LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 75, 3 December 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Borough Council calls for tenders for a supply of dog collars. Entries for the Amateur Athletic Club sports close on Monday evening next. The sports take place on the 17th. A notice to jurors who have been summoned to attend the Supreme Court sittings appears elsewhere. The Mayor elect, Captain Tueker, in our advertising column?, thanks those who assisted in placing him at the head of the poll.

Mr Booth, R.M., proceeds up the Coast next week to hold the usual sinings of ih court up there. It is stated that there are some important cases to be heard, in which counsel has been retained on both sides. Two members of Parliament saved four men from drowning in the Wellington harbour ths other day. A Wellington correspondent of a Napier paper says :— “ Luckily one of the members had a flask of spirits in h>s pooket.” What will Vogel say to this ? Mr Faram, Borough Inspector, is inspect ing the houses and shops iu the borough with a view to carrying out the by-law relative to keeping a 400 gallon tank. It is stated that there is a likelihood of the by-law being tested in the K.M. Court.

Staff-Sergeant Lovelock leaves for Auckland to-morrow. At a meeting the other night this officer said in one town he was in the ladies all asked the question “ Is he married?” This apparently tickled bis vanity. It is almost need.ess to say that such a question has never been asked by the ladies of Gisborne.

The Court of Appeal has reversed the decision of the Chief Justice in ths K.nwaria ( Wallington) 10- gate appeal case, with costs. Had the decision been upheld the loss to the County would have been over £2joo per annum, and the Council would hare bam comp lied to sirike a rate. Tiie gate will bow b= reopened and tolia levied again, Ths gun competition at Wednesday's sportreflects greater di on tne J, Binary. Sergeant Geilender's corps worked together Use clockwork, and the time in wliioh they did the mounting an 1 dinmomning (186 J L said to be the best record for the North Island. The detachment have reason to ba proud oi their success, though the other team would have been closer to them but for ona or two little impediments.

A needlessly alarming paragraph respecting the ship B air Drummond, lately in the Bay, appeared in the Sydney Evening Newel the 15tn instant. It stated that considerable anxiety was felt as to the safety of the ship Blair Drummond, wnich left Wellington (N Z.) for Newcastle on 33ud Sept., in ballast. She was an iron vessel, and was tn have proceeded from Newcastle to San Francisco. As the Blair Drummond did not sai for Newcastle direct from Wellington, bm came here and stayed over a month she hail not time to reach Newcastle when the paragraph appeared, in the Sydney News. We learn by cable that the Blair Drummonu arrived at Newcastle on Thursday.

The Wellington Post has a severe article on the the manner in which Mr Baddiey, It M., at Auckland administers justice. Referring to the sentence passed ou two women for vagrancy of twelve months’ imprisonment it says:—lf all the erring ones in Auckland have the same measure of punisnme-it meted out of them which has been meted out to these two pirticular offenders, we fear thicolony will soon be called upon to incur veri heavy liabilities in the way of providing in creased gaol accommodation in the Northern capital. It woul I, perhaps, bi preferable it the Minister of Justice would restrain Mi Baddley's virtuous zeal a little. Our contemporary cannot congratulate th< victorious candidate in the Mayoral election because it thinks the defeated candidate belter suited for the position etc. etc. Who evei denied that Mr DeLautour was a good man —it was the very fact that his opponent, took a fair estimate of that gentleman thai led to such strenuous exertions on Captai.Pucker’s behalf. Mr -DeLautour conducts' l the election like a man and took his beating like a man, and it is a pity our contemporari would not share a little of the same spirit. It would be more discreet, too—they seem sally in need of advice—if they were to wan ani judge Cap ain Tucker by his actions instead of making aspersions about seore i- fl lense, etc., weaks before he can even take the seat.

“ Sport ” writesSir,—Do you not think it would be well, while the iron is still hot, to consider whether some plan cannot be evolved to make the annual Hospital sports a much greater success than they are at present ? I believe myself that it would be a great improvement if the thing were placed on a permanent footing, and the programme of events issued months even before the day appointed. This, together with liberal prizes, would I believe inculcate a spirit of competition among rising athletes, and the public would be led to take far more interest in the affair than they do at present. I was rather astonished to hear on St. Andrew’s day that a church which had on'y on the previous holiday bee i accorded an immense amount of public support had actuuiy arranged for another day’s outing on a day specially set apart for the Hospital. There may have been reasons for it, but I fail to g«e them.

This afternoon there will ba ft cricket match at Te Hapara between the Eabt Coast Hussars and the Cricket Club,

Rev. j, and Mrs- Mountain arrived Trom Napier yesterday, and will commence their nine days’ mission in St. Andrews Church tomorrow.

The Queensland Government intend fencing in all runs in the distriats infected by rabbits, and intend also mailing the squatter pay interest on the expenditure by levying a stock tax.

A good deal of disgust is being expressed by the Wellington papers at the tactics used by the lawyers to prevent Sir George Grey’s Law Practitioner’s Bill from being reached. If the debt of the United Stales had been dis. tributed among the people at the close qf the war, evary mao, woman, and child would have owed 78 dollars 25 cents. Now the debt per capital'is less 19 dollars 84 cents. A farmer named Joseph Smith was ordered by the Lichfield Bench to pay flues and costs, amounting to £6 for a savage assault with a stick on two boys wham he found gathering mushrooms in one of his fields. Carrie Swain, tha American -actress, who has created such a favourable impression in Melbourne and Sydney will shortly visit New Zealand. Mr Phil Stuart, Miss Swain’e business manager, was in Gisborne yesterday en route for Dunedin, where Miss Swain opens on Dec. 26 in the 11 Miner’s Daughter.”

The Auckland Police Station was honored the other day by a visit from the Wifb of Sydney Taiwhanga, M.H;B , who appears to nave a partiality for the gentlemen in blue. This distinguished lady was charged with irunkcnness, and it is not by any means her first offence.

M. Pasteur, the celebrated innoculator has written to the Victorian Government advising tnem to extirpate the rabbits by infecting them with an epidemic similar to chicken cholera by sprinkling around ths burrows a liquid full oi mioiobri.'

The Hon. J. Ballance is going to proceed againet the Wanganui Chronicle for libel, The Chronicle made certain remarks in reference to Mrs Ballance, which he takes exception to, an-I is accordingly going to try to mase the proprietor oi the Chronicle suffer for it. ~

M. Leon Say, with the help of M. Josehp Onailly, has undertaken the compilation of a iew Dictionary of Political Economy, in which the science as propounded by " the masters ” is to ba digested, epitomised, and l-velled down, so as to make it easy reading to the uninitiated.

In the scandal in which the Marquis of Ailesbury was the principle actor it was a ease of •• the buer bit.” Ailesbury tried to have Benzon, the plunge-, who stood to lose £lO.OOO on the former’s horse. Result: Ailesbury warned off the course, Benzon wins £30,000.

We believe that the promoters of the Fire Brigade concert have secured the services of Mr Lewis Harvy to “ coach ” the ladies and gentlemen who are going to take part in the cantata “ Britannia and her Daughters.” It is a sensible step.

Despatches from' New York received at Queens own stared that on September s:h, some thieves entered the residence of Cardinal Gibbons, out out ths lock of the library, and stole two valuable rings which were presented to hmby P ipo Lio. No e'ue to the discovery of the thieves has been obtained.

A correspondent writes from the neighb iirhood of Bologna, under date September 11, that the high aay men whe are infesting the wild country between there and Pis oia have stopped a countess who was driving home to her country bouse and robb. d her of money aud valuables to the" extent of 6000 florins.

Some of the older American states are renewing theirgrowth of timber, ihns tending to allay the foa's of an eve ituat exhaustion of the timber supply. L, New England there is a vigorous -econd growth of white pine, where the forgets are a ready yielding beween 200,000,000 and 300,000,000 feet of timber annually.

An accident occurred on Wednesday last, whereby a party of ladies and gentlemen from GUlibfiie had a narrow escape from drowning: They were being ferried over ona of the. rivers in a unde when it oaosized. It is stated that had it not been for the assistance of one gentleman the accident would have proved fatal. As it was soma of the - party were much exhausted when they weie got on shore.—T-jloga Correspondent.

The accounts of the Royal Bank of Liverpool, whose stoppage 20 years age was of a -ensational character, the amount involved being over £2,000,000, have just been closed. I’he last meeting to -nd the liquidation was held in Liverpool a few days ago, when the official -liquidator announced that there ware no assets. It was then resolved to dissolve rhe bank, and that the books, aecuunts, and documents ba destroyed by fire six months hence. ‘j ■.

A new departure has just been taken by the Foresters, tha largest friendly society in ariatanee, whseh. if followed, will largely supplement h.lspiia! work throughout the country. The Midland Courts of the society have erected and opened n self-supporting convalescent home , at Oletit, wherd members who have Buffers ! a long tsrm of sickness may be sent free of charge, and without any burden being placed on charitable funds or public money. The movam-nt promises to be ona of the most successful the Foresters have undertaken.

A very serious accident occurred on Wednesday, by which three persons were severely injured. Mr de Blaequey was driving out of town accompanied by his wife and a Mrs Gentles. When opposite’ the Boseland gardens the horse shied, and swerving off the high orown of the road, the trap overturned, throwing the occupants heavily on to the ground. Mrs Gentles had both wrists broken and was otherwise mucli-bruised and shaken. Mrs de Blacquey had her ankle sprained and was much out about the face. Mr de Blacquey was also much cut about the face.

A petition -which has been received by Mr Moat, from Mr Caines, of Matakana, who is said to be one of the most hardheaded men in his district, caps anything -ent to Parliament. The petition is largely taken up with the ” second coming ” nf Christ, and further on he denounces dogmatically that “ a moustached ..Government will never -ave New Zealand.” This is very rough on he Atkinson administration, every memb -r of which rejoices in the possession r f such hirsute ornaments, eave the Attorney-General, Sir F. Whitaker.

Messrs Berry, Daniel A Co. announce a sale it properly on deferred payments in our advertising columns, which is to take place in January next. We have seen the circulars they are issuing to both sellers and purchaser? of properties, and say the terms prop >sed seem rhe most favourable yet placed before th- 1 public, being not only profitable to the venture but also to the purchasers, as well as being on remarkably easy terms of purchase for those persons without immediate means of requiring a freehold, but who at the same time have a steady source of income in wages. Parties should interview the firm and ascer- . ain fuller particulars for themselves. Vogel gets it pretty warm from all of the Wellington papers. One adverse critic says :— Str Julius Vogel has been let off too often this session, and he needed a reminder thai there are limits of arrogance, abusiveness and mendacity beyond which he may not go with impunity. He has been allowed to take liberties with the House until he became a positive nuisance, and it is quite time for him to be abated. It is perfectly monstrous thai a man who takes not the slightest genuine interest in the colony, now that he sees there is no longer any chance of regaining office or getting any other emoluments, and whose connection with its affairs has been uniformly disastrous and discreditable, should nevertheless, be suffered to take up such an attitude in its Parliament as he has sought o take up, to obstruct its business, to defy its laws, to insult its Members, to slander its officers, and to assail its responsible leaders in the manner in which' he assailed th. Ministers yesterday. If he is in a state of mind to ba unaccountable for what he say.and does, let tha- ba -clearly understood ; but then, in that case, he ought not to be where he ie at all.

The Sydney cricket team have defeated Vernon’s team by one innings and forty runs. A St, Louis paper soberly replies to a correspondent :—lf you are a married man your wife can compel you to support her. If you are not she can t."

In our report of the Hospital Sports reference to the services oi the Band was unintentionally omitted. They contributed greatly to the success of the day’s entertainment. In consequence oi the Government not renewing the vote for training colleges the Wellington Board have resolved to give the teaching etaff of tha training college three mo.ilhs’ notice.

A special meeting of the County Council will be held nsxt Monday when the following business will be brought forward .’—Appoint two trustees for the Hospital, receive tenders for the Waiapu Road, pay accounts for November,

Owing to tha action of the Turanganui Road Board the ratepayers in the Turanganui district will have to again petition the County Council to abolish. the. district. The ratepayers will, no doubt, take care that there be nothing for the Board to quibble at in the next petition.

We have been given to understand, says the Waikato Times, that its the intention of Mr Sydney Taiwhanga, as soon as his Native Land Administration Bid has passed, to start a new Maori paper in the interest of the Maori people;

The captain of the barqueAstroa has been fined £25, and two men belonging to the s.s. Suva £5O, or six months imprisonment each for smuggling clothing at Fiji, the captain al-0 forfeiting 41 suits of clothes. The captain is a foreigner, and was ignorant of the Customs regulations. ""

flp aking to the ratepayers at Wellington the other day, Mr Petherick, a candidate for ths Mayoralty, said- he had been offered thousands of pounds, a carriage and pair or four, and express loads of drinkables and eat. ables if ha would only shut his mouth. And he wouldn’t do it.

The Catholic Church of St Pat iok was opened at Orepukl, Invercargill, last week by Bishop Moran, who denounced as shabby and unjust the action of those who opposed Catholic claims for an educational grant. The concession was opposed because i- would increase expenditure, and yet Catholics were entitled to £40,000 a year, that being the rain saved to government by their schools. Their opponents wished to save their pockets through B--al and adheianoe to principle of the Catholics.

A young Roman Catholic priest has not only been recently created a lieutenant in the Fro ich army in recognition of his " valuable discoveries in the production of a powerful explosive for war purposes ” but now claims to have discovered the art of making Greek fire, lust about 650 years ago, when giinpowder took its place, this compound consists of naptha and two other ingredients and its destructive power is declared to be marvellous. It corrodes tin, and dissolves it; water, instead of extinguishing it, increases its destructive powers. A telegram from Wellington states that Major-General Sir G. Whitmore has determined upon taking up hit pbrinanant residence in England, and that he has just finished the MBS. of work giving a complete history of the native disturbance on the West Coast, which he, as Commander of the colonial forces, suppressed. The Major-General will find himself in a different position in Eng : land from what he has occupied out Bei*e, and as for his book that he intends publishing, we hope we may never have the agony of struggling through it.

The Wellington Press has a strong article on the manner in which Mr London was employed to carry out the village settlement scheme. Concluding the Press says:—“A more flagrant ease of corruption and jobbery we should say never was exposed. The papers fully bear out all the hard things that have been said about Mr Ballance’s administration and show that he is totally unfit to be trusted with Ministerial powers.” Our County Council, in their present finan. oial position, would do well to carefully read the following which lately appeared in lbs Opitiki Herald ! -Notice is hereby given that all the Culverts and small bridges in the Opotiki Bead District are more or less dangerous, and that until the Board's funds permit of their reconstruction, persons crossing them will do so at their own risk."

An elderly female walked into a shop in Wellington kept by a chinaman named Hee Chong a day or two ago, and presented a sovereign for sixpence worth of fruit. She was given-her purchase and 19s 61 in change, but had no sooner left the shop when the Celestial discovered that he had been ” had.” He ran outside, but the elderly ona had vanished. The dummy sovereign does not altogether resemble the genuine article, and on the reserve side bears the following significant and appropriate motto, “ Keep your temper 1 ”

In a Chathurd-square liquor saloon may now be seen, at any time of the day, writes an American correspondent, " the real original claimant, Sir Roger Tichborne," The proprietor says ha will give SOOdol. to anyone who can prove that he has not seemed the veritable Sir R >ger. Ha is said to ba a partner in the concern. Sir Koger’s beard is quite white and his hair plentifully sprinkled with the marks of time’s sad finger. His neraon is well favored, however, and his ruddy cheeks shine with all the.tints of the liquores. cent rainbow. He enjoys a good cigar yet, and is always happy in the company of men of capacity. This is the way a Wellington paper gives to those who had to do with the arrangements at tha Island Bay racesTha several reporters were located in a disused band rotunda, which had. judging from certain unmistakeabla signa, been for some time past used as a fowl roost. The gale of wind blowing into the rotunda scattered "oopy" in all directions and it was with the utmost difficulty that even a minimum amount of writing could be dona. The general public, too, who had not provided themselvss with hampers, complained freely that a really good luncheon was not to be obtained on the ground, while the prices charged for simple refreshments warein-aome instances simply shameful Those who desired a ” square meal ” and failed to get it invested in stale cakes, &0., paying an advance of two hundred per cent, on town prices. It has become a recognised creed with some persons that anything is good enough for a visitor to a race meeting, and that no price is too high to demand for the veriest rubbish. What can yon expect on a racecourse ?” is indignantly demanded if one has the cheek to complain, as though the races were being run away in the backwoods instead of within a few miles of a large city. In fact, speaking of the backwoods, a visitor to a country racecourse stands a better show as a rule of getting a decent luncheon than he does on the course of the city clubs. Auckland papers afford some good eximples of the reason whj our railways do not pay as at present managed. On the occasion of the late Colonel Lyon’s funeral a special train was run from the Waikato and back, to bring down the volunteers. A considerable number of the general public who desired to attend the ceremony also wished to proceed by the special, but the railway authorities were quite aghast at the idea, ind sternly refused to allow people to travel, alleging it would establish a wrong precedent, and lead people to look on such occasions as excursions. If the railway had been managed on business principles, of course the public would have been allowed and encouraged to go, as the fares from them would probably have more than paid the oust of running the train and the free conveyance of the volunteers, which now, of course, is a loss to the colony. Another instance is this. A baker iu Auckland received a telegram from an inland township stating that a large number of gum-diggers had just come in, and there was no bread in the place. This deficiency he was asked to supply by the afternoon train. He at once hurried a cartload down to the station, and arrived there ten minutes before the departure of the tiain, but the railway authorities refused to take it because the regulations required parcels, &c.. to be at the station half an hour before the starting time. Sol he bread was left behind, the railway lost the freight, and the hungry expectant num ligeers had to be left breafless. Comment on such management is needless.