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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10141, 30 August 1904, Page 2

Two lamps erected by the Borough Council on Kaiti, the first that this s,uburb has possessed, 'were lighted for the first time last night.

The Rev. Father Buckley leaves for Auckland to-morrow. Owing to a very short notice the rev. gentleman will not be able to»take leave of his many friends here,

Captain A. D. (Jlnisp, of the s.s. Mount, makes one trip along the East Coast m that vessel, and then transfers to the s.s. Penguin m the WellingtonNelson run.

During the four weeks ended July 23 tlie Gisborne-Kaitaratahii railway carried 4031 passengers, 135 parcels, and 749 tons of goods. Tlue receipts were £263 and the expenditure £173.

• Captain John Campbell, of the s.s. Herald, sustained an injury t& ltis knee, on the last voyage to Auckland, wJiich necessitated his coming ashore- on arrival at Gisborne yesterday for a few ..days rest. Mr ' Hay worth, chief officer, took the Herald on. to Napier.

With tho bushfalling ' season comes the swish of the axe m chopping contests, and already several of these trials of skill have taken place m country districts. A good dteal of interest was manifested m tlie match at Oiniond on Saturday between ' Messrs D. Tye and M. Spellar for jBIO a-side. The men are first-class axemen, and a. large number of spectators were attracted to witness the exhibition. i The match resulted m favor of M, Spellar, who got through his log m 2min 15sec, as against his opponent's 2min 40sec.

A young ivan named Robert Gardiner was charged wilh driving across the Turangauui bridge on August 26 at a pace contrary to the borough bye-laws. Accuse^ pleaded nob guilty. Mr Ri D. B;' Robinson,, town clerk; appeared for the Council, and called Mr A. J. Tyson', who stated that the cart defendant was driving went across the bridge at a good fast tvot. Mr Robinson also gave evidence. Questioned by defendant he discovered that the information was -laid on . the wroug day, and! should! have been qn the 25th. His Worship amended the information, and accused then pleade4 guilty, and stated that his horse ; shied at the men repairing the bridge. Hjs Worship inflicted a fine of 10s, costs ss. The selectors of the Poverty Bay representative football team to meet Hawke's Bay have chosen the following provisional fifteen:— Full back, Reynolds; threequarters, Roderick, Te Reinga and' Beamish ; five-eighths, Delamere and l Brown ; half, W. flay; wing forward, W.'Pilt; forwards, Brown, Hurei, Bright, Brooking, Wepiha, Tier, Newton, Dunning. Emergencies, Gibson, Murphy and Skeet. The final selection will be made after next Saturday's pluy, m, which the team will play 17 of the Poverty Bay junior representatives. Any member of the probable representative team absenting himself from the game will stand a chance of losing his place. Fairlie. (Tokomaru) notified the selectors tliat he would not be able to play, and he had to be left out of the chosen.

The fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Gisborne Lodfce,'6oß7 f M.U.. was Iwld 1 m the Masonic Hall last night, when a large number of members attended, a special coach having bx-ought a number of members from Patutahi.. Afjter the business of the evening, which consisted of initiating three new members, the Lodge Mas thrown open to members and friends for harmony. The piocramine of the evening being "Pound Night," members had all come prepared with bags and baskets this being supplemented by hot coffee. The vocal talent at the gather* ing was worthy of a larger audience, recitations also being very good. Messrs X Parnell and Bro. J. Mazey played the accompaniments, and Bro. Harlride gave some splendid selections on the violin. The secretary was called upon to say a few words, and remarked the whole of the Friendly Societies of Gisborne were doing good work, and' had never been more united than at present, being band Icd together as one for tho relieviug of distress andl hospital treatment m the district. He urged members to make known these benefits and get others to make provision for .a rainy day. The speaker, who for over 30 years had been a member, considered it the best and safest investment U© toulil have made. The siugiug of "Auld Lang Syne brought one of tlie most enjoyable evenings to a close. Special thanks were passed 1 to all who assisted. The Patutuhi members, after a little refrcshmentj started for home, pleased with their outing. j

In another colunvn Messrs Louie Smft'h and Co. have an announcement with regard to cliienp coal and firewood.

From October Ist next the name of the Post Oftice at Te Arai Bridge will be altered to Manutuke. Correspondents would do well to keep this m view.

The- Sydney Harbor Board- proposed to build a wall along the foreshore to keep out plague rats. The cost is estimated at something like £90,00 Q.

The- Wanganui Rowing Club proposes to obtain two eight-oar boats for the coming season. In order to raise funds for their purchase, and also to enlarge the boatshed, the club has decided to hold a bazaar next month.

This evening Mrs Han-is will speak Jn His Majesty's Theatre, her subject being "Let There Be Light." The lecture will commence at 8, and admission will be by silver coin. Mrs Harris' opening address on Sunday evening has Deen fully reported, and 1 will be published m pamphlet form shortly.

The- decision of the Hospital social meeting to fclltow up their social on September 22nd with a dkince- for children will' be hailed with pleasure by the youthful dancers. In Napier the custom of holding a juvenile function after a public ball has met with much success, and should have a similar result here.

The Borough valuator (Mr R. D. B. Robinson) is engaged making the valuations of tlie suburbs, and luis just finished with Kaili properties. It is four y«irs since the suburban portions of the enlarged boroupli were lafrt valued! by the Government, representative, and* m that four years properly m all parts of Gisborne luis largely increased m value.

At a meeting of the Law Students' Debating Society, held last night, the President, Judge Jones, delivered an able and interesting paper dealing with the history of the alienation of native lands. Judge Jones lias granted the Societv leave to publish the paper, which should prove interesting and instructive reading to all concerned m this perplexing question.

Tho Committee of the Hospital social have ascertained to-day that the New Zealand Shipping Company's wool store will be available for a second evening for the purpose of a children's gathering, which it has been decided to hold on the night following the big social. For the junior entertainment the prices have been fixed at adults 2s 6d and children Is.

Tlie remains of the steamer Elginshire, which have been on tlie beach near Timaru for many years, appear to have gone "down by the head"— tliat is, by the niiid. slui) section, where she was broken, off — during the last few montlis. A little more settlement of tliat kind, and tlie waves m storms will <put a- strain on that will pull heir down altogether.

Forty thousand tailors are on strike m New York. All tlie big tailors are affected, and it is ahnost impossible to have a suit of clothes made m New York except m the east-side sweat shops. The strike comes at an unfortunate time for Ne\y York society people, who are just beginning to order their summer clothes preparatory to leaving town before tlie hot weather sets m. The Cutters' Union is one of the strongest m the country.

Mr Hill's report on the Woipawa District School, of wliach Mr J. H. Bull is master, is of a very satisfactory clui«icter. In reference to the instruction of Standard VI. pupils m typewriting, he says:— r "Tlie pupils Ikiv© made capital progress, and the results sliow that the subject can be taught m Standard VI. to all pupils without Mndering tlie or-d-intuy class work, and with great beinefit to the pupils. Tlie headmaster deserves ai>ecial ci-edit for the successful introduction of so important a subject inio the school course."

A Dunedin correspondent telegraphs dredging returns : — Electric 349 and 75 ounces, Manuherika 62ozs, Rise and Shine 59ozs, Sandy Point, 55ozs, Rising Sun 40ozs, Perseverance 40 and 22ozs, Enterprise 25 and 22ozs, Hartley and Riley 20ozs (two weeks), Unity 13ozs, Bignell's Notown 45ozs, Notown Creek 22ozs, Nelson Creek 62ozs. Quotations : Alexandria Lead, sellers 5s 3d; BignelFs Notown, 17s, 19s ; Electric 30s 6d. 335 ; Hartley, 48s, 595; Manuherika, 30s, 355; Rise and Shine, 16s 6dl, 18s 6d. Tlie Molylieux river is 3ft 6in above normal. Dividends: Electric 2s 6d.

The Premier.* open sesame ! Speaking to the toast i>f Mr Seddon's health ait ilie Hon. C. H. Mills's residence on Saturday, Major Donald, of Waitarapa, told lww, when other means failed him, a letter from tlie Premier liad" given him entrance everywhere m the United States — even to White House. The Premier replied tliat he Iliad lueard of a man who, fiiidLng himself unable to get entrance to the celebrated Monte Carlo, raked up aai old letter signed "R. J. SeddoJi," and tire recommendation of the signature earned him past all obstacles without further trouble.

As the result of his observations m Dusky Sound, Mr Henry, the naturalist m charge of the bird sanctuary on Resolution Island., is of opinion that sliarks depend wholly on their scent- fov findfimg food. His experiences while sclinapper fishing m Port Phillip confirm this view, the sharks there taking fish off iiis liners altliougl; there were plenty about thatthey might have ' caught themselves if they had the keen sight and activity tliat they are generally crediting with possessing. Mr Henay thinks a scavenger endowed with good scent;, sight, and speed would be too destructive for nature's purposes. .

A telegram from Dunedin announces that. Mr E. H. Caretr, S.M,. died there on Sunday morning. Deceased was a native of St. Helena. In the early fifties he set out for Victoria, where he spent some time on the goldfields. He arrived m Otago m 1861, and shortly afterwards was appointed to the position of '■ clerk to Warden Broad, who at that time was stationed at Mount Ida. Subsequently he married Mr Broad's eldest daughter. He first occupied a position on the Bench under the Provincial Government. For a great many years prior to Ids death he presided over the Magistrate's Court at Dunedin. A few .months ago he was given three months' leave of absence prior to his permanent retirement.

At the ar-miai ■meeting of 'the Matawfcero Cricket Club, heli iiv Mr Stephensou's hall last evening, tlie followih.^ officers were elected: . President, Mr G. Arnold ; vice-presidente, Messrs W. F. Stophenson, R. H. Inuige, J. H. Aislabie aim E. Qvriiui; captain, Mr A. Smith; vice-captain, Mr B. Aislabiei; secretary, Mr B. Steggoll. The Rev. R, Gaixtoier was elected an honomjy member of the club. Amongst tlie new membens who have joined the club are the well-known players, Messrs* S. McConnell and J. Laii£. A first-cla^ pitch has been formed m Mr Von Rein's paddock, and it is tlie club's initenlt'ion to make an early start at pmctice.

In reference to the movement for the erection of an Anglican Cathedral m Dunedin, a correspondent of the Otago Daily Times repeats the following story, told by Gladstone, which occurs m Grant Duff's "Notes from a; Diary" :-*-The inhabitants of a village had decided 1 to pull down andl rebuild the parish church. They said: "What shall we. do? Our biggest man here is a Quaker; if we ask him to contribute, he must refuse; if we pass him over, he will take offence." So they -told their case cautiously, and the Quaker, said: "Friend/ thbu hast judged me rightly ; I cannot m conscience contribute to the erection of an Episcopalian church; but didst thou not say something about pulling down the church? Put my name for £100."

A minstrel and variety entertainment is to be held m Waerenga-a-hika schoolroom on Friday evening next m aid of the school fund's, a deserving object M'hioh all the residents of the district will see the desirability of supporting. The programme is an attractive one. The concert commences with a negro minstrel circle, with old-time melodies and' the regulation "burnt cork" business, which is said to be particularly well done by the Waorenga-a-hika amateurs. The minstrel orchestra, comprising five instruments, will appeal* for the first time, and play some interesting rag-time airs. Then follows a sword! dance, a coon song and cako walk, and a comic sonfi m character, after which will be presented a negro farce entitled) "Tlie Darkie Photographer." With suoh a performance as this the minstrels will surely give ah evening's entertainment m town some night when His. Majesty's is otherwise disengaged, but meantime townsfolk will have an opportunity of witnessing their performance, for a special coach is being put on on Friday evening.

In- the annuali report of the Lands and Survey Department, Mr R. Henry, the caretaker of the sanctuary for birds on Resolution Island 1 , lias some very interesting observations on the starvation time of sparrows. Last year they came, to Mr Henry's abodb about October, and they seemed to. have such a craving for food other than the honey of the tenax,. that they could not keep iiway from his little grass patches. All that he shot were m poor condition, and their food consisted of a little' honey, grass chopped •up tine, a grain or two of oats, and a very little chickweed seed. Therefore, he concludes, October and November is their starving lime, and 1 should be their poisoning time. He laid 1 poison which was taken, but he never found a trace of bodies, and he thinks thai a few of them got poisoned, and then the others took the hint of some mysterious danger, a»i they did about the shooting, and left. Sparrows* according to Mr Henry, can communicate with each other without a doubt, either by talk or by signs. The lesson, to be learnt from all this is that probably the sparrows could bo kept m order if every farm had enclosures specially for laying pofcon. Experiments on a small scale would 1 be useless, because the birdb would go elsewhere, but if they found poison there also they would find it very hard to resist, when there appeared to be nothing else.

The Otago representative footballers played Hawke's Bay at Napier this afternoon, and pass through by steamer tomorrow morning on their way to Auckland.

There is one lucky native attending the Native Land Court now being held m Palmerston who is the fortunate owner, m his own right, of 80,000 acres of land, besides being interested m other blocks.

It was stated at a meeting of the Timuru Harbor Board on Friday that exports of frozen carcases were about 150,000 short for the year so far, chiefly due to last winter's snow-storm. •

"Deeply would I regret to see woman dragged down from her high pedestal and brouglilt into the putrid air of politics," was the remark passed by Mr R. C. Bruce at the Farmers' Unaon dinner at Feikling, wlien dealing with women's> franchise.

In the football match, Taranaki v. Auckland, played m the. Northern city on Saturday, one man hod his nose broken, another had a knee wrenched, and a third had liis collarbone fractured. And yet it is said that tine game was "lacking of interest from a spectator's point of view."

The Ashburton Guardian lias been inquiring into the cause of the steady decline m the attendance at fully a dozen schools m the Ashburton county, and the concensus of the opinions given by -the teachers asked is that the decrease is> due to the aggregation of estates and tlie decreasing birthrate.

Even m the uncongenial atmosphere of a gaol the flower of humor may blossom. In a Wellington prison one Sunday lately the officiating minister asked his congregation to select a hymn from Sankey's collection* The spokesman unhesitatingly announced his choice— "Free from the law, 0 happy condition."

Mr J. J. Jones, of Hastings, lias drawn up a. list of suggestions re old age pensions, copies of which have been sent to every member of Parliament. Briefly the suggestions are that every person above 20 years of age shall pay annually a. sum to the Government for an old age pension, to which they shall be entitled on reaching the age of 55 at most, ten years earlier than at present.

The Indian coolie is now firmly established as a laborer m the Fijis, where during the last, decade he has ousted the local native from employment, as a result of the native's indolence. The coolies return to their native land after a few year's service ; three hundred and seventy kft Suva for Calcutta m the ship Ems on August 18th.

Last week informations were laid ait Lyttelton against Captain T. Trotter, of the Indradevi", and Captain A. H. Tliorpe, pilot, for liaving landed some* pairs of boots, on which Customs duty ought to luive been paid. The defendants paid into Court the sum of £12 18s, treble the value of the goods, and the* Collector of Customs accepted that amount m satisfaction of his daim. C. C. McCarthy, of Lyttelton, also paid into Court treble the value of a small quantity of tobacco, which had been token ashore from, one of the vessels m port. Tine Lytteiliboni Times expresses concern that charges of smuggling which- lately arose at Lytteltoni were nushed up. It says tliait fuboaut a fort-might ago a, wellknown Lyttelton resident, whose name was rec&ntly added to tlie more or less disitinguaslued, roll of Justices, was stopped m the street by a Customs officer and found to be mi possession of a small parcel of tobacco 011 which no* duty had been paid. A week later another officer discovered on board the tug Lyttelton, addressed to a responsible employe of the Harbor Board, a parcel of boots which also by some strange miscliatice liad nob been cleared at 'the. Customs House. It was understood that the boots liad been sent on board the tug by the master of a steamer tliat had just previously arrived from New York. In. clue course informations were la-id a,gainii the luckless possessor* of the tobacco and - v the boots moid the nuister of the steamer, the Customs oiuthoritUss, who might liave sought a penalty of £100 from each of the offenders, contenting themselves with tlte milder demand o-f three times the Vailue of the goods. This was quietly paid into Court and the affair passed m silence.