LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 905, 26 September 1879, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The monthly inspection parades of the Gisborne Jttifies and town detachment of the Artillery company will be held tonight, at 7 o'clock, in Macfarlaue's Hall.

The dairymen of Gisbome notify that on and after October Ist, the price of milk will be sd. per quart.

Messrs. Ferris and Pitt will sell by auction to-morrow, at 2 p.m., a sledgehouse, situate inC .hilders street.

Messrs. Bromley aud Buller will sell by auction to-morrow at 12 o'clock, a quantity of furniture and effects, the property of a gentleman leaving the Bay.

Mr. H. Lewis, of Gladstone Road, intimates that his establishment will be close-! this (Friday) evening at (5 o'clock, aud'on Saturday, until b* p.m., when business will be resumed.

Tenders are required by Mr. W. Adair for the erection ot a coacn-house aud stable in Lowe street. Tenders are to close on Monday, 29th instant, -at noon.

The boating season will be opened tomorrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock, uy a procession of boats on the river.

The polling yesterday for the return of , two Borouyh Councillors, resulted just as was expected. Mr. (J. D. Benuett was returned on cue top of tue poll witu z&l votes, Mr. Whiuraj second, with votes. Mr. Bennett polled the largest numoer of votes yet fecorued for a o.iuuidate for the Borough of UisOorne. A better Council buau the preseuu oil* could not have been cuuatit/UoeU.

At the Sydney Exmuitiou, very favorable mention is made ox au exuioio of Petroleum lroin foverty Bay lor warded by Mr. A.. Y. ttoss. Mr.. Jttoas, we believe, shortly goes tu Sydu>-y ror cue purpose of bringing our oil spuu^s under prominent notice.

Being preseut at a private rehearsal of the Maori ilaka x loupe, lasu evening, we were struck, with tueir woudenui aud clever native performance:). Tnere was so much variety ; so many uurvelious characteristic feats, ail so earnestly gout) Curou^a that the aigut was one wnicn migut be, witnessed many tunes in succession without ■any interest being lust or lessened. Tnere will be a final exmuition of native performances to-morrow evening in tue Masonic Hall, previous to their departure for the Sydney Exhibition.

The business, at the Police Court this morning, was chiefly comprised iu a charge preferred by Mr., O. VV. Flexman, J.f., against VV. Coppell. who, while dle^aiUt-oxx -prJouiiaesrwa^charged wifu using most disgusting language and acting in the discharge of his duties, while under the influence of strong drink. The charge, winch had been preferred under the Vagrant Act, was, upon the application of the complainant, dismissed that it might be brought before the Court in another shape.

The following is part of a letter addressed to the North Otago Times:— "No man can appreciate genuine sympathy more than myself, but the flummery telegram of Sir George Grey to the Mayor of Dunedin, re the poor Wilson girls, was too much for me. Had the Governor or Lady Robinson telegraphed expressing condolence, it would not have been ill-timed or out of place ; but coming as it did from a cunning politician, then stumping the country, it bore the Brummagem stamp, and the impress of heartless scheming for cheap popularity."

The luxury of litigation is illustrated by the following report from the Evening Star of. an action. Pickmere v Wren, heard in the District Court, Auckland, — -"In this case defendant, Wren, sold his nursery premises to P. H. Pickmere, reserving his right to remove his nursery plants. .This Pickmere construed to mean small growing plants ; Wren, as nurseryman, contended that it applied to anything growing in his nursery ground. Pickmere sued Wren in the Supreme Court for the removal of some large trees, which resulted in a judgement on the law in Wren's favor, with coats. Pickmere appealed to Wellington, where the judgement was affirmed. fie then brought an action in the District Court for £100. After hearing the evidence of the plaintiff and defendant, and without giving any opinion upon the ultimate result, the judge thought it was a case in which hoth parties had acted in good faith, and might fairly be adjusted by some.mutual concession. Wren then having the trees which caused the dispute, he aorreed to fore'o hi<? right to £50 out of the £86 which Pickmere had to pay as the result for the former actions, each party having to pay his own costs, . Let litigants draw a moral. Before going to law consider the glorious uncertainty. Plaintiff sues for £200 ; has to abandon his claim, loses bis trees, and haa to pay not only hia own 'osts. but £36 of the defendnnt's while the defendant also loses something like £100."

There have been some serious insolvencies during the past year, to which must be added the following, which is taken from the Patea Mail:— "The whole of assets in the late bankruptcy here amounted, we believe, to two chairs. The liabilities were about £140."

New South Wales has opened and has under coutract about 1000 miles of railways, and is abont to construct additional lines. Victoria has 1110 miles of railways opened* with several lines completed. New Zealand has about 1300 miles open for traffic.

First Urchin — " Wheh doctors are sick do they get other doctors to give them medicine!' Second Urchin — '.'Yes, of course ; they never take their own medicine j but give it to other folks."