LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 74, 1 December 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The barque Deva is expected to sail for London to-day.

Tho J Ba'terv paraded for inspection and judging distance yesterday. Captain Boylan was in command. There was a good muster. A .call of thre-nenna nor share has been made by the South Pacific Petroleum Company, being payable on or bifora the 14‘h pros.

It is necessary that the Salvation A-mv should desist from n-onnyimr the road in Peel Street. On Monday an 1 T 'esday nights the road was almost blocked to traffic.

Mr W. S. Greene had a narrow escape from an accident yesterday afternoon. Ho was mounting his horse and the saddle slipped round, Mr Gra’i-e fa’ling rather heavily to the ground. He was uninjured. A sailor has been arrested at Cardiff on a charge of having murdered two women in South Germany eight y-ars ago. The prisoner was arrested on tho information of the German Consul at Cardiff, acting on intelligence received from the German Consul at West Hartlepool.

We have had occasion eo often to adverse’y criticise the manner in which the business of the Borough Council has been conducted that it is with pleasure we can refer to the way the work was got through on Tuesday night. In a little more than half an hour the proceedings were concluded, as much being done as has on some occasions taken two hours.

At the Borough Council meeting on Tues day evening Mr Bourke spnlied for three week’s leave of absence, stating that he hid made arrangements so that Mr Warren should fulfil the duties in his a'lseme. In reply to Cr Tucker Mr Bourke sa-3 that fi was the first time he had applied for years. The request was unanimously agreed to.

About a dozen proud parents advanced their children sa competitors for theprizeyesterdiv to be awarded to the best dossed gm under twelve years' of age. Bessie Brown was awarded the prize, being dressed in a very neat white dress and bonnet, with lace trimming.

Two dogs, evidently having nothing of interest to detain them on the Sports’ ground jeoterday, departed into an adjacent field and commenced worrying sheep, Tuey had nearly ayuuuiplished me worn ot teailug due sheep -o pieces boiuie they Were discovered at then’ ordei wura. Oue Was enol.

as du outcome of the sports yesterday a ua.eu uas uceu arranged between Doom cud Rodgers. The nice will euuie off lu a I'muutu’e time, and wul uu f„r a tiopuy. The 'ntis.auue iu de one nine. A piivate lace rood place be.Wdcu iijuu and rarauns, me nis.aoce uelug led jarua. Alter an exseueui ouutcet me iaiaer wuu uy liau a yard.

A very successful meeting of the Matawhero Blue Ribbuu Society was held on Tuesday evening, the Society being at last favored with a beautiful night. The Bev. J. MoAra occupied ihe chair, and the following ladies and gentlemen contributed to the entertainment :—Misses Evinson, Nellie Steele, M'Farlane, and Longley, and Messrs 0. McFarlane and Slack.

In order to expedite the disposal of his large stock of drapery, etc., Mr E. K. Brown has secured the premises lately occupied by Mr A. J. Cooper. The sale will commence to-day, everything being placed at the lowest possible prices. Orders for the general store will be taken and promptly attended to from the branch establish.nent. The new advertisement will appear in our next issue. •‘Old Sportsman” writes:—Sir,—l see hy your Tuesday’s issue that you take an interest in rowing matters, and I think you would be doing a service were you to call attention to a practice in this district which tends to bring the good old sport into disrepute. Every Sunday crews can be seen flashing about the river, and oiherwise behaving in a manner which is hardly in keeping with that conduct wnicn would be expected ou the Sabbath day,

A report was circulated in town yesterday to the effect that on Saturday Captain Holda, way, late of the Gisborne branch of the Salvation Army, had been arrested and had received six weeks' imprisonment for obstructing the footpath in Napier. From all we can learn the report is without foundation, and is the concoction of some mischievous individual whose tongue accomplishes double the work of his Dram.