Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3827, 9 May 1913, Page 4

Local and General.

By a typographical error in the leading article yesterday the opposite view in one sentence to what was intendwl appeared. As the sentence stood it suggested that A 1 r Kirk should never have hesitated in proposing that further large quantities of "stone" from Gentle Annie should be secured for mending the innumerable holes in the roads. The context, however, showed that what was intended was that Mr Kirk should have hesitated. etc.

A -light- on Tvarcri rock will shortly he erected. The maohinerv is expected from Sweden in ah nit three months' time. The work will he di-rect-ed by Mr Fraser, lighthouse expert.

At- the request of the- members of the Ladies’ Guild, the vestry of Holy Trinity Church have handed over the old pulpit of the church, which is to be made up into trinkets and sold at the next sale of work in aid of the church funds.

A team from the Mercantile Hockey Club leaves for Napier on dune Ist to meet an eleven from the Napier Mercantile Clt;h on Juno 3, and it is hoped that players will turn out in greater numbers for morning practice in anticipation of the event. On Monday, June 2, the visitors will he entertained at a -dance by the southern .club.

With a ticket entitling him to embark on yesterday’s steamer and 7s '6d as his monetary total, Robert Walker was arraigned before Mr It. S. Florence, S.M., yesterday on a charge of drunkenness, anti the line was arranged in accordance with his purse, so that he might bo able to sail, the penalty being 5s and costs (2s).

It is a remarkable coincidence that in the Mayoral election at Feilding, in 1902, in which Mr E. Goodbehore defeated Mr Bagnall, his majority was exactly the same as in last week’s election —live votes—the voting being 220 to 221. At the election the previous year—described by Mr Good believe on the occasion as “the biggest poll held in Feilding’’—Mr Good I where was 20 ahead of Mr Bagnall, or 275 to 255.

Yesterday was reminiscent of summer, although the effect of the sunlight was negatived by a distinctly winter chill, which cooled the atmosphere. A hard frost- in the morning introduced one ol those beautifully bracing days. The result oi the rains which'have fallen is apparent- in the springing grass on all sides. This is probably more noticeable on Kaiti Hill than anywhere else adjacent. The scorched brown shade ol the sidewhere the fire occurred has been replaced by a, covering of <m>eu.

The accountant- for a firm which figured as the plaintiff at Court yesterday asked for judgment on behalf /if his employers, and the Magistrate Informed him that, as he had no authority to appeal', it would entail a fine. The difficulty was obviated by a solicitor asking for the judgment-. If a plaintiff seeks judgment without the aid of a solicitor, he must either appear personally or provide a deputy with a written authority.

“Tho, high price of kauri timber has stopped a great deal of. the wholesale exportation.” said Mr E. Bartley, a witness before the Forestry Commission at Auckland. “But it is a deplorable position to think that New Zealand Has ."been exporting tho best of its kauri, and now if one Wants a stick of heart limber a fancy prioc is demanded add <W?n thou it is difficult to obtain.” M” TCrt’oy advocated the preservation of what little kauri is left, in New Zealand for tho use of Now Zealanders. , \‘ r

Owing to an outbreak of measles iV .liihgton College has been dosed till the end of the month. —P.A.

It is notified in the Gazette that if ter the 31st December next the present issue of duty and postage stamps will be displaced by new issues of all denominations. —P.A.

The Napier Harbor Board has paid £3OO in settlement of the claim made on behalf of the owners of the barque Albert, for damage sustained by the vessel whilst at Napier during the recent storm.

The pace at which the borough Stinker waggon was flying abut the streets yesterday betokened that a rush job of no little importance was in hand. A wag was heard to remark that it was the new Mayor’s do ng , as be had told the borough staff to “get a movo on.”

Mr W. F. Cederwall, general manager of the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Frozen Meat Company, Ltd., yesterday received a cable to the effect that the Conipany ? B powerful new tug and salvage boat, Toanui, would . leave Glasgow for New Zealand on. Thursday next.

Says the “Wanganui Herald : “With regard to the legacy of four millions recently reported to have been left to a farmer at Rewa. Oroua Comitv, we are informed that there will be several' others participating m a share of the fortune, one of whom, Mr A. Jacques, is now a resident of Wanganui.”

"""Wiring last evening, the. Dannovirke agent of the Press As oeiat on said:—Six prominent Maoris from Tahoraite left Dannevirke to-dav for Auckland, en rente to Sa’t Lake City. Although the departing Natives expressed their intenti n of only making a flying trip to the Mormon stronghold'. srtme of their friends are doubtful if they will return to New Zealand- It is reported that each of the tourists has taken £SOO and leased hi.-, lands for six months.

The Tuckwell ease, .which aroused much interest some time ago, a train before the Supreme Court at Wellington yesterday, when the. question of costs'for Gillespie and whether George Tuckwell, the missing son and principal beneficiary under the in the; s will had left issue. ca«fe up. Judge Cooper allowed Gillespie £5 10s for filing and preparing an affidavit, and ordered that advertisements be Inserted f. r claims against the < state to Ik‘ made within a certain peri.d. at the expiration of the period the Public Trustee to be at liberty t|> act in disposing of lire estate to the r Drives.

“New Zealand being at the head of social hygiene and social progress, we hope she will occupy the place tiiat is hors by" rigid. ‘We shall be very pleased to reserve a special pavilion for New Zealand.” This passage occur-' in a letter sent to tin* Mayor of Wellington by tbs Mayor of Lyons, France, announcing that a large International ( ity Exhibition will be. held there in May. 1914. The aim is to make known the progress, made by Government and city healtn authorities. The exhibition will be on scientific. economic, and social lines (as well as industrial and commercial) lor the benefit of all those people who deal with life in a modern N city.

Five brief flights in a monoplane wave made on Monday morning at Pigeon Bush (Wairarapa) by Mr Begin ah! White, of Wellington. Ihe machine with which the ascents v.ere made i- a Wellington-built one, designed I v M:• Percy Fisher, and was taken up to the Wairarapa some months ago to Mr Barton’s property at Pigeon Bush, where the experiments vmi it have been conducted. The five -flights were each of about 200. yards. _and w.u-e made at an elevation of fiom v:f)ft to 30ft. The machine is stated to have behaved admirably ami to have proved its stability. Mr White, who. made the flights, is gaining ms first experiences as an aviator.

Professor -Mills addressed a meeting of unionists last night u lot. nlej s Had. The at tend a .me was a fair ore. Air .1. H. Hall occrpwng tho cl.mr. The PvoiVssor dealt at sene length tvit!i the business to no convuci sa at the July conference, and ■.-xphiined the "Basis of I’m tv ’ m its present relation to the new movement. Later in the evening he addressed a large meeting oi the AA aterside AAoikers Union at the wharf. This evening Professor Alills will give a public address in Whim-ay's Hall to which all invited, Indies lK*in£C included in the invitation. On Saturday meetings will be held in the afternoon tor the Freezers’ Union and in the eveniniv for the Typographical and Bakers’ Unions. The Professor's visit will ion elude on Sunday, with a mass meeting in the afternoon in AA hinray s Hall.

Doubtless the extreme cold last uml it had something to do with the erratic course a man steered over the Whataupoko bridge. Like “Simon the Cellarer.” he believed in takmg -a something to keep out the cold. ' Ho was well fortified, and had a threeparts full bottle of whisky with him. Nearing the Garrison Hall, he probably caught a chilly blast, from the river, for ho was seen to drink of tho strong waters again. The next- thing that happened was that the Garrison Hall rose up suddenlv and hit him on the hack of the head. A constable later found him lying partially unoonscions tm the footpath, with liis howler hat saturated with blood. He was removed to the police station, where it- was found that he had a rather severe "gash on the back of liis head. Dr. Collins was called in, and attended to the man’s injuries. He seemed very happy as lie sat in front of the bright fire in the police station, and ■ had apparently effectually banished the cold.

Says AA’ellington “Post” : —Sir Joseph Ward is distinctly an evolutionary in politics, more affected by environment than by hefedit-ary impress. His sentiments are fluid*; they fit- the mould of the moment. “Give the people what they want,” is one of his axioms, and another is, “When in Rome, do as Rome dees.” At a banquet' in London on Si. George’s Day the toast of “India’’ fell to the oxPremioV, perhaps by an unlucky accident. One would think that he should have exerted himself to escape embarrassment ; or if it was too awkward to decline the invitation, that he would have taken an opportunity to diplomatically air his old-time “White New Zealand” policy, while bestowing some compliments on Indians as Indians, on Asiatic soil. Instead he said (accoidmg to the caldt') that- “it was ne.essary that the Dominions should be sympathetic towards the Indian standpoint when dealing with the difficultproblem of the treatment of Indians in South Africa, and elsewhere.” Weil. ‘‘elsewhere’ 1 presumably includes Now Zealand and Australia. What can Sir Joseph mean by “sympathy” except a less rigorous immigration law? It is well known that South Africa has drastic regulations! as a cheek on any Indian influx. Sir Joseph implies that this is nqt-s the “sympathetic standpoint” for “South AfiV’a and elsewhere.” -A few years ago, in response to promptings of the press. Sir .1 oseph was a vociferous and valiant “AA lute Now Zealander.” To-day lie advocates the “sympathetic standpoint for color, provided it has the Imperial seal. However, no amount of .‘‘allredness” will change blhck or yellow into white. Has Sir Joseph lost his politics in his politeness?

For one week only we are ho’ding a big sale of towels. They are of exceptional value. From the small barber’s towel to the big hath towel, there are 142 dozen-to cho .se from. AAant of room compels us to make these big reductions in order to niake a rapid clearance. A rare snip for tihe housekeeper—Melbourne Cash.*

The total estimated population of Now Zealand on March 31 was 1,12-1.-190. The nett increase during the March quarter, including th© Cook and other Islands, was 9121. P.A.

A new> siding is being put- in at Stanley Road by the Railyay Department, in order to facilitate the re ceiving of stock for the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Frozen .Meat Company’s works.

Tho Wellington Fire Brigade report shows that the loss by fi™ drain«- the year totalled £83,803. W liitcombe and Tombs’ fire accounted for £41,282.

A telephone and bureau office is to brv established at Mangapapa by the Postal Department. This should prove a great boon to the residents of the \ rapidly-growing suburb, who have hitherto had to come info town to despatch telegrams. Mr R. M. Bell will be in charge of tho new office.

In a narrow, busy Wellington thoroughfare on Friday last a sergeant of police and a constable stood with stop watches, taking the speed or motor cars and motor cycles. Many passed in the 15 minutes during which a reporter was looking on, and every one of them broke- tho speed regulations.

Mi- Frederick Train, storekeeper, of Waitotara, has definitely decided to contest the Pa tea seat in tli6- Liberal interest. The Waverley Inbunc savs he is understood to he the accredited candidate of the party for the electorate, Mr O’Dea having stated that he will not contest the seat again.

It is quite evident that the flood has had little appreciable effect on the rabbits (savs the “Mataura Ensipi ), as Saturday was the biggest day that has been experienced at the Mataura works for rabbits for some time past. Over 25,000 were received during the day, and the packers were kept busy until between 4 and 5 a.m. on Sunday,

The passengers by the morning train yesterday received a bit of a surprise through the train giving a decided iolt at the road crossing near \\ aipaca station. The. bump by the engine running into a bulioer... roi iunately no damage was sustamecl by the train, though the bulloo.*v, v Jncii was thrown clear by the. cowcatcher, met with a sudden and violent death.

The outbreak of typhoid fever amonitbe Maoris at one or two Native settlements at the Bay of Islands, has almost subsided. Only two Natives remain in the hospital at Te Ahu Ahu and no fresh cases have been reported during the present month. The aistrict health officer expects tnat the affected camp will be broken up as soon as the enteric visitation has ended.

There was a large, attendance in Trinit-v Schoolroom last evening, when "Mr Hugo lectured on “Heads and Faces. ’ The lecturer maintained that the mind makes the face. There was much discussion nowadays upon -Christianity : but one fact- was plain to everv observer —that those who Jived the" Christian lire had the best" expression of countenance. The next lecture- will be on Monday evening. and upon “Chins and Jaws.

Last evening at Robb’s Hall a very interesting debate took place between the members ot the P.S.A. and the Temperance Association, the -subject being “Is it in the best interests of New Zealand to continue conipulsorv military training?" Bros. Downes and Anderson supported the affirmative. while Messrs Horne and Bartlett took up the cudgels on behalf or the P.S.A. A keen discussion ensued, the following participating: Bros. Rowell and Yowles. Messrs Munns and Bird, and Rev. J. A. Lochore. On being put to the vote the present system was condemned by one vote.

In a protest against Sunday play, tlie Wanganui. “Chronicle” says :—On Sunday morning races, hockey, and football are now regularly indu’ged in on a portion of the Collegiate School Estate, at present under lease, and in the avenue the referee’s whistle, the cheering of a crowd of spectators, and the barracking of the respective supjiortcrs can be distinctly heard. Yesterday morning was no exception to the rule, when an ex.it-ing f: otball match—-if the noise of the spectators kept up continually during the progress of the game is any criterion — was played between two well-known "boa rdi nghouseu.

A meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Presbytery was lield at Gisborne yesterday morning*, and was attended by the Revs. AA". (’-rant- (Aloderator), H. T. Blair, and E. AV. AA’alker, -and Afessrs AI. AlcLeod and J. Parker, elders. The call of the Rev. AA’alker. of Ormond, to the Bluff charge, was agreed to, and it was decided that the pastoral tie be dissolved as from June 4. and that the Ormond charge be declared vacant as from June 8. Air Walker intimated that lie would be leaving Gisborne on Alay 28. The Rev AV. Grant was appointed Aloderator for the Ormond charge.

The Railway Department- has just issued a schedule concerning the forwarding of goods on the Gisborne line. From the Ist inst merchandise will be received -at Gisborne for the various stations up to certain hours. The arrangements are briefly as follows: Kaitaratahi. Ormond and Waipaoa, Alonday. AVednesday and Friday; Alakaraka, Alakauri, Waikirere, AYaikohu, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; Alahaki. Otoko, Rakauroa, Tuesday and Friday ; King’s Road, Puha. Te Ivaraka and Alatawai daily. Perishable goods and full trucks will be received dailv.

By advertisement communicated from Napier .the Hawke’s Bay Education Board has included Te Hapara in the list of school districts that failed to elect- committees for the ensuing year. As a matter of fact a Te Hapara school committee was duly elected at a uell-attended meeting of householders, so that some misconception must have occurred. It is provided- by the regulations that the notice of the election of a now committee must he forwarded to the Education Board “by the first mail,” and the only reason which can he assigned for the position which has arisen is that the authorities have not given regard to Gisborne's intermittent mail service. The committee officials state that the necessary notice was posted to the board.

The civil list before Air R. S. Elman co, S.AL, yesterday was nut. a long one, and was disposed of in loss than half an hour. Judgment for plain tills by default was given as follows: Kru Titi (Mr Dawson) v. Tiaki AA ai 'lvarauriaa, £3 11s 2d and exists (17s); AA'illiam Arthur O’Meara (Mr Gurnard) v. Alini Kerekere, £35 11s (xf. costs (£2 6s), apd solicitor’s flee (£1 Is); Haniora Hoi (Mr Dawson) v. Jesse Harlesi £5 ns, costs (13s), and solicitor’s fee (10s 6d); Johnstone and Smith (Mr Barnard) v. Harold AA'illiams, £1 17s Od and costs (its); Grundy and Shenmm (Air Burke) v. P. L Brownell. £2 12s and costs (10s); Evans, Nield and Co. (Mr Hitehings) v AVilliam Arthur. £2 10s 9d and costs (6s). Orders in judgment summons eases were made as below: William Bruce (Mr Blirhard) v. Aperemka AViripo, £4 3s 8d or 5 days; Alfred H. Maunders (Mr Hitehings) v. Richard Cogar, £6 10s 6d o r 7, days; John Macquarters (Air Hitehings) v. Richard Cogar. £1 15s or 2 days.

Afessrs Baldwin and Bay ward, Auckland, AA’ellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, report that the following applications for Letters Patent Oj New Zealand have been filed recently: P. Swanson and F- kilo] la way, Invercargill, loflk mir : A. Gtninwald, Koputaroa, hoe he '■ * G. E. Humphries, Wellington, sash cord grip; E. A. Aiken, Waverlev, milk easing apparatus; J. Cobb, Eilf- lie, rat killing.*

A settler last week at Raotihi dug .21 tons of potatoes per acre, which ho sold at £8 .per ton in Raotihi.

The grim tragedy, “The Retreat from Moscow,” will be shown for the last time to-night by Rathe Pictures at His Majesty’s Theatre.

There lias been a falling off in the number of co-operativo laborers on Government railway and!' road works this year, compared with previous years. The number of artisans and laborers employed on co-operative works throughout New Zealand during the month of March was as follows: Railways, 2118; roads, 2254. In Feb/jjiary the number was: Railways, 20 11; roads, 2242. For January: Railways, 1697; roads, 4169. In March, 1911, there were. 3802 men working on railway works. The total number of men employed on co-opera-tive works in 1911 was 10,802, and in March this year 4372.

With a rapidly increasing population, the diocese of Waiapu is making great headway in the number of churches, so Bishop Averill informed a Christchurch reporter, the churches erected being of a more permanent nature than heretofore. On Sunday i’otnight lie was to open a large church costing between 06000 and £7OOO at Gisborne; at Havelock North a large concrete church was being built, and at Hastings a large church was shortly to be erected, and also churches at Wairoa, Tologa Bay, and Tokomaru Bay, and other rapidly inm-easing disi lifts in all parts of the cfiocese.

As an example of the way the technological chemist is disturbing with his dis eyeries the equilibrium cf the world’s markets. Professor Easterfield, .in liis inaugural address, as prosklent of the Wellington Philosophical Saciety, <4ted the case of tallow, an important article of export from Australia and New Zealand, quoted at present at £4O a ton (says the. “Post”). The chemist had taken various cheaper oils, such as cotton seed oil, quoted at about £2O a ton, and turned them into fine tallow by a very simple prootfs —merely by introducing about two pci- cent, of finely divided nickel and passing heat'd commercial hydrogen through it. Only a' very small quantity of hydrogen was required, and the nickel acted simply as a “catalyst” cr ••hustler,” hastening the process of transmutation. The result was thorn iumf.net ure of the r finest talhw, which coujd be sold at £3O a ton, thus undercut ting one cf our principal arts k\x of export.

It was stated bv a speaker at the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce on Saturday that the Americans were curious to know more of New Zealand. At the time the Chamber of Commerce delegates wore over in America the Presidential election was in progress,,a lid talk naturally turned upon politics, and the Americans "anted to know what was the effect of New Zealand’s progressive legislation. He always replied that it had made New Zealand progressive. In New Zealand practically 80 per cent, oi the people were democratic, although there rnav. be differences of opinion as to the carrying out of the principle. In America- the land tax lias not been collected for fifty years. They have no advances to settlers or •any legislation like that, but, owing to the depopulation of the country districts, the Government is considering a scheme similar to that in operation in New Zealand.

A reserved judgment of great importance to milk vendors was delivered by Mr E. C. Cut ten, S.M., at Auckland the other day. Edward Fit-z----.iames had been charged with selling milk deficient in fatty solids. The magistrate said that a gutfrantee from JH milk supplier—such as the defendant had—constituted no defence for the vendor of the milk unless he could prove that the milk, when sold, was .substantially in the same condition as when it was received from tlm guarantor. In the present case, however, his Worship was satisfied that tin* defendant had acted in goocT faith. The milk had probably deteriorated through being carried about all day, and from a combination of small circumstances. It was pointed out that even where they bad guarantees, milk vendors must take measures to see that the milk they are actually selling to -the public is at least of standard quality. The defendant was convicted, and ordered Ao pay 17s 6d costs, no further penalty being imposed.

When you puv.hase our gias-ei you receive full value.—A. A . J. .Mann, C'li em ist-Cptiei an. *