Poberty Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING GISBORNE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1885.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4202, 29 January 1885, Page 2

Poberty Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING GISBORNE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1885.

The Turf Club Committee meets at 7.30 to-night. Cricketers are reminded of the meeting at 7.30 to-night at the Argyll. Large quantities of tobacco are being grown at Tauranga for the Auckland market. Mr Lewis, Under-Secretary of the Native Department, will arrive on Saturday from Auckland. Mr Grey will also return then. The schooner Onward arrived from Greymoulh yesterday with a cargo of coal for the Gas Co. Tho steamer Herald sailed South at 6 p.m. yesterday taking Mr Nolan, Miss Flood and Mrs Ulabby, and 250 sacks of grass-seed for Couimou & Co. Mr Booth yesterday acquitted Peter H Miller, charged wiih suicide, as there was no evidence that he had attempted to take his life. At Napier one tenderer's price was £650, another's £130, The Russell did not leave Auckland till 2 p.m. yesterday. She will call at Awanui for Captain Porter, aud be due to-morrow morniug. Through the Eotomahana leaving Auckland punctually last Thursday about a dozen passengers had to take boats and catch her in the stream. A poll is being taken at Ormond to-day on the question of merging the road district into the County. There seems to be no chance of the merging being effected. The monthly meeting of the Baud of Hope and Temperance Society will be held in the Presbyterian Church to-morrow at 7.30. A varied programme has beeu provided and all are invited. The difference between the amount realised by the colony for the million loan of last year and the loan just floated ia over £SOOO in favor of the former. The following appears among the death notices in the Auckland Star of Thursday last :—•' Page.— On the 26th October, at Sydney, of typhoid fever, Dauiel Page, late Masonic Hotel, Gisborne ; aged 43. — Wellington papers please copy." Mr Page was alive and well in Gisborue to-day. There must be some object in inserting such an extraordinary notice. The illegal rescue case yesterday was not got through without some few passages of arms between the counsel. On one occasion Mr Rces referred to Mr Finn's bad grammar, to which that gentleman retorted that he (Mr Finn) was not a nuisance to his country. Some remarks were made about payment of debts, which was not very distinct. When the case had been decided Mr Rees asked for a counsel's fee. Mr Finn remarked that perhaps Mr Murray would not have to pay Mr Rees, and he v«ry likely had rendered him (Mr Rees) good service. When Mr Murray was called Mr Finn asked him to speak out, adding that he could speak loudly enough in a hotel. His Worship said he must stop such remarks being made. Wordy disputes are getting rather frequent in the Court, and might with advantage be checked. Tologa had its first election of a school committee on Monday, when the following were chosen : McGuire (Chairman), Finlay, McClive, Liddell, Swanson, Hale, and Ormond. The object is to get the disused native school handed over to the Education Board, aud to get a European teacher appointed. It is i elieved that a school will io in operation in a short time. It is greatly wanted in the district. Messrs McGuire and Hale were nominated to the Education Board. The monthly meeting of the Band of Hope and Gospel Temperance Society was held at the Matawhero Church on Tuesday night and a very enjoyable evening was passed. Songs were sung in very nice style— by Miss Dora Allen " Tired," Mr F. Parker senr. " Shells of Ocean," Mr F. Parker junr. •• The Dearest spot on earth to me is home Bweet home." Miss F. Baty and Mr H. Tidmarsh gave readings which were well received. Three new members "were added to the toll. At the conclusion of the case Murray v. Joyce, yesterday, Mr Finn said after such evidence as had been given he thought it only right that Mr Murray should be suspended until the allegations made in the evidence were inquired into. He asked this in the interest of the public generally. Mr Kess said such remarks should not go unanswered by the Court. The Court always should protect its officers. Hia Worship said the proper way to make such a complaint would be in writing, when it would be inquired into. There was nothing in the case to show that the bailiff had acted improperly, beyond the iac,t that he got eicited. As far as he had known Mi Murray he had found him an officer to be trusted with any duty, Mr Finn said he j should feel it his duty to advise Mr Joyce to report the matter to the Minister of Justice. It would not be advisable to bring the matter before the officials in Gisborne. His Worship said Mr Finn had no right to make such remarks and he knew he (Mr Finn) would be sorry for them. It was ouly right that the officials of the Court Bhould be upheld until a charge was proved against them. Mr Finn Baid he had generally found Court , officials always did get what they wanted,

There are two lambs a la Siamese twins on view at the Royal Hotel. At Graham, Pitt, and Bennett's wool sale to-dny there were no buyers and the lots were passed. A Wairoa telegram this afternoon reads : — "The races are postponed till to-morrow as liorsea arrived could not land. " Carlaw Smith and Co. sell at Ormond tomorrowthe goodwill and stook of MrHeaphy, blacksmith. Their miscellaneous sale ou Saturday includes one of Sykes'a hot air baths. There was a good attendance, at Patutahi on Monday evening at the School Committee election. The following were chosen unaniinomily : R. Cook (chairman) Douglas, Scragg, Geddye, Lewis, Hill and Sadler. By order of Mr F. Bee, of Patutahi, Messrs. Graham, Pitt, and Bennett offered a number of cattle for sale yesterday. 81 head were offered and all were sold. Fat beef brought £4. 15s, and young heifers and steers from £1 2s 6d to £3 7s 6d. Last night the premises of Mr East, storekeeper, were entered and about 201 bs of tobacco and one shilling in silver, (the only money in the till) was taken away, The thieves effected an entrance by forcing open tho back window. At a meeting of Messrs Common, Reid aud Cameron, Dairy Factory direciors, lastuighi the results of the eight days working were considered satisfactory, being a return of 10871bs cheese from 1056 gallons, showing that with plenty of milk the Factory will pay. About 25 various-sized cheeses seemed to be iv first-clasa order. Tho Secretary was instructed, if the looal tinsmiths could not supply cans in time, to obtain them from Auckland. This is owing to the fact that over 12 cans were ordtred, meaning 150 gallons more milk for the Factory, but could not be supplied for want of caus. The Secretary was instructed to get tenders for carting to and from the Factory, and to get five tons of Grey coal at lowest rates. The passmg uf accounts was held over uutil a full meeting. The manager received instructions re purchasing pigs. Mr W. L. Rees wrote to Sir Julius Yogel, Mr Stout, and Mr Baliance on his co-opera-tive scheme of "Laud, Labor and Capital," and this morning received a reply froir Sir Julius Yogel who stated he had read Mr Rees's letter with great inteiest and considered the results very fascinating, but could not understand how those results were to be brought about. Mr Rees did not give full details, aud proposes to call a meeting of the working men and get them to communicate with trade societies with a view to his lecturing in the centres of New Zealand, commencing at Gisborne. Eighteen Scamperdown whales have been caught at Mahia this season. New Plymouth must be a flourishing town. No less than 10 tons of hay have been cut off its streets this season. In San Francisco there is a grandmother aged 26. She married at 11 and her daughter at 12. Few towns in England under 20,000 inhabitants can boast a daily newspaper. The Northern Club, Auckland, recently sold a small cottage for removal for £7 10s, and the purchaser of it found £40 secreted in t^e chimney. The Chinese idea of peace when represented in writing is highly amusing. There is the figure of a woman enclose with a saucepan lid — a noisy element kept well in check. It is to be hoped that the labors of the Salvation Army are effecting some good, but the more outward and visible sign of its ministrations is the blasphemy uttered by the children in our streets iv mimicry of the Salvation services andhyms.— Napier paper. Mr C. Pharazyn wrote on Nov. 17 : — " I saw last week in Smith field Market some prime mutton from New Zealand which had just been sold at Is, fourpence above the price of some splendid-looking English sheep hanging side by side." Some talk has been caused here owing to the continued and unexpected absence of Mr Motley, stock and sharebroker, All kinds of rumotrs are afloat, aud friends of the absent man are making the most pressing inquiries as to his whereabouts. — Napier correspondent. A Kihikihi (Waikato) settler has this season got £40 for gooseberries from an acre of land. He sent them to Auckland. This has been beaten at Wanganui, where a man has this season got 1143 quarts of gooseberries off an eighth of an acre, and sold them at 4d a quart — total £19 Is. The following suggestive notice appears in the Grey River Argus : — " Henceforth all Travelling Companies who exhibit for th^ airasement of the public will be required to pay for their advertisements in advencc." Our coateTiporary must surely have had some unpleasant experiences lately. We learn that Mr H. Nairn, of Liston, Te Kapu, expects to get a splendid yield from his h<>ps this season. The plantation contains 14 acres, of which 5 acres are expected to yield 20 bushels per ace, and the remainder 10 bus'icls to the acre. This yield, for a young plantation, is exceptionally good. — Wairoa Guardian. In his Dunedin speech Mr Stout complained of Press criticism of the Government, and said in England the Press was divided into two distinct parties. The N. Z. Times says this is impossible here because the Government " is neither fish, flesh, nor good red herriug." The Times adds of Mr Stout, " he went into a sort of sleeping partnership with Sir Julius Yogel. He thoroughly enjoys the title of Premier, though, to enable him to hold it for more than a day, he was compelled to connect himself with a gentleman whose political opinions are for the most part diametrically opposed to his own. The kind and extent of newspaper support which would please Mr Stout could be supplied only by an organ owned and edited by himself, and it would probably contain in its first half-dozen issues sufficient to destroy the Ministry. The last triumph in gas lighting is Wigham's patent triform group flashing gas light which was completed and lighted by the Commissioners of Irish Lights at the New Island Lighthouse, at the entrance of Belfast Louch. The group of flashes are exhibited erery minute, and each group consists of four brilliant flashes of several seconds duration. The deep darkness between each flash is the characteristic feature of the gas, which by a simple antomatic arrangement is again relighted to form each of the flashes. There are 32 jets in the burner which produces the light used for ordinary clear weither ; so that the consumption of gas for such weather is but trifling. But when the weather becomes thick or foggy, no less than 324 jets can be employed, forming the largest lighthouse light in the world. The power of this light equals 2,600,000 standard sperm candles; and if the lighthouse were sufficiently elevated it might be seen for 60 miles. The gas is also used as the motive power for actuating the fog signals at the station. Hosbourne, where two bankers were killed the other day, is about 1200 miles from Perth, and is a place of some importance, being the town site of the famous pearl fisheries. It has a post office, savings bank, Government •residency and offices, two hotels, a school, and an Episcopal place of worship. The houses arc built principally of wood, and they suffer much in the heavy sales Tfc'ith which the coast is yearly visited. In March, 1872, every house in the town was levelled to the ground, and in 1882 a furious gale almost gutted the town. Roeburne was first founded by the transfer of the Government settlement from Camden Harbour, the latter place having to be abandoned through the determined hostility of the natives. Many years ago, it was said that, on going up to see his sweetheart one evening, Mr W. G. Grace, the champion cricketer, was surprised to find himself received in an exceedingly icy manner. As the frigidity did not seem to melt he asked for an explanation, "Mr Grace," said the lady, "I have regarded you as being an honest man, but from what I heard laat night I confess that my opinion oi you has changed." "What in the world do you meanl" "Why," faltered the damael, " papa said you were caught stealing a rnn yesterday." There were immediate explanations, and W. G. kissed his affianced three times o*h the chin in a wild attempt to reach her rosy lips.