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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8423, 23 January 1899, Page 2

Air G. M. Williamson, sheopfavmcr, has filed a petition of insolvency. The Hawke'a Bay Ram Fair will be held on February 2nd. The next Gisborno wool sale has been fixed for February 10. The s.s. Waihi is announced to run a moonlight excursion on Thurs-day evening under the auspices of the City Band. The adjourned meeting of the new Horticultural Society will lie held this evening at S o'clock in the room over Mr Dalrymple's to adopt rules, elect officers, and discuss other matters connected with the Society. A meeting of creditors in the estate of William Alfred Hodge, station hand, called for this afternoon lapsed for want of a quorum. Questioned by the Official Assignee the debtor stated that during the last three years he hud been employed as a farm laborer, and his earnings iiad barely been sufficient to keep hitnselt and family. The only assets he had were book debts amounting to £100 which might realise a little. Mr Sievwright, who represented the debtor said that the only creditors were Messrs Joyce and Nes-ille and neither was in attendance. The debtor would at pnee make application tor his discharge.

Yesterday was Wellington's fifty-ninth anniversary. The Government steamer Hinemoa wa-3 at- Ivisl Cape Island yesterday, where .she landed stores and nine additional men for work at East Cape lighthouse. Mr Hales also ]>.iirl a visit of inspection. Sub«ciptions are now being raised for the establishment of ,i telephone to Mr W. Harris's, on the Wairoa side of the Wacrcnga-o-knri Gorge, and of the £12S required liy the Government as a guarantee nearly £100 is in hand or promised. Messrs (!. W. Tiilcnanri William Cooper have announced their intention of becoming candidates at the forthcoming Harbor Jioairi election. Several other names are mentioned of gentlemen likely to come forwunl. Nominations close on Fn'day next at noon. 'Pile s s. Omapere brought a record cargo of wool Fi Kin the coast this trip, having some 81)0 bales on hoaid on her arrival here yesterday. Half the cargo was traushi[i[iud to the barque Akaroa and the other half taken to Napier for shipment by the s.s. Star ot Victoria. Mrs William Adair makes an intimation to her many old friends and customers that she has taken the new shop at the corner of Gladstone road and I'eel street, and intends re-commencing business with an entiicly now slock, personally selected, ot general drapery, millinery, and underclothing. The shop, "which is in a iinc central position, will he opened on Wednesday, February Ist. The many friends of Captain Gumming, of Mcs«f> Kelson Bios, stoic-ship Prince of Wales, will he glad to hear of his return to (lisljorne, where be will lake up his residence, having brought Mrs Gumming ami family with him troin Pk-lon. It is some eight years since the Prince of Willed left this port, and she has since been employed at I'icton and Wellington, Captain Gumming being in charge the whole of the time. The Verto- Vaudeville Company, with a panorama of the Spanish wai , aie announced to appear at the ThiMlre Royal on Thursday evening next. The interest thiit -was taken in this wvr should cause a large audience to assemble to witness the pictures. Verto, the conjuior. is said to give a clever and amusing exhibition o! legerdemain, and Miss Millie Kichaidsoi sings the latest songs of the dav, i)C l i ne. assisted by Mr llajln'Ule and otliei members of the company. Yesterday was a busy day in port The I'Uiugamite which amved in the morn ing had a laigc complement of p.issengei! and took aboard over seventy people fron Gisborno, including the Harry Rickanh Company ami the local oarsmen who have gone to compete at the Auckland regatta The Flora and Omapere arrived at J..'iO from the north, the latter heavily-ladei with wool, part of which was uaushippei to the barque Akaroa. 01V liable Km Foreland at midday the following vessel: were in sight : the Klinganille, Government steamer Hinemoa and R. M.S. Royalist going north ; and the Flora and Omapere travelling south. MrF. Waldegrave, Registrar of Patents was engaged on Thuisday in hearing tin application of Henry George Bedell, o Wellington, plumber, and John Wclsby of Wellington, engineer, for lehers palen for improvements in skylights. Objce tions b.'d been lodged by Messrs Wade of Gishome, and Balhuger Brothers, o Wellington, on the ground that Mr Wadi has already a patent lor raised skylights and has publicly used devices similar t< the alleged invention. Jfr T. W. HisJop with him Mr K. fi. lialdwin, appca.cri ii support of the application and Mr G. P .Skuii olt a, id Mr Hcm-y HaU Jor tin objectors. Messrs J. W. Wade and W Finucra.i. of Gisborne, and W. C. Chatlic.'i and W. G, iehton, of Wellington gave cvi dence in support of the objections, and tin case was then adjourned. There was a [urge attendance at tin bowling green on Saturday afternoon when a number of interesting matche were played. Afternoon lea was providci by Mrs Muir. The following games wen played :— Dixon, Hoyte, B ; rss, Ponsfon (skip) 2l> v. Baxendell, Kilgour, Batham McGowau (skip) 15; Gamble, Price, Ferris Witty (skip) 24 v. King, Jackson Dods Captain Chrisp (skip) 22 ; White, Simson Bright. Golemau (skip) 20 v. Davis, Jones Alntthewcon, Muir (skip) lti; Gaudin am Mnir (skip) 14 v. While and Colcmai (skip) 11. During the afternoon the Vice President of the' Club, Mr J. W. Bright notified members that the eommercia travellers visiting Gisborne had present:* the Club, through Mr Peltie, with twi pairs of bowls for competition in a pair: match, the terms of which were to hi arranged l>y the Match Committee win would consult with Messrs Harness}' an< Peltie. He (Mr Bright) was very p!ease< to make the announcement, and lie hopec the trophies would be keenly competei for, as} lie felt [sure they would be. ;Mi Bright further complimented the commit' tec and caretaker upon ilio excelleir condition of the green, which was playiiu better that afternoon than ho had seen i on any previous occasion. In his report on theTahora No. 2 block Mr John Ruddick, surveyor, states thai the land is principally broken bush country of light pumice soil. The Natives, he says, have retained the best portions, and itwil he necessary to carry the roads thrnugl their lands to gain access tn those of tin Crown. He thinks a lair road could In obtained from Ngatapato Waitnana. Tin total area of the block is 21.'5,.'!.'i0 acres, oi which about a third is held by the Natives, Of that held by the Crown 54,000 acre: are classified as rough hush land, and vcrj ditlicult to road, being set down as seconi class land and worth 5s per acre. Anothei 35,049 acres are similarly sp.-iken of. The country is light, rocky, and pumice soii. II lies from 300 to 3000 feet above the leve! of the sea, and in the opinion of tin surveyor, is only suitable for large holdings. The Ngalapa and Hangaroa subdivisions, which contain ll.u'b'l acres, arc spoken of as undulating and broken second class land, about two-thirds of the block being open country valued at 10s per acre, whilst the remainder is mixed bush with patches of birch. This land rises above the level of the sea from 700 to 2400 feet, and is easy of acccs.s from the Hangaroa road. There are 2-iGS acres of fairly good land in another subdivision. The block is said to be well watered. On Tuesday last at St. Peter's Church, Hamilton, a very pielr.y and largely attended wedding took place. The contracting parties were Mr J. O. Palairct, eldest, son of Mr G. Palairet, of Gisborne, to Miss Alice SI. Sauries, the third daughter of Mr R. F. Sandes, of Hamilton. The young lady friends of the bride decorated the church most beautifully. The bride, who was handsomely attired in white figured silk, trimmed in chiffon and pearl, with the orthodox veil and wreath, was led to the altar by her father. Her bridesmaids were Miss Inez Sauries and Miss Ada Palairet, sisters of the bride and bridegroom respectively. They were very tastefully dressed in pale primrose, with satin sashes to match, and wore dainty white hats trimmed with pale yellow". They carried, in place of the usual bouquet, true lovers' knots in white (lowcis, finished with white ribbon, and wore gold bangles set with rubies, pud brooches set with sapphires, the gifts of the bridegroom. Mr F. Palairet. and Mr W. Hume acted as groomsmen. The church was filled to overflowing. When leaving, the happy couple were very vigorously saluted with rice and flowers. The invited guests drove to the residence of the bride's parents, where they were entertained at. a breakfast. The presents were both numerous and valuable. The Native boy Wireinu I'ohatu, who was arrested on Thursday last on a charge of having stolon a quantity of jewellery of the value of £42, the property of a Syiiau hawker named Mansen Hannah, was dealt with by Mr Booth, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court this morning. The accused pleaded guilty to the theft. The Magistrate, being satisfied that the boy was not sixteen years of age. said he was very loth to send the accused to gaol, as it would mean that lie would associate with erimina'.-, and probably be led to eiuer upon a careei of crime. He had power under the Aft to older the boy to be whipped, and he purposed adopting that course. The sentence of the Court was that the accused should receive twelve strokes of the birch rod. Mr Booth further added that he hoped Sergeant Black would see that the punishment was administered without mercy, and that the accused should not bo spared in any way. An uncle of the accused was sent to the police station to see the punishment inflicted. The Magistrate said he had no sympathy with the informant with regaid'to the loss of his wares. Hawkers, as a ride, were exceedingly careless in exposing their goods, and very often, as in the present case, left their goods lying about. In this way great temptation was offered to children, anil the owner could not be sympathised witli when his goods were stolen. The informant, after the sentence of the Court had been passed, stated that he had not got lack all his property, and wanted to know what he was to do about it. His Woiship thought he should consider himself lucky for recovering what he had done, as under the circumstances hi was in a measure to blame for his loss.

! Tenders are being called for the erection of the Invercargill abattoirs. It has been decided to enforce prohibition in the Soudan. The ketch Margaret is a total wreck at Akaroa Heads. On the Slarborough estate a township, to be called Seddon, is being laid out. The New Zealand Times appears to-day as an eight-page paper. Congratulations. If. .M.S. Tauratiga is to be replaced on the New Zealand station by the iMildura. Mr A. L. D. Fraser, of Hastings, will contest- the Hawke's Bay seat with Captain Ku^sell. liannevirke has had a crop of burglaries, a number of houses having been rilled of valuable contents The N.Z, Times predicts that the Government will have a surplus of .t'6'Ss,ooo in March next. The new telegraph line from Auckland to Wellington via the West Coast will be completed next month. At Dunedin John Waldie has been fined £~> and Cl 10s costs, for removing the carcase of a bullock from the abattoir before it had been passed and branded by the inspector. The Marine Department scandals now being investigated were brought before the House early last session by Mr Piraui, who, when lie asked for a Royal Commission, was snubbed by the Premier. It is computed that there are 100,000 truants in London, and how to deal effectually with them is one of the problems which the School Board has not yet been able to successfully solve. At Kumara on New Year's Day, after addressing the gathering at a picnic, Mr and Mrs Seririou joined in a dance on the platform, at the conclusion of which cheers wcie given for the Premier and his wife. Horowhenua Horticultural Society held a shoiv last week which Wellington visitors st ited was a great success. Hastings holds its first show shortly, and an effort is being made to reform the Horticultural Society atGreytown, Wairarapa. Mr Kowin, the New Zealand representative of an Faiglish produce firm, has leceivcri a cable message from London intimating that high rates may be expected for poultry shipped Home so as to urrivo in the months of March ami April. Wednesday last was a busy day at the Auckland telegraph olnce. The American and German Consuls spent between £200 and £300 in messages to their respective Governments about the Samoati crisis, and there were, of course, long British despatches. 11l connection with the Marine Department scandals, profound secrecy is being observed riepartnieulaily as to the proceedings taken and the reason thereof. In the meantime Captain Altaian has been suspended. .Sir Robert Stout has been retained to defend Captain Von Sehoeu. The Labor Journal for January lGth reports : — Gisborne. — Building trades : Continue easy. Retail trade (general): Brisk trade done during the month in all departments. Unskilled labor : Shearing is still incomplete in many sheds, having' been retarded by a long spell of bad weather. The grass-seed harvest has been gathered late this season, owing to same cause, and if saved there will be a largo yield. Bushfelling operations are Hearing completion. A huge area of bush has been felled. Several road contracts are expected to be put in band next- month. There are not many unemployed. At a recent meeting of the Christchurch City Council a letter was read from Mr D. Whyte, Hawke's Bay, enclosing a formidable printed sheet, embodyinc ascheme " whereby the country could be covered with light railways, without a penny of taxation being imposed." The reason advanced by Mr Whyte for sending the printed scheme to the Council was ingenious. It was in effect that the City Council might get the newspapers of the city to " insert in their correspondence columns.' 1 Experience had shown him that if he sent it to one paper in a district the other journals would have nothing to do with it. The Mayor suggested that the scheme might be read out ; Councillors would find it very instructive. The City Fathers, however, were too busy to deal with light literature or railways, and the letter was merely received. The details of the Masterton outrage show a case shocking brutality, almost rivalling the Gatcou horror. The girl Jessie Remington, aged 17, was most shan-.efu'ly maltreated, being pulled from her horse, and. after half an hour's violent struggle in which she was choked, gagged, jumped upon and punched, was cruelly outngeri. She then caught hold of ustiuinins post and refused to move, and accused agai'i caught her by the throat and choked her aw. n ,y, threw her on the ground, and knelt on her back. Several times he lifted her from the ground and threw her down again, until she seemed to have no life left i'l her. Accused then caught hold of her hair, lifted her face up, looked at it, and let her again drop to the ground. After knocking her about, be let her lie ou the ground for a few minutes. He then picked her up and dragged her through the fence. He pulled her across an old dray road, and dropped her into sonic fern. She was picked up again and carried down a bank. As she rolled down accused kicked her on the right leg. She heard the accused open his kii'fe, and she thought lie was going to kill her. Instead, however, he cut some fern ami covered her over, leaving her there in an unconscious state.