LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 381, 23 November 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr A. O. Arthur addresses the electors in McFarlane’s Hall on Wednesday evening next, and the dates for the country meetings are also announced.

Among those who have been successful in passing the general knowledge examination for the law, the name of one Gisborne candidate—Mr R. N. Jones —is included, Attention is referred to the auction sale by Messrs Graham Pitt and Bennett this morning at 11, when a piano by Bord and a quantity of useful household furniture will be submitted absolutely without reserve. At the last meeting of the H.B. Land Board there were 65 applications for one section, at Woodville, the section being awarded to Mr Sowry. Mr Horace Baker, on behalf of several applicants, will appeal against the decision of the Board, on the grauad that some of the applicants already had perpetual leases.

Owing te the numerous letters we are receiving in regard to the forthcoming election —letters mostly written for party purposes—we must decline to publish, except as advertisements, any but those that are a fair criticism of the views enunciated by the candidates. Letters of that description will be willingly published, irrespective of the opinions expressed. Our policy is to give fair play to all parties. A New South Wales police .office is a 10ft. square apartment, with a multitude of doors and windows. Consequently it is breezy, and the police officers shiver and grumble when they are not otherwise occupied in chasing papers and documents around the room. It is related—but the incident sounds rather Mark Twainish—tfeat one officer left his little sou standing in the middle of the offioe for a few minutes. He missed him, and found him apparently stuck fast to the fireplace. The fire damper had been accidentally left open, and the draught of air had carried the child up to it, and there held it fast. The damper bad is J?e closed before the child could be released,

It is amusing to hear the expressions of opiniots as to the candidate which the Standard inteaaa to recommend as the one whom the electors should select in the forthcoming election. The cieotara hfivo been so aeeuetomed to bear the parrot cries that are tuned up during election times that many of them have not yet realised t-feat H is possible for a newspaper to fairly grltfe'se all ths candidates wjjhout regard to the classes which they represent, The following business of interest to this district was transacted at the last meeting of the Education Board, in addition to that which our Napier correspondent has already telegraphed From Makauri, asking that something be done in the way pf providing water for use of the children, —It was stated that the Board had as yet no title to the school site, although a chimney and outoffices had been erected on the site, and the Education Board's regulations provided that they should not spend money on any place mitfi a proner title was obtained.—The letter further askpd the Board to take over the building, which was not large enough.— The Board could not see its way plear to comply with the request. The Secretary suggested that all above Standardll. be not allowed to attend the school, but be sent to the Matawhero school, which wasinthejgame district, Ths Makauri school, it appeared, was overcrowded, and the Matawhero school was losing a teacher In consequence of the meagre attendance.—A reply to this effect was ordered to be forwarded by the Secretary, and also that a. tank for water would be provided us Asked;

Last evening the second heat of the Gisborne Rowing Club's trial fours was rowed off, and resulted in an easy win for Lunn's crew. The Poverty Clubs race was won easily by Marshall’s crew. We are requested to state that the information against A. J. Thomas for the larceny ot firewood heard last Wednesday was laid by the Police, and not by Mr Arundel. On Thursday morning Mr E. Burch had his leg broken on the breakwater. The accident arose through a quarrel with one of bis fellow workmen, and an action in the matter will probably be taken by the police. Robert Davidson, who was in Gisborne in connection with Mr Gilberd’s artesian wellsinking contract, has become insolvent. In the list of creditors wo notice the names of A. Cooper (£1 sa) and J. Finlay (£7). of Gisborne. The assets are set down at £ll5, and the amount duo to unsecured creditors at £231. A nice advocate of the interests of the district—Our evening contemporary asserts that there are few counties in New Zealand that have obtained a larger exoenditure on roads than has the Cook County. That's a good one; it beats the article on the sand pump,

Complaints reach us of a fence lately erected in Stout Street, North Gisborne, and which appears to be a constant terror to ladies and others who have to pass it. This fence adjoins thefootpath, and out of seven wires has four barbed ones, on which ladies' dresses are caught and torn.

Mr Adair having taken over the stock of drapery and clothing which was in the premises known as the D.1.C., announces, a clearing sate for four weeks. An opportunity to get such a large discount as 4s in the £ seldom occurs, and all ladies making summer purchases would do well to take advantage of this liberal offer.

Mr R. Finlay, of the Gisborne Hotel, is ever on the look for novelties, and has now secured what, ho calls the “ Rose of Sharon," from the river Jordan, It is said that this wonderful rose, it placed in water for one week, will spread out end become green. After one month it will produce a beautiful red flower. It always grows in water, and in fact is everlasting.

Mr Finneran received five tenders for building the proposed college at Waerengaa hike, There not being a quorum of Trustees, nothing could be decided, but Mr Ponsfr.-rd’s was the lowest, and is almost certain to he accepted. The tenders wore Ponsford ... ... ... 1.37 S B. Robb 1.410 W, O, Sheet 1,419 Little 1,443 J. Somervell ... ... 1,830 Considerable amusement was caused in the R.M. Court room yesterday afternoon by a scene in which a plaintiff in one case, a defendant in another, and a lawyer were the dramatis personas. The plaintiff was the first upon the scene and waited the arrival of the defendant, who soon afterwards appeared and proceeded to pay some money Into Court. During thia time the plaintiff had stood in the background, but immediately the money was paid in ho stepped forward and served tho Clerk with a notice which had the effect of impounding the money. Jt apears that this plaintiff had a judgment against the person who ought in the ordinary course to have received the money, and had issued a distress for the purpose of seizing it. Before the various parties left the room the lawyer who was acting for the person entitled to receive the money made his appearance in order to draw the money out, but found he had been forestalled. He took the news in good part and expressed his intention of “ fighting it out.”

At the R M, Court on Thursday, Hugh Binnie sued George Robert Moore for £8 6s Id, the price,of grass seed never delivered, and damages for non delivery, Mr Rees appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Nolan for the defence. The facts, which were practically undisputed, showed that Binnie had, in 1887, bought some cocksfoot grass seed from Moore, to be left at the Loan and Mercantile Agency company’s stores until the plaintiff should find means to have it taken to Tiniroto. The purchase money was paid, and nothing more was heard ot the matter until, twelve months afterwards the defendant gave an order to Nicool, Reynolds and 00. to receive from the Loan anl Mercantile all seed standing in his name. The seed wasshipped away, and some time afterwards the defendant was advised that the seed he had sold to Binnie had also been taken. He immediately informed the plaintiff of this, and offered to replace it with other seed of like quality, to which Binnie agreed. The samples shown were not to the plaintiff’s satisfaction, and be therefore asked for a return of his money. This the defendant refused, considering that it was the plaintiff's laches that had caused the mistake, and that the seed that he offered in place ot tlje original seed was equal to that bought by the plaintiff, Judgment was given for the amount claimed, leas the damages, £6 16 s Id, and costs £1 Ils,

“ Touchstone,” in the Napier News, writes:—How's Vogel going on at Home? Well, there’s a yarn that he’s interested in that big Swiss railway over the Simplon Pass, but I doubt whether it’s true. He’s in with that Taranaki (petroleum company, isn’t he ? He may be, but I see the chief promoter is a man called Charles Marvin. Charles Marvin. Nover heard of him before. Oh yes you have, He’s a great authority on Central Asian affairs, a great Russian scholar, was correspondent for the London Telegraph in Turkestan for some time. What floes be know about petroleum ? A lot. He visited the great Russian oil town of Baku, on the shores of the Caspian Sea, a place which rivals the Pennsylvanian oil towns, and wrote a big book on the subjeoh He's quite a petroleum expert. Well, I hope he'll do better with the Taranaki petroleum than Wash Weaver, the Yankee expert, has done with the Poverty Bav oil. H’m—don’t you laugh at. the Poverty Bay oil, I’m a firm believer in it despite all the delays and all the double faced trickery of the past, Weaver holds the blegest amount ot shares and ha has faith in the spec. Sooner or later, you'll see a Gisborne oil boom. It’s a deuced long time earning, qnd I doubt whether it ever will come. It's a long lane that has no turning, ray boy. Patience, a little more patience, that’s all. There's one thing certain that if the oil racket doesn’t turn out trumps Gisborne is done, I believe it willjiurn out trumps, and only wish I had a few good Gisborne sections in my natpe.

There is still plenty of life in Opotiki, though the outward display is of a most discreditable nature, The Rev. T, J. Wills was suspected of being the correspondent to a Tauranga paper, and in the letters the writer was very outspoken as to some of the weaknesses of the young men of the district. They got up an indignation meeting against hiin, but, not satisfied with that, on Guy Fawke’s night a great procession of the hoodlums was got up, headed (on horseback) by qne who qught to have known better—Mr Bates, the owner of a brewery and also of tha only " newspaper ”in the place. T^ e hoodlums even triad to get the local band to take part in probeeJlngs, They had a lummy dressed up to represent as nearly as possible tha Rev. Mr Wilis. A few gentlemen, howaver, wlio have some regard for the credit of the little town, met tfoe larrikins and dispersed them, tha JatteJs lung pawer feeing much stronger than the courage they had to sustain ft. At spy rate the disgraceful proceedings were soon put an end to, but some of those concarned in them have the effrontery to institute Court proceedings agaipsf the gentlemen who topk such action as to prove that the place is not governed by a mob pf larrifeips. There sheuld be a gopd opening for a decent little paper in Opotiki, and if some smart, active young fellow, possessed of a practical knowledge ot the business, went over there he ought to be able to stamp out the brewerysmelling sheet in a few weeks. Mr Bates had bettor desist from his present way of doing things, or he may Hal aa outsider step in and show him the error of his ways when it is too late to remedy them. Church of England cervices: Ormond, 11: Te Arai, g : Mak'araka, 3; Eatutahi, 7.

Presbyterian Church i Services to-morrow. Karaka, 11; Ormond, 2 30; Matawhero, 2.M! Wuarehga-a-hika, 71 gt, Anfirews 11 aad 7. '

Searle is the youngest oarsman who has ever held the proud title of Champion Sculler of lbs World.

At the R.M. Court on Thursday the following civil oases were heard G. R. Moore v. Otonc Pitau, claim £1 19s 9d for goods supplied. Judgment for plaintiff, by consent, with costs, 10s. A dusky savage, who is evidently of Milesian extraction, had the misfortune to have his horse drop dead beneath him at Patutahi the other day. The forlorn son of tho soil gazed for a few moments at the dead beast, and then turning to his companion, remarked in accents anything but joyful, " Golly, me neber see my horse die likee that before." The privileges for the Hospital Sports are to be sold by Messrs Graham, Pitt, and Bennett this morning. A number of the intending competitors are In active training. As the sports are to be held at the Park, the prospect of a much larger attendance than usual should result in good prices being given for the privileges,

A case of peculiar interest to shippers of horses was partly heard on Thursday and resumed yesterday, in which Hugh Binnie claimed £5O from the Union Steamship Company, for injuries sustained by a horse whilst being transhipped from the Southern Cross into the lighter at Gisborne. An attempt was made to set up negligence and carelessness on the part of the Company’s servants. Captain Kennedy and some of the officers and seamen of the Southern Cross gave evidence that the usual and all necessary precautions had been taken, and that the accident was caused by an unforeseen rolling of the vessel at the moment of transhipment. The Magistrate gave judgment for defendant, with costs £3 16s. Mr Rees appeared for plaintiff, and Mr DeLautour for the defendant Company.