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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2491, 3 May 1909, Page 4

“The whole . Arbitration system is highly arbitrary.”—Air. Justice Sim, at the Arbitration Court, Auckland.

A meeting of tbe Carters’ and Drivers’ Union is to be held in Townley s Hall this evening.-

The port charges received by the Gisborne Harbor Board last week amounted to £323 19s 2d. $

A special meeting of the Slaughtermen’s Union will be held in Townley’s Hall to-morrow evening.

The annual meeting of the Gisborne Defence Cadets will be held at Clare’s dining rooms at 8 p.m. to-morrow.

As rain set in on Saturday week last, it has been raining fairly steadily for nine consecutive days.

A general meeting of tbe Gisborne Co-operative Building Society will be held in Townley’s Hall this evening for 'the purpose of disposing of loans.

Tbe men’s meeting at tbe Y.AI.C.A. last night was only poorly attended. Air. J. Dawson gave a brief address, and Air. AA'ebster sang a solo.

The Collector of Customs (Dunedin) announces the receipt from an unknown correspondent of the sum of 10s, conscience money.

Tho first meeting of the newly-elected Borough Council will be held on A\ ednosdav evening, when the Works, uFiliance. and Abattoir Committees will be appointed.

The revenue collected at tbe Custom House, Gisborne, last week was: Customs duties £847 3s 2d. light- dues £6l 17s 7d, shipping fees 4s_6d, other receipts £6 2s 6d ; total, £915 <s 9d.

Air Jas. Pet-tie’s trotting horses Grey AY. and Sweet Patch are in active work at Te Karaka, and should all go well they will probably be taken to Christchurch for the big meeting in November next.

Tbe Gisborne Oil Company’s bore reached a depth of 52 feet on Satmdav, which is most satisfactory progress. As soon as fine weather sets in the directors will invite shareholders up to see the work that has been done.

The only business dealt with at the Police Court on Saturday was a charge of drunkenness against a first offender. Air. AV. A. Barton, S.AI., inflicted a fine of os, with costs 2s, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment.

A meeting of ratepayers in connection with the proposal by Hie Cook County Council to borrow £30,000 to a tramway will be ’held at Pntutalii this evening, when Crs. A. S. Matthews and R. Slierratt will apeak.

A meeting is to be held at the Fire Brigade, station to-night at 8 o’clock for the purpose of forming a fire police and salvage corps. All interested this important work are asked to attend. '

From (inquiries made last evening at tbe Hospital, it was learnt that Edith AlcLoocl. the young woman who was admitted to tbe institution on Friday evening suffering from a self-inflicted bullet wound, is progressing so far satisfactorily.

“Things art* not so bright as they have been in the past, and there is every possibility of an increase in claims being made on the Benevolent Trustees this coming winter,” said Mr. Talkovs at the last meeting of the Charitable Air Board in Dunedin.

“It is useless to ask a witness bis opinions unless be be called as an expert. Questions in regard to wages and hours are/ questions of fact and don’t call for expert testimony.”—-Air. Justice Sim, at the Arbitration Court, Auckland.

An attractive programme has been prepared for the Kaiti School concert-, to be given on AVednesday in the school room. A number of local amateurs bare promised tlieir assistance, and a lady visitor from Auckland has kindly consented to give a violin solo.

The officers of the Agricultural Department arc busy preparing the returns of the number of sheep in the district, and the inspector in charge of the Gisborne office desires that pastoral lists should send in their returns as early as possible.

“How many awards arc you working under at tbe present time,” asked Air’. Grosvcnor of the manager of the- Gas Company, in the Arbitration Court at Auckland last week. “1 think I am working linden every award in New Zealand,” answered the witness, wearily.

It is the intention of tho Shopkeepers’ Association Executive to endeavour to bring pressure to bear on the authorities for the wiping out of obscene language in the public thoroughfares. In .making that declaration known to members, the president of tbe Association paid Wellington an .unenviable and probably exaggerated compliment- when he said be had lived in New York, Chicago, and Liverpool, but lie had never heard such language spoken pub--Jieally there as in the streets of AA el--1 inst-on. ' It would make even_ a Liverpool fireman, b'u-b. : - t llilii

Shortly- after 7 p.m on Satorday the firebell was rung *or Ml al % wa l fire in Upper Gladstone Hoad It W* soon discovered that it was on y , slight conflagration a P air H am jlo7i fire in the residence of Mi. nanui ton,-Carnarvon .Street, dhe were not Wk a ® they arrived the names had been extinguished.

The Board of Governors of Canterbury College decided that as the Senate of the University of New Zealand not yet established a degree of domes tic science the Board could not P sent accept Mr. John Studholme o liberal offer of an endowment of : £2O a year for three years for the establk.ii ment of a chair of home economics.

A Press Association telegrapi state that at the annual meeting of pier branch of the Hawke s Bay L national Institute on Saturday the report touched oni tne ne.v sea staffing and salaries, and spoke of the inadequate provision. made for ma assistant teachers, which was held to be due, not so much to any faolt m the Act as to the action or the Department in administering -t.

If the' weather improves to-day. the Mayor (Mr. W. U Lysnar) and. the Borough Overseer (Mr. Morgan) will go out to Kaiteratahi to test the new crane before vdl taken over from Messrs J- Chambers and Sons, the contractors. Only a small portion of the hunting track now remains to be completed y _ Railway Department, and the crane should be at work within the next lew days.

The following have booked passages by Messrs Redstone and Sons’ coaches this morning:—For Mo re re, A lrs. O’Dowd : for Hangarca, Miss Brauwali, Messrs Wilson and Bright; for it v£tor turi. Mrs. Ciusden; for Tologa, njis. Lockwood, Messrsi Shepherd, Housler. Cotter; for Tokomaru Mr. and Mrs. Anton; for Waipiro, Mrs. Haslett and two children, Mrs. Cockenll and two children, Mrs. Hatton and two cln!dren ? ]\lessrs De-Montalkj IMythe, Hcuderson, Ryan, Miss Higginsou.

The strangers’ tea in the Y.M.C.A. last night}' proved a great success. About 30 persons were present, and an exceedingly good tea was provided. After tea those musically inclined gathered round the piano and organ and passed the time till the church hour by the singing of hymns from Alexander s and Sankev’s books. Although strangers have not attended in any considerable numbers at these teas, they serve the purpose of bringing members into closer touch with one another.

A meeting of young men was held after the 10 o’clock Mass at St. Mary s Church yesterday morning, in the schoolroom, to consider the advisability of forming a young men’s club. The meeting was well attended and great enthusiasm was displayed. It was decided to write to headquarters at Wellington, asking for information and a copy of the rules. Another meeting will be held next Sunday, May 9th, after the 10 o’clock service, and a hearty invitation is extended to all young men. It is hoped then to place the proposed club upon an active footing. It is the intention of the promoters to affiliate with the central governing body ,at Wellington. -■

"T have discovered the most magnificent contralto voice 1 have yet heard,” said Madame Melba to a Press representative in Wellington last week. She was speaking of Miss Thompson, a- resident of Stewart Island- “Ah old school friend of mine told me about her," said Madame Melba, '•'and begged me, as a personal favor, to hear her sing. So she came, and I prepared to hear the usual sort of lovely voice, but I can tell you when she sang I began to open mv eyes wider and wider. 1 applied all sorts of tests, tried her on long sustained notes, everything, and her voice was glorious.'’ Atisiy Thompson will accompanv Madame Melba, to Melbourne, and will there receive instruction from the great singer.

The “Auckland Herald” in an article demanding the opening up of Maori lands for settlement, says that 120,000 townspeople and 120,000 country people live and thrive on the products of less than half the area of Auckland province, while the larger part supports only 40,000 Maoris, many of whom are destitute, in the midst of estates they can neither use nor sell, but which are being made more and more valuable year by year by the construction of roads and railways, to the cost of which the Maorj owners contribute next to- nothing. “At present neither rates nor taxes nor produce, nor any form of public or private revenue, Us being obtained from the great bulk of this 7,465,000 acres, winch, within five years could be made to provide work and wages for tens of thousands of country settlers and city tradesmen.” *

A largely attended meeting of junior members of the Y.M.C.A. was held in the Association’s, room on Saturday night when it was decided to form a Junior Literary and Debating Society. The Rev. W. Lamb was elected president, and a committee, consisting ot Messrs Hogg. Orr. Mollor. Edwards, Brown, Vowles, Arthur, and deLautour, was elected to confer with Messrs Lamb. Tattersfield, and Webster in the drawing up of a syllabus. Mr.. C. dcLautour was elected secretary bf the society. ' It was decided that the meeting night should lie Monday, the meetings to commence at 7.30. The first meeting of the society will be held on Monday next, when the subject"ohoitld capital punishment be abolished 1 ' will be debated, the affirmative being taken by Messrs deLautour, Vowles, and Edwards. and the negative by Messrs Grant, Simpson, and Mellor.

Elder George Bowles, of Utah, TJ.S.A. has arrived (says the ‘‘"S Oakland Star”) to take over the charge of Mormon work at Ngatarawa, Hawke s Bay, where that body have purchased 130 acres of land, for the purpose of erecting land workshops for instructing natives in agriculture and useful trades. Elder Rufus Tv. Hardy, who has relinquished control to his successor, will leave by the next boat for Utah, and as soon as the plans are aim roved by the higher authorities there, and appropriations made for the erection ol‘ buildings, toe wonc or building schools,’ donatories, workshops* and workrooms, together with the purchase of the necessary iiupliments. will be proceeded with immediately. Eidei Hardy savs the work is to he g u ’en locally, and the institution will be opened, as soon as the contractors can get through, probably in twelve months from the start-. The mission, in order to test the ground for use in connection with the establishment, planted GO acres in vegetables,- with very sucoesslui. results.' t." .t'iV -

The annual meeting of the GisborneTypographical Union was held on Saturday evening, there being a large attendance of members. Mr J. A. Eaton; (vice-president) occupied the chair. Th e annual report and balance-sheet, which finances were read by the secretary,and showed a very satisfactory state of the after comment of a highly favorable nature, were adopted. Discussion; ensued on the depositing of the union’s funds, and action was taken thereon. The secretary was authorised to procure a hand-bag for the union’s books. The election of officers for the ensuing term resulted as follows President, Mr. J. A Eaton y vice-president, Mr. T. L. Steel; secretary, Mr. M. G. Nasmith, inr; treasurer, Mr. J, 31-ahony; committee, Messrs F. Farrell, T. Brosnahan, and 3D. Lunn; auditors, Messrs L. A Sharland and P. Fromm; trustees, Messrs A. J. Benzie and W. P. Porter; delegates to the East Coast Trades and Lalior Council, Messrs Nasmith and Porter. Two new members joined during the meeting.