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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2331, 26 October 1908, Page 4

A sitting of the Native Land Commission will be held in the Supreme Court Buildings on Mondav, November 2, at 10 a.m.

This afternoon, at 2 o'clock, Messrs Miller and Craig will conduct a sale of fancy goods on account of Messrs G. Hannah and Co., Auckland.

The Federal Band journeyed to Patutalii yesterday afternoon, and played a programme of acceptable music before a number of interested listeners.

At the Police Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. TV. A. Barton, S.M., a first offender for drunkenness was convicted and dealt with in the usual manner.

On old pioneer, Mr. John. Edward "Walsh, died at Makaraka yesterday. The deceased, who was 70 years of age, was a resident of the district for many years.

■The Gisborne School. Committee lias decided to grant the children a whole •holiday on Wednesday next (Show Day), and on November 17th (Election Day).

The East Coast Mounted Rifles, ■Gisborne Rifles, and Defence Quiets will parade at the Garrison. Hall, Fitzherbert Street, at 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday, to attend the opening ceremony of the Hall.

Messrs Williams and Kettle, Ltd., will hold their usual spring hors© fair in Mr. C. Neenan’s yards, Ormond, to-day. The entries include some 20 horses, and the Clydesdale stallion, Garnet, will also be offered.

At a meeting of the Gish rone (School Committee hold on Friday night a letter was received' from the Education Board stating that the application. Kinder for am increase of salary could not bo granted! as salaries could not bo increased.

A lecture entitled “(Spiritualism—it’s Origin and 1 Progress.” was delivered in Townlcy’s l Hall last evening by Mr. T. Downs. There was a fair audience, and the lecturer dealt exhaustively with the evidence to show -that it was possible to communicate with the spirit world.

The Rev. E. Whitehouse, vicar of •Ashburton, whose name has been referred to frequently in connection with no-license in Ashburton, will pay a short visit to Gisborne, reaching here next Saturday, and will reply to the statements that, have been circulatedl with regard- to the effect of hio-liccnso in Ashburton.

A erditors’ meeting in the estate of Francis Joseph Delaney was held in. the office of the Deputy-Official Assignee (Mr. T. Coleman) on Saturday. Bankrupt was present with his solicitor (Mr. T. Alston- Coleman), and uuder cross-examination by the Assignee made a statement of liis affairs. There being no creditors present, the meeting then adjourned sine die.

A .meeting of the Poverty Bay Beekeepers’ Association- was held in Townloy’s Hall on Saturday aftermoon, for tho purpose of meeting Mr. Robt. Gibb, Government Apiary Inspector. "The president of the Association (Mr. Stephenson) introduced Mr. Gibb, who gave an interesting lecture on. the' life of the bee. During his address, Mr. Gibb emphasised the necessity of the bee-farmer getting his honey up in am attractive manner and advertising it more. He also warned bee-keepers against feeding their bees on> honey. “It has been proved,” said Mr. Gibb, “that it takes two hours boiling to kill any germs of foul-brood which may be in tho honey.” At the conclusion of his address, Mr. Gibb answered _ several questions which were put to him, and received a vote of thanks for his instructive address,

A meeting of tlio No-license League will bo hold in the Presbyterian Schoolroom at 7.30 p.m. this evening.

Owing to • various attractions of Carnival Week, show, races, etc., quite a large number of visitors have already arrived ini town. Amongst the new arrivals, are several of the undesirable fraternity, and householders would be well l acivised to caielully attend to the security of the fastening s when leaving their premises.

While sepaking on the question of the back-blocks vote on Friday evening at the Theatre, Mr. Clay toil pointed out that the vote tor 1907-8 was £518,763, and for 1808-9 the v-ote was £600,000; an increase of only £81,237, while the Government was endeavoring to give an impression that it was making a very large additional grant for the benefit of settlers in remote districts.

Miss C. W. Christie gave another lecture under the auspices of the Theosophical Society in the Masonic •Hall last evening, when there was a good attendance. Her subject was “To him that hath shall be given. At the close of her address she answered a number of questions. Ihis evening Miss Christie will give her final lecture in Gisborne, on the subject of “The Pilgrimage of the boul from Life to Life.”

During his speech in the Theatre on Friday evening, a point specially emphasised by Mr. Clayton while discussing the small grazing run leases was that /Mr. F. Hall, who had been "ranted a renewal, was not a bona fide settler, whereas the other gentlemen concerned were. Mr. Clayton addd that ho did not think Mr. Hall had been on liis grazing run fifty times, and. tliat lie could only be classed as a speculator.

The Revs. L. .Dawson Thomas and W. Grant delivered’ .addresses on the no-license question at the Sievwright Memorial on Saturday evening. Despite the inclemency of the weather, a large crowd gathered, and both speakers were attentively listened to. At the conclusion a number of questions were .asked and answered. At a meeting of the No-license League held in Townley’s Hall, a number of young men volunteered to assist to obtain votes for the cause.

When speaking on the Maraetaha land transactions pn Friday evening, Mr. Clayton said that the East Coast Trust Board had been offered from 30s to 3os an acre, or an average of 32s 6d ner acre, for 3000 acres, and 12s per'acre for the remaining 2000 acres, or upwards of £6OOO for the lot Yet the Board accepted £4OOO, or an average of 16s per acre from the same gentleman who had also been fortunate enough to receive a renewal of his grazing run lease.

At a well-attended meeting of the Management Committee of the Trades and Labor Council held on Saturday night the question of the Council joining the Federation of Labor was considered. Tlie meeting decided to report favorably on the proposition to the Council. A set of questions were drafted by the committee, to be approved by the Council. for submission to the local political candidates. A meeting of the Council to consider the question will be held on Saturday night next.

A peculiar accident happened on Saturday night in Custom-house Street, by means of which a horse was so severely injured as to necessitate its destruction. The animal, to Mr. M. C. T\ inter, Ivaiti was left in the paddock adjoining His Majesty’s Theatre, and m an endeavor to jump the fence, became impaled, receiving two extremly nasty gashes in tlio stomach. The assistance of a veterinary surgeon was obtained and the wounds were suflicieiitly treated to enable tlie animal to be led away to be destroyed.

A short discussion took place at the meeting of the Gisborne School Committee oil Friday evening on the proposals of the High School Board of Governors to engage an agricultural instructor. The Bev. W . Grunt said he had attended the meeting ot the Board as an individual member of the committee, but had not- offered any suggestions, as lie saw that the Governors had made nil their mmds on the question. A committee consisting of the Revs. W. Grant and C. Griffin and Mr. F. J- Rowley was appointed to wait, upon the Goverjiors as a deputation to discuss tlio conditions of appointment of an instructor in agriculture and commerce. The U.S.S. Co.’s Tarawera, which arrived from Napier on Saturday morning, was a very full ship. Owing to the laregly increased number of passengers for this port to attend the show and races, the Tarawera was delayed some five hours_ beyond the usual time for leaving Napier. The accommodation was severely overtaxed, and several passengers complain bitterly. No matter where one went in the ship, it is stated, shake-downs of all descriptions were to be met with, and ill the most unexpected places .one would stumble over some poor unfortunate passenger, half sitting, half lying,-and vainly endeavoring to get some rest, sleep being out of°the ' question. One gentleman m particular, a- frequent traveller by the Companv’s boats, managed to secure a blanket, and a very small corner of the saloon, where he might endeavor to rest. About 2 a.m. he had iust made himself as comfortable as his l crannied surroundings would allow, and was almost asleep, when he was aroused by a peremptory demand from a steward ticket. Tlie necessary search for the ticket followed, but for the rest, however, sleep was out of the question.. Speaking to a “Times” representative, this gentleman oom'mented upon the excellent reputation that the. Union Co. had hitlietro borne in regard to the attention given to the wants of passengers, but expressed the opinion, that he overcrowding was shocking on his occasion, and said he thought that in view of tlio inevitable increase in the passenger traffic on account of Carnival Week some additional accommodation should have been provided for the comfort of travellers.

Up to time of going -to press wo have received no apology from Mr. W. Lissanfc Clayton for omitting, probably unintentionally, to mention at his political address in H.is Majesty’s Theatre that this week it’s asbestos stove mats again for twopence each at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Salesj last day of tlio woutU only.

The opinion is very generally expressed by those interested in labor matters that Mr J. 11. Triggs, for some years chairman of the Canterbury Conciliation Board, will be ’appointed Conciliation Commissioner under the new Arbitration Act for the South Island.

There were exhibits at the Hawke’s Bay agricultural show, from Masterton, Carterton, Upper Riccarton, Brooklyn (Wellington;, Hunteryille, Bulls, Palmerston North, Kiwitea, Ashhurst, Levin, Rata, Wellington city, Kai Xwi, Gisborne, Manaia, Auckland,-Oamaru, Marton, Feildin", Wanganui and Ilalcombe,

Tlie average daily output of butter at the Cheltenham Factory, Feilding, has now reached a .ton, which is on an average double the quantity for the corresponding period of last season, and more for the time of year since the company’s inception. The average test for the first period of October was 3.48, and the price paid for butter-fat for September was lid per lb

Ift A resident of Whitford, Mrs Cimatti, was found in a paddock adjoining her residence recently in an unconscious condition. It appears that, while milking a cow in the early morning, the animal rolled on her, and badly crushed her. The accident happened about seven a.m., hut Mrs Cimatti was not found till four hours later. Dr Baker was summoned, ana he ordered her removal to the Auckland Hospital, where she is progressing favorably.

The Rotorua Chamber of Commerce intends to go into the question of improving the fire-fighting appliances, with a view to securing lower rates. The question of local business people establishing a mutual insurance company will probably be raised, as it is felt that the ruling rates are too high for the risk, which is not great, as the town has a good water supply, and an efficient brigade. Information is being collected, and the question will be thoroughly gone into.

At the Baptist Conference at Nelson, the Ilev. .John Laird, lately from Ireland, and now stationed at- New Plymouth, created a good laugh. In replying to his welcome into the Union, he said he heard in Ireland that New Zealand was celebrated for three things, namely, the beauty of its scenery, the salubrity of its climate, and the modesty of its people. He had proved the two first to be true, but with regard to the third {'shaking his head) he had his own opinion.

Professor Kattenbusch, of Gottingen (says “La Remo” of June Ist), has compiled some interesting statistics of. Protestant Christianity. In the United States Protestantism, notwithstanding the great progress of Roman Catholicism, counts 65 millions of adherents in a population of 79 millions. Great Britain comes second with 37 millions of Protestants in 42 millions of British citizens. The German Empire hasjlo millions in a, population of 56 millions. In France the number of Protestants has remained 700,000 during the last century. The total number of Protestants in the world is given as 180 Millions. 114 millions of whom speak the English language.

Mr. C. S. Howard’s picture of the trials of a teacher’s life, which he recounted in his speech at the opening of the new Pleasant Point School recently did not give a view of the profession calculated to entice recruits to its ranks. “A teacher iieeds the gentleness of the dove, conjoined with the wisdom of the serpent,” said Mr. Howard, “and added to this he needed abundance of tact, energy, and sound physique, and even when he lias all these advantages it will be doubtful if be can please everybody.” As an illustration of the arduous nature of the teaching profession, one of the speakers at the same function said that often during his holidays he had a day’s ploughing, or worked in the harvest field and he had not felt as tired then as after a trying day in school. “You see, added another master, amid general laughter, “ploughing or forking in the field is only play to us.”