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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2530, 17 June 1909, Page 4

A special meeting of the Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Society will bo hold tins evening.

y meeting of persons interested in football under Australian rules will be held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms at, S p.m. to-day/

The timo for receiving tenders ior the erection of office buildings for tho AVaikohu Comity Council has been extended to Friday, Juno 20.

The annual meeting of the Poverty Bav Agricultural and 1 astoral Association will bo held at the Farmers Clubj Dunlop’s buildings, at 2.p.m. on Saturday, June 26.

Commencing noxt Saturday, the office of the Union Steamship Company will be closed at 1 P-m.. and w m future remain open all day on. Ihuus day ' Passengers by. tlio southoni steamer on Sundays are recommended to note the change, and book during Saturday morning or earlier in oidei that berths may he reserved for Diem on arrival of the vessel from A special advertisement apppea rs in. a-V.ls_.iSf®tie. > * 1

A “brick social,” in aid of the funds of the Maternity Home, is to be held is His Majesty’s Theatre this evening.

Messrs deLautour, Barker and Stock announce that they have various sums of money, ranging from £IOO to £2OOO, to lend.

The annual examinations in engineering wore conducted at the Courthouse by Mr. M. Sharp, Inspector of Machinery, yesterday. Sovon candidates sat for various subjects.

The following passengers have booked to leave by Messrs Redstone and Sons’ coaches this morning:—For Waipiro : Mr. Cato; for Tologa* Mr. Monanui and boy.

The box plan for the Orchestral Society’s concert to be given in His Majesty’s Theatre on June 22, will be opened at Mr. Miller’s at 10 a.m. today.

The quarterly meeting of the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce, which was fixed for Friday night, has been postponed until Monday evening, at 7.30 o’clock. The meeting will be held in the Borough Council Chambers.

The monthly meeting of the Waikohu County Council, which was to have been held to-morrow, has been postponed for a week owing to the chairman (Mr. W. D. S. MacDonald, M.P.) being unablcto return from Wellington this week.

“The present trouble is,’’ said the Mayor at last night’s meeting, , 1 that there is not sufficient capital in the Dominion to carry on the work of the country, and I would favor supporting any scheme that will increase the quam tity of capital available.”

“I object to these systematic interruptions,” stated Or. Collins at last night’s meeting. He added, with some impressiveness: ‘ ‘The next Councilloi who interrupts me without, first securing the ruling of the chair will find that I shall be very rude to him.

At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., Denis O’Meara, who admitted a second offenco of drunkenness within six months, -was sentenced to seven days’ imprisoment, and a prohioition ordei was issued against him.

At the Baptist Tabernacle this evening, a concert will be given. An attractive programme of choral, orchestral, vocal, and instrumental items has been arranged. The concert is to commence at 8, and admission will be free, but a collection will be taken f°i the choir funds.

At ti.e meeting of the Borough Council last night, Cr. Smith gave notice to move at next meeting of the Council that in view of the rapidly '-ncieasing business, and the extremeiy, late hours at which the meetings terminate, in future.,the Council shall meet every Wednesday night.

The returns of the hemp graded m the dominion during May show a total of 6476 bales, an increase of 1114 bales over the corresponding period of 1908. The hemp graded for the twelve months ended May 31 amounted to 75,470 bales, a decrease, of 39,474 bales compared with the previous twelve months.

At last night’s meeting of the Borough Council the tender of Mr. JColley, at £l2O, was accepted for the erection of a sanitary shed at the depot. The tender of Messrs O’Shalla and Burton, at £67 10s, was accepted for the work of tunnelling and testing tlie Gentle Annie quarry.

Mr f Kirk, Government bio!o----giit, states that tU « Wtroduction of ladybirds has averted a loss o. - ; - W ’ 000 at least by destroying the blue gul n blight. The gardens, etc., of the Dominion cover an area of 48,572 acres, and the estimated loss from insect pests affecting these is £384,000 per annum.

Inquiries are being made in New Zealand for the sons of a man named Cutter (deceased), who left, Newcastle, England, for Australia, about 40 years ago. Two of the sons were supposed to have come to Poverty Bay about two years ago, and if they will communicate with the police they will hear of yomohting to their advantage under their father’s will.

“Any Councillor who wishes to kill or endanger the- road loan should vote for the motion,” declared the Mayor last night when Cr. Darton moved that all new permanent works should be put down on the permanent levels. Considerable discussion followed the motion, which was eventually withdrawn, and the matter was left in the hands of the Works Committee to report.

At last night’s meeting of the Borough Council, it was decided to call for tenders for the erection of a- tworoomed cottage at the Kaitaratahi o-ravel pit. The matter of obtaining two additional trailers for the Stvaker waggon was referred to the < w oi./cs Committee to consider the advisability or otherwise of calling tenders for their erection.

Master Eihdiay CiUMl'OiU SiVb of Mr. Duncatl Canter oil, and , A. well-known rider at the A. aiid 1\ Snow, was the victim of a painful Accident on Tuesday. He was .thtOtm. from a horse \viiicli lie was yidiftg, at Waikarau.station, and lia'd ’his leg badly broken, and bis ankle, sprained. The lad was brought to town yesterday morning, and taken to Nurse. Wheelers private hospital.

The following telegram was received by His Worship-the Mayor last evening from the Premier, in answer to a message from the Mayor conveying the resolution passed at Tuesday night’s meeting in favor of the adoption of a system of compulsory military training: “1 am in receipt of your telegram conveying the resolution passed at a public meeting held in Gisborne yesterday in favor of compulsory military training, the terms of which are noted, and for which I thank you. I shall be glad to receive the press reports of the meeting you arc posting me.—.l. GWard.”

Once again the proceedings at the meeting of the Borough Council wore drawn out to great length, and it was not until 1 o’clock tilts morning that the meeting terminated. Practically all the general business was eempleted at 11.4 Q pan., and as it was proposed to bring up further matters, Cr. Kirk entered a strong protest, which lie. emphasised by preparing to leave and finally leaving the room. Crs. Clayton and Collins deplored the action- of % Cr. Kirk, stating that tlic latter gentleman did not annarently realise; lhs responsibility to the ratepayers, and expressing their own readiness to sit until S a.m, .^if necessary in the 'interests, or ■those■ they represented. .

An elderly Maori woman, who was married at the Registrar’s omco about six weeks ago, is applying for a prohibition order against her husband.

“One of the finest machines 1 have ever seen to carry out the wortt it is asked to do,” is Councillor boniervelPs verdict on the locomotive giab at present working at Kaitaratahi.

The annual meeting of tlie Cosmopolitan Club will be held this eve A ballot for the election of two .members of ,the committee will take place during the day.

Speaking at a meeting at Lyttelton last week, Lieutenant-Colonel Coop ex said that there was a great lack ot interest shown in volunteering by the women of New Zealand. You o laugh,” he said, “when you see us witlx our swell clothes on, marching down behind a band, but you, never see ns when we have our working clotnes on and are doing hard graft. Ibe men that stand round the corners smoking cigarettes are not men. llie men who wear a uniform over a narrow chest are much better than those who stand at a street corner and laugh at those who , are attempting to do a little for thcr defence of the Dominion. I would rather have one of those so-called weeds in a uniform than twenty of.the men who stand in the street."’

The Tuabine light was not bested yesterday, as the lighthouse is hardly ready, and any test made would on y be of a partial nature. Even when tfie light has been got ready, it cannot be put into use until it has been gazetted bv the Marine Department, H l © lighthouse stands on a concrete foundation Oft deep, and rises to a height of 2ort. while from the base to the centre or the lens is 17 feet. The lantern is circular, about 6ft in diameter. The light will be supplied from an acetylene plant, consisting of a generator, regelating gasholder and purifier. fj le generator will hold 1801 Us of carbide, sufficient to keep a light burning continuousiy for 40 days. Ihe light will be of the revolving pattern, and" will flash every few seconds, and it is calculated that it will be Handy visible an a distance of about 14 miles.