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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2545, 5 July 1909, Page 4

The takings at tho boat race at Wanganui amounted to about £6OO. The Right Rev. Bishop Williams will hold a confirmation service in Holy Trinity Church on Sunday evening next. - - The Gisborne Racing Club has accepted tho tender of Mr. N. Piiciier t-,r the right to take charge of hi rses ./:• the steeplechase meeting to pa 101 l on Thursday and Friday next. A first offender for drunkenness vas at the Police Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. J. Townley, J.P.,-fined the usual ss, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment. - Fruit trees have their buds swelling and making a big effort to burst into ’bloom on the N-apier hills, and in some situations, ripe rasberries have been picked during the (past few days, says the Hawke’s Bay “Herald.” The following revenue was rec/i v*-d at the Custom-house, Gisborne, last week:—Customs duties £824 5s Bd, beer duty £l2 16s 6d, light dues £l4 19s 3d, shipping fees 3s, other receipts f-;S 0s 8d; total, £BBS ,5s Id. The Harbor Board collected £194 3s Cvl m port charges. There is now on view at Christchurch a most ingenious model of St. Peter’s at Rome, worked to scale. It contains no fewer than 329.000 .pieces of wood, and lias taken Air G. Petersen, the constructor, nearly five years to complete. It is a full-size model occupying table 16ft by Bft and standing 10ft high. Tenders were opened by Alessrs J. Townley and J. B. Kells-at the Harbor Board on Saturday for the supply of about 12,000 ft of totara and about 41,000 ft of kauri. Three were received, and that of Messrs vrans, Nield and Co. was accepted, th*re being little difference between fie three tenders. Air Hogg, M.P., in a speech at Wellington “It /was the right of every man and woman in this country to speak fearlessly and freely, to think for ’themselves, and do what was right and .proper, and never to shirk their convict k>nfi. I would rather be a toad living in a utmgeon than he a Alinister ‘tongue-tied, gagged, and muzzled, even at £IOOO a year.” “The labor market in Gisborne cannot be said to be in a very bad way,” said Mr. M. Carmody, Inspector of Factories, to a ‘“Times” reporter on Satruday. “The demand for. labor is improving,” he continued, “and during / the past week I have been able to place a dozen married men on the railway works, and to find -private employment for five or six others, with the’' result that at the present lime ouly a few single men are calling upon me. and in all probability I will receive authority in a few days to place a limited number of men on the railway works. The Mayor of Greymouth (Air T. E. Yates), in responding to the toast of “Our Local Industries” at a social function,- referred to the farming industry, which, he said, was going ahead tiy leaps and bounds on the West Coast of the! South Island. A great future lay before the district in that respect, 'as settlement was advancing, and with it they were providing more and more for their own requirements. In this connection it is interesting to note that cheese from (South Westland lately obtained tho highest price.on the London market —a fact which should encourage settlers to launch out with siriiilar schemes. In the south good development is taking (place, whilst the same remarks apply with equal force to tho Barrytown district, where a number of Canterbury settlers have lately taken up land in small holdings. Two Waihi residents visiting Christchurch had an unusual and unpleasant experience recently. Tempted by tho morning air, they climbed to the balconies on the Cathedral tower and looked with interest over the city and the plains. While they were thus engaged; the south-west wind closed the door, behind them, and when they proposed to move to a second balcony they found then iso Ives shut out. Their unitclcl efforts could not move the door, and in their curious predicament they had to seek assistance from below. The wind was bitterly cold, and as no pedestrians were looking skyward the visitors had to remain aloft for nearly threequarters of an hour. They tried- to attract attention by throwing down a luit, and even contemplated more desperate devices. Ultimately their position was observed, and they were released. The proposal to hold a pastoral and agricultural show in Rotorua is one that.will commend itself to the public, but which requires careful consideration (says tho Rotorua “Times”). Rotorua is not as yet the centre of,a. large farming district, although there is every reason to believe that it will be when the surrounding lands are thrown open on tenures such as will promote instead of retard settlement. At present, however,' settlement is almost wholly, confined to the bush districts of tlie Mamalcu plateau, in addition to which is the sheen country to the east and south' cast. • If it is not deemed advisable, to launch out, immediately with a fullblown agricultural show, there is no reason why a horticultural and industrial exhibition should riot be held, at •which the .products, both raw and manufactured, of tlie district would ho. .displayed to the benefit of residents and •visitors. *-/• j

The annual meeting of the Turanganui Bowling Club whl be held at th Royal Hotel on Wednesday evening. The Mayor and Mayoress (Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Lysnar) will leave for ™ South this morning by the on a holiday extending over about ten days. . ; . The Hawke’s Bay Education Boar invite applications from nersons <1 lied to act as general foreman of worts. Particulars may bo obtained from Mr. V. Morgan, Gisborne. It is notified that applications for bookmakers’ licenses at the Gisbor Racing Club’s meeting will be received bv the secretary, Mr. H. E. Dodd, up to 9 p.m. on Wednesday next. The Tourist Department invite tenders closing at Wellington on duly io> for leasing the Government hostels at Te Puia Springs, Waikaremoana, iukaki, and Te Anau, for five years from August Ist next. Mrs. Townley, president of the Cook County Women’s Guild, has presented the Mayoress (Mrs. W. X). Lysnar) with the silver key with which the children s eieche was opened, as a memento of the opening of the institution. The Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Frozen Meat Co., Ltd., notify that their factory will close down for the annual overhaul on July 15th and that all stock for freezing should be arranged for prior to that date. The following passengers were booked to leave Gisborne, this morning by Messrs J. Redstone and Sons’ coaches: For Tiniroto, Mrs. White: for Tomga, Messrs Coward and Bean; for Whangara, Mrs. Dickey; for Morere, Mrs. .CooTver: for Tokomaru, Messrs Huddall and Piesse. Farmers generally are very jubilant in South Africa at present. They are having an excellent winter, with plenty of rains. In the Karoo country where the average rainfall for the year is only about ten to twelve inches, that amount fell up to the end of April. This rain has thoroughly restored the veldt for stocking* purposes. As an, illustration of the number of visitors thronging Dunedin during the Winter Show, it is stated that a. visitor from Gore had to be content to share a roorri with 18 others in a 'hotel. Many found it impossible to secure lodgings in the city, and so were compelled to stay at hotels in the outlying suburbs, notably, in South Dunedin.' A shooting competition was held by the Te Karaka Gun Club on Thursday, and some good shooting took place.. The competition proved an exciting finish, and resulted in Messrs King, Sandlant .and Monckton taking Ist, 2nd, and 3rd prizes respectively. Mr. Owen Monckton has kindly donated a cup to be shot off for at the end of the season. Dr. DeLisle, District Health Officer, has received the following returns for the past month: —Scarlatina, Napier 9 cases, Okawa 1, Hastings 1, Waikohu 1. Mangakawa 2, Mangapapa 1; total, 15. Diphtheria, Mangateretere 1, Hastings 1; total, 2. Enteric fever, Greenmeadows 1, Wairoa 3, Te Karaka 1, Gisborne 1; total, 6. Consumption, Wairoa 2, Gisborne 1; total, 3. Blood poisoning, Wairoa 1. On Saturday Captain Hellier Evans received advice from the officer commanding the Fourth Regiment of Mounted Rifles, notifying the following appointments: —Captain Evans, appointed an aditional member of the local Board of Military Examiners at Gisborne; Robert Le Quesne to acting quartermaster-sergeant, with rank of sergeant; Trooper J. R. Foote to acting regimental quartermaster-ser-geant. Interviewed at Master ton after a ‘‘welcome home,” Mr Hogg, M.P., said he intended to make ?. comprehensive tour of New Zealand, in the cause of. Labor. He had received pressing invitations to deliver addresses from all parte of th<s Dominion, and these lie proposed to accept. It was his belief that such a course of action would hare a reviving effect on the Labor cause, in New Zealand and would eventually lead to a vigorous independent Labor party. From one end of Australia to the other we .can report the season as good, and in most parts as very good (says the. “Pastoralists’ Review”). Here and there are patches of dry country, where rain is badly wanted, but generally .'(peaking, falls have been plentiful and 'the weather mild. It looks as if the next pastoral season from 1909 to 1910 is going to be a record year for Australian producers. An improvement in the price of frozen meat in London is all now that is desired by pastoralists to make the prospects rosier than for many years past. During the Webb-Arnst boat race last December “Billy” Fogwell, Arrist’s pacer, climbed to the masthead of the vVaimarie and assisted his comrade by waving directions as to the course to be .rowed. *ln the last race Fogwell again scaled the mast of the W.aimarie much to" the annoyance of Mr Tuck (one of Webb’s backers), who was on another boat, and nvho yelled out: “Take him down out of that.” But Fogweil, who knew that Mr Tuck did not own the boats or the river, was not to ba dislodged, and there lie remained through-' but the race signalling to his man as previously. f The taxation of bachelors has become a rcalitv in Bulgaria. The newspapers of Sofia declare that the tax has been popularly received, even by those who will have to pay for it. They do not consider that to pay Ss 4d a year for keeping their liberty is a very great hardship. The bachelors of the ancient city of Tirnovo. while wi’ling to pay the tax, suggest n condition should be attached to it.. They have petitioned the .Finance Minister tb suppress the carnival N of striking bachelors with bladders attached to sticks. The bachelors are struck with bladders becauseof their unwillingness to And wives. They came in for rough usage during the recent carnival. A Christchurch commercial man who has just returned to New Zealand after a trip through Australia . informed a "Lyttelton “Times” reporter that Melbourne. adopted the Universal Saturday ■half-holiday about a mouth ago by an overwhelming' majority. Although indignation meetings were called, principally at the instance of shopkeepers in the suburbs of Praliron and Oollingwood, it was found difficult to get speakers .who would advocate a return to the old regime under-which the retail establishments ,dosed on Wednesday while the wholesale, warehouses closed on Saturday. Representatives of the retailers in all o’asses of business spoke heartily iu favor of the universal halflipliday , and nidi ions to revert to the .previous estate of affairs were overwhelmingly defeated. So far as lie could ascertain, the volume of retail business had shown a slight falling off immediately after tk> change, but it was widely anticipated that as soon as the public got used to doing its week-end shopping on Friday night there would be no further loss of trade.

Frozen- milk in large .quantities is \ sent form Holland and Sweden to England. /J A meeting was held in Tow ..Hall on Saturday for the of a Shearers Lnion. here was a largo attendance, over 30 shearers from all parts of the district !-- ng present. A resolution was unanimously carried that a Union bo formed, tu be called the Poverty Bay Shearers Industrial Union. The election of officers resulted 'as _ follows : —IW.W Mr. Tuteare Kmgi; vice-president, Mr. T Swann; treasurer Mr. Hon harangi; secretary, Mr. Taare l it i- and,tors, kessrs P. Shendaji and Hooper; trustees, Messrs Honare Ruru and j rihama Rimutimu: committee, Messrs T. Swann, R. Babbington, Tuhoe, Laihama Rimutimu, and Tamatea. An amount of general business was transacted, and a special committee v as* appointed to arrange rules and other details. The Prince and Princess Nasbimoto, who were in London for the last Court at Buckingham Palace, are well-known and popular members of the Imperial House of Japan. They are very West- • ern in their ideas, and the Princess, a daughter ef the Marquis Nabeshima—who was attached to the Embassy m London in 1902—dresses elegantly m Eurooean fashion. She is a clever linguist, and is renowned among her country-women for her beauty and culture. Prince Naehimoto was at a military academ- in France at the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war. but he hurried back to his own country, and was attached to the staff of Genera Oku as a captain of infantry. He served with distinction, winning various honors, and two years ago, having risen to the rank of major, be resumed his studies in France.

At York on a, recent Wednesday evenin«" Miss Maud Allan defied the wishes°of the city authorities. The latter passed a resolution forbidding her from giving the “Salome ’ dance or “any colorable imitation of the same” "in York. Miss Allan, however bitterly resented such interference* and the imputation which it carried. She determined to ignore the ban. In accordance with her expressed intention, she gave the ‘-‘Salome p)ance” as the last item on -hex programme, though without the head. When the curtain went up on the scene and Miss Allan stood at the top of the steps of the palace, she was greeted bv a great outburst of cheering — an incident said to be unique m her experience, and interpreted as a public protest against the action of the k inance Committee of the Corporation m attempting to ban this particular item. The weird, uncanny scene was watched with the greatest interest, and at the close the artiste was loudly applauded.