LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 19, 26 July 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The County Council notify an important announcement to contractors and others n dative to the breadth 0! wheel tires. Tenders are called by the County Council, to be in to-day, for breaking into two-inch metal the stone near the Te Arai bridge. Messrs Graham, Pitt and Bennett, instructed by the Trustees in the bankrupt estate of S. J. Bromley, will sell oa August 13, at their mart, 690 acres of the Okahu block. At the Trust Commissioner’s Court to-day certificates were granted to deeds of conveyance in the Mokirau block, to Henry Loisel, and to Robert Cooper in the Kaiti block. During last quarter the civil fees in the B. M. Court amounted to £215 and the criminal £9 13. The criminal fines were £ll. The Harbor Board cal! for tenders, to be in by August 9, for lightering plant from the vessel Blair Drummond, and for buildi.ig two boats. To show the ardour of some country lovers of the " mazy dance ” we may mention that at a “ ball ” recently held at Waipiro dancing was "kept up "until 10 the next morning. " Waipiro " was possibly the real reason. The electoral roll closes to-day, but, of course, a supplementary one will be open till the write are issued. On Monday next the roll will be in the hands of the printer, and it is expected that it will be completed about August 23, The Borough Council meet this evening when tenders will bs opened for the Waikanae dam. The recommendation of the Public Works Committee relative to asphalting part of Gladstone road will be discussed. The " coffee supper ’’ given by the Salvation Army in the Barracks on Saturday night was very successful as far as numbers were concerned. The proceedings, however, were not in keeping with the occasion, and, although the soldiers used their best endeavours to keep proper order, they were not altogether sucoesstul in their efforts. The Ormond Volunteers paraded for inspection oa Saturday night when 32 members were present. Lieutenant Oaulton was present, and after complimenting those on drill made some pertinent remarks about the members who were irregular in their attendance. Gisborne lovers of the lighter forms of the dramatic art will shortly have a treat in a visit from that veteran and ever welcome comedian J. L. " Johnny ’’ Hall. He is running a combination known as the Australian Yokes, who perform “ The Belles of the Kitchen ” and other pieces made celebrated by the Vokes formerly in England. The burlesques of Aladdin and Faust and several excellent farces comprise the repertoire of the Company, which ib said to be a very good one. The Company opened in Napier last Saturday and will probably arrive in Gisborne in about a week’s time.

The Wairoa correspondent of the Hawke’s Bay Herald telegraphs to that journal as follows :—A mob of 2000 sheep passed through here this week under the charge of Mr John Gemmell, sent by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company from Hawke’s Bay to Mr A. C. Arthur, of Poverty Bay. Owifig to the frightful state of the road and some of the sheep being heavy in lamb it took them three weeks to get this far, being only able to travel three or four miles a day. The ewes are lambing and weak, and are knocked up with travelling, notwithstanding that they are proceeding so slowly. It is a great mistake to drive sheep up this coast under these circumstances. Mr Gemmell is exercising all care possible, but he is having a miserable job of it. According to the latest accounts from Wanganui, the contest between Mr Ballance and Mr Carson is likely to be a very severe one. Mr Carson is receiving support from most unexpected quarters, and his friends have great confidence that he will be able to defeat the Minister for Lands in the coming elections. Several correspondents in the Wanganui Chronicle are raking up some unpleasant transactions connected with Mr Ballance’s administration during the past three years. One writer boldly asserts that he could give several instances where Mr Ballance had dismissed men who had done long years of public service and held excellent characters for the purpose of securing a billet for some henchman or henchman’s friend.— Hawke’s Bay Herald.

On page four will be found a report of a brutal wrestling match between Cannon ai. d Dunn, and " A Remarkable Story.” The Gisborne Building Society enteied upon its fourteenth year last night, when a number of new shares were subscribed for. The Directors resolved to allocate interest at the rate of ten per cent on all contributing and permanent shares. The annual meeting will be held next month when £2OO will be available for loan. The Society is in a very flourishing condition. A meeting of the local members of the legal profession was held yesterday when ten gentlemen were present. It was resolved to apply to the Supreme Court, Wellington, for an application of the funds already in hand to the formation of a Law Library foi the Gisborne Supreme Court, notice' of such application to be given to the Law Society, Wellington, A resolution was passed relative to the desirability of there being a proper building in Gisborne for the accommodation of the Supreme Court, It was also resolved to apply to the Government that the Gisborne Registrar have the same powers and iurisdiction as have the Registrars at Nelson, lokitika, and Taranaki. Messrs Rees, Watson, and Kenny were appointed a Committee to urge on the carrying into effect of the above resolutions. The Hawkes Bay Education Board met last week. Applications from the Matawhero and Karaka Committees respectively for a shed and residence were refused as the Board had no funds. It was decided to request the Government to grant £95 to purchase the site adjoining the Gisborne infant school. Material for school blinds was provided. A grant for £l5 for fencing for the Waerenga a-hika school was granted. Mr McClure was appointed master, and Miss Baty’s salary was approved of at the same time as the late master. Letters were.received from the architect with reference to the Tologa school contract, and it was decided that it the architect’s instructions be not carried out within fourteen days the work be taken out of the contractor’s (Mr File) hands, and completed at his cost. Sir Robert Stout is to address a meeting of the Wellington electors in a few days. The Napier Druids intend holding a monster ball early next month. Life in the old boy yet. The health of Sir Julius Vogel is now much improved and he is able to walk about with the aid of two sticks.

Sir William Fox opposes Mr Peacock for the Ponsonby, Auckland, seat. It is very improbable and the Fox will gobble up the Peacock.

Thomas Divan, the irrepressible Wellington auctioneer, has blossomed forth as a newspaper proprietor. His paper is a weekly one, the Jubilee Herald. The name is enough to ensure this bantling an early funeral. Samples of “ pierced silk ” of New Zealand growth sent home by Mr Schoch, of Auckland, have been proved to ba worth from 3s 9d to 4s per lb on the London market. The Wellington annual Dog. and Poultry Show was held last week. The exhibition of poultry was very good, but the dogs were a poor lot. Road Boards look out 1 John Sanderson, a Dunedin man, has obtained £7 damages against the Peninsula Road Board for injuries to his horse through the road not being in good order. Two Wairarapa solicitors, Messrs C. R. Skipper, of Masterton, and B. M. Sunderland, of Carterton, are being hauled before the Law Society for practising without having paid certificate fees. The Rev Mr Coffey the outspoken incumbent of St. Mark’s, Wellington, has been giving his parishioners a strong hint about pewholders turning out of their seats visitors who had arrived after the last bell had ceased. He said he had on several occasions noticed persons turning out of their seat visitors who had only taken them after the last bell had ceased. He warmly deprecated such conduct, and said that some time or another, when he caught anyone turning people out of their seats, he would stop in his service and tell them plainly what he thought of their conduct. According to a Dublin evening newspaper a breach of promise action will probably be heard shortly in Dublin, in which a parrot will figure prominently. An elderly professional gentleman engaged to a pretty young lady in her teens, was visiting her father, and knocked at the study door. A parrot he had presented to the young lady shrieked out, “Come in,” and on suddenly entering the room he found his fiance seated on the sofa with a young man, who was withdrawing his arm from her waist. The parrot meantime imitated the sound of kissing, and wound up with mocking laughter. Tne marriage was broken off, and to an action for breach of promise the defendant pleads justification. Our Ormond Correspondent writes as followsA buggy accident occurred between Ormond and Gisborne on Saturday afternoon. As Mr Morse was returning home in his buggy, accompanied by Mr Williams, two carpenters, Messrs Haohe and Holden, were riding along leisurely when Mr Holden's horse shied on to Mr Haohe's, driving it right on to the buggy, dislodging Mr Morse, who fell heavily to the ground. Mr Williams held on to the horse's rein, and managed to keep his seat, although the shaft was smashed to pieces, and the harness broken in many places. People when riding together should, when meeting a vehicle, either pull up of go single file. If this rule had been observed, the accident would not have occurred. However, with the exception of M|r Hatche getting a sore shin, and Mr Morse a good shaking, no serious damage was done, Early Seed Potatoes, different varieties, jqst received by D. M. Orr, Lowe Street.—ad. Mr DeLautour will lecture in| the Presbyterian Church to-night, under the auspices of the Literary Society, at 7.30 p.m. Subject, " Self Reliance.” Admission, Free. [Advt.j