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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8701, 21 December 1899, Page 2

The Bishop of Waiapu was a passenger for Napier by the Mararoa last evening. A meeting of the Committee of the Horticultural Society will be held this evening. The annual meeting of the Gisborne Gun Club will also be held. The Gisborne portion of the San Francisco mail will arrive by the Eliugamite on Saturday morning. . Mepsrs Williams and Kettle have made several additions to their land sale advertisement, which appears in another column. Mr Campbell Thomson in another column advertises for active horses, black, bay, brown, or chestnut color, aged five to eight years, for the use of the second New Zealand contingent. At the meetiug of the Borough Council last evening the Overseer reported two fresh cases of fever as occurring during the past fortnight, one from the country and one within the Borough. The Wellington Education Board has decided to extend tuition in cookery to all bplioolb of whatever denomination, applying for it, so far as the resources at command will allow. In response to the petition from local subscribers the Telegraph Department have fixed the hours of the telephone exchange from 7 a.m to 1 1 p.m. The change will take effect from the 27th inst. Major-General Wauchope, who waa killed at the battle of iMajersfontoin, was known outside the military world as the political opponent of the lato Mr Gladstone for the Midlothian seat. One of the largest shipments of butter that lias been made from this district was taken away by the Mararoa last evening, namely, 84 boxes, equal to 2 tons 2 owls, shipped by Mr McGregor from his Kia Ora factory for the Home market. ■At Tuesday's meeting of the Hawke's Bay Education Board, Mr .T. Tanner moved that a subsidy of £25 for noxt year be granted to Mr R. N. Anderson, of the Napier Teohnical School, on condition that Ihe continued the tuition of the Board's teachers as at present. The proposal was carried. We have received from Mr CampbellThompson a copy of the reports oti the division of biology and pomology for 1898-99, issued by the New Zealand Department of Agriculture. The reports contain a lot of valuable information of special interest to horticulturists. Copies can be obtained upon application to Mr Thompson. The plans of the Ruangarehu and Te Koutu blocks, to be sold by public auction by Messrs Williams and Kettle on Saturday, January 6th, appear as an inset in this issue. The terms for acquiring the land are very easy, being as follows : 10 per cent, cash, 15 per cent, approved bills at six months, aim the balance at three years, bearing interest at 6 per cent. An unusually large number of Christmas excursionists left by the s.s. Mararoa last evening for the south, and there was an animated scene at the wharf when the Waibi left at 8 o'clock. Over eighty passengers were booked at this port. The Te Anau, which left for Auckland this morning, was also a full ship, having over fifty passengers from Gieborne, as well as a large number from southern ports. A return has just been issued giving details of the length of time each member of last Parliament has served in that position. Sir Maurice O'Rorke, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, heads the liafc. He was first elected on Juno 3rd, 1861, he has been elected for ten Parliaments, and has attended 40 sessions. The Hon. W. Rolleston has attended 23 sessions, Major Steward 27, Captain Russell 26, the Premier 25, and Mr J. W. Thompson 24. The Minister for Railways, the Minister for Lands, Mr Duncan, and Mr Buchanan tie with 22 sessions each, and Mr Guinness comes next with 19 sessions to his credit, closely followed by the Hon. T. Thompson and Mr T. Partita with 18 eoseions. In his report on the annual scholarship examination Mr Hill stated :■— " The competition has . been unusually Btrong this year, and I wish it were in the power of the Board to grant many more scholarships than are now available. It is a great pity that with Buch good material s>o few of the candidates will be able to proceed to higher studies, owing to the inability of parents to pay the the cost which is entailed by attendance at the High Schools. This year the best pupils came from the country, und Matamau has the honor of sending in pupils who occupy first and third positions on the list respectively. Tansey is no easy first, but quite two-thirds of those on the lists may be set down as good candidates. As in former years the arithmetic tests proved too much for quite a number of pupils. In the other test subjects capital work was done in grammar, science, history, and geography, the latter subject especially bringing out some really excellent work. Altogether the papers show good preparation and wide reading among the candidates." A meeting of the Hospital Trustees was held last evening, when the following members' were present : — Messrs J. W. Nolan (chairman), Macfarlane, Warren, Harding, and Joyce. The monthly report showed twelve patients remaining at the hospital last month, nineteen had been admitted since last meeting, and eleven discharged. There were twenty patients at present in the institution. The treasurer reported a credit balance of £tO9 12s sd. The reoeipts during the mouth were £14 10s for fees, and £50 contribution from the Charitable Aid Board. Accounts amounting to £70 Is 3d were passed for payment. A vote of thanka was accorded to Messrs Finn and Taylor for Bervioes rendered during their term of office as trustees representing the Borough Council A letter from the Borough Council notifying the appointment of Messrs Johnston and Joyce to the vacancies was received. A progress payment of £150 was passed on account of the additions ajid alterations to the hospital. Messrs Dewing and Harding were appointed a Visiting Committee for the month. At the Magistrate's Court this morning Mr J. Booth, 8.M., presided. A number of cases were called, but were for tbe most part struck out or adjourned. In the case John Gow v. John A. Belk, olaim £10 ss, judgment was given for the plaintiff for the amount claimed with costs £1 10s 6(1. Messrs Rees. Brothers appeared for the plaintiff, the defendant not being represented. James Erskine v. William Perston, claim £9 2s 93, judgment was given for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs £1 3s 6d. George Smith v. James Finucano, claim 8s Cd on a judgment summons. The defendant did not appear, an order was made for immediate payment of debt aud costs 13a 6d, in default two days' imprisonment in Gisborne prison. Gustan Harmar v. William Bolton, claim £9 Is od. Mr E. A. Rees appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr W. D Lysnar for tbe defendant. The plaintiff, who is a laborer residing at Uisborne, sought to recover the above amount from the defendant, a farmer at the Motu, for work done in felling busb. After hearing evidence His Worship gave judgment for the plaintiff for the sum of 11s and 18s 6d. His Worship the Mayor, in the course of his remarks at the installation ceremony last evening, made sympathetic reference to the number of deaths on the English side in connection with the war. He pointed out that in most of the towns in the colony subscription lists for funds to relieve the distress and want of the relations of those who had fallen in battle had already been opened, and he thought something of the kind should be done in Gisborne. They bad no volunteers to send from this district, but they could assist loyally by contributing to the relief fund. He asked the Town Clerk to open a subscription list for the purpose, and this has already been done. The step taken by Eis Worship is one hi the right direction, md we feel sure that the people of Gisborne will not be behind in doing what they can to assist tbe fuads. The matter has been warmly taken up by tbe members if the Council, all of whom have promised ;o do what they can to further the movenent. Mr Cecil Lewis and several other gentlemen are arranging a grand patriotic joncert to be given next week, and the )roceeds will, after paying expenses, be levoted towards the fund. The concert rill be uuder the patronage of the members )f the Borough Council, County Council, md the Gisborne branch of the New Zeaand Natives' Association, and is sure to irove a great success.