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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1980, 16 January 1907, Page 2

The Matawhero stock sales will be held to-morrow. The new steamer AVinimora arrives this afternoon. Tho steamer Ventura arrived at Sail Francisco at 10 p.m. on tho 12th January. The funoral of tho late Mrs. M. A. Neill will leave St. Mary’s Church at 4.30 this afternoon. The Tolago Bay stock sales will take placo on Saturday noxt. Tho entries aro advertised elsewhere. Tenders aro called for splitting posts and battens, clearing lino and erecting fonco, about 2j miles. Tho Gisborne Racing Club invite tondors for tho right to take cliargo of horses at tho forthcoming meeting. The inquest on tho body of the lad drowned last ovoning will bo held at tho paronts’ residence at 11.30 this morning. The barquentino Frank Guy is expected at Gisborne any day with coal from Westport for the W’ostport Coal Company. Tlio Chief Postmaster advises that the AVollington-Brindisi despatch of 7th December arrived in London on the night of Utli inst. An intended visit of members of tho Land Board to Takapau yesterday was prevented by the rain. Tho members return to Napier this evening.

The promotion of Mr Renner to Invercargill will give a splendid opportunity to someone to acquire an excellent residence on the Ivaiti, in Harris street. Attention is directed to the advertisement referring to the property. The following is a list, of unclaimed letters from places beyond the colony received in the postal district of Gisborne during the month of November, 1906: —R. Bell, C. F. Brown, C. F. Cross, R. J, Dunn, AV. Foggatt, A. Greeuhalgh, A. R. D. Hogge, C. Scott, Mrs Smith, T. G. Stevens, R. Stuart, and J. Turner. When the question of finance was mentioned at the meeting of the Borough Council last week tho amount at credit was stated to be £B2. After the payment of accounts passed at that meeting, tho balance in credit yesterday was £195. Tho Town Clerk is to be complimented and the Council congratulated oil such a satisfactory financial xiosition.

At a meeting held by the Poverty Bay Rowing Club, last evening, Mr. S. Ledger was elected deputy-cap-tain, Mr. AV. McGuffio having resigned from that position. It was decided to row the next four-oared races for Mr. B, S. Cox’s trophies on tho AVaimata course, commencing .next Thursday week. It is tho Club’s intention to despatch two or three crows to compete in the regatta to be'hold at Napier during the holidays.

The dairy industry of the Auckland province, which has been advancing by leaps and bounds during the past few years, still continues to maintain a remarkable degree of progress. Ten years ago the butter export of the province was worth £33,240 for the year; last season it was worth £257,047, and a total of 2617 tons was exported. This season to date 2193 tons have been sent out with three months yot to go, and butter coming in at the rate of 178 tons a week. The output now is far and away ahead of that of the whole of the South Island. The increase over tlio corresponding period of last year is nearly 800 tons.

Ten years ago Auckland was exporting frozen beef to the value of £2415, and for the month of November last the one month’s shipment totalled .£2.1. ,095. Ten years ago it exported 10,258 carcases of frozen mutton and 5553 carcases of frozen lamb, and last year 14,852 carcases of mutton, and 5086 carcases of lamb, in 1897 the export of wool was valued at £171,741, and last year at £207,833 from Auckland, excluding the counties of Cook and AVaiapu and part of AVairoa, which contain the bulk of the sheep of the province. Last year the hemp export was worth £190,807, and ten years ago the whole output of the colony was only worth £27,508. Many other instances of the progress of the province might bo given, but these are sufficient to show how rural industries are advancing, and the increase of 35,198 in population in five years shows how the tide of settlement lias set in. The gold and coal mining industries have been showing steady, solid development, the kauri gum trade is brisk and the timber mills are as busy as they can well be, while the -shipping trade of the port of Auckland is increasing every month. Then tile high prices ruling for wool, butter, meat, and flax fibre have meant an enormous gain in the wealth of the province, so that 1907 opens with the brightest possible prospects, and rural Auckland has a splendid outlook before it.

At. the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr Barton, S.M., Frederick Archer was charged with drunkenness in Kaiti on the previous day. Constable Wales laid the information. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s and costs, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment. .John Camp-' bell was charged with a like offence in Childers road on " the 14tli inst. Pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s and costs, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment. The same prisoner was further charred with indecent conduct ui Childers road. Ho pleaded not guilty. Constable Chisholm and Sergeant AYilliams proved the case. Prisoner was committed to prison lo lie kept to hard labor for four days. •Joseph Geddi.s was charged with drunkenness in Lowe street on the 14th inst. Defendant pleaded guilty. Fined £3 and costs, in default seven days’ hard labor. Defendant asked for time to pay. The Magistrate: No, vou will not lie allowed time to pay.' I think it will do you good to go' to gaol and get the drink out of your system.

A telegram was received yesterday by the Hon. Secretary, Air. R. M. Birrell, stating that Air. Devlin, the Home Rule delegate, regretted that he will be unable to visit Gisborne as arranged. Naturally, after all - the details had been completed, this message was received with much disappointment. A perusal of the papers show that negotiations for the visit of Mr. Devlin to Gisborne were opened up with the AVellington Committee as far hack as December 8, and it was settled that Air. Devlin was to arrive hero on the 19tli inst., address a mass meeting on Monday night, 21st, and be entertained at a conversations on tbc Tuesday evening, leaving for Auckland on Wednesday morning. Alessrs. Joyce and Birrell (secretary) and the local committee did all in their power to make the Irish orator’s visit certain, and a mass of correspondence. oil the subject was accumulated. Owing to other towns cutting in to tile dates allotted to Gisborne, the delegate lias found it impossible to stay hero. as. he must reach Auckland by Sunday, the 20th. He speaks at Hastings on the 17th, and Napier on the _ 18th, passing through Gisborne on his way to Auckland on tho 19th. It lias been mooted that the local committee might arrange for the steamer to wait an hour or so and allow Air. Devlin to address a morning meeting.

In ordinary Crown lands under settlement conditions, for tlio year ended March 31, there wore 102,809 acres taken up in Auckland, and tho next largest area was 55,215 acres in Hawke's Bay, which goes to show tlio remarkable a tide of settlement that lias sot in in tho North Island. Tho trond of population has boon to Auckland, and tlio city population now stands at 82,189, or 14,327 greater than tho next largest centre, Christchurch, and tho province now lias a population of 211,856, an incrouso iri five years of 35,918 and outstripping the noxt most thickly populated provinoo, Otago, by 30,912. Tlio following furfchor information is to hand regarding tho telegram indicating litigation over tho Mamari accident :

As a sequel to tho rocont accident at tho Calliopo Dock tho preliminary stops have boon taken in connection with the ontoring of an action for damages against tho Auckland Harbor Board by tho Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, whoso steamer Mamari was in tho dock at tho limo of tho accident. Under section 227 of tho Harbors Act of 1878, it is Doccssary to givo ono month’s notico to any harbor board prior to commencing such an notion. This notico has been served on Mr J. M. Brigham, secrotary to tbo Board, by Mr F. Earl, on behalf of Messrs 8011, Gully, Bell, and Myors, of Wellington, solicitors for tho plaintiff' company. Tbo notico sots out tho circumstances under which tho claim has arisen, and gives formal notice of tho intention of the owners and master of tho Mamari to institute an action to recover tho sum of £15,000 as damagesTho damage alleged is, •* that tho ship was capsized, crushed and injured, and was prevented and delaoyod from continuing her voyage or being employed by tho said company.” The inquest oil tho body of tbo girl Doris Eveline McCarton, who died at the hospital on Dooembor 27th last, from shock received from bums at Ofcahuku on December 26, was continued at tho Auckland hospital on Friday before tho City Coroner (Mr T, Gresham) and a jury, Tho inquest bad been adjourned in order that further evidence as to tbo cause of the accident might be obtained. The child was reported to have said that a man had thrown a match upon her. Agnes Hcbdon, wife of J. W. Hcbdon, of Otakuhu, said that deceased, with her two sistors and brother, passod her residence about three o’clock on the afternoon of Doeomber 20tli, on thoir way to a store. On returning a littlo later tho children wore seen to cross the road and sit clown on tho doorstop of a shop. The children were playing in front of tlio shop for about a quarter of an hour, when shb hoard a scream, and on looking across tho road she saw the deceased running across the footpath with her clothing on fire. There were no persons near the children at the time. A sister of tho deceased girl stated that they were all sitting on tho doorstep when the deceased suddenly screamed, and jumped up with her clothes on fire. There was no elderly person or man about who could have thrown a lighted match.* A verdict was returned by the jury that death was occasioned by shock to the deceased’s system, as the result of extensive burns, but there was no evidenoo to enable them to decido how the child’s clothes became ignited.