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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2216, 13 June 1908, Page 2

The second quarter of tho practical plumbing class at the Technical School commences on Monday next at soven o’clock.

There will bo a baptism service at the Baptist Tabernacle to-morrow; evening at 7, when the Rev. W. Lamb will preach on “Baptism in the Light of Scripture, History, and Reason. "An effort will bo'mado by tho members of the Cosmopolitan Club to form an orchestra in connection with tlio institution, and to give a concort every month. Ladies will probably have the opportunity of being present on these occasions.

At the Salvation Army Citadel all day to-morrow, four bright and cheerful meetings will bo conducted. The servicos aro at 7 a.m., 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 7 p.m. A hearty welcome is extended to all. A meeting will be held in the AVaercnga-a-liika ball at 7 p.m.

A concert and social in aid of the Ormond Presbyterian Church was held in the public hall, Ormond, last evening. The llev. I'. W. Walker occupied the chair, and tliero was a largo attendance. Songs wero given by the Misses Roe. Parker, Solomon, and Trove, and Messrs Reed, Jerry, Brownlee. Barlow, and East. The Rev. Walker gave two recitations and Mr. Mackay a violin solo. After the concert supper was provided by the ladies. ’■

An adjourned mooting of the Tai Rawhiti District Maori Land Board was held yesterday morning, and the following applications for consent to lease were approved:—Puketapu G block, containing 18a lr 12p (Mr. Hei); Pipituangi block. 116ja, to Peti te Pu (Mr. Nolan); Piranau N>. 1, 80a, to Maude E. Wallis (Mr. Nolan). The application for consent to lease Tauwhirretoi No. 2U, 2422 a, to A. L. Beilerby (Mr. F. W. Nolan), which was made last week, when an important point was raised by the Board affecting a large number of natives’ leases, was mentioned. The point raised was that- the declaration required to be made by the lessee did not comply with the provisions of section 18 of the Maori" La nd Claims and Laws Amendment Act, 1907, and it was thought this would be a bar to giving formal approval to the lease. Mr. Nolan pointed out that the lease was one that had been provisionally approved by the Board in 1906, and the declaration complied with the law at that time, being made under section 26 of the Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900. The matter was adjourned from last week, and when brought on again yesterday morning was formally, approved by the Board.

For Children's Hacking Couglit at night Woods’ Great Peppermint Curo. U 6d and 2b

Messrs J. Pockovor and Co. report two sales of the property of Mr. AV. 11. Renner, Harris Street, at satisfactory prices; tlio latest purchaser boing Dr! TV. Carlyle Wilson.

To-morrow morning tlio Rev. W. Lamb will preach in St. Andrew s Church. In the evening tho Rev. AV. S. Strong will give an address on “Opium, the National Curso.”

In conversation w ith a “Times” reporter yesterday, Mr. A. Fordo Matthew's, who was recently announced as a candidate for the Bay of Plenty soat at the next elections, stated that lie had met with a gratifying amount of support sinoo his candidature had become known.

Messrs Aitkon and Wilson aro tlio successful tenderers for tho erection of permanent railway buildings at AVaikohu, the amount of their tender being £1899. The contract includes the building of tlireo cotagcs, a- station. a goods shed, and other small items. V

At Wesley Church to-morrow the Rev. C. Griffin’s subjects aro:. Morning, “Behavo Yourselves,” evening, “What God does with Sin.” _ Tho Young People’s Class meets in the afternoon at 2.45. Mr. Griffin will conduct servico at Ormond in the afternoon at 3 o’clock.

Arrangements are well in hand for tho seventh annual ball in connection with tho East Coast .Mounted Rifles, to bo held in His Majesty’s Theatre on Friday night, June' 26th. Tins function has, always been one of the most successful of tho year, and is at present being eagerly looked forward to.

Where British sport is getting to. London “Dailv Mail” hails a forthcoming struggle as “one of the greatest events nn tho annals of British gport.” And the struggle lies entirely between persons hearing tlio fine old British names of Padoubny, Hackenschmidt, and Zlbysco.—Sydney “Bulletin.”’

Lecturing at Timaru on Saturday to a -teachers’ class. Dr Hilgendoif, of Lincoln College, in speaking o: t-i.-s estimating of the quantity ol roots grown per aero, tstatoil tliat tlio iarmer’s calculation was nearly always excessive. Quito recently a crop estimated by a farmer as yielding 25 tons of mangolds to the acre, proved on beipg weighed, to yield loss than 12 tons per acre..

An extraordinary accident occurred on May 29 to Thomas Marsdon, a resident of Hope-street, Brunswick, who is employed l at timber-yards in Melbourne. iMaredon was working a circular saw when his hand became caught by .the whirling steel. Ho was jerked forward on to the saw, and ‘liis nose was cut clean off li-is face. Ho was quickly taken to the Melbourne Hospital, where his injur-' ies iwero attended to, and-ho was admitted for further treatment. Ho sustained .minor injuries to his hand.

On Sunday .night, May 30, Mr David Stewart Newell, aged 37, a Sydney plumber, by mistake poured out soiiio muriatic acid, believing it. was rum, which he had obtained for a cold. He at onco discovered the mistake and spat the liquid out. The doctor thought that none had Teached tho stomach, but the month and tonsils were much burnt, also tho upper portion of tlio throat. Tho doctor did not apprehend fatal results, but the unfortunate mail died 12 hours after the accident. The doctors stated that death was duo to shock to tho system, tho patient having had a weak hoart.

Some weeks ago Mr. Norman Bayles, M.L.A., (Victoria) suggested to tho Premier (Mr Bent) tliat as AlaFoster Fraser, tho well-known journalist and .author, was expected to visit Australia this winter, he should bo asked to write a book similar to those which he produced on Canada, Siberia, and America. Mr Beat referred the suggestion to the state Cabinet, which decided that tho other state Governments should bo approached with a view to finding out whether they’would .agree to'con tribute towards the cost of such a wo"k This was done, and the Premier announced last week that tho replies indicated that flie project was not. favorably regarded. The suggestion consequently will not be further pursued.

In connection with the recent Blackball strike, the following paragraph appeared in tho London Financial News, on May 1:—“It is interesting to note that even in New Zealand (that earthly paradise of democracy) tho law declines to protect trade unions from the consequences of torts committed by them don 10 little time ago, it appears, the Arbitration Court imposed a fine of £75 oil the Miners’ Union, for i a lions wrongful acts committed by that body, in its corporate capacity, whereupon the writ was returned marked ‘no effects.’ The Crown Prosecutor is now proceeding against individual members for recovery of tho money, and tho opinion is generally expressed that he will succeed in his action. Tho Crown Prosecutor is evidently a courageous person.”

A tin of -preserved mutton, which was packed in tho year 1876, is in flic possession of Dr Brown, superintendent of food for export, at Melbourne. iDr Brown explains tliat flic British war authorities required meat contractors ito give a guarantee that tho tinned commodity would keep, in any climate for two years. “Victorian meatpackers .feel.” said Dr Brown, “that it is hardly fair that they should bo hold responsible for any damage to goods in transit. They contend .that their meat wall keep for an indefinite period, so long a 6 it is, stored. in «. dry place.” DaBrown intends (says tho Argus) to open tho tin of meat in Oils possession in the course, of a few days, and to examine its condition, after being tinned -lor 32 years.

For fiome months past the Victorian state Agricultural department lias been in communication with tlio Union Casein Company, of Philadelphia. This firm does a large trade in casein, which is a product taken from milk, and .used in manufacturing a substitute for hard rubber, buttons, combs, bone handles, and such articles. At first the firm appeared to wish to establish a manufacturing business in Victoria, but now.it seems to Invo abandoned that idea. It says, however, that it is prepared to purchase 5,000,0001 b. of casein a year from Victoria, at 4Jd per lb. It has forwarded to tho Agricultural department specimens of machines for drying skimmed milk and' obtainig the casein from it. The department is nuking arrangements to distribute tho inforiDlataion supplied by tho Union ‘Casein Co. among the managers of creameries.

Sir WilL-nm Lyne is nob altogether pleased with the tariff as Parliament lias made it. “It has been a long fight, but I cninot say that I .am satisfied with the tariff which has been passed,” he said recently. “But the way the House is constituted at present it is ii marvel to me that wo got it througltjit all. But I am Hr from satisfied. The protectionist basis of the tariff Is too low. You may depend upon it, the tariff question is not dead. I have been fighting the protectionist battle for a lifetime, and I am not going to he satisfied with a tariff like that. There arcsome items on which you may depend I will raise the issiie again. It is absolute nonsense to call it a prefaction Ist tariff, especially in regard 10 some of the items that came hack from the Senate.” .And Sir William sighed regretfully as he thought that the struggles and the fights and the compromises of the last ten months were all things of tlie past.

It is understood that during the French Revolution Napoleon insisted that the courtiers must exercise the greatest neatness in disposing of the attire not required at the usual court functions. Such a proceeding is worthy of being followed in the ordinary course of lifo; this'week it’s hat and coat hooks, with porcelain knobs, for twopence, at Parnell’6 Popular Saturday gales, 13th last, only.

Tho committee of the Cook County Women’s Guild is at present engaged in an active canvass for funds for the erection of the proposed Maternity Homo for Gisborne. Close on £IOO has already been collected, but a great deal more is required before a start can bo made. The proposed site is in upper Childei's Hoad.

Ll dealing with a case ,of truancy at Hastings fast week, Mr. M’Cartby. S.M., stated that bis experience had been that criminals who had'come before him owed their first downfall in life to truancy' in their school-days. Parents should soo that children attend regularly to their school,for much of the good that education was doing was being lost through parouts’ neglect.

A Mikimiki settler states that the Makimiki Valley, which probably suffered worse than any other neighbouring locality from drought and fires last summer, is now a picture, the grass being more abundant than ever before, while stock are also in the best of condition for this time of tho year. Though a valuable area., of forest reserve was devastated by fire (says the “Age”), there was a considerable amount of good done by tho fires ill clearing scrub, quite a transformation being effected in this respect on many properties.

During the schooner Ysabel’s.recent visit to tho Friendly Island, Captain II o'ss, the master of the vessel, four members of the crew, and two native women, who were passengers by the schooner, had a somewhat exciting experience. The boat in which tho parties were had also a full load of copra, and shortly after she put off form tlie shore one of the women stood up to wave a farewell to her Irionds. This had the result of capsizing the boat, and the occupants were thrown into the water. All clung to the capsized boat for some time, when Captain Iloss and one of tlie native crew divested themselves of their clothing and struck out forxthe Ysabel ,which was about a mile distant. Getting within a short distance of tlie vessel a rope was thrown to them, and they got on board safely. One of the other natives on the schooner* swam out to the capsized boat with a rope, and all were soon rescued. The parties were in the water for about two hours, and suffered somewhat severely from exposure.

In carrying out his commission ■to model ten studies of typical Maoris, Mr. Nelson Illingworth has succeeded in securing as one of his subjects, Harata te AVainue, or Harata to Kiore, a niece of the famous warrior To Hamarama, who led the • invaders ‘of 'Whanganui in 1820. She in advanced in years, and thoroughly typical of a class now rapidly disappearing. The “New Zealand Times” says that it is an expressive work, for the well-known sculptor shows character in tlie face. There is an expression of melancholy so often found in tho old-time Maori features, and careful work has been put into the face markings. The whole effect is greatly enhanced by an artistic representation of a string mat and the inevitable Greenstone tiki. Mr. Illingworth will go to Wanganui in a few days .reeking further opportunity for his talent. The series will be finished in bronze.

Towns have been made and unmade by the North Island Main Trunk .Railway (says the correspondent of tlie “New Zealand Times”). But there are lew examples of a town in the making so interesting as Ohakune. Though it boasts the biggest Town Hall for a hundred miles, Ohakune oiily twelve months ago provided the most indifferent accomodation for enterprising ana courageous variety companies which find in the back-block towns appreciative audiences and excellent incomes. • The writers remembers one of tlieir unique performances in Ohakune, It took place in a shed which a week before had been a morgue. Then theslied went into use as a store. A comedy company came through the bush on a dreadfully wet day, and hired the erstwhile uTorgue for its laughter making operations. How the performers kept cheerful in view of tho weather and dismal surroundings was a marvel, and they persevered through' ail ambitious Programme (its main merit), entertaining an audience which sat on bags of oats and chaff. Orchestra stalls, two shillings, were made of chaff bags, while tlie oats, harder seating material, constituted tlie “pit,” admission one shilling. Now Ohakune lias its town hall, 110 ft. by 40ft-., with a gallery and a wellfitted stage.