LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume 6, Issue 605, 21 January 1879, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. Samuel Mason Wilson announces through our advertising columns : That, should aiwone wish to hire a horse, or a horse anJtrap, or a coach and horses ; or should ty* wish to sell, or to buy, or to exhange a horse, a trap, a coach, or any other kind of vehicle, the Argyll stables is the place to apply to. Mr. Samuel Mason will sell a new trap, or one second-hand, or sell or buy horses, or exchange the same, or do anything in reaßontomeet the wishes of his customers. For effecting a sale, a small commission only will be charged : to which we say that on the whole nothing can be fairer,

A special general meeting of the Gisborue Lodge of Odd Fellows will be held in the lodge-room, to-morrow evening, for the purpose of electing a Surgeon, and for the transaction of business generally. The very excellent and spirited band of the Gisborne Rifle Volunteers, have announced their intention, through our columns, to play a selection of dance music, from 6 to 8 o'clock, in the Recreation Ground, to-morrow evening. We notice that Mr. Ratcliffe is appointed to collect and receive all interests, rents and monies due'to Mr. Josiah Tutcheu. The New Zealandar referring to the departure of the Governor for Australia saya that he applied to the Government for the use of the Hmemoa, but was informed she could not be . allowed to leave New Zealand waters. In Wellington the city valuations for 1878-80 are £241^38, as against £207,505 last year, which? shows an increase of £34,293. There are 5,026 ratings, and last year only 4,490. Dr. Powell, at a recent meeting of ihe local Board of Health, Christchurch, drew attention to the great prevalence of typhoid fever on board immigrant ships arriving at various ports of New Zealand, and expressed his opinion that the disease was engendered by the bad water supplied on board. The matter will be brought officially under notice of the Government. It is said that the crop3 in the vicinity ofGreytown are this year exceptionally heavy, and those at Waihakeke it is estimated will yield from 50 to 60 bushels per acre. The farmers in the vicinity of Masterton and Carterton are busy getting in their crops, and the same may be said of those in the vicinity of Greytown also. The reaper and binder is being extensively used for this purpose, and gives general satisfaction. This is fortunate, as labor was never before known to be so scarce.