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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2448, 12 March 1909, Page 4

With due pomp and ceremony the lifeboat prevented m Sumner by. the Lyttelton arbor Board was the other day launched from its new shed, in tho vicinity of the old baths,, at the eastern extremity of the beach.

Testimony, to tho prolific nature of tbe grain yield in Canterbury tins season is contained in, the fact that off eleven acres a crop of one thousand bushels was threshed by Messrs. Burns Bros., at Mr. W. J. Petrie’s farm at Spreydon last week.

Miss Fanny Bixby, who is the daughter of a Californian millionaire, and a graduate of Wellesley College, Massachusetts. has been appointed a ‘‘policeman” at Long Beach, a watering place on San Pedro Pay.. Miss Bixby detires to devote her.sell' to social work among women under official auspices.

A New Plymouth auctioneer was offering a lino ol false moustaches, but there- was “narv a hid.” Then he caught a matron’s eye, and started: “A shilling I’m offered. There’s pluck for you. gentlemen. A shilling I’m offered from a lady.” The lady pleaded not guilty., “I 'was just saying,” sue said, “that you could do with one yourself,” and tho auctioneer blushed a beardless blush, says the “Newt:.’!

Immediately following the recent fire Taihapo was visited by quite an army of Wellington commercial travellers, who practically booked up orders for the replacement of the destroyed goods while still the embers wore smouldering. Such business enterprise i; said to have, boon the result of tho keener competitive influence introduced between Wellington and Auckland by the opening up of the Alain Trunk line. Tho mollyhawk which has boon hovering around the fishing boats at Oamaru was -"captured about two miles out by Mr. Martin Petersen (say? the

“Ma’•!:”)• On the. side of the piece cl wood which was tied round its neck were the following words, “Finder, wish you very good luck,” while on the other side was written, “Kopart,” “Nuggets.” The latter wa.s distinct, so the mollyhawk must have been captured probably by one of the fishermen off the Nuggets, and liberated after the piece of wood had been fixed around its neck’.

A gentleman who docs a large. amount of railway travelling says that tlio. railway lines are at present infested with gangs of spielers whose business it is to -. windie people at cards. They join the train at different citations, and to all appearance are strangers to each other, but in reality they are accomplices. In a casual sort of way they induce a likely looking passenger to take a hand at cards; and then , they “take him down” bvq bare-faced {-Windling. The men make their living on the trains, “mixing” their occupation a little with racecourse swindling and burglarising. Alt'. W. IK; Tuck (well known in racing and aquatic circles) ban purchased the old Anchor 'steamer Charles Edward., which went a:hare on the western ■ side of- tlio "Wanganui , river entrance on December loth. Mr. Tuck purchased- tho wrecked steamer . for C2o, and lias-already removed a winch and donkey worth £'3oo.- He is a’-vo confident, if the present. ..fine weather hold? up, of; extricating; the steamer Irony her position and getting her once in’ore afioivtv r Tlip. m"?^'siif of her forward.b..v[the transference -of some. :2<jp. : tons of coal, in baskets along •a.gabjjcv

Tlio local ••'Bread Fund” has been further supplemented by a £lO from the Upborne -Metaocbs.. Church.

Tim Inspector of ; Stock terterday ;condeirnkfcl two pens’of licc-nroctcd sneep at the. stock ua’.c at 3iaunvhe-o. 1• - mentions will probably follow.

The Roy. W. Grant acknowledges the receipt of the following amount, for +he “Bread Fund” : ■ £j w. Tan 10s, C. C. os s . W. Sadler £l’ ; total £99 Is Id.

My \ Barron, chairman of the Land Purchase Board, paid a visit yesterday to Mr. G.-J. Black’s Wmpora Ration, of 2100 acres, in. order to ascertain .us suitability for settlement. -KO-wsh inspect Mr. Chambers’ Ktpongaeve property to-day.

The City Band lias offered to give a concert in aid of the ‘ Bread J u.it. cn Suudav afternoon, on the IVsuanm brach. If the weather is une it is cJt’cipated that the bunds- wih benefit considerably, A band or collectors is hfiim organieed so- tnat a.l '-ho an present will have an opportnnuy of contributing.

It was reported yesterday that _tne ■membership campaign in connect.on with the-Young Men’s Christian Association has already resulted m the addition of forty names to the Association’s roll. The •’Beds- were leading yesterday, and the roc nag was accordingly lic'stcd over Lie Arsociation’s rooms.

A well-attended meeting of ' the Women’s Christian Temperance I n ion was-- held in .St. Andrew’s Schoolroom vesterday afternoon. _ ill's. Graham (president) in the chair. 'Tno mattei discuesod .was the proposed garden party, to be held at Mr. S.ev v« i-glit s residence, AYhataupoko. next Thuisdat afternoon.

The following local candidates were successful at the December e-xani’nations in music of Trinity College:—Preparatory : D. Angland 90 (Miss Fishentkm): L. Ellis 88. R. Ward 71 (Mr. H. L. Ellis); G. Gillman 92. A.'Blam GO (Mr. C. J. East). Junior Pass; J. Rabgood 00 (Miss Fishenden). Junior Honors: I). Sadler 83 (Mr. C. .J. East). • A meeting of ladies, convened by the Mayoress, was held at AN eJaigton on Wednesday to promote a fund with the object of establishing a memorial to the brave stewardesses who were lost in the Penguin wreck. It wa., decoded to collect funds to found and endow a bed in the Wellington Hospital for the use of anj 7 stewardesses incapacitated by illness. If l funds warrant it, bed-; will be provided in other New Zealand centres.

There were sixty civil ease- for hearing at the Magistrate's Court, yesterday. On account cf the Supreme (hurt sitting manv were adjournc-d. Air. W. A. Barton. S.M.. gave judgment in the following: —I’. AicLoughlui (Mr. F. W. Nolan) v. H. 1.. P. Tucker, claim £26 3s 3d. with, costs £2 14-: AY. A. Friar v. Oxenham and .Somervell . judgment was recorded against S. Oxenliam for £2G Is Sd. with coses 18s; same v. C. Duncan, £lO 13? Sd, gild costs 15s. The ease of Hall v. Price (Air. Rees) was adjourned on payment of costs £l.

AYhen visiting the Edinburgh Exhibition, Air. AV. Miller took a fancy to a very beaut’fnl piece of statuary, entitled “Alaternity,” and decided to parcliare it for presentation to the proposed Maternity Home in G'sborne. The .statuary came to hand yesterday, and is a. delightful study oi a young ■mother holding her infant hi her arms. Upon the woman’s face is a tender smile, and her joy and pride are reflected in the features of her child. The Maine will be handed to the Women's Guild for safe keeping until the home is ready.

The following letter has been received by the secretary of the Gbbcrno Hospital Trustees : —“No. -i Delworth Terrace, Parnell, Auckland.—Dear Sir. —I was a patient in the Gisborne Hospital some 14 years or sr rga. and always boar in mind the kindness with which I was then treated. Havi”; read in the ‘New Zealand Herald’ that Aliks Stewart- iV resigning her position as matron, and that !c >< proposed to jiresent lior with a public Testimonial. I natura.lv would like to add my mite. If you, sir. would khidly hand the enclosed sum to whoever is receiving the subscriptions you would great'v oblige, vours sincerely, H. J. Alonro.”

“We are told,” % aid the Hon. J. A. Millar to an interviewer, “that tins is ■i country of experiment's. Quite to: and we are in a position to experiment, for we are not tied down by the vested interests which exist in older countries, and can carry out experiments which they could not. The result of these experiments is that accredited representatives of Governments front all over the world come to New Zealand to study our social, legislation, and many of these men who have come to consult me ore so satisfied that they are gouig back to express their satisfaction and invite their Governments to copy laws which this country is so successfully carrying out.” „

A peculiar case is reported i’romNgaruawahia, where an old man named McDonald, familiarly known as “Old Mac” throughout the W-aipa. died some time ago near Xgartiawaifia. without friends or relatives in the country, and to all appearances without any money or property whatever. The local constable, while going over the few effects which the old man left, found some, papers, amongst which was a ticket for the whiner of a recent Melbourne Cup, currying with it. a prize of £-'330. Nothing is known of where McDonald came from, or whether lie had relatives or friemln, so that though the money can be secured, the question is, to whom is it to go?