LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 46, 27 September 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ai other bankrupt—A. J. O’Niell. The first meeting of creditors in the estate of A. J. O’Neill w.ll be held on Friday next. Tenders will be received by the Borough Council up to Oct. 4 for the supply of a water cart and appliances. leaders arc invited up to to-morrow at noon for the painting of the exterior of the Gisborne Hospital. The stallion parade on Saturday was very poorly attended, the show, in number, being much below those of previous years. There is a column of reading matter on our fourth page, an interview with Haulan and comments by “ Pedragon ” being included. The s.s. Janet Niocol sailed for Dunedin from Greymouth with a cargo of 1000 tons of coal, the largest cargo ever carried over the Grey bar. Ail Aufllilaild paper says that Captain Boylan has struck terror into the hearts of negli. gent Volunteers by the recent fining action, and that his course has been endorsed by the Corps throughout the colony. Mr Collier, of Chicago, was granted an audience by the Queen on the 22nd at Osborne House, when he presented Her Majesty with a Jubilee address from British residents of Chiaago. The Queen thanked him and the people he represented. The members of the Agricultural and Pastoral Society met at tha Masonic Hotel yesterday afternoon, when the programme and the date of the Show was fixed upon. It was also decided that the Show should ba held at Patutahi; Mr Frank O'Meara; clerk in tha Union Company’s office, left Gisborne oil Saturday to avail himself of promotion in the Company’s service. Mr O'Meara has made many friends in Gisborne, and while his departure is regretted, pleasure will be felt on his promotion, which is well deserved.

The Te Anau, from Auckland, arrived at 8 p.m.jon Saturday, bringing tha fo'lowing passengers Miss Roberts, Messrs Grierson, Masy, South, Lardelli, Brown, Drummond, Drinkwater, Mugawny, Garrard. At 7.30 she resumed her passage South, taking with her Messrs Bruce, Summersgill, Murrell, and O'Meara,

The Salvation Army mat with a " warm' reception on their march through the town last night. Knowing the exoitemant which existed in town it would have been far more sensible had they remained in their barracks. As it was they received a very plentiful supply of rotten eggs, and the row which the crowd following occasioned, quite drowned any attempt at surging. Mr Gannon’s committee room was the centre of attraction yesterday. His committee were evidently well up to their work for telegrams from the outside districts, circulars, and cartoons were constantly posted up. Ona cartoon was particularly laughable. It showed a pair of inexpressibles with the seat out of them. Under this was written “ Gannon has stolen the seat.”

Mr C. Wilson, who has presided over the editorial department of thia journal since its first appearance, left for the South on Saturday. He has successfully brought the journal through the initial difficulties which beset a new paper, and the public’s appreciation of his efforts should br a gratifying recompense. Mr Wilson has had offers of more lucrative positions down South, and we join in heartily wishing him every prosperity. The Wairarapa came into the Bay at 5 a.m. on Sunday. She left Melbourne on the 14th, arriving at the Bluff on the 19th. The following passengers were landed at Gisborne : Mrs Palmer, Messrs Stubbs, Smith, Kenny, Booth, Acland, Rees, Brown, Newman, Kuka, Preston, Latimer, Solomon. Rowland. She left for Auckland at 9.30 a.m., taking Mrs Wi Brown and Misses Lowndes and Louisa. Messrs Wi Brown, Hemi Waka, Teratu, Waka, Ah Ton, Girdwood, and Brown from here.

The opening match of the Poverty Bay Cricket Club will be played at Te Hapara next Saturday with the Hapara team. The teams will be picked from the following players Hapara : W. L. Bees, A. Rees, L. Rees, Staite, Day, Bloomfield, Nolan, Bourke, Reynolds, Wethered, Voss, Morgan, J. R, Scott, Williams, Perman, and Witty. Club: A. W. Croft (Hon. Captain), E. Lewis, Johnstone, Bellers, Bogers, Ballantyne, Bourne, Mountier, Lysnar, Weetman, Dr Innes, T. Morgan. Booth, Wyllie, Bull, Veale, W. Valpy. J. Louden, and Bullen. A Westport correspondent wires with reference to a previous message : —The chief topic of conversation tnis evening is the pending law action between Mr Napier Bell, the Harbour Board Engineer, and Mr Eugene O’Conor. The immediate ground of the case is a letter published in a local paper reflecting on Mr Bell, but I am informed the action will also be taken on several of the speeches made by Mr O’Conor while Chairman of the Harbour Board, in which he made very strong accusations of a grave nature against Mr Bell.

Lawyers are laughing at the anomaly of Mrs Langtry attempting to become a citoyenne of the United States, and being at the same time a wife of a subject of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

The Blair Drummond arrived in the Bay about 1 p.m. yesterday. She has a large consignment of machinery and cement for Harbour Board, and a general cargo for Common, Shelton and Co. The result of the Maori election was officially announced on Saturday last, Carroll’s majority being 208. Wi Fere and several others made remarks as to the. unfairness of the election, but no fiirther action is likely to be taken in the matter—indeed it is said that if irregularities could be proved in one case the others could not come out much better. The brewers and wholesale wine and spirit merchants in Sydney have decided to form an Association for the purpose of eulleoting information as to tha solvency and integrity of persons engaged in the liquor trade, suppressing commercial malpractices, and watching legislation effecting the interest of the members.

A Wanganui telegram says ;—The Harbour Board decided at a special meeting to reintroduce the Wanganui Harbour Rating Bill during next session, but the question of including Bangitikei has not been decided yet. Several members oppose the inclusion of Rangitikei, as likely to lead to defeat; while others contend its inclusiori is the only Way to raise the required amount. Cases of fish poisoning are still very frequent at Rotuma. The natives continue to eat fish, and therefore continue to die. Societies have been formed, the members of which bind themselves, under heavy penalties for breach, to abstain from this food for a time, but when the term expires they indulge excessively, and the passion seems irresistible. Many fine young fellows have lately lost their lives through it.

The Pall Mall Gazette says Private but trustworthy information reaches us from Russia that the Czar will not tolerate for a moment the candidature of Prince Ferdinand. The Prince has accented his election subject to the ratification of the Powers, and it is now said that he will go to St. Petersburg in a few days. This is certainly more rational than his alleged intention to some to London. But it is of no avail. The pale, weakly, nervous youth whose reserve and timidity disconcerted the Bulgarian delegates, will not be tolerated as a possible Prince in Russia.

A singular revelation was made at an inquest held at Wolverhampton the other day bn the body of Susannah Vernon, a married woman, who, after cutting her throat with a razor, was removed to the hospital, where she died. Upon her admission to the hospital the woman was found to have a sum of £47 7s sown up between two pieces of linen, which she tied to the sole of her foot. The husband of the deceased who said he was unaware that his wife possessed so much money, on the money being handed over to him, gave £5 to the funds of the hospital. One always expects considerable fun on an election day, and yesterday was no exception to the rule. One incident in particular was very amusing. An enterprising gentleman took advantage of the occasion to open out for sale metal stamps for names. He was not long in drawing a crowd amongst whom was the irrepressible “ Gus ” and “ General ” Chute. These two individuals made things extremely lively, and ultimately “ Gus,” the “ General ” and the proprietor of the table were rolling on the The enterprising gentleman, thinking discretion the better part of valour, quickly departed.

Kate McAlpine, a young Wellington woman, last week sued her father for £7 10s value of two boxes belonging to her and detained by her father. The evidence was to the effect that she left home three weeks ago, and that when she applied for her things defendant would not let her take them. Tire defendant deposed that his daughter had stayed out at a party till 3 o’clock in the morning, and had left after a row in consequence of this. She came into the house, he said, one Sunday and took her goods. He was willing to give her her clothing if she would enumerate the articles, but would not give up the boxes as they stood. His Worship ruled that the girl was entitled to her things, and in order that a list might bo prepared suspended judgment till next day,

A curious death is reported from Melbourne. Mr Patrick Slaman, draper, who was an old resident and generally of very abstemious habits, had received an anonymous letter which insinuated against tha moral character of his eldest .daughter. This made him greatly excited, and he began drinking heavily. He visited three hotels, and at the third behaved violently, and stated that he had great domestic troubles. He fell down on the verandah in what was supposed to be a drunken sleep, but later on it was discovered that he was dead. Death was caused by sanguineous apoplexy, accelerated by drink and excitement. _ The surroundings of the case have given rise to a grave Scandal.

The conduct of Sir Arthur Gordon in connection with tha libal in the Bryce v. Rusden case, has been brought under tha notice of ths House of Commons by Mr Cobb, who asked the Colonial Secretary whether any representations had been made to Sir Arthur Gordon on this matter, now that tha lawsuit had been decided. And later on the same gentleman asked whether, considering that it had been distinctly proved in a Court of Law that Sir Arthur Gordon had been guilty of illegal, and even dishonourable conduct, any steps would be taken to remove him front serving in a post under Her Majesty ? Sir Henry Holland evaded this question by replying that he was not aware that any such decision had been arrived at by a Court of Law. Mr Cobb intends returning to the question as soon as opportunity allows.

A tornado of exceptional violence swept over Deniliquin (Australia) last month. The violence of the wind does not seem to have extended beyond a slip of country from 200 yards 'to a quarter of a mile wide. It commenced at Mount Pleasant and crossed the railway line about five miles from here, thence it wont by Cameron's selection, about three miles away, then across by the Four Posts Creek to the Edwards ran, and then by the Creek on to Cornalla. It blew down all the fences on the road, snapped the telegraph poles as if they had been pipe stems, wrenched off trees 18 inches in diameter, carried others out by the roots and deposited them yards away, and knocked down thousands of tons of dead timber in the ringed country on Cornalias. An eyewitness said the scene was appalling, and an inspection of the devastated strip indicates the stupendous cyclone disturbments.