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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11128, 30 July 1907, Page 2

The bankruptcies so' far this year total five.' .The smallest record since 1900 was m 1904, when there were only two small failures iri the year. Other years show : 1900, o^ bankruptcis ; 1901, 8; 1902, 5; 1903, 3;1905, 3 j 1906, 9. At the Police Court this morning, before Mr Barton, S.M., James Collingwood, who was twice previously convicted of drunkenness within the past six months, was fined £2 and costs 2s, m default ? days' imprisonment. A first offender was firied 5s and costs 2s. In the Ohristchurch Press . Gisborne: n-umber, it has been pointed out by old residerits, the date 1874 must be. wron-j, as at that time -among other" '-buildings -iri existence, but not shown m the picture,were Porter's Hall. , the . Masonic liotel, and Rev. Mr Root's house, near where Dalgety and Co.'s store now stands. Mr H. Barton, of the Harbor Board's staff, to-day received a" telegram from Mr W. D. Lysnar, now m Wellington, asking him to leave to-morrow, for : . Wellington, where he is to give evidence m connection with the Harbor Bill. A petition against the inclusion of Tolaga Bay district iri the rating provisions of the Bill has been sent to Wellington; and will be brought before the Bills Committee of the" House. At a meeting of the Licensing Commit-, tee this morning, Messrs W. A^ Barton (Chairman), G. Darton, and J. Soniervell being present, a temporary transfer of the Motu hotel accommodation license was f ranted from Qiristiari Hansen to William fright, ' purchaser of the lease of; the house. The police^ report and accompanying /testimonials were very favorable to tlie applicant, who is a son-in-law of Mr Hansen, and formerly resided at Te Karaka. The Post Office notifies that the responsibility of properly packing and fastening parcels lies with the sender. H a parcel tendered for transmission is not, m. the opinion of the officer to whom it ig ten-' tered, sufficiently strongly packed' or se; curely -fastened', he may refuse to receive it unless it is inscribed by the sender with the words, "Sender's risk." "• Hat boxes, milliners' boxes, -umbrellas, walking sticks, fisbing rods, and similar fragile articles should be specially protected, by strips of wood, and m any case can only be accepted! at sender's risk. There was a large attendance at the meeting of the Gisborrie Debating Society last night, Rev. Dawson Thomas presiding. Owing to the unavoidable absence of Dr Collins, the: debate on the 1 color question was postponed and a "question box" substituted, wliich /brought out numerous speakers. It was announced that the hall had again been .taken/over by the committee of the Baptist Church, and it would be necessary to have another meeting-place for next week. A committee was apppinted to inquire as to a new place of meeting and to receive suggestions. Another bicycle case was dealt with at tlie Magistrate's. Court to-day, Walter James Lichtwark being changed with cycling onthe footpath. He pleaded guilty, but said, he would like to ask : Constable Irwin how anyone -could ride along the road at the place where he (defendant) had taken to the footpath; he. did not know how anyone could manage , it, and asked tlie constable if lie could.— His Worship said he knew the roads were very bad, but could not help, defendant, m. the matter. ' Tlie by-law saying they, must ride along, the road was there to be administered, and he would have to imjpose the same fine as m other cases, 10s and costs 7s. "Greenstone" writes:— "Sir,— On reading this evening's. issue of .the. Herald. you have quoted from the' New Zealand/Times 'So far as is known greeristone has only been discovered m this country, and for that reason has become symbolical of this coin_try, etc' Sir, on. reading. a part of 'Through the Dark Continent,' by Henry M. Stanley, part 2, lie says on page 77 (m describing the character* of the locality then /visited), 'Among these we saw varieties of quartz, porphyry, greenstone, dark grey shale, granite, hematite, and purple jasper, etc.' I presume, sir, that the above quotation is sufficient to show that New Zealand is not the only country where greenstone is found." The Bofourgh Coiaicil's mew steam road roller was given a little test m Gladstone road to-day on a small quantity of metal that was available near' Robertson's corner. The metal was cbmpressed nicely, and the hard levelled surface that the roller had passed ' over was m striking contrast to the portion where metal had. been cast down m the ordinary way. Tho. machine was m charge of Mr Appleyard/who fitted it up, and with him was Mr Boag, a local engineer. Tlie smoke nuisance will soon be objected to by shopkeepers, 'unless . the machine does its work early m tiie dayj or m the- evening. The scarifier should! be at' hand any day, and the firm's engineer is to wait until' that has been affixed and tested*** On Saturday last the Poverty Bay Hunt Club's hounds met*, at Mr Newmans. Walsh tro,tted his hounds past Kaitaratahi liotel, and through a gate into Mr Newmans country, where some hares were found. After some stoppages, one of the sight took iiis over a nasty chain at the foot of Kaitaratahi hill, up the spur to Mr Hatton's boundary, where a short delay occurred, but the hounds had to be kept m sight, so on we softened to tlie hill above Mr Hatton's land. At Mr Newmans Tipper flat a hare made back to where she was found, and owing to the number "of hares we lost her. After a little refreshment at Mr Oaulton's hotel, we drew about Mr Newmans homestead, and found a good one, who, after giving us a turn round the hills, took a circle on the flat, thence on to the lowland opposite Kaitaratahi, over (and some into) the big drain, and back again on to the hills above Marshlands, where we lost her. This was a really good run. but some of us who were a bit delayed by an awkward boundaryjence saw only the tail of it. We then adjourned to Mr Newmans, where a nice afternoon tea awaited us, which we much enjoyed ; we quite forgot our wet clothes, and trotted Tiome very well contented with ourselves. , Tlie weather was first-class for hunting. A nice warm rain fell almost all day.—(Contributed.) A ybune man, quite a youth m appearance, was Drought before the Magistrate's Court , tins morning on a summons -.byJames Whinray for £18 10s. The summons had been issued against defendant's brother, but Arthur Treves appeared and admitted that it was meant for him, as he had ordered the goods. "Yes, that's the young man," said Mr Whinray, for whom Mr Stock appeared. Judgment was given by consent for the amount claimed, with £1 66 6d costs. Mr Stock then applied that an order for immediate execution be issued, on the ground that defendant had deceived plaintiff, telling him that he had not roceived any money, and that the contract was not finished, although the men had been paid off, receiving a large sum, and had been buying horses. Defendant said he had promised to give the money some days later, but m the meantime had been sued. The plaintiff deposed that he had seen defendant about noon the previous day, and had a, conversation with him, saying, "You'have not been to see me lately about {rour account ;. it has been hanging ori too ong ; surely you have got some money ?" He replied that he had not yet finished the contract, there being about two monUis' work to do. He said they did not get any progress payments on the work, the arrangement 'beirigto get paid when they had finished.it, saw Mr Hall m the distance, and went and asked liim about the contract. Mr Hall said he believed the men had been paid off, and asked him to go with him to Messrs Williams and Kettle's. There Mr Hall got the clerk to turn up tlie books, where it was shown that on Saturday the men had been, paid £123. Defendant said that he had only got £18 of the amount, and denied that lie had been buying any horses ; that was his brother. His Wor- , ship said .he would grant the order.

Tho fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council will be held to-night. Tlie Charitable Aid Board meets prior to the Council meeting. The half-yearly general meeting of the Poverty Bay Co-operative Supply Association is to be held m Townley's hall at 8 to-night. The parades m the first period of the Gisborne Rifles' section competition concluded last Friday, and next Friday night the examinations will take place. Tlie chief postmaster advises tliat parcel post with Tonga has been re-established. The rates are: Not over lib, 8d; for each succeedinjg lb or fraction of a lb, up to lllbs, 6d. ' The New Zealand Herald's Parliamentary reporter says there is every indication of a long and arduous session. Members may get away for the "Christchurch week,'' but, if so, they certainly will have to coma back again. . ■ - A peculiar and serious accident happened to a Greymouth lad. He was watching the progress of a/ football 1 match, and had his back turned lo the hockey ground. He had his hands behind his back, and a hockey ball flew out and struck him on tlie hand, breaking, his wrist. A very handsome set of gold medals, E resented to tlie Gisborne Rowing Club y Mr Chas. Buscke;, are on view m Mr W. Good's window. Tliey will be presented to the winners at the annual general meeting of the club, to be held shortly. At a meeting of the City Band last night the subject of the repeated failures to give a Sunday afternoon concert owing to rain setting m was discussed m a humorous way, and the meeting affirmed the resolution to maintain the fixture until it has been fulfilled. An aged Maori woman was giving evidence m the Land Court, yesterday, when the Judge reminded her that her evidence was very different from that given two yearrs previously, as recorded m the minutes, and on her being v asked which was correct, she replied promptly that the evidence given '-that day was, though she acknowledged having made the statements previously recorded. The Court, however, was not satisfied to make an order on the- evidence. y .' Messrs Chrisp and Son announce that they liave imported a number of Edison phonographs and a choice selection of the latest records, which the firm will be pleased to exliibit to intending purchasers. A private room m connection with the music warehouse has been -specially fitted up for the purpose of displaying the different grade instruments, and for the accommodation of customers who may be desirous of making a selection of records before purchasing. , A gentleman was chatting m the bar of the Albion Club liotel, when he discovered- tliat n. £5 note he had m his pocket was missing. A search failed to discover the missing note, and on- the floor being swept up next morning the owner of the note searched among the sweepings of corks, bits of paper,, etc., and then gave it up as unsuccessful, but a young man who was with him went pn rummaging about among the debris and was successful m finding the note, wrhich he at "bnce handed over. , "The cost of living lias advanced 30 per cent, during the* past decade,"' said a delegate at the Waterside Workers'' Conference at Wellington on Tuesday, "but wages have only gone up ,6 per cent. The food trust has its grip on our stomachs, the landlords on our houses." "The rent of certain houses- m Auckland stood at 7s a week five or six years 4 ago ; to-day it. is 15s, and some of the houses are not fit <f or occupation," was another complaint. -rPost. ■;■ .... ,•,...-■. . It is. evident (says the Wanganui Herald ofi Thursday last) that there -will be quite a crowd of Wanganui people m Sydney on August 3rd to see the great race between Charlie Towns and Willie Webb. ' Quite a number of rowing enthusiasts liave alreadv'gone over, and today another contingent left here m order to catch the Wimmera at Wellington tomorrow afternoon. Amongst those who left to-day for .the purpose of witnessing the sculling race may.be mentioned : Messrs J.. Hamilton, W. Sharpe, . G. Braithwaite (who is accompanied by his wife), W. Rankin; F. Saphir, ; Roberts, and "Victor" (Mr W. S. Corby), who is foing over to represent the Herald, -vriiile >aYe Dustin joins the party at Wellington, coming down' from Gisborne to go over. * ylt i 6 notified that Mr C. B. DeLautour has been appointed sole, agent- for the Burgon sheep-shearing machinery for Hawke's Bay and Poverty Bay. . These machines have had a tremendous run m Australia, and by the start they have already made m New Zealand it will not be long before the Burgon machine will be as well-known- as the Burgon handshear. They are made of the best Sheffield steel, and hold a guarantee ol five years. Mr DeLautour has machines on exhibition at lu6 store-, and will be pleased to demonstrate their superiority to all interested. Mr G. P Donnelly, after using other machines, lins selected tim Burgon, also Mr W. Richmond, and forty others m Hawke's Bay. yMessrs WI : D. Lysnar and H. E. Tiffen, of Mangatu^ have also installed them, and orders for the sea-son are coming iii freely. Miss Murcutt's lectures are .announced to commence on Sunday evening next, August 4th j and to continue for six consecutive nights. Miss Murcutt refuses to lecture for less than four nights m. any one place, as slie finds that she can create her own audiences. Her final lectures are invariably given to .packed houses. Tlie New Zealand Times, speaking of her first appearance m New.Zealand on 17th June last, said : "Miss Mu'r-1 cutt is to be. congratuJ ated upon the success <she achieved last evening. The lange concert-room was well filled m every part with ladies and gentlemen, who evidently took the deepest interest m every word that was uttered. Miss Murcutt is one of the most interesting lecturers who liave been heard m Wellington for a long while. Speaking without notes, but with an evidently Vivid recollection of all the scenes and matters which she has to tell of, she gives her story plainly, artlessly, but convincingly." ■'■;'-, "".-'■Sir Jos'iah Symon, who has just returned to Australia after a tour of Engjand and Canada, is enthusiastic about the latter country. He declares' that he thoroughly enjoyed his visit to that Dominion, whose resources, he says, seem illimitable, and prosperity abounding. "Everywhere you see great enterprise and development, and the population of the country is increasing by leaps and bounds. Her stream of immigration makes one lament the fatuous policy which so much discouraged a similar stream to our shores.. 'In London, Mr Deakin said that immigrants were welcome to Australia, but the legislation for which he and his friends are responsible does not quite bear that out. Perhaps he spoke m jest. We ought to at once take a leaf out of Canada's book iri the" matter of expenditure for immigrationjmrposes m advertising arid agencies. Canada is said to spend -8140,000 a year, and has an army of immigration agents m Europe and the United States, and regular advertisements m thousands of newspapers. In addition to this, the Canadian Pacific Railroad authorities spend £100,000 a year for the same purpose. That is surely a model for our imitation?" In a judgment of the Supreme Court at Auckland, m a claim against Captain Skinner and others, it was stated: In this case the claimants are foreigners residing permanently at Syracuse, m Sicily. They claim compensation under the Workers' Compensation for. Accidents Act, 1900, m respect of the death of their son, Concetto Rosso, who, it is alleged, was drowned at the wreck of the respon. dents' auxiliary sailing vessel, the Aotea, on or about the 17th July, 1906, at Waipiro Bay, m New Zealand. The respondents now apply for an order directing the claimants to give security for the costs of the arbitration and 1 staying further proceedings m the arbitration until such security, is given. It was decided by this Court m tlie case of the Public Trustee* v. Macdonald (8 Gaz. L.R. 354; 4 Dec. W.C.C. 38) tliat dependants who are foreigners and domiciled out of the colony of New Zealand are entitled to compensation m respect of the death of a worker killed ->by accident m New.Zealand. . . . We think that -foreign claimants m compensation cases should not be required to give security for costs unless the respondents can satisfy the Court that there is reason for suspecting tliat the claimants liave no reasonable grounds for coming to the Court. In any case of this kind tlie Court will exercise its jurisdiction toi order the claimant to give security for costs. It Ims not been suggested that the present is such a case, and/ the application for security is therefore dismissed. A Palmerston North gentleman who recently visited Australia, had a unique, but pleasurable, experience during the' railway journey from Sydney to Melbourne. There are no dining-cars on the train, so when ho reached the refreshment station he followed several gentlemen , into a cosy dining-room, where a table had been laid for four guests. The other tliree sat down, and he followed suit, and they all set to with a will. Tlie big gentleman at the head of the table, who resembled the late Mr Seddon some- : what, commenced' to discuss different political subjects, but his companions discouraged' every attempt, with furtive glances . at the Palmerstonian. The latter, after finishing a delicious meal, handed a florin to the waitress and returned to the train. There he was startled with ; the information that he had just dined with big John Forrest, Acting-Premier of i the Commonwealth, and two of bis colleagues, wlio liad been disinclined to tell the interloper that Re was -intruding on j their privacy, as they thought he was a j newspaper reporter, concluding that no one else would possess sufficient self -con- i fidence to join them. The waitress also i congratulated herself on the handsome tip < tlie fourth member of the party had given i her, "but the joke of the -matter was that - the Palmerstonian is rather a modest sort . of fellow, and is not a member of the y Fourth Estate at all, or probably he would :'• haye guessed his companion's identity. { *____________________________

A Wellington firm have erected a bacon factory with a plant capable of dealing with two thousand pigs a -day. It lias been estimated there arc ' at least 30,000 unemployed m the two States of New South Wales and Victoria, , If Palmerston North is included m. the tour of Madame Clara Butt, the prices will be 21s, 10s and ss, and then a sufficient number of seats must be booked to ] secure the agents against loss. j The Wellington City Council by-laws t* have just been consolidated, and the new volume fills 400 pages octavo. c By- i laws Committee have been much assisted i by representatives of the Architects', Builders', and Plumbers' Associations of < the city. * Dannevirke, according to a witness m J the. Arbitration Court last week, is m a very bad way commercially at the present time. "The district is now m a- transition stage," said the witness. "The sawmills have gone out, and the farmers have not yet come m, and the result is , that business is suffering severely." ; The Hawera County Council is contem. plating borrowing for an electrical tram- -, way. Messrs Goodland : (chairman) and ( Budge (clerk), while m Wellington recently, made enquirieg. as to raising the money. Tliey were assured by the Pub- i lie Trust Office that there would! be no , difficulty m obtaining £60,000 if it was , required, the interest on which would not , exceed 4£ per cent., and would most likely j be 4 per cent Gisborne will : probably liave to face m the near future thie obtainment of a municipal destructor 'for garbage. New Plymouth lias" one in' view. Reporting ' to the Borough Council there, the Engineer staled that he had made several en- j giriries regarding a destructor. He submitted plans. and prices. . The one which m his opinion was the most was that tendered for by Messrs ■ ■-;- -Horsfall, i Bros., who had agents m New Zealand. , His estimate of £2500 might be rather ' high. The question was referred to tlie Works Committee. ".';• At a .fire brigade smoke concert at Wanganui Jast week, Detective Siddells proposed the health of "William' Webb, New Zealand's Champion Sculler.? in .a very-neat speech. In the course of li-re-marks Detective Siddells _aid that when the Stanbury-Webb matcli was; first made hie looked upon the result as a -foregone . conclusion, .believing tha t* the " Australian would win easily. However, Webb sur- ' prised him greatly on the day. and speaking as an old oarsman, he felt confident that any man who - could row such a fine race against a sculler of Stanbury's ability must have a big chance of winning the world's championship. It was a splendid performance on Webb's part to defeat Stanbury — who was undoubtedly one of the greatest sciillers the world had ever seen, and he felt confident that Webb would come back withi the title. Needless to say, the toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. "WaUy" Sharpe responded on behalf of Webb, whoiri he said he had rowed with andi against, arid fully recognised what a fine oarsman and thorough sportsman he was. He was going. over to see the race, he saidv and felt fairly confiderit they wo— d have the pleasure of welcoming back 'the world's champion when Webb returned. ■"-*'■■ . . ' ' "'_''"■