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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6897, 8 February 1894, Page 2

Government has granted the Muhanga loan of £225.

Mr Hill, agent for The Stray Leaves Combination Company, left Tauranga by the Australia to-day, to make arrangements to open m Gisborne on the 17th.

His Excellency the Governor and family leave Lyttelton on Monday and arrive at Auckland on the 17th. The Hinemoa will then bring the postal delegates to Wellington via Milford Sound. The Governor remains m Auckland till March 20th, when re will leave m the Hinemoa for Raratonga,

The s.s. TeAnau has been detained m port all day, and will not leave for Auckland until 7 o'clock this evening. It was hoped that the lighter Good Templar, which takes off the circus animals, would have been able to make two trips on the morning tide, but this was found impossible, and m consequence the steamer had to wait.

The return cricket match between Waitnata and Gisborne will be played off next Saturday m Tucker's paddock, play to commence at 2 p.m. sharp. The following players will represent Gisborne : —A. W. Rees, E. Rees, Cuthbert, Cole, Leversedge, Massey, Currie, Askenbeck, Andrew (2), and Wyllie. Players are requested to be on the ground a little before two o'clock to complete arrangements.

The Borough Council is to take His Excellency the Governor m hand upon his arrival here on Thursday next. Lord Glasgow will be presented when he lands with an address of welcome from the Mayor and Councillors, and will be taken for a drive round the country. The services of the City Band will be called into requisition on the occasion. The members of the County Council have been asked to co-operate m according His Excellency a loyal welcome, but have not yet signified whether they will do so.

Colonel Porter and Mr Lewis, J.P.s, occupied tho Bench at the R.M. Court today, and disposed of the following cases : — D. Crawford v. Patrick Mclntyre, claim £11 23 6d, (Mr Jones for plaintiff) ; judgment for plaintiff by default. Georgina Warren v. Frank Knowles, claim £1 9s Id ; judgment for plaintiff by default. A. R. Muir v. W. C. Whitfield, claim £4 5s 6d, (Mr Chrisp for plaintiff) ; judgment for plaintiff by default. Eleanor Adeane v. Frank Roach (Mr Chrisp for plaintiff) claim £5 4a ; judgment for plaintiff by default.

Last evening three heats of the sculling match of the P.B. Rowing Club were rowed. C. Taylor (40sec) beat T. Brosnahan (12scc), R. Jones (20sec) beat Jas. Thomson (40sec), and W. Steele (45sec) beat H. Burns (25sec). To-night W. Steele meets C. Taylor, and -as Steela is m receipt of five seconds from Taylor, and both are "in ~gocd -fsnn. an exciting finish is anticipated. But it is thought Taylor's extra strength will enable him to win. The winner of this evening's race will compete against R. Jones for the final to-morrow. The scullers leave the shed about 6 o'clock, and finish about 20 minutes to seven.

A meeting of the Executive of the Caledonian Society was held last evening. The following letter to the President was read : — " Dear Sir,— Donald Dinnie, the celebrated Scotch athlete, is shortly proceeding to Gisborne to give an entertainment there. He met with bad fortune during the Australian land boom, and is now engaged m trying to raise sufficient funds to take himself and his family home to the Old Country. I trust your Society will see its way to accord him your patronage. — I remain, yours truly, Douglas McLean, President Hawke's Bay Caledonian Society." It was unanimously resolved that this Society accord Donald Dinnie its patronage and give him what assistance it can. It was decided to present His Excellency the Governor, who is patron of the Society, with an address upon his visit to Gisborne, and Messrs Campbell, Kennedy, Porter, Grant, Reid, and Rosie were appointed a Committee to look after the matter.

The Gisborne Lawn Tennis Club is holding the annual tournaments at present. There were seven entries for the ladies' singles and eleven for the gentlemen's. The first round was played off by last Saturday, when the following matches took place : — Miss Watson (scratch) beat Miss Crawford (receive half 30), the game§ being 2-6, 6—2, and 6—2. Miss N. Reynolds (receive half 15) beat Miss Newton (owe half 15) by 6—5 and 6-0. Miss Dods (receive half 15 and 2 bisques) beat Miss Thomson (receive half 15) after a very good match by 5 — 7, 6 — o, and 10 — 8. Miss Reynolds (owe half 30) drew a bye m this round. In the gentlemen's handicap singles J. Leversedge (receive 30) beat D. Porter (receive 2 bisques) by 6—3 and 6—4. H. Lysnar (receive 15 aud 2 bisques) beat G. F. Crawford (owe half 15) by 7 — 5 and 6 — 2. T. Currie (scratch) beat F. H. Mueller (scratch), 6-4, 3—6, 6—2. D. Bourke (receive 30) beat H. G. Watson (scratch), 5—7, 6— 3, 6 — 3. A. Sykes (receive 15 and 2 bisques) beat A. Foster (receive 30), 5 — 7, 6—o, 6—l. A. J. Barnard (owe half 15) drew a bye for the first round. The second round has to be plaj'ed not later than next Saturday, when some close matches are expected.

At the Police Court yesterday before Capt. Tucker and Mr Akroyd, J.P.s, a young man named Donald McKenzic, a laborer, was charged with indecently assaulting two washerwomen named Louisa Petersen and Eliza Andei'son. Sergt. -Major Moore conducted the prosecution, and Mr Day the defence. A great deal of evidence was called m the case. The women and a small boy named Frank Petersen were positive that McKenzie was the man who broke into her dwelling and assaulted Anderson. They alsd pointed out two men named Mumby and Bradley, who were m Court, as haviug accompanied McKenzie on the night m question, and being perpetrators of the outrage. Mumby was forthwith arre3ted, and Bradley summoned for being illegally on the premises. For the defence Mr Day called McKenzie, Mumby, Bradley, Donaldson, and Gault, who ail gave evidence that on the night m question accused were m bed m the Settler's hotel. For the purpose of allowing the defence to secure the evidence of a man named Smith, who was said to have been m the hotel with the accused, the cases were remanded until Wednesday next.

The Trinity College (London) examinations m musical knowledge, which are held throughout the colonies every year, will, if a sufficient number of candidates enter, be extended to Gisborne. It is hoped that many students of music will take advantage of this means of encouragement, Whatever serves as a. stimulus, as a periodical test of their progress, and as a means of attesting the genuine work of teachers, cannot fail to be as popular as it will be beneficial. The next examinations will be held m June, and will be open to all without restriction of age. The examinations are conducted m three divisions, junior, intermediate, aud senior. ' The committee of the New Zealand Centre include Sir James Hector, the Rev. VV. J. Habens, and Mr J. R. Blair. The hou. secretary is Mr Robert Parker, Wellington, and the local secretary |s Mr 11. G. Spackman, who will be glad to giye any further information. It will be necessary for candidates to send m their names before Thursday next, the 15th of February.

Mr Drummond, Stock Inspector of Hawke's Bay, was presented with a purse of 100 sovereigns by Wairarapa settlers.

Some children playing on the Sandhills at Duuedin on Tuesday discovered a skull and some decayed bones. They have apparently been wahsed ashore.

The sum of £1550 is all the Government can get offered for the steamer Stella, which cost £16,000, and even though laid up she absorbs £200 per annum for maintenance.

A two-story wooden house of twenty rooni3 m the course of erection for Mr Mondy, a Christchurch solicitor, took fire on Tuesday evening, but the fire brigade confined the fire to one part of the building. The damage cannot be estimated at present. The contractor has a policy for £400 on the building m the National office.

In Adelaide the authorities are evidently determined to put down sweeps and lotteries as well as bookmaking. The police have intimated to the local newspapers that they must not insert advertisements giving particulars of the Tasmanian Bank lottery, which " Tattersall " has m charge.

The University Correspondent tells the story of a boy who had not long been m the physiology class, but when asked to describe the general structure of the body he chuckled over the kindness of the examiners m setting easy questions, and cheerfully wrote as follows : — '• The skull is the place where they keep their brains, if they have any ; the thorax contains the heart and the lungs, and the liver, and other things too many t mention ; and m the abdomen we find the vowels a, c, i, o, v, and sometimes w andy."

One of the " New Australia " emigrants to Paraguay thus describes a portion of the equipment of the party m a letter to a friend m Charters Towers : — " I fancy this association will burst up on account of tlie mismanagement. We started the agricultural settlement with 40 married couples, 84 children, 43 single men, and one steam hammer, one printing press, three pianos, two boats, and a brass band of 36 instruments, but we omitted to bring tents, galvanised iron, ploughs, harrows, or any agricultural implements, with the excepception of three pitchforks, four dozen coal shovels, one dozen picks, two dozen axes, and one dozen quarter axes. We have no medicine, and it is 36 miles to a doctor.

Dr. Barnardo's " Night and Day " for Deaember is to hand. The Homes at present shelter nearly 5000 boys and girls. Dr. Barnardo vigorously protests against a presentment on the part of a grand jury m Manitoba distinctly directed against the emigration work of the Homes. "As a matter of incontrovertible fact," he states on official authority, *• less than two per cent., of all our young emigrants are failures, and ouly a fraction of one per cent, has been, added to the vicious or criminal population of Canada." A curious little calculation indicates that the Canadian emigrauts already sent out by the Homes consume some £120,000 worth of British ?oods per annum.

There is one person (says Mr Labouchere m Truth) at any rate, who has nothing to fear from Disestablishment. Information has reached him concerning a vicar m North Wales whosupplementshismoresacred duties of a parish priest by takingpart, m partnership with various relatives, m the following businesses: — Hotel proprietor, cab proprietor, furniture remover, proprietor of saw mills, joiner, blacksmith, wheelwright, painter, paperhanger, miller, grocer, baker, miner, and toll-keeper. He also runs brakes, and is the manager of some mineral springs. It would be interesting to know how much of his valuable time this ecclesiastical Whitely finds himself able to deyote to the cure of souls.