LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 59, 27 October 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

At the 11. M. Court yemetuay tbo inteipleader case ol auuu v, AAoisewuU AKDuimiU wan aujouruea uuui lo«Uay.

The lender of Mr J. Little for building a dwelling on me Wnaiuupui.u lor Mr J. iiuchua Was BucepLuu jt-Sitiuay ul Xluo i’Jd. A meeting of tue Kaiti lioad Board was -held jesiiviuiy, wheu it uas lesoueu to can fur toudeic fur ariuumg ui Uweu an« Tyndai roars.

Curing the hearing ol the o.ise Diery v. Bracey at inc Court on iue«da_, Ah mated tie hud mid an iufuruiu .on uguinat noth Diery uou I'ueally lor 4ure,o.e entry. Messrs Berry, Daniel and Cu. announce a sate for bwuiday of an a sornuaui of Judies’ summer, nmrniug, un 4 u-ums Ouo . tomes. Ine costumes are o t eu for inspection lit their limit.

Ibe Albion Club Hotu.'e new billiard room was opened on iutsd ij ingiu, when a numbui of people were pjusein a.m inspected it. The icjm uas two tub.us iu h, ftU( j nguting is peiteut. inena are a few necessary improvements which will be imuwduutdv effected. J

At the Harbour Board meeting on Tuesday Major 1 orter uaaed rue Board to leuummenu to the Engineer m.i H any auuab.e position were open tuuc toe young man riiru (who was ciippied at tue wmks, annum recurve consiueratiom Ams urns u,.a..imousiy agieed to, piovideu liiut a pou»tm.i should not ou mads purposely for Um young man.

Hope for Gisborne yet 1 '.i lie sun of prospeuty will yes uuino witu unwonted spieuuoui u i Buveny Bay. Crisburue win yet be one i lue eimf vommu.uul porta of Ausiiaiao:a. At the rectum on the I'auaina Canal delivered by Air Warren ou 1 uesday one ol rhe audience asked if when urn Canal was completed woum Cnsborno ue the nearest port m call. UI comae it was a settled question in the geoUemau's mind luat Gisborne would be a place ol cad, it was omy a doubt as io whether tun stately floating palaces wouiu go to tuu smaller puu ß sucu as Auckland aim Wellington and masu the um-mrue b.eaawalei tlwir terminal pmt, or would they come to Gisoorne oidy.

A Committee meeting of the Gisborne Rowing Ciub was ucld On Tuesday afternoon when it was deuued that mu opening nay suould be i.s.l Tuesday. It was migma.n decided that uex. Ratumay eliou.u be too day, but owing to toe Committee not being aom to make airai.geiuenls .no uay bad to be altered. The Bove.ty Bay Ciuu nave decided lo open on batuiday, but owmg to Um Gisborne Club Having iixed a later day no doubt they will aiso pmtpm.e Uie opemng so as lo be able to co-operu.e. Every urmngenient is being made to allow oi uie piucsesmu being witnessed. We understand Mr Duugiiei ty has, with his usual courtesy, placeu the Snark at the Club's disposal.

A man had a quarrel on the left hand bank of the Waikanae on Tuesday al.ermion, with and a horse Coat was ailaeheu lo a spring curt. A load of sand was in the spring euit and the horse magged it along merrily enough until be was opposite me pilot station this place some dark thuugm seemeu to’cross his mind. He slopped looked compassionately at the driver, then gazed seaward, and then bestowed all bis attention on Urn buuli lm mediately under bis nose. The driver became wrath and endeavoured to pe.s Ua , le lh e horse to cease his meditation aim move lorwaid bv lhe free application of a wihp. The horse moved not, but gazed SteadlasUy at lhe sana still. The man then unhaincssed lhe burs, treated n to another ueiu„g, mourned, ai.u rode the hoise home. Thu brute triumpueu over the mam The curt was subsequently taken home too, 1

Church of England, Country Services, nex qUuday . Lev. O. Lean, Karßki» 11 <» phtutabi, 7 p.m.—(idvt.) ;

A lecture mi the Hanania Ca ml was delivered by Mr \\ arren in the Wesleyan Chinch jn Tuesday evening. M t Warren traced all 'he actions that had been taken with a view >f cutting a canal through tbe Isthmus ■ ( .'anama since the S|-aniaids made the first mrvey for that |>uipose in food explained '.he great dilbeiiltiee D.-Lessepa hae to con. end with in the eonstiuclion of the cat a', -nd tbe way m which false reports as lo t tit impraeiibili'y of ihe umhria<ing were cir. oulated. A vote of thank*, proposed by Mi Slack and seconded by Mr Oalridge, was ii-corded Mr Warren for ins ab.u am interesting address.

The caea of Difey v. brassey for assault, hßard at the K.M. Court on Tuesday, oceasioned cm sitlsiiible intsiest, and as the case was being proceeded with no little amusement was caused by the manner In whiuh smneof lhe witnesaes described the quarrel between the complainant end defendant. One witness said Mr Direy fell With jq, j ftoB on q, H earth, and Mr Brassey fell with him. Direy, he said, got u winking and blinking, and the latter he likened lo a oaslt ot pork falling to the hound, and to a hen falling iff her rooai. Aiiothm Witness eaid he had been enjoying nnself with the maid in the kitchen when Mr Biassey ordered him to leave the premises. < his witness said it was either give up The Keys to Mi Biassey or fight him. He preie>red the former. There was alto a breeze letweeii Mr Robinson, solicitor, and Mr .v.-nny, which caused a good deal of merriment.

The announcement made elsewhere by Mr J. H. Scott that the lawn lennL court al the rear of lhe Libia,y building is nearly erm deled should be hai'ed with satisfaction hv Ilin many players in this distriot. Mr So.,it has gone to a large expense over the matter, .nd has, according to c. inpefent judges, pro-, vided one of the best courts in the colony Everything conceivable has been done to ~ak« me place attractive, and the con-eniaum-s for the players are peifeoi. The pavilion is large and oomfortabie. In f H ,. t ,dr Seoll deserves the highest praise fm Hie uceessful efforts lie has made i" every duecion. 'Tree, are to oe planted all round, and he place will shortly be a very picture lo ...ok at. Il is proposed to form a club, and mending members are nquesled to send in heir names to Mr Scott, .Members will have he right to invite friends, for whose good uehaviour they will be responsible. The mh-i-eription is merely nominal, and all the necessaries tn imminence play will be found. We feel suits strong club will immediate!! ci foiiued, imd tliat Mr Soott will i<,>6n have the sutiefaei.mil of finding that l.is efforts have been Im y renamed. Mr James Carroll met the natives it Awapnni yesterday to explain what hud been done during the first pait of the Session, and lo discuss native mutters generally. There was a targe and representative meeting, i l umber of ehi. fs bei,,« present. Mr Carroll wi nt fully niio matters concerning lhe native i-ace, explaining all he had done in Parliament, especially his “equalisation” motion. 1 his question whs the main subject for discussion. a number of natives speaking on ii. Mi Wi Pere, the defeated candidate, was present. and ot course, attempted to show ihai tiio motion wa i against the trim interests o! the natives. Other natives spoke, some of whom required an explanation from Mr Car roll as to the true mea inc of the molior, whilst not a few who hud grttspe-i the importance of the question agnel with it in its itirety, remarking that there was no pns«ihl reason why lue Europeans and Maoris shnur not. be placed on the one footing. Taki.-g everything into consideration the mee'ing was high y srl.sfaetory. Il must be borne in mind that, puts of this district were W Pere’s strongholds st the election, and it is only natural 'hit there shoull be some onposition io Mr Carroll's views. . Notwithstanding this the favorable expressions of opinions given yesterdav to Mr Carroll's actions should be gratifying to that gentleman.