The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1908.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2321, 14 October 1908, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1908.

Labor Day. The funeral of the late Mrs. Harry Aston look place yesterday afternoon, •and was attended" by a large number of relatives and friends, many of whom also forwarded floral emblems.

'On account of the general holiday for Labor Day tlib “Times” office will close at 10 a.m. this morning, and remain closed all day, re-open-ing at 5 p.m. to receive advertise.ments.-

According to tlic report of the Tourist Department, the. time is not far distant when it will he found advisable to have electric trams between Rotorua, Ohinonnitu and Vhakirewarewa. <•

The office of the Union S.S. Co. will he closed to-day owing to the holiday. hut will open this evening from 7 to 8 o’clock for the convenience of passengers. Tlio last launch for the Tarawera proceeding Sputli will leave the wharf at 8 p.m. instead of 7 o’clock as usual. y

A special item that lips been placed •oil‘the programme of the complimentary concert to lx? given by the Gisborne Orchestral Society next Monday evening is a banjo and harp duo by Messrs Baldrey and Vita. Purchasers of tickets arc reminded that the box plan opens at Miller’s to-morrow..

A unique scene wsa witnessed m Parliament (says the “Dominion”) after the closing hours on Saturday night. The Speaker had left the* ohiir, and was proceeding from the Chamber when Mr Wilford asked if they might not sing “Auld Lang Sync,” to bid Mr 11 all-Jones farewell. Thereupon the Speaker waited, and the music of the old song rose lustily. Then at. the conclusion came three hearty cheers for the new High Commissioner.

The evil effects of liquor on the Maori race was the .subject- of comment by the S.M. at Court yesterday, when a prohibition order was issueo against a Native by' consent. His Worship, in making the order, said that he wis glad to see the defendant- consent to the order, which would undoubtedly he for his good. “There is lip doubt whatever.” continued His Worship, “that drink is doing a tremendous amount of harm to the Natives.”

A well-attended meeting of the Blacksmiths,' Farriers, and Ironworkers’ Assistants Union was held last evening, Mr. W. J. Imrie being in the chair. The following officers wore elected:—President, Mr. W. J. Imric; vice-president, Mr. E. Muncey; secretary and treasurer. Ml*. A. Knight ; executive, Messrs H. Davey, W. Harrison, and G. Fisher. The executive were instructed to take stepstowards having the union registered. Other minor business was transacted, and the meeting adjourned until next week.

The coal-discliarging operations which were being carried out at the wharf yesterday were a veritable Godsend to numerous small fry, and many a coal-lieap was more or less augmented last night. Armed with receptacles of all conditions, from kits to eornsacks, the children pursued the various carts as they left the ship’s side, and greedily snatched u" the lunins as they fell off with the jolting of the vehicle. Quite a considerable haul was made in this way by some _of the children, and one boy in particular was to he seen staggering along under the weight of close on lialf-a-sack of “best Westport.”

Hubert Wales is perhaps host known ns the author of “The Yoke.” one of the books which have been the -subject of a recent prosecution in Christchurch. Mr Wale? is a powerful writer, and his latest production “The Old Allegiance”, a story of a secret. Jacobite Society '.and the love affairs of an amateur king is well worth reading. The plot moves in an atmosphere that is healthy, the incidents are well narrated and each chapter is full of interest. The reader will find that once the book is taken up it can only he put a-ido with reluctance. Mr T. Adams has a large number, of copies of the novel to hand by last ayeek’s mail.

When contemplating the purchase of a milking machine, you want one that will do the work, and the verybest test is made on the farm itself. The Lawrence-Kennedy-Gillics Milking Machine is being tested every day of the week, every yveek of the month, and every month of the year on hundreds of farms in New Zealand alone, and, more than that, the tests have been going on for the past Gix years. The results are always the same, perfect satisfaction being obtained. Drop a P.C. for list of satisfied users and read yvhat they have to say.—J. B. Mac Ewan and Co., Ltd., sole agents, Fort Street, Auckland.

'Up to thr ji-. oa- a,...', .v.;.. r. .17 ■industrial . dispute , i- ssum,;; uwnj'.i and 58 ' enforcement-cases have, been set down' for hearing at Iho Auckland eiUnigi of*, the Arbitration Court. The question has recently boon "asked through the Prose of the Dominion when a heifer cu isrs to ho a heifer. The Farmer*’ Union Advocate has consulted iviiMfc if regard*:*, as tlio highest authority in the Dominion, and says, “A heifer is a femalo bovine over one year in age and under tour years.

Word has been received by the Poverty Bay Coursing Club, of its registration under the “Unregistered Societies Act” and negotiations are being piocecded * with for tlio use of tlio Park racecourse as a Plumpton. When these uro completed the preliminary arrangements for the unaugural meeting will he made.

A couple of lines from the Australian speech of one of the American journalists who came hole with' t.ho Meet : —-“Do you know that when wo were in Now .Zealand I heard Sir Joseph Ward, in the course of ten speeches delivered in one day, say the came tilings in ten different ways?. Lord, yon don’t know how we admired him for his dexterity.”

The search for John Bishop, tlio prisoner who escaped from custody while on tlio s.s. Talotpuua, when that vctsel was making Iter way up iho Manukau Harbor, on September JO, is* still being eontiuuoil(says tlio New Zealand ‘.‘Herald”). Ever since tlio desperado made- his bid for liberty mounted troopers have kept a eouctnnt patrol along the shores of the Manukau in ease ho might have got ashore, hut so far without success. In view of the fact that tlio escapee was not found oil the Xakapuna alter a direful search and a otricb watch, the theory that ho jumped overboard at a favorable spot is now being more generally accepted, and the fact that a lady liassenger on hoard states that she noticed an object in tho vessel’s wake like a man swimming in the water lends additional color to it.

In view of tho wreck of the Loch Finlas, and itho disappearance of tho Loch Lomond, which left Newcastle for Lyttelton ih July, and has not since been heard of, it is interesting to recall some previous disasters to vessels of the Loch line. .. A singular feature of thoso wrecks is that most of them have occurred on the south coast of Australia, and were attended in each ease with much lots of life. 11l 1871 the b irque Loch Leven, while on a voyage from London to Melbourne, Was lost on King’s L'and. All hands were lost. Seven years .later the Loch Ard met with disaster on the west coast of Victoria. Only two persons were saved. Oil April 24. 1899, the barque Loch Sloy went ashore in Maupertuis Bay, a few miles from ICangiroj Island, and he came a total wreck. With the exception of four persons, all on board perished. Tho well-known sailer Loch Vennaehar was also lost on the South Australia coart- a few years ago. No lives were saved.

An indication of the way in which the American- people have noted the welcome tendered to thet.r licet in New Zealand and Australia (says the Auckland “Star”), may be gatherer! from the following extract taken from the letter of a business firm received recently*.—“Accept our warm thanks for your share in greeting our nival forces. To permit* our hoys' to land with side arms is, to say'the least, the indication of confidence that will anneal the Aryan race more closely together. If the Chinese and Japanese ever join forces against- the pale a*aces. ye gods! what a warm cirons it wili he for ns to ovea*come 400,000.000 to 500,000,000 yellow faces. The Bowery fights of yore avail set right to zero iaa conaparisou io ft. Our papers and people arc all pleased with the kind reception extended to our boys. It will redound to the credit of New Zealand and Australia, avlieai the tiane comes round for you to go aaad hat, and ave can show" how much ave appreciated the kindness slaoavaa.”

The dairying industry, 'throughout the proa'ince of Auckland is now iaa full operation (says the N.Z. “Herald”) and the blatter is coming through to the grading stores iai large quantities, almost oa-ery country train and every coastal boat ha'iaagiaag in the boxes. Reports froan the country indicate a .surprisingly strong groavtla of gi*ass, and tho recent rains have proved anore than- welcome. Practically eatery factory is now runnine* full’"time," and the output for export for tho fortnight ending on Friday is expected to prove a good deal larger Mania for the corrcsponding fortnight in any previous .year. ,V feature of the trade of this year is the evident appreciation of South African people, of New Zealand butter, and the expoi't to South Africa is becoming a avell-rocognised and important feature of the Auckland butter trade; Great improvements have been made in the butter-chilling rooms at the Auckland freezing works, and experts state that butter shipped direct from Auckland will noiv he landed on the London market in the very best condition possible for Neav Zealand butter.

The Slaughtermen’s Union held a meeting last night to make final preparations for the demonstration today. Their display will lie an exhibition of the process of killing and dressing sheep as. is done for export at tlie freezing works. The Gisborne Shecpfarmers’ Company has given them every assistance, providing tlie sheep and conveyance, and doing all that could be done to make a success of the exhibition. All members were asked to meet at 10 a.m. sharp on the Haiti side of the Haiti bridge, so as to bo in readiness to fall in avlien tlie procession starts. A hearty vote of thanks to the committee for their efforts in working out the details closed the meeting.

Tavo carpenters named Morrell and Jones had a linrrbav escape from a serious accident .yesterday avliilo .at work on the Union S.S. Co.’s building in Childers Road. Part of the scaffolding slipped, and Jones fell in between the scaffold ■ and the wall oil to the floor, hut before he could recover his balance he rolled oyer and fell down the stairway opening on to the first floor, a distance of about 20 feet. Although there avas a quantity of loose timber about with sharp edges exposed, Jones seemed to escape them all. He avas a little dazed avlien picked up. hut as far as could he ascertained there were no fractures. The young man, *,vho received- a severe shaking, was sent home in a cab. Morell also bad a narrow escape from following Jones; but ho avas caught by one of other carpenters.

A jubilee, interesting from a patriotic point of view, is to. be celebrated in Auckland-Miext'month. Some fifty years ago, before the city had merged ;from its state of adllagodom, 200 residents, recognising the necessity tor increased defence forces, handed together to form tavo companies, which wore accepted by the Goa-ornment as the “Royal” and “City Companies of Auckland Rifle Volunteers.” The tavo companies assembled on Noa-eniber 15 and 16, 1858. when the members were duly savorn in, arms being also distributed o:i tlie same occasion. Noa*ber 15 is, therefore. the date from which the volunteer movement in Neav Zealand dates (as distinct from tho inception ..of the rifle corps, inaugurated and promoted by Sir John Logan Campbell), and the jubilee of the occasion thus falls on Noa--embor 15 of tho present year. The members of these tavo companies who still reside in the Auckland district, are discussing the ouestion of celebrating , in a fitting manner, tho anniversary. AH who joined tho companies prior to January, 1860. arc to take part. It is considered that not more than fifty of those remain to answer the roll call.

It is expected that the letters referred to by Mr. Lane in his controversy with tho Conunisioner arc to ho available.to tho public in tile ordinary way on payment of ono shilling, among other tilings it is surprising to note that this week it’s chain potscrapers for fivepence each at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sales, 17th inst. only.