LOCAL AND GENERAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 834, 14 July 1879, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

We have to notify to our customers an order from the Manager, who directs that all short advertisements by persons whose names do not appear m the books, must be paid for at the time, or before they are inserted. We have several hundreds of accounts on. the Company's books, and a large per centage of these are for sums which do not exceed a few shillings. This booking of trifling amounts entails much clerical work, and considerable loss of time m collecting. It is advisable, then,- that such a system be : abolished. We have a

i v nber of; names of persons who have scut us marriage notices for insertion which are still unpaid, although the . second and third child has been ushered into the world since the happy event occurred. And we have births m our ledger of babies born, who are nojw thumping big boys and girls. This is what cannot be permitted any longer. The man who does not pay for his marriage notice is not acting kindly by his bride ; and the proud and delighted father who neglects to pay for a birth notice does not deserve to have a child. As an instance of how remarkably cool a man can be under special circumstances, we may state, that notice of the birth of a child was brought to our office some two or three weeks back. The clerk asked for payment. " All right, " said the parent ; "the boy will pay you when he grows up. I mean to leave him all my money when I die." Then the parent walked out, and his child will never know that he has been boru — that is for all he will discover by a reference to the Herald, for the notice was not inserted. Will our friends take the within-contained hint m the same kindly spirit m which it is offered. A very good scratch football matoh was played last Saturday afternoon on the Waikanae. Messrs. Major aud Arthur acted as captains of the two teams, .and kicked off punctually' at three o'clock. A noticeable feature m the game was the good play of some of the new players, and aspecially so with Messrs. Dunlop and Skeet. The team captained by Mr. Major proved easy victors, languishing their opponents by a goal and four tries to their iiU. During the game Mr. Major got thrown heavily, and Te Kani falling on him, his collar bone got broken. Dr. Pollen on Saturday evening set the fracture, and Mr. Major appears little the worse* for the accident. One of the most important sales of the season will be held by Messrs. Ferris and Pitt, at their mart, to-morrow, which will consist of first-class freehold properties m laud, buiLiings, plant, and trade effects. The first sale is that of Mr. Saunders' premises, consisting of a large and quite newbuilt house- of seven rooms, erected on half an acre of laud, with a large frontage to the main road, iVlakaraka. This will be followed by the sale of the complete plant for the manufacture of lemonade and cordials, including 400 dozen patent stopper bottles, and all other requisites for manufacture. There will also be sold the following valuable properties : — Half -acre (leasehold) at Makaraka, fenced, and with a four-room cottage. Also an American waggon, spring trap, harness of various kinds; also 5 acres at Makauri, with a four-room dwelling, having, large garden of 1J acres and two paddocks ; also 2 acres township of Roseland, well-fenced, and laid down m grass. These properties are so many golden nuggets, as they are all situated m the very heart of the most rising centres of the district. Owing to the postponement of the oaao of Regiua v. Brodie, m the Supreme Court, Captain' Gudgeon will notUeave Wellington before the 29 bh inst. Mr. T. Scrivener, hotel-keeper, at'Matawhero, appeared at the Resident Magistrate Court this morning, to charge one James Mußride with having, on Friday uight last, smashed a window and broken panes of glass to the value of £1 10s. Mcßride, who has been before the Court more than once upou similar charges, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to pay a fine of £2, with £1 10s. for the glass he iiad broken, or m default, one month's imprisonment. The same offender was then charged with assaulting Mr. Thomas Wright without receiving provocation. The defendant ad. mitted the charge, pleading m exteuuation that' he was druuk. He was sentenced to one mouths'a imprisonment without the option of a fine ; sentence to commence at the expiration of the first. Mcßride, when under the influence of .drink, is a very dangerous character, aud it is to be regretted he was not made to enter into recognizances for his future good be* haviour on leaving jail. We must call our readers Special Atten* tion to Leonard & Co.'s advertisement! and also to the fact that their Stock must be disposed of at once, — [Advt.] On Thursday next, at Makaraka Yards, Messrs. Bourke and Smith will dispose of the well-knwu filly '* Maiden Star," which ran second for the Maiden Plate ; also the dam of the above tilly. On Saturday, at their mart, the same firm will offer for sale several valuable sections m the township of Gisborne. A native, who was very well known by the name of Marsh, and who resides near Cambridge, intended to stand for the representation .of the East Coast Maori Electoral District. To.thatendhe called a public meeting the other day at Cambridge, and employed an interpreter for the benefit of the pakehas. Marsh addressed his audience m such outrageous terms upon the marriage laws, and the evils brought on the country by half-castes, that nearly every one left- the hall disgusted. Last week Marsh telegramed to the Returning Officer, Mr F. E. Hamlin, requesting him to employ " a couple of pakehas to propose and second him," and he would pay them ten shillings each ! Marsh may know something about the marriage laws, but he evidently is unacquainted with the Maori Representation Act. A young and rising cricketer of Sydney, named George Bonnor, the. other day threw the ball 124 yds. 6in. for a wager of £20. Previously he had been backed to throw against " the demon bowler," but the latter now declines* the contest. Bonnor stands a shade over 6 feet m his stockings. The Ashburfcon Road Board is preparing contracts specially for the unemployed, so the latter were offered work at 8s a day. A few days ago they declined unless 9s. a day were paid. It is proposed to ask the Connty Council, who have plenty of money, to advance a sum equal to whaf the Board will receive out of the £100,000 from the land fund retained by the Government to enable them to go on with urgent works and assist the lobour market. King Oscar of Sweden is about to circulate a reply to Pope Pius the Ninth's numerous attacks on Freemasonry. The King of Sweden has long been a distinguished Mason, and proposes to prove, by facts connected, with history of the craft, that the Pope's attacks were perfectly groundless, aud need not be observed even by faithful Catholics. The Quakers of South Australia are petitioning the . Assembly against the teaching of military drill m the public schools. Very nice of the quakers, but if i an enemy come and took possession of the quakers 1 goods and chattels, they would want to know why the Government did not protect them.' Some fire brigade experiments at Buckingham Palace, which afforded much amusement to the King of the Belgians and a large crowd, are said to have greatly incensed the Queen, as the whole affair had taken place before she heard anything about it. In the course of the operations, damage was 'done to the balustrades, &.,._ which : cost over: £200 to repair.