Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4475, 16 February 1917, Page 4

Local and General.

The Cook Countv Council has accepted the tender of Mr. Rangj Thompson for metalling Matokitoki road.

In tlie Poverty Bay district during December, 48 mortgages were_ registered. the amount being £74,240. During the same month £31,463 were paid, representing 48 mortgages.

As a result of the five days’ racing here this month, the Government will receive £3563 12s Sd in taxation. The Gisborne Racing Club’s share has been assessed as £1491 2s. the Poverty Bay Turf Club’s at £1826 16s 2d. and the Poverty Bay Trotting Club will pay' £245 14s 6d.

"Writing tg Mr. V\ . Hodgson. of Aberdeen road, a brother who resides at Home says that in England to-day the postage on a New Zealand illustrated weekly journal is seven pence He had a number ready to so-id to a friend in another part of England, and thev would have to eo by tram. He added: i; I like the Gisborne papers you send along; they attain a very high standard of journalism for such a comparatively small place.”

Owing to unfavorable weather on the Coast the hui at Wai-o-matatini. which was to have been commenced yesterday, has been postponed for a dav or two. The Mako will leave here for Port Awanui this morning, and will take a large number of passengers for the hui. Lady Carroll and Captain Pitt will be among the local representatives. As indicated previously many matters affecting the Maoris’ part in the war wTI be discussed, as also will oisier mi iters affecting 'the interests of the native race.

• Steady progress is being made with the extension of the Borough electrical plant, and the steam'plant purchased from the Crown Mines, Ltd., at Karangaliake was almost completed. and would be ready for trial in about a month's time. In connection with the extensions the smoke stack, which is easily the largest in Gisborne, is already in position. This smoke stack is about 100 feet high, and was lifted into position with a derrick from the Star of Canada. It is of the self-supporting type, and is calculated to withstand a pressure of 120 miles per hour. The steam unit will be coupled direct to the generators, and will be capable of producing 500-h.p. or 350-kwt. and has an overload capacity of 25 per cent, for two hours. A cooling tower, to be used in conjunction with the new plant, is said to be one of the largest of its type in the Dominion, and is 65ft high.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning Mr W. A. Barton, SAL. gave judgment for the plaintiff, oy default. in each of the following undefended cases: —Chrisp and Coleman (Mr Coleman) v. George Hyde, £6 Ss and costs 26s 6d; Ward Thompson (Mr Willock) v. Mrs Margaret Williams, £3 15s and costs 10s: John Henry Smith (Mr Willock) )v. George Murray, £8 and costs 23s 6d; August Zenker (Mr Coleman) v. Charles Westrupp, £5 10s and costs 27s 6d; T. Clarkson, Ltd. (Mr Burnard) v. Cuthbert Christophers, £1 Is and costs os; Buscke and Parker (Mr Burnard) v. C. P. Horne, £ll 17s and costs 30s 6d; same (Mr Burnard) v George W. Richardson, £4 ISs and costs 10s. Orders were made in the following judgment summonses : Cyril Stephen Davis v. Homoa Karakaikohu, £lO 11s 6d, amount to be paid forthwith in default 11 days’ imprisonment ; Walter Iles.v. Hati'Rangiuia, 14s, -order to be paid forthwith m default 24 hours’ imprisonment ; Langford and Hogan v. Waea Poipoi, ordered to pay £49 9s forthwith, in default' 49 days’ imprisonment.

Mr. Vald Hansey has been appointed agent for Poverty Bay for the Studebaker car. An. advertisement appearing in this issue shows clearly the construction of these famous cars. Models of a 3 and 5-seater Studebaker are on view at Mr Hansen’s new garage, Peel Street. The representative, Mr. G. IT. Annetts, will he pleased to give demonstrations and full partieu-’ lars to intending purchasers.*

British pianos deserve your support apart from the patriotic, aspect. In their scientific construction i s embodied a quality not equalled by the foreign instruments. Farr and Hall have a splendid range of the best of British pianos, and anyone contemplating purchasing should visit Farr and Hall’s showroom and hear these beautiful instruments, and learn oil what easy terms they can be placed-in tbs_ home, —Farr and Hall, Pianoforte Specialists, Gladstone Road, Gisborne.’Pliono 557.*

It is understood three well-known Hawke’s Bay landowners are shortly to'be called upon to explain why they failed to register themselves for milRegulations Act. It is rumoured (says the Alanawatu Daily Times) that several of the big owners do not Intend racing after the end of this month until the war is over. Totalisator revenue collected by the Stamp Department for December, 1916 was £12,690 17s Id. For the nine'months of the financial year the revenue from this source amounted to £147,603 17s 9d. The grand total of exports from Gisborne for the Poverty Bay district last year was £2,004,888. The value of the produce shipped from here was set down as £2,003,159. These fig- ! ures show a big increase over the j previous year when the value of the I produce exported was £1,940,696 and , the grand total was £1,941,736. “Have you got all the labour you ■ wantf” a big squatter in Hawke s Bay was asked the other day. “Oh, ' yes,” he replied, “I’ve got four girls \jut there, and we get along alright.” i This was shown by the fact that the ! girls do the mustering, and two of , them had taken 1000 lambs on a ! three day trip, “'arid they did a jolly i sight better than dr overs,” was the i praise the pleased squatter bestowed upon them. j On Sunday, Mr C. J. Harley. Mayor I of Nelson, received a cable message i from Liverpool stating: “Ship sunk; . safe and well.” Mr Howard Harley is a marine engineer, and had made i several voyages across the Atlantic, ! but it is not known what vessel he has i latterly been serving upon. In a Jet- | ter recently received from a relative !in England there was mention that ! Mr. Howard Harley might join the ! navy. On the voyage across the Atlantic the vessel on which he served reached port safely, while three ves- : sels following were all torpedoed. 1 The very latest thing in the way of an aid to locomotion was seen on the ’ streets of Christchurch the other day. ' and caused considerable interest. This : was an American machine exactly • like a glorified edition of a child's ••scooter.” The little machine, the wheel of which is driven by a small • Out powerful engine, got over the ; ground at a great rate. The passen- » ger who stood on the platform and : steered by means of a handle widen ! also controlled the engine, seemed to 1 i be having an excellent time, and his ■ passage tnrough the town caused a , good deal of amusement (say-; the > Press). 1 It is very difficult to convince some • people. They seem to think it is iml possible to sell a good article cheap. , V ardiey’s Tooth Paste is Yardley’s | Tooth Paste, even if our price is Kid, while others charge Is. Colgate’s | Cashmere Bouquet Soap is Colgate's ■ Cashmere Bouquet Soap, even if our price is only 9d. Johnston’s Dessert i Knives are Johnston’s Dessert Kui v-_~. | even if we charge you only 7s 6d per - half-dozen. Blue Seal Vaseline is i Blue Seal Vaseline, even if our price i is only sd, while others charge xro.m 6d to* 9d ' Royal Doulton Wait- is I Royal Doulton Ware, even if our : prices are much lower than those or - our competitors. We could go on ■ { enumerating lines that should con- - j vince the most sceptical, but if a perI son refuses to be convinced they 1 serve to pay the highest price* n r ’ ' the same articles that can be purchas- > ed at The People’s Emporium ,:t a • ! much lower fisure.* ; j "j .The young man opened the envelope •‘with trembling intensity. He -had -e- - cognised the writing. It was the ■ girl's. In a moment more, when he - ! imd *ummoned courage or. ; look, he would know his- fate. It u ; . her answer to his proposal of m.irri- . age. He took a deep, breath, and j permitted hi* eyes to fall. H<r:v ' L what, with increasing wonder, he read:—“My dear Mr Handhold, r. — ', I very much regret that I cannot 1 make use of your proposal of marriage which is returned herewith. The re- ( ’ jec-tion of a- proposal of marriage 5 should by no means be taken to imply | a lack of merit, on the part of the [ t sender. There are various reasons . i besides lack of merit, any one of [.which render your offer unavailable ( i Your proposal might not be suited to

’ present needs, or it is possible I Anight have on hand a number of similar proposals. The rejection of y r, ur offer of marriage must not be taken ito mean that it would be unwelcome ! elsewhere also, for such is not invari- _ ably the case. A proposal that is nti- ’ suited to one girl another girl may find quite to her liking. Regretting my inability to make use of your ofj fer, and thanking you for permitting I nie to examine it. I beg to rcmim. sincerely yours, Gladys Canby. " The [ young man turned pale with d.-ap- . pointment; then'red with rage. What ■ did she mean bv sending him such, a

, reply r "Was she crazy f Or was her .Then, all at once, he tumbled. It was | all right. The poof girl eouhln t help herself. She was a victim ox habit. Site was secretary to a magazine editor, and she was used to writing letters to accompany rejected manuscripts.—Puck.