Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING GISBORNE, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1894.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6929, 17 March 1894, Page 2

Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING GISBORNE, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1894.

"Launches leave for the Rotomahana at 5 and 8 o'clock this evening. Mr Tregear, Inspector of Factories, passed through Uisborne this afternoon. At the Auckland Supreme Court William Pilkington Harris was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for false pretences. An all-day cricket match, Town vers ua Country, is being played at Te Uapara today. The Tolago races are being held to-day. A number of people have gone from town to be present at the Uawa carnival. The acceptances for the various handicap events of the Turanganui Native Jockey Club's annual meeting olose at 0 p.m. on Monday. The Post states that Mr A. W. Brown, ex-Mayor of Wellington, who disappeared a couple of years ago under peculiar circumstances, has written from Japan to a relative, intimating his intention of returning and explaining various matters. Lord and Lady Glasgow gave a large garden party on Tuesday at Government House, Auckland. Among the guests were the Premier, the Hon. James Carroll, and the officers of the German warship Buzzard. Mr Beswick, Chief Postmaster, whilst riding on the Kaiti yesterday with his little daughter, was thrown from his horse by the animal shying, and the saddle slipping round. Both Mr Beswick and the little girl were bruised, but consider themselves very lucky m having escaped more serious injury. j A meeting of County ratepayers was held m Mr W. Stephenson's hall, Matawhero, on Thursday evening, to consider the case of Fanner and Brown v. the County Council. A strong opinion was expressed that the Council should not proceed with their legal defence, and it was resolved that a petition to that effect be circulated for signature. We are requested to draw attention to the recent Gazette notice stating the provisions of the Animals Protection Act. Any person killing game with anything but a shoulder gun, which must not exceed size No. 10 at muzzle with barrels exceeding 36 inches m length is liable to a penalty of £10. Anyone selling game without a license is liable to a penalty of £20, and no Bale of game shall take place prior to May Ist and subsequent to August Ist. Licensees to sell must keep a book showing from whom game is purchased.

Harper's estate estate, Christchurch, is paying a first dividend of 4d m the £. "Ted Broughton," of Omahu, H. 8., is dead. On dit that Mr John W. Salmoud, LL.B., is to be appointed Parliamentary draughtsman. A South Melbourne milkman, who mixed his milk with water, was recently fiued £10 with costs, or six weeks' imprisonment. Rather than undergo a flogging of 25 lashes a prisoner at Pentridge (Vie) threw himself off the wall of the division m which he was confined. He died from his Injuries. The ship Forfarshire, which cleared at the Customs, Auckland, on Friday, took a cargo consisting of entirely of New Zealand produce, including 5335 cases of kauri gum. At Auckland Henry Bridges was fined £3 9s and costs for a breach of the Customs Act, having brought 100 cigars ashore from the Doric. The s.s. Upolo which left Auckland for Samoa, had to put back having had an accident to her machinery. The Co-operative Association premises at Palmerston North were broken into by burglars last Sunday. The would-be thieves were evidently disturbed for they took nothing. At Auckland a young man named Walter Dobel was fined £9 15s for altering the date of a railway ticket, and a young woman named Catherine McDermotb was fined 20s for using postage stamps which had already been used. It will be observed by advertisement that the Ormond Band (assisted by the Harmonic Club) are to hold another of their popular entertainments on Wednesday evening next. The programme is an attractive one, and should draw together a large audience. The temperance party advertise a mass meeting, to be held m the City Rink on Monday evening next, at 8 o'clock, and also announce the names of che candidates they support at the election. On Thursday 120 patients from the Avondale lunatic asylum were taken by train to the Ellerslie racecourse m order to enjoy a picnic. The ground was kindly placed at the disposal of the picnickers by the Auckland Racing Club. A fire took place m the stables at the back of the Waerenga-a-hika Hotel yesterday, which were totally destroyed. Thanks, however, to the assistance of a number of willing hands the fire was prevented from spreading to the other outbuildings or to the hotel. There was a large attendance at the City Rink last evening when the usual St. Patrick's Day social was held. Not only was the floor well filled with dancers but the gallery was crowded with spectators. The social waa a complete success, those present greatly enjoying themselves. The hall waß prettily decorated, the music (supplied by Mrs Morrison and Messrs Beere and Bow: good, and the refreshments (caterer, Mr J. Wallace) all that could be desired. It is announced that an Old Maids' Insurance Society is to be started. Ladies who do not expect, or do not intend, to marry are to be enabled to ensure their marriageable interest, on the terms of receiving the capital sum at the age of 40, if still unmarried, but forfeiting it m the event of marrying before that agei The society, it would seem, relies on the chances there are that it will receive many premiums and rarely, have to pay the sum insured for.

Mesers Seddon and Carroll had a pleasant tour through the heart of the North Island. They were able to drive a four-in-hand from Pipiriki to Oakune. From Oakune the route was by bush tracks on horseback, through the Rangitane and Waimarino blocks. After passing over the Waimarino Plain Mr Seddon's party again entered the bush, going through a splendid totara forest. After three days they got through to the railway at Te Kuiti, and on Saturday visited Rewi at Kihikihi. The party have left Auckland for Whangarei and will be absent a week.

At the monthly meeting at Melbourne recently of the Royal Humane Society of Australia, a bronze rredal was awarded to John Williams, of Westport, N.Z., laborer, aged 30, for rescuing a child from drowning m the Buller river. Williams, fully clothed, plunged into a stronc current and rescued the child, who was floating down the stream. A certificate of merit to .Ernest W. Montgomery, of Auckland, mariner, aged 22, for rescuing Maggie Bell, aged 15, from drowning at Waiteinata harbor on a dark night, was also awarded.

A singular licensing difficulty has cropped up m Nelson. The system of bottle licenses prevails there, and a poll has to be taken as to whether the number of bottle licenses shall be reduced. If the vote is m favour of reduction, the committee is bound, under a penalty of £50 per head, to reduce the number of bottle licenses by not more than 25 per cent. But, as it happens, there are only two bottle licenses m the district, and no one has yet been able to solve the question as to how this number can be reduced by not more than 25 per cent. Yet, if the electors so resolve, the committee must do it, or incur the personal penalties attaching to disregard of the will of the people.

A Coolgardie miner, Edward Willan, was the other day at Melbourne fleeced of £500 by means of the confidence trick. The miner had struck up an acquaintance with a confidence man, William Hudson, and the two became very intimate. One day they met at an hotel, when Hudson said that if any man m the room could show him £500 he would give the holder of it £100. Willan then drew £500 out of the bank, returned to the hotel, and the party had drinks. A game of chance was indulged m for £1000, Willan giving Hudson his £500, when the latter decamped, and on the victim attempting to follow him he was detained by two accomplices. Hudson is m gaol.

There was some fua at Wellington wharf last Saturday night. The Omapere was to have left for Lyttelton at 11, taking with her the Alhambra Variety Company. The fact of so large a number wishing to travel made it evident early that many more than the ship's complement would desire to go, and so telegrams were forwarded along the railway lines asking that passengers be warned that they could not travel by her. The passengers, however, believed that the guards were endeavouring to deceive them, and so a large number of the fire Brigade' men and others, who had return tickets, with j still others who trussed to getting tickets on the ship, sent their luggage down and went on board. The luggage duly " went below," and the would-be passengers made themselves comfortable until the steamer dropped away from her berth, remaining attached to the wharf with a hawser while the Customs officers went through her to ascertain the number of passeng«rs. Then there was a scurrying by night, and passengers strove to conceal themselves wherever concealment seemed possible. One couple — man and wife— who were to join the Alhambra Company at Christ church, but were not included m the names sent m, were particularly active m dodging the officers, and finally, driven to bay, they took j possession of the ladies' cabin, and locked themselves m. The officers, however, were inexorable, and they were ultimately brought forth. It was 12. 40 p.m. before the boat got away, and as a result of the search ten would-be passengers were compelled to come ashore, much to their disgust.