LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 86, 31 December 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tha plant ordered by the Fira Brigade from London has arrived. Two boats from Auckland and eno from South will arrive to-day. A shipment r.f Australian butter to Loudon realised one shn-iiig par pound.

The business places of Auckland will eler.e on Monday and Tuesday next.

There will be no issue of the Staxoa»d ou Tuesday next, owing to the Hew tear Holiday. Premier Chrispi of Ita.y was a annum soldier in Garibaldi's '■ gxoiuous thousand." On Sunday last a man named John Uedson fell over a cliff at Dunedin. lie med on Thursday from the injuries ne sustained. An alarm of fire was rung at about seven o'o-oek last nignl, but the causa was found to be a chimney of a house over on the Wha.au. poko wincu uad taken fire. A Wellington telegram states that a full Cabinet meeting to consider me retreucirmeut scheme and several minor' matters will be Held in the early part 01 January. The attention of our readers is drawn to the postponement of tue sate of properly at Makaraka uy Messrs Cnanaui, Put and Bennett. 'Tue lune re extended to Saturday, Jau. 14th, at 11 a.m.

The showery weather we have been experiencing curing the past few days will h .ve a serious effect ou the grass seel barvesi. Harvesting was nr full swing, and tire rani comes on at a very iuuppoi (one period.

To-night being New Year’s Eve we may expect to see, or l a.her hear ah.ui, many of the pranas which are usuaiou such an occasi. u We hope there will be an utter absence i 0 anything approaching desit uc uun of property.

Mr G. M. Reed, editor of the Bell, has resigned his position on that paper, and joins next week the editorial stuff of the Auckland Herald. The Bev. D. B face is leaving the Herald, and it is said will assume the editorial chair of the Beil.

Mr E. P. Juyce will sell at 11 o’clock to.day a number of first class building allotments. The propet two are situated at xVorth Gisborne, within ten minutes’ wain, of the Post Office. As the terms are very easy ?he should be well attended, and the land readily bought up.

Many complaints were made after the Boxing Day race meeting t hat some of those coming home showed an utter disregard toother people’s nee s by furiously riding their horses down <he main loads. One narrow escape from a serious accident was the consequence. The police should pay attention to this practice, and make an example of tne offenders.

An unromantic elopement took place last Monday evening, the parties being a Maori and a married European woman, living within a couple of miles of Hastings. They intended ‘•flitting” by ’he afternoon train, but the husband, appealed on the scene and claimed the lugg :ge. wliic.h lie took away. rtubsequeiiUy ihe Mao.*i interviewed him, a'd with the resu i that he <jl nined possession ,f the “Traps,’ and, in e mm ty with the faithless f male, depart-e-l i<,r sresh by a later train.—Hastings Star,

Elegant Extract—A pretty girl helped out of the mire. The choruses in the Centennial Cantata are to be sung by nearly 2000 voices in the Sydney Exhibition Building. - A watch-night ter vice will be held in the Presbyterian Church this evening, last night of the year, from II to 12 o’clock. To-day. at noon, nominalionn will elose for the election of a Borough Councillor to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Captain Tucker as Mayor. The result of the Hapara Fete will be a gain of £3O. This h far short of previous ears, but under the circumstances should oe considered very satisfactory. More houses are being burnt down in Auckland, with suspicious circumstances surrounding the origin. A woman Mary O’Cemwl had her house burnt down ia«t week, and sbe has been arrested on a charge of incendiary. We would remind our reader® of the eoirie, concert and ball which takes place at Ormond cm Monday evening next. Every arrangement has been made to m r ake the affair a great success, and there ehould be a large at. tendance from town. The following ladies and gentlemen will take part at the concert: Mrs Butler, Mrs I’every, Mis« Buggs, Miss Buchanan, the Musters DeCosta, Messrs Sceatrf, Benson, G iffin and Jimmy Buchanan, A local song “ The East Coast Hussar ’ is also in preparation. An extraordinary general meeting of the New Zealand Shipping Company wau held at Christchurch on Wednesday last. New regulations were adopted. Tne principal alterations were the transfer to London of the head office, the registered office stin remaining at Christchurch, and the con atitution of two Boards of Directors in London and Ohriatohutcb.' The London Board is to have supreme tina iuial eoutrot and management of the administrative and commercial affair* of the Company, except in New Zealand, Australia, and the iMands of the Pacific. The New Zeaiand Board is to oe represented on the London Board by a director nominated by the Board in New Zealand, tthd the Loudon Board is to have a similar nomination on the New Zealand Board. An amusing slip of the tongue was made by {Sergeant Bullen at the R.M. Court on Ihurs day, during the heaiK g of the larceny ease. Mr Shaw, batman at the Masonic Hotel, was in the box, when the detgeanl was questioning him. “ Ycu are barmaid at the Masonic Hotel, are you not ?" asked the Beigeant. Suppressed merriment comd be heard from the body of the Court, to the evident astoibsiiment of the Sergeant, who looked'stemiy to* wards those at the back. “ Barmaid ? barmaid ?” repeated ins worship, appaientiy relishing the humor of the situation, it then dawned on the sergeant that he had made a mistake, winch be hastened to rectify, but not before Mt Brausey had gut a twit at him. “ Ttiey run ui the Mergeaut’s head, yOur Worship." Of cruise laughter was inesistable, Rnd the BergeaiiL could not help joining in. ‘ That’s the iesuit of*being good looking, Mt Shaw,” chimed in Alt Brassey. “ £uanks, Mi Brassej,’ biushingiy said lae recipient of the compliment. On the next wituehs coming foiward Sergeant Buiien laid paniuulai emphasis on tue “ man ’ in barman. Piesbyterian Church :—Satur ay : Watch ttignL service 11 io 12 o clock. Bunday: xUukaun 1.30, Fatu.aiii 3, Bev. J. iVicAra; Matawheiu 2 30, Mr At. 11. Bcott; Bt. Andrews, 11 and 7.— (Auvl.) Church of England country services on Sunday next—Kev. O. Dean : Patutahi 11, Waereuga-a-bika 3, Ormond 7—(Advt.)