Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3294, 12 August 1911, Page 6

Local and General.

“It seems, exorbitant,” remarked the Chairman of the Cook County Council yesterday when an account for £25 I9s 3d was rendered by the Borough Council, being half the cost of putting in a culvert on a. boundary road. The Engineer stated that the price was very high, and a number of smaller and more suitable culverts could have been put in for the amount asked. The Engineer was instructed to report on the matter.

A resolution was passed by the Cook Oountv Council yesterday making the Hospital rate l-24d in the £. It was decided, on the motion of Cr. Matthews, to reduce the rate for the Whataupoko riding to 13-16(1 in the £.

The Rev. W. Grant will preach tomorrow morning on “As it was, As it is, and As it shall be.” In the evening he will fcpeak on u Jj ion Heart. Mr G. D. M. Rosie will conduct the service the Mangapapa Schoolroom at 7 o’clock.

A report presented by Mr. R. Thelwell, sanitary inspector, to the Cook County Council, yesterday, stated that he had inspected five cases of typhoid and one of scarlet fever. The necessary steps had been taken to isolate the patients. On his tour of inspection of the Maori settlements, he found that the natives were more alive to the necessity of taking precautionary measures to prevent the spreading of fever than they had been in the past.

The great Salvation Army social sale will be held in the Citadel on August 29 th, 30th, and 31st. There has been a great amount of interest taken in this sale for some time past, and it is expected to be one of the largest that has been held for some yeans. Adjutant Melksham is anxious to maintain the first place for Australasia in the selfdenial appeal, and any friends who may have anything for the sale are urged not to forget the dates.

Information has been received that N. Ingram, of Gisborne, who rode a •‘Boom King” cycle, secured third place in the Waitara cycle road race, which took place on Thursday. Ingram will also com note in the Taranaki circular road race, round Mount Egmont, about 110 miles, which is to take place shortly. A prize of a new machine is offered in the race for the best rider under 21 years of age, and as the young Gisbornite has not reached man’s estate he should have a good chance of annexing this prize.

At the Baptist. Tabernacle to-mor-row the Rev. AY. Lamb will preach at both services. His subjects will be, in the morning, “Love,” and in the evening “If.” Mr C. Heathcote will be soloist, and the choir will render an anthem and other bright music. The Rev. AY. Lamb’s farewell services will take place the following Sunday.

Six Alaori women have a scrubcutting contract on a station the other side of Frasertown, and are making good wages at the job. The Engineer of the Cook County Council was instructed yesterday to report on the question of turning the AYairakaia drain into an old watercourse at Aluriwai. Mr R. G. Black waited- on the Council in regard to the drain.

To-night’s session at the roller skating rink will take the form of a black and white night. This is the first event of this description in Gisborne, and by present indications a very large attendance will he recorded. Gentlemen must wear dark suits or white, or evening dress, and ladies white or black frocks or evening dress. On Monday night the children’s carnival will be repeated by special request.

Alessrs J. Alouatt and G. AlacDonald waited on the Cook County Council yesterday in order to obtain the Council’s approval of a road to Puninga No. 6 block. Air J. AY. Nolan, on behalf of Air G. R. AYyllie, objected to the proposed road, because it went within loft of his house and through his orchard. It was decided after the parties had come to some agreement, that the Council was of opinion that a road was necessary and would give authority for a line of road through Air AVyllie’s property, provided that Air AYyllie consented. Alails for Auckland and Tokomaru Bay, per Hauroto, close at 7.30 p.m. to-day.

Nominations in connection with the Hunt Club's forthcoming meeting close on Saturday next at 5 p.m. at the office of the secretary. Air H. E. Dodd, Lowe Street.

Owing to the arrival and departure of the Hauroto on Sunday morning the office of the Union S.S. Co. will be open for the convenience of passengers this evening from 6 to 7 p.m. The vessel will be tendered on arrival about 7 a.m. and the last launch leaves the wharf at 10 a.m.

The Alethodist Church services tomorrow will be conducted by the Rev. J. A. Lochore. The subjects will be “The Church of Compromise and Tepruness,” and “Christ and Bedevilled Humanity.” The anthem will be “As the Hart Pantetli.” Aliss Brierlev will render a solo.

In reply to a querv Mr J Warren informed the Cook County Council yesterday that the rates would begin to come in in September. If they" were paid as promptly as thev were last year there would be a credit in March the Chairman mentioned that the Council had about £9OOO to last them until September. A writer states in the “Oddfellows’ Magazine” that the Loyal Bud of Hope Lodge, Lymington, Hants, has paid continuous sick benefit to a member who died on March 30th for the long period of thirty-four rears. The brother paid in contributions £76 6s 9d. and received in sick pay £533 11s fid.' circumstances attendv? su * c^ e of & church sexton at the Hungarian village of Ivoros-Baianv recently. The inhabitants were alarmed by the violent ringing of their church bell, and thought a fire must have broken out. As. however none could be seen, some of them went to the belfry to discover the reason, and there. found the body of the sexton dangling from the bell-rope, with which he had hanged himself. The Finance Committee of the Diet of Oldenburg has determined to tax bachelors and spinsters. All such having reached the age of thirty will be liable, if in receipt of an income of £2lO per annum, to a 10 per cent, tax. The new tax will fall almost exclusively upon men. Mr W. W. Taylor, proprietor oi me hederal Cafe, has a business announu*rnent in this issue, in which lie notifies that he is prepared to supply fresh fish of all descriptions daily to'customers. In addition to his trawler. Shamrock, Mr Taylor has acquired the well-known trawler Swan, and these two boats enable him to stock an adequate supply of fresh fish. At much expense, and with an enterprise which proves his firm belief in the progress of the town, Air Taylor has had extensive iniindvements carried out at the Federal Cafe. The dining and supper rooms have been completely renovated. It is, however, in the kitchen that the improvements are most effective. Here the latest and most up-to-date sanitary methods have been installed. The floors are all conoreted as well as the backyards, and everything which makes for cleanliness is -provided- A large cool room for storing fish is ako provided. The surnlus fish are cured "by a modern Sandford curer, and it is intended to immediately erect a spacious brick smoko room.

For the Coronation the London po-lice-constable’s sandwiches wero supplemented by a ration consisting of chocolate, “sultana sandwiches” (a form of biscuit familiar to schoolboys), arid, as thirst-quenchers, _ a kind of sweet of the nature of an acid drop. There are monuments in all sorts of out-of-the-way places, but one that is really unique is that erected' in a river. It stands in the Parramatta River, f, "New Smith Wales, a stream known the -world over for rowing events that have taken place upon it. This monument, ■which is in memory of the worldfamed rower, Searle, is also unique from the fact that it has been used as 'the winning post of the races for the world s championships, and is still used ■as such for local events. Two crabs, each with a brass number plate, wdncli were liberated at Saltfleet ■(Lines) and Sutton-on-Sea (Lines) by the Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee were found at Withernsea (Yorks), where they were originally caught, having travelled upwards of 40 miles. Occasional instances have been mentioned of very inadequate rewards being given for the return of lost valuables, including large sums of money. An instance of a different kind is re- - corded in a Home paper. An Indian Maharajah came to London for the Coronation with jewels valued at £IOO,000. After attending a levee at St. -Jamies’ Palace a valuable gem, forming ■a pendant to a necklet worn by him on the occasion, was reported missing. The jewel was valued at £3OO, and was picked up in the street gutter by a passing messenger boy. The Indian nabob promptly sent the finder a reward of £25. Denmark has now 1400 creameries and 1,000.000 cow's, and the valueof the butter export is put at £5,800,00 a year, which shows a high return per cow. The Australian output is estimated at 42,000 tons for about nine months from Ist July, 1910, which, at, say, £IOO per ton, would give £4,201,5C0 value in London, less expenses of shipment. Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener, in a recent speech as Ipswich, said that when he was in Tibet he, at the instance of several Boer friends, sent to South Africa a dozen sacks of Tibetan wheat, which was immune from rust. Years afterwards lie was shown in East Africa a similar product called “Kitchener wheat,” which was a blend between Boer and Tibetan wheat. The English pupils of the Dominican Convent, Lubbeek, near Louvain, Belgium, sent a telegram to the King wishing him a long and happy reign. Within a few hours they received a reply from His Majesty thanking them for their kind message. Three brothers named Tolman, who left. East Cowes (Isle of Wight) in a rowing boat, were caught in a storm and blown ashore at Lee (Hants), where they spent the night in a bathing shelter.