LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 58, 25 October 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr Allan MeDjnaM is slowly recovering from his indisposition. It is expeoteri that he will be about at th, end o£ me present week.

Wo hear from genl authority the Hon. Mr Richardson, Mini-ter I>r Lands, will shortly pay this dis'.riot a visit. Su h a visit would prove of enormous benefit to us. Many will regret to hear that Captain Ferris is suffering from a severe infliction to the eyes. We hear there is a danger of losing his sight altogether, but trust that the tear will prove altogether groundless. In referenda to Dr. W. G. Grace, the celc. hrated cricketer, not being ab e to come to the Colonies with the English loun of cricketers, 1 gentleman in Gisborne his received a letter from Home in which it is stated that his ihser.ee was caused mrough the attention r. q ii-ed by his practice. Messrs Berrv, Daniel and Co. commenced their weekly sales very su .-eessf illy on d itiirlay afternoon, Mr Barry ollloiating in his new capacity. There shoo dbe plenty ft room here lor two auciioneers, if we can take into account the number we were able to support in the past. On Sunday afternoon, in hnrning off scrub from sections 011 the Kain, a where belonging 'o Mr Lysnar was burned down. The hut itself may not have been of nvioh value, hut it contained a lot of tools, and it se-nw hard that, any person siiou.d have to suffer through such carelessness.

In reference to the discovery of the gas spring at Wellington, at a meeting of the Philosophical hocieiy. M.ij ir Gudgeon sai I he remembered a similar iiioileiit which oa eurred about le.i years ago at Gwbirn". A man «a< sinking an arle-ian well at Mikaraka in Pover y B,y when he m l le.nly cuna on a flow of natural gas wbiuh als > burnt □rightly when lighted. Mr Hill, In-peotor of Schools fir the Hawke’s Hay Education District, yes erday began his annual exum latioa of the schools ni this district. Liking first thelnfi.it, |>i. parlment of the Gi-b .rue School. S.tir we understand the re-ult has haul very sati-f ao'ory, and there is no d iubi the hc.io.il wi I uphold its usual repiita'.!.) 1. M-lldl.will be engaged with tne senior cl asse- t i-day.

Mr James Carroil, M H. L. arrivi.l from South on Sunday. He will ho d a meeting at A wapuoi to-morrow afternoon to di-c i-s n alive matters. All the c iiefs in ths d strict will b 1 invited to attend, amongst the number bling Wi Pere, the defeated candidate. Mr Carroll will explain to the natives the steps th it he has already taken in Parliament, and will gel the opinion of the natives on in itters which aie to be brought before ths House.

“ Nearly a Sufferer " writes: —“ The presumption of Home people is uub >u.ide I. On Saturday I had occasio 1 to go out to Waeienga-a hika, a id when near tile h ilei in that district I f ,und a chain Hiret .-he I tight across the road. It seems sum * person was moving a eh ,p. and he lia I ta» . lie I ibis chain to the shop on one side of the r >a I an I to a fence on the otner. I'li.s h .ree that I was driving was a young oris an I it was only by good fortune that I was nut th.own out f tne veichle. as the beast tons iright at ths chain.'’

Another discovery I Toe Herald has found nut that a house is being hui t in th s district for the intended accoiinuodation of the fiendish monster Te Koon. If they look up our back files, o ir contemporary will perhaps rub its eyes to see whether it is really awaae at last. But yve did not venture to say tint the scoundrel was coming. C lining I is he? Let him come, that's all I We liny then see what we shall see ! If the cold-blooded villain doesn’t get his deserts at last, we shall be very, very much surprised. Will the hideous wretch come, though? A meeting is to be held in the Court House to-morrow evening in connection with the annual Hospital sports, which nave always proved such a great success. Tae larger lhe meeting the more gratifying n will ba to ilio-e wno have in do the initiatory work—and that is not light—but is 10 ba Impel that, the meeting will be a thoroughly representative one. There is not m ich lime to lose, and, though we believe the assistance of the public will be tendered as reilily as ever, . every step must be taken to «isurj a more complete success thau heretofore.

le.iuetff » i b- iiH.ei.eu up to n<»ou tomorrow for erecting a dwe.ling house oh thb Wnataupoko.

Mi Jahn Coleman announces in nut advertising columns that he is a candid ite for a seat in the C mniy Council, Waimata riding

The funeral of the late Mrs Hanfen took place on Sunday afternoon. ai»«l was attended :»y a large number of mourning friends.

The County Council make an announcenent with regArd to dividi ig the Waim ita (tiding, and the representation of the divisions.

1 meeting of the County Council will be on November 10. for the purpose of confirming i ho resolution to abolish the Turangami Riding.

The Annual General Meeting of the East Coast Ama'enr Athletic Chib will be held at 730 this evening, when several important cusinesa m itters will be brought forward. Mi«s Mary Anderson, the actress, declines to fu fll her engagements with Me srs Williamson, Ggrner and Musgrove for an Australian tour.

Nominatint's of candidates to represent the Te Arai Riding in the County Council will be received up to nonn on November 9, at Mr McMillan’s store, Te ? rai. The Taranaki Herald savs; When the cities in England are giving up ail idea of continuing to use electric ty for lighting the -dreets, the municipalities in Auckland an ! Wellington are thinking* f introducing it. Steps are being taken »o hive a person, properly qualified, appointed Inspector of Ga« Meter?. uho>e duty it uill b- to test the quality of the and ehnek the reading of meters on beha*f of the cou sumers.

A cricket match was arranged for a Sa’iirday a vdhple of we«i<s back bdween the W lioeka Scho »l and the Opitiki Distr o School, b i*, owing to the day hei» g observed as Sunday hv the m *mb>*rs of Te K iotj’i* ka -akia a number of the m loris belonging to th •- W-iineka team ref i<ed to play. We wool I throw out as a suggHtton to the Hospital mo »rts Co nmittae th it s-»m ’ ■special pi<>virion shoiild bj m ide this yetr for amateurs, ho as t » lid in vopu anring the meeting. Th« amateurs tn*y ofciursi hold their own mating la’er on. bit it would ba an adv.i to have the rrtember» worked up beforehan d

With this is-ue we present onr readers with a hand-hid notifying the ope ing this evening of the Albi m « lub Hotel’s bil iird room. The room has been fitted up wi h two of Aleock’s b tst ma'ch tabl l4 , is weil lighted, and is siippl e I with tv ry convenience. A careful a d ob'ig'ng marker will be in attendance, and n >thing will be left undone to give every satisfaction to patrons.

It is quite a treat fo go out into the country just uuw. Tne tre.s and grass wear a fresh ami gr-wn appearance, and everythin" is smiling a d sweet. Age itlemm who is paying a visit to this part of the colony says that in all his travels in New Zealand lie has never seen such splendid pa tdooks as those between Ortnoml and Gisborne. The only land that he knows to approach it in quality are p irts of the Waiinate plains. Many enquiries have b’Hn mads as to the reason of me adjournment to an indefinite peiiod of the Na'ive I.ri l C ,urt. From enquiries we have made we fi id ihat on the last eittimr of the Court the list was gone through, but as none of the parties were present those ctses not previously a ij iurne I were struck out. Mr Broth, consilerin,< he would not have time to take the adjourned applications, has allowed them to stand over until February. It. ie now absolutely known that Wi Pore wi.l attempt to unseat Mr Carroll for the Eastern Maori electorate on the qr>un I of alleged corrupt praciices. The p« iti >n has been placed in the hands of ths tldnrni tg OlHcer at Napier, Mr Pre-ce, who has accepted the necessary sureties fir £20!) to nroiwed wiln the Cia-rt. A-s J » Ifrra c»n mike no oninment be.ond regretting hat W< han tho ight it necessary to take the step lie has done.

Over in Melbourne la'ely at nne of those sacred gambling fiairls, better known bv the pious ♦ uphemism of '* a church baz lar,” one 01 the tableaux vivantß rxhi >ited. under the ti'-e ‘‘ Ihe s<ciet if Phmfand'H Greatness,” r presented a.i ob j se Germ m lady wi h a fat simper, in the act of handing a Bible to a g 'dle.-s but. -» j ßpectab'e-lo »king savage, who kneels in all but rule condi’ion ar. her f-iet. Hnw’s this f,r the thunders of Church v. Ballet ?—Bulletin.

Elsflwhere will ba saen an advertisement n Mr Albert Pritchard nofi[yin-{ that tha draught s allion Earl Darby will Hand tha season at Waerenga-a-hika. The stallion is acknowledged hy all to be one nf the b?st in the district. In 1894. at the Au-kland agri, cultural Show, f tr the bps* entire he was a vnrkd second pi izo, Rdd B Lord nf tiip Im <34 (imported), value I at £lO )7, scour, ing fir* honours. At the same show for the b j '-t colonial entire he was awarded first prize. l'he.-e f ;ots f-peak for themselves. Plaintiffs in ju summons c>ses would do well to »ofi hy the »xperien eof n.-iH who appeared >t. the Fte<nlcnfc Migis. trate’s Cour .Ch Lt c hu ch List wek lie Hued for nn amount, ?I nd qnistion’ 1 the fendfcut. from whom he asceit dned *hac his (defendant'*) eirni wer suifi den?, nn’y o kee • hinve f a wife, and fi oily of five. The Be <h dis n ased the cis ». ul ug that a-* plaints' tt f ulo.l t<> h( UV i e f, dm’ a’ility to ptv nr th it he wig i» ret-ip- of mo e money than was a duilly req i’.red for hi H fimilys mat itenance, no < rder cou<d be made.

In referring tn tM p^ wn t the Pr>«s savs:—lmve *en a’ »n». Give ’em lim\ an I th w’ll co n» rig it enn igh. If you put a m »b of «h*ep. and a m wnata into the mini padlock, they muster themselves q bek *r th in ynn can mn«ter them. In less than a m mr.h, the «heep were all on one side, an I th • g > its were all on the other ; and as the sheep largely nut,numbered the goats, the flic* throve an I there was a fl ie clip for manv ye »r«. O < the present occasion the goatM have all c »me in on nne side of the paddock, and th it h the Opposition side.

The exeoii inn of Pranzini, for ennemraey, took place at P iris on Augit-v 31. He had for a tn tnth’a respite that hie mother inuht see hm. hit th s was refused. He declared 'hit, he was innocent and that filse witnesses had been brought against him. After the military had left a horrib'e scene took place. Some of the mnb dipped their handkerchief < or caps in the bion I that bespattered the pivem mt, and a youth held no his finger, dripping with'he h’n id. and pretended tn b? about to daub the f ices of women standing near, who ran away screaming. A French ne vsp ipar remarks I that such so«nea w jiill disgust the black savages of Dihomsy and the Goll

Tney have b*en ’rvin »to nn things a bitatOpitiki by demons’rat inns at a recent wel ling, b it no co ivictio is con d be oht vine I against the larrikins, who would not peach nn one another. Ii r. firence to the case the Oootiki Herald savs : —There is one part of the prose turion which we look noon is repuguant to a>l manly f >pling, an I that is trying to make suppose! folio v delinqu*ntw with the defend mis give evidence against their chums, all it is suorising to find that the law nermits tne resorting tn such tn a ans to obtain a c mvicrion. It may he the easiest way to obtain evidence from criramils, b it to the young fellows we refer to. if. ni<thive b*en very revolting to them to k iow th it the p dice thought'he n such sneaks as to split upon their school f i'lows and ch inn.

Sheepowners in this district sometimes complain a goal deal of the facilities for shipping, but if an Opitiki firmer wishes to send ten or more sheep from the district, he has to fl-st wire to Auckland to the Inspector, and acq laint him of his intention, and then to writ until ihit finis time to c >me an I inspect th > sheep. It may be a fortnight, a m >nth or six weeks (the local oaper says) b-f »re the Inspector arrives, the

firmer most wai’, ortho Inspector ni Ist issue a certifi jate, certifying that the sheep are fit to be shipped, which he can hirlly do, seeing

that he has visited the district, he cannot therefore be acquainted with ih«* facts as to whether thi sheep are fit to be shipped or

not. and if m issuis a certificate without vis ting the district it goes lo prove tnat either his billet is simply a farce or he is not fulfilling his duties properly.

i?be Harbour feoard in-et to-night. Mode! fami are to be establi >htd in New 8< a h Wales.

Belgium is foi tifying the road from Germany to Antwerp. A late telegram says that Dor 1 Augustos Lift tn has satibfactoriiy arrange 1 His financial aff lira.

The Rev. Mr Wiliams, a visitor to the district, occupied the pulpit at Holy Trinity Church on Sunday night. At the R.M. Court yesterday the charge of stealing firewood against Ambrose Wickeha was adjourned until FridiJy.

The S.s. Ohau leaves Napier to-day for this port. She w.ll arrive time to-morrow morning early, leaving again at 9 a.m. The interpleader summons in connection with the (seizure of properly at the Sir George Grey Hotel came brio re the R.M. Court on Saturday, and was again adj jurned until tomorrow.

At a meeting nt the ratepayers of the Kaiti Road District when it was decided to drain Owen road, and to devote the surplus of any money in hand to clearing DeLautour and Tjndal roads.

A lady and her daughter were walking on Southern Pier, Loudon, when they wete overtaken by the tramcara and the mother was crushed to death, the daughter’s fate being <1 lite as bad. Certifi-.jates granted to the following deeds at the Trust Commissioner’s Court yesterday Conveyance of section 101, tnwnrinp of Gisborne, from Kiwhia to Mr W. Maude • !onves’a»ice of the M ikiran bloek from Tellau and Apia Tangoue to Mr A. McDonald.

A ynuhg servant girl, about 17 years of age received ferious injury at Wanganui from a finious at(a:k by a r i enraged g >at. T.ie gill was kn icked lown a id butted on the ground ii'iiit she wa« nt an almost senseless condition bufore anj b jdy observed her danger or came to her aid.

The M j?roni company will have a three nights sei-nin ii G'sb >rne commencing on November 17. The pieces that ari to be pres >e ii»•h - an lie ices are, thi first evening “ F ?cora,” the second evening *’ Jealousy,” t ie last p rform mce wil either be ” Corsican Bio h jiri,” or “ E ist Lyiiiie.” The thin end of the Pro ection wedge is prop sed L.» be introduced by Mr R. Reeves next week, in he f Lowing inot-00, of w.iich he has gi t n notice “Thi iu the «pi ion of this House it ii desirable and neces a r y th it an imp >rtaut duty or not less than 5s per ton he imposed on .ill local imports iuto the colony from other coun-ries.” In reference to a cable message in Saturday’s u-ue. stating that iM. Wilson had ipntted the Palace, it would be as well to explain that Wilson is President Grevy’s son-in-law, and his wifj does the honors of the Pr si lential establishment. In making a target of Wiison, i» is the President that is being aimed at. When the French Ministerial crisis was on, Wilson was accused of making use of official knowledge to aid him m his speculations, but this charge was understood to have been satisfactorily explained. The country contingent of the East Coast Hussars had a very satisfactory drill on Saturday afternoon when the men were put ti i rough Bvord exercise and field mo verticals. Captain Winter was in command. Yesterday morning the town contingent had a drill in Captain Tucker’s paddock, 23 being present. Themm will proceed to Ormond on next Saturday, falling in at the rear of b’red. Tan-ley’s stables at two o’clock. B >th town and country contingents wiil parade in Mr Newman’s paddock at 4 30. The Gisborne man will have Co look to their laurels, otherwise the country members will get in advance of them in their knowledge of the drill.

There han been some little grumbling over the fact that the R.M. Court only sits once a week instead of twice as heretofore. In the inn-iier or j .. au-n-monses tharo anoears to be some room for complaint. An instance came under our notice yesterday. An application wAs m vie for a j idgmmt summons, and on asking when it. could ba heard the plaintiff was informed that next Thursday firtnight would be the first hearing diy. The Act requires that ten clear days notice shall be lf the C mrt were to sit. n.ixt Friday week the case couid bi hear I, hut as the Court day h not till the following Tnurati ay the. plaintiff loses six days, in some cases a very serious cunsiderati on. The Bell is rough on Education Boards, and states that it would be diifijult to design a system more absolutely sure to lead to abuse than these B >ards. The election of their members must simply be intrigue, and the private penchant of committees— re igious or political—their particular waut< of a fence or a cesspit, y n th ) one hand, and the manipula'ion of them by members . f the Board m p issessinn on the other, at once fixed the memberchip of the Board and the necessity of sops t<» Cerberus, and the p »or taxpayers had to bleed for all. There is not iu N.Z. any other abuse that in anyway compares with the system of irresponsible B >ards of Education, and although a hard figh will be made for them, owing to the various lamifiiatinns ot the abuse all over the colony, a id tne numbers that are interested in their maintenance, w.i confidently believe, and earnestly hope, that under the ntc*Hsity for retrenchment, this monstrous abuse is •loomed.

The “fierce I’ght” that heat < abo it the B ilg'riau th on« n evideutlf couside'ed by cdculating authoriries t » h i of a more than ordinary perilous character. “ A fact has come to tny knowledge, ”>emarks auoriespondent <>f • L > *d *n ne vspiper, ” which I *h nk h u a certain sig iifiji o-i in emneed >n with the f iturn of events in South-E isteru Europe I’ri-tce Ferdin t;d of Uoburj, befue leaviij » Vienna for S fi i to mount the ri kety Bulgarian • hroiiH eu leavo ired t » insure hw life. He proposal to tike out a policy for the s i n of 8)0,003 francs, nr £32 OJJ Engl sh money. The leiling Vie in se C >m »any, with a prophetic eye, perhaps, refused 'he offer. The Prince then applied to the other companies, who all in turn g ive him he same di-couriging answer. Then the Prince tried to insu e his I fora cmii.irativelv small su n in each office—the-«e sivn< would in the agg-ezate am unit to the £.*12,033 first mentio ted —bu w is r fused even in this matter. The Prince ultimately h id to go off to Sofia uninsured. I’his, to iny thinking, is somewnat sta tling though I hope th > insurmce companie miy be wrong in the forecast wh oh pro npted their refusal.

Writing from Rio Janerio Mr It. S. Smythe says that “ the estab ishine <t of two direct lines of steam irs between New Zealand and London, via C ipe Horn, opens a new route for theatrical artistes returning to Europe. In consequence of so few of the inhabitants speaking English a dramitic company would not be liberally supported, but opera and variety troipe*, b ith in the Brazilian capital and in Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, generally attract large audiences. As, however, yellow fever is never quite absent from Rio, and smallpox is very frequently prevalent, it would be necessrry for an opera company to have not f wer than four prima donnas and fi/e or six tenors, in case anv of the principals should be carried off by either of these rpidem O’*, to which it would seem that contraltos, biritones, and basses are not so liable to Riiccumb. Vacancies in the rank and fi-e could ba supplied from ihe laige number of singing men and women that still survive in the chief South American cities —remnants of companies which have broken up through the directors or principal attistes having suddenly shuffl’d off their mortal coil, In fact, Rio has probably witnessed tne positively ‘last appearance’ of more artistes than any other city in the world.