Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3945, 30 May 1913, Page 4

Local and General.

Correspondence to the Editor is unavoidably held over.

Mr W. 1). S. MacDonald, ALP., will deliver a political address in His Majesty’s Theatre on Friday evening next.

During the past financial year tbe Wellington Citv revenue showed a surplus of £14,80 over the expenditure. —P.A.

“The Affair at Raynor’s,” a splen-didly-actod Edison drama, will be shown for the . last time by Pathe Pictures at His Majesty’s Theatre tonight.

The Borough Council has decided to advertise immediately in the Melbourne, Sydney, and the principal papers in the Dominion, inviting applications for a Borough Engineer, at a salary starting at £SOO per annum.

Mr. Hugo had a crowded house at his fifth and last lecture last- evening. He announced at the close that he intended before leaving to speax Vn all the country places, due notice of which will be given later cn.

The Brothers provided, a musical programme at the Temperance Association’s meeting last evening A verv pleasant time was spoilt, the following participating: Sisters Mead and McEwen; and Bros. Hastio, Downes, Brown, Kearney, Clay, Hatten and Stitchburv.

The experiment in. connection with the carriage of fish by parcel post is still being carried on in the Dunedin postal district, during April. 231 parcels containing fi-h were posted, and the Minister expects that with the coming cf the ool<T weather the number will be greatly increased.

G'ttr Napier correspondent advises that at yesterday's meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board. Mr. Sheath gave the following notice of motion : “That the Beard's teachers and officials be required to retire from the 15s ard’s services on reaching the retiring age, as defined in the Teacher-,' .Superannuation Act.”

A .statutory nr-t offender lor drunken ne s. was yesterday fined Ss and costs (2s). or 24 hours' imprisonment. The Harbor Board’s pontoon and steam derrick, which has been hired by Mr. J. A. Nicnl. the contractor, to do the pile-driving for the new Waimata bridge, was taken up ihe river vesterdav afternoon.

A man named John Sliean Was charged before Mr. R. S. Florauce, S.M.. yesterday, that he had assaulted his wife. Man- Sliean. the informant. Senior-vSergt. Hutton outlined the facts, which showed that accused who was separated from hi- wife, had returned and commit led a cowardly and cruel assault. _ On accused submit ting to a prohibition order, lie was fined £2 and costs (7s). and allowed a month in which to pay the fine.

While gathering wood on the. beach, about a quarter of a mile past the Abattoirs, yesterday morning, an old man was much startled on hearing a loud roar close by. and upon looking round discovered a creature which ho took to be a sea lion, about 4ft in length, and almost covered with blood, lying on the dry sand a few yards away. Not being familiar with such creatures, he took to liis heels, and when he returned later in company with another man the animal had again taken to the- briny.

Tim novelty of watching a flying machine nnv .shortly be the lot of Gisborne people. Mr. Arthur B. Stone, the well-known aviator, who is at present touring the Dominion, has intimated that he may possibly give a exhibition her? in about a week's tune. The flying man is accompanied by Mr. Cornwall. “the Australian speed maniac,” who at Auckland put in) a speed record for 70 miles in his 100 h.t>. racing motor- car. Victoria Domain will probably lie the scene of the exhibitions.

1 h - resident life governor and lionorarv secretary of the Gisborne Auxiliary of tlie British and Foreign Bible Society wishes to acknowledge the receipt of £S from a lady subscriber; £6 from the collections of Holy Trinity and suburbs; £5 14s 3d from Stafford’s Grey Street Hall; £2 16s from St. Andrews Presbyterian: and £1 9s from the Baptist Tabernacle. A draft for £6O towards the general fund was despatched bv last mail. Donations will be thankfully received at the Bible Depot. C. Rosie and Co., dr J. Peckover. 267 Cliilder’s Road, or Mr Andrew Graham, Bright Street, treasurer.

Tn proposing the toast to “Farming Interests” at the social to Mr. W. D. S. MacDonald at Patufcalii last night, , Mr. T. Quirk had some interesting remarks to make on the relations between the supporters of husbandry and the town-dwellers. “The man in town.” lie said, “is just as necessary as the man on the land. Each one does his duty and his part in the same way. Our lives are so interwoven that,one cannot do without the other.” Touching on the question of the lure of town life as compared to the prosaicness of the country, the speaker said it-was deplorable that the Agricultural Department did not do more for this district _in the way of soil and manure experiments, and also something in the shape of herd testing and wool classing. For ■the last twenty years there had been a great rise in the value of land, and those who had bought land in the early days had done well. The day had -now come, however, when they must-settle down to real farming, and they could not too highly educate the young fanner.