Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3586, 11 March 1914, Page 4

Local and General.

Mails for Cromarty, Puystgur Point, To Oneroa and West Coast Sounds close at the Bluff on Saturday, 14-th inst., at 7 p,m. j The Wellington-Naples despatch of j the 30th January, arrived in London j on the Bth inst., ono day late. j The offenders for drunkenness before yesterday’s sitting of the Court had a fair cash total in hard cash in their possession, one man, GG years of ago, carrying £l7. Intending purchasers of Mr James McKee’s land at Kaiti are notified that Messrs Samson Bros., the am tid-p----eers, will he pleased to show buyers over the sections any day this week* “Mimosa San,” a brilliant adaptation of the popular opera, “Madam Butterfly,” will head the new programme which Pa the Pictures will introduce at His .Majesty’s Theatre tonight There were several oflendors for drun kennesse before the Court yesterday and tlie following penalties were meted out:—Robert Parian, 8s find 2s costs, or 18 hours: John McLeod, 8s and 2s, or 48 hours; George Patterson, 28s-and 2s or seven days; John Pyke, 10s and 2s, or -18 hours. The people of Poverty Bay will he interested to learn that a new firm under the style of Messrs Curry, Elliott and Co. have commenced business in Lowe Street as general marchants. Ofce of the partners, Mr Geo. Eliott, will be remembered as having been with the local branch of Messrs Dalgety and Co. for many years. Tiie new firm has secured a number of valuable agencies, a list of which appeal' in their advertisement, which will be found on page 10 of this issue. Mr Albrecht, who is one of the partners, will be manager of the local branch of the new firm.

Mr G. K. Pasley, who is acting as secretary of the local shareholders’ eommit tea in connection with the Mount Owen Rising Sun Company, desires it to bo generally known amongst local slmi'elyolders that the action taken on then- behalf in Nelson lias been successful and the call annulled. Tlie local shareholders’ committee took Mr Buniar-fks opinion rc-e.-iitlv and was advised that the £.IOOO claimed It;.' the promoters; was not properly claimable under the original agro niont between the promoters and the Company, and should be resisted, ft was then decided to unite with tlie Nelson shareholders in an action commenced for the purpose of declaring the claim invalid, and judgment has. now been delivered in Nelson disallowing the claim and annulling the call.

As a result of Monday night's stabbing affray, Peter August Johansen Olr A. Trevor Coleman) appeared before Mr R. S. Fiorance, S.M., yesterday, charged that, on March 9. he did assault one John Breeknell. thereby doing actual bodily harm. rsenr.iSergt. Hutton explained that Brecknell was in a rather had way, and lie asked for a remand for eight days. In view of his condition, it was difficult to know how the ease would turn out. and. should bail he granted, he would ask that it should be of a substantial nature. The remand was granted and bail allowed, accused m £IOO and two sureties of £-30 each or one in £IOO. Breeknell is progressing as favorably as might he expected, but his injuries are of a decidedly- serious nature. The instrument which caused the wounds lias not yet been found.

Shcepfarmers who wisli to show coni Adoration to their families in the mati ter of giving their children a good | education and the little finish which ; daily contact with other children oni able’s them to acquire, must eventually | make a home near town and school. ! Business men who consider that their | retention of good health is an asset. besides being an obligation to their j families, must for some portion of I their lives reside in a healthy, vigorj giving locality. Unfortunately, most r>; Gisborne is flat and the readily ac--1 ecssibh' elevated nlateau or hill sites | suitable for residential purposes, are I few and far between. Mr C. G. Bloore j has persuaded Mr C. Matthews to sell | his Hospital Hill properties, and in | conjunction with 'Williams and Kettle, 1 auctioneers, will offer them for sale | by auction at Mlilev’s Auction Mart. I Lowe Street, on Saturday. March 21st, | at 11.30 a.m. “If the scenes; enacted on Sundays ! on the Milford beach were filmed they I would make a picture no censor would | pass.” said Mr Mahoney at a meeting 1 of the Tnknpuna Ratepayers' Associ- | ation yesterday (telegraphs our correspondent). “I went down to the beach on a Sunday about a month ago.” he continued, “and found a crowd of some 400 or 100 people Fiore Not only men. but grown up girls and young women were lying and lolling about on the sands just as they had come out of the sea. They had no clothes beyond tight fitting bathing costumes, and were lying about more or less boldly. The young women in many eases’were nlongs''V -he men They had no clothes arnimi ’hem and with short, tight tunics wu'ch showed nearly the whole of the -'mbs. 'Pit y might just as well have had nothing on. In my opinion tins s'.a’e ot affairs must in time 'ead to gross mmorality.” Our 'Wellington correspondent writes :—-The Postmasl or - General (Hon. R. IT. Rhodes) and Mr Charles Flo'd-wortu. general manager of the Union SteamshPp Company, had a long conference, regarding business connected with the renewal of the Government. subsidy which is now paid to the Union Company for a three-weekly dire t service between San Francisco and Wellington. It is incidentally a service which makes Sydney its terminal port. The subsidy expired at the end of September, but was renewed for another six months. Tin's period of extension ends on March 31. As half the 'subsidy is debited to the Department, of Industries and Commerce, certain freight rates came up for consideration, but what was done has not yet been announced. It is understood that if a working arrangement was arrived at with regard to oastal freights on dairy produce, it is unlikely that 'any objection will be raised to the renewal of tile subsidy. Cabinet will probably make an announcement on the matter within a few days. Tlie Rev. Samuel Harding, of the Portnnm United Free Mission, Glasgow, has just celebrated his diamond jubilee. He states that he lias never been laid up for a single day with illness: that lie lias never bad a doctor attending him, and lias never taken medicine of any kind : and, moreover, he has never had the toothache.

\How AlcDougall’s “ topped tlm scare.” At the AVoodville Show last moiVh users of this web known ShiMpp Dip Va-ured 27 out of 36 awards,jnicl. 4- eha\pionsiliips out of 5. At Ddffnevirke Suow 60 awards our of SfLfind 7 championships out of u.At; tlieJuasterton Sho\\\s7 out of 86 and Jro championships \ut of 7. At Jtho Hastings Ila.m Vair the first, #econd and third In-ighesV average pores .for flock rains were secured by iisJrx of McDougull’s, and atub Master ton Ram Fair the ! highest- avVagojfprices for stud and flock R-omnwvsir Flock Lincolns, and Stud and Flo«rSouthdowns were also secured bv jfmnts of 4‘McDougall’s.” (hit made at the ahove-menyfmod\lu>ws (his year users of McDpi-ggll’s Ifccored no loss than 144, ujr excellent-Vverage of 72 per cent aeannst all competitors. These results pjjp-e the popukvnw of “McDougalljr ’ with the leading studbreedealf. Messrs McDoiigafi Bros’, repmjentatiye for the Dominioikis Mr J. Or Hankins, wfio as at present vitityrfg Poverty Bay. The Xoiv’tooa\wnd Loan and Mercantile Agency %0., Ltd., are the Sole Agents.

Yesterday afternoon the delegates iWendin'* the W.C.T.TJ. convention paid a visT to To Aral, and held * meeting at Whnkato rnerHugouiU*. the headquarters in tku < I'trr 1)1 “l 1 Native Work Departmem . Ihe *«’ ' tors wire most hospitably enterta nid and the meeting proved a most he (>■ tul ono. Thcr was a good attendance at the S ottish i lal 1 last night when an entertainment was held nndi i the aiL picos of the, W.C.T.TJ., the proceeds going in aid of the expenS's m c ‘° nection with Ike convention. -y pianoforte solo was given by Mis* Charles worth, a violin „solo by Mi - lthmesmith, a violin dwt | J Messrs Rhmesmith, a whist bn., Sby Mr J. Dods, recitations by Mh * l-ior/cf, Miss Sievwright and Mi Go« and songs by Mrs Shiorlaw, Mrs GianS; Mrs Fwons, Mr* wtrn.' «».' Messrs Alexander, Ilolmeh ami . ' ' xios A dialogue was given b\ l dames Smith ami Hooper, am a oroits dumb show by Di 1 ■ '■ the performers were in Inpjmst v M and the audience were so 'j j;” V, f fied that encores were the <■ '/ 1 evening. The Rev \ | sided, and rerorred to h . - , - winch had been accomplis 1 uun, ‘ • the present session. Mr D J. Barry is one of the many Gisborne business men who hvm\y lieve that: the district has a blight tur 'Mb, fore, it. and that the town .1 imsiiiii- important l>ropo> tion- , j lon-r Speaking at theibanquet t ndt Ifd SNmllty'a |5»» Ityt ■ vnt„b, ho said tliat even the building ol _de modest premises he had J"' 1 ,J, ’ W Ji proved to tficm how Gobo.ne was growing. Among those present were many whom he did not know. At one time everyone m Osborne knmv everybody else; but the town growing at such a rate t hat it v. abo’utelv impossible to know :lnew. outers. And the town V™"? continue to grow, he hrmly b ( J They had behind them, some or Dm finest sheep* country in •' "'end. The tap end of the East Coast was as yet practically umle\ eloped, aitu when all the country behind Gi-lKn im was brought into occujiat.on T '“ v “ would become a very large P""-t. Then there was the Motu dis ri ~ with its rich timber resource, and when tiicse were tapped it «'in o be no longer neemsary to import t iii'cr, as they had had to do m thv past. The district had a great future before it, and lie was one 01 tho>e wmhad the greatest confidence m future.