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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9641, 16 January 1903, Page 2

An interruption to the wire north of Aapier delayed telegraphic traffic a good deal to-day. b Matthews Ferguson was fined 10s and costs 7s at tlie Police Court this morning for cycling on a footpath m Gladstone road. The long spell of dry weather experienced iv this district of late was broken last night by splendid rains, which will greatly refresh the pastures, replenish the tanks., and make everybody happy. In the Supreme Court this morning, MiBarton, S.M., sitting as Judge, granted letter*; of administration with will annexed to James Wliinray m the estate of the late James Hume, Mr Barker appeared m support of the application. The Willoughby-Geach Company conclude their Auckland season to-njght, ;md will arrive m Gisborne by tlie Waihora on Sunday afternoon. 'This will give them ample time to complete, all arrangements for the production of "The Wroni" Mr Wright" at the Theatre Royal on Monday evening . The Wairoa Press Association agent wires:— "The six Gisborne ladies who are taking a walking tour arrived yesterday, all well. They are enjoying their trip immensely. The bush fires delayed them a day. They leave for Waikiiremoana to-night, and hope- to reach there on baturday. They were everywhere received with kindness." "1 cannot take nods: I am not an auctioneer." exclaimed Mr Barton, S.M., m the Police Court this morning, as the defendant iv a criminal case assuming a nonchalant air and leaning lazily against a bench responded to questioivs 'from the Bench with a bobbing of the head. His Worship made him show respect for the Court by standing up straight and «iving his answers intelligently. Writing of the coining retirement of certain senior officers of the Defence Department, the Post says:— "They will quit their posts amid general regret. But of the need of close supervision over the expenditure of this department there can be little doubt. It is questionable whether the coloaiy lias had an adequate return m efficiency for the money it has spent on this department. The Oommandant should be able to effect reform iv several directions." Residents of the East Coast will be pleased to hear that there is to be more frequent coach communication with Tolaga, Mr W. F. Sinclair having decided to put on a coach, leaving Gisborne on Tuesdays and Fridays, and returning on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Mr Sinclair is arrranging for connection for passengers desiring to proceed further up the coast, and will also keep at Tolaga a supply of hacks for the use of travellers. The fares will be moderate and the coach comfortable, and the new service should secure a good measure of support. A communication was received at the Cook County Council meeting to-day from the Wairoa Council asking if the Council would join with them solely or : make one of three with the Hawke's Bay Council to purchase a motor waggon for metalling and other purposes. To purchase one was beyond the resources of ike. Wairoa Council itself. — The Chairman (Captain Tucker) stated it was impossible for the. Cook County Council to accede to the request.' The waggon would Jiot be easily accessible to the Cook Council, and the Works Committee hod felt that as Hawke's Bay were to join, iv, when the implement was wanted locally it might be m Hawke s Bay. Tliey were uot clear as to the initial expeiwe.— The Council adopted the Works Committee's recommendation that the Council could not see their way to join with Wairoa m Hie proposal.

The Provincial Executive of the Poverty Hay Parmws' Union meet at 11 !i..iii. to-morrow. A little picnic parly to Waihirere, arranged by Crs Lysnar and Whim-ay, was bi-insj; got. up for to-day, but rain coming (m put a stop to the excursion. The number of vessels entered at Gi.sborni' during 1902 was 354 .'■k-amers of 412.733 tonnage, with crews numbering 15.723, and 79 sailers of 8604 tons, with 572 of crews. In the previous year there were 357 steamers of v tonnage of 389,924, and 78 .sa.ih.-rs of 6774 tons. (Jisborne wants a dredger like the one ordered by the Teos Conservancy CommusVuiiKTs for Middlcsborough (England) Harbor Works. It m to be a powerful .self-propelling bow-well bucket dredger, capable of raising about 1000 tons of material per hour from a depth of 38 feet. Special arrangements are being made to provide extra seating accmomodation at the Theatre Royal for the WilloughbyGeauh Company, and since the season is limited to two nights patrons would do well to secure their seats m advance for the Tuesday's attraction, "Oil and Off," which is said to be even funnier than -Wright." The Auckland Star's London correspondent writes: — It is with much pleasure I again record a further success of that brilliant young New Zeal an tier, MissRomp Rces, daughter of Mr W. L. Ree.s, :of Poverty Bay, and sister of Miss Lily Rces, the clever part author of the "Life i and Times of Sir George Grey." A recent "Era" says :— Miss Rosemary Rees, whose one-act play "The New Gun" wax successfully produced a few months ago m front of "Uncles and Aunt," will play the part of the heroine Nance Traiwitli, during its production at two of the London music halls m December. Mi?s Ilees, who has decided to use her full name of Rosemary for the future, is at present (November) appearing .-us .Mrs Fuller m "Who's Brown?" A reply was received by tlie Cook County Council 10-day from the Gisborne railway station office' re the question of a supply of gravel, m which Mr Welsied .stilted lie had laid the matter before the Gem-nil Manager of Railways with a request for a prompt reply, which would be forwarderl to Uie Council on receipt. Regarding the- cost of carriage of gravel from KaiUnatalii to Gisborne it would bo Is 9d a ton, equal to 10s 6d per track (carrying 6 tons). Mr Welsled stated he would be pleased if the Council would point out where it would be most convenient for sidings. The Chairman said th« post was a heavy one. At the suggestion of Mr Matthews the letter was held over until the financial position of the Council was considered. Twenty-three men, composing the crew of the British st miner Blenheim, of London, have been landed at Hamburg by the Hamburg-American liner Acilia. They tell a tale of a terrible struggle with ii fearful hurricane which commenced on November 22, while the ship was on her way to Fecamp, Normandy, with a. cargo of timber from. Florida. The ship was terribly battered by the storm. Gigantic waves tore away the deck-hamper, which damaged the «li.ip tn> badly that she sprang a leak. The steam pumps were rendered powerless by tlie inrush ing water, which at t.he end of two days rose so high as to extinguish the boiler fires. The ship was now helpless, and no aid was m sight. At the moment of direct need the Acilia hove m sight, and the crew saved themselves by putting off m a lifeboat. The question, of straying stock is exercising local bodies tut present, owing to complaints being received from settlers. At the County Council this morning tlte Arai Road Board wrote stating that complaints having been made to the Board of the nuisance caused by straying stock on the mads, m order to abate the nuisance the Board found it necessary to have the power to impound off the county roads. The Council were therefore asked for permission to impound off the county roads within the riding. — After discussion it was decided- to grant the Ami Board's request, the view of the Council being that- it was preferable for Road Boards to impound within their boundaries from all roads .including the county roads. — Cr Clayton, said the work would be done more 'effectively and cheaply by the Boards. Two natives, Heni Whakarau and Puku, for whom Mr Jones appeared, pleaded guilty at the Police Court this morning to committing a disturbance by fighting m. the street at Waerenga-a-hika. Mr Jones stated that there had been a feud between two jiutives and Puku interfered, with the result that there was a fight. Both men were drunk at the time. Sergeant: Siddells said tine disgraceful state of tilings occurring at Waerenga-a--hika must be put down, and he was determined it should be put down. Defendants were each lined £1 and costs, 16s 6d, iv default seven clays' imprisonment. The same defendant pleaded guilty to using obscene language to George Solunidt m Gisborne. He was fined £2 and costs, £1 12s. The Magistrate remarked to aeciLsed: "If you are brought before me on a similar charge I shall not deal with you m as lenient a manner, but will sund you to prison. I am not going to have such language used, to the offence of the public." There' are now on view m Piiris (writes a London correspondent on November 28) six dozen pictures by leading French artists, a.M painted with M. Raffaelli's new oil colors m cylindrical sticks. The Times correspondent notes that all these works have been done m oil colors, which have not been mixed by the painters on their palettes, but have been laid directly on the canvas m successive transparencies without the aid of a brush. Titian's longing, "Oh, if we might only paint with colors that we hold m our hands," has thus been realised, and M. Raffaelli seems to have attached his name to a revolution m the modes of artistic expression which, if not comparable m significance, with that which is commonly associated with the names of the brothers Van Kyck, namely, the mixing of colors with oil, is nevertheless a considerable title to lasting fame. With M. Raffaelli's colors, which takes the place of both the old oil colors and of ordinary pastels, and which contain exactly the requisite quantity of oil, so that there is no danger of blackening of tone by oxidation, a picture can be painted m a quarter of the time taken by the old system, and the artist can follow his--thoughts much more rapidly. Tlie art of oil painting is considerably simplified, and the artist's means of expression are augmented. The refined softness and luminous, radiance of the pictures exhibited recall the qualities of pastels, but, unlike ordinary pastels, the colors are absolutely indelible, and, therefore, do not require fixatives. Jolim O'Grady was cliarged at the Police Court this morning on the information of Edward Pattricks Joyce with using obscene language to informant. Mr Jones appeared for informant, and MiBarker for defendant, who pleaded guilty. Mr Joiies said the case had been brought solely m the public interest. On Saturday last, where there was a large body of people, defendant, used the. language complained of. Mr Barker said O'Grady at. the time was under the influence of drink. When not so he was a peaceable citizen, against whom no one had a word to say. The fact that O'Grady had on his own initiative applied for a prohibition order should be taken as an indication that he was inclined to reform. The Magistrate said the language used was of a very disgusting nature. But for a recent Act. he should have had to send accused to prison, but now he was enabled to inflict a fine, which he did m the sum of £2 with costs, £1 18s, m der fault seven days' imprisonment. O'Grady was then charged with using obscene language to Adam Knox at Matawhero, and pleaded guilty. Mr Jones stated that this offence occurred on the same day. O'Grady, who appeared to be running amok that day, went out from town and used bad language to informant. On a previous occasion Knox had had to lay a similar charge, but -withdrew it, ' and he could not do so on the present occasion. The Magistrate inflicted a fine of £2 and costs, £1 12s, m default seven days' imprisonment. The Borough Council wrote to the County Council to-day asking the Council to allow their engineer to supervise the necessary repairs now being undertaken by day labor to the Turaugaiiui bridge m accordance with the recommendation of the repoi-t furnished by the Harbor and County engineers. — The en gineer explained hi regard to the statements made at the Borough Council meetbig that having mode a report on the condition of the. bridge «nd made arrangements for a contract for necessary repairs, he. and Mr King, Harbor engineer, considered that they had gone as far as the- instrucoious from their respective local bodies warranted them. At the Mayor's (Mr Townley) request he liad undertaken the inspectiqn of the bridge until the present meeting. — Cr. Clayton said that then? predecessors on the Council only agreed to the engineer making a report on the bridge. The Borough Council were apparently ' acting as if the County engineer were their own. — In reply to Cr. Matthews the clerk stated that as' the Borough Council controlled the bridge they could commit the Council to any cost m connection with the repairs. — The Chairman thought the Borough Council's position, was untenable m respect to the Engineer whatever it might be regarding the «ost of tlie bridge. They should leave it to- the Engineer to say whether he was able to spare the time to undertake the work of inspection.—The Engineer stated that he wo-uld rather not supervise tlie accounts and oversee the work of repairs, as he might be away a fortnight and not see what the men were doing. He was willing to give what time he could to. the worK of inspection.— lt was decided to m>ly that the Borough Council be requested to obtain an overseer, and the County Engineer would give all time he was able to the work of inspection.

Dr Bake well writes to the N.Z. T.itnas stating that plague is existent at San Francisco, and N.ew Zealand should take precautions. It was announced al New York on December 4 that Mr Bernard Baker, the former president of the Atlantic Transport Line, now merged m thu Morgan Shipping Trust, lui.s arranged to divide £100,000 among the former employees of the line. About 300 persons, it is stated, will benefit by this generosity. Each employee entering the service of the new company will receive £200 m the stock of the Shipping Trust, and those who lose their situations will get £400 m stock. Mr Baker had made himself very popular by his numerous charities. Every year his employees received benefits of some kind, but the present gifl surpasses all former ones. It costs 6£d a word to telegraph from London to Fao, the head of the Persian Gulf ; it costs Is 2d to Egypt, half the distance. It costs 6s 3d a word to telegraph to Lagos, halfway to the Cape, and it costs only 3s to telegraph to tiie . Cape. But the most striking instance of how the French look after their colonists is afforded by their treatment of the people of Senegal and the Ivory Coast, as compared with our treatment of our people, also on the We«t Coast of Africa. From Paris to Senegal the French charge is only one franc a word. From London to Lagos (British), 100 miles beyond, the charge is 6s 5d a ward. Henniker Heaton, M.P., m Magazine of Commerce-. Sir E. Motion, British Ambassador m Paris, delivered on December 2nd a most striking speech to the British Chamber of Commerce. A change, he said, had crept over his profession. When lie entered it he still believed that there was a secret diplomacy, that its control rested m very few hands, and that personal ability could effect everything. But since liven the press had altered all things, especially by collecting information. Few political secrets were now to be picked up m society. Diplomatists eaiuiot compete with the newspapers m the transmissnm of intelligence. Moreover, the commerce of the nations, and particularly of Great Britain, has extended itselfj commercial questions have become more important, and gradually diplomacy has become even the "handmaid" of trade. As "commercial agents" British diplomatists do not give universal satisfaction 1 ; but Sir E. Monson maintains that, our countrymen are at no disadvantage m this respect, for though they sometimes ask impossibilities, their diplomatists are never remiss m pushing their interests while at the same time, "carefully assuring the integrity of their action from all imputation of unavowable motives."