LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 801, 5 June 1879, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bourkc and Smith will hold an auctioi 5 to-morrow, of drapery, clothing, &c. 1 The Gisborne Rifles will parade at Mao - farlane's Hall, at 7 p.m. to-morrow. \ We have to request that all advertise f ments for insertion m the Herald be sen . to our office by 3.30 iv the afternoon, afte; which hour, unless m some exceptional n 1 urgent case, we cannot guarantee them t. > appear m our columns on the same evening • We go to press at 5 o'clock sharp eacl L evening, m order that our large and ever increasing number of subscribers may ge their paper delivered m reasonable time " We snail also feel obliged if subscriber! > will not cause delay to our delivery b] _ keeping the ruuuera longer than can bi , conveniently be avoided. The town am suburbs cover a large area of ground, au< > as there is not a house at w bich the Herau > is not delivered, it will be seen that oui i appeal is a reasonable one. I The following has been received from j I correspondent at Napier ; — The meeting o teachers at Napier bids fair to be a success r though of course it will take time ti 1 develop its results. Tue criticism lesson - are highly interesting : the teachers m tun , give a class lesson iv the school, before th< inspector and other teachers, and then al adjourn to a class-room, where an uuspar ' ing criticism is invited, the Inspector finish I ing up ; credit is given wuere credit i • due. This plan enables the teacher to se , his or her weak points, and is carriei I ou m the most friumlly manner. A rapi< course of highly interesting drawing au< i singing lessons is part of the programme ' The business will nnish on b'riday evening ( when the Board have invited the teacher to a free and easy, and to bring two friend; ' each, for music, &c. We hear that th ' work has been of no light nature, as fron - the interest taken, the stated hours ar< - much exceeded, aud from 9.30 a. in. to 9 p.m there is very little intermission, m additioi to which voluminous notes have to be pre 1 pared aud given to the Inspector. Th ■ Board have visited the School m a body . and some members are constant m thei attendance. They have expressed a ver; hi^h opinion of the results to be derive) 1 from the carrying out of Mr, Hdl's idea ' The expense will be trifling, probably , within £120. Unless the Southern Cros should turn up about Sunday at Napier the Uisborue teachers will return by tin ■ Wauaka next Wednesday. ' A quadrille class has been inauguratec ' at the Public Hail, Makaraka, which is, a ■ will be observed by an advertisement, ti L meet every Thursday evening. Thosi among our numerous country readers wh< ' really enjoy the gai> ty and exhilaration o i dancing, aud for the nonce feel inclined t< express ibe sentiment m " L'lagero " o "JtJegone dull care," will, we are as , i-ured, there find an opportunity of s< 1 doini. The management have engagec musical talent and promise that nothing ' will be wanting on their part to contribute to the success of these meetings. In order that our district should have i , fair show, at the forthcoming Exhibition, we would call the attention of all settler! to their consideration of what good exhibits they may have, and to lose no time ir forwarding them to the Secretary, m ac> cordance with the regulations. The Government have been at considerable expence to distribute the latter, and the local committee request 'a hearty response, by the articles being forwarded forthwith to Townley's Building, m order that they may be closed and an estimate of space required for exhibition. An amusing incident (saya the Wellington Chronicle) occurred m the Government House Grounds lately. As the Hon. the Native Minister passed through the gates, the full private, who was killing time and keeping himself warm by walking up and down for the regulation period, neglected to salute the hon. gentleman. The sergeant m charge, who happened to be looking through the window of the retreat, saw the defect of the private's conduct and rushing out the following conversation took place m broad Irish : — Sergt. : Why didn't you shlute the Native Minister? Private (indignantly) : Think I'm goin' to shlute a man I don t kuow ? Sergeant (m astonishment) : Don't know the Native Minister ? Private : Indade an' I don't. Sergeant : Then be gobs, you'll soon have to know him. The Taupo coach had (says tha Hawike's Bay Herald) a narrow escape from another accident ou Saturday afternoon, owing to the bad state of the road near Petane. On approaching Carr's flat, about 250 yards from the scene of the last accident Klobba noticed that another culvert had ■{iven way, and pulled up his team m time. It was then getting dark, and had the coach been lialf-an-hour later, m all probability the driver would not have seen the danger, and the vehicle and its occupants would have fallen into the deep hole. As it was, it was hopeless to try to get the coach across, so the four horses were taken out, and prssengers and mail were "packed" to Napier. All traffic is necessarily suspended ou the road. We understand that Mr. Hobbs has already commenced au action against the County Council for the damage sustained m the late accident. Jt'robably they would find it cheaper m the end to keep the road m something like decent repair then to pay lawyers' bills.