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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2554, 15 July 1909, Page 4

Mr. Arthur Bethune, Governmentauditor, arrived from Auckland yesterday to audit the books of the various local bodies. A white painted boat was recently washed ashore on the beach at Muriwai, and was found by Mr. Charles Hills, who is anxious to discover the owner. According to the resolution passed by the Borough Council last night, Stanley Road is to be shingled as soon as the necessary material is available. A resolution was passed at tho Borough Council meeting last night authorising the immediate erection of turnstiles at the end of the fencing work in Crawford Road, Kaiti. Mr. R. S. Chilton left for Wellington by the Victoria last evening to make arrangements to erect a two-storied building on bis property at the corner of Gladstone Road and Bright Street. The only passengers who had booked last evening to leave Gislxirno by Messrs J. Redstone and Sons’ coaches this morning were Messrs G. Clarke (for Waipiro) and Brockley (for Tologa Bay). “Yesterday I bad to inhale a drop of brandy because J bad my top teeth out,” said a “drunk” to Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., yesterday. “You will be here again if you don’t leave brandy alone,” replied His Worship. An application will come before the Cook Countv Council, .sitting as the Tologa Bay Harbor Board, on Friday asking for an enlargement of the wharf accommodation at Tologa Bay, and the erection of beacons for the guidance of mutton-carrying boats. ” “Clean Sport” writes protesting against the action of the stakeholders in’ refusing to pay over tho stakes to the ‘winner of the footrace which took place on the Domain on June 2-1. He elainw that the race was fairly run, and that Sexton was not treated in a .sportsmanlike manner. The state, of the footpaths in the Borough was referred to by Cr. Clav ton at the" Council meeting last night. He claimed that great inconvenience and hardship was being suffered bv pedestrians in negotiating the ioot\\ays, which were, in many places, inches deep in water and mud. The Borough Council last night, oil the motion of Cr. Pettic, resolved to once again draw the attention of the G is Company to the poor supply of gas tint was being given to the borough. Several Councillors spoke si ronglv on the subject. Cr. Harris declaring that Gisborne was the worst lit town .he had .toon in his travels. Cr. Smith pleaded with other Councillors to ; the gasworks a- show” until the new plant, which is on order, arrives, when lie was confident there would be no cause •for complaint. Tt lias hocn an open secret that the sending oi Rotorua dancers to America has not met with unanimous approval amoimst representatives of the Maori race in polities (says the Wellington correspondent of the “ouo'ivland Star '). Mr. Carroll is satisfied that proper precautions have been taken to prevent unfavorable consequences. The dancers are; lie said, under good management, and the fact that the Rev. Mr. Bennett has been .associated with the matter is a guarantee that things will be a., right. At last night's meeting of the Borough Council, Cr. Pettie brougnt- up the question of the probable rranai «• the Stamps Department from Gisborne, under the .scheme of retrenoliment. He thought that it would fie tne c !, ‘Ty or tho Council as the leading public body to protest' against such a,course. Cr. Kirk endorsed Cr. Pettie's remarks, and suggested the following resolution, which was eventually carried — .1 hat this Council views with alarm the suggestion to dispense with the Stamps Department at Gisborne, and re-pertfuhy requests that such Department fie retained. Tim Council points out the serious- inconvenience that would fie caused by the removal of the Stanje Department, especially in view of delays owing to steamer connection with Napier." Cr. Kirk paid a glowing tribute to the capabilities and commiem icuiiie.ss of the official in charge ->t the Department, and Cr. Clayton. v bd*' agreeing with the motion. iiti le hhe thought it was the intention o* the n lUhoriticv to combine the >,t.imps liepart in ent with the Post ‘Jmce.

-Mr. C. Tattersfieki, aver, has a change of advertisement in this issue.

A social in aid of the funds of St. Dominic’s Convent is to be held in His Majesty’s Theatre on Thursday, Jiilv 29tii.

A progressive euchre match, the first of a sen js of weekly entertainments to be held at the Cosmopolitan C üb, is to take place in the club's rooms this evening, commencing at 7.30 p.m. It is open to members of the club, and prizes will be awarded to the winners.

Ail “At Home’ is to be held ir, the Methodist Schoolroom this evening, when all members and adherents of the church are invited to be present by the minister and office-bearers. _ A bright and varied programme will be presented, and refreshments will bt served. Some new proposals for promoting the welfare of the church will be laid before the gathering.

The Minister for Railways (the Hen. J. A. Millar) informed a reporter at Christchurch, that he was not yet in a position to make any statement regarding the Addington workshops, and the Commission of Inquiry. All that he could say was that- there would be some alterations which would enable the work to be done more economically. Ho could not, just then, give an indication as to the nature of the alterations. In answer to a question whether there was any feeling in Germany antagonistic to Britain, Herr Berger, who has just returned to Tedding alter three years’ absence in touring Europe and other parts of the world, said: “Absolutely none. There was no talk about rivalry with England at all. In fact, there was a great deal more said on the naval question in the colonies than in Englnd.” Constable Dwyer arrested a man on the 'Waikanae beach yesterday afternoon on a charge of drunkenness. The accused was standing knee-deep in the sea, and said he was trying to catch tins waves. He is about 30 years of age, and during the past few days has been acting very peculiarly, and the police are of opinion that he is suffering more from mental derangement than over-indulgence in liquor. He will be brought before the Magistrate’s Court this morning, when a remand will probably., be applied for.

The Invercargill Borough Council resolved at a special meeting last week to request the member for Invercargill (Mr. J. H. Hanan) to communicate with the Government on a echeme of reclamation on the foreshore of New River Harbor, on both sides of the estuary. The object of the scheme being entered into with the Government is " hat the work should he done by prison labor, the Government in consideration to receive out of the reclaimed land an area for a prison farm. Dr. Findlay will be invited to visit Invercargill and discuss the scheme. A gentleman writing from Wellington to a friend in Christchurch says:— “1 returned from Auckland on Saturday, and came, right through without breaking the journey. It is surprising the number of people who are travelling. One meets all sorts in the train —Germans, Maoris, cripples, athletes, babies, centenarians, impudent passengers, and courteous ones (not many), in tact, all sorts are there. Each one owns the train, including luggage vans, and cligine. It is quite common for one passenger to possess three seats, .particularly those in a somnolent condition of trance-like state. As for closing doors, it is out of the question ; in fact, some of them like one to open the door for them. It is ‘red hot.’ and, in conclusion, I must say, that if manners (inly make the man, then may the Lord have mercy on New Zealand railway passengers.” The presence of the spiral in the ancient Maoris’ designs for carving ami tattooing has puzzled ethnologists ever since Maori arts attracted their attention. The latest explanation put forth comes from Mr. Clement Wraggc, who supplies a characteristic theory to the “Otago Daily Times.” “Many million years ago,” he says, “the sun at the northern solistico was directly vertical over the North Bole, Irom which position it would spiral or gyrate. An early man of Aryan grand root race copied this solar motion in his personal decoration, and also on his canoes, etc., and later migrated to Polynesia, then part of old Lemnria, when, by eccentricity in the earth’s orbit, the whole of the northern hemisphere thereafter became glacial, and the southern hemisphere genial in turn. 'There was a time when the elliptic surely cut the oquotor at right .angles, and hereby lie.s an episode in the wondrous romance ot this earth. A number of threshing machines working in the Ashburton district have tallies ranging considerably over 100,000 bushels, and when one takes into consideration the fact that there are close upon fifty threshing mills in the country, some idea (says the local pn]x?r)* can be gained of the importance, of the Ashburton county for grain producing, apart from the large quantities of wool, mutton, and lamb that are annually exported by the farmers and merchants. In regard to the threshing returns, the average tally of each machine can he safely put down at between 70,000 and 80,000 bushels of mixed grain, the. quantity of wheat probably being slightly in excess of that of oats. This represents a total production for the county of about 3,500,000 bushels of grain. Of course, the whole of this js not available for export, neither has the whole oi the. crops been yet actually threshed, as large quantities are annually reserved for chaff and other purposes. If freedom from a severe headache isn’t worth two pence to you. it’s because you hare never tried to use Steams’ Headache. Cure for relief. There’s nothing better.