Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4875, 22 May 1918, Page 4

Local and General.

To-night, at the Masonic Hall. Childers Road, the second Catholic euchre party and dance will be held and promises to be a great success.

The Borough Council has decided to issue children’s school tickets for the trams at the following rates: Two rides each way for one xnontn. 3s • 4 ridec each wav for one month, 6s.

In connection with the stock sale to be held at Matawai on Monday next, the Farmers’ Co-op. reports having a speciallv well-bred line of Hereford and Polled Angus weaners to offer. There are good entries of other lines.

The condition of street _ crossings was commented on by Cr M aucliop at the Borough Council’s meeting last night. He thought gravel crossings should be nut down at the intersections of all streets. It was decided that the engineer spend £2O on crossings.

Cr. Hill referred at last night’s Borough Council meeting to the inactivity of the authorities in respect to motor lights of excessive ~ brilliance. Cr. Ball said the matter rested entirely with"the police. Cr. Hill undertook to have a written report prepared for the next meeting of the Council dealing with the subject.

Overhanging trees was a matter which was discussed at the Borough Council meeting last evening. The Mayor said the inspector should be instructed to prosecute when there was an infringement of the by-law. It was decided to notify all property owner that they must keep thenhedges cut and trimmed, otherwise they will be prosecuted.

The two men (T. McKeown and T. Wells), recently arrested by Detective McLeod on a charge of alleged false pretences, were brought before Mr. W. A. Barton. S.M., yesterday afternoon, when Detective McLeod applied for a remand to appear __ at Napier on May 22 instead of at Waipukurau as previously decided. The accused offered no objection and the application was granted.

Captain J. Bruce Beale, military representative on No. 1 Militarv Service Board, which sat here yesterday, has volunteered for active service. Captain Beale served in South Africa as an adjutant. He is a member of the legal firm of Cook and Beale, Palmerston North, ami during his absence the firm’s business will be conducted by Mr. Cook. During the twelve months he Ims been attached to the Board Captain Beale has become acquainted with a wide circle of friends and through his jovial nature lias become very popular.

Miss Frances B. Lysnar. of Gisborne. tlio first woman in New Zealand to be made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, who l’Vs been away from the Dominion for the last three years, returned to New Zealand last week. In a -short talk with a reporter of the Auckland Star she touched upon some of the things which had interested her in her travels. In July three years ago she sailed for India, via Australia, in company with Mrs. Rachel Xalder. a Canadian lady, who had been lecturing for the mission among child widows conducted by Pundita Ramabai, at Mukti, Khedgaon, in the Poona district. The travellers sailed in the Medina, which has since been sunk, and when leaving Bombay for Franco travelled in the City of Paris, which has also been sent to the bottom by the unspeakable Hun. After leaving India, Miss Lysnar landed in England in time to be present at the memorial service at Westminster bold by the Bishop of London (Bishop Ingrain) for the heroes of Gallipoli. Miss Lysnar had the pleasure of meeting Bishop Ingram aud receiving his blessing.v

It’s as well to be dead as to be colei. It’s impossible to sleep, comfortably unless one is completely warm, and the best way to keep warm these nippy nights is to visit Messrs. C. Rosie and Co.’s and buy a cosy Down Quilt. This firm has already soldi quite a big number of Down quilts and blankets, and 'a very important item is the verv reasonable price.*

Twelve permits were issued I JV -1 enough engineer during; t! le * I J® irtniglit for buildings and altera ons of a total value of £249<j. d ~ Private Gordon C. Jones, a < on \ f Judge Jones, wiio returned fro,!* --f be front last week, will arrive ■isborne by the Arahura to-morrow jt was agreed at last night’s meet--ig of the Council that an applies* ion be sent to the Minister ior the ight to extend the tramway. t 0 Vhataupoko. Nominations in connection ivirl, he winter meeting of the Gisborne lacing Club close with the :.r.c r ,.,, r ,, Mr. H. E. Dodd) at 0 o’clock this i veiling. Members of the local Veterans’ Association are requested to meet ; jt ;he Cook County office at 2 o'clock ;his afternoon ot attend the funeral if one of their comrades, Vi \[ ;i _ iangi. A reminder is given of «w!P auction sales Mr. Fred Gray is conducting bo-dav on account of Mr. Stockl<4\ Fe Ha para, and to-morrow on account of Afr S. Smith, Russell Street. \y;, n _ taupoko. During the past fortnight the Gisborne trarncars travelled 1997 miles carried 13,337 passengers, and earned a revenue of .£lO7 Os lOd. The wages amounted to £49 P2s and the jiower expenses to £l7 12s. The Appeal Board yesterday dealt witli o 3 appeals at the rate of one every three minutes, which is indicative of the amount of work put through by these Boards. Th<- Board left by the Arahura last night en route to Wellington, where the next sitting will be held. The Hospital Board wrote to Borough Council last evening inviting the Council to attend a special meeting of the Board on Thursday, at 2.30 p.m., to discuss hospital levies. On the motion of the Mayor it was decided that the whole Council attend the meeting. Cars, he -rated, would leave the P.O. at 2 o'clock. A second crop of straw e rics, which have made their appearance cvnng to the mildness of the ssas-.ii. is now being gathered in the gard-n of Mr. J. Eggleton. Thornt.urv (reports the Southland News). A .-.ample of the berries was large and of bright red colour, showing that they had thoroughly ripened. The difference which has existed between the Borough Council and the County Council about the pipe line across one of the c-ountv bridges was further discussed at the Borough Council’s meeting _ last night. The County Council insists that the water shall be conveyed by means of a double pipe line so as to distribute the weight and also that they shall be on a higher level than formerly. It was decided that the engineer wait upon the county overseer in connection with tire matter. A letter was received by the Borough Council last night from the Citizens’ -Defence Committee suggesting that the Mayor should in his absence appoint a member of the Council to sa v a few words of farewell when reinforcement drafts are leaving Gisborne for camp. The Mayor said he had stopped going down because the officer commanding the area told him that it was not necessary. He had gone down that evening and sporien a few words. Cr. Wildish said he would move that the deputy-Maycr attend when the Mayor c-ould not so. Cr. Oman said lie favored whoever was deputy going down to tareweil the boys. "J lie motion was carried.

Societies distributing copies of me Scriptures amongst the troops or ad nations are meeting with warm fn-

couragement everywhere. helming an earnest plea for a grant of Testaments a chaplain says that when he lectured a little while ago in connection with the Pocket Testament League the hall was simply crammed and over fifty men came forward and accepted the "Testaments he had. At least another fifty men had -to be turned away, which was disappointing both to"_the chaplain and to the men who could not be supplied. Lie men are desperately in earnest, and it is so sad to think_ that me clamoring after the _Word or Goo and that it cannot be given .to them, liie British and Foreign Bible Society is doing the very same kind of. work, and this Society has an auxiliary m our own town. The annual meet mg of this auxiliary is to be held mis evening in the Baptist Church, and it is hoped that there will be a eery lrage gathering.

Referring t 0 the efforts to. ootaiu prison labor for water .reinstatement works at the Borough Council meeting last night, Cr Wildish said he did "not think they should, employ such labor until they had exhausted all other means. Mr W estoroox had stated that he could supply ail urn labor, if applied to. Cr Hill said he would oppose . the -utilisation ot prison labor while free labor obtainable. The engineer said lie had endeavoured to obtain labor by advertisement and most of the men obtained were elderly. He had managed to-get 10 men during the lastfew days’ and he thought uiat ir ihev could get a gang of men tor excavation work they might use the others for pipe .laying and get through with the objectionable trouble in connection with the water service a< soon as possible. it -0 men could be obtained as stated o> Cr Wildish lie would be very pleased. At’ the suggestion ot the Mayor the engineer undertook to see Mr \>rook.

Ai last night’s meeting of the Borough Council. Cr. Muuns referred to the unsatisfactory position resulting from the failure to elect a deputy Mayor, and moved that Cr. Hill no appointed. Cr. Mount, in supporting,'said he hoped that the frivolity indulged in at the last meeting wnen Cr. Hill was in the chair would rot again be repeated, and mildly reprimanded certain Councillors for what had occurred. Cr. Miller and hr. Wauehop considered that the matter had already been dealt with by /rsf’" Council. 'ln reply to Cr. Minins, the Mayor said if~the Council was wliollj agreed it would not be necessary to rescind the resolution that, no deputy be appointed before appointing Cr. Hill. Cr. Miller opposed Cr. Hill s election. Cr. Hill said he did not want any ill-feeling, but as matters stood the position was not satisfactory. He could not accept the 10sponsihiiities of deputy-Mayor unles? properly appointed. He sought po honor from tlio Council, and when no wanted to bo top-dog he woud go to the ratepayers. Cr. Munns w : ; vo notice to move that the motion standing on the minute book that no regular'-deputy be appointed be rescinded.

Winter is coming on apace and the acquisition of suitable clothing for cold weather is receiving atten tion from most ladies. With the multifarious calls upon all for mone\ or its equivalent to sustain those institutions which owe their ex steiice to the exigencies of the war, personal requirements have to he satisfied with a stricter regard to economy than in the past, and, recognising this. Miss M. Neill has decided to cut- down the price of her beautiful tailor-made costumes, only lately stocked, by 2s in the £l, which means that a £5 costume can now'be obtained for £4 10s. Though by doing this. Miss Neill is whittling down the profits almost to vanishing point, she will further . establish her claim that her goods are the cheapest in Gisborne, and hopes it will assist in sustaining and l enlarging her custom. At the old corner and at Everybody's Buildings * \

Some women can keep secrets. An American employer left his woman secretary £ooo in his will for keening his.

"A row on the street is an unlawful assembly. If that sort of thinois permitted m a civilised community, there is an end to law and order.” Thus the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) during the hearing of the charges at New Plymouth against IS natives for taking part in an un'hiwfiil assembly. His Honour added that a lawful assembly became an unlawful assembly if three or more people, met in a public place, created a disturbance, and it became a riot if the proceedings became tumultuous.

According to correspondents of L’Astronomie, sound waves can sometimes be actually seen against the sky near the front when' heavy gun fire is going on. The appearance takes the form of rapidly _ moving waves of light and shade, and on one occasion this phenomenon was witnessed by all the members of a bat"terv of artillery. The waves vary in size, being larger for heavy artillery, and smaller for lighter guns. In another instance, sound waves seen by a French cure took the form of circular arcs having a very large radius, the appearance being, similar to that caused upon the surface of water when a stone or other object is flung into it. A third observer describes the appearance on another occasion as resembling the spokes of an enormous wheel..

What happened to the man who hid his talent in the earth was well drilled into our minds when we were boys. The first example of it in actual practical life in these days occurred in England only a little while since. An Englisli-farmer, about sixweeks ago, was brought up under the new agricultural regulations for no other offence than that of the man in the parable. He had a farm of 200 acres, which lie had held for 30 years, and the crime of which lie was convicted was simply neglect. He was not cultivating his land as the law demanded; lie was" orderd to pay a fine of £lO and £SO more in special costs, and, better still, lie was directed to vacate the farm within 14 days.

yiany distinguished people took p a v t ]n -a debate on public morals at Caxton Hall, .London. The bishop of Birmingham said ha had talked with men at the front who, complamm<r of the difficulty of unfaithful wives. lmd talked of ‘-risking the gallows.'- He thought there was too little regard nowadays for the sanctity M marriage. He was oldfashioned enough to wish there could ho some solemn Church service of betrothal before marriage. He su„rrested a civil marriage m all cases "i a religions ceremony only lor those to whom it had a meaning- “ Eiders we can get some union between'Church and State on t us vexed question. I am persuaded that will he the eventual solution.

The following particulars of motor cars and motor cycles registered in New Zealand were supplied to the borough Council hst mght by„ the Trade Commissioner. The total nu bp,- of cars registered in New Zea land was 6679 and of motor cars 2814. Of the cars 4122 came from America, 1976 from Canada, 415 from the United Kingdom, and 104 from France. Of the cycles, 1668 were from the. United 1094 from America, and -0 from BeFium. In Auckland and Poverty Bat r 1875 oars and 064 motor cycles were registered 1 ; Hawke s Bay, • ran and 210 cvcles L Taranaki, 482 cars and 195 cycles Wellington -Ron-ritikpi and AVairarapa, louo cars "and '747 cycles; and Marlborough, 242 ears and 84 y clesTCanteiW, 1037 cars and 587 cvcles • Westland, 52 cars and cycles’ Otago and Southland, 860 cars and 396 cycles. -