LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume 30, Issue 30, 30 March 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A billiard match, which created some interest, took place last night at the Royal Hotel, between Mr. Holford, billiardmarker at the Gisborne Hotel, and ; the late marker at the Albion. The ) match was for £5 aside, Halford giving 100 points out of 500, and winning after a , rather slow game by 33 points. We learn that Judge Feriton has been in Wellington lately, and that the upshot of his visit will be increased work in his department. To get rid of the immense acoumplation of arrears of work, it is probable that two or three more Judges will be appointed. One of the Judges is needed for the district from Cape Runaway to Napier, as we feel sure that constant work would be found for a Court for a year or two to come. It will be remembered that Mr. Charles Wilkie was seriously injured some months ago. He has been discharged from the Hospital a cripple, and is likely to remain so for a very considerable time, Being a member of the society of Oddfellows, he has a small weekly gratuity allowed him which it is proposed shall be substituted for a lump sum of MO. This Mr. Wilkie is very unwilling to do, and is anxious to proceed to Waiapu to reside amongst his wife's friends, and where his allowance from the Lodge would be of material help towards his support. It has been proposed that a subscription should be started for his assistance. Mr. Berry will head the list with timber for a cottage to the value of £15, and other friends have promised to assist. As this is really one of those cases where assistance is really needed, we have no hesitation in drawing the attention of the benevolent to Mr. Wilkie's case. Subscriptions will be received by Mr. Mattheson, or at the Herald office ; in either case they will be i acknowledged in our columns. Borough Councillors are reminded that the ordinary meeting of the Council takes place this evening at the offices of the Town Clerk. The County Council*will also meet at the Council Chambers on Friday evening next. j Those who are desirous of having their names inserted on the Eectoral Roll for the East Coast Electoral district, are informed ' that forms of application may be obtained at the Resident Magistrate's Office, Gisborne. They are further that these claims are to be sent in to J. H. McCaw, Esq., Registrar of the Electoral District of East Coast, Tauranga, Bay of i Plenty. The Argyll Hatel, now conducted by "mine host" Dickson, is about undergoing a complete renovation from front to; rear, and from floor to roof. The altera- ! tions, improvements and enlargements will have been completed within a fortnight, when our' landlord will be prepared to offer first-class accommodation for all who may please to favor him with their patronage. A cable message recently received states that Oxford has once more won the interUniversity boat race. It was to have been rowed on Saturday last, but owing to a heavy fog was postponed till Monday, when it came off with the result already stated. Nothing but the bare statement that Oxford won is given in the cable message, therefore we do not know whether it was a close contest or otherwise. It may be mentioned, however, that this is the thirty-seventh race between the two Universities, and that Oxford has won nineteen and Cambridge seventeen, the remaining one having been a dead heat. We have been requested to intimate that jurors and witnesses at the late sitting of the District Court should call before the end of the week upon the Clerk of the Court for their fees and expenses, as otherwise they stand a risk of losing the same. The death of Hoterene, the Shortiand chief, has set everyone talking of his great wealth. Whatever civilisation he may have acquired with his wealth, it is evident that he picked up- one of the worst barbarisms of the pakeha, for he left £1000 for his tangi. If more Natives were shrewd like Hoterene, certain Europeans would not have become so rich in the North Island during the last forty years. A witness under the examination in the R. M. Court, Wellington, was asked if he were in the habit of taking an extra glass of grog on a Saturday and replied that he was not particular on what day he imbibed this extra allowance. The same witness, in further cross-examination as to Bacchanalian tendencies, was aßked wether on a certain day he "had a glass or two." A smile of derssion came over his face of that witness as he replied. "Considering I generally take eight or ten a day I have no doubt I had."