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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 906, 2 June 1903, Page 2

There will be no issue of tho Times tomorrow (Prince of Wales’ Birthday). Captain Edwin wired yesterday Strong to moderate westerly winds, glass rise, tides moderate. Throe offenders for drunkenness were dealt with at tho Police Court yesterday. Mr Charles Johnson, boatman at Ixai - para Heads, has beon appointed second keeper at the East Cape lighthouse. Mr Johnson has beon stationed at Kaipara' for 17 years. Tho brethren of tho Gisborne and BaP lance (juvenile) Tents of Reckabites are notified by advertisement that tkoir usual fortnightly meetings will not be held tomorrow night on account of the holiday. To morrow (Prince of Wales’ Birthday) in addition to the ordinary train service, a special will leavo Gisborne at 2 p.m. for Ormond, departing from the latter place again at 2.50, and arriving in town at 3.30.

At tho bowling green to-morrow the district matches will bo continued, In the morning Whataupoko will play West End, and the winner will meet City in the afternoon, City will play a scratch team in tho morning. Yesterday a number of summonses were taken out by the Gisborne School Committee against parents or children who have not put in the required number of attendances, It is the intention of the Committee to take similar summonses out every woek. At tho Police Court yesterday, the fines in seven cases of supplying prohibited persons with drink, and three cases of drunkenness, amounted to £37 10s, and tho costs to £3 7a, By no means a bad day’s business for the Court, but hardly a good advertisement for the district. Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. notify additions in their implement and macbincry department, also bushfelling supplies, puriri posts, horse covers, etc. Tho firm have also received a large number of kerosene oil heaters, which are very popular just now, and aro to be recommended both on the score of economy and utility.

Messrs Hamon and Smith inform us that they have just completed the sale of the goodwill and leases of blacksmiths’ shops at Te Aral ana Murewai, and billiard room at Te Arai from Mr McCabe ro Mr Williamson. Tho firm invito inspection of several first-class properties that will well repay investors. All intending buyers shown property free.

Friday’s Auckland Herald has the following;—Mr W. C. Bedford, on the Auckland staff of tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd,, who has been transferred to the Gisborne branch, was the recipient on Thursday of a presentation, in the form of a travelling bag, from his fellow-officers in the Auckland office. Mr F. Bodle, manager, made the presentation in a few kindly felicitous remarks, expressing the regret not only of himself but of the staff at losing so popular and painstaking an officer. Mr Bedford arrived in Gisborne by tho Tarawera on Sunday.

At the Rugby Union meeting last evening, Messrs McCredie (seniors) and \Y. Gibson (juniors) were appointed referees for next Saturday’s matches. Four dozen copies of the Auckland liugby Union s Annual for 1903 came to hand yesterday

to the order of the Poverty Bay Union. The Annual is a very creditable production, and contains all the latest case law and much information calculated to assist the liugby player to an intelligent conception of the laws of the game. For the modest sum of sixpence, players can obtain a copy on applying to Mr L. F. Williams, hon, secretary of the local Rugby Union. “A Traveller by Train " writes 11 The want of a lamp at the Ormond railway station has been felt for a long time, and it is a wonder that the Railway Department have not provided it. Last Monday evening from 70 to SO persons were huddled in the little station in dense

darkness, and women and children were

greatly terrified on account of the roughness of several men, who apparently were out for a holiday. On Saturday evening an Orruond resident awaited the arrival of the train with a lighted candle, and even that was welcomed by the women snd children, who were returning home laden with parcels. I feel sure that the matter only requires to be made known to the railway authorities and the light will be forthcoming." i

Mr Frank Pattulio, of To Baraka, has been appointed a Justice of the Peace. the lolanthe Quadrille Assembles nest dance will be held tnis evening. Mr G, Goldsworthy has a first-class piano to sell on easy terms. A pear! pin lost between East’s corner and tee Post-office is advertised for. Impounding notices in connection with the Matawhero, Whataupoko, and Gisborne pounds appear in this issue.

The Poverty Bay Road Board meet on Thursday, June ilth, at 7.30 p.m. All members are requested to attend. Two collie dogs, lost on Friday evening last, are advertised for. A reward is offered. Nominations for the Gisborne Racing Club's Steeplechase Meeting ciose at 9 o'clock on Monday evening next.

An assault was committed on a local hotelkeeper last evening, resulting in the arrest of the alleged offender.

The s.s. Herald should get away trom Wellington on Thursday, and leaves here on Saturday next for CJoact ports and Auckland. The Hon. James Carroll will address hi s constituents at the Theatre lloyal at eight o'clock this evening. His Worship the Mayor will preside. At Holy Trinity Church harvest festival service on Sunday morning the soprano solo of the anthem was feelingly sung by Miss Hyett. A moderate sea was reported from all stations on the Coast, with the excep tion of Castlepoint and Cape Campbell, where it was heavy.

Miss Edwin, of Williams street, off Palmerston road, notifies that she is prepared to undertake all kinds of plain sewing. There have just beon exhibited at Molong, Now South Wales, mushrooms weighing one and a quarter pounds, and measuring lGiu in diameter. The Supreme Court of Now South Wales has decided that an award of tho Arbitration Court does not stand against an Act of Parliament. The Empire Skating Rink will be open to-morrow afternoon irom 2 to 4, on Thursday night and Saturday night from 7.30 to 10. New skates will be on hire, a firstclas3 baud being in attendance, We are pleased to learn that Master Lucas, the telegraph messenger injured in the cycle accident last week, was uot so severely hurt as was feared at tho time. He is now able to get about again. A young lady named Miss Nellie Rico was knocked down last evening by a horse ridden by a youth. Beyond a shaking aud nervous shock the young lady was not injured,

Mr A. Greenfield, S.M., Palmerston North, has received notice from tho Department that in accordauco with the decision of the Government to retire officers over 65 years of ago it would bo necessary for him to retire from active duty.

“A.H.,” Karaka, writes:—“A subject of animated discussion hero is whou will tho railway roach the Motu ? Two gentlemen have made a wager; one holds that it will be accomplished within three years, aud the other that it will not be constructed under fifteen. Will Mr Carroll, at bis meeting in Gisborne, pleaso give his opinion ?”

At tho meeting of the Mutual Improvement Society, held last night, the following officers were elected :—President, Mr R. N,. Jones; Vice-Presidents, Messrs Innos and Johnston; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr H. 11. Armstrong; Editor of Journal, Mr W. P. Gaudin ; Committoe, Mesdames Baty, Mclntyre, and Miss Jones, Messrs Slack, Taylor, and Gittos.

An extraordinary scone oecurrod at the Tours Assizes lately during tho trial of three men on charges of robbery. Counsel for tho prosecution was addressing tho Court whon ouo of tho prisoners suddouly leapt over tho bar in front of the dock, cleured tho head of his own counsel, aud snatched a bayonet from one of the soldiers on duty. Ho then made a dash at tho speaker, but was seized and overpowered boforo he could do any damage.

A serious aeeidont happened at Ormond on Saturday afternoon, when a young man named Frederick James Parsons accidentally shot liimsolf. He was handling a revolver, the mechanism of which seemed rather stiff, when it wont oil, the buffet going through his left hand and lodging in his left leg. His wounds were temporarily attondod to by neighbors, aud he was brought into town by the evening train aud taken to tho hospital. The bullet was extracted yesterday, aud the youog man is making satisfactory progress towards recovery.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday judgment was delivered in tho Motu case MacSaveny v. Alexander T. Ritchie, a claim for £lo6 Bs, half cost of a boundary fence. His Worship said that it was agreed upon by tbe parties that the length of tbe fence was 116 chains. Plaintiffs evidence was that tho cost of the fence should be £1 17s 6d, aud defendant’s witnesses put it at £1 Bs. There could bo no doubt thero were considerable difficulties in the erection of the fence owiDg to the rugged nature of the country. It appeared to His Worship that tho most reasonable course to adopt under tbe circumstances would be to divide the difference between tho estimates given by the witnesses for tho respective parties. He assessed the cost of the fence at £1 12s 9d a chain, which would make the total cost £lB9 19s. Defendant’s half-share would be £94 19s 6d, less under-scrubbing £5 16s, thereby reducing the amount to £B9 3s 6d, interest to be paid on the amount from January 20th last, tho date of completion of the fence, interest to be fixed by statute, each party to pay their own costs.

Ve had tho pleasure of a few minutes’ chat with Mr Hone Heke, M.H.R., on Wednesday, and amongst other things touched upoD was the proposed East Coa°st Railway. Mr Heke is quite in accord with the movement, and promised to assist should the matter bo brought before Parliament. He pointed out to us, however, that if the district required railway communication the people would have to proceed with a little more vigor than usual, Mr Heke demonstrated the utility of “ oailiug up ” Ministers—no matter of what _ department —on every possible occasion. He said that at the present time the Hon. the Premier aud the Hon ,T. G. Ward nrn i. '

j. u. ward are practically at our doors, but not the slightest effort was made to communicate with them. Then, Mr Ileke urged the advisability of’holding public meetings—representative meetings’, not. milk-and-water affairs, but real live Public demonstrations. Mr Hc-ke says the ' people in the North expect to get £300,000 out of the loan for railway purposes, 'and m his opinion the Bay of Plenty should receive not less than £200,000, The question is how are we to get it ? We look to the Chairmen of our local bodies to find the answer.—Opotiki Herald.

rs.t the Police Court yesterday seven cases under tho Licensing Act for supply, iug prohibited persons with liquor were heard, each of the defendants being fined £3 and costa. In one case Mr Lysnar asked for the amount of tbe fine to be increased by a shilling in order to allow him to appeal, but the Magistrate declined to grant the request. At the conclusion of the cases, referring to the services of Constable Myles Doyle, to whom was due the credit of securing the seven convictions, the Magistrate remarked :—“ I should like

to say that in my opinion Constable Doyle deserves the very greatest credit for his

efforts m endeavoring to have prohibited orders obeyed. It would be useless unmaking them unless they are enforced, and Constable Doyle has gone to a considerable amount of trouble in saving these men from ruin, I think he deserves the greatest credit.” Sergeant Siddells said he was gisd to hear His Worship's remarks, and he would briDg them before

his superior officer. The remarks passed

by Mr Barton in regard to Constable Doyle will meet with the approval of the

Gisborne public generally. As a rule the utmost difficulty is experienced by tbe police in securing evidence sufficient to justify a conviction, and it is certainly a feather in the cap of the constable that in each ease he was able to sheet the offence home. As the Magistrate aptly remarked, it is useless prohibition orders being made unless they are strictly enforced,

In the Duck River district, Tasmania, some ffri.uOU acres of laud have been taken up by Victorian farmers for settlement. Referring to Mr Carroll’s speech the Auckland Herald states :—“ We have arranged our tariff to suit ourselves, and we have done so by putting on the heaviest possible duties to encourage cur own industries. That is our present fiscal policy. Certainly no couutry bites us so heavily as we attempt to bite them. And the cable-

gram we have referred to shows how France and Germany ' bite ' us. Out of the wool sold at London at toe recent sales 53,000 bales were purchased for Home consumption, while France aud Germany took 95,000 and America 5000. Except for this large demand lor the Continent, there would, iti all probability, have been no sued rise in prices as occurred. So far us we know, tot-re is not a single article that we produce and export that France aud Germany put any duty upon. it is clear that Mr Carroll refers to the colonies in tho sentences we have quoted, because he prefaces them Ossaying ttiat any change of tariff policy ' would be oi immense benefit to the producers of the colony.' We should like to know how suen a change as would invite reprisals from France or Germany with respect to our wools would Lie of benefit to our wool producers. The subject is of momentous importance, and certainly no change should be rashly made, or without full knowledge and consideration of the circumstances.” The Auckland journal takes up a point that we referred to when Mr Carroll last spoke in Gisborne on the subject, but omits to mention that outwool is only purchased by the foreign nations because it suits them best. They keep up their own tariffs without regard to Great Britain.

From Queensland comes news of the death of tUe stallion Martini-Henry (says “ Phaeton,” in Saturday's Auckland Herald). Aucklanders had good reason to remember Martini-Henry with some degree of affection, for it was largely duo to tile doughty feat that he accomplished at I’Temington in the spring of ISS3, in what may be termed tho nick uf time, when he captured the Y.lt-C. Derby ami

Melbourne Cup, that gave Auckland such a big shove up the ladder of fame as a horse-breeding centre. Tho story of how the late Hon. James White came to purchase Martini-Henry when a sevenmonths’ old foal has been many times related in Auckland, but it will stand repetition. The Nov South Wales sportsman was making a trip to the Old Couutry by way of America in the winter of 1881, and during tho short stay of tho

mail steamor at Auckland lie took a run out to tho Auckland Stud Company’s establishment, which .was then situated at Glen Orchard, in company with Mr Thomas Morrin. The bay colt by Musket from Sylvia, as the gem of tho collection, was, of course, duly interviewed, and after Mr White had looked the youngster over most critically, ho remarked to Mr Morrin : “ Well, old Sylvia, 1 know, is all right ; now, let mo have a look at Musket.” Tho big brown was stripped, and Mr White went back to have another look at tho Sylvia coh, with the result that ho subsequently asked Mr Morrin, on tho road to town, to namo a prico for the youngster. Mr Morrin did not hesitate an instant in naming 1250 guineas, and Mr White was not long in coming to a conclusion to take Sylvia's son at tho price named. So it was that a colt destined to win a V.E.C. Derby and Melbourne Cup passed into tho hands of a true sportsman. iUy miud is carried back to that July afternoon in 1881, when Sylvia’s son was shipped to Sydney by tho s.s. Te Anau, aud it makes one sad to think that so few of tho well-known forms present on the Auckland wharf that day remain with us. I fancy I see the manager, tho late Captain Walmsley, proudly holding tho bay colt by the head collar, and puffing down tho youngster's forelock (aud what a beautiful forelock it was), in order that he might carry that dashing appearance which was so marked a characteristic of him. Most Aucklanders put their chests out on tho night tho nows came to hand announcing that MartiniHenry had clinched his Derby victory by annexing the Melbourne Cup; hut it may bo doubted if anyone was in so joyful a mood as the dear old captain who at thut time managed Sylvia Park. Truly, it was a groat time with us all.