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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2452, 17 March 1909, Page 5

Jill pUtt‘6. 'jgjg Mr James Davidson said the following grace at the banquet recently held ■% in Hawcra: —“Gentlemen, no clergy—men being present, I take upon myself | the responsibility in your name, and in the name of the colony, of returning- I thanks for the benefits received by tin* K Opposition at the last general election, and for the mental and physical benefits | we are about to receive to-night.” -V;J A statement has been published to ; the effect that the Department of In- # ■; dustries and Commerce has been advised of a possible market in India for New Zealand defined sulphur.. Inquiries made in commercial circles in Auckland, however, went to show that- tiff the Dominion cannot compete with Italy and Japan. There is first of all f t the' difficulty of refining Rotorua sulShur, which is so full of pumice, thathere is no cheap way of fluxing it, and /j the cost of labor is too great in any ease. As to "White Island sulphur, the island is unhealthy to live upon. It would also be difficult to obtain cheap freight. The sulphur shipped away from New Zealand is principally used for the extraction of sulphuric acid. , j An ideal solicitor has not appeared in the Magistrate’s Court during t-licv -j twenty-seven years I have been on the benchl and I’m afraid i would have to i‘‘: spend a very long time in finding liim,” ■' said Air H. W. Hislop, S.M., at Christchurch recently. “Fortunately, liowever. 1 have never had occasion to call tlia attention of a solicitor to a dc-par- /i ture from decorum or want of respect y~f\ to the Court more than once. If I did 'pj l think I should have the last word. N Every solictior. lias Ms peculiar .mannerisms, and' due allowance must b® made for them.”