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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2217, 15 June 1908, Page 2

/According to the Premier it would require £2-30,000,000 to nationalise all the land, (bakeries and steamship services of New Zealand.

“Tho Old Country, which is supjosed .to be freetrade, charges 4d per lb. duty on tea, whereas we charge nothing,” declared the Premier on Saturday night.

“Look over the map of the world and you will find l tlie shadow of China hanging over Australia and New Zealand” was the Premier’s warning on Saturday night when touching upon the subject of defence.

“If we were only to copy our American cousins and develop a spirit of the keenest loyalty towards the particular district and tlie particular town we happen to be located in the result won hi lie to give a remarkable stimulus to our special interests.”—Sir Joseph Ward at Willows Crossing.

Sir Joseph Ward -was in excellent speaking form on Saturday night, so much so that at the conclusion of an impassioned oration one enthusiastic supporter rose in his seat and frankly and l fervently assured the Premier, “You heat Jimmy, you do.” The comparison with the Hon. Mr Carroll was heartily (appreciated bv the audience who roared with laughter.

“If you can show me ia man and wife who have never disagreed in their married life then all I can say is °, lle or the other hiust. he •an awful silly.” This was one of the Premier’s illustrations to indicate tlie impossibility of securing a political Cabinet in which the views of all tlie members would be In entire agreement.

“Has the experiment of collecting (nail matter by motors broken down jii Adelaide, and hare instructions been given to go back to the old system of mail-carts?” \va s a question asked by ,Mr Batchelor (South Australia) in the House of Representatives last week. The PostmasterGeneral (Mr Miiuger) replied that afar as he was aware the facts were quite opposed to the suggestion in the question. The motors had been an unqualified success in Melbourne, and he believed would be in Adelaide when the officers became better acquainted with them,

'‘That useful 'part of our life—-a good railway.”—Sir Joseph Ward at Willows Crossing.

According to the Premier two bridges on the Gmborne-Rotorua line are to ibe completed within the next six montlis and then another three miles of line will ho available for traffic.

Mr (Haldane announced in the House of,Commons recently that the mapping ol‘ .the South African colonies was progressing at the rate of JO,(XX) square miles yearly.

The .following revenue was received at the local Custom-house during last week: Customs duties £2BB 2s 2d, light dues £lO 9s, shipping fees Is 9d, Harbor Hoard revenue £27 5s Id, other receipts 10s; total £320 8s 3d.

“This section of railway is not paying and cannot pay until it ilias been carried further ahead, so as to secure a very much larger traffic than .it carries a.t .present,” is the Premier’s answer to those who have been declaring that tile Gisborne line is alroady paying. ' z

An instance of the remarkable mildness of the present season is given lbv tiie fact that on Saturday a daughter of Mr. J. C. Field, of Homebush, picked a plate of ripe fruit from some raspberry canes in. his garden. A Gisborne resident, whoso faith iii the climate is apparently as great as iSir Jospeli Ward's optimism concerning the Dominion’s finances, planted edible peas some time hack, and now lias them growing several feet high alongside a fence.

T.lfe mace, _ tho symbol of Parliamontjry dignity, which was destroyed in the fire at Parliament Buildings, is to be replaced by a temporary substitute, which is now being made by the firm of Messrs M'Leod, Weir, and Mopkirk. ilt will he of Tasmanian hard -wood, and is to “fill the hill” until some one is discovered with sufficient liberality to present one of more pretentious description. The old mace was presented to Parliament very many years ago, and cost something like £IOO.

- A member of the audience at the Premier’s mooting in Christchurch, in an interjection, said (reports tile (Lyttelton •Times) that too much money was being spent on the entertainment of the United States Fleet. “This .•diintry,” Sir Joseph Ward- replied, “is very proud of the position it occupies, and of its traditions. It recognises that the representative navy of an old country like the United States lias much tq do with the .peace of the world, and if your idea is that ■New Zealand' should not show courtesy to it, I think you will not find many people to agree with you.”

Amongst .the recommendations sent to the Municipal Conference, to -be held in July next, is one from Lower Hutt Borough, which advises “That only ratepayers ho eligible for election to municipal councils.” .Nelson City Council recommends an amendment of the law which will allow public bodies to keep tlieir books upon the double account, or modified double account, system. .Incidentally, the council expresses- an opinion that “the present system of bookkeeping and accounts sanctioned by the Audit Office for public bodies is in many cases entirely inadequate to their requirements.” The Christchurch City Council recommends: “That authority be given to the .District Land l (Registrar to make judgments for rates a first charge on land, and that a simple method of registering the charge against the land be devised.” It is not generally considered of Sir Joseph Ward that lie desires a reputation as a “leg-puller”, but an incident on Saturday suggests that lie may yet qualify ‘for such a designation. At the unofficial opening of the railway a .fortnight ago the old fashioned little engine gave an unfortunate exhibition in endeavoring to drag the train of excursionists up the stiff' grade at Waikoliu. The fact was made the occasion for a lot of good humored but contemptuous reference to tile class of rolling stock provided locally. Sir Joseph Ward evidently considered that there was something to be defended, for on Saturday he assured his hearers that on the occasion referred to an inexperienced individual had been in the guard’s van who had put the brakes on and kept them on all the while the engine was'trying to struggle up the hill. And a close observer of the Premier declares that not an eyelash quivered as Sir Joseph worked off his little joke.

The accounts of the Bank of 'Now (Soutli Wales for the half year ended 31st March, 1908, are published in our advertising columns to-day. During the year the capital of tlie bank has been increased by £500,000, and now stands at ,£2,500,000. The coin and bullion and cash balances show a great expansion'- compared with the previous year, the increase being over a million and a half. O.'wing to the more favorable opportunities for advances in Australasia, the bank lias largely reduced its holding of money at short call in London. In 1906 this amounted to £2,520,000; now it is little more .than £1,000,0:00. The net profit for the year was £156,741. Including the sum of £31,645 brought forward, tile directors bad available £188,387, out of which the dividend of 10 per cent, absorbed £124,399. The reserve /was strengthened by the addition of £30,000, and now stands at £1,560,000, and £33,988 was carried forward. During the year deposits have increased bv £693,985. whilst advances have expanded in- the same period by £1,255,401, the total amount under the heading of advances and discounts being £20,737,153. In coin, Government securities, and bills receivable the bank lias total liquid assets of £14,360,275, and its gross assets, amount to £36,412,302, these being the largest figures it has ever attained.

It is not always wise for a politician to ho too hasty in coming to a conclusion when addressing a political meeting as Sir Joseph Ward found out oil Saturday night. One of his most glo wing panegyrics on the "country and its people was greeted bv an interjection of a supporter who'ejaculated “Quite right,” However, the Premier thought the man said “What rot” and back he flung the nasty epithet at the interjector. “What rot?” he,, queried; ill indignant tones, hut before lie had time to demolish his imaginary foe that worthy repeated h's former words, “Quite right.” - T , e6 '” returned Sir Joseph in mollified tones, “you are quite right,” hut the audience roared as they saw the laugh was against the Premier.

fhe way of that particular trails gres~or who desires to help hotelkeepers to evade the licensing law is orten very hard (easy the Melbourne Argus”). This was illustrated-in a case heard before the Licenses Hedoction Board recently. The district being dealt with embraces Bouveriestreet, and on the previous day it had • ec !'r described as the most disorderly 'in Melbourne. An army of volunteer “spotters” is ever on 'duty on - the iSunday morning, and the descent of the police on tho district is brettne:! around with amazing rapidity, and conveyed to the hotels by u aminoknocks on front or back doors. One morning a coujile of plain-cloV). s pc', nee got through the cordon unoVorved. One of the constables bad feu, <l his way in by the hack yard of ail hotel, and was safely in ll,c house when a breathless friend bioke in through the front, with an admonitory “Look out!” He got no further because he .saw the constable; His name was taken, and he was fined £2 for being on the »ieenn-d premises without lawful excuse On another occasion six men were found in the same house. They asserted that they were hoarders, but one man claimed, to be a bonft-fide traveller from Notting Hill. He adhered to this statement in court, and subsequently got tw 0 years for perjury for Ins mistaken sense of loyalty. When

the landlord was asked to point out the room of one of the other “boar-

ders,” he freely led the constable upstairs. When they returned the boarders had all disappeared.

Wood*' 1 Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds nbver fails. Is 6d and 2s 6d.

A meeting of the Slaughtermen's Union will be held in Townely’sHall this evening,, at 7.30.

Some improvements are at present being made in .the Te Arai roads. The road from Daulton’s store to the

u'iioo! is being widened and improved, and the formation of the new road through the settlement is proceeding satisfactorily.

A general meeting of the Gisborne Co-operative Building Society will bo held in the Society’s office to-night, at 7.30, for the purpose of disposing of loans , by sale.

'‘There is only ono country m the world —and it is a small one —,” declared Sir Joseph Ward on Saturday, “which has railway fares as low as those ruling in Now Zealand.”

The annual conference in connection with the Poverty Bay Provincial District of the .fanners’ Union commences to-day, at noon. The Provincial Executive will meet at.1T.30 a.m.

The annual balance of the Gisborne Times Cki., Ltd., will take place on the 30t'h inst., and clients are requested to sot.tle their accounts by that date if possible. All accounts owing by the Company are t 0 be rendered before tho 26th inst.

At a meeting of tho Typographical Union on Saurday evening a letter was received from the Trades and Labor Council asking for financial support, and it was unanimously decided to contribute a fair .quota to the Council.

lii referring to the shortage, of rolling stock on the Gisborne-WaikoJiu railway, the Mayor stated on Saturday that tlie Borough Council could absorb all the available trucks for tho next six montlis without leaving a single truck for private traffic.

Miss Petersen, who was shot at Pakarao on Tuesday last, is making very good progress towards recovery.' Dr. Collins returned from Pakarae on Saturday, and states he is very pleased with the girl’s improvement. He will visit the patient again tomorrow.

The following names have been added to the telephone exchange list: 187, M. Haisman. Wi Pere street; 219 ; Oxeuliam and Co., brick works, Kaiti; 321, Colo, Howard, Poua.wa (four rings); 321, Cole, Henry. Whangs ra (three rings); 332, .Cole, G. W. (Dr. retired), Dickson street, Kaiti; 281, Lawton, F. H., accountant, McKee’s Buildings ;367, Masonic Sample Rooms, Lowe street.

The roadway near Roebuck Road bridge is being at present levelled and re-formed. The surface is being lowered,' and the soil excavated is being Used to form a footpath on the southern side of Stout street, near Ballance street. In consequence of the removal of soil Roebuck Road is not in too desirable a state and there is a hollow in it that to persons driving at nights might prove dangerous.

In requesting that a track of some kind should be made" connecting the Motu with Opotiki, Mr. .Elliot made a strong appeal to the Premier on Saturday. Said he, “When a mother in the backblocks is watching her sick child it is pitiful to realise that there is 24 hours travelling between hei and the nearest doctor.” The speaker proceeded to quote the case of a young man who recently met with an accident in the Motu, and who could not obtain medical assistance for 36 hours.

The anniversary of Holy Trinity Church was celebrated yesterday, when a service wa6 held by tile Vicar a, 7 o’clock in the morning. Holy Communion, was celebrated by Archdeacon Williams, assisted by the Vicar (Rev. L. Dawson Thomas), and the Revs. Cockerill and Hamilton, at 8 a.in., morning prayer at II a.m. a children’s service at 3 p.m., a congregational rally in the church and over-flow service in the schoolroom at 7 p.m. The Vicar took the service in the church, and the Rev. F. W. Chatter-ton that in tlie schoolroom, there-heing crowded congregations. Tlie collections were in aid of tlie church building fund, and tlie vicar announced after the service that the offerings in cash amounted to £420, and as several sums were yet to be received and promises to,be redeemed, the total would be well over £SOO. The Vicar said tha while he was content with tha offering, lie was not really satisfied.

A writer in the “Auckland Star” has endeavoured to make a comparison between the Australian States and New Zealand in regard to doctors’ fees. He comes to the general conclusion that New Zealanders pay twenty-five per cent, less for their medical attention than Victorians do. In New South Wales the tariff must be framed upon the method of charging according to the patient’s means, for it varies from 5s to 21s a visit, while a- special visit at the patient’s own time runs at anything from half a guinea, to a guinea. The writer is rather hard on his profession. He goes on to say:—“ln considering the question of lees, especially in this colony, the public should remember the expense to which a medical man is inevitably put to before he can make any practice at all. He must have a good house to begin with in a wellknown street. Modest merit has no chance here. He must keep one domestio help at least, and he will have . a much better chance of success if he keeps two. Said a colonial lady to me when I first came to this colony, thirty-five years ago, ‘Make a dash and a splash; keen a couple of servants in the house; have a good house; give dinner parties and evening parties; have a handsome buggy (I had one), and never mind how much you run into debt the first year ; yon will be able to pay up afterwards. The colonials will never care for you if you begin in a quiet humble style.’ ”

From the Sydney “Bulletin” df Wanganui Webb isn’t afraid of big Dick Arnst, lie lias certainly acted as though lie were anything but anxious to lncot his lengthy compatriot. These are the only terms on which Arnst can have a match” are the words with which he concludes an unheard-of demand that £3OO shall be up on June 30, over five months betoro the race, and the final deposit paid over on August 31, over three months . before the race. He also lays it down as a hard and fast condition that both sliall he ready to start at 4 p.m. sharp, and failure to be on the starting line at the stroke of the clock is to be reckoned as default and involve loss of the race, stake, and title. Of course, if Arnst uero a moneyed man who could write out a cheque for £SOO, it would be all very well; but Arnst isn’t. He lias to obtain a stake from a number o, backers, whereas Webb is probably in a position to pay over his money from his own little banking account, and if he isn’t he has the deep pocket of Brother Tuck behind film And the imposition of these drastic terms means that it will bo harder, for Arnst to find the money m the time. Of course Webb ma’v regard it from a purely business nomit, taking up the position that as Arnst basil t £SOO of his own.ho must see the bulk of the money safely deposited before lie starts to train v (> that in the event of Arnst failing to find the hjual deposit, lie opt .'l.a ve wasted'any time. It’stoo!] lujsjnessj hut its poor sport, °

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r £?r Bi-onchiaj Coughs taV« Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. i_ I v. d

The Premier evidently believes in making the be6t of every circumstance. On Saturday ho related with keon enjoyment that when he journeyed to Hokitika recently ho found that it had been raining there continuously for four days, ilo was mot outside tho town by a party- -of Maoris, who addressed him thus: “Happy is the Premier that tho raiv rains on.” Oil iSaturilay, however, he was just as well pleased- that a different phrase could bo substituted and ho could say to his hearers, “Happy is tho railway that the sun shines on.” THE TIPPING EVIL. Those who have made visits to Scotland in the shooting season may know something of the system of tipping that,prevails in private houses of tlie rich (writes the London correspondent of tho “Argus”). Many persons refuse invitations to a “shoot,” or to visit houses belonging to those above them in the social scale, because of tlie heavy tips that are expected by gamekeepers, grooms, coachmen, and indoor servants. In these matters the gamekeepers are tlie most exacting of all, and their employers seem helpless to prevent them bleeding their guests. One ofthe most notable cases of this kind which I have ever heard occurred in tlie West of England. Tlie Priiico and Princess of Wales made a three days’ visit to the seat of a well-known peer during the shooting season. When his Royal Highness left the house lie caused to bo distributed among the servants £4O odd, of which £lO went to the gamekeeper, and sums of £5 each were given to three' other blackmailers. Sometime after the visit a local newspaper indicated the prevalence of discontent in the servants”quarters, owing to what was considered the parsimony of tho Prince of Wales 1

IN QUEST OF PRESBYTERIANS. In blazing the spiritual track into the out-back tlie poineering minister of religion comes across some rare incidents (says the “Sydney Daily Telegraph”). Tho Rev. Dr. Ciouston related one to the Presbyterian Assembly, lie had journeyed far out to a new settlement in New South Wales, and there lie met a. man who did not know a Presbyterian. The Assembly pricked up its collective ears and waited for an account of the stranger. “1 called first at a public house,” related Dr. Ciouston. Here he had to take a rest until t-lio laughter eased oil. “I called there Because I was hungry,” lie explained. Then he had to take another rest. Continuing, when tlie laughter had ceased, he stated that he got into conversation with the publican, and asked him it there were any Presbyterians thereabouts. The nublican did not know •i'hat- a Presbyterian was, but said he knew where there was a Scotsman. Good! Off went the rev. gentleman to find the Scotsman, and he found him—waiting outside the hotel! tins loosened the laughter again, but it passed to loud hand-clapping when Dr. Ciouston told how he found another Scotsman, and he did not cease ins searching until he had unearthed sufficient Presbyterians to form a church.

HUGE STEAMERS. Experience has proved that there is uo each thing as finality in the size fill P S ‘ t Consequently when people talk about steamers one thousand feet miifL , 'vT ■ al 3 B P eakm g something quite within, the range,of possibility. it wa., stated with some show autliorOf. a r e ' V weeks , a "° that the White Star line were about to build a monster vessel for their Atlantic -trade, one lenetli n the fe i et • b f? Ug Biven as the length the leviathan contemplated. I J,o "; eVei ’ de «y that they shim nfp rc i° n r a,ly . am hition to build ships of such dimensions, though tliev ition T C [ coas ideration the cmistrm etion of a large vessel for their Southship it seems "reliable, will be romewhat larger than eve/i the gigaitic Cimaider the Mauritania, wSiilfsTtet under eight hundred feet W { feet the •e V e,lgth T* ,°, ae thousand teet tiie e is a considerable gap, howS. a,ld *t is highly probable that unei.il years null elapse ere that "an is bridged, although Lord Pir-i nT is fooUimrV 0 Pr c duce a, <me thousand loot liner if any firm will give him tlie order. Messrs Harland and- Wolff tlie famous Belfast firm, have indeed be i rths for the co,lsfcruthai Ve S se i v .T y much bigger than any that have vet been launched, and certain wS -tioin-it^^^. attribuH-d American 6 l lfc 1 Said , the Hambiirgfmm man hn e have , planned to urn duce. a vessel which will nut tlie llFau' ritania completely in the shaJ« U ~ regards botll size' and sp£id but the present state of the At wh. , tlle ger traffic suggests tlmt fhe der lor t 0 P,aC ° the

~,, .. high rents. 3L& IS; Mr-' the subject in the “Morning fc" siouity ot expansion oxcent, wards, and as building goes “n ln « a wa ,p the. nortion of the eS ta wards the point of the wedge and it is here that the wealth of New York >s concentrated Bankers and buriness men have their officers there and with the annual increase in tlm Population there is t constaSlv mess 'centre 1131 'Tf o ’/- BpaC ° iu the bu£ thiiti. and now forty storey buildtoPt tm + make s ” cl > a ' striking picture wbn o fram acr «ss the water "I’ o catches. Ins first glimpse ol' tlm metropolis froui the deck of an ocean finei, says Mr. Low, “New York .would long ago have exceeded its ifiess tle Tl, °r- t le i tr xT Saction of iness. That is why New York builds sky -scrapers. 7 here i s not ground enough lor it to snread longitudinally so it piles story on story, and rises heiVU Ut f U T' 1 n Ver y ycar sces the eight of building increased to keep pace with the. growing demands of commerce.” The most valuable property in the world is said to be the corner of Broadway and TYall Street. It ns the financial heart of New Yorkarid around it is the district that'corresponds to the- square mile of London city. In the building on tlio corner is a little cigar shop whose proprietor pays a rental of £BOOO a year, equal to £/ per square foot of floorspace. I etty industries pay enormous rents in many curious places, and Mr. Law mentions that a boot-black-mg syndicate has a stand in the building at the New York terminus of tlie N «w Jersey ‘ tube,” for which it pays a rent of £2OOO a year. 1 3