The Telephone. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, GISBORNE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9. Local and General.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 178, 9 July 1884, Page 2

The Telephone. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, GISBORNE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9. Local and General.

To Subscribers.—On account of the illness of our agent, Mr. Parker, we beg to notify that should any irregularity occur in the delivery of the Telephone, subscribers are requested to communicate at once with this office. We also wish to state that all subscriptions due and owing will be received here and duly accounted for. Mr. George Scott.—We regret to hear it reported that Mr. George Scott, of the Willows, is lying dangeroasly ill with fever, but trust that the report has no foundation.

Hospital.—The annual meeting of the subscribers of the Gisborne Hospital will take place to-night at half-past seven o’clock. A large attendance is expected.

Cook County Building Society—Persons desirons of becoming shareholders in the Cook County Building Society can do so by making application at a meeting t-o be held this evening at the Society’s oilices. Mr. Gannon.—Telegrams received privately state that Mr. Gannon’s candidature for the Bay of Islands seat is progressing favorably. The leading supporters of Sir George Grey belonging to Auckland are working their hardest to secure his return. S.S. Rosina.—The s.s. Rosina will not proceed tip the coast for the next month or so as she has been doing of late. She has been occupied during the whole of this morning in recovering the anchor which was lost from the brig Rio Grande. Holy Trinity Church. —The meeting of the parishoners convened for the purpose of electing office bearers for the ensuing year was adjourned until next Tuesday. There was not a very large attendance. Roebuck Road.—The very necessary work of forming a footpath and filling in the large drain in Roebuck Road is progressing, and will be a great improvement to the road and convenience for persons who are in the habit of travelling in that direction, Oil Shares.—A sale of 1300 forfeited shares in the South Pacific Petroleum Company will be held by Cail aw Smith and Co., at their mart to-morrow (Thursday), at 11 a.m. These shares were omitted from last Friday’s sale. Working Men’s Political Association.—lt is not yet settled as to whether the above association will be continued or dropped, in consequence of Mr. Gannon being released by his supporters. A committe meeting will be held shortly to decide the question. A large number of country people have joined it since the last public meeting. Shipping.—The schooner Waiapu sailed for the.coast and Auckland yesterday afternoon with a general cargo. The cutter Lizzie also sailed for Taiaroa the same day. The Saucy Kate managed to get alongside the wharf this morning to discharge her cargo, after lying in the bay since Saturday. Fire.—A fire, causing considerable damage took place last night at Patutahi. Mr. Peach’s woolshed, which is situate up the valley, near the quarry, being the building burned down. It will prove rather serious as the building was full of goods, such as clothing and household furniture, the property of Mr. Calcott, and which were temporarily placed there by that gentleman as he was about to remove into another residence which was not quite ready to receive him. Everything was uninsured and grave suspicions are entertained that it is the work of an incendiary, if so we trust that no stone will be left unturned in having the culprit discovered and brought to justice. The Moncton-Lynch Case. —We are pleased to hear that justice has, in some slight degree, been vindicated by the conviction of the above named degraded creatures, and it is only a matter for sincere regret that the law is imperative in punishing the more revolting features of the crime. As the case stands it is not too much to say that the severest penalty which the law awards for the offence of which they have been convicted, should undoubtedly be inflicted in this case, in the hopes that it will act as a deterrent to others of the same class. County Council.—The ordinary monthly meeting of this council is convened for Thursday evening, when the following business will be considered:—Cr. Stewart’s motion to amend the representation of Tologa Riding; the petition to constitute a new road district from parts of Turanganui and Waikohu districts and Waiherere Blocks, and to constitute the new district a separate riding; Cr. Milner’s motion to expend £4OO in Waiapu Riding, and to hear Mr. Sunderland’s charge against the county ranger.