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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2347, 13 November 1908, Page 4

Mr. T. Doaviis, clairvoyunt, is to gh-o an address in Toaa nlev’s Hall tonight at 8 o’clock.

The “East Coast Mail” states that it is reported that some 250 halfcaste Natrtes have been put on the European electoral roll during the past feAA r AA'eeks.

A circular to the electors issued by Mr. W. Li ss l a lit Olavton, the Opposition candidate for the Gisborne seat, is published- as an inset Avith the “Gisborne Times” to-day.

A Press Association telegram states that A. Terry, a flaxmifl band at Linton, cut his throat Avith a razor on Wednesday, and Avas brought to the Palmerston hospital, AA'hero he lies ill a critical condition.

A Dune-din telegram announces the death of Mr. Lyall Hector, youngest son of the uato Sir James Hector, from pneumonia. Deceased Aims a student at Sehvyri College, and Avas about to sit for bis final medical examination.

“Shame to us that -avc have withheld so long from our Maori brethren tlio power of voting, so that AA-hether they will or no, a- public-lio-usc] may bo planted an tlieir very midst.” —Rev. F. W. Chatterton in His Majesty’s Theatre last night.

In order to augment the funds of the Gisborne Hosxiitad, a social is to be given in the Garrison, Hull on Monday, November 30. The charge for gentlemen’s tickets-as to be os each, and. for ladies’ Tickets 2s 6d. A children’s social, with tlio same object, is to bo held on the following evening. Messrs R. Somervell, J. R-. Little, and T. G. Laivless are joint secretaries.

It lias been decided to erect a memorial in Christchurch. to the memory of the late It. G. Deans., tlio well-known New .Zealand footballer. The memorial will take the form of a tablet to be p'laced in the High .School, aud a fund will be raised, the interest from which shall bo applied as a Robert Deans Memorial Scholarship, to be given to a boy attending tho Boys’ High School. A committeo of influential business and professional gentlemen has been formed to collect subscriptions.

A cleverly designed and creditably executed cartoon in reference to the general election is • published _as an inset in this .issue of the “Gisborne Times.” The artist lias depicted Justice in the act of weighing the candidates for tho Gisborne- seat in the balances' of public opinion. Mr. Clayton seated ;in one scale, with his motto of “Equal justice to all Crown tenants and everybody,” is represented as outweighing the Hon. J. Carroll, who is sitting in the other scale, bearing a Maori weapon, inscribed “Tallica” and a paper, marked “ltun 42.” Mr. Dart-on, flourishing the bludgeon-of Socialism, is depicted as endeavoring to climb into- one of the scales by moans of the laddor of Nolicense. A*

In .applying for a prohibition order against a young man at Hastings la-4 week ike applicant stated on oath that the noreon concerned, who was only 22 years of age, had wasted £I,OOO during twelve months. Colonel A. W. Robin, C. 8., Chief -of the General Staff, stated the otliei day that a supply of the new short rifles, now being issued to the mounted corps of Now* Zealand, has non arrived in AVeL.iuijjfcon, and will sxioitiy be distributed. . A Press Association telegram states that eleven Natives were charged beforo Mr. Bart-on, S.M., at- W aiioct yesterday with stealing and eating two cows, the property of Mr. VV. A. Neale, Waikaremoana, valued at £lO. They were each sentenced to .six months’ hard labor in Napiei gaol.' .Shortly after tlie commencement of the No-license meeting tin the theatre last evening, some- little interruption was caused by the mteij action » of an individual seated iica. die front of the building. A threat oy the chairman to have in the'inocrrupter ’removed had the oesiied effect, and he subsided into silence. la. the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning Cape. Chrisp and nix". John Somervell, J.P.’s, gave judgment lor plaintiffs _ by default in the case of the Commissioner of Taxes v. Sydenham Oxenhain; claim 8s lid with costs ss, and in that of Thomas Long (Mr. Li. H. Mann) v. J as. Me. JL*t arianc, cJaixii £2 8s with 10s costs. The following tenders have been received by Messrs Witson and Lilley, architects, for alterations and additions to .St. Mary’s schoolroom: —■ Colley £Bl9, Artken and Wilson £BG9, Webb and iSon £877, J. Lawrie £896, G. 'Smith £897 10s, Lvans,. N ield and Co. £959, J. B. Varie £997 10s, M. Haisman £1025, C. H. Tochneh £llOO. 1 Unclaimed letters addressed to tlie following fie at the Post Office: Misses L. Anders, M.Birch j Mesdames W. Burns, M. E. Harrison, J. Nlends, Motion, Reid; Messrs A. lx. Bell, T. M. Blake, \V. Brett, P. Carroll, J. L. Codings, F. A. Fuller, C. Heeger, A. W. Jeruiyn, \V. Kerr, S. Kingston, G. R. Myles, Paxton, J. Pigott, W . ' L. .Smith, fe. Weldon. G. Wells, J. F. Williams, A. Young, T. H. Frazer, and Professor Lee Winter. , , Captain H. Edward Greenstreet, commander of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s twin-screw passenger steamer Tiimutaka, recently arrived in London after completing Ins seventy-first round-the-worid voyage, and has now started on his seyeiuysecond globe-encircling voyage, in tlie confident expectation that ,before he comes ashore for good, he will have reeled off a century or such trips. As he is still in tlie prime of life, there seems no reason why the aim he has set before him should not be realised. Eacli voyage from London to New Zealand means 25,000 miles ot steaming. Then there is from I.OGu to 2,000 miles on the New Zealand coast, so that each round trip ready means 26,000 to 27,000 miles. Therefore if Captain Greenstreet completes his hundredth trip, he will have travelled 2,700,000 imies. The process of preserving fruits by the artificial apxiiicaticn of cold temperatures is snaking progress. There was shown at Lyons, recently, a collection of dessert pears, which had been gathered seven months previously. Tlie degree of preservation of the fruits was complete from every point of view, and no shrivelling was observed. The artifieally-produced cold had hindered change m the iiesli entirely, paralysed the activity of fungal organisms, and killed ail insects that were present. In contradiction of the common belief, the fruit kepi better than those freshly-gathered, when exposed to the air,* and they bore long transit better, in opposi-tion-to tlie-se favorable experiences of the French and United States growers the Hutch garden fir ess asserts that the cold storage treatment has a bud effect oil flavor, as compared with the ordinary storage. A revolution in shipbuilding methods is foreshadowed in a booklet entitled ' ‘The Ocean Express of the Future.” The writer, Mr. James Dickie, states that for years past shipbuilders have been working oil the wrong lines with antiquated ideas. Despite every improvement in propelling power the old “ship shape” lias been steadily adhered to, and every extra knot or two shown by the newest ocean greyhounds has only been obtained at an enormous and unnecessary expenditure. Great speed and perfect safety are to be obtained in the ship of the future in quite a new way. Instead of one hull the new ship is to have three long, narrow hulls or runners, pointed at each end, all three being connected by the deck and upper works. No less novel is the method of applying the propelling fiower. Instead of being concentrated at the stern of the vessel it is distributed throughout the entire length by a series of propellers which project from the sides of the hull .into the water channels between.

“The Ideals and Realisms of Unionism” was the title of a lecture delivered by Mr. W. Maddison, president of the Carpenters’ Union, in Whinray’s Hall last evening. The chair was taken by Mr. W..L. Roes, and there was a fair attendance of unionists, and their friends. The •lecturer dealt with the rise and progress of unionism, and dealt with the lines along which unionism slioufd travel in the future. At the conclusion of the lecture a short debate followed, and those present passed a pleasant hour in discussing the subject, smoking, <and regaling themselves with light refreshments. Lectures given by the Victorian Government agricultural Societies are not always appreciated at what the department consider their full value. Societies receiving the Government subsidies have to fulfil various conditions, one of which may he to provide accommodation and a -reasonably largo -audience for tho lecturers who visit them. Several societies which have undertaken this responsibility have failed) recently to carry it out in a manner acceptable to the Victorian Gavernment, and unless thev mend their ways they are threatened with the loss of their subsidy. The number of ladies exercising their votes at the election to bo held this month was commented on at the meeting the other night, but through inadvertence no mention was made of the ladies getting tracing wheels for fourpence each this week at Parnell’s Saturday gales, fourteenth iust* only.