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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2509, 24 May 1909, Page 4

The Turanganui Bowling Club have decided to close their green for the season on Saturday afternoon next.

The second term of the Gisborne High School will commence on Wednesday next, 26th. inst.

The telegraph authorities notify that communication with East Cape was restored on Saturday.

\ special general meeting of shareholders of the Wailii East Gold Mining Company will be held in His Majesty’s Theatre on Monday next, to receive statements or accounts.

It is notified that the Cook County Council has decided to add ten per cent to all rates now six months overdue, unless they are paid on or before Saturday next, May 29.

The Salvation Army Band attended at the Hospital yesterday afternoon, and played an excellent programme of sacred music, which was greatly enjoyed by the inmates of the institution.

Mr. J. Hay, borough turncock, advises that the water supply _ will be turned off all day to-morrow in consequence of the work of connecting the pipes to the lower pressure tank.

The following have been_ added_ to the telephone exchange: Sol, M illiams Bros.. “Sherwood,” Muriwai (two long rings); 563, Miss A. F. Brooke-Taylor, “Framingham,” Childers Road: 565, J. J. Chapman, grocer, Gladstone Road.

The Cook County Council notify that Mr. William Charles Campbell has been appointed to impound cattle or horses found straying, lying about, or tethercd upon tlio county rouds in tho »»Imtaupoko riding.

In company with several memoers of the Borough' Council on Saturday afternoon. Mr. C. J- Reakes, Chief Government Veterinarian, visited the abattoirs, and pointed out a number o, improvements which he had suggested to the Council earlier in the day.

The public are reminded that the annual social of the Gisborne Fire Brigade is to take place m the Garrison Hall to-niMit. Mr. Wootton’s orchestra is to play the music for the dancing., and a very enjoyable gathering may be expected.

Mr. T. A. Coleman, East Coast Commissioner., invites tenders for the timber lease of lot 8 of Taliorn No. ~, containing 229 S acres, situated 42 miles from Gisborne and about seven miles from the Gisborne-Rotorua _ railway, now in course of construction, lenders are to close at noon on Monday, June 21.

The following passengers had booked passages last night by Messrs Redstone and Son’s coaches: For More re. Miss McLeod; for Nuhaka, Mr. Asmyorth: for Tarewa, Mr. HalUday; for lologa. Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Churches. Miss Reid, Mr. Palmer; for Pakarae. Messrs Cook, Jackson. Robertson; for Waipiro. Miss E. Blatlnvatt; for Tokomaru, Mr. W - Ilernc ry.

\ largely attended nice ling of shareholders °in the Lynda Soap Company was held in Townley’s Hall on Saturday evening to discuss the financial position of the company. Mr. J. F. Ret tie presided, and after some discussion it was unanimously decided that the company <r o into liouidation. Mr. Pcttic said the company was not bankrupt, ana that after paying all liabilities there would be a dividend for shareholders.

Tho following tenders for the erection of a brick residence at Kaiti were received by Mr. H. J. Brownlee, architect, on Saturday:—W. Webb and Sons £SBB 10s, G. Smith £598 10s, J. Colley £639, Sheet £640, Aitken and Wilson £649. Sharpies and Thompson £6O/ lUs, Evans. Nield and Co. M. Haisanan £687, J. Somervell £697 7s 6d, A. F. Laurie £698, Duncan and Luttrell £777. No tender has yet been accepted.

The members of the East ■ Coast Mounted Rifles are still in camp at Makauri. On Saturday morning the squadron was inspected by AdjutantCaptain Sapdtmann, who arrived from Wellington in the morning. He expressed himself as quite satisfied with the appearance of the men, and complimented them upon their appaicn efficiency. The camp, which breaks up this evening, was visited by a numhei of people from both town and countiy yesterday afternoon.

'Hie first of a scries of peoples services was celebrated in Wesley Church bv the Rev. J. A. Lochore last evening, when the preacher took for his text John V., verses 2to 5, known as Hie story of the impotent man. Mr. Booh ore dealt with the sympathy ol Christ for the sick and the suffering, and told that Jesus was always ready to help those who sought His aid. During the service the choir rendered tne “Gloria,” from Mozart’s 12th Mass, and Messrs E. Mitchell, P. W. Holmes, and W. J. Barlow sang solos.

The re-erected locomotive grab at Kaitaratahi was given a trial on Thursday, and taken over by the Borough Council. Speaking to a reporter yesterday, the Mayor said that the trial was most satisfactory, the appliance having lifted 8 yards m 10 minutes, which is at the rate of 8 yards more per hour than was stipulated for. Mr. A. Davys. who inspected the crane for the Borough Council, pronounced it to he an excellent piece of machinery. There are still a few additions to bo made to it, such as a brake and ditfereut buffers to adapt tho machine to tlio style of the New Zealand railways.

Tlie lantern and' apparatus for the lifghthouse at Tuahine Point arrived from Wellington on Saturday. It is expected that tho tower will be finished this week.

Mr. Andrew Selkirk, a descendant of Alexander Selkirk, who vvas the original of Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe,” has died at Cowdenbeath, Fife. He was an engineer by trade, and had himself lived a roving and adventurous life. Ho travelled extensively in Australia and Now Zealand, taking part in the early rushes to the gold diggings.

Butter-pats are receiving the professional attention of the Inspector of Weights and measures in Wellington. Wholesale and retail stores had been visited to the extent of 30. In one case it is reported the pound pat was under 16oz, but in other cases over, while some pats were found to be under weight others of the same brand were over-weight.

It is stated that from twenty to thirty families are immigrating to Nelson from Wellington, says the “Nelson Mail.” The heads of these are mostly retrenched officers, who lived in Wellington on salaries of from £SOO to £6OO per annum, but whose retiring allowance, £250, will not allow them to continue to live in Wellington.

In a letter to the “Daily Telegraph” (London), an Essex farmer stated: — “Every sheep that has been fattened in this country during the past six-months has entailed a loss to the owners of from 6s to 10s per head ; and when we read that.one single vessel recently sailed from New Zealand, carrying a cargo of 21.800 carcases of lamb, 18,000 carcases of sheep, and 20,000 bales of wool, it is perhaps not to be wondered at.”

“I believe in the value of music,” said Sir Joseph Ward at the presentation of. Trinity College diplomas at Christchurch, recently. “I do not care whether it is a Jew’s harp, a cornet, a piano or any other instrument. I believe in a boy-learning to play some instrument and singing, too. Wnat we want to remember is that the boys should be impressed with the desirability of emulating tho girls in this matter.”

For the purpose of military instruction, Auckland will soon be in the tbroes of an attack made on it by Wellington troops. The Wellington officers have made up their minds to play a war game with Auckland, under the auspices of the V ellington Garrison Officers’ Club. The various attacks by which it will be shown whether or not Auckland can keep its flag flying will be made during the winter months, and the whole of the operations will be worked out in detail by the military men of both cities.

A rather serious accident happened to Mrs. R. W. Kvmo yesterday. She was out riding in the morning, when her horse took fright at something and bolted, throwing her heavily to the ground. She was removed to a residence near by, and when Dr. Collins arrived he pronounced her to be suffering from concussion of the brain. Dr. Collins remained with the injured lady all the afternoon, and in the evening she had sufficiently recovered to be removed to her own home. From inquiries made late last night it was ascertained that Mrs. Kyme was a great deal better and progressing as satisfactorily as could be expected.

At a meeting of the committee of the Alhambra Club on Saturday evening, it was decided to form an orchestra in connection with the club. The following officers were elected:* Conductor, Mr. A. Werneche; secretary, Mr. W. Stevens; committee. Messrs Newton, Lang and Miller. The following players will form the orchestra: Messrs Wootton, Bollcn, Rangi, Torrens. McConnell, Strong, Xuimns, Bannister, ■Williams, and Barlow. Air*. 'Warneche. the conductor, is reported to have had wide experience in conducting orchestras at Home, and to be a violinist of no mean order. Those wishing to join the orchestra should communicate with the secretary or any member of the club.

Exception was taken by the "Petone Chronicle” to the procedure adopted bv the ■Wellington Education Board regarding the appointment of a teacher to fill a vacancy. The position was that of assistant master. The point in dispute is rather an important one and affects school committees generally. The Board forwarded the name of only one applicant. M bile the committee has no objection to the selection of the Board, it strongly objects, on principle, to the Board forwarding only one name. It considers that this is virtually defeating the spirit of the Education Act in relation to the control a committee has in the selection of teachers, and refuses to confirm the appointment until' the Board forwards the full list of applicants for the position.

A writer in the “Hawke’s Bay Herald” protests vigorously against tile license given to lawyers when crossexamining witnesses in tlie witnessbox. “I have seen a poor servant girl, who happened to bo in the house when some rumpus occurred, and was called as a witness,” he says, “standing trembling and crying in the box while a brutal lawyer poured forth streams of contempt, sneers, insults and jeers upon her because her evidence was injurious to his client. All the time the magistrate —a most kindly, courteous old gentleman in private hie—sat by utterly indifferent to the poor girl’s suffering. A word from him could have stopped it all. but a life spent in a Police Court makes a man as unfeeling as a machine, ■and the refinement of the private person is crushed by the pitiless tyranny of the law. It is quite time that the victims of the system should protest, and it is through the Press alone that we can make our voice heard. If every person who has experienced tile cruelty of cross-examination, as it is generally conducted, were to write his experiences. we might obtain some mitigation of this abuse.”

A Featherston gardener recently had on unexpected windfall of £IOO. Ho decided to celebrate his good fortune Ingoing to Wellington to see the races, and in case of h fire In his' absence he put what was left of the money in n tin box and buried it in the garden, placing a roll of barbed wire over it Lr safety? When he returned from the races and returned to dig up his “plant” he found that someone had boon there before him and had secured the money. A few shillings in change was left, but the main sum, about £Go. chiefly in five-pound notes, wax gone. Small-pox of a very virulent type has been raging in Calcutta for some time past. An Aucklander who recently visited that city, writing to a friend in Auckland, gives a vivid description of the distressing scenes he witnessed there.

There was a clean sheet .at the Police Court ou Saturday morning.

The members of the Kaiti-City Football Club arc requested to meet at the Royal Hotel at 7.30 o’clock this evening for practice.

“Have you a Patent or an idea for a. Patent? We furnish the money. You furnish the brains. If interested communicate with the Patent . Exploiting Syndicate, Box 495.. Dunedin.”*

The revenue received at the Gisborne Custom House last week was as follows: Oustome duties £716 15s beer duty £33 ss, light dues 3s 7d, other receipts £7 18s; total, £758 Is Bd. The port charges collected during the week amounted to £6 11s Id.

On Saturday the Hon. James Carroll received a communication from Mr. R. McNab, ex-Minister for Lands, stating that he would like to accept the invitation to come to Gisborne and deliver an address on defence matters, but he had already made 25 appointments. He would, however, telegraph during this week and advise how it could be done wdth the least sacrifice of time, lie having made an appointment at Hastings.

A meeting or the Mangapapa School Committee was held on Friday night, present—Messrs M. McLeod (chairman), T. Ellery, A. Coad, E. Grundy, J. Brown. E. S. Goldsmith, and W. H. Smith. The headmaster (Mr. R. Cole) reported that the attendance continued very satisfactory. Since the last meeting the average had been 183.2, and the roll number was now 208. The Education Board notified that £5 10s had been granted towards the cost of dividing the infant room; also that Miss E. E. Ambridge and Mrs I. Brodie had been appointed assistants. The Mangapapa Band of Hope were granted the use of the schoolroom for an entertainment on June 4. Messrs Brown and Coad were appointed the visiting committee for the ensuing month.