LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 28, 16 August 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Harbour Board mWih this evening a the usual hour.

The Literary Society has a social meeting this evening, th which all are invited. On page four there is an article headed " A Put Jp Job ” and some miscellaneous items,

It is reported that Mr W. L, Rees is to proceed to England to pronHite settlement on the East Coast.

The Chief Judge of the Native Land Court was unable to pfoceed to Auckland bii Bunday owing to the steamer passing oil.

As the steamer did hot arrive when ex. peoted, the Bishop wits unable to be present at H'oly Trinity Church on Sunday,

'/.safe” case which has been before the Bwjirtrar for some days, was adjourned by the Registrar yesterday until this morning, wh» judgment will be delivered.

The shop, recently eeeupied by Mr Searle, tailor, next door to this office is now to let. The rooms arc commodious and in a very central position, and the rent is very moderate. Terms may be ascertained on application to this office.

At the B.M. Court yesterday William Watts and Alfred Thomas, charged with drunkenness, were disohalged with a caution. Watts, however, having playfully smashed up a pail in Bullen’s boarding-house when in a Bacchanalian frenzy had to “ ante up ” ten bob or spend 24 hours in the “ old un's ” ebarge, He “ anteed up.”

Further charges of embezzlement were brought against W. E. Cross at the B,M. Court yesterday. Defence was reserved in each case by Mr Day, who appeared for the accused. Cross was committed for trial on the charges. What should prove to be one of the most successful eatertaiuments ever held in Gisborne takes place in the Theatre Boyal (Par. nell's Hall) to morrow evening. Not alone is it for a worthy object, but the events as set out in the programme should afford a genuine treat to those present. No less than twenty three items, instrumental and vocal, are promised, and amongst the singers will be found most of Gisborne’s favourites. The promoters of the entertainment have evidently spared no effort to make the affair a success, and there should be a crowded house.

A contemporary, speaking of the Midland Bail way works, says;—"At some of the roadside hotels, when work is over, a very mixed community congregate together to while away time with the incessant euchre. In one room one night last week were seen an Oxford M.A., a Cambridge 8.A., and a Trinity College (Dublin) man, assisted by an M.D., an ex-clergyman, an architect, and an exwine. merchant who was familiar with the classic precincts of the Portsoken ward Each of these men, drawn to the east coast by want of proper employment, is now manfully handling the pick and shovel in the construction of our Midland Railway.

It has been stated in Auckland that Whiteside, the well-known footballer, has had his differences with the Auckland Bugby Union smoothed over, and that he will play against Canterbury next month. The Canterbury Bugby Union at a recent meeting deoxdod to point out to the Northern Union that their team objected to play against a professional footballer, and hoped that if Whiteside played it would be for the “ honor ” of Auckland alone.

An advertisement appears in a Dunedin paper announcing that on the 22nd July the 11 ball of the season” would be held in the “Lyceum Hell.” Another ball advertisement in an Inveroargil paper contains the ambiguous line, “ Dance tickets limited to size of hall.” Halls must ba small in Inveroargil, or tickets large. On one occasion, an extremely hot day, Dr. Waddy of the British Wesleyan Conference, was preaching in a chapel to a small congregation, which, in spite of an excellent sermon, showed a general disposition to go to sleep. The doctor, perceiving that all but three or four were in a somnolent condition, conceived the idea of gradually increasing the length of his pauses, of speaking in a perfect monotone, and lowering the pitch, until finally every individual in the congregation was sound asleep. He then took his hat and quietly departed. When they awoke they found the preacher gone. Probably the three tallest men that ever trod the pavements of Philadelphia promenaded Chestnut Street recently, They were the Bobinson brothers, of lowa. The brothers are; Samuel, aged 25 years; William, who is 3 years younger, and Charles, who is only a wee bit of a boy, being but 19 years old, but who, like his big brothers, is 7ft Ilin, in height. As he is young, it is probable that he will be the tallest of the three,

The Hall Company appeared on Saturday night to a fair house when “ Fun on the Bristol " was given, and it went off capitally, the riotous fun of the piece being evidently to the taste of the audience. Some forty names were sent in to compete for the proffered guinea for the best name for the Bay, and a committee of four gentlemen superintended the opening of the letters, Mr Townley acting as Chairman, The names were varied indeed, some of them, such as “ Loan and Mercantile Bay,” being sent in merely as a joke. Amongst the names were Bright Bay, Gladstone Bay, Honesty Bay, Cook’s Bay, Bead’s Bay, and Endeavour Bay. When the question was finally put to the vote four names were left to the audience to vote upon, Endeavour Bay gaining the prise. The church of Meixotl, Mexico, contains a remarkable veil of great value. For nearly three centuries Spaniards were in the habit of vowing a jewel to the veil of Our Lady of Meixotl if they returned safely from a voyage to Spain, until in Maximilian's time the veil was bejewelled to the value of about £40,000. Three German adventurers, after Maximilian’s failure, determined to carry away this veil as booty. They made their plans with great care and caution, and secured the veil. but in some way they were discovered, and a* party of pursuers overtook them in a narrow pass, where two of them were killed, the third escaping under cover of darkness, leaving behind him, however, the precious veil, which was regained and restored to the altar, where it is more vigilantly guarded than ever.

In the case of King Milan it is said to be the beautiful daughter of the President of the Council, M. Garachanine, who has been encouraged to exercise her influence ijwith the king, in order to detach him from the Russian party in his Court. Queen Natalie, it may be necessary to remind the reader, is the daughter of M. Keehko, a colonel in the Russian army. Her Majesty is described as having been furious on discovering that she was being supplanted by Mdlle. Garachanine. The will of Mrs Ellen Wood, the authoress of “ East Lynne,” late of St. John’s Wood Park, has been proved, the value of the personal estate amounting to over £36,000.

The typhoid epidemic still continues in Melbourne. 386 eases this year, so far have resulted fatally.

The following telegram has been received from a resident at Tologaßay The greatest novelty of the season. Iced drinks tor sale at the Sea View Hotel. First time within the memory of man, woman, or child. A thirteen acre paddock to work on.” We should say the novelty would be in seeing a man tackle an ice drink this cold weather.

Considerable trouble and anxiety has been occasioned by the non-arrival of the s.s. Rotomahana. which left Napier at noon on Sunday. As she has not yet put in an appearance in the Bay, it is now almost certain that she has gone on to Auckland, the weather on Sunday night being too rough to admit of passengers being safely landed. Persons who posted letters to be enclosed in the supplementary mail for the United Kingdom, &e., that was to be forwarded by toe Rotomahana to Auckland, there to be put on board the Alameda for San Francisco can rest as happy as is possible under the thought that their letters will be forwarded by the next mail leaving New Zealand for England.

There is a rumour that if the Ministry lose the elections Sir Julius Vogel will return to London, after having brought his old claim for commission before the new Parliament.

The Native Land Court will open at Gis. borne about the middle of next month for the hearing of subdivision ordera and succession claims.

The papers la oofiuecHofi With the judgment refOi'ied back to Mr Booth by the Appeal Court in the case of Ratcliffe v. Ponsford j were carried on to Auckland on Sunday. On their return judgment will be given. At a meeting of the Orniond Road Board on Saturday night Mr A. Skillicorn was ap» pointed secretary,

. the Wesleyan Mutual Improvement Society 0 meeting last night was occupied with three addresses from members. Mr H. Thompson speaking on ” Citizenship,” depredated the system of pledging candidates to procure local advantages regardless of the cost to the country. Mr Goldsmith advocated the changing of the name of the Bay, and Mr Bobb treated of war and its horrors. There was a large attendance at the football match on Saturday, Hall’s Combined Jif teen v. Gisborne Senior Fifteen. Although the match resulted in a victory for the latter by five points to nil, it was severely fought, the playing of some of the men being remarkably good, Mr Gus Lynch was specially noticeable for his smartness, his play being much admired.

Among the descriptions of professions in the electoral rolls one occasionally comes across a gem. •• Gentlemen ” are rare now-a-days even on jury lists and electoral rolls, but probably the rarest and newest is that of “ oxen conductor ” which some facetious son son of the Emerald Isle has given as his calling in the Waitotara district. “ Bullock puncher” is old fashioned and savours of profanity, etc., and the newly enfranchised has no doubt had in his mind the question of appearances when, he filled in the form,

The paternity of one of the prisoners (a Maori girl) on trial at the Supreme Court in Christchurch a few days ago. is somewhat remarkable. Her lather married his granddaughter, and therefore he is both father and and grandfather to his daughter.

The Australia, which left here at five on Friday night for South, did not arrive at Napier until 3 p.m. on Sunday, thus taking 46 hours to make the journey. During the twenty years the Public Works Department of New South Wales has been in existence it has spent 45 millions.

The maize crop at Te Puke averaged 84 bushels to the acre for one man's crop. Thomas Biggs, an Auckland shoemaker, blew out his brains on Saturday last. He was a teetotaller. Monetary troubles are the cause of the disaster.

St. Andrew’s Literary Society.—Open night this evening ; very full programme—music, readings, recitations. All invited. Commence 7.3o.—(Advt.)