Local and General.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 284, 13 November 1884, Page 2

Local and General.

Thanks.—Messrs. Ferris and Wallace thank the electors. Building. — Mr. W. P. Finneran invites tenders for a building in the country. Gas Shares.—Mr. Piesse notifies that he is a purchaser of gas shares. Papers. —We thank the Government Printer for a batch of Parliamentary papers. Return.—Mr. W. L. Rees and Dr. Innes returned by the Ringarooma to-day. Agent-General.—The Otago Daily Times says Sir George Whitmore would like to be the next Agent-General. 11. E. Kenny.—lt is noticed that Mr. H. E. Kenny has removed his office to Porter’s Buildings, Lowe street. Bankruptcy. —lt is notified that O. B. Hubble will, on the 26th instant, apply for his discharge. Christchurch Races.—The result of the Canterbury Jockey Club meeting to-day, will be found in our special telegrams. Sir W. Fox.—Sir William Fox has left London for Durham, where he is on a visit to his brother. Bull-Dog.—A half-bred English bull-dog, the champion ratter of America, recently killed 109 rats in 9mins. Bsecs. Cheese Factories.—There are about 1,000 cheese factories in Canada turning out an annual product of 58,000,0001b5. Education.—The education of Indian children costs the United States Government over a million sterling. Mayor.—The nomination for Mayor will take place on Saturday. It is hardly probable Mr. DeLautour will have an opponent. Donation.—From our report of the Hospital meeting it will be seen that Mr. Nolan has made a very handsome donation to the funds of the institution. Libraries.—The vote of £4,000, as subsidy to Public Libraries, was carried by 41 to 5. The names of the latter were Fergus, Trimble, Levestam, Rolleston and Hursthouse.

Dickens.—During a debate on novel reading at Waipawa the Rev. M. Douglas made an extraordinary attack upon Charles Dickens, who was condemned as the most unreal of all novelists. Land Owners.—ln the House of Commons there are 66 sons and heirs to peers who are great land owners, 140 land owners, 6 farmers, and one landed agent—total members representing the landed interest, 267. Episcopalian.—The Rev. J. E. Fox proposes to administer Holy Communion at Ormond at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Service will be conducted at Waerenga-a-hika at 2.30, and Te Arai at 4 o’clock.

Napier.—Napier has the highest birth rate in the colony, and nearly the highest death rate, the amount being 16‘53 per 1000 of population, while Christchurch beats it with 16‘82 and Wellington 16 54. New Plymouth was the next highest birth rate, and nearly the lowest death rate, being 9.33. Season Tickets.—To stop the practice of loaning season tickets, an English railway has adopted the plan of having the owner’s photograph on the back of the ticket. News paper owners might invent something similar. Makaraka Sports.—The settling up for the sports took place at the Roseland Hotel last night when the following amounts were paid over:—C. Macfarlane, £5; C. Goldsmith, £4; H. Cantie, £2 10s.; Nesbit, £1; J. Dunlop, £2 ; Martin, 10s.; J. White, £2 ; J. Macfarlane, 10s.; McGuiness, 155.; Boland, 10s.

Butter Factory.—Mr. W. P. Finneran courteously informs us that he yesterday inspected the building for the Makaraka Cheese, Butter, and Dairy Factory, and found that the work reflected great credit on the builder (Mr. J. W. Mackrill). The concrete flooring is now being laid and it is expected the machinery will be in position and work commenced within a few weeks.

Accident.—Mr. Dan McLeod met with a very severe accident at Ormond yesterday afternoon. He was taking a young calf away from when the latter rushed him and gored him in the right thigh inflicting a very painful wound. Mr. 8. M. Wilson, who was at Ormond at the time with one of his vehicles, nt once went to his assistance and brought the sufferer in to the Hospital where he is now lying.

Pauperism.—At the Hospital meeting last night an account was received from Mr. Steveson, charging cab hire for conveying a Mrs Stannard to the hospital. The committee demurred at paying the amount. Dr. Pollen said the Benevolent Society should pay for it. He said the woman in question was suffering from the measles, and her husband had turned her out of doors and she had to be taken to the hospital. He added that the house where the woman had been living was perfectly destitute of furniture and food, there were two children, the sick woman and the husband who slept together on the same stretcher, and the signs of pauperism there were almost beyond conception.

Journal.—We have received from Mr. Murphy the N. Z. Country Journal for November. This publication contains a large amount of information useful to farmers and others, and may be seen at the Telephone Office. Ada Mantua.—We have been furnished by Ada Mantua with her list of. winners in the Melbourne Cup consultation, and the names of the committee under whose supervision the drawing was conducted. Six prizes came to the North Island. The list can be seen upon application at the office of this paper. One ticket drew three prizes. We are informed by “ Scottie ” that he received the money from Ada to-day, and is now prepared to pay the amounts to winners. Investorswill observe that this is very expeditious. There were 18,000 subscribers.

Rev. J. Buller.—ln the death of the Rev. J, Buller the Wesleyan body in New Zealand has sustained a great loss (so says the Napier Telegraph) and all early colonists will feel that an old friend has gone. Of Mr. Buller it may be truly said he was a consistent Christian ; his hand was ever ready to help those in distress, and his aid at critical moments has helped many along to success in life who otherwise would have given up the struggle. Those who are acquainted with what the first setflers had to put up with can best appreciate the life and works of the Rev. Mr. Buller.

Wi Perm.—Mr. Wi Pere has, in vulgar, parlance, “ struck a patch.” Speaking in the House on Friday night last, on some amendments moved in relation to the Native Lands Alienation Restrictions Bill, the dusky philosopher threatened to occupy the floor all night unless the amendments were agreed to. The Premier offering no response to this threat, Wi Pere put on an appealing tone, and asked Sir Julius Vogel to throw his weight on the side of the amendments, because he (Wi Pere) was “ distantly related to Sir Julius.” This wonderful statement was probably the result of Wi Pere having become a believer in Mr. Rees’ theory that the Maories are descended from the lost ten tribes of Israel.

Killing no Murder.—Te Kooti proposes to visit a part of the East Coast, in which in former years he perpetrated the most terrible atrocities. The Mohaka natives, against whom Te Kooti at one time carried fire and slaughter, are incensed at the idea of his coming near them again and threaten “ to shoot him on sight ” if he ventures into their district. We certainly think that if the Mohaka natives should shoot Te Kooti, they will confer a great benefit on society by ridding the colony of one of the most abominable miscreants that ever disgraced humanity. Some of our contemporaries express the opinion that if Te Kooti should be killed, grave trouble would follow. We (JFairarapa Standard) fancy not. If the Mohaka natives “ wipe out ” Te Kooti and bury him out of sight, we do not think that either the Government or anyone else will have anything to say about the matter. Should news be telegraphed that an end has been made of Te Kooti, there will be a general consensus of opinion that such a result is a thing by no means to be regretted.