LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 78, 10 December 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Pauperism is greatly on the increase in England. Volunteers will find the District Orders in our advertising columns. Entries and acceptances for the Waerenga-a-hika Boxing-day meeting close to-night. The Rotomahanaarrives from South to-mor-row morning, and then goes on to Auckland. The s.s, Manapouri arrived at 11.80 a.m. yesterday. She continued her passage South at 9 p.m. A London telegram, dated December 7, announces the death of the wife of the Rev. Dr J. Cameron Lee. Mr Ledger’s communication being purely of a private nature and of no earthly interest to Che public, is refused. The nationality of a man, tha temper of a woman, and the condition of an invalid are all judged by the tongue. A cricket match takes place at the Hapara to-day, between the Cricket Club and an eleven representing the J Battery. The challenge issued by Trickett to row Hanlan has been accepted, and the race will take place on the Filzroy river. The Auckland Bell says that the man who denounces the payment to members should be shunned as the enemy of the people. What bosh 1 The s.s. Ohau does not call in at Tauranga on her way to Auckland this trio but goes direct. The last launch leaves at 9 a.m. this morning. The Bishop of Waiapu arrived yesterday and conducts the services at Holy Trinity Church both morning and evening. To-morrow in the morning a Confirmation take* place.

It is stated (says an Auckland paper) that a well-known firm of auctioneers have called a private meeting of their creditor*. It is said the assets and liabilities will about balance.

The London police believe that the forthcoming championship prize fight between Smith and Kilratn will taka place in England and not in Spain. In answer to a question whether the Government would put a tax on totalizators, the Premier said he looked forward to the time when the Legislature would repeal the Statute legalising that instrument. Five thousand pounds have been refused by Mr Pearson, of the Macdonnell Range Ruby Mines, Central Australia, for his collection of rough rubies. He is selling them at £2 per carat in London.

It is reported, but with what degree of truth we know not, that Isaac Frost, who was supposed to have been drowned in the Wairoa river about October 15th, has been seen in Gisborne.—Wairoa Guardian. The Waikato saurian monster, over whioh there was such a fuss made some time ago, and which was captured the other day, is being exhibited to large numbers of people in Auckland. The monster will be taken to Australia.

There are no coroners in France. Persons who die suddenly are buried on the mare certificate of a doctor. It is only when the death is sufficiently mysterious to excite suspicion that the procureur is Bent for, and orders a post-mortem examination.

Sunflowers are used in Wyoming territory for fuel. The stalks when dry are as hard as maple wood, and make a hot fire ; and the seed heads with the seed in are said to burn belter than the beet hard coal. An acre of sunflowers will furnish fuel for one stove for a year.

In the return of items charged to a suffering country by the late adminstration appears the following:—A dozen tumblers, a dozen port, a dozen sherry, and two dozen seltozenes which seem to show that the occupants had a refreshing season. The Waitotara election protest case has ended as might have been expected, taking the evidence adduced at the enquiry. Not a point appears to have been sustained, and Mr Bryce can still find time to attend to his farming occupations. At the Dunedin races on taWo. Mr Driver, was very severe on the jockeys. Two were disqualified until after the Dunedin Cup meeting in February. In one instance the starter would not start one of the horses until another jookey was put up. He afterwards allowed the horse to start with the same jockey up. During the period of six months ending 80th September last, the members of the late Ministry draw the following travelling allowances and expenses Sir R. Stout, £176 18a 6d ; Sir J. Vogel, £122 2s; Hon. J. Ballance, £143 15s lOd ; Hon. P. A. Buckley, £l2 12s; Hon. E. Richardson, £l4B 13s 5d ; Hon. W. J. M. Larusch, £835 4s Id; Hon. J. A. Tol«, £lll IBs; Hon. W. H. Reynolds, £97 16s. Total, £ll4B 14s lOd.

The Rev, J. Mountain was unable tn proceed with his address as arranged On Thursday night, owing to ths noise made by the Salvation Army. He sail ha did not think they had intentionally interfered with him, attributing it to an oversight. He would gie the Army officers, and trv and get, the matter remedied. There is no donbt the contiguity of the 11 barracks ” to the Preshvterian Church considerably interferes with ths devotions at the latter place of worship. Lord Lyons, whose death was announced in this week’ cablegrams, was born in 1817, and succeeded to his father's title in 1858. He was the only-surviving s m of the first Lord Lyons who commanded the British fleet in the Black Sea during tha Crimean war. The Late Lord Lyons entered the diplomatic service as unpaid attaohd at Athens in 1839. He was appointed Ambassador at Oonstan’inople In 1865, and was transferred to Paris the following year.

In writing on the Jury system an Auckland paper says:—The question is in no way affected by the fact of a nominal sum being paid jurors in the public courts. In many cases that in no way recompenses a man for the loss and inconveniences which he suffers from being taken awav from his business, perhaps at some very critical time; and it is not infrequent to find a judge almost jeering at and taunting a man who claims exemption from what is nothing more or less than an unwarrantable tyranny, perpetrated according to law. Of course the thickheads of society, through the density of whose skulls the light of modern intelligence finds the utmost difficulty in effecting an entrance, see a hundred objections to any interference with the tyranny of the jury system. Tee following questionable remarks were made by the Rev. .T. J Lewis in a sermon in Christchurch list week Professional gamblers were men who preyed on the dupes of the community and got honest men’s gains into their own dirty pockets. If they wished to see the most debased types of humrnity they should get alongside some of the bookmakers who gather round a new paper office’ to look at the telegram naming the winner of a race. Talk about having bull dog faces. It would be a libel on bu'l-dogs to say so. Along with the ferocity of the lower jaw, there were the sensual lips, the bloated cheeks, and the bleared eyes with their keen glances. There was nothing more a tractive to the lowest and the most ruffianly classes of 'he community than the racecourse. Fighting, theft, harlotry abound there. If any man could stand in a London Bmeet and look at those returning from a great national race without being ashamed of the human family, well, that man’s opinion of his kind could not be very exalted. ’’ A correspondent telegraphed on Wednesday in reference to the “ crisis ” :—On the principle that “ the early bird gets the worm,” by ten o’clock members were pacing up and down the lobbies, forming new Ministries, hatching fresh policies, and making political forecasts. Sir G. Grey, who had remained in the House to the bitter end, was early on foot. The “ Stormy Petrel of New Zealand politics ” sniffed the coming squalls, and was in bis element in the war of parties. Mr Downie Stewart was the observed of all observers, and many were the affeotionable inquires made of him as to whether he had been “ sent for ” to Government House. Holy Trinity Church. —The Bishop of Waiapu will hold a Confirmation on Sunday next, at the morning service.—Advt. Church of England Country Services—Rev. O. Dean : Ormond 11; Waerenga-a-hikaJ 3; Patutahi 7.

The Australia came into the Bay early yesterday morning. She brought the Kaikoiira passengers who were booked for Gisborne,

The following were the outward passengers by the Manapouri last night—Messrs Lyon, Winne, Mayo, Kent, Lyons, Campbell, Bruce, and Matheson; Mesdames Winne, Reardon and 2 children, Stagpools and 2 children, Gardiner, Joyce, Maynard, and Mieses Brown and Shaw; Masters Graham (2). The Auckland Bell has the following on thr proposed sailor’* home in that City :—Wa understand that, in addition to tha sermons, there is a band of lady workers—a sort of religious sisterhood, that are to molly-coddle Jack when ha ie there. Now, Jack does like to hear the rustle of periodate—that is admitted—and it 1* no doubt from a knowledge of the little tender spot in his big heart that these good ladies think to lead him to the higher life. But Jack will think this kind of lady society has not the right savour, and in the absence of that abandon and free and easy style which he has been accustomed to associate with the softer eex, he will probably feel the restraints—without the charms—of their presence more of a bore even than the parsons. Tha following is from the Auckland Herald concerning the catalogue of luxuries charged by the late Stout-Vogel Ministry to the country :—Two items have baffled all the apostles of reform—“ freight on piano Christchurch to Wellington, packing piano sent from Christchurch to Wellington, £1 10s, As there appears another item “ Hire of piano, £B,” they cannot understand how the hired piano came to be knocking about Christchurch; and if not the hired piano, what piano was it? or was the hired piano brought in the first instance from Christchurch ? or has the Minister's family piano got mixed up with the hired piano ? or was the Minister’s piano on hire ? At last, getting completely obfuscated, the Parliamentary reformers gave the piano conundrum up and settled down on •' Gipsy tables in velvet." The piano (or pianos) hire, tuning, ete., go in to the tone of £lO odd. One member said, " What right had tbe country to find pianos for these Minister's ?” another said, “ Ministers may next want harps I" •' Ah Ah 1" retorted another cynical representative, with a faraway look in his eyes, “ That lot should have had harps long ago.”