LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 384, 30 November 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A. sitting of the Native Land Court at G'sborne is gazetted for the 13 -h of January, 1890, to rehear the Waipiro block matter in accordance with the legislation of last session. Owing to the unavoidable absence of Mr East, the Rev, Father Kehoe will sing the original song " Ob ; had I but a barque,’’ at Monday evening’s Hospital Concert, The Garrtson Band play as usual (weather permitting) near the City Rink, thia evening. The following are the selections :—March i The Bailiff's Daughter; nohottische: Bank Holiday; quadrille: A String of Pearls; po'ka: Sprightly; march: The Irish Emigrant ; waltz ; Cordelia ; galop : Gluokliche Stunden,

Oa Monday last two gentleman travelling from Gisborne to Tqlago bad a somewhat narrow escape at the Pakarae. There was no ferryman to cross them, and in attempting to ford the stream both horses and horeernen were in difficulties. If the Charon of the Pakarae elects to come into town he should obtain the services of someone to execute bis duties.

At ths R.M. Court on Thursday, ths follow ing cases were heard : -Currie and Hogan v. G. Single, claim £2 13s; judgment by default, coats 7s. Judgment summonses :E. P. Joyoe v. D. Kydd, claim £lB 18s 61; the defendant was ordered to pay ths amount by weekly instalments of 10s. Hatton and Score v. P. Mooney, claim £2 19s 31; an order was made for the amount to be paid, by weekly instalments of 5-. David Douglas v. P. Mooney, claim £2 6s 91. The amount was ordered to be paid at once, The Committee formed for the reception of Mr Dillon have closed their accounts, The cost of reception, which has been altogether borne by the Committee, amounts to £25 15s 61. The vo'untary subscriptions to the fund amount to £3l 19s, and the cash taken at the door for entrance to Mr Dillon’s address came to £22 8s; total, £53 7s. A draft has been sent to the Secretary at Auckland for the amount of £53 4s 2d net. All the leading newspapers in the colony are taking a great interest ip the East Coast election, and there is an almost unanimous opinion that the electorate should make the election an opportunity to clear the district of participation in the Assets Company scandal, and this will not be done by returning to Parliament a Ulan who has been holding private communications with a Chief Judge. The Hawke’s Bay Herald, which has hitherto been opposed to Mr Rees, now treats him as a coming man. The Wanganui Herald remarks:—"lt may be said that Mr Rees occupies too much time in stating his views ; but that objection is only the stale and hackneyed device of that Tory class that want to secure as njany priyHegis as possible to themselves, to which e’nd dispassion is not desirable. Parliament is the place for the Ventilation of all questions that affect the welfare of tha people, and every man who has opinions and can state them forcibly is iu his proper place in that arena. Silence and ’fixing up titles’ for Glasgow Bsnks may suit the parties intereatefi well enough. Mr Graham hardly ever opened Ills mouth in- tlje House, but he was no doubt ac.ivc enough in otber latitudes, with what result he ia his own best witness. Gisborne will probably be quite eiok of this kind of service, and will return Mr Rees as a member capable of maintaining the interea’s of the district, while at the same time upholding the just rights of the people in Parliament," The Graham-Arthur party—or as they are now known, the Assets and Confilential party—are in sore straits when they have to descend to suoh discreditable tactics aa those adopted by an evening " misprint." Not content with exaggerating what Mr Rees said and giving him columns of abuse without even touching on tbe main question, that of education, they aye now trying tq villify the Mayor, for the way in’which he conducted the Graham-Arthur meeting, The fact is Mr Beea has a large majority ol supporters iu town, and had the party chosen, Mr Arthur and hie few supporters must have been swamped. Those who anticipate victory can, however, afford to exercise magnanimity, and to give the novice every chance was the policy followed. As a proof of this It may bo stated tbet some nights before the meeting Mr Rees’ committee mads every anangement to secure a fair and impartial hearing tor Mr Arthur, find supporters of Mr Rees were distributed all oyer the boll with strict orders to try and control any radical spirits jvho felt inclined to interrupt the speakers) Any thinking person must have felt proufi qf the orderly way in which the meeting was conducted. Mr Arthur publicly acknowledged his thanks, and said if be had not been given a patient hearing he must have broken down. Mr Townley, too, expressed himself greatly pleased' ■at the orderliness of' the meeting and satisfied with the wav in which it had been opnducted by the Chairman. But no control could prevent the aqdienoo resenting the dreary drip of deolr-mation instituted by Mr File, and some of Mr Arthur’s supporters were prominent in the general chuffing that was indulged in at Mr File’s expense. Is is pven beheyed by some that the Graham. Arthur Confidential party tried.themselves to put Mr File down, because that gentleman succeeded in driving so many doubtfuls on to the side of the Party of Progress which has selected Mr Bees as its lesdort

Several letters are unavoidably held over until our next issue.

A rather unusual argument in favor of a bi-weekly North Island journal which is in the market is that the proprietorship carries with it the certainty of election to the House. A splendid opportunity to procure young racing stock, of sterling pedigree, will be offered on January 8, at Auckland, the Naw Zealand Stud Company having fixed that data for the annual sale. The sale will be conducted by the well-known auctioneers, Messrs Hunter and Nolan, in conjunction with Messrs Buckland and Sons. Aa the Company has become famous for the quality of its stock, and the annual sale is always looked forward to with interest by sporting men in this ex'ensive district, they only require to be remi ded of the date and to be given an idea nf :he catalogue. This will ba found incur advertising columns.