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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2549, 9 July 1909, Page 4

A prohibition order was issued at tho Magistrate’s Court yesterday against a country resident, on trie application of his wife. There were five occupants of the police cells last uight, individuals .who apparently had adopted the old method of celebrating their good luck at the races, or perhaps, in some cases, endeavoring to drown remembrance oi Fortune’s frown. The Baptist Tabernacle was well filled last night, when the mission services were continued by the Bev. lv. o* Gray. He gave a very forceful sermon, taking as his text Luke xix, 41 42: “And when Ho drew nigh, tie beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou iiadst known, even thou, atleast in this thy day, the. things that belong to tliv peace, but now they are hid from thine eyes.” The services will he continued this evening, and on Sunday, in His Majesty’s Theatre, Mr, Gray will address a men’s meeting on “Men’s Morals.” , Colonel and Mrs. Porter had a narrow ' escane from serious injury while driving into town yesterday morning. They were coming along the: "Wninui road, when a pack-horse, bearing a lot of tin. camp ware came up behind them, and'caused'their horse ,to shy violently at,the unaccustomed noise. The buggy was overturned, . and Colonel Porter was thrown clear on to tho footpath, but Mrs. Porter was pinned underneath the vehicle. The buggy was badly damaged, but its occupants were fortunate enough to escape with nothing worse than a rather severe shaking.

Tho executive of Uf Trades Union, Chnstelmr-ch, P ft o gg a resolution congratulating ” j- w . “on the manly speech winch ne «o» ed in the Hotod of Roprcsentat ve.s Good progress is being ma e / fiays the harbor work on. the foou * 1 the “Wanganui HeraW ). A wharf has now on built the PUnni g being completed a day or Tvstart has been made with the ing in connection with the bu k the mole. The line of the rnole will converge towards the north. it} > u | a tcd ing a nozzle-like entrance calculates to produce the best scouring c e The additions and alterations tc t; m Gisborne. Hotel are rapidly completion, the contractor. Mi Geo. Smith, having made excellent l. ■& ' with the work. The addition to tin. old building is most extensive, am. n is understood that a number o; pore features are to bo installed. " J ? L ‘ finished, the whole budding prom se. to be an excellent and thoroughly t p-to-date hotel. The Hon. Captain Tucker and Mr. Henry Lewis were the presiding 3 tices at the S.M. Court yesterday morning, and gave judgment by deiau.t in the following civil cases: C. EEdwards (Mr. T. A. Coleman) v. Ghas. Forbes, claim £3 3s Gd, and costs lUs, Paulina Attwood (Mr. Coleman) v. EJ. West, claim £8 Is 8d and costs £1 3s Gd; Hamon and Smith (Mr. It. eBurke) v. E. H. (Shelton, claim £l7 1 s Od, and costs £1 10s 6d. Reports from the various TV airarapa cheese factories indicate that a slenciia season is aproacliing.. The result is gauged on the butter-fat return, ancl aparently the whole of the institutions will pay something over jls per pound. Featherston claims that it will pay up to 13d —the highest price yet obtained in a New Zealand factory—while Dalefield, Belvedere, Taratahi, and Parkvale expect to realise the substantial sum of 12Id or a fraction within than amount. The “Lone Hand” for July, which has just come to hand, lias exceeded the high standard that it usually attains. There is a profusion of illustrations, by the best Australian artists, and this month a new feature is the high number of colored and tinted drawings. On the cover .is produced a colored photograph of Miss Nellie Stewart, Australia’s famous actress, and this should be well worth preserving. The fiction-loving public are well catered for, the stories being exceptionally good. All the other departments are stocked with interesting reading, and the magazine should meet with general approval. In response to an invitation received from the girls of the sth and 6th standards, the Fifth Standard room at the District School was crowded yesterday afternoon, when the visitors partook of afternoon refreshments, prepared by the girls, under the instruction of Miss Higgins. Tables were prettily set in the room, and the dainty cakes and sandwiches handed round were greatly enjoyed by those present. When everyone had been satisfied, Mr. J. Somervell and Mr. C. E. daLautour congratulated the girls, and also Miss Higgins, on the excellent results they had shown. Mr. G. E. Darton replied on behalf of -be girls, and Mr. F.~J. Rowley thanked the visitors for attending. The pupils then gave three cheers for the ladies, and' a very pleasant afternoon terminated. , “Go on the land, young man,” is a maxim which is not always advisable to carry into effect, judging by a ease brought under the notice of the Canterbury Land Board, reports the Christchurch “Evening News.” An cnergeticIcoking young man waited on the Board with a view to getting the property he was leasing transferred to a neighboring farmer. In setting forth his reasons, the applicant stated that for the past three years he had done his utmost “to make a do of it,” but had failed, and failed dismally. “I have worked fourteen hours a day,” he said. “ and have started in the summer at half-past three in the morning. For nine weeks I milked twenty-one cows absolutely on my own. as I could not afford to pay for the labor, but 1 haven’t made a shilling profit these three years. I don't- smoke, nor drink either, and I go out very seldom in the evening.” The young fellow further stated that the land was so poor that he had to sell all his cattle, and he was going to try to struggle on with a few sheep. The H.M.S. Challenger steamed up to the Island of Mangaia on her recent cruise with the Governor and party the smoko of another vessel could be desorbed on the horizon. The stranger proved to be a German steamer of, about 400 or 500 tons, the Natuma. whose unexpected n—'earance a t Rarotonga a few days before had created a mild excitement. She did not trade in anything, and the story given out by the officers was that thev were interested in things scientific—ethnology, and other tilings touching the Polyneoion race. When she left- Rarotonga she was not told a British .warship- would be along shortly, and when she saw the H.M.S. Challenger off the landing place at Mangaia she scorned to remember busness elsewhere, and after saluting “the flag that for a thousand years” and sending off a boat with two or three letters for the next New Zealand mail, she steamed away, wondering, no doubt, what all the hubbub was ashore. It was supposed that the expedition was looking out for phosphates —a valuable deposit much sought after for tho manufacture of fertilisers. x Further subscriptions and gifts of groceries, vegetables, blankets, and sheets have been received bv the Cook County Women's Guild, and they wish to thank the donors. The gifts were as follows:—F. Stafford £2"2s, E. P. Joyce £1 Is, Mrs. R. N. Jones £1 Is, E. J. Chrisp £1 Is, and a collection from friends £2 11s. The collection at the door on the opening day 'amounted to £3 0s 10d. Special thanks are to be given to the school children for their most generous gifts, tiie list being as follows:—Gisborne School £3 15s in money, 3 bottles of jam, 2llb of rice, alb cornflour, 21b tapioca, 4 (parcels of apples, 1 lib German sausage, and over 2 sacks potatoes. Catholic School-: 11s 6d in money, 1 doz packets currants, 2 bottles jam, and a large basket of onions. Mangapapa School: 14s 2d in money, and a cart load of vegetables. Ivaiti School: 8s Id iii money. Mrs. Hogg’s private school: 15s, the ( proceeds of a private entertainment. The following letter has been received from the Rev. W. Grant: “I have much pleasure in handing you a donation of £5 from St. Andrews congregation for your creche, being for the furnishing of a cot, and £3 for the upkeep (luring the current year. As already intimated the managers cordially agreed to give the luttertsum, £3, 'yearly for the upkeep of the cot. Congratulations to your Guild -on tho successful issue of the praiseworthy efforts.” The Guild also wish to thank Messrs, Chrisp and Son for the-use of their niano on the opening day. and Mr.. TVoottnn's orchestra for the hel.n given musically.

At the Police Court yesterday morn- • WV.ro the Hon. Captain lucker ft Lewis, J.P-’s, a second offender" within six months, on a charge of drunkenness, named Charles Damcfekr Cucumber, was convicted and finecT £1 Ld £ o!U. in dofa-lt <‘W imprisonment. - st A a -nhiTo rss.«.’.r- d SS m 5 Tforte and 1 E. Haughie officiated as J vr c% the music being .supplied by Miss Mellhone and Mr. Vita. Refreshments were supplied by a committee of ladies. . . A well-known farmer in tho nairaramr district is planting between 300 SiVl 400 trees for shelter ami shade n rnoscs Hu's season. He lias made a n Stke of planting a certain number piactiee j i f an(J considers that ho has "been amply repaid in the shelter and shade thus afforded his steer.. So r n «« clieen arc concerned, lie states to tho “Wairarapa Age,” shade in the summer is of much more importance than shelter in winter. “'The F.ag Lieutenant” the great Cyril Maude-success, andm-xt dramatic production of the \Vilnainson firm, is to bo strough- cast. Ihe main part g to be taken by Mr. J homas Kingston, who will find abundant scope for his light comedy talents m the character of the light hearted naval man who treats everything as a joke, but is invariably read for whatever happens, ff’he admiral of the station is to be Mr. G" S Titheridge, who makes a welcome return to the Australian stage after a spell of illness and convalescence, prom London there will come three artists Miss Ethel Warwick, a etaturesque beauty who has already had several years fine experience in - London, and who is cast for the leading woman’s part; Miss Dorothy Cranston, who has been chosen for Mrs. Cameron; and Mr. Lewis Waller, junr., son of the famous London act-or. The rest of tho cast will bo made up from the. best elements of the two strong dramatic organisations which are just now finishing their career—“An Englishman’s Home” company and the Titteil Prune Company—and will include Miss Emma Temple, Messrs. Eardiev, Turner, Cyril Mackay, Grogan, McMahon, Fred Cambourne, and several others all deservedly popular.