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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2370, 10 December 1908, Page 4

Applications to the number of 144 were received yesterday for the lea.se of a Crown land section at Wa ini aha. Tho ballot will take pCacc on Saturday.

The Tai-Rawhiti District Alaori Land Board announce that Whakaangiangi 6A2, 1A2 % 182, and 3B blocks, and Aliirau No. 2 block, have been withdrawn from public tender.

Shareholders in the Kia Ora Cooperative Dairying Co. may obtain their dividends at the meeting of the company to bo hold in the Public Hall, Waereuga-a-hik.i, next Thursday evening, December 17.

The postal authorities notify that* the daily attendance at Hangaroa office will be 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. and 7 to S p.m., with a luncheon interval from 12 to 12.30 p.m. The weekly half-holiday is observed on Thursdays from 1 p.m.

The annual meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union will he hold in the Presbyterian Schoolroom at 3 p.m. to-day lor the reception of the annual report, election of officers, and appointment of a delegate to the Convention.

“Well, I’ni a eon fin nod outer harborite after this,” was tho remark of a prominent Gisborne citizen as he boarded the s.s. Tunica from the s.s. Waikare in the bay last evening, after having been poised in mid-air on the gangway for several seconds.

Out* Wellington correspondent, telegraphs*: The recent, garroting and robbery cases in some of tho main streets here have father alarmed a number of people. Fortunately the jxdico have boon able to bring some of the offenders before the Court. In the meantime people who have to stay out late at night are taking to carrying heavy sticks, and will do well to keep a sharp look-out.

“In Bendigo, the gold-mining city of Victoria, the streets are paved with gold.” Tho statement is quite true to a degree, for the pavements are made with gold-bearing quartz too poor to crush, taken from tho mines, and after traffic fair-sized nuggets are often found lying in tho dust or washed by* min into the water channels. The City Council has passed a by-law .prohibiting persons from sweeping the streets, for Chinamen used to remove the dust from the roads and obtain the fine gold by' amalgamation with quicksilver. In tile gutters and gullies fair-sized “specks” are easily found. The children going to and from school look for gold and exchange the “specks” for lollies at the shops. A Alelbourne paper states that Air. S. Spielvogel, of Bendigo, purchased a pair of ducks, paying 3s 7d for them. When the second bird was killed some shining species were noticed in the crop, which also contained some fragments of gravel and food. Curiosity led to an examination of the shining material, with the result that it was found to be gold. Altogether gold to the value of 12s was obtained. The duck must have picked nip the precious metal when picking amongst the gravel.

The Daily Telegraph’s Paris correspondent states that Britain and other countries are about to address to Austria firm representations regarding their action in the Servian affair, and no doubt it will be brought forcibly before their notice that this week it’s can-openers for five pence each at Parnell’si Popular Saturday Sales, 12thdnst only,

The weather report for the "" endhig December 9tli appears on page 7 of this issue.

Two bulletins have reached.us from the dairy division of the r wufitura_ Department, one by the missioner (Mr. D. Cuddie), treating of New Zealand dairy produce on the British market, and the other being u, review °f the woik of t 1907-8 season, by Mr. W. M. tmglc ton, acting-Dairy Commissioner. Loth wilf doubtless be road with interest by local dairy farmers.

In the examinations recently conducted by the Board of Theological Rtudies Mr W. H. Itoberts, ol To Kaika, who sat for the first and second grades, came out top of the first class in both grades and was recommended by the examiners foi an exhibition. Mr. Powell was awarded second-olass honors in the second m ade • Mr. Pine Tamaliori second class in the second part of the fourth .yrade; the Rev. Itewiti Kohere thudclass in the same grade.

At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. J. W. Bright am Captain Chrisp, J.V.% * man rramed Thomas Cunningham pleaded guilty to a second offence of dtunkemie, within six months, and uas fined £J and costs, or four days’ imprisonment. Another man named George Saville was convicted on a charge of disci - derlv conduct while drunk, and was fined £2 and 2s costs, or seven days rraol. He pleaded guilty to a furthci Charge of the theft of goods to the value of £l, the property of H. JNelson, and was sentenced to 3U daysimprisonment.

The following mining quotations have been received from the Auckland Stock Txchange by Mr. M . Distant Clayton, sharebroker: Brilliant Block Con., sellers 2d; do., 6d pan . sellers 3d; Champion Mines Ltd. (con), buyers 2s 3d; do -paid up, buyers 2s 3d, sellers 3s; Crown, Ltd., buyers 4s 2d; Karangahake, Ltd... buvers Is 3d, sellers Is od; Komafa Reel's, Ltd., Bd, Is 2d; Mountain King, Ltd. (com), 31d, oid; Talisman Consolidated, Ltd., 435, 43s (id ; iairua Conqueror. Ltd.. 2d, 4d; Tairua Golden Hills, Ltd., 6s 6d, is; Tairua Triumph, Ltd., 2d. 7d; Wailu Com soli dated. Ltd., Is Gd 2s; Maihi Grand Junction G. Co., 2/s, 290; May Queen. Ltd., buyers 2s 2d; Tairua Consols N.L., sellers 2d; AVailii, Ltd.* buyers £8 l&s, sellers £8 19s 6d.