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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2442, 5 March 1909, Page 4

The quarterly sitting of the AVaiapu Licensing Committee will be held to-day at noon.

AATtuesse-s and jurors at the Supremo Court are summoned to be in Mtlendauce. at 10 o’clock this morning.. . .

Mr. AA r . Lissant Clayton,.a candidate for the Gisborne Licensing Committee, (advertises, an address to the electors in tiffs issue of the “Times.”

At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. AV. A. Barton, S.M., a first offender for drunkenness Avas conA r icted and fined os and costs or 2-1 hours’ imprisonment.

The Rev.. E. Ovenden Perry, of Auckland, will give a lantern lecture on the .“Far North” of New Zealand, in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Schoolroom,. at 7.30 to-night. A collection will be taken.

The first parade for the ucav volunteer year of the Gisborne Rifles Avill be held at the Garrison Hall this evening. As.there are a few vacancies for .good recruits, it Avill afford an opportunity for iigav members to enrol. The company will fall in.at 7.30: p.m.

Since- Mr. Tuoby, of Patutahi, has taken over the Matawliero Hotel, the establishment has been thoroughly renoA r ated and refurnished. Mr. T. Hackett has been appointed manager, and as Mrs.. Hackett is in charge of the household arrangements patrons will find ex r ery comfort -and convenience.

“Up with the pumpkin” Avas the cry at the To Arai races yesterday afternoon after -the x\-inning jockeys had weighed in. The clerk had been unable to obtain a ball to hoist on a pole near the-scales, and so used a h olioav pumpkin for -the purpose of declaring-that the correct weight had been draAvn.

Mr. J. W. AVitty, secretary of the Gisborne Harbor Board, received a cable message yesterday stating that the grab Avhich had been ordered for the purpose of cutting the papa rock at- the bottom of the channel Avas despatched from England some time ago, and may be expected to arrive in Gisborne toAvards the end of this month.

The. question .of laying down tramAvays in the Alotu district Avas advanced another stage yesterday, Avhen Atessrs AA*. D.- S. MacDonald, M.P., Tiffen, and Hutchinson met Mr. AV. L. Rees to discuss the proposals. The details of Mr. Rees scheme for laying doAvn the tramway was carefully .gone into, and finally it Avas decided to ask Air. Rees to put llis full scheme in Avriting before the Council for consideration.

The To Arai Racing Club Avas fortunate in obtaining the use of a very large paddock for use at their first meeting yesterday. With a little levelling a splendid course could be made, -and should the future meetings be as successful as the inaugural one, the club will probably be able to form a good course and provide as good raoing.' The general opinion on the races yesterday was that everything Avas’ avoll conducted ; and races at suitable periods at Te Arai would provide good' picnic, outings.

During the' hearing of a charge of "horse stealing at the Supreme Court’ some delay was occasioned by the principal : witness' for. the prosecution failing to answer to his name. An adjournment Avas " granted for an hour; but on resuming it was statedthat the witness could not he found, and a warrant Avas issued, for Iris apprehension/ During the afternoon he was arrested ‘by Sergeant- Hutton on a. charge of' "drunkenness,; and proceedings will probably be taken against him' for contempt of court.

There ; was a little disturbance at tlui Te Aral races yesterday between' a Maori- and a bookmaker. The Maori felt himself aggrieved through hacking a . winner and not receiving as much money in return foiv Ms ivestmot as -lie expected'. • Ho. loudly gave vent to, his feelings, folloAved .the, man with tlie pencil -about, ; roundly abused him, and Avhen any ; clients drew near openly adi’ised them not to do business. The bookmaker spent an uncomfortable time through the Maori’s persistence, and the native had; many sympathisers, among the .crowd, . .../ .- ■

• Mails for Napier, Wellington, and South, per Weka, close at 11 a.in. today (Friday).

' Tenders, to close on March 17, arc invited for the erection of a school it iTe Puia. Plans and. specifications arc to ho soon 'at the Government accommodation house, To;Puia Springs.

e,ln this issue the Gisborne Borough ouncil advertises a number of practical suggestions to householders for improving the sanitary condition of the town.

The familial .general meeting of the Gisborne . Ladies’Hockey Club will be held in Tovmley’s (Hall at 7.15 p.m. to-day. 'All members and intending members are .requested to attend.

The U.S.S. Company are in receipt of advice from Dunedin that the special Sounds trip at Easter is being liberally patronised. Intending travellers are booking freely, and early application is necessary for berths, as the accommodation will soon be all taken up.

A feature of the racing at To Arai yesterday was the excellent handicapping. The events were all well contested,' .and in one race, the Ladies’ Bracelet, for which post entries were taken, the number of starters Was eleven. The field was sent away to a good start, and the finish was keenly fought out. ’

Wellington, in the matter of street nomenclature, has a distinction which has been said to be peculiarly its own. A straight thoroughfare (says the “Post”), or at all events a .“continuing” one, has as many as three and four names. This, it has frequently been pointed out, leads to endless confusion, and not a little annoyance. At night it is Avell high impossible foe a stranger to “locate” himself—-as the. Americans have it. At last, however, an improvement is in sight. Last night the City Council passed a resolution agreeing to alter certan names and substitute others. Suggestions for suitable names for various thoroughfares will be received from residents of the city during the next fourteen days.

“People may think that I am devoting too much attention to pleasure resorts, and forgetting the interests of the country itself,” said the Hon. T. Mackenzie to a “Post” representative last week.. “I have always held the opinion that roads for. settlement and developmental public works should take precedence of everything. At the same time I realise that the country should not confine itself to one interest alone, and if it can be shown that a substantial revenue can be obtained from our scenic resorts the public may be disposed to support such a policy. France, it is said, derives from £100,000.000 to £120,000,000 annually from her tourist troffie —equal to half the amount die derives from her products. Italy obtains a revenue of £20,000.000 a year from tourists, and we all know that the tourist traffic alone supports many prosperous towns in Switzerland.” ... .. ...