LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 66, 12 November 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

It has been decided by the County Council that no gravel shall be removed from the western side of the Repongaere ford. Mr Whitoombe passed through Gisborne yesterday on his way to take charge of the literary staff of the Napier Evening News. Mr Milner, having retired from contesting the seat for the Waiapu Riding in the County Council, Mr Stubbs has been returned unopposed.

A correspondent to the Auckland Herat' l -.ays that the use of intoxicating liquors it early discarded by the natives on the Easl Coast.

Major Ropata has Issued invitations for a large native gathering on the opening in March of his new carved house. All Europeans are to be made welcome,

Attention is directed to Mr Longley’s advertisement. Mr Longley who has only been in his present premises for a few months has already secured a large amount of patronage. Mr A. Graham, M.H.R., has written to the County Council, but as the writer asks that the contents of the communication should not be made public, we cannot give the purport. Captain Holdaway and Lieutenant Deßlois left by the Rotomahana last evening for Wellington. A number of the army and friends were on the wharf t.o sing the parting hymn, and shout the last hallelujah. A bullock dray was lying in the centre of the road near the Heitler’s hotel the other night. It is a wonder no accident occurred. The police should look after persons who are so negligent of other people’s safety as to place danger in the principal road. It is pleasing to see that considerable in. tercet is being taken in the forthcoming election of Mayor. Mr E. P. Joyce has notified his intention of coming forward, and, at the request of a large number of ratepayers, Mr DeLautour has signified hia intention of contesting the seat. The Revs. Spurgeon, Gilmour and Woolley, and Messrs Matthews and Renshaw delegates to the Baptist conference to be held shortly in Wellington, were passengers by the Waibora yesterday. They took advantage of the Waihora’s stoppage here to have a run ashore and a look around.

A meeting of the committee appointed at the public meeting to discuss native land matters took place on Thursday night when details as to the working of the Native Lands Court Act, Land Disposition Act, and Stamp Act were gone into. Many valuable auggestons were made to the deputation. ’"Puff ’ tells the following good election story : —A candidate who doesn’t stick at a trifle went to an elector and said, “ May I count upon your vote ?” Theeleotoranswered, “ You may count upon my vote. I’ve voted for an honest man for many years, and he never did us any good, so now I’m going to vote for a rogue, for a change 1” An Awanui correspondent writes that some scoundrel stabbed a valuable horse belonging to a settler, It was at first thought the wound was the result of an accident, but this was maliciously disproved by the horse’s ears being out off. A somewhat similar case also occurred recently at the same place, a good cow being bailed up and made to break its legs. Messrs C. E. MacCormich, C. E. Beale, 0. F. Reid, and W. Cooper, (Auckland candidates) have passed their examinations as solicitors, and J. W. Stewart, A. Hough, M. Aldis, T. M. Humphreys, J. Hally, and A. MacArthur as barristers. A Wellington telegra n says that the result of the general knowledge examination, for which there was a Gisborne candidate, has not yet been announced.

It will be remembered that the Borough and County Councils decided to get some of the Patutahi metal placed on parts of the Gladstone road for the purpose of testing its durability. We notice that two loads of the stone have been carted to the end of Lowe Street, near the bridge leading to the beach. This must be some mistake of the carters, for there is no traffic at the spot were the stone is deposited.

The committee of the Presbyterian Picnic and Sale of Work have every reason to be satisfied with the financial success attending their labours. The gross takings amounted to £l2O, and there is still about £4O worth of articles remaining. We must congratulate all connected with the management and working of the Picnic, from Mr McAra and Mr Scott downwards, with an especial compliment to the young ladies who acted as waitresses.

Mr Albert Karaitiana, of Gisborne, has been distinguishing himself at Auckland. In a competition for dancing the Highland Fling he was successful in securing first honours against three other contestants. Commenting on the event an Auckland paper says:—All danced well, but the dancing of Karaitiana (a young Maori chief) was adjudged the best, the award giving great satisfaction to the audience. The competitors all appeared in full Highland costume, and that of Karatiana was much admired, while hie splendid physique was shown to advantage by the picturesque dress. At the Presbyterian Synod held last week in Dunedin attention was called to the Divorce 81l which it is proposed to bring into the House of Representatives, and a motion was carried expressive of the Synod’s approval of the placing of husband and wife on the same footing with regard to-adultery, but it disapproved of all the other proposals as contrary to the marriage ordinance as a Divine ordinance, and contrary to the teaching of Scripture in regard to the ground for divorce, and as undermining the family institution and the moral and the social wellbeing of the community.

The East Coast Hussars (dismounted) will to-day engage the Gisborne Cricket Club at a game of cricket on Te Hapara ground, play commencing at 2 p.m. sharp. The team will be chosen from the following: Capt. Winter, Lieut. Croft, Troopers A. and L. Rees, Stake, Nolan, Day, Scott, Bullen, Lysnar, Tanslay, Colbourne, Cassin, Bourke, and Ponsford. A contributor, in commenting on the match, says Doubts are freely expressed as to the probable success of the gallant volunteers without their steads and a good deal of interest is centred on the result. lam glad to see that the Hussars have the pluck to engage in active field exercise without the assistance of horses as a means of locomotion and think they ought to win.”

The riot at Little Bridge, reported in our cable messages a few weeks ago, seems to have been a moat disgraceful affair. The revelations made by Hutchens and Gent, however, the competitors in the race, throw a strange and significent light upon the whole proceedings. They state that they were threatened with fatal violence if they persisted in running the race. Men broke into the dressing rooms just before the race was timed to begin, armed with sticks and other weapons. They stood over Hutchens with open knives and bottles in their hands, and swore they would murder him if he attempted to go on the path. Similar threats were used towards Gent, and the intimidation was such that it would have been madness for the men to attempt to cope with it. Indeed the ruffians prevented this by seizing Gent’s pumps and drawers, and completely overpowering him. The County Council met for the last time on Thursday, and at the conclusion of the proceedings Cr Gannon took the opportunity of making a few remarks as to the manner in which the business had been conducted. On looking back for the past three years, he said, the business had been conducted in such a manner which reflected credit on a public body. Whatever differences of opinion there had been, questions had been argued out in a friendly spirit. He was sorry to see that the Council were not able to again look forward to the services of Mr G. L. Sunderland in the next Council. As a Chairman he was very valuable, and had always acted with thorough impartiality. By his casting vote the Tologa telephone had been obtained, and he gave his single vote which procured additional representation for Whataupoko. He was sorry to see so litt'e interest taken in the election and trusted the new Council would administer their affaire in a fair and equitable manner, as was their duty.

A new advertisement appears in this issue from Mr Henry Lewis, It would be well for all to read it.

By referring to the Majeroni advertisement it will be noticed that the prices of admission have been inserted.

Sir John Robertson thinks Sir Henry Parkes the greatest statesman and public benefactor New South Wales has ever possessed.

The cost of the second session of Parliament this year is set down in the annual appropriation at £9OOO.

A man named Moohoad, in the employment of the City Carrying Company, Sydney, drew Dunlop in one of Tattersall’s £lO,OOO sweeps The Park's fund goes on very slowly—about four thousand pounds to date. It is to be protected both as to the present and future creditors, The Christchurch Press notifies that the well known racehorse Vanguard has been purchased by Mr James Spence for 800 guineas. Kwook Wai Shang, a Chinese catechist, addressed the Presbyterian Synod in Dunedin a few days ago, in Chinese. His speech was interpreted by Mr Don, missionary.

According to a correspondent the Waiapu natives are fencing in the whole country, and “even surveyed roads are not held sacred from the inroads of post and rail.” Messrs Berry, Daniel and Co., will commence their sale at noon to-morrow. This alteration in time is due to the great number of articles to be disposed of. Mr Walker’s furniture is to be sold without reserve.

The Palmerston North people, in view of the increased rates of insurance in that borough, are taking steps to form a Mutual Insurance Company, in which to insure all stock.

The Waikato natives who sold the corpse of the " Raglan monster " to. two speculators have taken it back again, and now want £5O for it. An action is to be taken against them,

By an accidental explosion during quarrying operations at Wartmoor prison (England) one convict was killed, another seriously injured, and an officer lost the sight of both eyes.

Beach and Hanlan continue to do good work. The former says he never was better, while Hanlan is pulling well. The £5OO stake, and £lOO for expenses, was very soon raised in Rockampton for the proposed Han-lan-Trickett match.

A contributor to an Auckland paper, referring to the spread of Mormonism up the Coast, says that “ while these tares are being sown, none of the missionary bodies which have done so much for the Maoris will send a crusading missioner to preach down these debasing and blasphemous lessons.” With regard to the proposed reduction of the capitation, on Auckland's present school rolls the striking out of the 4s extra means a loss of £3308 in the yearly income of the Board, according to the present average attendance. About 1000 children will be affected by raising the school age. The Snark had got about a dozen yards from the wharf last night when a cry was raised " anothor passenger,” and two young fellows with portmanteaux in their hands rushed to the edge of the wharf. Captain Neil with his usual good nature brought the Snark back and took the dilatory young men on board.

A letter has been received by the Secretary oi the Harbour Board from the Premier stating that as the loan obtained by the Board was raised partly upon the security of rates to be paid under the Act, the Government will protect the interests thus arising by inserting a saving clause in the repealing Act Through the promptitude of the Union Co.’s agent the local larrikins Were deprived of a little mischievous fun last night. It is said that the young scamps had been saving up eggs for a fortnight, in order to display the warmth of their affection for the departing Salvationists, but a daylight attack was not to be thought of.

A London paper, writing on the English cricket teams visiting the colonies says Neither team is as strong as one that could be made up out of the two elevens, but England can afford to take an occasional defeat for the sake of encouraging good " leatherhunting” in the colonies. This is condescending. England has to afford to take many defeats. With reference to the information which was decided a few days ago against the Dog Registrar, Or Gannon said at the last meeting of the County Coixnoil that if Mr Dover had gone on the property by way of the gate he would not have lost the case, but as he had gone over the fence he was mulcted in damages,

Some amusement was caused at the public meeting on Thursday morning by “ Micky " Mullooly, who interrupted with such remarks as •' Where's the land ?—you haven't got sixpence worth of land.” He said that no one in the room had eighteen pence, whereupon some one enquired if Micky had it. A wit suggests that if anyone had acknowledged the ownership of eighteen pence Micky would have reminded him of the warm weather, etc. A Sydney paper says The demand for English'capital in connection with Australian ventures has its bad side for certain. Of course those who invest the money will presently demand the control of it to a more profitable expenditure by employing their own and similar countries' pauper labour, Then, like Egypt the betrayed, and Ireland the enslaved, Australia may have her eyes opened.

A scheme for the construction of a canal from Tauranga harbor to Tepuke, an important settlement seventeen miles from there, has been again resuscitated, and Mr Purvis, solicitor, who goes Home, intends trying to float it. The canal would go through a block of rich swamp land, and the idea is to get a grant of the land to capitalists willing to carry out the work, which would provide inland communication with water, and render some thousands of acres of excellent swamp land fit for settlement.

At the County Council meeting on Thursday the Clerk said he had appointed the County Council as a polling booth for the Tologa and Waiapu Ridings. At first he thought that the polling booths would have to be in the ridings in which the elections were to take place, but on looking up the Act he found that there was nothing to prevent polling booths being outside of the boundaries of the ridings. He therefore, for convenience, as there was a large number of voters in Gisborne, decided to have a booth in town. The Council unanimously agreed to what Mr Warran had done.

All the members 'of the Lynch family of bellringers had a narrow escape of losing their lives last week. They were returning from Capleeton to Reefton after a performance which they had given there, and when crossing the Inangahua river, which had risen vary rapidly through the heavy rain, the driver of the coach was unable to keep the usual crossing, and the coach and horses were swept down the river. A great boulder stopped the coach, and with much difficulty the horses were iossened. The bellringers remained on the top of the coach from midnight until 4 o’clock on Saturday morning, when the river fell nearly a foot and assistance was rendered.

The Dunedin papers speak highly of a piece of heroism performed by a young lady in that city a few days ago. A horse with harness, minus the blinkers, bolted from the direction of South Dunedin, and proceeded along Princess-street at a furious pace, when, on nearing Lees-street, the animal caught his foot in the traces and fell. A lady rushed forward, and held the horse down until the arrival of a constable, with whose assistance she freed the horse from the entangling harness. It would be a good thing for the community at large if more of this pluck was developed among the fair sex generally, for a woman who can hold a restless horse down would not have much trouble to manage a husband properly N.Z. Herald. Church of England country services tomorrow : Rev. O. Dean—Ormond, 11 a.m.; Waerenga-a-hika, 3; Patutahi, 7.—(Advt.)

Presbyterian Church services, to-morrow, as follows: —Patutahi, 2.30 p.m. Rev. J. McAra; Matawhero, 2.30 p.m. Mr R .H. Scott; St. Andrew’s 11 and 7 Riv. J, McAra.—(Advt).

The Grey Education Board declares they cannot carry on if the school age is raised to six and the capitation reduced to £3 15s. They would lose £1,150 a year by the changes, and they cannot pay their way at present. The death is announced of Miss Alice May at Uhrig’s Cave, U.S.A., from congestion of the brain. The news will be received by thousands in New Zealand with great regret, her singing and acting having given delight to many in days gone by.

The cost of the country by the prosecution (if Thos. Hall was £2210. The items were as follows Regina v Hall and Houston,—expanses of witnesses, £595; jurors, £2B, Crown Solicitor, £45 ; Begins v Hall—ex>enses, witnesses' payment, jurors, £570; ees, analysis, £236; Crown Solicitor, Timaru, both cases, £550. Mr Corkill, one of the New Plymouth Borough Councilors, has given notice of motion to affect, drastic retrenchment in the borough expenditure, the chief feature being the reduction of the Town Clerk’s salary to £75 per annum, the dismissal of the four borough labourers, the borough horses and carts to be sold, and the work to be done by contract.

A very cordial reception was accorded the British fleet at Trieste. The Neue Friu Press, the leading Liberal paper in Austria, says I—- " It is now the fashion to speak of England’s decadence, but in spite of all that may be adduced in sunport of this pessimist view, the fact remains that Great Britain’s moral and physical power has not its equal in the world, and can only be compared with the greatness of ancient Borne,”

The Fielding Star complains that there is one law for the Maori and another for the European at the Fielding railway station in the matter of smoking. It says :—Yesterday wa saw the cigarette extinguished of no less a man than Bobbie Mackenzie, he who extinguished the great Sir Robert Stout, while a native lady was calmly dispensing fumes from an old clay utensil, strong enough to oholte anybody, with an air dignified as the Queen of Sheba, if her garmets did fall a little short of that famed lady's.

The bankruptcy examination of W, Downes, surveyor, at the New Plymouth District Court, revealed a nice state of affairs. He stated he had paid no rent since 1884, although he had given a promissory note for the amount due, and he had not paid any grocer’s, butcher’s, or baker’s bills for the last three years, although he kept a servant at 8s per week, and had kept an hotel bill tor drinks and billiards, running. Judge Rawson said, he would not fix a time for discharge until all the claims against the bankrupt were settled. In two of the bankruptcy cases it was pointed out that fees paid for filing would have yielded dividends of 5s and 10s in the £ respectively.