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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 191, 20 August 1901, Page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council takes place to-nigiic. The Mohawk Minstrels meet this evening at the Albion Hotel, at half-past seven. Messrs Williams and Kettle hold their monthly stock sale at Matawhcro on Thursday. Among those at present laid low with influenza is Mr T. G. Lawless, commission and insurance agent. Messrs Dalgetv and Co. advertise a number of first-class rams from the best flocks of the colony for sale. Mi Vickermau, who is at the head of the Public Works Department for Yucklana district, is at present on a visit of inspection to Gisborne. The Rugby Union Ball, to bo held in the Theatre Royal on Friday evening, promises to be a great success. Tickets are going off well, aud it is expected that there will be a largo and representative attendance.

Special inducements to persons to have their photographs taken during the next month are offered by Mr B. S. Cox, of the Gisborne Photographic Studio, whoso change of advertisement appears in another column.

At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., a Hiudoo named Christopher Rynan was found guilty of stealing a watch, valued at £O, the property of lxaraihana Te Ake. Accused was remanded till to-morrow for sentence. A second charge of stealing a silver watch from J. B. Adams was also held over until to-morrow.

The damage to the Tyser liner Tomoana is stated to bo far more serious than was at first anticipated. It is reported that when the steamer was docked in Lyttelton several of her plates had to be removed for repairs, having been considerably dented by bumping on the rocks. . Mr F. Miller, practical watchmaker, jeweller, and optician, Gladstone road, has an advertisement in this issue, to which attention is directed. He has had considerable experience in tbe trade, and is noted for the workmanlike mannor in which his work is executed, whilst his charges are moderate. Mr Miller has eontral premises in Gladstone road, occupying the shop next to the Now Zealand Clothing Factory. Tbero was a crowded attendance at the Mutual Improvement Society’s mooting last ovoning, when MrE. 11. Buckingham delivered a splendid lecture upon the subject, “ Wanted—a Man.” The speaker urged upon the young men present the necessity of cultivating those qualities which tended to manliness. Ho was accorded a most attentive hearing, and on the motion of Mrs Scott, secondod by Mr 11. Leslie, was thanked for his interesting address. Mr 11. N. Jones presided. The annual conversazione will be held on Monday evening next in the Academy of Music. The Auckland Star states:—It seems as if we are suffering from an epidemic of ghosts, for reports are coming from all parts of the suburbs as to the visits of these gentry. An amusing incident, with a tragic side to it, occurred the other evening in Newton. A girl, wearing a white apron, was talking to some friends on the footpath, when a stranger happened to pass by. One of the girl’s friends remarked to her that she would be taken for a ghost if she wore that apron, whereupon, at the word ghost, the passerby turned and grabbed the girl, thinking he had got the mysterious visitor redhanded.

When being finished for the market bacon pigs should be fed principally upon crushed grain or meals of various kinds. As the finishing stage approaches, the allowance of softwoods should be restricted and the proportion of grain gradually increased. A few potatoes may be given with advantage, but the quantity of these must not be so largo as during the earlier stages of feeding. Of all single foods perhaps that best adapted for bacon production is barley meal, though evon better results may be obtained from a combination of this and

other grains than by its free use by itself. A capital combination of grain foods for use where the best quality of bacon is aimed at, consists of three parts barley meal, two parts crushed oats, and two parts maize or Indian corn, with, perhaps, a pinch of pea or bean meal thrown in. Mixed into a mash, either with water or separated milk, this mixture will be found a. first-rate “ bacon maker.” The Opotild Herald’s leader-writer is a poet who cannot restrain himself in the spring. The following is a recent effusion : Rouse, oh rouse ye sturdy voters, Rouse, each settler in the Bay, Bo united in your efforts, And demand a fair outlay. Press your claim for fair attention, Show the justice of your cause, There’s a million acres wasting, Why then hesitate or pause ? Railway linos must climb our ranges, Open up our valleys, too ; Government must find the money,

That their business is to do. Security—’Tis fair and ample, Money in the market cheap, Rouse then, rouse, ye sturdy voters, Let your voice ring loud and deep Yet united should your voice ring,

And no favors meet demand, Woo the gods in gentler accents, Dick still wields the faery’s wand,

“ Mercutio ” writes in the Auckland Herald : There were some passages in the Newmarket Bowling Club’s report concerning the Gkbornc tournament, read at the annual meeting, which require explanation. It stated that “ the club’s representatives speak highly of the hospitality of the Gisborne people—in fact, it proved too much for our representatives. The first match they played was against Auckland, which they lost. Then followed a succession of seven wins, but alas ! they met their Whutuupoko, and C-i;!}orno’s noted hospitality told its tale, 'for three losses followed. Then a recovery to >k place, and they won the last match' played during the tournament. The tournament, however, was not finished because of the adverse meteorological conditions.” Read between the lines, it looks very much as if somebody required “ to be put to bed by the manager.” It is cheering to find that the Newmarket team ‘‘suffered a recovery,” but this gratulation is dashed down by the fact that the tournament was not finished owing to the “ adverse meteorological conditions”—as usual, “ a heavy wet," I suppose-.