The Telephone. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, THURSDAY, APRIL 10.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 104, 10 April 1884, Page 2

The Telephone. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, THURSDAY, APRIL 10.

Mail. — The Southern Cross, with the ’Frisco mail on board, has left Auckland for Gisborne, calling at Tuparoa, and will arrive to-morrow. Library Meeting.—There was no meeting of the Library Committee last night, on account of there not being a sufficient number present to form a quorum. There will probably be a meeting to-night. J Batiery.—The members of the J Battery will parade for daylight inspection at the range at 10 a.m., on Easter Monday. Good Friday.—Mr. Wilkie has notified that the Post Office will be open from 4 to 5 p.m. for the delivery of the ’Frisco mail. Cook County Council.—The ordinary monthly meeting of the Cook County Council will be held to-night. Fishing Co.—A meeting of the Ariel Reef Fishing Company will be held to-night at eight o’clock, at the Albion Club Hotel. Members are requested to roll up to time so that the business can be got through early. Shipping.—The Manaia did not leave for Napier yesterday, as announced in our last issue, on account of the rough state of the weather, but she will do so the first opportunity. Woodyear’s Electric Circus.—Notwithstanding the downpour of rain last night, the circus was again crowded, and the performance was in every respects most satisfactory, eliciting continuous applause. The programme for this evening is an entirely new one, comprising the “ Mexican Cavalcade,” “ Shipwrecked Sailor—Barebacked,” “La Perche Equipoise,” “Fire Dame,”and “ Magic Chairs”; the entertainment to wind up with a side-splitting farce entitled “ The Mysterious Family of Madrid.” There will be no performance on Friday, but a grand matinee will te held at 2.30 on Saturday afternoon, and the last performance on Saturday night. Humphpies v. Fryer.—At the R. M. Court to-day Mr. Finn asked, in the case of GeoHumphries v. Fryer, in which judgment was given in favor of the plaintiff and execution stayed, that the amount be paid into Court or into some one else’s hands at once. He could not give his reason for so doing, but he was only acting for his client. Mr. Nolan for the defendant, said he would like to know the reasons, and, after consideration, said he would demand them. Mr. Finn then replied that Mr. Fryer wanted execution stayed so that he could get out of paying the money, as he was about to file a declaration of insolvency. Mr. Nolan became angry at these remarks, and repudiated them in toto, as did Mr. Fryer. His Worship ordered that the amount be paid into Court. A Candidate ! —lt is undoubtedly a cruel fate which calls up unpleasant ghosts just at a time when we wish to appear on our best behaviour. Novelists and dramatic writers of all ages have ever taken advantage of this fact in bringing out the moral of their tales. That the same vexing spirit still dogs the steps of the unrighteous is instanced bv the following telegram from Auckland The Civil Session of the Supreme Court commenced to day. In the case of Ewington v. W. L. Rees and Wi Pere, plaintiff claimed £1,300 on promissory note made by defendants in favour of G. M. Reed and endorsed by plaintiff. It had been dishonored: The jury gave a verdict for plaintiff for the amount claimed with costs. ’ R.M. Court.—During the last three days the Court has been very busy in trying a great many civil cases. The cause list is about one of the heaviest we have seen, and it has been found impossible to get through all of them this week, many having been adjourned till next Tuesday. This, though perhaps it cannot well be avoided, puts parties engaged in cases, to great inconvenience and annoyance, as they generally bring a number of witnesses, who after waiting about for half a day, find they will not be wanted, as the case has been adjourned until some future day. We think it would be far better, and convenient if only a certain number were put down for hearing for one day, and not a whole budget, as in this instance.

Carbine Tournament.—Some of the prizes to be competed for by the members of the J Battery, in the Carbine Tournament, on Easter Monday, are now on view in the windows of Messrs. Good and Nasmith. There are exceedingly valuable, and show that the public take great interest in the battery. The most conspicuous prizes are those presented by His Worship the Mayor, a valuable bronze clock ; by Mr. S. Locke, silver cup ; by the publicans, a handsome silver cup ; and the ladies prizes, a large silver butter dish with knife, and a glasss, field, opera and marine. White Ribbons.—l thought (observes the London correspondent of the Argus) we had come to the end of badges and ribbons. When one has red to show one can drink like a fish, and blue to indicate one cannot or will not drink at all, one would think there was enough of “ colorable pretence ; but a certain Admiral Ryder, at the late Church Congress held at Reading, has out-heroded Herod in this sort of protestation. He proposes that very excellent persons (like himself, I presume), should go about with a white badge in sign of “ moral purity.” Priggishness can no further go than this, unless one should wear a rainbow ribbon to show that one has got all the virtues. Not to be decorated will soon be something very distinguished indeed- If a ribbon could be found to indicate ” humbug” it would suit a great many people a deal better than the insignia they are now in the habit of wearing.