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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 205, 5 September 1901, Page 2

Three eases of drunkenness were dealt with at the Police Court yesterday. Witnesses and jurors must be in attendance at the Supreme Court at 10.00 this morning. The lirst entertainment of the Garrick Club, an organisation of amateur theatricals, is fixed for the 17th inst., at the Theatre Koyal. The piece to be put on the boards will be the " British Born.” We understand that Dr Fisher has kindly consented to deliver a lecture on “Exercise and Diet” before the Men’s Sunday Mutual next Sunday afternoon. There will doubtless be a large attendance of members to hear a lecture on such a subject. Mr E. D. Smith, chemist, has removed to temporary premises next- the Herald office, in Gladstone road. The change has been made pending the erection of new buildings. Great expedition was shown in the removal of the very largo stock, Mr Smith being desirous of avoiding any inconvenience to his customers.

At the meeting of the School Committee last evening it was decided to take steps to form a cadet corps in connection with the school, and to make application to the Department for rifles for the use of members. Mr Hookey pointed out that in Auckland some schools had proper rifles and others toy weapons, and in consequence there was a deal of jealousy among the boys. The Napier Telegraph states :—“ The Gisborne people wonder why their railway has not been proceeded with at a faster rate. Seeing the turn which events have taken at Wellington it looks as if they will be wondering for some time to come. The Hawke’s Bay Railway League must feel an interest in the situation. To construct railways involves borrowing. Borrowing is just now in disfavor.” Mr E. Douglas, who took up some land on the Mangoarewa block, at the back of Hamurana (Rotorua), and stocked it with 550 sheep, lost 450 of them through being worried by dogs. Ho spends many sleepless nights watching, gun in hand, but has not as yot boon fortunate enough to secure any of the marauders. Neighbors liavo seen the dogs, and recognised them as belonging to natives living ton miles away. The Hot Lakes Chronicle says :—Waimangu still continues very active, tiro steam ascending to a greater height than ever known before. These huge columns of steam have been seen quite distinctly from Rotorua. The elevation of one column was taken by some members of tlie Survey Department a few days ago, with the following result: Height of steam above Rotorua, 5402 ft, or 6047 ft above the sea level. The concert and dance to be held at Ormond this evening promises to attract a largo gathering of town and country residents. The committee who have the arrangements in hand are leaving no stone unturned to assure the success of the function, and, judging by the manner in which the tickets have gone off in town, there should be a record attendance. An excellent concert programme has been arranged, items being provided by a number of our loading amateurs. Several brake-loads from town have already been booked. The brakes will leave the Masonic Hotel corner at half-past six this evening.

The Auckland Star says:—A largo shipment of bonedust, per Umballa, from India, has arrived in Auckland. The same regulations as to treatment in a digester previous to shipment apply to India as to Australian bones. Before they can bo landed hero the consignees have to produce statutory declarations, made at the port of shipment, that the bones have been subjected to a certain steam temperature for a certain time. In the case of the recent shipment from India such declarations were forwarded, but on examination by the Inspector in Auckland he thought it necessary to have samples tested by Mr J. A. Pond (Government Analyst), with the rosult that with respect to at least part of the shipment Mr Pond’s official opinion is that the bones have not been treated before leaving India as the regulations prescribe. For the present the whole shipment in question, amounting to somo 2740 sacks of Indian bonedust, has been taken charge of b,y the local officials of the Agricultural Department, to be dealt with as may hereafter be deemed advisable.

The question of technical and manual instruction was considered at the meeting of the Gisborne School Committee last evening. Mr Strong, assistant master, attended the meeting, and gave members a deal of useful information in regard to the subject of carpentry. Ho pointed out that it was his desire to combine the practical with the theoretical work done by the school. His object was not to teach the boys to make things so much as to understand the proper use of tools. Mr Morgan said that the Board of Education were at present considering the question of technical and manual instruction, and a scheme was to be submitted at their next meeting. After general discussion it was decided that a special meeting of the committee should be called as soon as the Board's scheme was made known, also that the members of the High School Board of Governors should be asked to attend. Mr Morgan said that the committee had the sum of £SO which had been advanced to them by Messrs Williams and Ambridgc, trustees of the technical classes, and this amount would have to be refunded. lie suggested that the trustees should be invited to the meeting, and that the services of Mr Ambridge, who was well informed on the subject of technical education, should be obtained. It was decided to ask the gentlemen mentioned ic attend the special meeting.

The monthly mooting of the Gisborne School Committee was held last evening. Present : —Messrs Matthews (chairman), Morgan, Sawyer, Brown, ami Ilookey. The Headmaster reported that the attendance of children at school during the past month had suffered greatly through influenza, whilst several members of the teaching staff had been absent on the same account. The report on the synchronous drawing examination was to hand, and so far as it regarded pupils of the school, tvas as follows :—Freehand, first grade and preliminary passes, 235 ; failures, 11 ; scale passes, 10 ; failures, nil ; geometrical passes, 18 ; failures, nil ; total passes, 258 ; failures, 11. The Headmaster suggested that application should be made to the Department for rifles for the use of the boys, and toy rifles if the other could not be obtained. Members spoke in pleasing terms of the successful nature of the drawing examinations, and a motion congratulating Mr Bull on the result was carried unanimously. The Visiting Committee furnished a written report on a number of matters in connection with the school buildings, and several recommendations with regard to necessary repairs were approved of. Mr E. H. Buckingham was granted permission to instruct the school children with regard to the art of voice production and sight singing for one or two hours a week, subject to supervision exercised by the headmaster, the latter having the right to terminate the classes it ne f"' they interfered with the work of the school. A condition in ‘ ingham’s oiier was that he should be allowed to select some of the best voices for the purpose of putting on a public concert at the end of the term, but the committee considered that the consent of the parents would have to be obtained in regard to this matter. The committee ' passed a vote of thanks to Mrs Bull for services she had rendered in filling a gap n the teaching staff during the illness of ' ,wo of the lady teachers. Accounts imounting to £2O 6s 5d were passed for payment, t

‘* J.R.” writes, asking if an Irishman is a Britisher ? Certainly he is. The Gisborne Rifles parade to-day for officers’ examination. A general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce takes place to-morrow night. An interesting description of the largest steamer in tilt .vorld is given on our front page. An iiuporl .it la.id sale is notified for the 20th 0 jber. when Messrs Common, Shelton end Co., in conjunction with Messrs 1 .dgety and Co., will offer Mr \Y. Graham's Marshlands property by auction.

There is quite a potato famine at Te Whaiti and the Urewera Country. Potatoes are now being sent there at a cost of <£7 a ton for cartage alone. Captain Edwin reported at noon yesterday : “ East to north and north-west gale ; giass fall; indications much rain ; tides poor; sea heavy on coast full 2-t hours longer.” Since the commencement of this year the Grey-mouth Harbor Board have expended over X 19,000 in wages, plant, material, and payment of interest. The revenue for tho same period was about X 15,000. Potatoes are now selling at Eketalmna at X 7 10s per ton, and storekeepers assert that they cannot procure them locally for love or money. Growers are holding on in anticipation of a still further rise, which, they say, cannot be averted. A phenomenal scarcity of ready-money is reported in Wanganui and Palmerston North, audio many lines business is at a standstill. The dairy factories will soon be resuming work, and then cash should get into circulation again. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese Vinbassador at Washington, has sent in to the United States Government a bill for a modest half million of dollars (XI00,000) for Chinese slain or otherwise damaged bv rioters in Butte, Mont., so long ago as 1886.

The Wellington Times says: “ Hungry--eyed sawmillcrs have for a long time past boon watching the worm-like trend of the North Island Main Trunk railway towards tho famous Taumaranui totara forest, which, though nearer Auckland than Wellington, comes under the jurisdiction of the Wellington Land Board.” At a meeting yesterday of the Poverty Bay Turf Club Committee it was decided to pay totalisator dividends on the first and second horses, in the proportion of 75 and 25 per cent respectively, providing there are at least five starters belonging to different owners.

“ You are often told you are tho backbone of the country,” remarked a speaker at a meeting of farmers at Templeton, “ hut what is the good of a backbone if tho labor unions have sucked all tho marrow out of it'? It is simply dry bones, and not worth a rap !” A telegram received yesterday from West-port states : —The recent floods have cleared away the accumulation of sand at tho Bullet bar, and there is now a splendid entrance. The Eotokino sailed to-day drawing 20ft 7in, with the tide one footbolow the ordinary springs, and if tho Admiralty collier Penarth were here today she could take five thousand tons of coal across the bar.

A Pennsylvania papor contains the following :—“ Tho examination of the title to a farm recently in Washington County, Pa., disclosed the following provision regarding a devise by a former owner to his children : “ If any one of my daughters should marry a lawyer they shall not inherit any of my real estate, nor shall they inherit the kingdom of God.”

Many of tho roads in tho north of Auckland arc next to impassable. Meetings have occasionally to bo postponed, or the attendance is greatly interfered with, owing to tho condition of some of the district roads. On the occasion of the death of a lad at Tangihua, from an attack of lock-jaw, the body of deceased had to be buried on his parents’ farm, as the fearful state of the road absolutely prohibited access to tho cemetery.

The timber industry in this river district (says tho Thames paper) is assuming large proportions. Mr R. Gibbons, of tho Kopu mill, has eight square-rigged vessels under charter for tho conveyance of white pino cargoes to Melbourne, three of which, viz., the Kathleen Hilda, Enipreza, and La Belle, are now loading. These throe vessels will tako 1,300,000 feet of timber between them, of which the Kathleen Hilda, which is to sail in a day or two, carries 650,000 feet. At Bagnall Bros.’ mill, Turua, two vessels, the Laira and Aidebaran, aro loading over 600,000 feet of timber.

“ Large nuuibors of carcases of mutton from Australia,” says a London paper, “ have oi late months arrived in such unsound condition that they have been condemned by the dock inspectors. A vessel which recently arrived had about 1000 carcases and parts seized. On the other hand, frozen meat from New Zealand ha-- for a long time arrived in irreproachable order. If you have properly fitted vessels to convoy the moat, and the engineers are careful with their temperatures, there ought to bo no difficulty in preventing the goods being damaged, always assuming, of course, that the requisite care has been taken on the other side."

11l reporting a football match played last Saturday, the Napier Telegraph states : —A desperate and most interesting encounter took place between the employes of the various banks and legal offices and those of the merchant and insurance offices. Never before has such a mirth-provoking exhibition been witnessed hero, and those who failed to see the game missed a treat. At several stages during the contest the life of the referee (who was as good as four men to the merchants and insurance) was in danger, and once one side held a caucus to oonsider his conduct, and after a serious and heated debate decided to spare his life. No authentic record of the sooro was kept, but the Banks and Law claim a victory by 18 points against 10. The referee was responsible for this, becauso in his anxiety to mako the game a draw he awarded points for good play, etc. The Opotiki Herald reports that a young man named South had an experience on Saturday night which, according to his statement, was of rather a peculiar nature. When proceeding along Churchstreet in the direction of the Otara bridge, ho assorts that a rope was thrown round his head in ranching style, and he was dragged a considerable distance. His appearance after the adventure certainly showed that ho had met with rough treatment, but up to the present time the matter partakes somowhat of the nature of a mystery. The place where the alleged outrage was perpetrated was close to Makao’s cottage, and the ground in the vicinity bears evident trace of something of the kind related having occurred. South had to be taken to Dr Gatley to have his bruises attended to.