Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4710, 7 November 1917, Page 4

Local and General

The final meeting of the Waikohu Council Council as at present constituted will bo held on Friday.

Building permits issued from the Borough Council office during the past fortnight numbered three, and had a stated value of £-589 10s.

Mr Fenn, consulting electrical engineer of Auckland, is at present in town supervising the installation of the generator and electrical plant.

Impoundings within the Borough for the past month were 68 horses and 16 head of cattle. Fees collected totalled £l4 14s 6"d.

The nominators of Mr. C. Matthews for the Patutahi Riding of the Cook (County Council were Messrs. J. E. Hills and T. Craill.

Another old landmark of.Gisborne is soon to disappear. Workmen commenced the work, yesterday of pulJing down the old building in Peel Street, opposite the Times Office.

A house to house inspection in various parts of the Borough has been carried out by the sanitary inspector during the past fortnight. The conditions found were, with exceptions, satisfactory.

The contract for the upper Gladstone tramway extension is now completed, the rails have been cleared of metal and it now remains for the Council to complete this section at its earliest convenience.

A special meeting of the Borough Council is to be held shortly to discuss with the Sanitarv _ Inspector matters’in connection with the Fly Campaign. Cr. Ball’s notice of motion with respect to the proposed revision of sanitary by-laws, will be discussed at the same meeting.

A considerable decline in the value of imports to Gisborne for the quarter ended September 30, 1917 is noted when the returns are compared with the value for the same period last year. The total value of imports for 1917 was £20.006, whereas for the corresponding quarter in 1916. the value was £70,721.

Sub-Inspector Dew, in charge of tinlocal Police force is to be consulted b v th© Borough Council next Monday afternoon on traffic control and otherquestions relating to motor traffic by-laws. For this purpose notices of motion tabled by the Mayor and CY Wauchop proposing to alter the traffic by-laws were held over til! next meeting-

In the course of a statement «.u; Borough finances last evening, ttietown clerk stated that the actual expenditure for the past seven ip: on streets and bridges was £7s3>}.jh€ estimate for that period being £•-. 'A. sanitation and drainage ; :ti. £2146, estimated £2226: - £7835. actual estimate _ tear.g tramways, actual £T4jO. --n n-it--£1429. The amount of rates ted was £l-5.292. This afternoon a:vi • •••!..if .. will he held in the >rr:..sj r.xm: annual Rose and _ !’>< v Show. Record entries ut ' j m—i ceived and been rejrnji.-ji s- expected. In addition IT's ro-.i • will give an exhiedtic--wheel which she rt*:::.- "c:-::: from Sydney, -fudges •teec. *V pointed a- to uvs and vegeta. .. - i'ilssers l Bull. Ric-e : cerintr,; annees: Ji-.** Barnes. Mrs r ■*? -mu m: (r>. st. Darton ; cookery iir : .•furoiign “I have fust received- a, atdmrrnn. that 1 have been drawn n echo -mirlot,” remarked Mr •sSinmm:. iX V' Borough Engineer, at sin Sinnuicri. Council last evening, up. rnspinminig to a welcome acordec tot ey tin Deputy Mayor, Cr. Brown, um-umv-came as a great surprise to tee cii.n----c-iilors. Mr. Slinger went or. t-: explain that he was an old Temtorau officer in the Mounted Rifles tor io years. lie had endeavored to get a wav on two occasions previously, hut was not one of the fortunate ones. He was going to have another try. The Justices presiding over the Police Court yesterday were Messrs J. Sheridan and W. Haim Hen Irvine. 'A native from To Karaka. .Joseph' King, who did not appear, was charged with refusing at le Karaka to quit licensed premises when requested to do so. He sent m a ~ ter in which he admitted the often cm -Vccused was fined £4 and costs 9s Gd. in default 14 days’ imprisonment. For using threatening behavior lie was fined £1 and costs 9s 6a. in default 14 days’ imprisonment. Constable Doyle, of Te Karaka. represented the police.

The Hockey Association was last evening granted the use of about two-thirds of the Childers Road reserve by the Borough Council. Cr. Munns, in moving to this direction, said the Association was prepared to spend £SO or £IOO in putting the Grounds in order,and wanted to have some right to get some return from it. The Association was an active sports body, and should be encouraged He favored granting them the rio-ht for twelve months with a right To a further term if-necessary. Other members were agreeable so long as the rights of the Council were protected. This is to be done by way of agreement between the two parties.

Overhanging trees were discussed at the meeting of the Borough Council last evening. Cr. Miller remarked that over in his suburb overhanging trees were a terrible nuisance. People complained of having hands and faces scratched by hedges. In one place there was a tree which extended almost lutlf-wav across the footpath. This question had been neglected in the past, but the only way was to prosecute the owners. Cr Brown agreed. There were places, he said where pedestrians in wet weather would get a shower hath when passing under the trees. Cr. Hill said there seemed to he a certain diffidence in cutting back trees, but the tree complained of obscured an electric lamp oil a street corner. It was decided, after some little, further discussion, to refer the matter to tho Engineer for action.

While on every hand the price of almost every article continues to rise, it is refreshing to find a firm that can sell many Hues at pre-war prices. Such a firm is “The People’s Emporium.” Their careful buying enables them to still sell very low. The quality is ,right; you need not be afraid of getting rubbish —they do not stock it. Just take the goods and compare them with the Bame lines purchased- elsowhere, and you will agree with us that quite a lot of monoy can be saved by making your purchases from “The People’s Emporium.” No order is tpo large and none tbo small for this progressive firm to undertake. Every customer receives courteous treatment, and shopping there is a pleasure. Our advice to you is to buy. from “The People’s Emporium. ,r, ‘

During thp Rearing of tr case at the Arbitration Court at Wellington last week it was stated that there were 360 motor garages in New Zealand.

A heavy flood has been experienced in Takaka, and cars were unable to get through on Saturday (says the Nelson Mail) owing to the main road being under water.

To-morrow afternoon, commencing at 2 o’clock, Mr. Fred Gray will hold an auction sale of the whole of Mr. W. H. Grenfell’s furniture at No. 55 Stout Street. The sale will be without reserve.

A great deal of interest has been aroused in Mr O. Ivess’s invention of a torpedo resister. He informed ;iy Times reporter last night that he 1 submitted his scheme to an ex-naval man, who thought very highly of the, idea. On his suggestion he lias forwarded particulars direct to the AeU miralty Headquarters at Y lutechapel.

“The Originals,” a concert party twelve in number, from the Girls’ Branch of the Auckland Navy League, propose giving concerts in Gisborne on February 4 and 5, if a suitable hall is available for. those dates. At the Borough Council meeting last evening a request was received from the secretary to the “Originals” for the arranging of accommodation for the members of the company among the members of tin* Defence Committee. The letter was referred to the Defence Committee.

In connection with the ballot lists published elsewhere in this issue, th<Group Commander. Lieutenant-Col-onel Moir, states that Geo. Arthur Roy Johnstone, who .volunteered immediately he reached the age of 20 years, is at present a. member of the Forces and was recently in Gis.-f----borne on final leave. Lieutenant-Col. Moir further stated that in regard to -Second Division men. Mr. .]. C' E. Kissling obviously belonged to Class D, and he was informed that Mr. E. H. Pavitt was not a reservist, being over age. Mr. H. E. K. Gould, wlio is among those called in the Second Division, was a member of the Medical Corps, but was discharged owing to his health breaking down.

“Who authorised the work in Hall and Wi Pere Streets?” asked Cr. Mouat at the Borough Council meeting last night. The Town Clerk said he did not know. He saw the work in operation. Cr. Mouat: ‘That is characteristic or a lot of work in this Council. The work was not authorised, and the streets and bridges account is £6OO over the estimate for the seven months of the year. It is a strange position.’’ He advocated the laying down of a principle that no new work be undertaken unless discussed by the Works Committee. Cr. Munns thought the works bad been authorised by a pre- < vious Council and that metal or time had now only been found to do the work. He. referred to the state of the finances, and held that the work was permanent, and should be treated so as far as expenditure.

An interesting point concerning the definition or a public bar was contained in a judgment delivered by Mr. S. E. McCarthy. S.M.. at Wellington. The case was one in which .A. R. Durrani, licensee of'the New Commercial Hotel, was charged with emtiojing an unregistered barmaid. The barmaid was employed in the store, and Mr. H. F. O'Leary. ~h; appeared tor Durraut. contested the rase on the ground that a bottle store :s not a public bar. After go- - rr'hc into the legal aspect of the tttesttou. the Magistrate said that the definition of “public bar ’ or ■nr"' ,-cjrptained no reference to constrntpttonh If the defendant fitted rut his bottle store as a bar he could u-rt: prevent its being treated as '■;.t. A conviction was recorded. and :h- defendant was fined C"2 and •- sts. A suggestion was made Cr "Walk-hop : the Council meeting last evening i that the new engineer should visit ; the waterworks and should prepare j, xtt estxEtste of the cost of reinstating i! Mre line and the best method of Ij ,rrh hr. Cr Mouat said he had wat!i dnu£ tie works for 16 years and the Ij -atr -no corner system had failed and j! -was tutrtigei ir.'every flood. A >ysj! SiUi: ud wr-r-Tcls and pipes trenched in !j uijjnt sssniic up strain every t .me. j| -sntgmsttcC tnnne-img on west jj ditin. 'Uih? emifinier arranged _that he •j w.'iuilcl iinstreett tie- nest :! 'UHnrssanF-~ Ton- iafirtaabinty of acting !i him itnigmesr ko*£ ever the juixih.tr> ■vuanm sajtfjJry wim. tiie Ouisuking w— ttnjis dSscusseiS and no action taken. Cr 31-rnst suggested that, the ridges should be tunnelled rather than trenched and also expressed the* opinion that the present line was going to cost the Council a mint or money during tile next few years.

A fund to luiild a returned soldiers 1 memorial hall lias been inaugurated at Timaru.

Flower thieves are again commeneincr their work in Xapier, and some residents have been complaining of the disappearance of some of their choisest- blooms.

The Auckland police have been notified that a boy named Henry Ell era y Fell. seed 11 years, has been drowned in the Waimamaku River, in the Rawene district.

In the course of her address at.the “Babies’ Week” meeting at ’Weiblisten on Tuesday, Dr Platts-Mills remarked that history repeated itseit. Over 1000 years ago a tax on bache,ors was proposed, in order to maintain foundling children.

Harry Lauder announces in London that he has made arrangement > to endeavor to raise a fund of Lb--000,000 for the general benefit of members of Scottish regiments and oi Scotsmen who have served in other naval and military units, to re-es-tablish them in civil life.

It is stated (says the Grey Rivet' Argus) that the quality of the powder supplied! to the State coal mines very inferior, and from this cause arsenous drop in the output took place in one day. The men never know how to treat the charges, and expect accidents to occur owing to the uncertainty of explosions.

According to the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, an inventor has devised for militaiv use a two-ended stocking. ■ The top becomes the toe or the toe becomes the top, as desired, either end being closed by a tie ot yarn. The object is to double the life of the sock by changing the wearing surface.

That we can produce here in this Dominion almost any type and any. grade of tobacco, ranging from very mild to strong, lias been demonstrated by the 'manufacturers of Gold Pouch tobacco through the introduction of a Dark grade, which differs from the mild Aromatic in so far as it is considerably stronger and of full flavour. It wond seem, from the concurrent testimony of those who have tried this new Dark Gold Pouch that it excels in richness and flavour anything that has ever been brought before the public, and that it would uarticular'ly suit those who prefer a stronger smoke without that excess Nicotine contained in foreign to-i bacco, which is so injurious to health. : You just try a pouch of this Dark and you will become an enthusiast. vSame price as Aromatic- No increase in price. One shilling will buy a big stout bag of either Gold Pouch nr Three Diamonds. Those who roll their own cigarettes should uso N.Z.-grown Three Diamonds tobacco, better and far healthier than the yellow tobaccos from oversea.*

The total gate takings at .the’.Carterton Show this year were £154 9s 6d, and at last show £179.

Onions .are still scarce in Wellington, although another 138 bags, about 12 tons, were on the market on Tuesday (says the'Post)..

An achievement as wonderful in its way as an Arabian Night romance, is recorded in the completion of the railway to Bukama from Capetown, via Rhodesia, a distance of 2700 miles. This has' been managed' by a sort of kangaroo progression in face of many difficulties.; Cecil Rhodes’s dream is an active way of being realised. -

The habit or +he custom as .it now is is much more prevalent in the old world than in Australasia. Probably because our women, born and reared in a young country untainted by the pernicious vices of older lands,'have in consequence led simpler and less Bohemian lives than, say, the gay maidens of the Paris boulevards or their more advanced sisters on gay Broadway. Smoking amongst women is, however, an old rather than a new custom. The old Irish woman in the peat bogs of Ireland had a cutty, the blacker and more poisonous the better, for a constant companion. The Latins and the Spanish women have smoked for decades. Even our own Australian lubras pocket the pipes discarded by station hands, .and peacefully smoke anything they come across in the refuse bin. when the “baccy” runs out.

' Many' men who will cheerfully light a cigarette for a lady friend will get up and dance a two-step if their fiancee should suggest a smoke in company. It. is one of the 99 laws for the man, but it is not even part of the recognised one law for woman, that she should become a devote of the nicotine habit. The gay bachelor girl, untroubled by masculine ideas, lives in a room where you could cut the air, heavy with tobacco fumes, with a knife, it is so thick and poisonous. The leisured young lady in similar case fondles her toy dog with one hand the while she delicately toys with a cigarette ill the other. But we have yet to see the day when busy matrons will perform their manifold household tasks to the cheerful accompaniment of a ragtime succession of cigarettes.