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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2472, 10 April 1909, Page 4

The authorities notify that telephone exchange subscribers whose rentals are unpaid will be liable to be cut off at 10 o’clock on Tuesday morning next without further notice.

On Monday a special passenger train will leave Gisborne for Waikoliu at 10.15 a.m., and will leave Waikohu to return at noon, stopping at intermediate stations both ways.

The Rev. AY. Grant will conduct -ter services at St. Andrew’s tomorrow. The anthems, “I Will Extol -e” and “The Radiant Morn Has Passed Away” will be rendered by the choir.

The Anglican services in the Wae-renga-a-hika district to-morrow will be as follows: Waercnga-a-hika (Holy Communion), 11 a.m.; Waimata,. 2.45 p.m.; Waerenga-a-hfka and Makaraka, 7 p.m.

A short sitting of the Police Court was held at the Police Station yesterday morning before Mr. AY. A. Barton, S.M. Three first offending inebriates were convicted and dealt with_ in the customary manner, being fined 5s each.

A correspondent of an exchange suggests that a portion of the money required for New Zealand’s Dreadnought could be easily obtained by members of Parliament and Ministers consenting to forego their salaries till the borrowed million or two had been repaid.

The fruit and produce business of Messrs Hamlin and Co., agents, Lowe Street, will in future be carried on at Hall’s Buildings, Peel Street, and will be under the management of Mr. J. Lawrence. The firm’s land business will, as heretofore, bo in the premises in JLowe Street.

Easter services will be held at the Baptist Tabernacle to-morrow. The Rev. A\ r . Lamb will preach in the morning on “The Resurrection an the A r allev of Dry Bones.” In the evening the subject will be “The Supreme Mystery of Mysteries.” Easter anthems will be rendered by the choir and orchestra.

Some little time was occupied at the Magistrate Court on Thursday in taking'the evidence of a Maori who is deaf, hut can speak. He was, however, very intelligent and can read and write ms own language, and also got a - fair idea of what is being said by the movement of the lips. It was bv the latter means that lie was made to understand the questions put to him, the interpreter speaking very slow ly.

The annual trials.of the Poverty Bay Sheep Dog Trial Club will be held at Ormond on Thursday, Friday’, and ®fit' urdav next, loth, 16th, and 1/th April. On Thursday evening the usual social will be held in the Ormond Hall, and on Saturday evening the proceedings will terminate with a smoke concert. Visitors will be heartily welcomed to the ground each day of the trials, and aftcruopn-tea wall be provided for ladies. Tickets xor the social and smoke concert may be obtained from the secretary (Air. R. Thelwall) or members of the committee.

Early this week a resident of Te Karaka named Edward Francis Dcvery was riding along ahead of two companions, near Puha, when he was observed to fall or be thrown from his •horse. He sustained concussion of the brain, and succumbed to his injuries on Thursday night. His medicai attendant was prepared to give a certificate as to the cause of death, but could not sav what caused the injuries. Mr. AV. A.'Barton, S.AL, District Coroner, was communicated with, and gave instructions that an inquest should be held yesterday before a local J.l • “ one was available. If not Air. Barton will proceed to Te Ivaraka to-day for that purpose.

The hearing of a claim for the sum of 4s 6d occupied some time at the Magistrate’s Court on Thursday morning" Thomas Richard- Hales proceeded against James Price (Mr. Rees) to recover the amount, which ;it was alleged had been wrongfully paid by liim to the defendant. Both men were employed in the same gang at the railwav extension works. The money was plaintiff’s chare towards the feeding of the horse used in the work, and of which plaintiff was the owner. Plaintiff alleged that he paid the amount in error, believing that suclr v,**.S the custom of the woi'ks, and on finding out his mistake he sought to recover the amount. Evidence was called for both sides., that for the defence being that plaintiff undertook to pay his share of the cost of feeding the horse before starting to work. This was admitted hv plaintiff, who, however, stated that he agreed under a misapprehension. His Worship gave judgment for defendant with 13s costs, remarking that plaintiff was very illadvised to have proceeded with the action. The same case was called on a week previously, when plaintiff had paid as the costs of an adjournment, in order that he might secure witnesses.

At the Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, before Air. W. A. Barton, S.M., a half-caste native, called Tom Swan (Air. W. L. Rees) proceeded against Bara tone Tatae (Mr. 1;. T. Burnard) to recover the sum of £4O, being £3O for the value of a filly alleged to have been unlawfully taken, by defendant., and £lO damages. Air. Rees stated that the plaintiff was the owner of a filly which defendant had wrongfully seized. About four years ago plaintiff bad agreed to exchange his buggy for defendant’s mare, and subsequent to the- exchange the filly in question had been born. Evidence was given by the plaintiff, his wife, and the latter’s mother. Air Burnard moved for a nonsuit on two grounds-—(1) That .the plaintiff had no interest in the land from which the filly was alleged to be removed and no right to its possession; (2) that it had not been proved that defendant had authorized Hie removal or wrongful detention of the hoye. His Worship said that he did not think counsel need trouble much about toe claim for damages for trespass and. lie would reserve bis decision on the other ..mint. Air. Burnard then called the clef end ant, bis wife, and a native called Toni Porter, the evidence being to the effect that the exchange had been effected after the birth of the foal. Ihe easy was adjourned for a week..

The, annual general meeting of the Poverty Bay Rugby Union win no he.u at tho Masonic Hotel at 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday next.

A pen of sheep infected with'lice was condemned by Stock Inspector Roes at tho Matawhero yards on J hursday. A prosecution will probably follow.

It is understood, says the Taranaki "News.” that after allowing for interest and sinking fund, tho New Plymouth electric light department will show a profit for the past year of between £I3OO and £I4(X).

At tho Wesley Church to-morrow the Rev. C. Griffin will conduct his last service in Gisborne. Ilis subject is, "Who will roll away the stone? There will be Communion at this service. Mr, Grubb will preach in the evening. Easter music will be used at these services. The young people’s Bible class will meet in the afternoon. Mr. Kent will take the services at Ormond in the aftrnoon.

By advertisement elsewhere Mr. H. M. Porter, returning officer for the Borough of Gisborne, announces that the election of a mayor and nine councillors for tho Borough will take place on "Wednesday. April 28, between the hours if 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., and that •ominations of candidates for mayor and councillors wiil close at noon on Wednesday, April 26, at the Borough Council Chambers.

At the Police Court on Thursday morning several cases, of drunkenness were dealt with by M. Yv. A. Barton, S.M. .A first offender was dealt with' in tlie usual manner, and Harry Willoughby was convicted and fined 10s and 2,5 costs, or 48 hours’ imprisonment. Agatha May Tliarratt, on bail, failed to appear, and her' bail was estreated. For drunkenness while in_ charge of two horses, a man named William Burgess was fined 10s, with 12s costs, m default four days’ imprisonment.

A contributor to a northern paper supplies what lie states to be an infallible means of destroying the ragwort pest. He states: Common salt is its deadly enemy. The'way to apply it is to cut the plant off level with the ground (not to dig the root out), and apply the salt to the cut part liberally. The salt thus sinks into the neck and fine fibrous roots of the plants and destroys its vitality. I have tried many ways of dealing with it, and the above is the only effective one. Digging or hoeing it out only makes it worse.

A resident of the Ashburton district two years ago imported >a steam ploughing plant, which he has extensively used in ploughing operations in and around the district. It has been discovered, however, that the repeated rolling of the soil by the heavy engine has made it too solid for general purposes. and ploughing by steam has therefore been discontinued. At the same time, for breaking virgin soil, a cheaper or more effective system than steam ploughing could not be adopted.

A rather funny incident occurred at Suva.. Fiji, on the arrival of the Ma-it-ai from Auckland. Mr W. Bayly, livery stable keeper, imported a pair of carriage horses, and so did Mr. Humphry Berkeley, solicitor. There were no tags to distinguish "’totlier from which,” and after a lot of argument the matter was placed at the arbitrament of the toss of a coin. The man of law won both tosses, and so a big squabble was averted, both pairs being very much alike in color , and general appearance.

Three members of the Nimrod’s crew have established a unique record —one that will probably stand until the advent of week-end trips to Antarctica on flying machines. The distinguished trio,Messrs Cheatham (boatswain),Baisley (carpenter), and Paton (able seaman) have each made four trips down to the iec. They were shipmates on two voyages in the Morning, and again in two Southern journeys of the Nimrod. They are all perfectly well satisfied to rest on their laurels, and don’t care whether they ever see the pack of ice. of Antarctica again. /

Mr. Long, president of the Auckland Trades and Labor Council, is reported by the "Star” to have said: "The only part of warfare 1 am prepared to take my part in is when an army comes here and my home is threatened.” Mr. Henry, a member of the Council, observed at the same meeting:—“l am an Englishman, and have a certain amount of national pride left in me. But I have come to look on my native land as one of the greatest and grandest countries on God’s earth for a worker to be out of.”

As the rapid disappearance of the Welta has been the source or deep regret to everyone- interested in the preservation of New Zealand fauna, it is comforting to know (says the "Otago Daily . Times”) that there is a possibility' of the pert little fowl not becoming altogether extinct,. A member of the council of the Otago Acclimatisation Society says that the Hon. T. Mackenzie told- him that he had, when in the Milford Sound district,, given the conditions of life of the wok a some study, and as a result of his observations he believed that the bird was. if not increasing, at least holding its own, despite the depredations of its relentless imported enemies—the weasel and the Moat.

Owing to frequent bliwzards and other difficulties during the exploring in the Antarctic there was not much chance of talking among the members of the Nimiod’s southern party. AVhen opportunities did occur the topic was always food. Imaginary hills of fare were discussed, and almost invariably pride of place was given to boiled pudding with golden syrup as “trimmings.,? Weird messes, xinlcnown to tno cookery book,, dripping with fat. were discussed with great earnestness and plans were laid for the partaking oi at least six enormous meals a day when the .ship was reached. The diet most fancied on the homeward voyage was porridge and bottled fruits, lhey thrived amazingly on this fare, and put on weight at the rate of seveial pounds a week.

“The German Navy League Journal is hv far the most popular publication in the country. It has a circulation a 1 most double that of any other periodical.” This statement was made at the monthly meeting of the Navy League. in "Wellington, last week, when ->u amount of £l9 l‘2s was being passed for remittance to London in payment for Navy League journals supplied to adults. ‘The wish was, expressed that the public of New Zealand could be induced to take, a greater interest in navy matters, and subscribe more freely to the journal of the League. If this were done it would place things on a footing equal; to that of the Germany Navy League, for which .popular support lnd not to be solicited*

Constable Anderson, who has been stationed here for a period of just overtwelve months, has received notice of his transfer to Masterton. He leave® next Wednesday,

The Gisborne Orchestral Society had a very successful practice for the opening of the 1909 season. The enthu-i----asm displayed by the members, who attended in full muster, augurs well for the success of the season,, and subscribers may look forward to some first-cla.cs music at the Society’s concerts.

The following passengers arrived by Messrs Redstone and Son’s coaches yesterday:—From Waipiro—Miss Footer, Miss Stephenson, Miss O’Rorke,. Miss Hogan, Mrs. Rapia and boy, Messrs Armstrong, Williams, Hammond. Gidden. Williamson, Rapia. From Tologa —Mrs. Tamien, Mrs. Hurrey, Messrs Orgill, Overden, Donavan. From More re —Miss Brown, Messrs Powell, Bean and Weayer.

A largely attended meeting of the” W.C.T.U. v T as held in St. Andrew’s Schoolroom on Thursday afternoon, when Mrs. Gaskin, of Greymouth, who is on a visit to Gisborne, gave ~£h interesting account of the convention recently held in Wellington. Mrs. Fox read a paper on the bare majority principle in local option polls, and it was decided to discuss the subject at the next meeting of the Union.

Of Taumarunui a traveller said to an Auckland reporter:—"l call itsleepless Taumarunui. People there generally go to bed at nine o’clock, but not to steep for that is-impossible-—there are so many people arriving and departing bv trains throughout thenight. First there is the express from Wellington, which arrives at 11.45 p.m.. and departs ten minutes later ; then the tram from Auckland, arriving at 4.28 a.m.. and leaving at 4.33; then the river boat at C a.m., and then a train for the South at 7.30, and a train for Auckland at 8.10 a.m. It is a very busv place indeed.

All the members of the Nimrod’s company were consumed with anxiety to learn all about the naval crisis, when a suggestion of the news gained currency among them. Mr Joyce, an. old naval man, clinched the argument in characteristic fashion. "Let Germany build double the number of Dreadnoughts that Britain has got, and we will beat them still. It is not the ships so much that upholds England’s supremacy of the sees. It is the shooting. Notliing in tin* world can come near British naval ana in these days of long-range guns that is what will settle tlie question. It s the shooting all the time!”

For some tune nast the settler*? at Tahora have been startled bv the appearance at intervals of an apparently mentally afflicted man who is wandering about the country at large, and u hose actions are said to be neculiar. He has called at various homestead® and camps with a request for rood, and on being supplied has immediately made off again, generally taking to ins heels. He is a powerful!v builtman. apparently about 4-5 veers of am?* and is supposed to have travelled overland from Wainato. Constable Dandy who was m the vicinity spent some little time in searching for the man, but his efforts were fruitless, and owing to other business lie was compelled to lelinquish his cjuest. \litoi seen last the wanderer was heading towards the Motu district.

Speaking of the caterpillar nest, Mr M. Murphy said in Christchurch recentv that- from the of <?xpori—m.eots lie had carried out this season, ho thought that tlic pest could not bo successfully treated by any of the ordinary methods used for the destruction of °i^ er Pests. He tv as convinced that the diamond-back moth would never be controlled until a machine was invented for capturing the moth, which, from the insect’s peculiar habit of flight, should not be impossible. There were 270,000 acres under tufnips and rape in Canterbury, and estimating thedamage done by this pest at os per acre—and this probably was far too low there was a dead loss amounting to £68,7-50; £SOO would not be too much to offer as a premium for an efficient machine as suggested. There must be some reason (says: the Lyttelton “Times”) why able-bodied men will not go out into the country for work, and the farmer may find that reason with very little searching. What married man, accustomed tcT earning 50s a week in the city, will take a job, casual or permanent, at 22s 6d a week and “found” under the conditions that, rule on the average farm? The wages are inadequate to commence with; and then the conditions painful!v squalid. There are many good employers :n tbo country, farmers who house their hands well, feed them well, and give them opportunities for recreation. But there are too many who expect their hands to work from dawn to dark, to sleep in a dirty barn, and to put up the roughest of .food. If the conditions of labor in the country were made approximately equal -to those ruling in the cities the farmers would find plenty of capable men seeking employment. The average farmer does a hard day’s work himself, and argues that what is good enough for him in the way of living and recreation should be good enough for the hired laborer. At the Magistrate’s Court'on Thursdays morning, Mr, W. A. Barton, S.M.. gave judgment by default in the cases of F. Hall and Sons (Mr. F. Vv\ Nolan' v. Edward Nelson, claim £5 Is 6d, anti costs £L 3s Gel. Orders wore made in the following judgment'summons cases: —Mary Jane Kirk (Mr. Blair) v. Ncpia Haurangi,, claim £l3 18s Id in default 14 days’ imprisonment; Common Shelton and Co., (Mr. Stock) v. C. W. Dunstem,- claim £l7 5s 9d, in 13 days’ imprisonment. Win. Allen (Dir. Stock), v.. Win. Thos. Rodgers, claim £lO 16s lOd, in default 11 days’ imprisonment; E. G. Mathews (Mr. Stock) v. Oscar Charles Duncan, Claim £8 4s4d, in default 9 days’ imprisonment; Charles 'Watson (Mr Stock) v. Robert Martin, claim £l3 11s 9d, in default 14 days’ imprisonment. In the case of A. M. Lewis (Mr. Blair) s. Puka (Mr H. Bright), au order was made by consent for the payment of £1 per month until the sum of £26 10s Sd bo padi. In the cases of the Poverty Bay. Co-operative Supply Stores (Dir. Stock) claim, £6 14s 9d, Horne and Gray (Mr. Blair), claim £1 19s, and John Thomas Griffin (Dir. Bright), claim £4 53s Sd,against Alan Slierer McLeod (Mr, Hei), after hearing the evidence of judgment debtor. His Worship made an order for the payment of the amount of claims, the order to be suspended while defendant paid a sum of 7s 6d weekly in each case. Evidence was also taken in the case of Win. Devory (Mr. H. Bright) v. Wm. Oscar Wright and Thomas Kerr. After hearing the judgment debtors, Ilis Worship oi tiered an adjournment for one week in order th-'t defendant's might produce their