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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2405, 21 January 1909, Page 4

Matawhero stock sales to-day. Tier Star of Australia, which .eft Auckland yesterday, has no mail dor Gisborne. It is probable that Hr. J. Brown, of To JCaraka, will be a candidate ior a seat on the Waikohu County Council. Staff-Captain Arnott. of Melbourne, who is at present in Gisborne for a few days, will conduct a special service in the Salvation Army Citadel this evening. Mr. Bert Boyle, representing Mr. J. C. 'Williamson’s Dramatic Company, arrived in Gisborne yesterday to make arrangements for the production of “The Thief.” -telegram from Dunedin received last night states: —Dr. Collins and Chaffeua* Boland arrived here. Av caller© weather-beaten but smiliugThey met assorted weather.. ahe onlv mishap was a broken steering pillar. The doctor is thoroughly enjoying the trip. Contrary to the condition of affairs existing recently m connection nith Police Court matters, the last i-w days have been exceptionally quiet. On Tuesday there was a dean sneer, the first time for many weeks., while yesterday the only case set, down -or hearing was n claim for maintenance, which was adjourned. During the passage of the s.s. Manuka from Auckland to Gisborne yesterday morning, a stowaway was discovered on board, and upon the aaival of the,vessel here lie was liantied over to the police. The man., by name Edward Gray, was brought before Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M.. in the afternoon and was convicted and fined £3 with 2s costs, in default 14 days’ imprisonment.

The old woman, whose death from cancer was reported in yesterday’s issue, was in a deplorable condition. The disease had spread all over one elieek and around the mouth and nose, and .she was in agonising pain. To a caller she said her condition was the will of God and she was resigned to her fate. The man in the house with her was a grandson of weak intellect, who did not realise the horror of the woman's condition.

The handsome silver-mounted shield presented by Air. J. B. Leydon to the Cosmopolitan Club, as a souveuir t-o the winner of the club’s cliamp.onsliip billiard tournament, is now the centre of attraction to the loadmg players of the town. Play was entered on last night before a large audience. The winner also receives a gold medal, the gift of Air. J. A. Lucas, and the runner-up will be presented with a cue and case by Air. H. Aston.

Mrs Harrison Lee (Mrs Cowie). the well-known Australian temperance worker and writer, left Australia a few days ago for England. _ Mrs Lee intends to conduct a month’s mission for the Good Templars in Ceylon. and a similar mission at Port Said aud in the Holy Land, afterwards proceeding to Italy and Switzerland, prior to visiting the United Kingdom. She will probably return in_ September, and then settle in New Zealand.

The returns of the Gisborne-Ivaraka railway for the four weeks ending December sth showed a substantial profit of £540, the revenue for tnat period amounting to £IOOB, and the expenditure £468. The revenue snows an increase of almost £3OO upon the corresponding period of the previous year. Passengers numbered 5468, parcels, etc., 270.' sheep 1260. goods 1509 tons. The principal increase is in sheep freights, whilst ordinary goods increased by 123 tons.

A correspondent (“A.N.”) tells the “Scotsman” that in a letter to lum, the Secretary for Labor in New Zealand “emphasises the fact that 1 can do better in New Zealand than nr the Old Country. Further, tie states what la job they had to secure the moulders last month for Napier. Now. I have not the slightest idea of contradicting the correspondent whose letter I have read with an unusual interest in I'&st ■week’s Club, nut I must tell you how frank this man at headquarters is. fie says: ‘There is always room here for n man who is prepared to tackle tlio first job that comes along. Such is the statement I have received from the Seeretary of Labor, Wellington, New Zcamnd. lie wrote on October 1 to mo, so his advice is comparatively fresh.

When in Wellington, the Mayor (Mr. W. D. Lysnar) at the request of several local settlors, made cnquiiics with reference to the subject of the small grazing runs. The Hon. Mr. Carroll informed him that-lie was tryin<r to arrange for the Prime Aiimster in*'his new capacity of Minister for Lands to come to Gisborne and go fully into the matter. • Mr. Lysnar thinks that the project to send a deputation to Wellington should he held in abeyance until Sir Joseph Ward’s decision is received. His Worship also interviewed the Hon. A. W. Hogg, Minister for Roads and Bridges, who mentioned that he would par ' Gisborne >a visit as soon as he could., probably within the next two or three months, it being liis desire to become fully acquainted with local requirements. Mr. Lysnar made enquiries with reference to the vote of £4OO for the Wainui road, and ascertained that it was being regarded ias a re-vote to meet expenditure already incurred, but on the representations' lie put before the Department it is probable the money will be shortly made available lor this necessary new work.

Our short serial stories, by an unknown author, will be continued as usual every Saturday, and we' feel confident they will create as much excitement as heretofore. This week is a. stirring tale of interest entitled “Dover Egg Beaters for sixpence oacli,” at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sales, 23rd irist. only.

The usual monthly meeting of the Cook County Council will be held'"£2*morrow at 10.30 a.m. ' The increase of work at the Palmerston North Post Office has 'necessitated additions .to the staff, bringing the total up to 84. Harvesting is in full swing around .Cambridge, and farmers are very busy making hay—or rather stacking oats —while fihe sun shines. Mr. Norman Daly, at Ganowindra (New South Wales), died last week * from blood poisoning supposed tow have been contracted through a fly T bite. He lingered for ten days^ Dr Goode, of Waitara, is still too ill to appear before the Court in answer to the charge of murder preferred against him, so the hearing of the case has been further adjourned. Several Chinese were fined a shilling, without costs, at -Nelson, on Saturday, for following their usual avocation on Sundays by working in their market gardens in Aiaitai Valley. —4 Two girls, one 12 and the other 15 years old, daughters of Air T. Griffiths, the Warden’s bailiff, Wyalong (New South AVales), were accidentally drowned while bathing in a railway tank last week. William. J. Porter.(27), a married man, from New Zealand, fell 20ft off a tower waggon while fixing wires to an electric tramway iiole at North Adelaide on Monday last, and died in the Adelaide Hospital next day. , Air N. AlcVinnie, of Leqstori, ' Christchurch, is the possessor of a freak of nature in the form of a chicken with four legs, four wings, and two bodies. It has two eyes, on the side of the head and one ifi the top. v* Another rise in the cost of living inflr Wellington is to take place at fib*, emf of this month. ‘This time it is the laundryman, who is going to charge the .people who cannot do wither double collars 2d a-piece for. wash ing , and ironing. ) The movements of the training vessel Amokura, .after the hoys’ vacation lias finished, have not yet been decided, upon: it is probable, however, that she will be placed on slip for a general overhaul before leaving on her next cruise. Mangaweka, on the Alain Trunk line, is expected to become a town of some importance. The Bank of New Zealand is putting up a bank building at a cost of something like £3,000, and the local authority is ■about to spend some £4OOO on a water and drainage scheme. The fruit, crop in the Roxburgh (Otago) and adjoining districts is a very heavy one this year, and constitutes a record for the district. Its total amount is estimated at between 2500 and 3000 tons, and it- consists principally of peaches and apricots. The fruit is of very fine quality. The Alinister for Customs notifies in the Gazette that- in future a duty will be imposed on bevelled or silvered glass other than plate glass—2s per cent, ad valorem if it is the produce or manufacture of some part of the British dominions, and 37-4 per cent, ad valorem in other cases.