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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2497, 10 May 1909, Page 4

The monthly meeting of the Freezers’ Union will be held in low nicy s Hall at 7.30 p.m. to-day.

Mr. R. Tli el wall, dog registrar, announces that all persons owning dogs that are unregistered after to-morrow, May 11, will be sued.

The Gisborne Borough Council calls for tenders, to close at noon on Tues-I:-iv, June Ist, for two four-wheeled, two-horse watering waggons.

The only representative of the police force in town yesterday during the daytime was Constable Dwyer, Sergeant Hutton and tbo remaining constables being] engaged in duties in the surrounding country districts.

The following passengers were booked to leave Gisborne by Messrs J. Redstone and Son’s coaches this morning,: For IVaipiro, Colonel Winter ; for Tologa, Nurse Pitt, Mrs. Caldwell; for Tiniroto, Mr. Burkett; for Morere, Miss Galbraith.

At the meeting of the East Coast Trades and Labor Council on Saturday evening, the secretary, Mr. J. H. Hall, was elected to represent the Council at the Trades and Labor Conference, to lie' held in Wellington a few weeks hence. '

The latest addition to tho telephone exchange is 516, Brockleban'k, G.. residence, Aberdeen Road. Amended: 062 (late 516), Hamilton, C. J., residence, Harris Street. Coreotion: 321, Cole, Dr. G. W-, Hikitu, three long rings, not four.

A well-attended meeting for men, conducted by Mr. J. Peach, was held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms last night A special feature of the meeting was the line singing contributed by the J o Ran students. The “Straugersy lle*v- was held in the rooms during the evening.

Discussing the . establishment of workers’ dwellings in Gisborne, at tlie 'Prados’ Council meeting on baturclay evening, one speaker pronounced hunself as strongly against the Government building small wooden houses, which Re termed “wooden boxes with a, tin Ji.d.’ f - “ ' • : ' '\ • *

Mr. W. A. Barton, on Saturday committed a -woman charged with lunacy tp tlie Avondale Mental Hospital.

Tho Fei'.ding Brass Band, having decided to engage a paid conductor, Mr W. Dunn, a gold medallist in the brass band world, has accepted the position.

“What do you consider a living wage?” was asked of a witness in the Arbitration Court at Auckland. “It all depends,” ho replied, “on what sort of a wife a fellow has.”

A meeting of the committee of Miss Stewart’s testimonial fund will be hold at the Poverty Bay Turf Club Rooms this afternoon at 2.30, when matters in connection with the presentation will be considered.

Two assisted immigrants arrived in Wellington on the sth inst. from London by the s.s. Rimutaka, booked through to Gisborne. They are described as farm laborers, and as being nominated by friends already in the Dominion.

A young lady passenger by a recent Sydney boat, possessing two “Merry Widow” hats could find no place for them in her cabin, so rather than risk having! them crushed, she decided to put the hats on her bed and slept upon the floor of the cabin.

The revenue received at the Custom House, Gisborne, last week, was:—Customs duties- £742 17s 4d, beer duty £57 19s, Light dues £lO 15s sd, shipping fees 17s, other receipts £1 19s 6d; total £Bl4 as 3d. The port charges collected amounted to £154 lie lid.

The reading and writing test, which has to be passed by Chinese before they can enter the Dominion, has apparently put at least a temporary obstacle in the Way of immigrants from the Flowery Land (says an exchange). Only one" Chinaman has attempted the task at Wellington for over six months.

The Hon. Captain Tucker, as chairman .of the Cook County Council, on Saturday opened tenders for forming the Patutahi drains. The tenders were far in excess of tho estimates and -were declined. The Council will* probably call for tenders again in the spring so that tho work can be carried out during the summer months.

The advantage of belonging to a Friendlv Society was fully exemplified (says the Palmerston. “Standard”) m the" case of the late Bro. H. S. Stevenson, a member of the Oroua Lodge for nineteen years, during which time he paid in dues the sum of £53 and drew in benefits £3lO, besides having free medicine and a doctor during the whom time he was a member.

The newly elected Licensing Committee for the Gisborne district eat on Saturday for the first time. Mr. u. A. Barton, S.M. presided and there were also present Messrs. G. E. Darton, A. Dewing, and M. McLeod. On the application of Mr. A. W. Rees the Committee granted a temporary transfer of tho license of the Frasertown Hotel from A. E. Beckett to Henry Thompson Johnson.

Not ail the schoolboys in State Schools are cadets and the Education Act provides that the. whole of the available boyhood shall be the cadet force. It is likely that more attention will be paid to defects .of the system v It is already rumored (says the “N.Z. limes”) that the control of the State school cadets is to be taken from the Education Department and placed under the Defence Department.

“It’s not a question of wives, but of pigs,” said S.M. Dyer at Rotorua, when the defendant in a case where the plaintiff sought to recover four pigs, commenced her cross-examination of"the plaintiff by a question as to who was Iris first wife, but the defendant sought to show that there was a connection between the wives and the. pigs. As the story of the wives and pigs gave evidence of being a long one, Mr Dyer gave the defendant to understand that he would take the story of the pigs and dispense with that of the wives.

Widows are. no longer to be allowed to act as dummies in respect to family estates. The Prime Minister, in his Invercargill speech, said the evasion of death duties in New Zealand in some cases amounted to a scandal. No end of devices were employed. Testators sometimes left huge fortunes to thenwidows, no doubt with the understanding that the widows would make gifts out of tlie estates, and thus save the tax upon bequests.- Nobody, said Sir Joseph, can object to a widow being clear of duty upon such property as is necessary to amply maintain her m comfort according to her station, but when it comes to an amount that no woman can utilise or squander there is no reason why a reasonable- duty should not be levied, and we do not intend to allow these evasions.

'Some humorous incidents are reported in connection with the opening of the shooting season, such as, decoys being riddled by stalkers. In connection with this it is stated that so realistic arc the decoys made now, that an ee! grabbed one'on Lake "Whangape last Sunday. The lake teems with thousands of cels, which quickly attack ducks that are shot and fall in the water. Another incident mentioned is that a teal flying down the Waikato on Saturday morning, ran the gauntlet of 14 shots and escaped scat bless. Only t hose, however, who have shot teal know the pace at which thev fly when scared. A wellknown -Aucklander, who returned to town on Monday evening, when asked for particulars of his bag, said he was a modest man, and no one would believe lie shot so many birds if he told the total. It is understood the bag amounted to one brace.

‘‘Generally speaking, banks are able to supply money for legitimate banking purposes,” said Mir Harold Beauchamp, chairman of' directors of the Bank of New Zealand, to a Wellington press representative. “It. is only their failure to supply money in respect.of fixed loans that has brought about the present position, added, of course, to the fact that during the past few years there has been a steady withdrawal from the Dominion of money that was lout here prior to the establishment ot the Advances to Settlers Department. The withdrawal of mortgage and investment companies has thrown the demand for money on the banks and on tho Department. Their reserves have naturally been restricted, and the limit, so to say, has now been reached. A remedy, is wanted to restore the situation., nut 1 do not. believe that remedy is going to be obtained by encouraging the establishment of a larger number ol banks than are now trading in the Dominion. This, for the reason I have a ready stated, that it does not come withm-tbo province of- banks to advance money on whnt-is nractieallv fixed^inortgage A

The local labor market remains very dull, and a great number of carpenters are out of employment. This is regarded as somewhat serious, considering the near approach of winter. Other trades have been a little better during the past month, but it is thought that tho improvement is only of a temporary nature.

The annual ball in aid of the Toko 1 - maru Hospital was held in the Tokomaru Hall on Friday night, and was a great success. Over fifty couples were present,- and it is expected that a substantial sum will be handed over to the hospital. The committee’s arrangements were perfect, and excellent music was provided by Messrs Lockwood, Moore, and Kiri, of Tologa Bay.

A rather erratic individual will appear at the Police Court this morning, charged with drunk and disorderly conduct arid with using obscene language. It is understood that he caused a slight disturbance in a"tailoring establishment in Gladstone lload, and on leaving he walked, or rather lurched, into a gentleman who, accompanied by his wife, was proceeding along the footpath. The gentleman was knocked down, and it is alleged that the offender then used most offensive) remarks to the lady. This was naturally resented by her husband, but the arrival of the police prevented any further breach) of the peace.

The householders of sixteen school districts within the jurisdiction of the Hake’s Bay Education Board failed to elect School Committees at the annual meetings of householders. The districts are Elsthorpe, Ormondville,Umutaoroa, Kaiti, Muriwai, Makaraka, Waipiro Bay, Paki Paki, Waikarara; Waitahora, Pu’ketitiri, Waerengs-o-kuri, Wigan, Mangatotoro, Hatuma South and Patoka. The Board has appointed Monday, May 24th, as the nominations, and Monday, May 31st, at 7.30 p.m., as the time for the election of committees. The meetings of householders are to take place at the schoolhouse in the respective districts.

Information was received at the Police station on Saturday night from Te Arai that a. mentally deranged man was wandering about in that locality. Sergeant Hutton sent Constable Dandy out, and that officer succeeded in arresting the man, who was under the influence of drink. It appears that the man has been wandering round the country for some weeks past, and complaints have been received that at different houses he has been representing himself as a noxious weed inspector, a wool-classer, etc., and thus begging ms way round. He will be charged with drunkenness and vagrancy at the Police Court this morning. It is supposed that the man is slightly mentally afflicted and it is probable that he will be remanded for a week for the puiposes of observation.

At the Trades Council meeting on Saturday evening, an important proposal was‘brought forward by Mr. M. G. Nasmith, jnr.. when he urged that the Council should take in hand Hie educating of the workers on municipal questions. He considered that the Council could with advantage discuss such questions as the Shone and septic tank systems of drainage, better sanitation/electric lighting of the town or ruunicipalisation of the gasworks, rating oil unimproved values, and such like subjects. At such discussions the public could he invited, and he would ho very pleased to see the. Borough Councillors and the Mayor present. The proposal met with warm approval, aud it was resolved to invite the press and the public to the Council s next meeting, when a discussion will take place on the question of rating on unimproved values.. Mr. J'. H. Hall mtioducing the subject.