BREVITIES.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 253, 29 January 1889, Page 2

BREVITIES.

Harbor election a fizzle. Borough Council meets to-night. Spielers gone to fhece the Wairoa people. Granny’s thermometer melted with the heatThe Gisborne School re-oponed yesterday* Potatoes are sixpence per pound in Brisbane.

An intercolonial rifle match will be held in Melbourne next November.

Mr Weaver gone to Auckland. Mealing 0 f Oil Company this afternoon. The new Bailway Cummissioners aseumed charge under the Act yesterday. McLoughlin’s tender, £2O, accepted tor erection of tank at Fire Brigade shed. Some Melbourne Exhibition models have been passed on Chinamen as sovereigns. The Chinese Immigrants Act has bean left to its operation by the Imperial Gavernment. The Maoris won their match at Someraot by four goals and five tries to ons goal and a try. A young fellow named D’Arcy dislocated hie hip at ths Carterton sporte on Tueoday laet. A Jewess, said to bo 106 ysars old, reaideo in Spitalflelds. She regularly attends Synagogue. No Chinese arrived in New Zealand or left the colony during the last three months of 1888. In nine months 696 persons were killed and 6096 injured on railways in tho United Kingdom. Herr von Schelling has been appointed Minister for Justice oi the Prussian Cabinet, vice Dr Fredberg resigned. The Queensland revenue returns for the half year are £409,000 as against £998,000 for the previous half year. A man named Philip Writh was arrrsted at Hobart, charged with abducting his niooo, a juvenile rider tn a circus. A steamer trading in Chinese waters, with 1300 persons aboard, inomuing 150 ohildrra, is supposed to have foundered. A Sydney Chinaman has been oommjttod tor trial for having broken the thigh of a man named Edward Townsend. Flies have become such a nuisance io Rockhampton (Q ) that the residents have to take their rasals ioside mosquito nets. A navvy at Sydney while riding on a truck attached to a ballast train, tell beneath the wheels and met with instantaneous death. Tho foundation stone of the new buildings for the Sydney Daily Telegraph has been laid. The buildings are to ooet £20,000. Nominations of candidates for the Gisborne Borough Licensing District must be sent in on or beforeWednesday.fith proximo.

Tns Premier of South Australia, while ay mpathisiug with farmers in the loss of their crops, declines to grant a request for seed wheat. * A large number of holiday makers returned to Gisborne by Suuday's steamer, including mod of the teaching staff of the Public School.

Several flaxmilis in Palmonion North are working day and nignt, so as to bo able to reap tbe advantage of tho high prion* now prevailing.

Senn bullocks escaped from the oattle yards at Newcastle and ran about tho oily charging persons. Five of the animals wen shot by constables. If tho young lady who lost her umbrella last night, in the vicinity of tbe D.1.C., will oall at this office she may regain possession of the same. A sister of charity in America has broken her vows to marry a railway conductor, who fell in love with her, while she was nursing him in a hospital. Bates, the professional cricketer, who attempted suicide, lies in a pnoanous condition and bis friends an raising a fund in aid of his family. Searle, the ohampion scalier, some time ago gave bis father £2OO out of hie winnings, and since winning the ouampinnsbip he has given his father £lOOO. The Victorian Rowing Association has decided that Manual Labor oarsman shall bo eligible for a seat in tbe Victorian beat in the intercolonial races. One newspaper describes the new Judge as au ill-tempered, bouteroue, lawyer ; fit only to brow*boat witnesses in a Polios Ovurt, and ho is to be a Judge ! Some 5200 lanterns and lamps, and 2400 pieces of silk are being manufactured for tho celebrations in connection with the vroddiug of the Emperor of China. It has been asserted that Mr Thompson (late R.E.) backed out of the harbor election. We dun’s believe it, because he's a game one—ha must have misunderstood the time. A well-known clerk in Newcastle, (N. S. W.) haa disappeared owing to monetary troubles. Just previous to his departure he borrowed £l5OO from a widow lady. Many oi our exchanges have a bad word to say of tho Turf Club’s recent meeting, and the general opinion is that it will not bring Gisborne into high repute in sporting circles. Tho heat was so great yesterday that an Indian pedlar was observed to lie down under the shade of a tree for some time, the atmosphere appearing to have overpowered him 1 Incident of Texas lite. David Ralsani, of Cortez, wanted Biohard Holt to land him some money. Holt refused, whereupon Balsani shot him dead. A mob then hanged Ralsani to a tree. To-day being a public holiday in Auckland tbe departure of the Australia haa been pentponed till Wednesday. She is due here on Friday afternoon and loaves tor tha south in the evening. Mr Lohr, the well-known theatrical agent, is now in Sydney piloting through the colonies Mr Frank Lincoln, an American looturer, humorist, and mimic, who io said to surpass even his prototype, Artemus Ward. During mass at Knookea recently, on a boy* eotted farmer entering the church ail the men of the congregation rose and left in defiance of the Y>oar-Ganeral, who had been sent by Bishop of Limerick to prevent sgeh googrrsnoee. A most remarkable Incident is reported from Toxas, where a woman has given birth to six children, all of whom are alive and well. The babies have, says a veraoiooa reporter, been carefully labelled so as to preserve their identity.

Two members of the Salvetion Army have complained to the Wellington City Council of the conduct of a lioenMd cabman who, they allege, drove through one of the Armyprooessiens lately, end behaved in such a manner as to injure one of their It is rumored, says tho Wairarapa Dally, that Mr Herbert Hodge, the Wairarapa walking man, has returned from Melbourne £l2OO the richer for his trip. It is a'so stated that one of the Australian champions intends to challenge him at an early date. The Napier lyews states that Mr Ellis has interviewed Mr Cort;ford with regard to the racing dispute in Gisborne, and fully intends to take the matter into Court, After reviewing the facts the News considers the dub has not a leg to stand on in the matter.

A serious accident happened to a Mr Thomas Morris the other day. Hs was descending a spur in Lyell's Bay when hie feet slipped and the back of his hsad struck the ground Violently, He Is now eon£ ted tc his bed, suffering from what is balieved to be gunsuasion at tbs brain, Speaking of the public library of that town, a Wanganui paper doss not hesitate to say that there is not anothsr in the colony that oan show so elear and satisfactory a record for the twelve years that have elapsed sines the Public Libraries Act, the enactment under which this and all altnilar iuititutioas have been established, was passed in 1886. At tho Wellington Athletio Clubs meeting, by doing tho 120 Yards Hurdle Championship Race in 17 seconds, H. W. Batger broke tho New Zealand record by ono-fifth of aaeoond, and is therefore entitled to a ,oup from tha Asaociation. R. Malcolm also broke the re* cord for putting tho weight, trading it Mft