LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 404, 16 January 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr Finneran received four tenders in response to the advertisement regai in; shitting and improving cottage in Palmerst >a Road. Thai of Mr H. Bobb, being the lowest was accepted, £4B 10a.

Newspapers addre-sod as under are detained at the Post Office, through being insufficiently stamped Captain T. M ickie, Capetown ; W Folleraen, Oape of Good H ,pe; J. Hunter, Cape Colony ; H. Martin, Ireland.

There appears to be the possibility at further trouble with the natives of the Chatham Islands, as they still strongly resent the payment of dng tax, for the collec ioa of which a fotcc of police was detained at the island.

There were very few eases at the E.M. Courts held latt week at Tologa Bly and Awanui. At Tologa only two cases of interest were h. ard, viz., M. Mullooly v. Lincoln, claim £5O for removing a store off the Wairara No. 2 block, The plaintiff was awarded £lO and costs, £2 Ils. In the case Porter v. two natives fro.,, Marahea, claim £9 for dauiagi s for preventing the removal of » flock of sheep, it was found that the summons had not been served in time, and the plaintiff withdrew the case, but intima ted his intention ot taking other Mr Day appeared for the plaintiff in the flrat case, awl the defence in the latter. At Awunui there were about a dozen cases, mostly of no interest The principil ones were : Jackson v. Whitmore, claim £lB 12s, damages and balance of contract, in which the pl lint iff was nonsuited. Mr Day ap peared for Jackson. The case Pilot's Haenga and othi rs v, Mrs 8. C. Harding, claim £9O for value of nine bales of wool, and €5 damages for detention. The case lusted nearly a whole day, and after the plaintiff s evidence was closed, the Court granted a nonsuit, with costs £5 lus. Mr Day appeared for defendants. Mr Swann and another were charged, on the information of the police, with furious riding in a public thoroughfare, to wit the beach at Waipiro Mr Day appeared for the defendants, and after argument the Bench held that the foreshore was not a public place within the I ineauing of the Police Offences AoL and dismissed the charge, but at the same time deprecated the practice that prevailed on the coast of desecrating the Sabbath by pacing on that day. There were atJTWS) pojipe ess s against Natives fnr petty off>n<t»B ih ad i>f which, with one exception, anuvioti.ins weie obtained, and shoi't terina ef imptiauntoeni ludietsd,

Ths Borough Overpesr has been taking advantage of the holidays to have the south t-ide of Gladstone Road, from Lowe «ueet to Blight street, tarred, in accordance with thresolution of the Conned to have that useful work done.

Mr Booth, R.M., returned yesterday morning from the coast, where he had br-en holding sittings of the li.M. Ooun. The trouble between Major Porter and the native* came before him at Tologa Bty on Tuesday and was by coneent referred to arbitration. Messrs Booth and Tucker are, we undeisland, to act as arbitrators.

Complaints have reached ns regarding an ( ft’ensive odour which is supposed to com • from a shed on Read’- Q iay, and which, it is said, is becoming a great nuisance to theresi dents in the vioini y. If the facts are as stated some steps should certainly be at once taken to abate the nuisance.

At the Police Court yesterday morning an application by Helen Isabel Smith for a prohibition order against her husband, G. A. Smith, ot Oi mor.d, farmer, was to be heard. There was no appearance of informant, and when thf case was called on, Mr Watson, who appeared for the defendant, asked that the information be dismissed. The bench agreed to this cours?. Messrs H. Lewis and 0. C. Lu Jas were the presiding justices. One of >he most exoiring events at ye.Rer day’s race meeting was a monkey race. One of the clever monkeys that do the but’o i trick took it into his head to break away and have acanter down the straight. A race wasabont to star’, but the monkey diversion was a formidable counter attraction. The keepers followed up and tried to entice the truant with found words and promises of whst they wouldn’t give him when they got hold of him, bat the comical little Ecamp scrambled over the saddling paddock fence and then back on to the course, where there was a sort of puss in the corper game until the popular tyrant who )ides round the course with a whip came [ and made the two legged and four-legged I animals scatter. After a little furlher trouble I the runaway was captured, the small boys ‘ voting it the best event of the day. • While up the river lately Major Kemp was I interviewed Uy a number of Te Komi Maoris, who it appear# were sent as delegates to ; ascertain hia opinion on Te Whiri's position, j From what we can gather of Kemp's reply deprecated the posifion taken up by Muj >r Bopate, and said that a free pardon having been issued io Te Kooti, he was a free man a d could go where he pleased so long as he did not break the law. K nnp was very particular to impress on the delegates the fact that there was to b > no more fighting, except in Parliament. The Legislature, he said, ha? the making of laws for the European and Maori, and therefore it was their duty to see that their were properly watched. As to the Te Kooti religion our informant states that it is a mixture, based principally on the Scriptures, and in this respect following the Jewish religion, that its converts keep the Sabbath on Saturday. lu order, however, not to offend the suscepiibiliiirß of others they do not work on Sunday, and so have two Sundays a week, whica suits the Maoris very well I —Yeoman.

The Victorian people havegotan Earlf<>ra Governor, and they evidently want to make the most of him wi’hout regard to his coinf »rt. The Standard says :—Anyone that saw the Governor on the d >y of his arrival, passing onward in his carriage through cheering crowds, with hia held uncovered, under a burning suo, could hardly rtfraiu from thinking that a little considerate suggestion was wanting somewhere, and as we sh dl no d> übt see foundation stones to be laid, and b.tz<ara and institutions to be inaugurated, ami functions of every conceivable kind, all utilised for the honour of the Governor—and other objects in the background—it might not be amis-i if some wine mentor took steps to have these things moderated, if not waived, until the fierceness of our summer is past, or, at least, the intended recipient of such attentions shall have l.ecome acclimatised.

On Tuesday the Wesleyan Church picnic took place at Matawhero, in a paddock kindly lent for the occasion by Mr Jones. The spot was in way suited for the purpose, and the 300 persons (or thereabouts-) that were present appeared to appreciate it accordingly. The majority of the picnickers went from town. Mr Stevenson's la'ge brake and two waggonettes being pressed into service to convey them to their destination. Three trips were made bv these vehicles, and in addition there were numerous private traps as well as numbers of pqmstrians. Arrived on the ground, the picnickers being in a sociable frame of mind, soon became acquainted with one another, and set about er j »ying themselves with the various games which are usually indulged in at picnics. That they were pretty successful in this direction was evident; the games were kept going with vigor the whole day long, while everyone seemed happy and contented. The commissariat department was in good hands. Although this department was taxed to the utmost there was an abundance of things to eat and drink, which a host of willing waiter* and waitresses dispensed in such a way as to make even self-inflicted hunger impossible. The picnic committee and those who had charge ot the affair deserve every credit for the way in which it was managed, and we believe their efforts will be repaid with a good financial harvest, to say nothing of the sociability which the gathering did much to cultivate or the pleasure which those present derived from it. After tea three hearty cheers were given for Mr and Mrs Jones for their kindness in placing their paddock at the disposal of the Church. During the afternoon the Rsv. J. Ward took advantage of the opportunity to present Mr R. H. Scott, who is about to leave for Wellington, with a handsome silver inkstand suitably inscribed, which the members ot the Wesleyan Church had decided to give him as a token of their gratitude to him (Mr Scott) for the willing way in which he had on all occasions assisted the Wesleyan Church. Mr Ward spoke highly of Mr Scott’s abilities and the help he had rendered to the dhurcb, and wished him every success in his naw sphere. Mr Scott suitably replied, and the Bev. J. McAra having said a few words laudatory of Mr Scott, three cheers for the latter and Mrs Scott were called for and heartily resprtftded to.