LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 383, 28 November 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A large number of horses are to be sold at noon this day, at the Whataupoko Pound. At the meeting of the County Council yesterday afternoon Mr J. Coleman was selected to fill the vacancy on the High School Board.

At least two other Napier crews are ready to challenge the crew which has been selected to represent Hawke’s Bay in the annual rowing match with Gisborne. The latest Gazette contains a notifloatiois of the Governor’s assent to the arrangements for an intercolonial exchange of post cards, which take effect from Ist November instant. Penny post cards may now ba sent to all the colonies.

Mr Harding, Secretary of the Waerengahika Jockey Club, has had to decline to accept the nominations of Deceiver, Titbit, and Moonstone, owing to the late hour at which they were sent in. The weights for the meeting are to be declared on Saturday next.

A local clergyman isrenorted by the Southland Times to have said in the course of a sermon the other day: “My soul is often turned to contempt when going down the streets of Invercargill to see the hideous guys some women make of themselves by the way they dress.” On Tuesday night, in the Good Templars’ Hall, the Mutual Improvement Society held its closing meeting, prior to the recess until next year. There was a good attendance of members and friends, who merrily passed away the time, with various indoor games and amusements, until the hour for breaking np, which came only too quickly. After a recess of nearly two months the Society resumes its useful work.

The Wanganui Herald remarks;—“The Woodville Examiner circulated a rumor that Mr Hornsby, late of the Waipawa Mail, was to have the editorship nf the Napier News, but this the latter contradicts We don’t think the News could much improve on our old friend Mr C. Wilson, who has made it one of the most readable papers in the colony." The Standard re echoes those sentiments. It was Mr Wilson who so successfully launched this journal, which, like the News, continues to Increase in prosperity. Under date Makaraka, November 26, Mr Pelham E. Richardson writes:—" Sir,— I shall be glad if you would give me an opportunity of stating that I am not about to act in the capacity of Returning Officer at the ensuing election, nor have I ever done so at any election for the House of Representatives. On the contrary, at each election which has taken place in any electorate in which I have been residing since I have been in New Zealand, I have always taken a more or less active part on behalf of one of the candidates.” Mr Stead has, it is understood, at last finally severed his connection with Mr Thompson, of the Pall M.-.1l G-zette, and goes to America for a time on various schemes intent. He will be succeeded in Northum-beriand-street by young Charles Morley (nephew of John Morley), who has hitherto had charge of the Budget, and been interviewer In chief to the establishment, It wa. Charley .Morley who wrote the famous interview with Tawhiao, which so excited the late Mr Of;lesson’s wrath when the Maoris came over. He is a very clever scribe of the crisp, flippant, Jerome K. Jerome school, and may not improbably do big things with the Pall Mall.

The programme of the annual concert in aid of the Hospital is published this morning. Next Monday will be declared a public holiday in place of Saturday, and the concert will make an enjoyable wind up to what may be termed Hospital Day. The Concert Committee are to ba congratulated on being able to obtain the assistance of such a combination (if’musical talent. While some familiar and popular faces will be seen, several new singers of recognised ability will make their acquaintance with a Gisborne audience. We notice that Mr Airsy has comnosed the music for a naw song, written by a resident, which will be rendered for the first time in public on Monday next, There should be a large attendance at the concert, especially considering the object to which the (proceeds are to be devoted,

Mr Arthur addresses the Patutahi electors on Tuesday night instead of Monday. By the subsidence of a mine in Prussia, 250 miners have been entombed alive, but it is expected that all will be rescued. Cheering messages have been received in regard to the London wool market, the prices realised being from five to tenjper cent, higher than at the closing of the October series. Owing to continued illhealth the Premier is expected to take a trip to Tasmania for a few months. In the absence of Sir Harry Atkinson, Mr Mitchelson takes charge of the ship of State.

A serious accident happened yesterday to Mr Peter Milne, carter. Ho was in the Waimata district, and the dray came over on him and badly bruised and crushed him. Full particulars had not been obtained last night.

In the published list of handicaps for the Hospital sports the allowances made to Wildish and Thompson, in the St. Andrew's Handicap, were not correctly given. For the threeevents Wildish has—Oyd, syd, Syd; Thompson—Syd, 25yd, 11yd. All the competitors in the handicap have accepted. Minds and pockets expand wonderfully under the influence of political excitement. One of the candidates has bloomed forth as a patron of rowing. We congratulate the lucky club. We refer to the Gisborne Club. If the working men's club has also participated in this unexpected generosity we congratulate it as well. Our contemporary is still struggling with Mr Rees’ speech, trying to crack the hard nuts therein contained. At the present rate how long will it take to reach tbe education question, which is the question ? We see it continues to quote from the Napier paper which let the cat out of the bag about Graham, Ormond, and Co. Who got the harbor rating district altered ?

At a special meeting of the County Connell held on the 9th, the following business was transacted. Tenders were received as follows for carting 1000 yards of broken metal from the Patutahi quarry :—R. Knox (accepted) 8s per yard ; Mclntosh and Doieman. 6s 5d per yard ; W. Jones, 6s 5d per yard ; P, MoLoughlan, 8s 6d par yard. Tha Engineer was ordered to use tha deferred payment land moneys and native rales in clearing part ot Mahia Road ; about £7O would accrue from lands in that vicinity this year,