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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2408, 25 January 1909, Page 4

Tire mooting of the Farmers’ Union which was to have been flielcl on Saturday wins postponed until Saturday next."

Tlio Townley testimonial has been signed by a large number of citizens, but many others have not yet affixed their signatures, and those who have not done so are requested to call at Mr. (Miller's office and sign the testimonial without delay.

The following revenue was received at the Customhouse, Gisborne* last week: —Customs duties £O5l 17s lOd, beer duty £26 2s . Gd, light dues £8 19s fid, shipping fees £2 17s Gd, Harbor Board revenuo £5 IGs sd, other receipts £2 ss; total £697 18s Bd.

Tlio following Lenders wore -received on Saturday by Mr. P. H. Graham, architect, for alterations and additions to Mr. W. A. O’Meara's residence in Customhouse street: —E. P. Williams and Co. £249, J. W. Maclcrell £297, J. Somervell and Sons £336, J. Colley £340” Ait-ken and Wilson £345, Evans, Niold and Co, £349.

tl.i» «•«.*’» of i«>o“ s ’ ,vh,i . ' All ■ a.v the Cook County Coum ™ P to topouid stray .took i. «<!«*■ tised. in this «sue. ' The monthly mooting of the <*>•>- r a a“. B f; > «s£*A Press Association telegram fiom wtllinhou states that the following Gisborne candidates “S Sdtenrr r thy Fyson. Atr John Coleman, deputy-Offienil d ance in Bankruptcy, announces that the dividends in bankrupt estates sire i.f “X £"? late JioWkecer, first and final of 20s in the £. The Homan Catholic bishop oi A uckland is expected to ret his visit to Europe about we giu.-;. of next month. A movement is o * foot to ,nresent him with an illuminated address and purse of sovereignfrom the whole of the diocese. ti,o trustees of the Gisborne HospitiiAenie. their heartiest *£« » will be increased by oven ~oOU. A new bouse is shortly to be erected for the schoolmaster at 1 e Ai«rt tlm old residence having become qmt^ ;l i co fit for sll Tft£g the school SEFra in’ethei the ■premises in a more satisfactory eondition. Afuch annoyance was caused to the audience at the .Cherm-wsta rec al on Saturday evening l>y 0 So able squeaking of one of ™ ID ncdals The artists themselves el a iii 1 v felt the effect of the squeak- " and doubtless the instrument will receive attention before thio evening’s recital. The ceremony of the Roman Catholic day school will take place next Sunday at 11 . a 'PJ* i-iZa Verv Rev. Dean Gillan, of Auckland will* conduct the proceedings, and iexpected to arrive from the northern city on Wednesday. The congregation intend to hold a social m the schoolroom on the Ist or 2nd of next month, vis a -welcome to the dean. Harris’ bend is becoming more and more popular as a bathing resort, and yesterday crowds of swimmers spent a .food -portion of the hot day ‘coo—inf off” in the Waimata. A-hrst-class spring-board is already and it "is suggested that the Council might assist towards the cost of havinf a smull bathing shed. wisi s.’owbath, erected there for the convenience of bathers. It is pro'wLV that a petition to this effect will oe circulated shortly.

The anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, the national bard of [Scotland, will be celebrated bv ? dinner in AVliinray’s Hall at 8 o clock this evening. An invitation to attend the dinner has been forwarded to Air. John Shaw, of Ayrshire, who is at present in the district. Air. Shaw, who is 75 years of age. was at one time in the employ of one of Burns’ sisters, and will recount some anecdotes of the family to-night. The following passengers wore booked to leave Gisborne by Alessrs J. Redstone and Sons’ coaches tb ; mroning:—-For CMorere: Aliss AlcDonald, (Mrs. and iAliss Cooper. Airs. Duncan, Aliss Sloan. [Messrs Jeune. Redstone, Jones, and Jtacksoh. For AVaipiro: Air. Somervell, Alisses Hutten, Deakin, Williams, and lAlcbutney, .Messrs Clark, and Radonic. For -Tologa: (Miss Shelton, -Alessrs Farrell Ashman, and lAlcOlutehie. For Tiniroto : 'Airs. Brooking.

A most enjoyable afternoon was spent yesterday, when the members of the Gisborne City Band journeyed to Ormond mid gave a programme of music, at the request of the residents. The principal items on the programme were the contest selection. “Songs of Northern Scotland,” and “Merestdante,” a composition thatthe hand intend to play at jfclie contest as their own choice selection. After the concert the hand adjourned to the residence of Mr. Hatton, v.iliere afternoon ten. was handed round by Miss J 5. Hatton and Miss Benson, after which Conductor Lawrence, on 'behalf of the hand, thanked one and all for'their hospitality on the hand’s initial visit to Ormond, also for their generous response to the collection, and hoped that in the near future another visit would bo paid to Ormond.

The evidence at the inquest on George Lauri, the well-known comedian, showed that the poor fellow had been in a had way mentallv for some time, and suffered from the hallucination that men were following him about to club him, hut his condition was not considered serious enough tc require that he should he put -under restraint. Frequently, when lie went out to walk in the neighborhood. lie would come hack exmisted, from running away from the men lie supposed were following him. On the day of tlio tragedy, when lie was sitting on the verandah of their boarding-house, •and his wife was inside, she heard him call, “Marie, come hero, quick ! Look look!” Silio replied, “All right, dear; I’ll he out in a minute.” He called. “Come, quick—look!” and when she hurried out slie shw him leaning over and blood flowing. Ho had perpetrated the fatal act, and when she •asked why ho had done it he pleaded. “Forgive me; I could hear this .life no longer.” 110 died soon afterward. The widow added that ho had a good many times expressed his indention of flaking his life. The Coroner found that death was caused by hemorrhage, the result of a wound selfinflicted while Lauri was of unsound mind. V Travellers tell its of two magnets that, are placed one'in the roof and the other on the floor of Mahomet’s burying place, at Mecca : and by that means pull the iron coffln with such an canal attraction, that it bangs in the air ‘between both of them. Our magnet this week is stove brushes, sixpence each, .at Parnell’s Popular Saturday Sales, Saturday, 30th inst. only.

Tbo- registration of the W Builders' and Contractor**’ i Industrial lililil cancelled. . ‘ The following pupiis nttcndiiv, n If' * t rasortown District School j,ar« 'T M tamed certificates of <>!, -||| Goodall, T. Good all andD H § > -Our alleged summer! ~v Ml the iMasterton Hospital I ■ was admitted to the institution T./ r l? n K end of last month suffering Pi, “frost-bitten loot!” ° ’ m 8 ||| - In the opinion of Air T R Fi * ~ ing, chairman of the G*$2L fl/rt Council, the Alaori lariguy-4, sKV be included in the list ofomiVAi Sit subjects in the syllabus forifiuis t mr' triculation examination of Ch<- v** frM Zealand Cniversitv. ' * CSV -K, % e quarterly statement of tli 0 a . jS| sets and Fubilitios of the banks oi,.T S : rating in the Dominion are gaz‘-tt«J this week. Aloney-orders and coirtf Iff poudenco are forbidden by the ||| vernment to be forwarded to .Job' |sf Alellinger, “Verona,” D,)it RiJ M Burnham, Buckinghamshire, Englauj' W‘

.Superintendent Jenkins, of ftr» K Alastcrton Fire Brigade, hais giveniki/H* j tice of his intention to piece on tin* order paper at the Firemen’s Con- If fo fence, to be held at Auckland i r , 'Alarcli next, motions in connection fi with continuance of leave or absence, fe reducing weight of helmets, and a ji |l location of brigade subsidies for the S Demonstration Fund. 'l'iie tourist traffic to Lake AVaikare* ft moana continues unusually bris};<to» ; f Luke House has been taxed to ivj ut . most capacity to accommodate -via. M tors. It is quite dear (says onp' ’i special correspondent) that when tap' | ® ltotorua-AA’aikaremoana road is fbm. l|f pleted, hot one, but several accoa* bymod ation houses will be required op fc| tbo shores of our beautiful Lake. In addition to the two furniture >J and joinery factories, now in f u p g swing at Taumarunui, the building of L an up-to-dat-e foundry equipped with f| modern machinery is proceeding. It p is rumored also that a resident k 1 about to start the building ol<brhworks there. Flo has discovered anoM,A| bought a section with a very suitable § clay, and has already got his engine L in the township. j:' Tim director of native laud surveys 1 in the Bay of Plenty district (Air. Tai \ Mitchell) has commenced ihe survey l into sections for settlement oi 40,000 acres of land belonging to the Xgati Whakane tribe. The land lies mostly to the west of Rotorua stretching, back seven miles from the RoioruaTauranga Road. As soon as surveys arc completed and reading arranged , _____ for, the land will be put on the nvdr='~' ir ~f ket on the leasehold tenure. ■' Xotwitlistajiding the Departmental statements, it- is generally understood by Auckland-AAcdiington travellers that the Alain Trunk ii ne daily rail- . way -service will not be able to be instilled until [March 1. when the whole line will be handed over to the Government. One of the greatest liandi-t caps to the completion of the line, say the engineers, was the running of ihe Parliamentary train to the American Fleet welcome at Auckland* -. The line was -damaged, it is said. J-yJk. the extent of £ToOO, necessitating much reconstruction. On Saturday a meeting of the jgovisional committee appointed in-Twn-nection with the proposal to -erectfreezing works at- Tokomarn was held. Air. Xgata was present, and rendered useful assistance in arranging for a satisfactory site for the proposed works. It- was decided to draw up a provisional prospectus and solicit support- for the company. The committee is sanguine that sufficient shares will be taken up to justify the pro- •'■p moters in proceeding promptly -with teh work.

A correspondent of a Christchurch newspaper asks why the ambulance collections there “are carried on under the red hot-oross-bun badge, instead of the Bed Cross of the Geneva Convention. The Geneva Convention badge ot the Army Hospital Corps is oval iii shape, and is made up of a small plain'red cross, without cither expanded ends or filigree, on a , pale yellow ground. The cross on an ambulance van. which represents the"- ? military flag of mutual trust, is simply two plain red bars on a white ground.”

A well-known Napier*'builder, Mr W. Ward, in conversation with a

“Hawke’s Bay Herald reporter, emphasised the difficulties under which employers are placed by the Arbitration Court awTtrds, not so much by the rates of wages fixed as by the different hours worked by varwimr classes of workmen. “For instance,” - lie said, “in my business I employ men who arc under five different awards. The carters work IS hours a week, the carpenters -17, the machine (hands, 46, the plumbers 4b. ami the painters 44. They don’t .all start at the same time iu the morning, and they don’t ark have the same interval for lunch .How to keep the workgoing satisfactorily when ‘all classes are employed on the same job is something of a poser to the average builder, and yet. the public innocently wonder how it is we pro sometimes dragged before the Arbitration Court for breaches of awards.”

A six-roomed house belonging to Mr. G. Soott, at To Ivor aka, erected about nine months ago. was burned on Friday (afternoon. Mr. Scott had left about' an hour and a half previously to bring some sheep in from Mr. Kcmpthorne’s place. Mrs. Scott was away visiting friends at Patutahi and only Mr David Scott was at home. The latter wus burning off hedge clippings that had boon cut a few* days’ previously. There was much smoko about at the time from bush fires. A spark caused the live hedge to eatcii alight, and it- quickly spread the fire to the dry grass about the house, which was about lialf-a-chain off. So quickly did the fire pass through the grass that before -Mr. Scott noticed it the flames had got to the side of the house, and the flooring was alight, and he was powerless to do anything effective to check the outbreak. All that was brought out was three chairs. There wns about.. £4O in money in the house, only £l-0-*.,, of which was in coin, the rest being in notes. Mr. Scott estimates his loss at £3OO above the insurance, which was in the National Office, £3OO on the house and £l6O ou the furniture.

The dangers of over-study are exemplified in the case' of Mr. E\_ H. l- —-p;-Grown, ia man ol 80 years of age, who V ’'‘recently resigned a position on the Invercargill' staff of the Bank of New Zealand, and whose body was found in the Wailiopai River on Wednesday morning. Ho had studied hard, and had receivecCword that he had passed in all his subjects, when he broke down mentally, with the sad result related. A number of stones were found, in the pockets of his clothes, showing that the act had been intentional.

)> Referring to certain statements as to the discharge of railway men in m. different parts of the South Island, the Hen. J. A. Millar (Minister for Railways) stated to a “Dominion” reporter that a large number of extra hands had been engaged for the last eighteen montlis in making rolling stock lor the'Main Trunk line. This work is now nearly completed, the men being discharged, the reductions being apportioned throughout the different parts of the country where they were engaged. The reductions would.spread over the months of January and February,

Three young .men from Stratford who went to Wellington for their Christinas gained some expensive experience. They relate in the “'Stratford Post” that on reaching Wellington they put a hostelry noted as a resort of country people, and on being shown to their bedrooms ashed lor the keys, b’ut wore informed that these necessary '.articles had been lost. Nothing daunted, the visitors in due course retired to bed, one of the number, however, talcing the precaution of putting his money under his pillow. On awaking next morning all three found they had been relieved of their valuables, even to the railway return tickets,, pipes, and tobacco.

A soiisntioual run-awav occurred in Princess . Street, Dunedin, a few nights ago. A horse attached to c

gig in which three persons-were seated became unmanageable, and after a meteoric career, dashed right through the plate-glass window of (Bannisters chemist’s shop at the foot of High Street. Luckily the trop was not drawn through the window, or the occupants would have been seriously hurt. The,lionsc was fearfully injured. Great difficulty was experienced in removing the from the shop, and the police procured a revolver and shot it on the spot. Three large plate-glass windows were smashed to atoms. The damage was estimated at about £7O scfar as the chemist is concerned.

A blaster ton man, twtho was leaving bis office in town at n fate hour on a recent evening, on coming out into the darkness found two men in close proximity to the door, apparently 'awaiting" his exit. One immediately brushed into him. and curtly demanded a match. “Right,” responded the resident cheerfully, and in the twinkling of an eye administered to the insolent individual such a beautiful “right-hander” in the eve tlmt the fellow went sprawling on to the ‘pavement, iliis companion making off without ado. The* resident referred to happened to be an old hand at the science of self-defence, and though fairly well up in years he gave tin; two persons a decided surprise, and he pursued his way home in peace after their confusion.

At the jubilee celeb rations at Tima ru last week Mr James Crnigie, M.P., urged the importance of utilisinrT and harnessing the natural .foiees, such as rivers, for the generating of electric power. Asked subsequently if tho Government had any definite scheme in view for forw cii this project, Sir Joseph Ward said that at the present time the cost of such work inode it impracticable to give it consideration, and it had yet to be ascertained whether power could nob he more cheaply obtained by other means. The Victorian Railway Commissioners had recently decided m favor of steam versus electricity tor railway purposes, and the question m electrifying short lines m this Dominion would hive, to be held over till more informataion was available on that point.