” them for their neglect to repeal the tax, and also on their neglect of retrenchment, their railway policy and lands schemes. He said that we

cannot stop borrowing until railways were completed, and money must be had to open up Crown lands for settlement. He approves of the idea of Sir George Grey going Home to induce capitalist farmers to come out; and he would offer them inducements of cheap land on long-deferred payments, but with freehold eventually—” no un-English lease humbug.” He declared the Lands Acquisition Bill to be a bogus measure. He proposes to out do.vn expenses and administration freely; possibly to raise the school age to six, and to reduce the capitation to £3 15s, which is found enough in Hawke’s Bay; to shut up the Native Department, and stop payment on Crown and Native Lands. Our correspondent adds that Mr Ormond was listened to very quietly; hilt With more interruption than applause, and a vote of confidence, contrary to fact, was declared carried, there being quite a large majority against it.

The annual general meeting of the Gisborne Cricket Club will be held at the Masonic Hotel at 8 o’clock this evening.—(Advt.) Presbyterian Church Services next Sunday (to-morrow)—Patutahi 2.30, Rev. J. MoAra ; Matawhero 2.30, Mr R. H. Scott; St. Andrews 11 and 7, Rev. J. MoAra.—(Advt.) Country Services, Church of England, on Sunday next: Te Arai 2, Makaraka 8.30 ; Mr Dean at Ormond, 7.—(Advt.)