LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1184, 29 November 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-morrow has been sefc .aparfc;~by commercial firms,, tradesmen and storekeepers, as a close holiday. This will alsbj be the case with' the \ Banks, public offices, and the members of the legal professions following suit. The. ..public schools ',] will he closed, and business for the nonce will be under voluntary suspension.. .•?.-. steamerfrpm. S f outh yill .reach the! port of Gisborne afr'tliiylight to-morrow morning.- ■ ... : . ■_. sx;.^ .. The agent of. the Union Steamship Company announces that all cargo, per s.s. Tararua not takett delivery' "of toviriorrow, will be stored at the eonsirigees' expense. . . NoW that the holiday season is so rapidly approaching, suitable attires, for such occasions as picnics, boating'; excursions, arid the thousand-and-oneholiday employments, or, rather, we should. say enjoyments,- must be procured. Pabnbll &Boylan advertisesome'specialities in this way, which our lady readers will doubtless take an early opportunity of inspecting. (See, Windows ). . — Advt--7 Great and well-dtreetp.d efforts have been "made| : and are still making, for the floating of the Lochn.agar., Yesterday, at high tide, the ship may be said to have been afloat, but it was iii. her own lagoon^, -caused by the scooping away of the' sand. It is fully ■(expected the Lochnagar will have been got off before, the close .of the present week. This afteniOOnj it'is'stated," ishe was'inoved half Her; length. : ..-...;. AtthV;Wesleyan (Dhurch'last evening, the Rev; Ji:V^Pellaw., delivered > most impressive and affecting sermon; relating to the death of the late Mrs. Judd, The preacher had much difficulty in overcoming his emotion at times during his discourse • and many of : the congregation were- deeply affected. The church was filled to the doors.. : - . ..«•••■ In the case of certain Maories against Fraser, Graham, and Kinross for rent, judgment was being given this afternoon at length by the Resident Magistrate as we were going to Press, which we shall endeavor to publish in fall in our next issue. . We must remind our country subscribers that their accounts for advertising,' printing and subscriptions are much in arrear, and that we look to these being, paid up during the current week. We have been very indulgent, knowing' the' .hardness of the times and the many drawbacks our settlers have had to contend against. But there is a, limit to endurance,- and that limit has been reached. Our patience is exhausted, time is more than up, and unless there come satisfactory settlements, pur customers must riot complain of there follow trouble and .expense-. .We tender this hiab in the mdafe delicate feeling-- it" is i possible to conceive. But if the hint is not \ taken a harsher process wflTbe substituted. As the .needl6#drfe.>' specimens executed by the children of the Gisborne School wilt . be sent, per order, to Napier to compete with the children's work there, ladies who would like to see what can be accomplished by our young girls are respectfully invited to examine the specimens at the schoolhouse, Gisborne, on Wednesday afternoon. We believe an inspection will show the very excellent needle-work of I ''the school children/ Who have been instructed by. Miss Mclntosh, the young lady principal of the infant school, assisted by M^ss ,J, Browne, the senior pupil .teacher I "The Gisborne children look to carry off a full share of the prizes. A-beautiful specimen of fine sewing is:really worthy of examination. Tt is. almost microscopic,' and is the delicate fingering and manipulation, of. little Miss Hall, the daughter of our respected townsman Matthew Hall. ' ' The numerous telegrams about the present of books made by Sir Julius Yogel to the public schools — -the .announcements of the gift, the message about its arrival, and the votes of thanks passed by every Education Board in the colony, and other Species Of gratuitous advertising; have .created a' misapprehension respecting the ! extent and character of this donation. The appetites of school committees have: been, whetted, and the curosity of pupils, aroused. Indeed there; is a prevailing impression that Sir Julius, with his customary habit of doing everything on a magnir. ficent; scale, had sent out a whole shipload of books. These pleasurable anticipations are doomed' to -some disappointment. The share of the, Yogel prize which falls to Auckland is one' work" for the Auckland College and 'Grammar^School, one,fpr tyie Girl's High>Schoo), and two to be given to the highest unsuccessful competitor in the scholarship examinations. The division was made by Mr,. Hjslop, Chief Inspector, at the request of Sir Julius Yogel. The chief subject of remark at the recent Auckland Show was Mr. H<i rstV (M. H.R. ) pig. It appears that .his Berkshire boar, which was awarded 'first prize, was afterwards found to" be.blackleaded, and was, of course, disqualified. White hairs ar^a blemish, and hence the application ojf plumbago, which Mr. Hurst declared he had no knowledge of. Mr. Hurst intends to enter an action against the Stewards. A case of same importance to local governing bodies was heard before Mr. Revel], R.M. Charges were laid against the Inaiigairaa/ County Councillors of having ill-gafiy'-'vote'cf themselves moneys from the County income. The eyjdence showed that a guinea pec-sittirigV the meetings •takingip}ace:monthly had, been, voted each member;-} on.^h^. mjStijbift' o^P--sfr,-'-Byiiie. the case of 4!^>bf,|ji€i.m^mbe'r9, ,:M«3srs. Brennan arid ) I !thecon t >'plainJirit-was' unable ,tp .'prove .that either nad'*ecotdfedfvhia;tfatei j and the cases were consequently dismissed?, .• , in'Mr/M'Gaffin's- case he admitted having , 'y,oted i: arid His^-Worship inflicted a fine , of . '£5 and costsi.: Mr. M'Gaffingave notice'of appeal. •' 'We ' find f rom . *the ■; reported pro-ceedinga-.of -otli©r;Qqunty Councils that a similar .small, remuneration for /attending the Counpil sittings is' customary. How-, ever, as. a case will now be stated for the. discussion of the Supreme Court we shall very soon have the law made clear-upon this question..;. ; .. ' - ; . • ■". ' A^COfito'pou^BiditVo*-' the- Thames JStar says, thatfthe present riomial owner of the New Zealand .Times is beginning to find that the . proprietor . of a newspaper doe? not, always have plain sailing. . He states that he Has already lost\ c?ose on £806 r in tne speculation, arid that within the space of a few short months. : Even "Tlrariderers " do not pay.