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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4772, 25 January 1887, Page 2

On page four are — Sporting and Athletic News, " The Bankrupt Leslie," and other matter." The Borough Council meets to-night. Mr Matthews, manager of the Bank of New Zealaud here, leaves in a few days on a six months' trip to England, going by direct steamer from Wellington. It is not known who will be sent here as actiog manager during his absence. who know him will wish Mr Matthews a pleasant trip and a safe return with improved health. The bankrupt Leslie awore at Wellington that he had never been bothered by a creditor in hi* life, on which a local writer asks Ivhy he became bankrupt ? Probably some folks get so used to being dunned that it «eases to bother them. The first block >f the Napier harbor wa3 laid to-day. Th ; report wired is crowded out. i The boroughs of N.Z. owe L 2,257,775. Dunedin top 3 the lot with L 503,000. Tho annual accounts of the Harbor Board may be inspected in printed sheets at the oilicc. Tenders close at noon to-morrow for erecting a platform for a stone crusher for the harbor works. A telegram says the iucoming English mail left San Francisco a day late. It will be due iv Auckland on Saturday week. The annual meeting of the Gisborne Gas Co is called for to-night at 7.30 at the ollice of the Company at the works. The business is to receive the report and balance sheet, aud to elect directors and auditors and declare a dividend. The annual school treat is to be held on Thursday in the Recreation grounds, that place being considered the most central and suitable by the Committee. Messrs DeLautour and Hall are taking up subscriptions and doing everything in their pewer to make a pleasant day for the children. The prizes will be presented at a future date as many have not yet returned from their holidays. At the usual weekly meeting of the Wesleyan Mutual Improvement Society last night, the Vice-President, Rev. A. H. Wallace in the chair the Society's manuscript was read. There were four coutributions in all, an essay " Our Girls" containing excellent advice on the guidance of young ladies. The Society lately showed their appreciatiou of Mr David Miller's kindnesses by presenting him with two handsomely bound volumes. Great preparations are being made to celebrate the opening of the Maori House at Pakirikiri, Poverty Bay, belonging to the chief Otene Pitau. The date fixed for the opening i 3 the 22nd of February next. Some hundreds of invitations have been forwarded to the native tribes living on the East Coast between Tauranga and Wairarapa. The gathering of natives is expected to be the largest that has taken place here for years. It is intended that special invitations be issued to the Europeans of this district, and everything will be done to meet their convenience. Otene Pitau will depart from the usual Maori custom, and in order that the feasting may be more agreeable will provide European waiters for the Europeans, With reference to the Rev. Mr Wills, Wesleyan Minister in Gisborne, an Auckland telegram says : — At the Wesleyan Conference favorable answers were given in the matter of ministers' characters in every cisc except that of the Rot. T. J. Wills. The j questions are as follows : — (1) Is there any objection to his moral or religious character ? (2) Does he believe and preach our doctrines ? (3) Has he duly observed and enforcsd our discipline? (4) Has he competent abilities for our itinerant work ? The action of the Conference left it open whether it was character, fitness, or orthodoxy that the Rev Mr Wills failed in, and that gentleman has written to the Star explaining there is no reflection on his personal character. He says : — "Tho matter at issue was the ruling of the last Conference, which I regarded as unjust, and declined to accept. This waß regarded as insubordination. As I have for years pa^ experienced * growing conviction that a, chauge of Church relations would conduce to my happiness and usefulness, I placed my resignation in the hands of the President. To accept such resignation it waß thought it would be subversive of ecclesiastical discipline." That, he explains, is the whole history of his rejection. The Auckland publicans are excited already about the coming licensing elections. They have held a private meeting, when numerous Rpeeuhes were made and the hardships of the publican's life uuder the temperance regime were fully ventilated and it was lesolved that L 630 be voted towards the expenses of contesting the elections iv the interest] of publicans.

An Auckland lawyer named Napier has been reprimanded by the Court for impudence to a witness, .1 dotective. The latter accused Napier of falsehood.

The Dunedin Land Board has decided to forfeit a large number of deferred payment licenses if the selectors do not reduce their arrears within one or two months.

At the R.M. Court to-dr.y the business was all debt eases. W. Maude v. Willoughby Brassey L2B 13s was confessed. S. Stevenson v. Willoughby Brassey L 67 17s was partly heard, and then withdrawu to be arbitrated on. There were two cases between Maoris. P. Mataore v. R. Koihohi LlO. Judgment was given for LI and costs. In H. Kaingahou v. M. WhaiwhaUa LlO or the return of ;i horse defendant was ordered to return the horse or pay L 2 ; each party to pay his own costs. In a judgment summons case Assignee v. Petere Honotapu, defendant was ordered to pay L 22 15s 2d by April 25th or go to gaol for 22 days.