LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 820, 27 June 1879, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We bog to remind our subscribers nud supporters that Monday terminates the second quarter of the first half of the year, and that those who are m arrear of their subscriptions are, with all due respect, requested to make payment. At the lowrate of subscriptions, we cannot afford to allow accounts a long run. The office incurs considerable expense m the country delivery, three staunch horses being employed for the purpose ; and a number of boys for the town distribution. The Herald now goes to press punctually at 5 o'clock every afternoon. The town delivery commences immediately after the machine has been set to work, and the following morning at and oftentimes before daylight, the country runners are on the roads. The continually increasing demands for the Heralds will shortly necessitate the employment of steam power, when we ehall perfect arrangements for a " country edition" to be scut out at four o'clock, keeping the " town edition" for one hour for the insertion of any later intelligence which may come to hand. Such additional intelligence will, however, appear m the succeeding issue for country delivery. We cannot but feel gratified at the more than expected success the Herald has met with ; and since we assimilated our job printing charges strictly with those made at the Auckland offices, we have succeeded m securing much work which was wont to be sent to other places outside of Poverty Bay. The number of sheep drowned or perished by the late flood is estimated at 400 — cows 26 ; pigs close upon 200, more than one half of them being " suckers." About two miles of fencing were destroyed. "All witnesses for and against this case will please leave the Court and remain till called on." Such was the request made by the Sergeant this morning when a case of laceny was about to be tried m the Police Court. The rain was falling m torrents ; the wind blowing m squalls, and where were the witnesses to go ? For there is no room provided for witnesses, Then the Justices took compassion, and the witnesses were allowed to remain m the room usually occupied by the Court bailiff, to the great relief of those who would otherwise have had to have stood the buffeting of the storm.

Oar telegrams to-day go to show beyond any manner of doubt whatever, that Te Whiti is something more than a fanatic. He is a dangerous, lunatic at large ; and the mischief he may be the means of causing should induce the settlers to leave no effort untried to secure his person that he may be placed m an asylum. ■ A contemporary says that the decrease "m the number of fires, during the last- few days, indicates that bad times are passing away. One charge of petty larceny comprised the business at the Police Court this morning. Mr. Kenrick, R.M., being absent on duty at Tologa.Bay, . Captain Porter and A. Graham, Esq., J.P.s, presided. Mr. Ward, senr., defended , the prisoner, Alexander McKenzie, The case was this :— The prisoner had put up at the Kaiteritahi Hotel for the night. • His horse, which was saddled and bridled, was taken to the stable m the usual way. The next morning, when McKenzie had left the hotel it was discovered he had taken another man's bridle, and left his own } hence the charge of larceny against him. It was proved m evidence that there was little or no difference befcweeu the value of the two bridles, and as it appeared to the Benoh the bridle might have been taken m mistake, the charge was dismissed, and the prisoner liberated. A meeting of the members of the Football Club is convened for this evening, at the Masonic Hotel, at 8 o'clock. As the advertisement states that the business is pressing and important, we trust that the members will attend. Among the natural products of the Poverty Bay districts to be forwarded to the Syduey Exhibition are several sponges which were discovered m their native state about four miles from Gisborue, by Mr. Helps, who is law-writer for Mr. Hogan. The sponges, shown us, are of inferior, but still of merchantable quality ; but Mr. Helps tells us' he ha 3 every reason to believe from his researches, that if he could secure the services' of a diver, sponges of a much finer quality might be procured. We should imagine that many good divers coutd be found without much difficulty among the Maories. Ah Lung, a Chinese, was last week charged m the Dunedin Court with manipulating a rupee so as to give it the appearance of being half-a-crown, and for which offence he was committed for trial. The process of Ah Lung was not divulged, lest others who may not be Chinamen should, knowing the art, endeavor to practice it. There were no debt cases called on at theß.M.'s Court this morning. The Wanganui Chronicle says . — •' There ia at present exhibited at Wanganui, the Lord's prayer m Maori, with a literal English translation. The picture is a curiosity m its way, as it is all illuminated with Maori tracery (whakairo). It is the work of Mr W. Gordon, of the Telegraph Office, who has reproduced the borders, &c, from copit-s taken from Maori carvings. The Maori prayer is m plain black text, with the English translation under each line m yermillion. It jis to be sent to the forthcoming Sydney Exhibition The colors are well ■ combined, and are heightened with gold. In the centre of the border on each side is a man . and woman's face, showing the tattoo marks on each, and altogether the picture faithfully represents an art which is fast dying out*" A contemporary, m referring to the impudence of colonial boys, says that a youth was recently locked up at Stawell for insulting behaviour m the public street. The following morning he requested to be released, as he wished to attend ohuroh. This piece of colonial impudence is on a par with the impertineuoe of the larrikan who was fined 40s at Ballarat last week, and demanded a receipt for the money, The Americans are praotioal people. Here is an advertisement cut from the Buffalo Express.—" Death.—O n Sunday, 4th January, 1878, Maria Patience Higgins, beloved wife of Samuel Enoch Higgins, of Tuckville. The funeral takes place tomorrow, at 4 p.m. Sympathising friends invited. The deceased's personal clothing and effects will be sold m lots on Saturday next. They oonsist of dresses, petticoats, improvers, lace stockings, shoes, new and half-worn, paletots, cloaks, wraps, chemisettes, night-robes, stays, and petticoat bodies ) also, a set of false teeth, goldmounted, nearly new, having been but six months m use by the lamented deceased : together with a fine lot of false hair, tooth brushes, nail rubbers, pomades, perfumes, powders, and a variety of toillette requisites too numerous to mention. The Lordgiveth and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Amen. Note.— Tho late Mrs. Higgins was well-known, not only as an amiable and benevolent lady, but as one of the best-dressed women m the State. Ladies will do well to- attend the sale of her effects, for which, alas, she has now no longer any use." An Indianapolis special to the Cincinnati Gazette says : — "Last night, at 7 o'clock, Herman Roemer, baker, at 104 South Illinois street, began the feat of drinking I,ooo'glasses of beer m consecutive hours, for 50 dollars, lloeuicr is to play 5 cents for each glass as he drinks it, and 41 days and 16 hours will be t;ikeu up m stowing away the -beer. In caae he wins, John Bernhart, proprietor of Marmount Hall saloon where tho drinking is to be done, is to pay for the beer, which will be even 50 dollars. Thus, Roemer wins, he simply gets the beer, and Bernhart loses, m fact only the retail price of the beer, which, by the keg, will cost probably less than 35 dollars. And this disgusting spectacle is expected to draw many drinkers and spectators. The Southland News says thati2o bushels per acre is the yield of oats — as shown by the result of the threshing — from a field owned by Mr. John Bissett, adjoining the one m which the trial of the reapers and binders was recently held. They were of the Danish variety, and were put m following turnips and potatoes. An apparently easy way of relieving the city (says the Ballarat Times) of the debt upon it was jokingly proposd after the Council meeting recently by one of the councillors. It was that a gigantic art union should be floated, with 100,000 members at £1 each. The prizes would amouunt m value to about £50,000, the first one being worth £15,000, and the next one £5000, and so on, the other £50,000 being clear profit. Tho other councillors smiled at the rough prospectus shown by the promoter, but thought that though the affair was feasible enough, it was scarcely worth while getting out of debt, or their financial abilities would rust for lack of employment, It's funny when you ask a man to advertise he generally declines with the statement that nobody will see it. But if you advertise some little caper of his m the news colums gratis, he gets indignant over the certainity that everybody will see it. At least that is what a veteran newspaper man says about it. When you send a paper to a young lady, out a small item out, no better what. This ensures the office the sale of another paper. She has got to see what it was, if it takes a week to find out.