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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2454, 19 March 1909, Page 4

Cr. E. H. Mann states that he will not be a candidate for reflection to the Borough Council at the coming elections.

The road race from Te Karaka to Kaitaratahi, which was to have been held yesterday, was postponed indefinitely on account of the weather.

The Women’s Christian Temperance Union’s Garden Party, which was to have been held yesterday at Air Sieve-wright-’s residence, “Hialtland,” Whataupoko, to commemorate the anniversary of Frances Willard, was, on account of the rain postponed until Thursrday next.

The Borough rolls for the approaching municipal election close on Wednesday next, and all persons entitled to vote should see that their names are on the roll. Those entitled to vote are all persons,, whether male or female, over the age of 21 years who are the owners or occupiers (rental included) of a dwelling, room., or office of the rental value of £lO per year.

An enterprising shipper in Americahas imported a consignment of cold storage kangaroos from Australia, and they have been readily purchased by. the chefs of -several of the leading hotels, who are always on the look-out for new delicacies, wherewith to enrich their menus. It is quite expected that kangaroo steak will be one of the favourite hotel dishes. A further consignment of two hundred kangaroos is now on the way from Australia.

A well-known resident of Carterton had a rather alarming experience with an aluminium kettle.. This kettle, lie declares, brought on a very serious complaint, suggestive of load poisoning. Another resident had much the same experience. He purchased two pots at 10s each, and when first used the potatoes boiled in one were turned black, and in the other the cabbage was turned blue. It could only be considered there ivas something wrong with the pots.

Owing to the, heavy rain that fell all day yesterday, the annual sports in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, which were to have been held on the Victoria Domain, were postponed for a week. Tiie position is unfortunate, as the Committee and the secretary, Mr. M. Segedin, have worked hard, to prepare an attractive programme and everything was in readiness for a good ■athletic competition. Last year the sports were ultimately abandoned owing to the inclement weather after being postponed on two occasions.

Air. J. Coyle, clerk of the Pohangina County Council, is to be congratulated on bis achievement in the matter of collecting rates. This is the third year in which he has been able to show a clear sheet. Tile Pohangina County enjoys the distinction of being the heaviest rated in New Zealand. Over £19.,557 has been collected in rates during Air. Coyle’s three years’ term of office, of which over £6382 has been collected this year without anyone incurring the 10 per cent, penalty, or resource to law.

To-night a public meeting of citizens and ratepayers will be held in Townlcy’s Hall to discuss the question of choosing a candidate to oppose the present Mayor (Mr AY. D. Lysnar) at the forthcoming mayoral election. The n’iccting has been called b.y A large number of leading and influential business men, who ■are of opinion that a change in the Mayoral office is desirable, and a cordial •invitation is given to all ratepayers to attend. So far no candidate has been chosen, and the meeting will be asked to choose a gen tic man to contest the election and give him loyal support.

The blue .spots that have been noticed' in some "of the Dunedin- city-made broad, and have caused a h.ttle alarm, have been traced to the blue print of the bags containing flour, recently imported from Australia (says the “Otago Daily Times”), Those bags have also been used by at least one firm of local millers for’ its own flour, and the -consequence is that . both, the local and imported flour have-been found to contain the objectionable clement, which is : evidently part of the branding coinposition. The cause having been difir. covered, - these bags. will not be n ; sed again. A-fc-i , ..-.A" ,

The usual parade of the Gisborne; RiHes avill be lipid this e,veiling. A| general meeting will be held alter par-' iade, to arrange about the Easter camp. •' Every member is requested to attend.

Tlie Mauritian, George Manns, will appear before Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., this morning, charged with .an alleged criminal assault upon a little girl.

The bush of the West Coast is looking especially beautiful just now, states a West Coast paper. - All over the mountain slopes the brilliant crimson of the rata shows up prominently.

Last night nearly all the street lamps along Ormond Road were extinguished, a fact which made progression .along the road exceedingly difficult, the more so as the night was terribly dark and wet.

A general meeting of' the Kia Ora. Co-operative Dairying Company, Ltd., will be held in the Public Hall, Wae-renga-a-hika ,on Friday, April 2nd, to receive the half-yearly report of the directors.

Owing to the wet weather yesterday Messrs Sehauer and Munro, Departmental Health Inspectors, did not start out on their inspection of the town, but will wait for better weather conditions before commencing work.

The passenger traffic between Auckland and Rotorua is reported to have suffered not one whit by the opening of the Main Trunk line. The Rotorua season has been successful, and a striking feature has been the great number of oversea, visitors. All the trains are full each day on the Auckland line.

A meeting of the Turanganui Lodge, U.A.0.D., was held yesterday evening for the purpose of electing a medical officer. There was a full attendance, including a large number of members from the country, and Dr. Scott was selected to fill thc,position. It was also decided to offer the position of dispenser to the lodge to Mr. T. A. Crawford.

A movement is on foot in Wellington to perpetuate the memory of the brave stewardesses who lost their lives in the Penguin disaster by the endowment of hospital beds. At a meeting held last week to forward the proposal a pathetic figure among those assembled was the late Mrs. Hope’s mother (Mrs. Chisholm), who., attired in deep black, attended to show her gratitude to the Mayoress (Mrs. Hislop) and other ladies desirous of honoring her daughter’s memory. She was attended by Mrs. Wonier, the late Mrs. Hope’s best friend, and the grief-stricken countenances of these two women told a tale of mental suffering that made all hearts go out in sympathy to them.

A striking character sketch of the Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister for Railwav-;, appears in a current issue of ‘‘The Citizen,” the breezy Wellington fort-nightly. The writer says: —“It is a cheering sign of the times—this recognition of Mr. Millar as the coming man. He has not won it by any pandering to class feeling, by any smooth concessions, by any sort ol : humbug whatsoever. He has earned it by doing just wliat the mere time-serving politician cannot do. ‘I have to raise the railway fares,’ he says—and the crowd cheers. ‘T may have to shorten hands,’ —and they cheer again. ‘I am going to take off trains that don’t pay,’—-more applause. ‘You can’t have a station between Ngaio and Kaiwarra’—and they say he js to be the next Premier.”

A mild “boom” is being experienced at Blackball at the present time (says a Greymouth exchange). Consequent upon the splendid demand now being experienced for coal, the Blackball Company is now running two shifts, and even then it is .just able to cope with the orders which have been placed with it. The inauguration of the additional shift has resulted in over 60 men being employed, the consequence being that accommodation in the township is taxed to its utmost. Beyond this, large numbers of men are employed at the Paparoa mine and Blackball railway works, which gives the district a desirable fillip. The best index t-o the progress recently made in this‘district is to be had from the fact that there are now 191 pupils attending the school, and more would be present were the miners able to obtain houses in which to- accommodate their families, who have, perforce, to remain in other parts till the necessary buildings are availtil ltlic necessary buildings are available.

About a dozen Government messengers who have received notice that they must retire from the service at the end of the month, having reached the age limit, have signed a petition to the Prime minister asking for special consideration i:i their ease. Some of these men will not receive more than os a week from the Superannuation Fund, and as the pay .of messengers ranges from 7s to 8s 6d per day, which tides not leave much room for saving, and some of them worked for years at 65., which leaves loss, the old servants are doubtful how they will gain a livelihood when they are retired. It is contended that the easy duties of mc-oengcrs _ are specially suited to old men, and there would be no good object in replacing these old servants by young men, who would be better employed a* some more active occupation.

As is notified by advertisement in another column, the Fanners’ Union are meeting on Saturday to discuss the question of veterinary services for the coming season. question is of vital importance to farmers generally, and it is hard to understand the apathy that exists among them at the present time on this subject, seeing that during the past year there have been a large number of serious cafes in the district, comprising septic metritis, contagious abortion,, inflammatory mannnitis, and tuberculosis, to say nothing- of minor complaints. Whilst the fanner’s knowledge may ha sufficient to tide him over a trivial case, he is, as a rule, unable to diagnose a- case of septic metritis until the animal has reached the “staggering” stage, by- which time all the skill in the world is useless so far as saving life is concerned. Consequently the man who values his stock would." never attempt to depend upon his own unskilled, untrained knowledge, any more than he would think of sending his watch to a blacksmith to ho repaired. It is hoped that those interested will make a point of being present and supporting this movement, in which they have everything to gain, and upon which the future health of the stock of this district so largely depends; I am not an office man. hut I do, know something about leather., Being overstocked with the best selected Boots., I dm having my annual clearing sale, from 15 per cent to 25 per cent di-count, to make room for a large* stock of indents, arriving. . Thousands of pairs which must lie sold.. For Cash. For Cash.— At. H. J... AndrewS the Gisborne 80-’ot Shorn* • . • Mxfilife