Local and General.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 148, 4 June 1884, Page 2

Local and General.

Maids.—Mails for Napier and Wellington per Southern Cross will close to-morrow afternoon (Thursday) at 3 p.m. U.S.S. Service.—The Southern Cross will arrive here to-morrow from Auckland. The Waihora will also arrive from the same place the day following. Loyal Gisborne Lodge. — The ordinary meeting of this lodge will be held at half-past six to-night, and not on Wednesday next the 11th June, as announced by us yesterday. Electoral Rolls.—These rolls were complected to-day, having been printed in our office, one day in advance of contract time, and they can now be obtained on application to Mr. Greenwood, Registrar of electors. .R.M. Court.—Two cases were heard at the R.M. Court to-day. A. Weston was fined 40s. for obstructing the passage of a large number of cattle on the main road, which were being driven by Mr. E. Cameron. A fine of 10s was inflicted on W. Knights for leaving [his trap unattended in a public place. Johnson v. Harbor Board.—At the meeting of the Harbor Board last night, Cr. Lewis asked if the matter re Mr. H. E. Johnson and the Board had been settled yet. He had heard much of it outside, and that Mr. Johnston had withdrawn his appeal. The Clerk replied that such was not the case. The appeal was now in Wellington waiting to be heard. Important Case.— A private telegram has been received to the following effect: —“ Tuta Nihoniho plaintiff, v Ward (E. ff.) defendant. Application for a new trial. Case was heard and verdict for defendant on main issues at sittings of Supreme Court last December. Messrs Sievwright and DeLautour applied on behalf of Tuta Nihoniho for a new trial. The application has been refused with costs for defendant Ward. This judgment upholds all defendant's statements, and the judgment given by Sir James Prendergast, Chief Justice at last sittings of your Court. Makaraka Political Meeting,—At the meeting on Monday night Mr Rees said :— “ He was sorry that for want of sufficient notice the meeting for that evening was not more widely known around the neighborhood of Makaraka. He did not know until that afternoon that the papers were not regularly distributed to the people about these parts. He had heard that most of the settlers only got the paper at certain times during the week. Such being the case, of course they did not have the information of that meeting given them in time for them to attend to it.” As we have a mounted delivery of our paper every evening at Makaraka, Te Arai, Middle Road, Waerenga-a-hika and Ormond, we shall be glad if our subscribers will notify to us any omission in daily delivery, as the above extract of Mr. Rees' speech would lead us to suppose that our paper is not regularly received every evening.

Gisborne Licensing Committee. — The annual meeting of the Gisborne Licensing Committee was held at the court room to-day at 12 o'clock. Present : Messrs. Lewis (in the chair), Townley, Brown, Humphreys and Hall. The first case was the application by Mr. J. Trimmer for an hotel on the Whataupoko Block. The Inspector reported: The poll of the ratepayers taken in 1882, decided that no more licences were to be granted to holders within the Borough for three years, and that time has not yet expired. Another licensed hotel is not required in the Borough. Mr. Ward, who appeared for the applicant submitted that the hotel was required, and a petition had been largely signed in favor of it. The Inspector pointed out some further.objeotions to it, and after considerable discussion the committee decided not to grant the license, as there was no necessity for more licensed houses at present in the Borough. The Inspector gave favorable reports of the Masonic, Albion, Argyll, British Empire, Settlers, and the Royal Hotels, and recommended that each should have a water-closet fitted up upstairs for the use of females. New licenses were granted for them, on the condition that they have the water-closets fitted up, and have fire escapes, in the shape of ropes, to be placed in certain places to be defined by the Inspector. With regard to the Turanganui and Gisborne hotels, the Inspector’s report went to show that they weee complete and orderly, only music was allowed to be played in the bar parlors, which he (the Inspector) thought was for the purpose of drawing custom, and as such was totally at variance with the spirit of section 146 of the Act, and strongly recommended the prohibition of the practics. Licenses were granted to both on the condition that no music be allowed in the bar parlors or any other room near the bar, and also to make the improvements as suggested with the other hotels.