Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3593, 5 August 1912, Page 4

Local and General.

Three drunks wore arrested on Saturday.

The Gisborne Borough Council employees propose lidding a ball at an earlv date.

A Recftcn P.A. wire states that Mr Fagan, the present secretary of the Miners’ Union, has been re-elected by an overwhelming majority. The dissatisfaction which is said to exist among the Christchurch tramway men will be discussed to-day at a conference which lias been arranged between the Board and representatives of the Union (says a P.A. telegram).

Carcases of meat continue to come ashore from the Star of Canada. On Saturday 9 came up cn the Kaiti beach and IS yesterday- The Sanitary Inspector (Air C. Ferris) laid the carcases removed and buried.

An Auckland P.A. wire states that Inspector Mihflie!! has rocivcd were! from Hobart concerning Airs Ammon, who some months back kept a st to in Dominion Bond and for whose extradition the Official Assignee applied on a charge of breach t f the Bankruptcy Act, that cxtvadifUn lies been retri - ed on the ground that it is not in tk 1 interests of justice. Tho escort (Constable Marray) i>; therefore returning em jity-li a n '.l ed •

Tho Americans have found an ingenious way of meeting the present, high cast, of living. 'Flic pest of sparrows which have caused great damage in New York City and vicinity for several rears past, has been turned into a blessxig by substituting the birds in plage of an expensive meat diet. The littH feathered depredators are now l>eing captured wholesale and sold to hotels and restaurants. which servo them up tas reed birds. No complaints have been made about the deception, for even gourmets have pronounced the sparrow to be as palatable as quail-

Two girls—Sarah Carnstone and Harriet Boulton—employed at works at Wedncsbury, committed suicide in an extraordinary manner. They had not been home for a day and were eventually found at Moxley. near Werlnesburv, by the mother of the girl Boulton and the girl’s sister Ethel. The girls, said they would return home, but suddenly they rushed to a canal several hundred yards away and jumped into the water, being drowned before the mother’s eyes. Their bodies were recovered by a boatman and two young men. and artificial respiration was tried, but without success. The girl Ethel Boulton said that the two girls rushed to the canal and ran into the water. One of tho girls appeared to be holding the other down m the water.

Tho ancient records of China reveal the fact that tho aerial post was forestalled some thousand of years ago, aptly enough by a Celestial. It is true that the first postal air man was an aquatic fowl, and to this day the past in China is referred to as “the convenience of the wild goose,” and pictures of that bird still appear on certain stamps. The legend tells us that a Tartar chief was offensive to the Chinese Emperor, who sent a special envoy to warn hint. But the chief took the Emperor’s servant prisoner, and made him shepherd of his flocks. Ip tills condition of .social degradation the unfortunate envoy languished for some years, until one day he captured a wild goose, and his mind was illumined by the bright idea of usiug it to carry news of his whereabouts to his friends. With a letter secured to its leg, the Samaritan goose new southwards until, virtue .mooting its customary reward, it was killed in the grounds of the palace by no less a i? cr 'm! la " c than tho Emperor himseu. Ihe letter was read, and a punitive expedition rescued tho captive and punished the rebel chief.

. sculling championship between Arnst and Barry, which has rccenilv I>] i lce : on tho Thames, evoked Z int . ci ; csfc tn the race A dlsa rpomtmont urns the wot | oavher. However, Melbourne Cash mvs made preparation for the wot and are selling ladies’- umbrellas for is Hd, and. gents.’. 3s 6d each.*

With the vine-leaves tw.sted in his hair a gentleman in a state of advanced stupor, received a nasty headwound by falling heavily in Lowe Street on Saturday night. A night in the lock-up and h?- had recovered sufficiently to go home on bail.

In reference to the quality of the Gentle Annie stone which was dealt with at a meeting of the Cook County Council on Friday by the County Engineer, the Mayor informed a reporter on Saturday that so far he had received no official complaint from tun County Council, and until ho did he could not do anything in the matter.

A project is on foot to open up i<#i pastoral purposes land on the Hauraki Peninsula set apart for mining, the area, being restri"tod to half a million acres. Farmers will now be approached with the object of having tinpresent conditions as to occupation altered so as to give the pastoralLst access to the surface of land, while, fully conserving the interests of the miners to th'- minerals below the surface. —Thames P.A. wire.

The Mayor informed a reporter on Saturday that the ond locomotive on the Gentle Annie line which haft been laid up for overhaul would be put into commission again tin’s week and a great deal more metal would, in consequence. be brought into town. The worst portions of the roads would then be attended to without delay. It was unfortunate that the engine was laid up just at a time when the metal was most wanted, hut he hoped to see a bigger return each week now, and the Council would then ha enabled to overcome the difficulties and get the bad places made passable.

A treat is in store for all who will be able to attend the organ recital which is to be given in Holy Trinity Church this evening. For the occasion Air E. X. Sidebottom fthe organist) has arranged a very fine programme. It includes the following numbers: —“Les Rameaus.” Faure: “Cantilene,” Faulkes: “ft’alut d’Arnour,” Elgar; “He AYa.s Desn'sed.” “Nocturne/’ Chopin: “Cantilene,” Alarchant; “Chant Triumphal." Grey; “Basso Ostinato." Arkensky: Alarch. Faulkes. A collection in aid of the organ fund will be taken up-

A hearty laugh at the expense of a number of very well-known gentlemen —not. on the Bon,ugh Council—is going the rounds. It appears that in some quarters it was quite taken for granted that the jwlls would be lost, and. as a consequence, that the Mayor and Council would resign. Thus itcame to bo whispered broadcast that the new Mayor would be Afr So-and-So and that the new Council which he would lead would include an equally well-known business man. a rising barrister, a prominent Laborite, etc., etc. Put, as is now a matter of history, the polls were not- lost and the present Mayor and Coumil are likely to want to continue in office. And so the budding aspirants for municipal rulership will therefore have to “bide a wee” until April next.