Poverty Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1887.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4900, 28 June 1887, Page 2

Poverty Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1887.

The Borough Council meets this evening Among the business is the consideration of the scheme for damming the Waikanae. The Dunedin Perpetual Trustee and Agency Company have declared a dividend of 4 per cent Receipts in the year, £4460 ; net profit, £710. The meeting of the Working Men's Political Association did not take place last night owing to the inclemency of the weather. The late Samuel Greig, the Scotchman who became the Admiral and Minister of Finance in Russia, first won gre;»t favor at the Russian Court by saving from drowniDg in the Gulf of Finland the Grind Duke Constantiue, uncle of the present Czar. Mr Townley last week gave about 100 well designed medals, suspended from artistic necklets in the manner of lockets, to the i girls attending the public school. It is needless to say that the present was much appre- ; ciated by the recipients, who, with their teachers, desire to thank Mr Townley for the gift. It was remarked at the Supreme Court; yesterday that the usual quaint old proclamation by the crier was omitted at the opening. That is an old form that should be kept up The ancient " Oyez, Oyez," and the invitations to all parties to come forward for justice, and the appeal to the Deity to save the Queen and her judge, ought not to be allowed to die out. Mr L. Humphries, the night watchman, was excused from the jury in the murder case to-day, it being explaiued to His Honor that he had been on du'y all night till 6 a.m. Messrs C. P. Davis, H. J. Browne, and W. R. Ball were challenged by the defence. The case is expected to last till j to-morrow night. The jury in Maher's case were locked up all night, and they must have had a most uncomfortable time in the little stuffy room which was in constant use for 24 hours, acd in which theatmosphere was mosr unpleasant. The time must have dragged terribly and they must have been quite worn out. They had an exceedingly tired appearance when they appeared this morning, and they were relieved for the day. They were supplied with refreshments last night, and this morning were taken to the Argyll for dreakfast before the usual breakfast hour, when they could be quite alone. The jury was evenly divided in opinion. '

It is said that Mr Dargaville has floated £45,000 of Kaihu Valley railway debentures in Dunediu. The money is to be used to continue and finish the line. The balance sheet of the Wellington Woolen Co. shows the receipts to be.L2945. and the expenditure L29U, leaving a balance of L 35, which haa been curried forward. The Supreme Court of Kansas has decide<l that a married women need not take her husband's name unless she chooses. W. S. Greene will offer for sale to-morrow at the Exchange mart, a well-selected stock of fruit trees and ornamental shrubs, ex Mararoa from Auckland. The New Zealand Educational Institute bus resolved to recommend that School Insectors be under the control of the C^utr;vl Department of Education, and that tho examination papers be drawn up by an examining board of Inspectors. His Honor the Chief Justice again had occasion today to comment, ou the conduct of cise 1 * by the Crown Prosecu or. His reimrks will be found elsewhere, Mr R-es is leading iv the case against the Maoris for murder, and it was remarked this morniug that he opened the case both ably and lucidly, How charming a thing is law is illustrated by the report of a recent bankruptcy case in England. The bankrupt, who was only ho for want of ready money, had 25s in property for every pound that he owed. But the charges of the Bankruptcy Court swallowed so much that his creditors received only 7s 6d in the pound. The business at the R.M. Court to-day consisted of two charges against Henare Hawhe and lletni Tetapu for drunkenness, The former was discharged with a caution, and the latter waa fined 10s or in default 24 hours' imprisonment. The latter prisoner was also charged with using indecent language, and sentenced to 48 hours. A few small debt cases were also dealt with. Graham, Pitt & Bennett will sell by auction to-morrow, at 11 a.m., a consignment of trees, plants, &c, f^.im Cleaves nursery, Invercurgill, They were opened out today, and have come to hand in splendid order. Coming from a colder climate these plants suffer nothing from the changeanddo not need acclimatising Mr Cleave haa for many seasons sent plants into this market, and in all cases hia nuraery stock has given satisfaction. The auctioneer announces that as there is a large lot to get tlirouyii he must start sharp at 11, and that tho whole will bo cleared without reserve. In the annual reports ou native schools for the East Coast District, the Superintendent, Mr James Booth, R.M., reports :—VVai-o-matatini : Very fair results were obtained, but the Bchool has not yet quite recovered from nearly a year's enforced inactivity, caused partly by building operations and partly by the building of a Land Court in the district. — Akuaku : Under its new master this school has been extremely successful. It is probable, however, that it will have to be iemoved to Hiruharama, some distance inland, where a new and large native settlement is beini; made. — Uawa : Negotiations for handing this .school over to the Hawke's Bay Board have been successful. It is hoped that the experiment of educating children of the two races together may be successful. The following from the H.B. Herald explains a telegram published by us ou Saturday and comes appositely on our remarks in an article yesterday : — A piece of grouud at the Western Spit has been granted by the Harbor Board for a site for freezing works. The prospectus of a new freezing company will Bhortly appear, and the Shaw-Savill Co. will hold a large interest in it. It ia reported that the directors of the Shsw-Savill line are also willing to carry frozen mutton to England at 2}d a pound, lowest terms offered by the company to Nelson Bros. This is, of course, another result of the establishment of the Colonial Union line of steamers, for which Nelson Bros, and several of our principal sheepfarmers acting in combination have to be thanked. Any reduction in rat'-s by the Shaw-Savill line will not affect the Colonial Union as that company has been guaranteed freight for three years. Those who are not guarantors, however, will be able to share t:> the full ia other bmiefits conferred by this competition for freight between the two steamship companies. The ladieH of Holy Trinity Church congregation opened their Jubilee Fair in Farnell's hall at two o'clock this afternoon. The hall is prettily decorated for the occasion with flags and evergreens ; nnd the fair stallkeepers were there prepared to do business on an exteneive scale, and to use their persuasivenefls iv any case where money was found to be tight. Considerable labor has been gone to in preparing for thia Fair, with the result that the stalls are taxed to their utmost to hold the many fancy articles of ladies' work that have been poured in during the morning. The hall is divided ou the one side into three stalls and a Christmas Tree, each stall presided over by its full complement of stall-keepers. The Christmas Tree has been made a special feature of the fair, and, loaded with its crop of many colored articles, will look very pretty when the gas is lit this evening. Plain and fancy needlework are the features of the other stalls, and hard will be the case where those who approach wiihin reach do not come away witk lighter purses after hiving had explained the uses of the article on sale. The opposite side of the lull is divided into refieshmeut, greengrocer's and poulterer's stalls. These alao are uicely decorated, and the goods laidoutwiththattaatc which comes so ready to the hands of ladies wheii they wish to please and extract money from the pockets of either brother or sister— particularly brother, who they take a delight in selling. Attractive aide shows are also to be found where nmoy a hearty laugh and jest will be extracted from victims, as tyflll as the means for helping to liquidate th« debt OP the Church The hall as a whole looks really nice with its festoons of evergreens and flags, and should be well patroni3ed during the time it is open. Usual meeting Select Quadrille Assembly on Wednesday, 29 th, Porter's Hall. All members requested to attend. Dancing at 8 sharp. — The Committee. — Advfc