Poberty Bay Herald

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4201, 28 January 1885, Page 2

Poberty Bay Herald

PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING GISBORNE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1885. Some charges of obstructiug a bailiff, brought against Messrs Burnand and Joyce, have beeu heard at the Court to-day. The report is held over. Peter Henderson, charged with attempting suicide, was acquitted, the charge not being proved. Nothing further has been learnt aa to the Ormond fire or its origin, which is shrouded in mystery. Bidtjood's stables were insured for £100 in the Northern. It has not yet beeu decided when to hold an inquest. Messrs flogan and Wallace thank those who assisted them duriug the progress of the fire. At the Borough Council last night a letter , was read from the County Clerk seating that the County Council dccli. Ed to consider Mr Kees's claim for £26 15s for expenses as a harbor delegate as they had discharged all their liability and would not reopen the question. Cr Townley moved and Cr Graham seconded aud it waa carried : " That the Council, having consulted the County Council and ascertained the views of th;«t body, are of opinion that all expenses in connection with the delegation which were contemplated have been liquidated, and that the matter cannot be further reopened." The annual meeting of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church will be held this evening at half-past seven o'clock, when the reports of the session and managing committee for the past year will be submitted. At a meeting of the Working Men's Political Associition, held last night, there was a fair attendance. The committee's report on "Land, Labor, and Capital" was brought up but discussion on it was deferred until next meeting. It was resolved by those who were qualified to vote at the forthcoming harbor election to hold a meeting amongst themselves and support the candidate chosen. A meeting of the Poverty Bay Road Board was held at the office of the Board last evening. Present — Westrup (chairman) King, J. Allen, and T. Finucane. Two tenders for erecting Shelter Sheds in the Matawhero Pound were opened : A. Stevens £19 ; T. Wright (accepted) £14 ss. It was decided to intruct the Clerk to write the County Council in reply to their Circular re merging Road Boards into the Council, deferred from last meetiug, " That this Board does not think that it would be for the benefit of this district to merge itself into the Council." It was resolved in order to comply with the new Impounding Act to publicly notify that every day except Sunday be days on which legal pound sales may be held. School books for all the standards used in the Government school at J, Sayder Browne's. — Advt. Two years ago, by the recommendation of Mr D. Johnston, Chairman, and the members of the School Committee, and with the approval of the Education Board, two young lady students who had passed their pupil teachers' degrees were sent from Gisborne to the Wellington Training College. These were Miss Emily Morgan and Miss Jennie Brown. Through Mr Hill both were placed under the care of Mr Howard, Principal of the College, with whom they have resided till the full term of their scholarships have expired. Both have received the highest testimonials from Mr Howard, as also the commendations of the several professors under whom they have been trained. Miss Morgan, by unremitting diligence, aided by natural abili iea, has come out the most successful student of the College, in which she has ranked as dux. At the late distribution ot College prizes Miss Morgan received the special award for mathematics and Miss Brown for an essay on " The theory of Education." Neither Miss Morgan nor Miss Brown are likely to have to wait long for eligible appointments. Mr Howard in his concluding address said : "He could not let his children— for he looked upon his pupils as his children — go forth without these tew words of advice. He had striven Buccesafully to ground them in principles, and it rested with them now to put those principles into practice. They must carry to their work a strong sense of duty, a spirit of self-sacrifice ; they must ever be students of child-nature, and take Stow and Arnold as their models in their dealings with their \ pupils."

The annual meeting of the Gas Co. will bd ( held at 7.30 this evening at the Albion. ( The Ohau arrived at Tauranga at 1 p.m. J to-day. The steamer Herald arrived about tw« | this afternoon and goes south this evening. i The Russell did not leave Auckland till 11 this morning, and will not leave here for ( Napier till Friday. On Nov. 4 there voted in the Presiden- j tial election at Montrose, Perm, Luther Cutlin aged 100, his son aged 75, a grandson aged 43, and a great-grandson aged 21. ' A public meeting is convened for Friday oveninn to enable the candidates for the Harbor Board to address the public. It is hard too see how one meeting will suffice to ' enable all the candidates to develop their views. There are ten out for the borough and a two hours meeting would give them just twelve minutes each. This might be i more than enough for some, but others 1 would find it difficult to compress their ideas ] into twelve minutes deliverance. Nothing , certain is yet known as to the nominees, ] Mr Chambers issues an address to-day , The annual treat to the children of the public school was held on the Recreation ] Ground yesterday afternoon. Over 400 children marched from the school to the ( Ground and a large number of the parents. , The children were provided with fruit, cakes, sweets and everything that could be wished for. Some of the memberß of the old and ' new committee were present and helped in ' every way to provide amusements for both ] young and old. The usual games, scrambles, '< races &c, were gone through. There were four races for the girls and six for the boys, i suitable presents being given to the winners, j Amongst other things were two swimminu races and one diving match for the boys, Masters Veale and Thompson proving the winners in the swimming and Master Hall in the diving. At three o'clock the prizes were presented by Mr Locke, M.H.R. Various amusements were continued up to 6 o'clock when the children, after having tea, dispersed well pleased with their day's fun. At the R.M. Court yesterday afternoon in the case Hubble v. Morse, claim £4 7s, judgment was given for the plaintiff. The case of F. J. Piesse v. Gas Company claim £91 13s 4d for wages, occupied some considerable time but ultimately was adjourned until next Friday to consider the following nonsuit points raised by the defence : — " That the agreement being a yearly one the defendaut was not wholly in the employ of the Comp my but was otherwise engaged ; That the plaintiff should have waited until the 12 months had expired before he should sue for wages under a yearly hire ; And that the action should (have been for damage and not for wages." Copies of Professor Hutton's report on the geology of the ground at the Southern Cross bores has been received in Gisborne and with a diagram they make things fairly clear. After a full description of the geological features the Professor writes : — " It appears that Bore No. 1 was put down in almost the oldest rocks on the property, and Bore No 2in the youngest. Bore No. 3 has been very judiciously chosen for exploring the younger rocks of the "oil formation" and I should recommend that another bore be put down about 150 or 200 yards north of No. 1, and as near as possible to the "oil line," so as to explore the lower beds more thorous^hly. The actual site will of course be chosen with reference to water supply, &c, and Mr Stubbs, who rode over the ground with me and who is well acquainted with my views, and fully concurs in them, will select the best spot. I do not recommend Bore No. Ito be continued. It is situated off the " oil line," and the geological structure of the country heneath is necessarily very uncertain, on account of the unconformity previously mentioned as existing below the "papa." Under any circumstances, it is not so well situated for exploring the lower beds as the proposed bore hole bo. 4." Mr o'R.yan, the surveyor now engaged laying off that portion of the WairoaGisborne road between Te Reinga and Waihau, on the permanent grades, has succeeded, after much difficulty in finding a line of* easy grade from Waihau down to the Hangaroa river at Wheuuakura. The line he is now engaged laying off, leads from Waihau round the Kouaki hill, on the same side but lower down than the present road ; when about half way round it strikes down to the right by a gradral decline, passing round the end of the spur close to where the accommodation house— now being erected by Mr McMurray at Waihau— lately stood The laying off of the line from this point (which is half way) will be all plain sailing. Mr O'Ryau expects to have the three miles from Waihau to the river laid off, pe«ged, and ready for tenders being called for the work, in a fortnight. Mr Winter, the. Cook County Engineer, with several intending contractors from Poverty Bay, is expected up to examine and pans the line in a short time. We anticipate, and in fact, suggested, that a good line could be found round the East side of the Konaki, which would have been shorter and more di.'ecfc, but Mr O'Ryan, af'ermuch searching about, gave up* the attempt on that side of the ran^e, owing to the steep and broken nature of the ground. He iuforms us that the steepest *;rade of the present line is only 1 in 12, whereas some of the grades on the road between Waihau and Gisborne are 1 in 9, which is a considerable difference in the favour of the former. — Wairoa Guardian.