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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2051, 30 November 1907, Page 2

Tho meetings of t-lio Salvation Army Barracks to-morrow will bo conducted by Adjutant Dickens, and bright and cheerful services aro promised.

Mr. J. lO’Dowd publicly thanks Nurse Harney mild staff for tho kindness and attention accorded his soil whilst tho lad was .treated at her jirivato hospital. Tho Harbor Board’s sand-pump dredge has been idle for tlio past low days, owing ito a wheel having to bo replaced and a hole in tlie boiler mended; but it is expected that work will be resumed .this morning.

All (the timber for tho extension of tho Kaiti wharf is now on tho ground, and work will be commenced as soon as the pile-driving plant is done with at the embankment, which should ho in the course of a few days.

Tho first meeting of .the Cook County Women's Guild was held yesterday, Mrs Townley presiding, when rules for the government of the League were drawn mp. .Mrs H. J. Walker was appointed recording secretary, Airs Townley treasurer, and Mrs Maynard was added to the trustees.

At tile Baptist Tabernacle to-mor-row the Rev. A. North (of Auckland) preaches in t-lio morning on “The Vital Question.” The evening subject will be “The Testimony to the Atonement of Parental Love.” On Tuesday evening Air. North, who was a resident of Calcutta for some time, will lecture on “Phases of Indian Life and of Afissiou Work in India.”

On December 18th it is tho intention of the Salvation Army to open a free Christmas tree to the children of Gisborne. In addition an interesting programme of vocal and instrumental music will be rendered. Adjutant Dickens explains that the treat will be entirely provided by outsiders, and he further states that donations aro wanted to the extent of if> that ai ount being rt quired to make the function a complete success.

Recently the Gisborne Rifles were executing manoeuvres on tho AVaikanao beacii. Tlio troops were well disposed and prepared for any attack; but a noil-coih. received notice from a trusty scout that a number of the enemy were approaching his position from behind a near-by house. The non-com. therefore sent certain of his men to intercept tho invaders, but they received a check of an extraordinary kind. From out of the house issued an irate Maori dame, who exclaimed, “You call yourselves defenders of the country, but I have to turn out to defend my own house against you.” The dusky dame further threatened to throw a kettle of hot water over the warriors, whereupon they exceeded even valor itself by retiring in very good order and in vo.y smart time.

A visitor to iGisborne bad an experience which ho is likely to put to the debit side when considering the .attractions of this town. He bad occasion last evening to journey .to a friend’s house, within a anile of the post office. Ho engaged a cab and drove to and from the house with a friend. 'Before leaving town lie asked the cabman bis charge, -and was told os. Oil returning to town, •however, -the driver demanded ios, stating that this was bccaus e lie hail been kept waiting. Tho visitor paid under protest, but was naturally annoyed upon, being called -upon to pay what ho considered an exorbitant charge. The maximum -fare allowed by tho Borough by-laws for an hour’s .use of a carriage is ss, and as tlio vehicle in question was not in use for a full hour the regulation appears 'to have been broken. Tlio visitor intends to report tlie matter to tlio 'Borough Council, in order to protect other visitors in tho future from similar injustice.

A “Post” correspondent complains of the apparently needless extra vuganco of a special train to convey some half-dozen members o'f Parliament on Sunday to Ohakune and thence by coach and special train on Monday to Auckland. “Had they waited till Monday,” ho says, “they could have gone at .their own expense and only been one day later in Auckland. Tlie cost will bo at least £3OO, which, for about six members, seems a shameful piece of extravagance.” Tho Wellington City Council intends to .provide new batlis .at Clyde Quay. It is intended to enclose an area of harbor 80ft by 260 ft by a concrete wall. The Council has two municipal batlis already, one at Clyde Quay .and’the other at Tliorndon, and “The Dominion” says that with the baths at Thorndou that are sound, but do not pay, and those at Te Aro, that might pay but are lamentably .unsound, .the city has a rather expensive proposition in its bathing places.

“If you had some money to invest in land for farming, would you rather invest it in New Zealand or elsewhere?” tlie director of Lincoln College was .asked while giving evidence before the Conciliation Board in Christchurch (says the Lyttelton .Times). “With nvv present knowledge of tho conditions here,” he replied, “I would not put m penny into New -Zealand land. 1 could do better in Australia or in England. I could make more -money out of malice land ill South Australia than il could out of £3O an acre land in ‘New Zealand.”

“I think I can go borne,” said Mr. A\'. -Lowrie before the Conciliation Board in -Christchurch, “and get 10,000 farm laborers to come out to New Zealand if I went amongst them and told them wliat the conditions in New Zealand are; I am quite sure I could get shiploads.” “A r ou would make ta- good immigration agent,” said Mr. Kennedy. “I quite believe what I am saying,” the witness replied. “They don’t believe at Home .wliat they hear, and you have to convince them of your facts.”

Zymole Trokeys will stop that hacking cough and restoro vour VOICG to its natural tone. They are the greatest throat relief on the market. Powell’s Chocolates are new, but have coma to stay. Only sellers — Dustin,

VALEDICTORY. MR. G. E. ELIOTT. Two presentations wero made yesterday to Mr. G. E. Eliott, lately manager of the local branch of Messrs Dalgoty ami Co., who lias been promoted to tho managership of tho firm at Auckland. Tho local staff of the firm presented Mr. Eliott with .a. handsome pair of field glasses, accompanied by a letter wishing him every success and prosperity in his new sphere. Later on in the afternoon a. gathering of business men was held in the Farmers’ Union Club rooms to bid larewell to Mr. Eliott.

The Mayor (Mr. J. Townley), who presided, said it must lie gratifying to Air. Eliott to find that iliis firm had taken him away from Gisborne, which must be regarded as one of tlio busiest places in the Dominion in this particular business, to take the managership at Auckland. During his seven years’ sojourn in Gisborno Mr. Eliott had made many friends wild would undoubtedly regret his departu re.

Air. J. AV. Bright, said that as one engaged in a similar business to Mr. Eliott, ho desired to say a few words. Ho felt like one of the fathers of commerce in the town, having said farewell to so many in his own lino of business. Ho had seen a great deal of Air. Eliott, and their friendship had been very considerable. No one would suppose, however, that during tlio seven years Mr. Eliott had been in business there had been no friction whatever; but what friction there had been was merely tho result of zeal for their respective firms. Mr. Eliott had established his firm’s business in Gisborne, and lie was now about to do the same for them in. Auckland ; and he, being a young and vigorous man, was the right’ man in the right place. The older men like himself did not long for fresh fields—they knew that in their lino of business there was no hotter place in the' Dominion than Poverty Bay.

Mr. A. F. Kennedy said ho was particularly flattered by being asked to speak. Dalgety’s firm was, he said, one of tho largest organisations in Australasia, and he thought they wero doing particularly well in getting Air. Eliott to establish their branches. Air. Eliott’s work in Gisborne would speak for itself. He was leaving the town with many friends and few enemies, which spoke volumes for him. He (tho speaker) and Air. Eliott had been keen opponents in business, but for all that they parted the best of friends. Tho older men, he said, loved the Bay. They saw more clearly tho prosperity of tlio district, and they would never leave it. If Mr. Eliott had arrived in tho Bay ten years earlier he would not bo leaving it now. At this point the Alayor, on behalf of those present, presented Air. Eliott with a purse of sovereigns. Air. Eliott, in reply, made tho shortest speech of the function. He thanked those present for tho kind words spoken and for the present, and begged to bo excused from saying any more. Air. J. B. Kells proposed the toast of Air. AVaclismann, Air. Eliott’s successor. He personally had been very intimate with Air. AA’achsmann in the past, as they had conducted tho stock business for tlieir respective firms. He thought Air. AVaclismann would be able to carry on the business in a manner to stand comparison with his predecessor. Air. AVaclismann thanked Air. Kells for his kind remarks. Ho was, ho said, in a better position at his start than Air. Eliott. Air. Eliott had established the business, and he (the speaker) would he a poor man if ho could not keep it going. Tlio meeting then broke up, those present shaking hands with Air. Eliott.