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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 79, 11 April 1901, Page 2

By our cablegrams it will bo seen that a sum of £I9OO has beeu subscribed in Sydney towards the expenses of Dr. O’Haran’s defence in the sensational divorce case. An alarm of fire was rung out at six last evening, a chimney in a Gladstone road tenement emitting a big flame. The fire had been in progress some time before the bell rang. It is probable that oil-boring operations will be resumed in this district in the spring, under much better conditions than was the case in earlier days which many people can remember to their cost. Last evening, as a waggon-load of bags of chaff was near the Masonic corner, the tqp tier fell off, and for a time the roadway appeared to be a site of harvesting operatipns. With' the pilling assistance at hand, the load was soon built up again. The outgoing passengers by the Waikare last night had an unpleasant time. The sea w/is rough, and the Waihi had to cruise around a couple of times before the lines were obtained. Some of the passengers had an experience of sea-sickness before they reached the big vessel.

A teacher for Waipiro Bay school is re- | quired : salary about £IBO per annum. j The milk supply to the Cheviot Dairy | Comp any now totals ISO,OOO gallons per year. Mr F. A. Tiffen advertises that bushmen are wanted for unlet sections at Mangatu station. ? Mr and Mrs Lloyd tender thanks for sympathies extended in regard to the loss of their daughter Ettie. Milk in Wanganui has been raised in price to 4d per quart. It is now 3d per quart in Carterton. Though nominations are to be in for the Borough Council on Saturday, the important occasion is causing little stir. Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. s monthly stock sale sale is to be held at Waerenga-a-hika Yards to-day. During the past two days Gisborne has experienced a healthy cold “ snap. Last night the temperature was like that of midwinter.

Mr William Pettie directs _ attention to his new stock of winter clothing and mercery, which has been specially selected by Mr Green. .

The Hon. T. Y. Duncan has informed a Times’ representative that the Government will give very liberal assistance in the way of a loan to any effort to establish co-operative dairying in this district.

The brethern of the Star of Gisborne Lodge of Oddfellows (American constitution), are reminded of the meeting this evening, when the proposed bye-laws are to be discussed and adopted.

The Napier rowing representatives left for their home by the Waikarc last night. There was a large crowd of local rowing representatives to bid the visitors goodbye, and hearty cheers and counter cheers were given as the Waihi left the wharf.

It will bo observed by our telegrams that the Board of Governors of the Lincoln College has asked to be given charge of one of the horses presented by Mr Rothschild. The Gisborne A. and P. Society should make early enquiries in regard to these horses.

At a recent five in Wellington the fire police, by stretching ropes, did good work in keeping the crowd back. Some person was mean-minded enough to cut the ropes. This is the second occasion on which the fire police have had such an experience. The Ballauce Tent, No. 12, 1.0. R., held its fortnightly meeting last night, Bro. W. Bloomfield, C.R., presiding. It was decided to hold a social evening in a month’s time. Bro. Georgeson, the Superintendent, presented a book to the Juveniles, to be offered for competition* among the members, the best recital to take the prize.

Most of the Mormon elders who had been present at the conference held in this district, left by the steamer Waikarc last evening for various destinations throughout the° colony. Those who came in contact with the" Mormons during their stay in Gisborne found them very gentlemanly and well-educated men. Mr J. Whim-ay, of Motu timber fame, has the hope of scoring a triumph in another direction. He is pressing for the testing of the Waikohu laud on which the outcrops of lignite were found. The Hon. Mr Duncan considers that Gisborne ought to be proud of possessing men like Mr Whinray. This season Mr P. Martin, of the Waimata Valley, lias sent three tons.of honey to the London market. As at his spring count he had 75 hives, the yield represents an average of 901 b per hive. New Zealand honey commands good prices in the London market, Mr Martin’s previous shipment having realised £42 10s per ton.

In the course of a prosecution at the Lyttelton Police Couvt, the father of the accused became so indignant with a witness that he called him a - informer. The Bench at once ordered the man to be arrested for contempt of Court, and sent hint 1° the lock-up till the rising of the Court. The delinquent then apologised and was discharged with a. severe reprimand.

The following are particulars of the produce exported from this port by the Star of Australia through Messrs Williams and Kettle : 64 bales of greasy wool, valued at £555 ; 254 bales oi'slipe, £2937 ; 3 bales scoured. £34; 155 casks tallow, £1069 ; 21 casks sausage cases, £383 ; 24,436 carcases mutton, £15,155 ; 1555 lamb, £789; 1389 beef, £2856 ; 19,863 pieces, £1546 ; total value, £25,327.

A great litany Maoris went by the Waikato last evening, most of them being converts to the Mormon faith. When the Waihi had got down the stream after leaving the wharf, Mr Dixon’s coach arrived with a further detachment of Naiivos from the Murewai. The Natives were much distressed at the turn of events, and generally expressed their opinion in warm terms. As it was, the Waihi was a quarter of an hour behind advertised time in leaving the wharf. ' A. meeting of the G-isborne Tent, No, 55, 1.0. R., 5.N.,. was held in the Tent room last evening, Bro. M. G. Nasmith, junr., C.R., presiding. The balance-sheet of the past quarter was presented and adopted. It showed the sick fund as standing at £125 4s 2d, and the contingent fund at £23 17s 6d. The membership stood at 30, of whom 11 wore honorary ; 7 members had been initiated during the" quarter and ’4 had ceased membership. Bro. A. Georgeson was elected minute secretary, and other routine business was transacted. . A serious accident happened lately (says the Hot Lakes Chronicle) tq some Natives engaged on the Government road works near Te Whaiti, in the Urewcra country. They were blasting some rock, and one shot missing fire, the men foolishly attempted to withdraw the chargo, which caused an explosion, throwing one man down a bank, and breaking the arm of another in throe places. Both men were dreadfully cut about the face by the fragments of rock,-but it is hoped the eyesight escaped injury. They are under Native treatment, and are, from latest reports, making satisfactory progress. The declared value of the Grace Harwar’s local cargo was £38,000. The following is q detailed statement of her shippings from this port: —Bennett and Sherra-U, 476 bales greasy, 64 scoured, 1 bale skins, total value £3788; Common, Shelton and Co., 863 greasy, 119 scoured, 123 slipe, 1 bale skins, £9580 ; Loan and Mercantile, 826 greasy, 134 scoured, 445 pockets, £8117; Williams and Kettle, 1506 greasy, 06 scoured, 4 slips, 342 pockels, 2 bales'skins', ‘ $Q cqskv (allow;, £17,041. From Napier and Wellington : 3347 bales and 160 casks of tallow ; together with a quantity of gum from Auckland,

Residents at Ufejmke seem? tq rjud the making of shale oil in the neighborhood not "'together conducive to their wellbeing.' A correspondent of the Southland Times reports that siuce the wows started distillation the water- in the household, tanks is covered with a him of oil, while houses are being depreciated by a deposit of the same kind, which discolors the paint and oxidises the nails, causing streaks of rust. Houses a mile from the works are being covered with a _ slatecolored oily deposit. In Britain it was not unusual for owners of such works to pay compensation to farmers and others around them for depreciation of crops and pasture by condensation of oil and sulphurous fumes.

In an article dealing with the new Vancouver steamship service and the, desire of Mr J. B. gpreckles to obtain a subsidy for the carriage of colonial mails, the Sydney Morning Herald says:— “ The Union Company, having taken up the Vancouver service, has arranged to work it by means of first-class vessels, and Australians travelling by the line will have the satisfaction of, knowing that they are sailing under the flag of .their own nation. If the steamship traffic between our ports and San Francisco js large enough to be a matter of any particular concern to us, it should be large enough to pay Mr' Sprecldes without a subsidy. If it is not/ it is hardly worth while raising a controversy over. It must not be forgetten that the American company enters into direct competition with ourselves, and that in the Union Company we have an Australasian enterprise which possesses considerable claims upon us.”