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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2533, 21 June 1909, Page 4

Sergt. Hutton left for South by tho s.s Maitai last night on seventeen days‘ holiday leave.

The matron of the hospital Mies it to be known that she will be 'ery pleased to receive any donations of ol linen for the institution.

The following passengers had booked last night by Messrs Redstone and Sons’ coaches, leaving this morning. Eor Wairoa, Mr. Malcolm, party ot five- for Hangaroa, Mr. Floyd, for Nuli'aka, Miss E. Hydo; for Morere, bliss Goldsmith.

There were three occupants of the police cells last night. “Y jiarton be charged before Mr. W. A. Barton, SAL, this morning with the separate offences of drunkenness, and disorderly conduct, and drunken ness and resisting the police.

Allan Hamilton’s Dramatic Compatiy will commence a season of four nigh in His Majesty’s Theatre on Wednesday wlek, June 30. They will produce the well-known “In the Ra nk -f “A Message from Mars,” and two new dramas. “Queen of the Night and “The King of Crime.”

The first subscription concert of the Gisborne Orchestral Society for this season is to be given m His Majesty s Theatre to-morrow evening. . Ine programme is advertised m this issue, intending subscribers may obtain all information from the lion, sec., Mr. J• Chrisp.

Messrs J. Peckover. and Co. report enquiries for cottage --roperties. llie,'? report tho following sales: House and section, Clifford Street; house and section, Berry Street; two houses and sections. Sheehan Street ; tlireo houses and sections, Ormond Road v two houses and sections, off Roebuck Road; house and section, Gladstone Road ;and a \ anety under offer.

An election to fill three vacancies on the Hawke’s Bay Education Board will lie held on Monday, July 29. One member null be required to represent each of the three wards of the district. Nominations will close at 5 p.m. on Monday, July 5. The members who retire are Air. S. AlcLernon (North Ward). Air. C. H. WTiittington (Aliddle Ward), and H. M. Ries (South W ard).

The following has been received from Sir Joseph AVard in reply to a telegram from the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Gisborne: I note from your telegram that the meeting of the Gisborne Carpenters’ Union, held on Thursday evening, was unanimously in favor of universal military training. I may say that the matter is receiving the caroiul consdcration ol tlie Government.”

Tlie Alelbourne “Ago” of 22nd ult., published the following telegram from Geelong:—An ownerless horse wandered into the town on Friday and took possession of a tailor’s shop. Aitei kicking the counter to pieces it proceeded to Geelong Wtest, where its vagaries demonstrated that it was mad. The animal clambered up a large pear tree in the borough, and got stuck there. Throe policemen lassooed rt and endeavored to haul it down. They failed, and at last had to shoot the animal.

During the past week or so there has been a large number of applicants for shares in tho newly-formed Gisborne Co-operative bleat Supply Co., Limited. The list will finally close on June 30th, after which it is proposed to immediately commence operations. Liberal treatment is promised to shareholders who become consumers, ana they are to receive a conus from surplus profits. Forms of application may be obtained -from the acting-secretary nf the company, Mr. H. E. Dodd, Lowe Street.

About 5 o’clock on Saturday evening « disturbance --was occasioned m Gladstone Road, the primary cause being a man who had taken more intoxicating liquor than was good for linn. .Ho presented himself at the Coronation Hotel, but was,eieeted,. and -was arrested by Constable Pratt who was in plain clothes. The officer had some trouble in conveying bis prisoner towards tlio lock-up, J ancT at earner someone in the small crowd called out, “Don’t go with him.’ the captn ( thereupon renewed his > with the assistance of abystander, uas placed in a cab and. driven to the police station.' Both the constable and. Ins captive wore covered with mud as the insult M the encounter. . ■ trv... . .'j.

The quarterly meeting ot the Gisborne Chamber ol Commerce’ will tbe hold in the Borough Council Chambers at 7.30 o’clock this evening.

A class will be opened at the Technical School at 7 j>.in. to-day, under the tuition of Mr. Fidd.y for accountancy and mercantile and commercial practice.

Tenders will be received at the Borough Council office up till 7.30 P-J 11 -. on Wednesday. June 30, for the erection of a two-roomed cottage at Jvaitaratahi, near the gravel pit.

A general meeting of the lov y Bay Rugby Union will be held at the Masonic Hotel at, 8 p.m. to-day., the purpose of choosing selectors and transacting general business.

The Gisborne Borough Council notifies that the northern ond of Roebuck Road will not be open for vehicular traffic for a few days, m order to allow of repairs to the approaches to tne bridge.

The Postmaster-General has forbidden money-order and postal correspondence to be sent from New Zealand to Sir Robert Bear, professor of music, Pitt Street, Sydney, and —. K- bmitn, 16, Park Street, Sydney

The revenue received at the Customhouse. Gisborne, last week was: Customs duties £724 14s 8d light dues Lb 14s. other receipts £7 Is 2d, toba] w 9s 10d- The port charges collected by the Harbor Board amounted to £/U Js 4d.

Two men charged with drunkenness appeared before Mr. W A. Barton, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court on baturday morning. One first offender was fined 10s with costs 2s, in default 4o hours’ imprisonment, and Arthur 1 airless, a second offender, was fined _£l with costs 2s, in default 4 days imprisonment. A first offender, who did not appear, was ordered to forfeit the amount of his bail, £l.

In all probability the new childrens creche, which is being erected by the Cook County Women's Guild, will be opened on Thursday next, and an appeal is being made to the public to help towards the furnishing of the building. Any article of furniture for the kitchen or nursery, or any provisions for the support of the chldren will be g-adly welcomed by any member of the Cook County Women’s Guild, the Mayoress, or Mrs. Townley.

Mr Nelson Illingworth, the sculptor, has received instructions from the Government to proceed with the work or designing and sculpturing the memorial to be erected at Papawai, near Carterton, to the memory of the late chief Mahupuku, who died two years ago. The design will be a large and impressive four-sided monument. It will be constructed of pure white Carrara marble, with bronze panels on two sides, one a relief of the old chief himself, and the other typifying some incident in his career. The memorial will be 18ft in height. The memorial will lie a base of 10ft square. The cost will be about £SOO.

The most comical objects ever produced in the Supreme Court at Timaru were surely two that were brought to the Court" one day recently for the purpose of explaining a certain point or points in a suit in which a collision between two horsed vehicles originated a fatality (says the “Herald”). The articles were a couple of little toy animals and carts, the animals being crosses apparently between sheep or goats and white poodle dogs. Displayed on the Registrar’s desk they were in ludicrous contrast to ponderous law papers and the serious faces of the legal gentlemen who wanted them. And when two or three of these and a serious witness began to manoeuvre these threepenny toys in illustration of certain facts in the case, it (required alll one’s sense of respect for the place to refrain from laughing. The whole audience in the body of the Court rose to its feet to see the mimic collision.

A rather exciting adventure befel a fisherman named Hans Galowin recently. In company with several other boats he was on the fishing groundsat Horse Shoe Bay, near Akaroa Heads. About 11 o’clock a school of a dozen or more whales appeared in the vicinity, and after sporting about for a while, were seen to “sound” some distance off. A few seconds later Galowin, who was about half a piile further out tlian the others, was greatly alarmed by liis boat being raised, bodily from the water, breaking his mooring line and nearly capsizing him. One of the whales in going under the boat had. evidently fouled the mooring and, in turning off, bumped the boat. Not relishing such close acquaintance, the fisherman beat a hasty retreat in shore till the. whales had passed on. .

A rather peculiar runaway accident occurred in Gladstone Hoad yesterday morning. A young lady, accompanied bv a gentleman, was coming along Waimii Road on horseback, when her horse took fright, and bolted straight across the Kaiti bridge. Her companion set off in pursuit, but failed in bis attempt to get hold of the runaway’s rein. ' and a greyhound, darting out from the side of the road, got in front of tlie galloping horse, causing it to come down heavily. The young lady was thrown some distance away, but beyond a severe shaking fortunately escaped serious injury. The dog, which is a very valuable one, was roiled over and over on the road, and getting op. made off as fast as it could in the directum of Kaiti and over the bridge. Up till a late hour last night the owner of the dog was searching *for it. but unsuccessfully, and it is feared that-it lias been more seriously injured than was thought at’ first-

> “Is Hell Needed?” was the question J which the Rev. l)r. Strong sought to 1 answer in the course of a sermon at l - the Australian Ghurch in Melbourne on - a recent Sunday night. By bell, he 1 said, was meant a place of miraculous " torment, where souls were imprisoned y to all eternity. Was this place nocosy saryfto. satisfy divine justice? It was 2 prosurtnosed by many theologians—bothCatholic and Protestant—and whenever it was surrendered as an essential £ article of theological faith tho theologi- - ans became disintegrated, Notwitht standing this, belief in a material hell - had been openly renounced by many > within oven the orthodox, church. So t frir from this conception of a place of - everlasting fire satisfying divine jusi tico, it destroyed all faith in such jus--3 tico. Though this doctrine was said ! to lie supported in the Scriptures, tho • Scriptures were not infallible—as dog- - matists -claimed for them- —-but merely V the inspiration, of a new spirit. Tho • worship of an infallible book and the >.. dread of a miraculous, hell must be eli- ■ -min a ted from Christian theology. This • world was a sufficient hell, and selfish- • ness and sin would bring their own consequences both hero and hereafter. . j . ■.5

Tho supply of oysters to ■ the State depot has now reached oCO sacks a week. The demand still exceeds the supply, Hut it, is expected to fad off as 1 the season advances. It is difficult to estimate what the actual demand really is, as some of the orders put in are considered to be- fictitious, the object being to secure a larger supply than would be given on a lower order r The Wellington demand is expected to increase a little during the I arliaraeii■fcary fis several I’Cifjfc&urants lit that city, which at other times kee|> only Stewart Island oysters, then stock the Auckland article. .Present supplies are coming from Chamberlains or Jtenm w' Island, in the Huaraki Gulf, and tiny A| quality is stated to he excellent-.

The remarkable growth of the Cosmopolitan Club during its last year tbe number of members increased from 151 to 560— hashed the committee to consider the advisability of further vcloping the work of the institution, especially on the literary side. It is in contemplation to improve the reading room and also to establish a circulating library for the use of members. Hie committee will, it is understood, make a .grant for this purpose, It is also intended to endeavor to arrange for a series of entertainments for the recreation of the members and their lady friends. It is considered probable that a permanent secretary wilbbe appointed and, in this connection, it has been, suggested that the officer in question shall devote a portion of his time to the organising of entertainments. A noteworthy gift was recently made to the club by Mr. E. W. Thomas of Patutahi, who presented the institution ivith 8. fine portrait of the late Right Hon. R. J. Seddon.