Local and General

Gisborne Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9574, 27 July 1923, Page 4

Local and General

Each day sees a further increase in (he number of entries received for the Competitions, and the total is now rapidly approach!']” the 200 mark. Competition in the men's vocal section promises to be very keen, and several additional outside entrants have come forward. In the Magistrate’s Court yederrhiy morning judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following cases: Gisborne Borough v. G. V. Shannon and J. S. M. Thompson, £7 12s sd. costs £'3 13s (id; same v. A. Pullar, £8 16s 2d, costs £3 is fid. Mr. E. C. Eevvey, S.M.. was on the Bench. A striking testimony was given to the orderliness of the Gisborne publicyesterday. when, notwithstanding the large influx of visitors for the race:', the police had occasion to arrest only one man, who had been celebrating too freely and had become drunk. The man will appear before the Magistrate’s Court to-day.

A coni bin oil mission room and resilience for the lady missioner is to be erected by f lie Waiapu Diocesian Trustees at Manutnke. where work among I lie Natives lias been in progress for some years. The small cottage previously used has now proved inadequate, and it is considered that much shelter work will be able to he done with the increased facilities about to be provided. Tenders, closing on August 3. are being invited by Messrs. Borland Mirfield. who prepared the plans. Extraordinary interest is being evinced in Napier in ti-e Kanfiirly PiiieUl match —TTawke'.s Bay v. Wellington to-morrow, and indications are that the attendance, will surpass anything previously seen there with the exception of the Springboks’ visit. The Wellington team arrived at Napier last night and there is much speculation as to the probable result. The ground is in splendid order and given fine weather it should be a great contest.—Special. The Auckland City Council has adopted _ a proposal to erect at Western Springs fifty houses in brick blocks or concrete, and decided to ask the Premj icr to remove the present advances lim- , it and authorise the advance of £IO.OOO as required to cover the cost of the dwellings with road and drainage. The resolution painted out that, as the Council was providing the land, the Government advance would be approximately only SO per cent. —P.A. It is said that on one occasion a German ironclad anchored at Ville--1 rancho, and the captain, gambling at Monte Carlo, lost not on ly his own money, but that with which lie was to pay his crew. Thereupon, li. is said, he demanded of the directors that they should return • the latter, otherwise he would bring his ship round, bombard the Casino, and then blow out his brains. 4s nn officer and a gentleman lie could not survive tho exposure, but to save others’bo would blow up the Casino first. They returned it 1 4 visitor to liawera who was resident there as a youngster recalled an incident that occurred to him when living about 1893 on the Main South Road (says»the Star). Ho was very keen on getting a pet lamb, and ono day, Boeing a drover going past with h Hock of sheep—finany more wont through in those days than now—he approached him in his cart and put his request. “But I have only a sml-, ling,”, ho added. “Righto,” said the drover,' and taking the shilling lie put out into the cart three lambs, which the boy took home. Lamb was evidently cheap in those days.

South Africa is entering wholeheartedly' into the Empire Exhibition at Wembley. Four of the diamond companies are to spend £20,000 in sending over a complete working plant to show how diamonds are washed and recovered Irom “blue ground _ in South Aliipa. The farmers will also send to Wembley 50 live ostnenes in full plumage to show that tho talcing of feathers is not a cruel process. A murder trial at Glasgow had twice to be adjourned owing to a jurywoman’s fainting fits, caused by medical evidence. ihe case was one in which David Lam hie and John Taylor, of Greenock, were charged with the murder of Hugh Alai ley at Greenock. Lt vv;as during the evidence of Dr. Milne, who spoke of Mailev’s_ wound# and the transfusion of blood in older to save his life, that the jury woman fainted and had Ur be carried from tho court.

A little girl up to her armpits in a quagmire clinging to a shepherd dog whose legs, widely' spread, were sunk deep in the mire, against which lie had strained backyard for many hours to keep her from being engulfed, was the sight that met searchers for Florence Codoric recently. While picking flowers the child had been caught in the quagmire, and but for the support furnished by the dog she would have sunk to her death m it. The animal was the first to respond to treatment and quickly recovered, but he could not then be induced to leave the side of the bed where his little mistress lay, pven for food. A good story comes from the Wairarapa the veracity' of which is vouched for by a Wellington commercial traveller A certain borough was canvassing lor subscriptions for the local war memorial. A certain quantity of money had been collected, but the canvassers were not satisfied. Ac. coidingh discussion arose at the Borough Council meeting, at which one member rose, and addressing the chair said inter alia, "Mr chairman, I understand that all the subscriptions were to be made by spontaneous combustion !” And laughter drowned tho explanation that he meant ‘“bv v o 1 u n t a r y subscription.” The greatest gold mine in the world lies at Timmins. 500 miles north of Toronto. Thirteen years ago, an outcropping of roeK lay unknown iu the heart of a wild bush country. It had be’eu there- in solitude for untold' years. To-day the Hollinger mine covers more than 400 acres: below its surface run 45 miles of tunnels and an electric railway system : its great mills road ceaselessly; and £200.000 in gold leaves its refinery every month. The Hollinger mine has become the greatest in the world. For two years it has been running neck and neck with its greatest rival, the great New M.odderfontein of the Rand (South Africa). The most recent figures, however, show that while the output of the Transvaal mine Ha- declined, the Hollinger is steadily forging ahead.

There was very nearly a serious'accident on the Napier-Wairoa road recently. Mr Charles McLean was going through to Wairoa with another traveller. Just past the Matahora Gorge he hung to the cliff to let a motor pass him, and he had not proceeded two chains when the occupants, saw the last of a slip tumbling on to the roao. Amongst the debris was an immense boulder enough to have wrecked any ear. and but for the temporary slowing down to let the other car pass, it must have inevitably fallen on ,to th.e car. it took the occupants. over two hours to prise the boulder over the hank, and Air AleLean states that the rush and roar it made in tumbling to the bottom of the gorge, made everyone thankful that they were above and mu: beneath the fall.

A subscriber of the “'Newspaper World.” writes: "I may express surprise at the frequent criticisms in your columns of the smaller provincial newspapers in tho United Kingdom. In New Zealand most of the country newspapers have a make-up approximating as nearly as is practicable to tile leading dailies. All the better class of papers in the provinces have leading articles and notes and comments on local topics, followed hr ‘locals.’ There are- no long reports of meetings, the subjects of major import being featured under special cross-heads. Competent critics, such as the editor of the ‘ Triad ’ (Sydney). state that in New Zealand the reporters still write English, in which respect they are well ahead of the Australian navigators of the Inky Way. But of this I am net in a position to judge.” j The important part child welfare ! work takes in the Dominion is testi- i fied to m .Stead’s Review by the following ; “‘The care of child life in “ the Dominion has led to New Zea- , land taking tho foremost place in j the world as the protector of infant ! life. Tin- lowest death rate of all na • ] tions is that of New Zealand, which j loses only 45' out of every 1000 infants horn. Some 10 years ago. when the ! IMimkef. Society began its labors, the ! figures stood -at 69 per 1000. the same . as those of Australia to-day. The j ‘imt big step in infant protection was j taken bv R. J. Seddon, who founded j St. Helen’s Hospitals for lying-m- 1 women, which were named after iris birthplace in Lancashire. Dr. Truby . King is probably the foremo-d exponent of child life protection in the world, and lias been indefatigable in . its good work-.’’ j Thus the Rev. F. Stubbs on ID >

visit to Monte Carlo: "My visits to the gaining tables luivo only served to confirm me in the view that gambling is a sc/ions social evil that leads to more misery than happiness. At the same time it is only fair to say that as far as Monte Carlo is concerned no one is asked to play. One may use the splendid reading and writing rooms without paying a nonny. Hoy many institui ions are there in the world, whether religious or secular. equally, generous? I was impressed, too, with tiie courtesy of the officials; everywhere one war- treated ’v.th tiro greatest politeness, which, is by no means the case in all institutions. It must not be forgotten, too, that a large portion of the profits is spent on objects of public utility. Whore a player has lost all his money and he can shore that it was a considerable sum. the directors will purchase a ticket and send him home with sufficient money to pay for his food en route.” The latest American prophet, F. ,L. Eawson, ‘'hqad of the Society for ’Spreading the Knowledge of the True Prayer,” announces that the world will end in 1926, or soon after. This j is giving us longer notice than his compatriot, Professor Porta, gave m the autumn of 1917, when he announced that a few weeks later—-on

December 17—large portions of both hemispheres would be destroyed by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tidal waves, following on the appearance of a gigantic sunspot. In the event nothing abnormal occurred, on December 17, 1.917. Prolessor Falb proved a slightly better prophet when ho predicted the end of the world on November 13, 1899, and the workmen in several Russian towns went on strike because they wanted to spend their last days with, their families. On the date mentioned there was really ail .earthquake in Italy, which, however, did considerably less damage than other earthquakes in that country, notably the earthquake at Messina in 1908.

Demonstrating: tile up-to-date methods adopted by. the Poverty Bay Trotting Club, arrangements are being made for the convenience of its patrons to purchase their entrance tickets to the course at the Aard booking office, Mr, Davy's saloon, next Coronation.*** Great appreciation is being expressed. by the trotting public at the up-to-date action of the Poverty Bay Trotting Club in permitting its patrons to purchase their entrance tb course tickets at the Aard booking office (Mr. Davy's saloon, next Coronation).***