GISBORNE NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13399, 30 January 1907, Page 10

GISBORNE NOTES.

[BY TELEGRAPH. — rORRESI'ON'DEN'T.]

GISBOKNE, Tuesday. Tab wharf on Saturday presented a busy appearance, bonding operations were in full swing, with the Ty.-er steamer Star of Australia in the bay. and tie- steamer Wimmera brought- a fairly large cargo, inchuling Home transhipments arid 150

passengers. The steamei Fanny Arrived early and discharged a shipment of rains, whilst the game company's Kalm brought a toll general cargo. The discharging of 220 tons of pipes from the Squall was proceeding briskly. The barquentine Fran!; Guv was completing the discharge of her cargo of Westporf coal. The scow Alert ballasted and sailed Tor the Hay ~t Islands. At tintown wharf the schooners Fail-burn, Awanui, and (iisborne were discharging between them about 160,000 ft of timber. ~„,,, Gisborne fittingly marked Robert- Burns.'.,.. f ' ;| . t ', day with a gathering to his memory. Overmj 'jgentlemen assembled under the .inspires ",ij, Poverty Bay Caledonian Society, and eat n't'..* to a banquet. The convivial evening that followed passed off pleasantly and successfully. Dr. Sf-otr. the president of the society, was in the chair, and Mr. lintel!, vice-president, occupied the vice-chair. Dr. Scott, v.ho.-;> retentive mind is stored with Bums' poems, made a capita! chaiiman. if- lost no opportunity of emphasising the true spirit in which the gathering should be regsnded. that of doing honour to a poet who laid down the grandest principles or Unlit, liberty and justice as between man and man, a poet, who felt himself inspired from heaven to breathe his messages of fraternity and Immunity to his fellow-men. The annual statement showing the trade of the port was laid before the Harbour Board yesterday. 'the figures give : i good indication of the growing volume of commerce at (ii.slnrne. The imports were: 5,413.308tt- of timber. 699 tons sugar, 70-;7 sacks potatoes', 7-;32 s.ieks grass seed. 137 tons oatmeal, 1759 sacks malt. 21,326 sacks oats, 10.379 lons coal. 7094 bags and 13:1 casks cement, 9093 sacks chaff. 2675 wicks bran and pollard. 249 horses and cattle. 3178 sheep and rams. 1681 lons flour, 335 tons salt, 9106 eases kerosene and benzine. 1422 sacks wheat. 6868 cases fruit. 9889 balm and 1247 pockets wool (coastal). 62,600 bricks. 2449 ,•3. >-. 114 barrels, 516 hogsheads. 140 kilderkins, and 80 kegs beer, 774 cases. 770 casks, and 37 quarter-casks wine. 4275 cases. 216 quarter-disks, 120 octaves, and 2 hogsheads spirits, 47.062 posts and hens.- blocks, 198 tons lime, 15,5:96 tons measurement miscellaneous. The exports were : 261.748 carcase 1 mutton, 74.122 carcases lamb, 1670 tons meat sundries. 2075 ceases preserved meats. 33.317 bales mid 1660 pocket* woo], 1372 casks pells, 2400 sacks glass se»d, 4216 eases fruit, 4360 bticks, 8965 boxes butter. 584 tons manure. 24 tons bonednsf. 83 sacks linseed. 883 nicks barley and oats. 1980 sacks chaff, 2149 racks maize, 8452 hides, 2787 cask- tallow. 223 casks casings, 72 sacks potatoes, 12,834 sheep, 156 horses and cattle. 38,201 sheepskins, 220 boxes s-oap. 104.036 ft timber, 14cwt zinc. 6 ton- honey, 5485 tons measurement- miscellaneous. The sum of £104 lias been collected to date in aid of the fund to meet the expen-rs of the Citv Band going to The Exhibition nni!".-'. The contractors for the reticulation in connection with the water supply have filled up the places in their gang- vacated by the men who left, last week. There is stated to be a good supply of labour in- the district at present. Mr.' Rich. C.i;.. representing an Auckland syndicate, is at present making * close inspection of a number of properties in this district with a view to acquiring oil-boring rights. Mr. U. Hutchinson. ex M.11.1t.. a!.-o visited Uishorne a few days ago in com lion with oil matters. Owing to the failure of trades people to strictly adhere to its elecisionn regarding public holidays the Holiday Association, a small committee of business men. which for a. number of years has regulated holidays at Gisbornp. has dissolved.

II was asserted r.t the Harbour Hoard meeting yesterday Unit the Hoard \v;i, s losing £100 In £150 ii week through the lowness of its tariff of port charges. Tie- stoan)»r- AUienic. when visiting Napier, pays £97 ?.s 7d in port charges, whilst at Oishonie the fees are only £32 12s. Wharfage on a freight of 4GOO carcases amounts to £6 10* at, (.lisborne and £35 6* 8d at Napier. The Board referred the matter to its Tarifl Committer.