Local and General.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 250, 2 October 1884, Page 2

Local and General.

Concert.—Mrs. Bach announces a concert for the 9th October. A. W. Croft.—There is an office to let in Lowe Street Chambers, of which Mr. Croft will give particulars. Soiree.—The annual soiree in connection with St. Andrew’s Church takes place to-night at Macfarlane’s Hall. Tea at 6.30; concert at 8 o’clock. «

Brown and Smaill.—This firm announces that they are now prepared to supply all kinds of castings in brass or iron on the shortest notice. F. J. Piesse.—The Australian Mutual Provident Society have an advertisement in another column pointing put the benefits to be derived by those participating in their policies.

Racing.—The programme of the Waerenga-a-hika Jockey Club Meeting, to be held on Boxing Day appears in another column. The prizes are liberal, and should ensure a good day’s sport. J. H. Aislabie.—Attention is directed to the advertisement of Mr. J. H. Aislabie, who states that he buys nothing but the primest steer beef and wedder mutton to be obtained in the Bay. Small goods of all descriptions supplied. Tenders.—The following tenders were received yesterday by the County Conncil for clearing slips off the Gisborne-Wairoa road: Healy & Brownlow, £47 (accepted) ; McLeod, £67 ; Moore & Co., £B7 10s; Ledger, £9O. Large and Townley.—The agency of the Northern Assurance Company has been transferred to Messrs. Large and Townley, who are prepared to renew current risks and entertain new proposals. Jacob Faithful.—We have been requested to remind intending subscribers that Jacob Faithful’s consultation on the Hawke’s Bay Spring meeting closes to-night. The drawing will take place to-morrow (Friday) evening. School.—The ordinary meeting of the School Committee was held last evening. Only routine business was transacted. The Inspector of Nuisances made some suggestions, but owing to their being only experiments, and doubtful benefits at that, they were not acted upon. W. Adair.—Attention is directed to the fact that Mr. Adair has engaged the services of Mrs. H. J. Hansen, who will henceforth take charge of the dress and mantlemaking department. This is a sufficient guarantee that all work forwarded to the establishment will be satisfactorily executed.

Gift Auction.—The Committee and those interested in the proposed gift auction to liquidate the balance of the debt due upon the Holy Trinity Church Parsonage, are requested to meet at the Vestry at the Church on Monday evetring next, the 6th inst., at 8 p.m., to arrange matters for the early holding of the sale.—[Advt.] 618 Dairy Factory.—The appended tenders for the cheese factory were received by the directors last night, viz. :—J. W. Mackrill, £l9B ; W. O. Skeet, £209 ; T. Lewis & Co., £215; Ponsford, £228; A. Stevens, £248; Sommervell & Co., £259. The tender of Mr. Mackrill was accepted, and the building is to be completed in four weeks from signing the contract.

John Coleman.—The Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, (Limited), for which Mr. John Coleman is agent, notify that they have added to all the ordinary forms of Assurance several distinctive features, and also issue tontine investment policies which secure advantages not offered by any other company. Particulars will be given by Mr. B. Whitman, at present staying at the Albion Club Hotel. Disgraceful Conduct.—His Worship in fining two Natives this morning for a breach of the peace, referred in very strong terms to the disgraceful conduct of some Europeans in urging the men on. He regretted the police duties had prevented them seeing the fight, as they were thereby prevented from making an example of the abettors. Any case that came under his notice would be severely dealt with. They’ve Got it Bad.—Oar contemporary is very wroth because people don’t wade through what they publish as Bills presented to the House. The public, however, appear to know that no dependence is to be placed on the correctness of such documents until they have passed through a certain ordeal and been published in due course. That was why the Conference resolved to send for copies of the documents. They did not want what “ ought to be ” but “ what is.” Cutting up Roads. — A correspondent writes:—“Will you kindly insert these few remards with respect to the trucks now cutting up Peel street. We have three Councillors in this street, and yet in the face of it they will stand and see the roads destroyed.” It is anything but creditable that the roads should be destroyed in the way referred to. We should like to know where that genius the inspector is. This morning a lampost at Thel wall's corner was knocked down by two trucks running against it.

Hospital Ball.—A meeting of the Hospital Ball Committee was held at the Courthouse last night, when a statement of accounts was submitted, but owing to a number of returns not having been received, the balance-sheet was incomplete and could not then be adopted. When complete it will be published. All accounts rendered were passed for payment, and a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the ladies who contributed towards the catering, and to others who so willingly assisted the committee in bringing the affair to a successful issue. Returns. —The following is a return of the business done in the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Gisborne during the quarter ending the 30th September, 1884 : —Number of days during the quarter which the Resident Magistrate’s Court actually sat, 54; number of such sittings presided over by the Resident Magistrate, 49 ; by Justices of the Peace, 5 ; number of civil cases heard, 238 ; number of persons taken into custody, summoned, or apprehended for criminal offences, 35, of which 2 were discharged for want of evidence or prosecution, 8 dismissed on the merits, 24 summarily convicted, and 1 committed for trial. The amount of civil fees paid in stamps was £231 25.; ditto, criminal fees, £2 Bs. Amount of criminal fines paid in stamps, £l3 15s. Total revenue, £247 15s.

Plurality of Votes.—To illustrate what can be done under the present system of voting, one of the Canterbury members gave an instance of its anomaly. A gentleman in Canterbury owned about twenty or thirty pieces of land in various parts of the Province of Canterbury, and he had, so the speaker thought, from eight to ten votes in various constituencies, and at the same time he had mortgaged the whole of that land, and in point of fact, his interest in the whole of that land did not amount to one shilling. Soon after the election in 1881 he became a bankrupt. Yet, he was supposed to have represented property when in point of fact he did not represent one shilling’s worth in the colony. That is an instance of the manner in which property is represented under the present Act.