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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2374, 15 December 1908, Page 4

A list of at the Gisborne -pound is advertised 1 in this issue. *

Mr. J. Fenwick, of Napier, the well-known stevedore, who has. been for some months recruiting, in le Aroha, bas returned to Napier in a greatly improved state of health. A Press Association telegram from Christchurch states that the wife of Mr. T. H. Davey, M.P., died yesterday morning. She had been ailing for a long time. Much sympathy is felt with Mr. Davey in his bereavement. '

An entertainment will be held in the Bantist Church this evening m laid of the choir and orchestra fund. An excellent programme of vocal and instrumental music has been arranged ■and an enjoyable evening is promised. The Mangatu district, notwithstanding the ire cent dry spell, is at presont looking particularly well, the ground being clothed in a luxuriant growth of grass. Shearing is in full progress on -many of the stations and the sheep are coming out of the wool in fine fettle.

When the s.s. Waikare was leaving for north last Wednesday night, she fouled her anchor on an old ship’s cable lying in the Bay. A long rope was made fast to the anchor and was buoyed, and yesterday morning Captain Hawke went out in the Tuatea and picked it up. The cable rvas about thirty-five fathoms in length, but owing to having been immersed for a very long period-, is -unfit for any other use tiian ballast for a small vessel.

The usual fortnightly meeting of tho Loyal Gisborne Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.U., was held at the Masonic Hall last evening. Nominations for officers for tho ensuing year were taken as follows: —For N.G., V.G. Bro. .3. Simjfor V.G., F.S. Bro. J. Chisholm ; for F.S., Bros. Poole, Bannister, and Rose. These officers will be i alio ted for at next Lodge night, and members wishing to change their doctor will be able to do so on that nigat. No less than eight “drunks” appeared at the Police Court yesterday morning to answer for their misdemeanours of the previous day. They ranged from the -unfortunate who was being convicted for the first time to one who admitted four previous convictions within six months. One accommodating individual, when asked if he would consent to the issue of a prohibition order against him m a nonchafent manner, “You can please yourself! I liave-no objection.” An order was accordingly made.

The Freezers’ Union held their monthly meeting in Towuley’s Hall last night. The attendance was not very large. A draft of the proposed tnew rules was submitted to the meeting, and passed with a few. amendments. A special meeting will be held to confirm it. It was cons’dered that it would be to the interest of the Union generally to delete some of the present rules and add some fresh ones to cope with the altered conditions under which the men are • ailed upon to work.

It may have been noticed that on last Thursday evening, the opening night of the J. C. Williamson production, Miss Ada Dwyer, who so capably sustained the roll of “Mrs. Wiggs,” had a slight limp, the result of an accident that afternoon. Miss Dwyer had been out driving when the horse became affrighted at some object and violently shied, upsetting the gig and throwing the occupants on to the roadway. Miss Dwyer sustained a slight injury to hex ankle, but by careffi| treatment she was able, notwithstanding the physic a 1 inconvenience, to keep faith with the public.

A special general meeting of tlie Painters’ Union was hold in Tcnvntey’s Hail last night, there Icing a largo attendance of members. The vice-president (Mr. F. R. Atkinson) occupied the chair. Ballot papers were received affirming the resolution of tho previous meeting referring a •dispute to tlie Conciliation Board. Correspondence from the Gisborne master painters was considered, and tho following resolution was carried —“That this Union regrots the action taken hy the master -painters in not favoring a conference with the Union to discuss new demands.” Some discussion arose for formulating a scheme for the working of tlie painting and decorating trade oil a- cooperative basis, and tho matter was deferred for further consideration. A, set of amended rules, as previously drafted, was adopted, and ordered to ■bo printed, tif accepted by the Registrar.

A meeting of the Y.M.C.A. lhard of Directors was held in Wcslpy ■Schoolroom last evening, Mr. C. Rosie in the chair. Tho pumcipal business of tlie meeting Vvfs the appointment of a general secretary for the Gisborne Association. The National Committee reojaiaim.lecl, and the Board unanimously decided to appoint Mr. Charles R. Webster, of Melbourne, a young man 24 years of a< r e, at present an inspector in tlie employ of tho Victorian Underwriters’ Association, and an active member of the Melbourne Young Men’s Christian Association. Mr. Webster, who is an enthusiastic cricketer and footballer, and a leader of tho religions work and of the boys’ department of tlie Association, is expected to i rnve m GUsborn© about tho end of Jauuairy. llio Board also adopted a scheme or subdivision for tho upstairs portion of Mr. Rosie’s building,' which is to be leased as Y.M.C.A. rooms. The Association has been presented with an organ hy an anonymous donor, to whom a hearty vote- of thanks was passed last night.

The use of motor cars for high speed travelling is coming largely Wto vogue both in Europe and America, somo of them attaining a speed or nearly sixty miles an hour, and to keep up with the pace this week it s Rapid potato mashers for fivepence each at Parnell’s. Popular Saturday Sales, nineteenth inst. only.

Thp aggregate balance sheet of the n, mk If Sew South Wales to September 30 last is published; m this iSSUe. c. \ Cl~T)rr\ The December number of I repress” is to hand and, as usual, contains a fine assortment of interesting and instructive reading. The Gisborne Harbor Board notifies that on and after January 1,, 1000, all port charges, pilotages, and. harbormaster’s fees will be payable at the Board’s ofiice. Tenders will be received by the Gisborne ’Oil Company up to January 21 next for boring for oil to a depth of 2500 ft, or more if required, at -Waitangi HilE. . T - We have received from Mr Lissant Clayton a handy little pocket diary for 1909 and also an embossed picture postcard, representing “Fidelity,” with the festive season s greetings. , , Written tenders, addressed to the Minister of Public Works, will be received at the Public Works Office, Wellington, for the supply and delivery of railway sfdepers. Particulars are given in an advertisement in this issue. At a meeting of the Turanganui Library Committee held yesterday afternoon, the secretary was instructed to write a letter to Mr. Frank Harris thanking him for his donation of two Maori mats, to be added to the collection of curios in the library. Th© exhibition of the work of the pupils of the Gisborne Technical School is to be opened at the school to-day at 3 p.m., and will remain open till 5 p.m. Exhibits of the work done by the girls in dressmaking and by the boys in woodwork axe to be on view. The governors of the Gisborne High School announce that they will be glad to meet parents', members of school committees, or others interested, in order to place before them any information that may be required as to the High School now being established. For that purpose a meeting will bo held at the Technical School at 8 o’clock to-morrrow evening. The following have been added to the Gisborne telephone exchange : 518 Boland, C. J., private residence, Aberdeen Road; 519 deLautour, C. 8., private residence, Haiti Beach; 520 Scott, Mrs. A., private residence, Kaiti Beach; 521 Ingram, L. 0., stock and station agent, Lowe Street; 513 Williams, G., fruiterer and confectioner, Esplanade, Kaiti; 27 Bell, R. 31., private residence, Kirktown (three long rings). The following lias been amended: 27 Smith, C. (two long rings). No. 513, Hon. J. Carroll’s Committee rooms, has been deleted. Miss Tittell Brune, supported by Mr Thos. Kingston and' Mr J. C. Williamson’s dramatic compan3 T , will inaugurate a- return season at His Majesty’s on Monday, December 21st. The opening production will be David Belasco’s great play, “The Girl of the Golden West,” which has been running at the Beiasco Theatre, New York, for the last two years, and when staged recently in Sydney was voted as the best Miss Brune has yet given to' Australasian theatregoers. Oil Tuesday “Diana of Dobson's,” a romantic comedy, will be staged for the first time. The box plans will be opened at Miller’s on Thursday morning. Mr Akers, a large sheep-owner in the Manawatu district-, was so pleased with the way the Palmerston Technical School students did their day’s wool-classing on his place at Tokomaru that he has engaged two of them to class next month when the ewes are to be shorn. As a result of this year’s experience, Mr Opie, director of the school, proposed nextyear to arrange for the students to class at various sheds around Palmerston. It is hoped that a number of farmers’ sons will join the classes next season, as the knowledge they would acquire would assist in getting better prices for their wodl. 31 r W. L. 3Vallace, of Timaru, who was a member of the scientific expedition whioh has just completed a ten months’ sojourn on Sunday Island, the main island of the Kermedec Group, suggests an explanation of the sea serpent stories. He says that in October hundreds of liump-backed whales were seen off the islands playing about and apparently thoroughly enjoying themselves. A favorite practice of the animals is to rear themselves right out of the water, until they seem to be standing on their tails, and then fall back with a great commotion. The huge carcase raised in the air in this manner might easily be taken for the head and neck of some reptilian monster. It is rumored says an exchange, that conscientious convictions with regard to the liquor traffic are getting very strong. A Dannevirke milkman is alleged to have written to a publican ‘and informed him that as ho (the said milkman) was opposed to the open bar he could not, after the closo of the month, supply milk to the hotel. The next day the publican informed the milkman that as lie (the publican) conscientiously believed in. liconse, he could not take any more milk from a No-liccnse milkman, •and that business transactions between them would have to cease right away, without waiting for tlio end of the month. In order to afford facilities for the transmission by telegraph of Christmas and New Year’s greetings, special printed forms may be obtained at the telegraph' office for use on and ■between the 18th and 24tli, and the 27th and 31st December. Such telegrams will bo delivered at the principal’ telegraph offices on cards bearing views of New Zealand scenery, etc. At other offices the telegrams will bo written on ordinary forms. A uniform charge of sixpence for each such telegram will be made, provided the address and signature do not contain more than •eleven words. If, however, the text as printed is varied in any way, o:r other words added "thereto, the telegram will be treated as an ordinary one and charged for accordingly, A good reputation.—When chatting Avitli the manager of Messrs W. Pettie and Co. a day or two ago about their new buying agency and the exceedingly fine display of what is known by the trade as Christmas goods, the range of which runs from, trilling articles to those only to be found in the. homes of the wealthy, he said the reputation of tlieir business was of paramount importance, and is jealously guarded. The respond sibility of this trusteeship I fully recognise, and feel that the ideals are so high that no deflection can be tolerated. It is by trying to serve the people well, to-day that we learn to ecr.ye them better in the future.*

It is reported that over one hundred new .reapers and binders havo been sold in the Ashburton County .during the present season. The official declaration of the result of the second ballot for tho Bay of Plenty seat is advertised in this issue. The figures are: —W. D. S. MacDonald 2650, J. B. Gqw 2204, Total valid votes 4854 ; informal votes 24. Another case of assault and robbery is "reported at Wellington. In this instance a woman was the victim. At 10.30 p.m. a pedestrian in Courtenay Place, hearing screams in tho direction of the Te Aro Street rail: way station, ran to the spot where ho found a woman lying on the ground and a man hurriedly leaving tho scene. The thief, who apparently had an accomplice, got only an empty purse lor his trouble. The following mining quotations were received yesterday by 3lr. W. Lissant Clayton: —Brilliant Block, con., sellers 2d; do do, 6d paid, sellers 3d; Champion 3lino Ltd., con, buyers 2s 3d, sellers 3s; do do, paid up, 2s 8u and 3s 3d; Crown Ltd, 3s 9d and 4s 3d; Karangaliake Ltd, Is 2d and Is 4d; Komata Reefs Ltd, Is Old and Is 2£d; 3lountain King, 3id and did; Talisman Consolidated, 43s and. 445; Talrua Conqueror, 2d and 4d; Tairua Golden Hills, sellers 7d; Triumph, 3d and 6d; 3Vaihi Consolidated, Is 6d and 2s; Waihi Grand Junction G. Co., 26s and 275; May Queen, 2s Id and 2s 3d; Tairua Consols, N.L., sellers 2d; Waihi, £9 Is and £9 9s. Addressing the boys of 3Vellingtcm College at the “breaking-up” on Saturday, Judge Chapman made some interesting remarks. “I was never a successful boy at school,” he said. “I used to take prizes in certain sublets, but personally I was anything but a successful boy at school. If you are pleased to say I have been a successful man in my career I have always recognised that if I was not as bright and quick as other men I had to make it up by putting in 25 per cent, more work than others.” He urged boys, if they were deficient in one quality, to try to develop another to replace it. If tbev stuck to that principle through life they would not only do credit to themselves, but to the institution to which they belonged. A local jeweller lias reported to the police that some time ago he engaged a young man to travel around the district as his representative. The traveller was fitted out with about £IOO worth of jewellery and watches, and over a week ago left Gisborne on his business trip. The jeweller has mot heard from his traveller since, but several persons have called upon' him and stated that the missing man left valuable watches and jewellery with them as security for money borrowed. It is also alleged that the traveller, before setting out on bis journey, ran up accounts with various tradespeople for amounts, and these traders, as well as the jeweDler, would be glad to know of the whereabouts of their customer. “I strongly protest against preference to unionists,” said a witness at the Conciliation Board at Wanganui (reports the New Zealand “Times”), “3ly firm employs about 120 men, ail the* year round, and I find that ir there 1 are a few unionists they are the poorest, and always the men who foment trouble. I say that is my experience. I do not know why it is, but the union men are always the worst. Out of one hundred and twenty there are only about two unionists. There are' mo carpenters or bricklayers’ unions in Wanganui, and it- is news to me that there is a laborers’ union. If my men want anything they say so, and'wo can always arrange matters amicably without reference to unions.” -

A story is going the rounds of Christchurch, schools demonstrating the pride taken by scholars in the reputation of their schools. After a recent sports meeting a teacher, aha had taken an active part and whose school had done by no means badly, was astonished to find one of his boys surrounded by a menacing crowd.* On making inquiries he learned that his pupil, while peaceably returning home was greeted by those of a less victorious school with the cry. “ school is no good.'’ This was too much, and the challenge was taken up on the .spot. He ran ten opponents in as many heats, the telegraph poles replacing the tape and the footpath the running track. He won all, but even that did not vindicate his school’s, reputation, so he offered to ‘•'fight the lot of ’em” for the final. A rather thrilling experience was undergone by Mr Scott, a well-known Christchurch builder at Taylor’s Mistake last week. Whilst fishing on the rocks ho slipped into the water and got entangled in a trawling net, when suddenly a shark, nearly oft long, which was partly caught, made for him. Had it not been for two voung men who had just rowed out to lift the trawl, the result might have been a sad iiiding. Hearing the scream, they with a few strokes reached him and lashed the water so vigorously that they diverted the shark’s effort, and managed to spear it. When landed tjiey opened the shark, and found 37 young in the shark’s pouch. The experience is one that Mr Scott is not likely to ever forget, and he expresses his heartfelt thanks for the timely assistance. In view of the inquiries which are being made by Bishop Julius on the question of mental healing, it is interesting to know what is being done in England in regard to this matter. The report issued by the Society of Emanuel .shows that ther Church of England is already alive to tlie seriousness of the subject, which formed an important part of the deliberations 'at the Lambeth Conference. The Society of Emmanuel—-not to be confused with tlie American Emmanuel movement of later foundation—has been doing steady and practical work since 1905. For instance, it may be remarked that during the last twelve months 1086 treatments have been given at the house of its president, Mr J. M. Hickson, to poor persons, for the . relief of physical, mental and spiritual troubles, and that with the niost encouraging results. Meetings Qiave been held at various places throughout the year, addressed by—amongst others—Bishop Mylne, late of Bombay, who is now vice-president of the Society; nncl it is announced that a further step is about to bo taken in the establishment of a hostel, principally for the relief of poor gentlefolk. The aim of the Society of Emmanuel, it is stated, is “tlie healing of the sick by tlie laying on of 3umds with prayer, with a view to drawing the souls of men nearer to God.” Its organ is a monthly paper called “The Healer,”