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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2465, 1 April 1909, Page 4

Letters of naturalisation have been issued to John Herman Frederick Betke, of Gisborne, laborer.

Inspector Dwyer, who returned from his visit to the Coast stations on Tuesday evening, left for Napier last night, night.

According to the Napier “Telegraph” another action is likely to arise out of the “AVairoa Guardian” case, heard at the just-concluded sittings of the Supreme Court.

The Gisborne vital statistics for the month of March were as follows: Births 44, deaths 16, marriages 16; and for the quarter: Births 127, deaths 42, marriages 37.

The Rev. Father Lane has handed £7 3s 6d to Mr. E. G. Matthews, secretary of the Hospital Trustees, as the proceeds of the hospital list at tho St. Patrick’s sports.

Although there will be no official opemm** 01 t-lic new section, of the- lftilway from AVaikohu, the trains, commencing from this will in future run over the new bridge into the AVaikohu station yard.

The following have been added to the telephone exchange:—lßo, Kirk, J. R-, Kaiti; 80, Limn, Mrs. A., Clifford Street. Amended : 503, Kirk and Burnard, solicitors, Gladstone Road. Deleted: 180, Mrs. C. Seymour.

Aosterdny the nursing staff at the Gisborne Hospital made a presentation of a travelling case and travelling rug to Miss Stewart, as a slight token of the esteem in which she has .always been held by the members of tho nursing staff of the hospital.

A'csterday morning deputation of the Progressive League waited upon Mr.-H. Miller, of Messrs Johnston and Miller,- tailors, and presented a largelysigned requisition asking him to become a candidate at the municipal elections. Air. Aliller acceded to the request.

A number of influential townspeople have .waited on Air. AY. Lissant Clayton with a request that he should .allow himself to he nominated as a candidate lor a seat oil the Borough Council. Air. Clayton has not yet decided if it will lie possible for him to accept nomination.

The beautiful moonlight experienced last night caused a large.'number <m persons to go out in the Tuatea to the s.s. Alokoia, anchored in the roadstead; The trip out and back to the boat is enjoyable- at any time, but especially with* bright moonlight and a calm sea such as prevailed last night. j hose who went out expressed their enjoyment at the lovely outing they had had.

A shooting competition under the auspices of. the Poverty Bay Rifle Association will he. held-at the Kaiti range on Saturday, -beginning at 2 p.m. it is to he open to volunteers, members of rifle clubs, and civilians. twenty cadi prizes are to be competed lor, m four, matches, at 500 and 600 yards, and competitors, aye. to provide their owu' rifles: and amnuniition. * ... •

Colonel Webb (who was at one time in charge of the Otago Volunteer District), and is at present a member of the Defence Council, is to bo retired, under the Civil Service age limit.

“It seems a genera] system in this district for the ladies to be the bosses,” ing the hearing of a case at the Eketaremarked Mr W. P. James, S.M., tlurliuna Magistrate’s Court last week;

The importance, of Palmerston as a distributing centre was demonstrated last week, says the “Standard,” when 11 bags of letters, comprising the whole of the English mail for' 'Wanganui, Taranaki and Hawke’s Bay were sent up from Wellington to be sorted at the local office. The work was expeditiously performed and the mail sent forward by the afternoon trains. In addition the local English mail was dealt with.

The Mayor (Mr. W. D. Lysnar). and Mr. A. H. Wall, J.P.’s, presided at the Police Court yesterday, morning. A first offender for drunkenness was convicted and discharged with a caution, and William Wilson Taylor, who had been previously remanded on a charge of wife desertion, was, on the application of Sergeant Hutton, further remanded for a week. Mr. G. Stock appeared for the accused.

A rather alarming runaway took place yesterday afternoon. The leaders in Mr. C. Gibson’s five-horse waggon, which was standing in front of Messrs Bennett and Slierratt’s store, took fright at a motor ear which was passing and made off along Palniorston Hoad. ■/hen opposite the school one of the shatters came down, this resulting checking the frightened'animals, r/ortunately no damage was done.

Ilie Union Steamship Company have a special advertisement in to-day's issue with reference to the Island tours. These are especially favorable from April to November, inclusive. Large, v ,-e!l-equipped steamers regularly leave Auckland and Sydney for the various groups of islands, which are full of interest to travellers. The traps provide a splendid rest to those dosy*<is of complete change of scene away from business cares.

That the curiosity of some people is largely developed was well evinced yesterday, when crowds of young girls and youths stood for a considerable time trying to peer into the gutted interior of the Wellington Drapery Establishment. This was particularly marked during the lunch hour, when pedestrians had difficulty in proceeding along Gladstone Hoad owing to the congested state of the footpath in front of the premises where the fire had taken place on Tuesday night..

There was a full attendance at Mr. V. Miller’s committee meeting last evening. Reports were received from sub-committees and arrangements made for the public meeting to be held on Friday afternoon next. A sub-commit-tee was formed for the entertainment, of ladies after Mr. Miller’s address. Mr. Miller has collected some very useful information regarding the working of river locks, and if elected, it is understood he will be a strong supporter of the immediate construction of a lock at the convergence of the Tarukeru and Waimata rivers.

Amongst the passengers who left New Zealand for London by the Athenic last week were the Marquis and Alarqitise de Faverney, who have been touring the Dominion; Mr H. D. Bell, K.C., who, amongst other missions on which lie is engaged, will represent Victoria College at the Darwin centenary celebrations; Rev. A. E. Worsley, late vicar of St. Alarv’s, Levin, who has resigned his charge; Air and Airs Frank Baden-Powell, who have been on a visit to relatives in Hawke’s Bay; Lieut.Colonel Lyle, who has been on a pleasure tour through New Zealand, and Dr Alorice, of Greymouth.

Air S. N. Ziman, the Rhodes scholar from Auckland last year, has joined the Imperial Colonial Yeomanry Volunteer Corps at' Home. In his studies he is continuing to follow up mathematics in all its branches under the tutorship of Air J. AV. Russell, of Balliol College, and also attends the lectures of Professor Love. He has taken up the reading of political philosophy and economy. In these subjects lie is assisted by the Alaster of Balliol and Air H. W. C. Davis (a fellow of Oxford), so that he lias his time well occupied, besides training for the approaching intercollege boat races.

Arrangements for the gathering of ALAI.C.A. campaigners this evening are well in hand, and a good evening is assured. Invitations have been posted to all the members, but it is notified that if one has not yet been received by any member, owing to joining late, aiid also to members joining to-day, tickets may be had from the .secretary until 0.30 this evening at the rooms. The result of the contest is being kept secret, and will be announced during the evening. ■ It is rumored that the Reds have been making a big effort to avert defeat. The secretary reports that apolications are coming in steadily. ' ' .

During the past year quite a number of instances have occurred in which builders have .evaded the building byelaws of the Borough. Not a few applications have been before thV- Council reec 'v for permits t.» -erect wooden lmildi-'gs ,-v '\d« ! ’i ons within the brick area, .-in' though the by-laws/forbid such pe'nvssien h'u'eg granted; ui more than one br-t-iiu o e.n'i—-nt in inva. iuate building, regulations have boon given. A “Times” reporter has been informed that ■' nrosecui ion pond ne against a builder for a breach of the budding bylaws. and that in future the Building Inspector will strictly enforce the regulations.

In speaking to a “Times” reporter ycstenlav, Air. Shaner (Chief Health inspector! «aid that he and Mr. Ai'uhro (District Health Inspector) were working hard upon their house-to-house visitation, of the town, hut he thought another week would he occupied before the work was completed. Air. Siiauer said he found a mixed condition of things during his visits, some premises being fairly clean and others very much on the dir tv side. .One. satisfaction he felt was that mostly all the householders seemed willing to do anything he advised to remedy matters complained of. and lie was liopefiil that the inspection would do a groat deal of good.

I am not an office man, but I do know something: about .leather. Being overstocked with the best selected Boots. I am having my annual clearing sale, from 15 per cent fito 2o per cent discount, to make room for a largo stock of iudents arriving. Thousands of pairs which must be sold. For Gash. For Cash.—At H. J; Andrew s, the Gisborne Boot Shop.* - ■ b

J.t .is announced that a social and dance will be held in the Waorenga-a-hika Hall on Easter Monday night. The quarterly summoned meeting of the Gisborne Tent, No. 54, 1.0. R., will be held in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Grey Street, this evening. A meeting of footballers is to be held at the Masonic Hotel at 7.30 ji.m. today to consider the advisability of altering the scheme of district-clubs to < that of . clubs only, independent of districts. , i Tho Matawhero stock -sales will be held to-day, beginning at 10,45 a.m. Messrs Williams and Kettle, Common, Shelton and Co., and Dalgety and Co. advertise their entries for the sale in this issue. A general meeeting of shareholders in the Kia Ora Co-operative Dairying Company will be held in the Public Hall, Waereriga-a-hika, at 7.45 np.m. to-morrow, to receive the half-yearly report of the directors. The following passengers have booked by Messrs Redstone and Sons’ coaches this morning;—For Tologa: Miss Gallagher, Messrs Hale and James Bartlett and a Native; for Waipiro: Messrs C. A. West, Brash, and 0. Ryan. Many farmers believe that dandelions increase the yield of milk, and consequently that the presence of dandelions in pastures and nieadows is rather desirable than otherwise: A Belgian investigator, .J. P. Wagner, has shown the incorrectness of this opinion, which, a c. says, is founded upon wholly false analogv, suggested by the milk juice of the'dandelion. According to Wagner the presence of dandelions in iarge numbers in pastures exerts a very deleterious effect on the quality of butter, and is one of the numerous causes of the difficulty of making butter of fine flavor and good keeping qualities in spring and early summer. The presence of large quantities of dandelions in hay has a similar effect.