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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2481, 21 April 1909, Page 4

The Wcllington-Brindisi despatch of March 12 arrived in London on the night of the 16th inst.

• The Cinderella Dancing Club will have a special long night in Erskine’s Hall to-morrow. Dancing will be kept up from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Nominations for the offices of Mayor and Councillors for the Borough of Gisborne close with the Returning Officer, Mr H. M. Porter, at noon to-day.

Dr. J. C. Collins and Mr. Herbert H. DeCosta, who are candidates for seats on the Gisborne Borough Council, advertise addresses to the burgesses in this issue of tho “Times.”

It is announced that the social in connection with St. Andrew’s. Church Junior Bible Class, which was to have been held to-morrow night, is to be postponed till Thursday, April 29.

The sum of £1 13s 6d was received at the office of the Borough Council yesterday, being the contribution to the recently-established Dreadnought .Fund from the children of the Catholic School.

The following passengers arrived by Messrs Redstone and Son’s coaches yesterday: From Tologa—Mrs. McCabe. Miss McCabe, Mrs. Palamui, Mrs. Fitzgerald, Miss Portion; from Waipiro— Mr. Walker. '

It is announced that “Prince Olrac, the Fire King and Human Volcano.” will give an exhibition, assisted by E. Raugi. “Musical King, in a marquee at the Freezing Works’ sports to-mor-ro \v.

The Vicar of Holy Trinity Church (the Rev. L. Dawson Thomas) has received a cable announcing that Mrs Thomas has successfully undergone a severe operation in Clarmore private hospital, Sydney.

Asked at Christchurch, concerning the rumored proposal to abolish the smaller Education Boards, Mr Buddo stated that he knew of no l such proposal. He declinedfeto discuss possible changes in the education administration.

A special general meeting of the members of the West End Football Club will be held in the Te Ran College this evening to consider the advisability of winding up the club. A full attendance of those interested' is requested.

The gold cradle that was presented to Mr. lan Simson when he was Mayor of Gore attracted quite a crowd around Mr W. Good’s window, where it was pH view yesterday. The cradle is a handsome example of goldsmiths’ art, though it was not the cradle that was alone the cause of attraction, but tlio fact that some wag had placed a pair of small dolls inside.

The pie cart, which is an established institution in tho larger towns of the Dominion, has not yet found its way t<, Gisborne, but the luxurious mixture known as “hot pie” is nevertheless now obtainable in the streets at night. An enterprising individual has commenced with a small plant to work up the hot pie trade in Gisborne. Presumably the provision of saveloys, potatoes, and collee will be the next step.

The MiVkauri troop of the Vi.C.M R. paraded at Waironga-a-hika Hall, on Monday. The parade was superintended’ by Captain Evans, lie being accompanied by Squadron-Major Sp.ragg, who put the troop through an interesting! and' instructive hour at squad drill and manual exercises. The next intrude of this troop will be held at the same place next r l uesda.v, inst., at 7.30 p.m. Makauri and W ai-renga-a-liika have always supplied the most men to the E.C.M.R., and the enthusiasm and interest of uie men show that thev do not intend to let pH*** th« b?m fro».theul- ‘

A.t last night’s mooting of the Borough Council iverc adopted striking tho rates over the borough a. already advertised.

Mr. W. Lissant Clayton has definitely decided to become a candidate for th position of borough councillor at the forthcoming municipal election.

A meeting wilt be held in the Technical Khoof at make arrangements for «taxtmg 1 u 5 ing classes in connection with tno school.

The proceedings at the meeting of the Borough Council last night were cidedly longtliy. They occupied fj>» hours, and were not brought to a cl u till half-an-hcjr before midnight.

Tenders for the supply of scaled pans and sanitary waggons were considered at last night’s meeting of the Borough Council. In the case of the ior .™ eT cision was reserved until this and the tender of Mr. J : H. o*m° Was acecepted for two sanitary vans at a cost of £7O a-piece, to hold 64 pans each.

The picnic and -porta of tho freezing works employees, postponed from uter Monday on account of bad weather, are to take place at the Park racecourse to-morrow afternoon. The Borough Council last night decided, in response to a request, that the shops half-holiday to-morrow should begin anoon, instead of at 1 p.m., on account of the gathering.

The following subscriptions are acknowledged by Mr H. E. Dodd, secretary to the Miss Stewart Testimonial Committee:—E. Morice £5, D. Morice £2 2s, Sympathiser £l, T. Craill £1 Is, D. J. Parker 10s 6d, Raymond White £1 Is, Dr. Wilson £5, Nelson Bros., Ltd., slaughtermen £2 18s 6d. The list will be closed on the 30th instant, and the presentation will be made soon after that date.

The following nominations were* received for" the office of Borough Councillor by Mr H. M. Porter yesterday:— John Henry Hall, nominated by Thomas J ackson and C. J. Bollen: Matthew Gray Nasmith, junr., nominated by ’William Porter and Charles Cation; John Maynard, nominated by J. H. Ormond and James Erskine; Arthur Sawyer, nominated by J. R. Miller and J. li. Leydon; Herbert John Brownlee, nominated by T, Adair and W. A. Friar.

A sign of soundness in trade in Auckland, despite the much talked of depression in New Zealand, is the continuation of the scarcity of the smaller classes of house property. The representative of one firm, which has several hundred houses on its books, stated to a “New Zealand Herald” representative last week that the keenest- demand was for houses of a rental of under £1 a week, the places most in request being those for which from 10s to los a week was asked. The rents are maintaining the normal level, there having been very little variation during the past year.

The appreciation of land values in Rotorua lias been one of the most striking features of the evolution of that prosperous township. In speaking or this aspect of the progress of Wonderland, Mr T. E. Donne, general manager of the Tourist Department (who has just made his final visit to Rotorua in that capacity) stated to an Auckland Press representative that sections which sold for £SO eight years ago, have since changed hands for. over £IOOO each. The land is all leasehold, but as the leases have been granted for a term of 99 years, the tenants are in a very fortunate position. A number of the blocks, eacli with an area of 40 acres, are subject only to a ground rental of £7 a vear.

At a meeting at New Plymouth on Monday night of subscribers to the Transvaal Patriotic Fund, it was resolved td' l devote the balance in hand of £137, with another £63 promised, to erecting a memorial on Marsland Hill to the memory of the men who fell in the South African war. The memorial will probably take the form of two obsolete guns captured, mounted and bearing appropriate tablets. It was felt this would make the memorial distinctly commemorative, and at the same time to emphasise the military character of the historic hill, on which has just been erected a handsome marble monument, at a cost of £7OO, to the memory of colonial and Imperial troops and navy men who took part in the Maori wars. The latter memorial will probably be unveiled by the Governor on Maw 7th.

Experiments are now being carried out on German warships with acetylene shells, which it is believed will take the place of the electric searchlight used hitherto by warships. These shells contain calcium carbide, and the water can reach it through a tube. The shells are fired by a gun built specially for the purpose. On being fired the shell goes under the water, and then rises to the surface, and the. action of the water upon the calcium carbide produces the acetylene light. Each shell is said to have 3,000 candle-power, and will burn for three hours. The great drawback of the. ordinary searchlight is that, although it affords some protection from the unobserved approach of torpedoboats, it yet makes the warship using it an excellent target. The new acetylene shell referred to will have the great advantage of lighting up a given space, while the vessel that fires it will be left in darkness.

One or two matters in the life of Sir Julian Salomons not generally known are mentioned in the “Hebrew Standard” of April 9tli. It was by the Jewish community, which had noted the force of his speeches in the debating club connected with the Synagogue that Sir Julian was sent to England to be trained for the Bar. lie was made secretary of the Jewish Synagogue in 1885 at a salary of £IOO, and so given the opportunity of devoting his! time to study. He was whole-hearted in Ids pride of his race. Some gentleman in the Legislative Council once found it in his heart to taunt Sir Julian Salomon with being a Jew. Sir Julian turned to him and spoke straight out. “I am a Jew,” he said. ”T was born a Jew. . .and I should be a poltroon and a coward, as well as a. fool, 1 ii I were not proud of belonging to a face which has given an Isaiah to the world, the. Psalms of David, and all. the mighty mvstories of the Bible, upon which the civilisation, the consolation, and the happiness of the world depends. It is known that Sir Julian Salomons was u very strong -advocate; of cremation, and that he wished body to be creamated after his death. His v isn could not be carried out, because there is no authority in the State ot New South Wales at present which could take the absolute responsibility ot tno cremation of a body. ■ ' , . V ... - ■ '■ r '>■.

At the meeting of the Borough Council last night it was decided, on the motion of Cr. Sawyer-, seconded by Cr. Sheridan, to refer to the Works Committee tho question of using Waikanae gravel fc-r a portion of tho road in order to make a comparison as to cost and durability with imported grave;.

A man in the Auckland Police Court on Saturday morning expressed the opinion that Auckland was very poorly off in the matter of accommodation for men who were looking for work about the streets. Mr Kettle, the presiding magistrate, said ho quite agreed that It would bo a very good thing indeed if there could be Mine place where men out of work could go and he found when they were wanted. jLfis Worship went on to say that he would make one more effort to see if something could not be done to accomplish such a desirable thing.

It is reported in Washington that Miss Ethel Roosevelt, second daughter of Mr. Roosevelt, who is eighteen years of age, is engaged to be ..married to Mr. William Phillips, Third Assistant Secretary of State. The formal announcement. of the engagement was expected to be made at Easter. Miss Roosevelt is an expert at music, and. has no equal among the young ladies of Washington in driving, riding, and' walking. Mr. Phillips, whose appointment to the State has been a recent one, is a young Bostonian, well-known in society there, and was graduated from Harvard University, in 1900. He is a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt, jun., who also, like his father, was a Harvard man.

Mr F. C. Selous, the famous hunter, has written to a London newspaper regretting that New Zealand, from a deer-stalking point of view, is no longer what it once was. “In New .Zealand,” he says, “the magnificent red deer herds,* once the envy of deer-stalkers the world over, are, it appears, nowfew and far between, and this not owing to the decrease of the deer, but rather because they are becoming too numerous, and the stags are deteriorating in the size and symmetry of their antlers, owing to the shooting of the finest examples, and the consequent progation of the species through inferior animals, which are constantly increasing in numbers. The introduction of wolves into the country, which would rapidly weed out all the old and weakly animals, would probably do a great deal of good to the race, but such a measure might not meet with the approbation of the sheep-farmers.”

The eruption of Ngauruhoe naturally attracted many visitors to the vicinity of the famous volcano during the Easter holidays but few attempted the asce.u preferring the more peaceable snows ->i Ruapehu to the wicked-looking smoke of the burning mountain. Amongst the Ruapehu climbers was a Wellington party, whose fearful and wonderful outfit was viewed with awe and consternation by local residents. Arrayed in ali the pomp and circumstance of the Alpine climber, who knows all about Switzerland {from the guide books), the four representatives of the Empire Citystarted out to "do” Ruapehu or to come to a nasty, wet, cold end in the attempt. They carried iccaxes to attack the poor innocent g’ac-iers with, they had the latest things in alpenstocks, which were about as useful on a high mountain as roller skates on an Auckland hulloek track; they bore lifelines, presumably to aid them over the yawning chasms, and their attire was a sort of connecting link between a South Pole costume and a Parisian motoring dress. One camper whose experience did not extend beyond about 15 ascent s of Ruapehu, was rude enough to suggest that the Wellington outfit wasn’t complete: it required a brass band and a travelling restaurant.