LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1123, 16 September 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'Tenders'-, for the -East Coast Road, Wainui Flat; invitejl by the Cook County Council, -are -required- • -to. be in by 7 p.m., to-morrow (Friday) evening. A .gpeeial mee'lang"' tot' 'the Cook County Council, .the Business atwh'ich will chiefly relate to finance, is convened for to-morrow evening. :■-.'. A. meeting of. the,. Poverty Bay Turf Club will be held in the Masonic Hotel, to-morrow afternoon, at 2 p.m., at which members are p'rtcbiculatly requested to attend. . The monthly inspection, narades of the J. Battery, "Volunteer "-Artillery, and Cadets bare been announced. At the Resident Magistrate's Court today A. F. Hardy was cliarged by Mr. Orbell, Sheep Inspector, for allowing an infected sheep, to stray into the paddocks of Mr. Daris. The. case was clearly proved, and the defendant fiued the sum of £50, or in default distress. George Clark,-- an old offender, was charged by. Mr. Nasmith with assault and. battery. The defendant, who seemed very shaky, but. was quite .capable of making : a statement, told His Worship that the complainant: had swindled the accused, and during the hearing of the case the^ (policeman bad -to prevent him from rep.eajigg the offence in the Court. Mr. Price dealt very withY"|th"e old man, sentencing him"' to one-" rho'iith's imprisonment with hard labor. There being no criminal cases during the present sitting of the District Court, the jurors who have been warned to attend are notified tha* they need not do so, unless they receive further notice. „ 'The session of the Synpd ef the Diocese of Waiapu will be held at Napier on, -the loth of vOcffcober;-- '■ ■''/ •' - ■''/ Several residents of Nelson forwarded to Mr. iJradiaugh by the last mail a letter expressive of their esteem and admiration for the unflinching manner in whjoh. he has upheld the cause of religious arid political freedom." . Besides these expressions, the letter contains the sutn'of £24, "to assist Mr, Bradlavrgh , to prosecute malicious persons who, since they cannot controvert his arguments, scruple ,not to have recourse to libel. _ „ Mr. Bishop, chemist,, of this-. toAyu, has called upon us, to eipi'-eSs-Siis ''indignation and disgust at that portion of a letter which appeared;, ire p.ur yesterday's issue, over the signature of "Subscriber re. Hospital management, in which his business is mentioned, as-^anpiedon under the firm of "Bishop & Co." Mr. Bishop desires to say there; ris •■ no ■•" Co: " iv h\s business, and 'that the /Jetter was written .with the evident intention of doing himself and Dr. Pollen an irfjury 1 . '■'■