The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1908.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2355, 23 November 1908, Page 4

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1908.

A list of dogs impounded at the Gisborne dog pound is advertised in this issue.

Tenders are invited for the erection of a school at Pulia for the Hawke’s Bay Education Board. The Board of Directors of the Young Ale ids Christian Association will meet at Wesley School at 7.30 p.m. to-day-. Tenders for the supply of dog collars for Cook County- will be received at the County Council office till noon oil Wednesday next. .The ladies of the Cook County Women's Guild desire to thank the committee of the old identities’ picnic for the donation of £5 handed to the president by Air. Robert Atkins. The Gisborne Licensed Victuallers’ Association request all persons having claims against the Association for the Gisborne and Bay of Plenty electorates to render them at once to Air. H. E. Dodd, secretary. The Gisborne City Band, under Conductor Lawrence, gave an openair concert in the Recreation Grounds yesterday afternoon. There was -a large number of people in attendance, and the music, which was very well performed, was greatly enjoyed. Air. T. Downs gave an address last night in Townley’s Hall under the •auspices of the Gisborne Spiritualists’ Society. There was a very- good attendance, and Air. Brown, president of the Society, was chairman. - Air. Downs took for his subject “Science and Spiritualism,” and received a very attentive hearing. After the address he answered a number of questions. A number of inquiries have been received at the office of this paper regarding the method of determining the result of the local option polls. In reply it may be explained that three-fifths of the valid votes recorded at an election arc required to carry No-license, and a majority of the valid votes recorded are required to carry reduction.

The song recital to be given by Airs. Buckeridge on Friday- next gives promise of being very successful. There is already a good demand for reserved seats, and the plan is steadily filling. A Napier paper, writing on the -artiste’s last song recital in that town, says: “Her recital gave the audience additional cause ior appreciation by the fact that the programme introduced a number of new songs, all of which had a singular vocal sweetness.”

One of the peculiar provisions in connection with the election arrangements which it is difficult for the lay mind to understand (says the “Otago Daily Times”) is the one by which particulars of every absent voter’s permit used are immediately wired to the returning officer of the district in which the user of the permit is enrolled. No use is allowed to be made of this information until it is confirmed by mail, and as .no other apparent purpose of any- kind is served by these telegrams, the puzzle is to know why this heavy expenditure is entailed. Speaking of the social life of India in Christchurch on Sunday morning last, Aliss Haxband, 8.A., said that women of t-lie coolie class largely do the work alloted to men in Western countries, such as carrying hods of bricks. for building purposes, and stones *for road making. The numerous heathen feasts and festivals were a great hindrance to Christian work. While fully recognising the need and importance of education in India, she thought that the condition of unrest winch prevailed was largely- due to the Government secular school system. _ iSomo candidates are regretting the apathy of electors who did not bother about going to the voting booths on Tuesday, but this regret is probably not shared by- the poll clerks, who tolled from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for 21 s . •Olio of them gave some of has experiences to a “Lyttelton Times” reporter, and part of the chronicle runs thus:—“AVere it not for the amusements caused by other people’s troubles and idiosyncrasies it would prove absolutely intolerable, for nobody considers the poll clerk. Ho is blamed by tlie person whose name is not oil the roll and by the person who ha s strolled into a booth in the wrong electorate. Ho is maddened by flip lady ■who refuses to givo her Christian names (it may bo noted that the y-otuig lady whoso name is Daphne, YsabeJ, or ’Tcrissa is never loth to give •it), and by tho man, probably called John Brown, who gives ‘opposite Black, tlie grocer’s’ a s has only address. He has to initial, number, gum and stamp' voting papers while the deputy is busy helping the nonagenarian who has left liis spectacles belli lid,' or tho ancient damo who has never learnt to read. Always ho has to keep a watchful eye on the caroless voter who. drops his Parliamentary election paper into the box provided to receive those 'for the local option poll. But the greatest' nuisance of all, from the poll clerk’s point of view, are tlie Darby aid Joan couples that attempt to enter the booth together, and when told that that cannot be permitted, sniff .and. fcaako remarks about a little braef authority. Withr these latter -may be classed, the groups of giggling girls who strive continually to let each other and everyone else know just what they are abput.”

The Government offices throughout the Dominion are to bo closed on Monday, November 30, m celebration of St. Andrew’s Day. Money order and postal-correspon-dence to J. M'Grigor, 78 andL 80 Hunter Street, Sydney, is 'forbidden by a notice in this week’s Gazette. The sum of ,£3OOO, voted by Parliament, is to be distributed to free public libraries for the purchase of books on February 4,1909. Applications must be made to the Secretary for Education before December 31. . Into a polling booth in Wellington on Tuesday there stepped a little tot of about eleven years, who pleaded hard to be allowed to strike out the top line. If she retains her present zeal, the opportunity to vote NoJicense will not be denied later on. The present month lias been an unusually dry one in the Auckland Province, and a good downfall is needed by agriculturists and -farmers. The crops -badly require rain. The grass country 'is also suffering from want of ■water, and the dairying industry is beginning to feel the effect. A live Kiwi is a ra-r-a avis nowadays, but one was discovered in Mr C. E. Daniell’s timber yard in Masterton a'few mornings ago (says the “Age”). It was attacke-d- by a dog and killed before the employees were aware of the species of the visitor, and natural]y there were general regrets at the lost opportunity of obtaining a specimen of native bird life supposed to be almost- extinct. One of the employees has had the body stuffed and preserved.

Instances of how women’s franchise and the subsequent fight for Nolicense, is resulting, are shown (says a writer in the “New Zealand Times”) in several electorates. Kidd, a publican, beaten for Auckland; dull, said to be the ablest man who lias ever stood for Hawke’s Bay, a brewer, .also defeated. I was told at the Hawke’s Bay show that the only thing that would beat Jull would be the women’s If the woman does not support the tem'.perancii man f she votes “dry” for sentimental reasons.

Recently Mr J. Q. Wilson, president of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, wrote to the Marine Depart.ment suggesting that in the proposed meteorological bulletin and climatological map the Agricultural Department- should act conjointly with the Marine Department. Mr 'Wilson has received a reply from the Marine Department that- 1 it is in communication with the Department of Agriculture, with -a view to getting it to supply the necessary information as to the crops,Hive-stock, and any other information which it considers would be useful for publication in the bulletin. Dr. Chappie, who was one of the candidates for the Tuapeka seat, enlivened his political meetings with stories. Here is one: A farmer returned home to discover, to his inextinguishable delight that his wife had presented him with triplets. He hastened to spread the news amongst his friends, among whom was the local vet-, and dog fancier, and this friend he brought to view the mewling, puking, palpitating, cherubs in their cot. embowerd in white. Critically examining them, the vet. put his finger oil the chubbiest and said: “Keep this one.” ; Of the three Parliamentary cherubs before you.” slyly remarked the doctor, pointing to himself, “keep this one.” A writer in -a Wellington paper tells the following anecdote about the Native Minister:—“When Mr Carroll was first appointed a Minister of the Crown, -Sir George Grey ventured to give him good counsel for his future conduct in life. "Well. Carroll,” said .Sir George, in his soft, aristocratic, sarcastic drawl, "I have known you since you were a boy, I have watched your career with great interest. You did well at school, passed your examination as an interpreter, you were elected to Parliament, and uow you occupy the important position of a Minister of the Crown. As one who. takes-a great interest in you, I want- to give you some advice. Always remember these words and be careful to act upon them : ‘Don’t work too hard !’ ” There has been a very heavy mortality during the last few days among the swine belonging to the Stirling Dairy Factory Company (says the “Free Press”). Tlie company’s piggery, which is situated close to the railway line near Sterling, accommodates about 100 pigs, and of this number between 40 and 50 arc already dead, and 40 have been quarantined, these latter not being expected to recover. The Government- veterinary surgeons invorsigated the ease, and some of the organs of the deceased swine have been forwarded to 'Wellington fqr diagnosis. The Chief Veterinary Surgeon (Mr. Gilrutli) has left Wellington for tlio purpose of investigating the case, and was expected to arrive at- Balclutlia on Tuesday.. The appearance of the disease at this time when the pigs are just being prepared for export- is exceedingly unfortunate, inasmuch as a locality must be free from swine fever for a certain period before any carcases can be exported. According to tlio “Wairarapa Daily Times,” Mr. A. AY. Hogg is certainly a very wodnerful man. AYe should not have been surprised to have seen his majority of 1905, which amounted to 544, slightly lowered on this occasion, but instead of this it shot up 50 per cent-., and ho simply romped home, and will now complete his twenty-one years of service as the representative of this electorate. In elections we have to accept results, not explain them. Mr. Buchanan’s victory in the South AYairarapa was unexpected by us, but was fairly won in a fair fight. AVc have ■a Minisleralist member north of the Waingawa, and on Opposition member south of the AVaingawa, There is some incongruity in,this, but- in local matters Messrs. Hogg and Buchanan usually work well together for the benefit of the combined district. They are both veterans, and get along fairly well .together for men -who have been wont, in the past, to vote against one another in party divisions.” If Rockefeller, whose income from the Standard Oil Trust is variously estimated at three to five millions sterling every year, were to apply in time, lie would be equally welcome with others to buy a kitchen set for ninepenco each at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sales, twenty-seventh inst. only. . . After a long, exhausting illness, when health is slow about returning, Stearns’ AVine is always found of great value. By gently stimulating the appetite it aids nutrition and restores strength.

To give point to his argument in regard to the Prisoners’ Detention JLSiJi in the New South Wales Legislative Council last week ; Mr B. B. O’Connor made a comparison between the British and German armies. He said that in Germany, where conscription was in operation, the mental calibre of the soldiers was good. They had professions and trades to return to, and they had a certain standard to maintain. loving fathers, mothers, bfOmers and sisters to welcome them when they had finished-'their terra. But the British army was made up of the flotsam and jetsam of the island. The statement aroused some hostility on the part of members, who dissented strongly from tlio comparison made. A resident of Petone, Mr P. Cairns, sen., has “tickets on the Manawatu,” and lie values them highly, although they do not entitle him to a ride (says the “Evening Post”). He believes that he has the first passenger ticket of any class issued-, bigrthe Manawatu Company. It is No. 000, a second-class single from A\ellington to Longburn, and is dated 26th November 1886. - The stationmaster at the time remarked, “You are the lucky first.” -Mr Cairns has also two other early tickets, Nos. 010 and 017. second singles from Wellington to Longburn, dated Ist and 3rd December respectively. The time when it took two days to compass the sale of seven second-class tickets between AVcllington and Longburn passed away long ago. The multitude which faced tlidelection board of the “Times” on Tuesday night was rather puzzled" by the non-arrival of the Christchurch local option results. The explanation is supplied bv the “Lyttelton Times,” which attributes an hour’s delay to “the carelessness or inexperience of a deputy returning officer. The returns were sent in quickly and in good order to the returning officer at the chief polling-place, and everything seemed to be flowing with remarkable smoothness. All the returns were in save one, and it showed of coming. Impatience tu2iiw to anger, and at last, in sheer desperation, a search of the room was organised’ and a small, neat parcel was discovered in a corner. This proved to contain all the papers with, which the deputy had been entrusted, as well as the sought-for returns. Brisbane’s municipal control or the fish-supply is turning out all right-, remarks "tlie “Bulletin.” The old Greek ring has been crumpled up, and the public is getting a better and cheaper *supnly. AA hen municipal control was first proposed by Professor Kidston. Private Enterprise sWd the usual foolish things, but it as dumb as a curried prawn now. The fishermen are benefited as well as the consumers. for they get better prices. The Board takes delivery of the fish at the railway, grades it. sells it by auction, collects the money, and remits it to the seller. _ less marketcharges. On the year s transactions there is a credit balance of £2by. The problem yet to be solved is the distribution. At- present it- is in the hands of hawkers, and there is room for a lot of improvement there. The retail end of the problem the tougher of the two, probabl\ won’t be solved satisfactorily till the municipality takes the milk supply in hand and runs the fish and ice business in conjuetion with it.