PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4739, 13 December 1886, Page 2

PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING

GfSBORNE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, ISSO. The installation of Major Porter to the mayoral chair will take place at noon on Wednesday. Tenders are wanted by noon on Saturday for about three miles of fencing at Tangihanga. Vor three daya (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) the meeting of the Gisborue Licensing Committee had to bo adjourned for want of a quorum. The Supreme Court opened in McFadaneV HvH this mo nin'.', 'm 1 ; there was not fh<' inaual interest taken in the openicg procetdngs is in i^ener 'My the ca-<e. In bill «tting for the Petty Jury Mr Nolan excuse.! Mr Barnes on t!ip plf>a that he was a wi'ness in another cise. His Honor considered t' i at was no reason why he should not !>e ewrn in with the others. It was then explained thil' Mr Barne^ was absent from the district; A Mr H 'Tißf;n o'lj^nfed to serve on the ground of having on'v an imjierf^ct, kn-Werlge o ! ''"nglish an'l al<-<> not being nifuralieed, anH lim was all' Wed to r** f irn Vl r .1. M \-:\ ■hye'ed to nerve •can c annbpoßna he h=»rl rectiv d cou d not r.«f.r 'o h> . a^ both nutne and occupation "\vcrc iuconxct,

To-morrow is the last day for the payment of the Property Tax. Mr T. Corcoran, contracLor, has tiled hia schedule. The G-is Company advertise coal tar f<" i. >!u iv uuy qu unity. At this season of tlv }v.ar when fever ia so much dreaded the aj>(licition of gaa tar to back yards and an} place where bad smells prevail is reo >in munded as a splendid deodoriser, aud mij.la ).><: used freely with the very beat re-ul »■ Tiie frequent application of tar water cannot Ij-i beaten for washing fowl houses aud oth i places where vermin are likely to congre g;ite. The charge of forgery against Rnku Tiroto was being heard as we wont to p -ess, A--the prisoner is deaf every question has to Inwritten down for him to reply to. On tii*jitrymen coming forward the prisoner cha:leugud twelve — the limited number, wituou showing cause for doing so. He, however, cii-illeuged the rest of the jurymen, with the exception of one, giving as his cuise that he did not know them. This of course was held to be insufficient, and the rem&iu ing twelve were ordered to take their seats. A Wellington telegram states that th> Compensation Oiut have awarded to Mr J C. Crawford £6000 in consideration of his claim for £31.000 for land taken by the Govurmneut for defence purposes. A meeting wag held at Oamaru on Thursday evening with reference to the proposal to borrow £30,000 to repair and strengthen the breakwater. The meeting was almost unanimously of opinion that the work should be gone on with. According to all accounts the feature of church collections in New Plymouth is not only the preponderance of threepenny bits, but the remarkably large proportion of clipped and defaced coins which find their way into the treasury of the Lord. The gentleman who receives aud banks the offerings of oue of the churches was heard lately bewailing this fact. " You w-uld not believe it," he said, " the rlifliculiy I have in getting rid of a lot of the m<>uey than goes into the plate. I did mauago to pass off one bad shilliug to-day to a country customer, bnt he turued it over several timebefore he pocketed it, and then he didn't seem satisfied." The " treasure in Heaven" which we are thus laying in will, at this rate, be subject to big discouuts when it comes to be gathered iu.— Tarauaki Herald. During November, seventeen estates of deceased persons were placed under the chargp of the Public Trustee. The most valuable is estimated as under £450 ; the others are small, none beiug over £25. During the twelve months ending October 31, 76,365 bales of wool and sheep and rabbit skins were exported from Port Chalmers and Oamaru, being an increase of 4713 for the former, and 3731 for the latter, compared with the previous year. The total number of bales of wool was 72,741, sheepskins 1270, rabbit skins 2354, or a total of seven million skins, being an increase of 35 baiea. Grass cutting operations commenced today with vigir iv most parts of t,he district. A large number of natives have arrived from Coast settlements to engagi in the work, and appareutly labour is in excess of the demaud To-day ami yesterday parties of natives were on their way to the flats, equipped and provided with all the paraphenalia for the season, and in some paddocks the temporary habitations were up, all ready for an early start. Settlers are sanguine of good prices maintaining this season. On the application of Mr Kenny, the special jurors in the case of Goldsmith and another v. the New Zealand Native Laml Settlement Company were discharged from attendance until Thursday morning, as also were the jurors in the case of Reynolds v. Ormond and Swainson until 10 on Friday morning. A public meeting was held last evening in Parnell'B Hall under the auspices of the Gisborne Te.nperance League. Dr Pollen presided. The Rev. J. E. Fox delivered an address on " Temperauce," showing that the word is closely related to " time " or the word " seasonable," and contains the idea of doing things iv their proper season. He uryed the necessity of self-mastery that men may be guided by judgment rather than in clination. The Rev. T, J. Wills spoke on the basis of the League, aud showed that while the originators of the movement are staunch abstainers, the basis of the League is such as to admit of the co-operation of all Christiau men and women who sympathise with the work. This was no compromise of total abstinence principles, but it was just simply a recognition of the right ot every man to hold and act upon his own convictions. Our pledge is a total abstinence pledge, but our constitution does not require every member of the league to sign it. The speaker also spoke of the flagrant violation of the conditions upon which the licenses are granted by many of the hotelkeepers of this district. He observed in travelling in the country that Borne of the hotels were thrODged with men on Sundays, many of whom were under the influence of driuk. He thought that this state of things is a dis grace, and he hoped that there would be an honest and earnest effort to put meu on the licensing bench who would do their iluty and teach publicans to respect th« laws of God aud the feelings of a Christian community. The concert which rook place at Karaka on behalf of the school on Friday last passed off with great success. The Wandering Minstrels completely surprised the audience by the perfect way in which they weut throu'jh their part of the programme. In addition to the minstrels several ladies and gentlemen contributed to the evening's entertainment by songs, duets, and recitations. After the concert the hall was cleared for a dance which was kept up till the early hours of the morning. This is the first concert and dance that has ever been hold iv the district, and considering that the settlers are scattered over a gr^at distance the attendance was exteemely good. A few persons from Gisborne were present, and were much pleased with the class of entertainment provided them and the eDJoyable outing it had afforded. The ladies who provided for the supper were Mesdames Orr, L>every, Parker and Burgess The accompaniments v.ere played by Mr and Mrs Bolton, the dance music by Mr Stapp, violin, Mr B. Higgings aDd Mr Griffin, the flute, and Mr Bokon, the piano. Wanted — Everyone to remember the Wesleyan Soiree and Service of Song on Wednesday next. Tickets 2s — (Advt.) The members of the Choral Society are reminded of the meeting for practice this evening.— [Advt.]