Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 5003, 18 October 1918, Page 4

Local and General.

Cable t messages at expeditionary force rates are temporarily suspended via Eastern.

Many clever designs in cane and basket work, made by wounded soldiers. will be on exhibition at the show next week and it is anticipated that the articles will meet with a ready sale.

Messrs Sherriff and Evans will hold their weekly horse sale on Saturdaynext' A number of hacks and harness horses have been entered and further entries are invited.

A very dainty display oi new season’s millinery is now being shown at Messrs. C. Rosie and Co. s. Ad ladies who are interested in smart millinery modes for present wear are invited to call and have a look around.*

"We have received from the publishers a copy of Wilkie’s War Map. No. 9, which shows the areas in Belgium and France from \pres to Verdun. It is clearly printed in colours, and is sufficiently detailed to bo a useful aid in following the movemerits o£ the Western campr-i£ii.

The application, by the Northern Coal Company, Ltd. ( Mr. Durham), for leave to sell the ship Baden Powell for the amount due for interest and principal under a mortgage given by W. H. Brewer, shipowner, of Wellington (Mr. Inder). came before Mr. w Justice Hoskmg in the Supreme Court at Auckland a few davs ago. The application for an adjournment was not granted, and counsel was then heard. Mr. Justice Hosking made an order for the mortgagee to take possession of the ship in the meantime, until a further order of the Court, and adjourned the application for leave to sell until after the action which is pcnciing against the company by t-lie mortgagor has been beard. The question of costs was bold over.

A nation cannot afford to waste time experimenting with / schemes which have proved useless elsewhere. The Liquor Trade of New Zealand suggests that. State Control (State purchase and -operation) / should be tried. South Carolina abolished tho License system \aud substituted a system of Goverrunent| dispensaries with Local Option?. Tear by year the number of counties tolerating even the-GovernnieiiMstoro decreased ' tiJMn 1916 only Sixteen counties remained “wet.” Now State-wide prevails, and\the present Governor, writing fundcK date of lit)tli J|iiie, 1918, 4'ays:—-VI do not believe with an open mind can deny that the liquor situation is better now in South Carolina wan it lias ever been, and there .haA, also been a marked and gratifying improvement in moral conditions and i,n the suppression of vice.” The only State that tried Government operation now enjoys Prohibition.*

Show- week with all its activities will soon be here, and ladies are making tlieir preparations for a correct appearance upon an occasion of special interest. No lady should visit Gisborne during tho next week or two at least without calling at one of Miss M. Neill’s shops, 'where the best choice of ladies’ wear is to he had. Miss Neill is carrying particularly heavy stocks just now, and is making a very fmo display of spring millinery. Her goods are noted for quality and reliability, and those who like to be well and tastefully dressed,on a reasonable outlay cannot fail 'to get satisfaction at her shops. She has some very nice costumes and blouses, and there are plenty to select from. For ladies' underclothing the leading shops, in the town are Miss Neill’s—at_ the old corner and at Everybody’s Buildings.*

The Morere Hotel, lately taken over by Mr Hodge, will change hands from Ist November, Mr G. Reeve, of Gisborne, being the new proprietor.

The Gisborne ‘ mmol concert will be held this evening in the Opera House. The Salvation Army Boys’ Band will play selections in front of the Opera House at 7.30, and wU introduce the two p<rts of tun programme with overturns.

An unexpected arrival in Gisborne yesterday was the ‘teamer Make, which has been sheltering at lologa Bay during the recent north-west3r.y storm. Her object in returning' to Gisborne was to land seme t emoers of the crew suffering from ir fluenza.

The Dunedin superintendent of police (states a Press Association telegram) lias received advice from the police at Roxburgh, stating that George Rackley, aged sixty, attempted to murder his wife at Miller’s Flat on Wednesday, and afterwards committed suicide.

Speaking at the Savage Club korero last evening, the Mayor referred to the excellent work that was being done by the women in connection with “Our Day” effort, and urged the men to do their part also. He hoped that £IO,OOO would he raised by the present effort in Gisborne.

At the Red Cross jumble stall tomorrow goods of ajj descriptions will be on sale—men’s and children’s clothing a specialty. Anyone possessing “white elephants” are asked to send them along—all will be acceptable. All parcels for the jumble stall should lx; left at Hansen and W'hithread’s shop, Peel Street, today.

By careful foresight and the pokey of buying at least twelve or eighteen months ahead of present requirements Messrs. C. Rosie and Co. have l>mi able to keep prices do.va during the last four years to such an extent that in many instances -hey are actually selling at less than oressnt wholesale prices. Visitors to town during Show Week are invited to pay a »isifc to this well-known firm and see the splendid and varied display of new goods row showing.*

A few days ago a paragraph appeared in the Gisborne Times calling attention to the marked shortage of corrugated iron in Wellington. Iron is so scarce that fences are being pulled down to be sold at the inflated prices now offering. One master plumber informed a Dominion reporter last week that he not only did not have enough corrugated iron to make a tank, but had not a sheet in stock with which to repair one. Some shipments are due shortly from America.

Before Mr. J. S. Barton, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, judgment was given for plaintiffs in the following undefended civil actions : Elizabeth O’Challa (Mr. Willock) v. Pita Poipoi, £2 10s lOd. costs los; James George Lilley (Mr. Wiilock) 'v. Wm. Davidson, £2O, costs £1 los 6d; George Wildish L\lr Hei) v. Whare Carroll, £7 17s 6d, costs £1 8s 6d ; Thomas Adams (Mr. Nolan) v. Bold Marchant, £l4 9s. costs £1 10s 6d. In a judgment summons case T. Clarkson, Ltd. (Mr. Wiilock) v. Geo. Murray, an order was made for immediate payment of £ls, in default 15 days’ imprisonment.

The history of New Zealand shows that the Maori Race, as a people, had ideas and principles, which even to-dav are being put t-o practical advantage. “That anticipates the £5 war bonus,” commented Mr Justice Hoskmg in th e Supreme Court at Auckland, when Mr A. E. Skelton, acting for plaintiff in the case in progress, said that the area of land in question, somewhere about Okaihau. was described in the lease as “children’s land.” Counsel added that years ago there was an arrangement by the Maori chiefs ana people in those marts that for every child born of the missionary there an area of 100 acres was set apart for -the child. That explains why the laud was known as “children s land,” concluded His Honor said he understood that- the “gift” amounted to a reward to the missionary for his children A large number of young English women who have married Australian soldiers in England arrived in Melbourne on October Ist Rain was falling and the wind was cold, not at all like the weather the newcomers hud expected. “We heard in England that tin’s was the land of sunshine,” said one. “I never felt such a- cold wind before.” that Australia was a land of great winds, but a sunny land for all that, did not convince some. Babies and very young children were numerous. Six babies have been born between Capetown and Freeniantle. The mother ot one of these was a dainty little French girl . Critical eyes scanned the groups on the ship’s deck, for everyone wanted to know what these conquerors of the Australian soldiers were like. They were (says the Argus) not all pretty, of course, but allowances had to be made for the effects of a long sea voyage. Some looked about them rather timidly. Everything was so new, and they were a. long way from England.