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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2305, 25 September 1908, Page 2

A meeting of the Opposition Party is called for to-night in Townley’s Hall, at 8 o’clock. A general meeting of Mr. G. E. Darton’s political committee will be held in Townley’s Hull to-morrrow evening, at 8 o’clock.

The annual meeting of the AAhmderers’ Cricket Club will bo held in tlio British Empire Hotel oil Monday evening next, at 8 o’clock. A special general meeting of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association will be held in tho British Empire Hotel to-night at 8 o’clock, when a full attendance is requested. . To-day and to-morrow holiday excursion tickets will be issued on tho Gisborne railway branch from any station to any station where they are cheaper than tho ordiniary fare. Tickets will bo available for the return journey until next AVednesday, 30th inst. Goods traffic will not be accopted to-day and to-morrow. Considerable interest is being manifested in the Citizens’ concert to bo held in His Majesty's Theatre on October Ist, under the patronage of His Worship the Mayor*and the Mayoress. Both the Federal and the City Bands will take part in the programme, as well as several leading vocalists and .instrumentalist®, and a good .attendance of the public is anticipated. • At the Magistrate’s Court .yesterday morning, before Capt. T. Ohrisp and Mr. AV. E. Akroyd, J-P.’s, judgment by default was given for plaintiff in * the following cases: Robert Colebrook (Air. T. Alston Coleman) v. Timi Huatehi, amount claimed £7 2s 2d, with costs £2 7s Gel; same v. Take Kcrekere (by consent), amount claimed £5 10s, with costs £1 8s 6d. Tho following unclaimed letters are lying at the Post Office: —From New South AVales —Aliss Baousch, P. Cahill, Aliss M. Crisp, Mrs G. Dampney, C. iDiez, Miss M. Gallagher, E. Loekery, Jas. Taylor, George Williams; Arictoria—Dick Bell, E. N. Bloxom, AI f. Gumming, Mrs. 11. Smith; Tasmania —W. Brennan, AV. Riggs ;Qucensland —G. B. Jobson, Miss Stewart; United Kingdom—J. AV. Osborne; Spain —J. Quigley; Brazil —J. AA r . Quigley; U.S.A.—Jack Ryan.

During the coming visit of tho Salvation Army Bioscope Pictures to Gisborne, arrangement® are being mad© by Adjutant Dickons for visits to the outlying districts, including To Karaka, Ormond, AVaerengu-a-liika, To Arai, and Patutahi. The pictures include a beautiful film of the American battleships when in Auckland. The dates of tho visits will be made known later. As the outcome of the theft from the dwelling of Mr. AV. F. Stephenson, Mat.nwlicro, reported in yesterday morning’s “Times,” a mail named John Gourley Honour, alias Tlios. AVilliams, was ■ charged with the offence at tho Police Court yesterday morning, before Captain ChrJsp and Mr. AV. E. Akroyd, J-P.’s- On the application of Sergeant Hutton, a remand was granted until Monday.

A meeting of the dairy farmers of tlio ALakauri district was held at tho Alalcauri Schoolroom on AVedncsday evening. There was a large attendance, tlio object of the meeting being to consider ' tho dairy regulations being put through Parliament, and, if necessary, petition the Government against them. After a long ' discussirt.iij tlio following committee was appointed to go into the matter : Alessrs C. Green, J. McCredie, Gordon, Birch, and L. Bolton. ’ At a meeting of tlio Carpenters’ Union last niglit) a letter was received from tlio secretary of the East Coast Trades and Labor Council in respect to celebrating Labor Day in conjunction with the Indies’ Guild. A committee was formed for the purpose of considering the form of display to be carried out by the Union. A letter was also received from tlie secretary of the Builders’ Union asking for delegates to meet them re new claims. It was decided that the delegates meet them to-morrow afternoon. Two new members were initiated during the evening, and one new member was proposed.

The efficiency of the local police force was well in evidence in the recent . arrests. The few details they had to go on, as well as the difficulty of getting a clue to the suspected parties, shows the accuracy of their "deductions as well worthy of a washhand basin for eightpence each this week at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sales, twenty-sixth inst, only.

Our AVellington correspondent informs us .Hint the expenses of the witnesses who wish to give evidence before tlio Agricultural Committee on the Dairy Regulations are being defrayed by the Government.

Air. Black, the no-lioonso advocate, is to givo an address at Patutahi tonighl, at 7,30. This will bring Mr. Black’s mission in lliis district to a close, and he will leii.ve by to-morrow morning’s steamer for Auckland. Mr. Black lias made many friends during his short stay here, and the public have not failed to show their appreciation of his merits. There is a possibility of Air. Black visiting this district again, and no doubt .lie will meet with a hearty welcome should lie do so.

Mr H. Davis, Mayor of Ashburton, after hearing a charge of drunkenness at the .Magistrate's Court at Ashburton recently, stated that there seemed to lie a good deal of drinking going. on during Sundays, judging by tlio number of persons brought beforo the Court on Monday mornings on charges of .inebriety. Ho intended to do his, utmost to discountcitm nee the habit, and offenders that were brought before him in. future for dnihkennqss on .a Aloud ay morning would bo severely dealt with.

In connection with tlio sitting of tho Compensation Court this morning, His Honor Mr. Justice Edwards, .Air, Geo. Grant, C.E., and Colonel Winter, who will be the assessors in the case, accompanied by Mr. AV. A. Barton, S.AL, Registrar, and tlio counsel engaged on both sides, visited Lome yesterday, Alessrs Armstrong and Bold, of the Public Works Department, wore .in attendance on tlie party, and pointed out tlio land to.bo taken. The ease is that in which Air. J. G. Johnstone is proceeding against the Minister for Public AVorks to recover £464 16s lOd, compensation for land taken for the purposes of the Gislioriio-Rotonia railway. This evening the public of Gisborne will bo afforded tlio opportunity of seeing .the charming operetta, “Dick AA’hittington and his Cat,” which will be produced in His Alaicsty’s Theatre by the children of the Gisborne School. Long and careful preparation has been given by tho youthful artists, and tlie performance will no doubt be a pleasurable one. Tlio operetta will be preceded by a short miscellaneous programme. Doors will open at half-past seven, and Ihe concert will commence at 8 o’clock sharp.

A shareholder asked, at tlio Farmers’ Freezing Company’s meeting in Auckland, if tlie new chilling-rooms established were for chilling fruit, for export, as he. thought the province did not. grow enough fruit fon local consumption. Tlie chairman of directors replied that if anyone liked to send' in fruit for export, the oompnnv would handle 'it, but the idea was' to chill fruit intended for local consumption, tlie directors believing that there would bo a good thing in this trade for both the company and tlio growers, because at certain times of tho year fruit was over-abundant, and utfothers very scarce, while chilling would enable tho supply to be better regulated.

At the Baptist Tabernacle last evening, Dr. Gerard Smith delivered a lecture to the AV omen’s Christian Temperance Union on “The Probleinfof Intemperance.” The Rev. F. AV. Cliatterton occupied the chair, and there was a fair audience. The lecturer dealt with the excessive use of alcohol, opium, cocaine, and other drugs, and their effect upon the. human system, and said that as the medical profession had done a good deal in the past to induce people to use alcohol, it was the bounden duty of doctors to bo in the front rank in the future to try and undo the mischief. Thinking men, the lecturer said, should strive to educate the people on tlie harm that resulted from intemperance of all kinds, and the people would he led to see the error of using alcohol and other drugs they did not understand.

Dr Newman, of AVellington, who has returned to Wellington, after having visited Queensland, said he did mot see why any farmer in New Zealand (lie is one himself) should sell out and go to Queensland. Here there was a certainty—there a man met with great uncertainty. AVhat impressed the doctor was the very large muinber of horses reared on the small farms. “They are not nearly as good as our own horses,” lie said, “but the Queenslanders have what wo have not —markets at their door. Take Toowoomba, for instance. There are living i.n it Japanese buyers of horses for the Indian market. Tims there is an everpressing demand for horses, .and they form the main staple of revenue to most of the farmers.” Another tiling that impressed Dr Newman was that, owing to its closeness to tho market, the Queensland freezing works sent' large quantities of beef and mutton to the Philippines, Singapore, Java, and the adjacent islands. “In New Zealand,” ho continued, “wo are 1800 miles furthen away • from the markets than the Queenslanders —a very grievous handicap. The butter industry is also increasing very largely, but the butter that I tasted everywhere in Brisbane and other places was not nearly as good as our own' article, and would not fetch tlio same price in. the markets of the world.”