Local and General.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume 1, Issue 277, 4 November 1884, Page 2

Local and General.

Mr. Hurrey.—Mr. Hurrey will address the ratepayers atMakaraka this evening.

Windfall.—lt is stated that Mr. Hint, M.H.R. for Wallace, has just fallen heir to £20,000 by the death of his father. Cook County Council.-—The final meeting of the present Counoil will take place this evening in the Council Chambers at 7 o’clock.

Parliamentary Union.—The next meeting of the Union will take place at McFarlane’s Hall on Friday evening, the 7th instant, at 7.30 p.m. Journalistic. —Of the four original proprietors of the London Daily Telegraph, a paper that now nets a profit of £2,000 weekly, the sole survivor is now the owner of a country weekly, and another died in a poorhouse. Consultation. —We call the attention of our sporting readers to the “ Morning Star Local Consultation,” advertised in this issue, tickets in which can be obtained from “ Scottie.” The same gentleman has coupons in Jacob Faithful’s last venture to dispose of. G. R. Moore.—By advertisement on our fourth page, Mr. G. R. Moore notifies that he is now showing an extensive stock, the various departments of his establishment having been recently replenished with a supply of goods, comprising the latest fashions in everything. Gentlemen’s mercery a speciality. R.M. Court.—The following was the business this morning :—Chairman and Councillors of Cook County v. A. McPhail. Cla : m £2O 2s. 9d. Nonsuited with costs £5 Is. Chrisp and Muir v. D. Dunlop. Claim £5 12s. on a judgment summons. The defendant was ordered to pay the amount on or before the 25th instant, in default five days imprisonment. About twenty other cases which also were set down for hearing were adjourned and settled out of Court. Larceny.—At the R.M. Court this morning a young boy named William Pierce was brought up charged with the larceny of an account book of the value of 4d, the property of Louis Antonie, on the Ist November. Another charge of the larceny of about 20s. the property of Peter Searle on the 3rd of November, was also brought, but both cases were remanded on the application of the Sergeant until Thursday next. Accused appeared quite unconcerned, and boldly pleaded not guilty. Numerical. — The gentleman of much leisure who counted the number of letters in the Bible—no one ever thinks of remembering the total he arrived at—has been occupying himself recently in determining how many hairs an average human head can boast of. He declares he counted them in four distinct cases, and that as a result of his task he found the average number on each head was 109,140. It would have been much larger, but for the fact that a red-haired subject was included, whose total number of hairs was more than 50,000 less than that of a blonde beauty also experimented on.

Levanter.—The bootmakers of Gisborne have always been noted for their enterprise, although they don’t display much of it in the advertising columns of the Press. Still they have it, as events occasionally show. During last week one of the disciples of Crispan, who has at various times shown a predilection for horse taming, or rather horse rearing, left his flourishing business in Gladstone Road for an unknown haven, not even deigning to tell his friends of his intended departure. Nor were suspicions aroused until our hero’s better-half, who has been for some time engaged in collecting outstanding accounts, packed up the balance of stock-in-trade, and with her brood of young ones embarked on board the steamer Thomas Russell, and shortly after, as the vessel crossed the bar, wept bitter tears in sympathy with those from whom she had torn herself away. The only remnant of departed greatness is a printed document in the shop window notifying that the premises are “ to let.”

Auckland.—The .Dunedin Herald says The following graphic description of the present state of matters in Auckland is from the pen of a thoroughly reliable authority: — “As for stations in the country, there are none, they cannot find sheep enough in the Auckland Province to supply gut for fiddle strings, and although you may read glorious accounts of the Freezing Company, you will see nothing to inform you -that the mutton they are going to frostbite will all come from Taranaki and Hawke’s Bay. The country is nearly all taken up by smnll settlers who come into town every Friday with cheese, butter, and eggs, and a few long-haired colts that might be crosses between a doormat and a gridiron. These are filled out with green maize to hide the ribs, and fetch from 3s 6d up to a guinea each. For all that we are going ahead at a big pace. Building is our strong point. Big hotels, big insurance offices, big newspaper .offices, clubs, dwellings, &c. are going up all over the town, and anyone standing on the summit of the Albert Park and taking an observation round in every direction would say that Auckland is the most prosperous city in New* Zealand, and yet it is not so. There are largs numbers out of employment who are alsmost starving. Physiognomy.—Professor Hugo’s lecture on “Foreheads” was delivered last night. He said there were many different shaped foreheads such as the perpendicular, the receding, the semi-circular, the triangular, the high, the flat, and the square. The perpendicular foreheads belonged to men of (he more quiet, platonic and classical natures, which were also easily satisfied. The receding forehead belonged to men of strong, inquiring and dissatisfied dispositions, and showed great action. Dissatisfaction was a good sign there and showed that such people were ambitious and not content with their present positions and would struggle to rise up. The semi-circular or rounded forehead showed a feminine tendency with intense feelings of impetuosity. Triangular foreheads were I possessed by those who never spoke the truth and always practised humbug, such as the “masher.” People with large high foreheads were generally supposed to be possessed of great intellect, but that was not so as was proved by the eminent men of the past. He had come to the conclusion that those foreheads with breadth from side to side denoted good intellectual powers. The flat forehead denoted a lack of intellect, whilst the square was a sign of good moral stability, and belonged to useful men. A number of persons had their characters told them by their walk and by going on the platform. During the evening the Professor stated that he had decided to give two lectures, one on Wednesday in aid of the Benevolent Society on “ Eyes,” and another on Thursday for the Library on “ Noses,”