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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2151, 6 August 1907, Page 2

A dance will be held in Harper’s Hall, Makauri, this evening.

The stallion Maliaki, of this district, has been shipped to Napier.

A start was made yesterday ill trimming the ornamental trees in the streets.

In another column the Hawke’s Bay Education Board advertises a number of vacancies.

A public trial of the Borough road roller, which is now complete with scarifier attached, will take place to-day. 1

The Gisborne Slieepfarmers’ Co. notifies that it's works will be reopened on Wednesday to receive stock for freezing.

Mr. W. Miller acknowledges a donation of £1 from Mr. Wm. Bushy towards the Cook Memorial rectification fund.

The Borough Council notifies that permission will be given to persons applying to remove a few poplar trees for firewood.

Services at the Baptist Tabernacle will be re-instituted on the 25th inst. The Rev. Mr. Salter, who takes up the work will arrive about the 21st inst.

In India, according to Miss Murcutt, the terms “Christian” and “drunkard” are synonymous; and in China the Christian Deity is known as “The Opium Jesus.”

As showing the tediousness and detail necessary in. Native land succession matters, a case was before the Native Band Court yesterday in which many claimants’ share was l-72nd part.

The Tai-Itawhiti Band Board will leave for Wairoa ou Monday next, commencing a sitting at that centre on the 14tli. The Board will resume its sittings at Gisborne on the 22nd inst.

“This is a proud day for New. Zealand,” a gentleman was heard to remark on Saturday night. “Webb has beaten Towns, New Zealand has beaten Australia, and Ivaiti- City'lias beaten Takitimu.”

The collections at the various Protestant Churches on Sunday next will be devoted to the funds of the British and Foreign Bible Society, by arrangement wit'll the Gisborne auxiliary. Bible Sunday will be a special feature.

On Saturday next at 2.30 a public meeting of Mangatu, Motu and Te Karaka ratepayers will be held at the Te Ivara'ka hotel to consider the raising of a loan to bridge the Rangatira and Pulia river.

Miss Murcutt says she has travelled in her time a distance equal to going twelve times round the earth. This travel has, she says, firmly convinced her that the Anglo-Saxon race is the most conceited on the face of the globe.

Improvements are contemplated that will greatly enhance the appearance of the Poverty Bay Turf Club’s course. Tenders a.re called for grubbing out the whole of the hedges and trees in the inner area, and at a later dat-e it is intended to have drainage, levelling, and grass sowing put in hand.

An event of great interest to the Masonic fraternity is the annual installation meeting of the Abercorn Bodge this evening. A number of visiting bretbern have arrived .to participate in the ceremony. Yesterday afternoon the visitors wore escorted by local officers on a drive round the country.

Word-coining is generally considered had form, but Miss Murcutt on Sunday night put two words in circulation with good effect. “There is,” she said, “too much Churcliianity—too much religiosity. What one is speaks louder to tlio heathen than what one eays.”

Mi-. It. Hill, Inspector of S hook lms consented to' give a leotmo on “Evolution” to the monilmi tl <. Gisborne Debating Society. 11ns take place next month. On Mom ay night Archdeacon Williams ‘st° ( give a lecture on his favorite topic, 1 Weather.”

It seems fairly certain that there is nothing new undei t • | )( the meeting pi the Utility ioiiiuy Club last) night a Hpoakoi sa.d tnu when ho saw an uicubntoi at a. alio twenty years ago ho then at ruck a new thing, bu H li cr v v>ti an s I ho had found. out that the Ptia is lind boon using incubators lor past t)wo thousand years or so. A meeting of the newly-formed wS 4 were placed before the mocting and adopted with slight altoiatioub. ro was left te a future meeting to decide wlrou the annual mooting should w„ w ft i f i Tt was decided tnai uio Club should moot on the first Monday in each, month.

The second of Miss Murcuto’s ser; ios of lectures “Japan and the Japan eso” attracted a largo gyheiing t the Theatre Royal hist evening. The chair was taken by the lie . Griffin Miss Murcutt was very cordially 'received and was quickly on good terms with the audience. The leoturess displayed an intimate kno lodge with the I'ar East, fcaii ed dunii" an eighteen months sojourn i,l those parts. She touched upon every phase of Japanese toe am 'kept hor audience deeply uiteicstod throughout. To-night .Miss UI will lecture on America and me Americans.

The British nation was freely dealt with by Miss Murcutt in her lecture on Sunday night. It was a popular belief that Americans worshipped the “Almighty dollar”; but she knew of no country in the world whoso publie policy was actuated to a greatei extent by .greed for gold than the British. Greed of gold made the nation force opium on China and allowed the drink traffic to flourish at Home. Nobody ever asked whothor it was right to abolish the liquor traffic, but all asked how the loss of revenue was to ho made up.

Following are the objects of the recentiv-formed Utility Poultry Club as embodied in tlio rules adopted last night.:—(a) To encourage the breeding of poultry with due regard to utility, by breeding only from selected layers; (b) to give prizes lor the most, efficient and economical system of packing and marketing poultry produce; (c) to give prizes at shows for tablo poultry and eggs; (d) to establish laying competitions botiveen pons of birds under proper management; (e) to obtain the best advice for members on all matters relating to tlio selection, breeding and keeping of poultry; (f) to facilitate change of blood from good laying strains between members.

Naturally there was a largo amount of talk at the meeting of the Utility Poultry Club last night regarding incubators, brooders, grit, mills aTid similar articles. One speaker told of a local gentleman who had built an incubator lnmself and the Chairman While laying down the principle that the building of incubators was a risky proceeding stated that he knew of a man who had lirought out a hatch of chickens using a kerosene tin as an incubator. A gentleman’s umbrella taken from tlio Salvation Army Hall last night is advertised for.

The committeo of the Gisborne Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society has arranged with the various Protestant ministers to observe next Sunday August- 11 as a Bible Sunday and collections ill aid of tlie Home Society will be made in the various churches. In tlio stirring address given by Miss Ada Murcutt in tlie Methodist Churcli. . last Sunday morning she spoke of visiting Missionary stations in the Southern Pacific a lid elsewhere, and eulogised the great assistance that is given to Missionaries by the British and Foreign Bible Society by translations and editions supplied far below cost price.

A social was given in the Salvation Army Barracks last night under the auspices of tlie band. Two hundred invitations were issued and over that number were present. Proceedings opened with a capital supper. Among those present were His Worship the Mavor and Mf-s. Townley, Judge R. N'.'Jones'Mr. a ltd Mrs. J. East, Mr. W. L. Clayton, Mr. Trent and a number ot other leading citizens. After the supper tallies had been cleared tlie Mayor made a few remarks. He said lie'was pleased to be present, to see the great improvement that had taken place in the band—he remembered tlie time when it consisted of only a drum and a cornet. He looked upon the band as a body having a groat mission to perform. Judge Jones and Mr. W. L. Clayton also spoke in high terms of the good work accomplished by the Army., after which Adjutant Dickens briefly responded.

It is fallacious, Miss Mnrcutt remarked on Sunday niglit, to say tlia the Japanese nation was horn in day. The forces which made the Japanese come recently into the front rank-of the nations had heen operating for hundreds of years. The loyalty and patriotism of the people were well known, and these were engendered by the Spartan training undergone by all Japanese youths. When Japan was compelled by a coalition of European Powers to hand back to China the province of Manchuria, 100 Japanese who had fought in the war in which the tract was acquired felt called upon to commit suicide. At the time it was prophesied that a war with Russia Would follow, and the lecturer had no hesitation in saying that the bravery of the Japanese in the late war was inspired to a great degree by the memory of those men.

Tho room above Mr. Dustin’s confectionery establishment was crowded to excess last evening, when a debate took place under the auspices of the Gisborne Debating Society, the subject being, “Is the Color Problem Solvable?’’ The Rev Dawson Thomas presided. Mr. Oliver opened the debate, and spoke in favor of the total exclusion of Chinese from this country. He stood for a White New Zealand, and warned his hearers against the danger of Ijaving to face a similar problem to that which tho Australians had in the northern portions of the Commonwealth. He believed the proper place for the Chinese was in China ; we did not want them here. Dr. Collins, in reply, pointed" out why, according to our constitutional law and our dependence upon Great Britain, it was impossible to prohibit the Chinese from landing in New Zealand, but he pointed out various ways by which this result could practically be obtained. He advocated £IOO poll-tax. an educational tost, and taxes upon the various industries Chinamen in New Zealand-engaged in, so that in trade competition tliev would not enjoy the advantage they? do at present over the white trader. An interesting discussion ensued, and upon a vote being taken Dr. Collins was alleged to have won the debate.