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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2572, 5 August 1909, Page 4

A mooting of the Poverty Bay Bookeepers’ Association will be held in Towvilev’s Hall at 2 p.m. on Saturday next. A progressive euchre tournament in connection with Lodge Turanganui, U.A.0.D., will be held in the Lodge room, Childers Bead, at S p.m. to-day. Members and friends are invited to attend. 'The following passengers had booked last evening to leave Gisborne this morning by Hesters J. Bedstone and Sons coaches For Waipiro : Messrs Scott, Qgier, WoodhousCj Good (2), Davis, and Dooling, Mrs. Good; for Tokomaril: Mrs. Powell and boy; for Tologa: Mr. .Mackintosh and Master Courtenay. Messrs Parker Bros, and Sheridan report the sale of the To Ivaraka hotel from Mr. Jas. Pettie to Mr. Edward Stokes, who has for so long and successfully carried on the business of the Tuparoa Hotel. Mr. Pettie, although going out of business, has no immediate intention of leaving the district. Mr. Sheridan wishes to state' that as far as ho is aware there is no foundation for the ,rumor that some of the local hotels are shortly to have a change of licensee. Tho Lord Mayor of Sydney, is in receipt of a 'letter from Mr. W. M. Eelion, suggesting a startling method of city improvement.' His proposition is that the reserves in the city proper, or ns much of the in as possible, should he. resumed, and a modern addition to tho city constructed there. He points to Edinburgh and Cape Town as having established precedents. He urges that Sydney proper is outgrowing Aim superficial area at its disposal, as. evidenced! by increasingly tall buildings, so that, however much sentiment may object,lit will become necessary to utilise thejparks and Domain* reserves for building! purposes. i

Mr. W. A. Boucher, Government pomologist, will give a demonstration of spraying at Mr W. Francis’ orchaid Whatanpoko, at 2.30 p.m. to-day. A fruit growers are, invited to attenu. The Telegraph Department forwarded tho following memorandum yesterday evening: Berne advises that communication direct to Saigon and Bangko c ts interrupted. Telegrams are sent via Obue, and are subject to delay. The Gisborne Gas Company notifies intending consumers on the present line of main, that applications will bc received for gas supply, on awl auc* l mh August, strictly in order and date of application, all such to bcl addressee to the manager. A change in tho staff of tlie local Customs office is announced. -Mr. to. McGregor, who has been connected with the Gisborne branch for six and a-half years, has received notice Oi ms transfer to Christchurch, and ins placewill be filled by Mir. Bradley, of the Christchurch office, who arrives iron) south on Saturday morning.

A. Maoriland Press delegate attending a banquet in London, was surprised to see that tho cloak-room attendant who took the hats at tho door gave no checks in return. “He has a most wonderful memory,” a Home pressman explained. He’s been doing that tor years and prides himself on never having made a mistake.” As the Maorihinder was leaving, the attendant passed him his hat. “How do you know that this one is mine?” “I don t know it suh.” “Then why do you give it w> me ” “ ’Cause yo’ gave it to me, suh.

A novel method of raising cash was adooted ’by two men in Christchurch, on a recent evening. The men net out as sham constables, and waited for footpath riding cyclists. Several were stonned and a pretence made of taking their names and addresses, but a broad suggestion ivas made that the donation of a few shillings Avould amicably settle the affair. The money being banded over, the cyclists naturally being glad to compromise on the terms offered. Unfortunately for the complete success of the enterprise Sergeant Keep and Constable Brown, two police officers, came upon the two men, and recognising them as impostors gave chase. They captured one after some exertion, bat the' other managed to outdistance his pursuers and got away. “Millions of acres of wonderfully rich land, covered with bush and bracken, begging for settlement,” was the description given by Mr. Hogg, at his Auckland meeting, of what he saw on his recent tour ~ through the King Country and the Bay of Plenty. “I had been told,” he proceeded, “that the fern-covered land in the north was of verv little value, but wliat I saw was pumice soil, which would grow almost anything. I saw soil which, I assure you, would make settlers’ teeth water. "There are unlimited quantities of splendid land in the north crying aloud for employment, which would support as large a population as New Zealand holds at the present time, land capable, of not only, increasing, but of doubling and trebling our present exports. But what it is doing? It is practically useless. If this was only opened up what a difference it would make to the Dominion!”

The proximity of highly-paid bushfelling work is said to be causing some anxiety at ’ Waitotara. The Waverly correspondent of tho “Patea Press” says:—“A bushman of long experience advised that if the work kept moving on its present lines individual men of good gangs would make from £3 to £3 5s per week clear of expenses. This is supplying disquietude to many settlers. who, yet having many acres of kind' still under bush, find it impossible to get men, wlio are attracted by the better pay now being offered by the Government. The Government’s pay works out at anything from 25s to 30s per acre, as compared with the private price of'24s to 255. The trouble anticipated is that when the present work lias' been completed the men will not revert back to the lesser rate. Tlie general opinion at-Waitotara was that good work was being done and a highclass job was expected to result.”

Xew Zealand’s public debt came in for some attention at the Farmers’ ITnioii Conference. “I need not," said Mr. J. G. Wilson (the. president), '•'remind you of the already enormous sum of our public debt, or tire debt •per head of population. Even when things go well with us, and large sums of money are coming into the country for our produce, as well as borrowed money, and taxation is imposed, so that a large surplus is taken from the pocketof the people, and those moneys allocated by the Government and spent by a separate, department, which -is a very costly system (there have often been two Government officials in the same district dealing with public works) we are piling up the debt, and, like the morphia habit, it will be a difficult thing to break away from, when the loader cries ‘peeeavi/ If, then, with all this expenditure of public money going on, a check in the prices of outproduce brings such an amount- of unemployment, there is a very serious outlook for the working people. During good times the principle of good Government is to relieve people of taxation, so that there may bo a margin when the bad time comes, but later > practice seems to be to add taxation during the good times, when public money is plentiful, and when the check conics, to add further taxation to the already very heavily burdened taxpayer.' It would almost seem as if the people thought additional taxation was reproductive.” Speaking at the reception given bv the Mayor of Sheffield to the Press delegates Mr. C. Fichardt, of Bloemfontein delivered a striking, speech. He fought on' the Boor side through tho South African campaign, but was a prisoner of war to England. England, lie said, had brought- to his country war and devastation. She had conquered the flag and country, but she did not conquer the hearts and spirit of the race. After the war there was an aftermath of bitterness----the bitterness of’a sullen, and discontented people, who waited the opportunity to strike another Mow for that freedom for which they had given so much. But -then, on a wonderful day, a wonderful thing happened. In spite of all tho cost, in spite of all the millions of money that- had been expoudou and the precious, blood that had boon shed, “you come to us openlianded, gracious, and kindly, and present to us the freedom which we- asked for—(applause) — and you then, for tho first- time, and I hope', for ever, conquered the hearts of the South African people.” (Applause.).- What, lid asked, of the future? They in his country watched with a certain amount of envv what the great sister Dominions beyond the. sea were able to do/ They were a little country, and they wore poor. They could not present Dreadnoughts. But this ho could promise—that if ever a foreign foe attacked the. Empire in South Africa it would he tho unerring rifle of the Boor which would give Great Britain’s answer on tjie wild and lonely veldt. (Loud applause.)

a -hr-irtivo programme has been presented. The Gisborne Rifles are to bare the bc-Mftt of wnne instruction in *?»»«■»* “l a. ~m i of this month. Captain Deere has received advice that an m- ± i with hi in the latest on a Abort Visit about that time. on next Thursday, August 12tli. A ‘special attraction for tins evening is the entertainment at His Majesty & Theatre n aid of the Maternity Home. The first mart of tlie programme takes +1 o fonn 'of a concert, while the sect“® 1 \ «- : Jl be devoted to a drama, i 'Kid.ki'pod Child ” in Which tonic vorv nrettv tcenory, including o bush nctor’f have Gen Carefully trained by £ | Pearce, and the entertainment altogether is of a most attractive nature Apart from tlie merit of the promo. worthv obiect for which S rSrt. »nS to to begivon should who can should attend this et ening ami aiL then, in their p.fnv endeavors. Seats may be reserved at Mi. 31-lle. s. at 2s Gd each. _ Australian newspapers just received contain descriptions of the ceremony at the meeting of the Ijojal - Society in Melbourne, when M-» Kennedy, as the cable messages announced a few days ago, was presented with the Clark gold medal. Mrs Kennedy is the Wife of Thomas Kennedy, a .me repairer at Waliring. and is forty years Jf acre. On December 4 last the en-gine-driver and fireman of a train approaching Waliring saw siting on the line a cTiild, whose name was subsequently ascertained to be Eileen Moira Mulcahv, three and a hair years of a-m The driver blew the whistle, and this attracted Mrs Kennedy., who was in her cottage by Lie line. Rudiing forward, she snatched tho child almost from under the engine. and, it with her, jumped *n Co a cattle-pit. just as the tram passed oyer it. Mrs ' Kennedy’s head was with pi 9in. of the rail, and the wheelsyof the train swept her hair as it passeo. She and the child, however, were uninjured. In addition to the gold _ meda-, Mrs Kennedy was presented with bouquets by the Australian Women’s National League and the Women’s Political Association, and her appearance on the platform was the signal for one of the most wildly enthusiastic demonstrations ever witnessed rn Melbourne.