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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2498, 11 May 1909, Page 4

The s.s. Ruru has been chartered by Mr. Chas. Buscke to convey several prospective buyers of land to the Bay a Plenty.

Members of the United and Gisborne 1 Football Clubs are requested to - meet for practice at the Poverty Bay Bowing Club’s shed every evening at 7 o'clock.

A purse containing money was picked up between the Record Reign Hotel and East’a corner. The owner can have the same by armlying to the proprietor of the Record Reign Hotel.

The young woman Edith McLeod, at present in the' hospital suffering from a bullet wound, is reported to he progressing satisfactorily towards recovery, cry.

The Borough Council’s new crane at Kaitaratalii has been again got into position on the rails, and the arm and grab are now being erected. It is anticipated that the machine will be ready for testing at the end of the week.

The weekly meeting of the Y.M.C.A; Debating Society will be held this evening. The item 'on the syllabus is entitled “Salmangundi,” and members will bo introduced to the medley in question by the secretary, Mr. R. G. "Webster.

The annual election of three members of the Ormond Road Board was hold on Saturday. There were seven candidates, and Messrs A. J. McKenzie, R. C. Miller, and G. E. Jones were returned. The polling was: —A. J. McKenzie 46 votes, It. C. Miller 40, G. E. Jones 43, W. Benson 35, J. Kennedy 33, It. Barwick 16, and H. Bennie 16. Mr. J. McLeod acted as returning officer.

The Abattoirs Committee of the Borough Council, consisting of the Mayor (Mr. W. D. Lysnar), Crs. Harris, Smith, Pettie. and Maynard, with the Town Clerk (Mr. R. I). B. Robinson) paid a visit to the abattoirs yesterday afternoon, and closely inspected the works. The committee will meet at an early date to discuss various questions in connection with the management of the abattoirs.

A meeting of the Miss Stewart Presentation Committee was held. yesterday afternoon. Mr. A. F. Kennedy presided, and there was a good attendance. It was decided, that, as a substantial amount of money is now in hand, t]ie chairman and Mr. Townley should wait upon Miss Stewart to arrange an early date on which to make the presentation. The secretary (Mr. H. E. Dodd) wishes to acknowledge a donation of £5 5s from the Hon. Captain Tuckerb

An excellent- programme is under preparation' for the complimentary concert which is to be tendered to Miss Mellhone by the musicians of Gisborne, in His Majesty’s Theatre on Friday, May 21. The local artists will he asissted by Madame Casier, one of the leading singers of Auckland. This lady has sang with great success at concerts in the northern city, and at one, recently, the audience insisted oil encoring lier no fewer than four times.

As -Mr. Barton, S.M., has gono on his periodical visit to the Coast townships, the Police Court yesterday was presided over by Justices of the Peace. Though there are'a large number of gentlemen holding commissions of the peace in Gisborne, great difficulty was met with in getting two to act. Eventually, after much use of the telephone, the Mayor (Mr. W. D. Lysnar) and Mr. J. Warren, J.P., arrived on the Court a few minutes after 11 o’clock, and the business was proceeded with after lialf-an-hour’s waiting.

The May number of the “Lone Hand,” the Australian lias come to' hand, as full as usual of bright and interesting reading. Among other articles is a further instalment of Melba’s biography, which should be of special interest at this time. _ The fiction is of a high order, stories being contributed by Arthur IL Adams, James Edmond, and other well-known short story writers." An on “Tuberculosis in Australia,” by the Chief Health Officer of Tasmania,,forms the main portion of “Ear the Public Good,” and is well worth perusal.

A very pleasant evening was spent in Holy‘Trinity Schoolroom last night, when the choir and Sunday School tendered a farewell social to Miss Mabel 'Wilson, in view l of her approaching wedding. On behalf of the Sunday School." Mr. George Lysnar presented Miss Wilson with a dozen silver afternoon teaspoons and a handsome scent bottle. Mr. E. C. S. Hamlin, on behalf of the choir, made the presentation of a pair of silver serviette rings in a handsome box. The speakers -wished Miss Wilson every happiness m nor future sphere of life. The Rev. Li- " Wright thanked those present on behalf of Miss Wilson.

The first meeting of the X-M-C.A. Junior Literary and- Debating Society took, place in the Association’s rooms last night, Mr. C. Tattcrsfiold prcsidiiitf. The subject under discussion was “Should capital punishment bo abolished?” Messrs A. deLautour, W. b. Edwards, and A. Vowles spoke, in the affirmative, and Meal’s T Orr, \V. Mellor, and G. Grant in the negative. After an interesting debate a vote was taken, resulting in the speakers m the affirmative being the victors ? by to votes to 8. The senior society s mecti,t<r .this. evening i promises to _bo of a specially interesting and amusing character, and -judging- from the Preparations -being made last night, should go a little beyond , the ordinary, in sound produced, at any rato.

Considerable interest is being excited in mining matters by the i< cent developments in the-Waihi Giann Junction mine, and there is quite a boom on with regard to.these shares, togethei with Waild Extended, Waihi Ccnsolidated, and Pride of Waihi, v mch have all been moving rapidly. Mr. \\.. Eissant Clayton, sharebroker, reports ■that i;all Thames stocks are also affected by the proposed deep level sell uric. tie odds: “There- is plenty ~df speculation at present figures, and buyers need not hesitate in touching Grand-Junctions at present prices. Waihi Consolidated, New Saxons, and New May Queens aie well worth attention. Owing to the expected public demonstration ot the process on* Wednesday next, horguson s Mining and Smejting shares are ropor,rd a; being Very" fifm:”- v •*; • ■ •;

The I* reezers’ Union held their

monthly mooting last night, a good number of members, being present. Power was given to the different departments to appoint delegates to draw up a fresh log, as the one under which they are at present working will expire shortly. The union instructed its delegates on the Trades and Labor Council to support a petition to the Government to erect workmen’s dwellings in Gisborne.

A “Gazette” notice .states that a duty of 4s. por 100 superficial feet is levied on “compo-board.” This is timber with a backing of paper-pulp cemented thereto. The duty is being imposed because, in the. opinion of the Minister for Customs, “compo-board” may be used for the same purposes as sawn dressed timber. !

The Prime Minister (Sir .Joseph Ward), when seen by a “Dominion” reporter last week', said that- he had received a communication from the Imperial authorities in connection 7 with the proposed naval conference of representatives of different portions of the Empire. The communication, however, was strictly confidential, and ho was therefore unable to make any furjther statement on the subject.

Cryptic letter from a cheerful indigent to a Wairarapa solicitor:—“About that 12s wot you rote, i carnt pay it, but if you will give me a fortnit i will pay it imagetly, i don’t no wot this world is coming to. i carnt get any money and i carnt pay nobody, the other day i had some money but it was game before i got it. Yours trully.”— The solicitor decided to credit the 12s to “bad debts.”

In this issue of the “Times” is an advertisement of a mile race to be run between Mick Griffin, of this town, who has numerous local and other performances to his credit in mile races, and Jim Sexton, who, a few' years since, secured at Najicr the mile championship for New Zealand. The race is to be run on the 24th .June, arid it is intended to apply for permission to _ run it on the Victoria Domain. Considerable interest should attach to the decision of this event. A deposit of £SO a-side has been lodged "with Mr. J. J. Martin,, of the Royal Hotel. *

As xne Moana was drawing away from the Wellington wharf bound for Sydney, a male passenger waved a friendly adieu to two of his acquaintances who had just arrived on the scene. Hls smiles faded away when they called out that he was on the wrong steamer, and that in place of going to Lyttelton by the Maori he -was off for Sydney by the Moana. There was a hurried scramble over the side, a line thrown from the wharf, and a very perturbed individual was hauled safely ashore. His luggage was flung after him as the vessel swung clear of the wharf.

At the dinner given trie other evening to Professor David at the University Club in Sydney, he told a little story against himself. His moral character, the professor said, was beginning to bo found out. The other day, when the reception was being .given him in the University Great Hall, his wife was stopped at the doorway, having forgotten her ticket. “But I’m his wife,” she protested to the undergraduate doorkeeper. “Very well, madam,” the undergraduate replied, with a peculiar smile. “Go in, by all means; but there are seven other wives of his in there already.”

Madame Melba the other May at “Awarua House” heard Miss Ward, the daughter of the -Prime Minister, sing, and nothing that she had been welltaught, inquired where she had received her tuition; on learning that it was at the convent in Hill street, she paid a visit to that institution, to compliment the sister who teaches singing. The music-room was prettily decorated in honor of Melba’s visit. The great diva spontaneously sang several songs, and gave some illustrations of vocalisation, greatly to the delight of the teachers.” in commemoration of her visit, Madame, who found her own picture han<nn«- on the wall of the little musicroom, has promised to send a signed photograph of herself and also intends to present a picture.

Mr Cecil Donne, writing to his father (Mr. T. E. Donne) from London, states that there had been very heavy snowfalls in the metropolis, and at the time of writing (the end of March) the streets wero covered with snow and great “hedges” had been piled up on on each side of the roads. This had given work to thousands of unemployed who had been put on to clear the streets. Unemployed riots were not rare, and it was quite a common, thing to see what they called “hunger marches” in the West End, crowds of unemployed marching through the streets ana demanding contributions from those they encountered. It was a sort of mild highway robbery, as in hundreds of cases they were looking tor work and praying they would not fmd it.

Chatting to a “Daily Times’*- reporter with regard to the anno.ir.cenient made that German spinners • ere booking forward very large yarn orders, which it was anticipated would absorb four bundled thousand bales of wool) Mr J. B. Moodie, manager for Dalgety and Co. at Masterton, stated that there was every probability that this would favorably affect the prices of the New Zealand clip) for the coming year, Last year there was a big “carry over” from the London sa’es, and under the circumstances a great deal of this would be held over till the next season’s sales. This would, of course, help to swell the supply, and have a tendency to reduce prices. But if German buyers were coming forward they would probably relieve holders, if not of all, at least of the major portion of t-liis “carry over,” and leave a clear market for the approaching season.

Tjie Cook County Council will forward to- the Borough Council for signature at the next meeting an agreement prepared in terms of the correspondence and the decision of the conference of the two Councils to . lake metal from the Patutahi quarry by tramway, should the poll of the county ratepayers be in favor of the loan for constructing the tramway. The last letter from the Borough council'states that should tho tramway be constructed the Council will agree to take SOUS yards of metal each year for five vears, and pay a royalty of 3d per yard,'and haulage' not to exceed 3s per yard. The Cook -County Council ho'us the opinion that if a proper agreement is come to between the two Councils before the poll is taken it will give the ratepayers greater confidence in ycijng for the loan. Tho county does not desire to make any profit out * f the borough, and while the haulages is set down at a price not to exceed 3s per vud. if the metal can be carried at a lower rate the charge will be reduced.