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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2581, 16 August 1909, Page 4

Messrs W, Weddel and Go. are arranging for a commercial experiments to bo made from Australia or New Zealand in chilled beef shipments.

. The question of celebrating Labor Day (October 13tli) was raised, at the Trades Council meeting on Saturday evening, when thb whole Council was appointed a committee to make arrangements. The committee is to meet next Saturday evening to arrange preliminaries.

The secretary of the Trades Council reported on Saturday evening that he had written to Mr. Carmody, recently transferred to another district, thanking him for tbo impartial discharge of his duties as local agent of the Government Bureau of Labor, llie seciotarys action was approved.

Yesterday morning, shortly after 11 o’clock, Mr.' Paul Fishback made a experimental trial with a model aeroplane. There was a fair wind, and although the experiment was not a complete success, lie anticipates being able by next week to have a two horsepower motor and an additional plane above the two main ones, which at present he is working on. Should the experiment prove successful, Mr. Fishback contemplates building an aeroplane with sufficient power to carry two men and travel at a speed of 25 miles an hour.

Fickle woman was held up to political scorn by Mr A. \Y. Hogg in bis address at Napier. Mr Hogg said that a meeting was recently held in Weilington of the Women’s Reform League, a Conservative institution, but he was astonished to meet a number of ladies who bad formerly been prominent, in the Liberal and Labor Federation travelling along to that meeting, where Mr Massey had given a somewhat doleful account of the affairs of the State by asserting that the Government were doing their level best to ruin New Zealand. He found the reason for the action of the ladies in the papers next day, where a description of their dresses was published —the papers stated that after the speech there was a dance at which the most of the ladies enjoyed themselves.

4 representative of the “Dominion” was told recently that flax-millers around Foxton, Palmerston North and Shannon are at present busily engaged making preparations to open their mills again. Two or three mills have continued cutting right through'-the winter, hut these are exceptions, it is stated that two, or perhaps three, mills will reopen within the next fortnight, and each mill will absorb some twenty-two or twenty-three of the unemployed. Several other mills will start again during September, and a large new mill near Levin will be opened in October. Life has been infused into the industry, owing; to .the fact that the price of hemp has increased by nearly £2 a ten since it touched bottom some months ago, and there are several buyers in the market at the advanced figure.

At the meeting of the Trades and Labor Council on Saturday evening, tbo question was raised as to the recent discussion at the Borough Council re the unemployed difficulty, and also as to how it was that a letter had not been sent to that body conveying the Trades Council’s resolution on unemplovmcnt. The secretary stated, that he liad written to the Mayor on tlih Monday previous to the meeting of the Council, but as His Worship had been absent in Wellington the letter had not been received by the local authority. He further stated that no rejoly had yet been received. After f short discussion, it was decided _thajl the Borough Council be written to, asking for a reply to the Trades previous communication, and also seeking information as to whether th# Trades Council is to be allowed representation on the Citizens’ Unemployed Relief Committee as recently appointed by the Borough Council. The Hon. R. McKenzie gave sonri well-timed and practical advice te a deputation of young, single men that waited on him at Dunedin, says tip “Otago Daily Times.” They asked him to provide them with work, arid the Minister promised that although he could not arrange for work- to In given V~ the total number on the books —aboux- seventy—he could guaranty employment to thirty. At the same time lie counselled them strongly to use every effort to create permanent occupations for themselves, either by taking up land or engaging in some other pursuit. The country, he said, coulcl not long maintain an army of 10,000 co-operative workers. He also tokl them that now was their opportunity to further their interests, bqcause within a few months, when certain railways in Otago were finished, about 2000 men will be released from, work, with no prospect of being engaged upon any other public work. ; Every time I sit down to a joint <|f meat, excepting homebred, I realisemore and more tlie fatal practice oF cooking frozen mutton and lamb before the frost is fully out (says the London correspondent of the “Pastoralist s Review”). The great secret of enjoyjing this meat and bringing out its intrinsic quality and flavor lies in hanging it well. This is not dene ill 90 per cent, of instances. The carcase is ta< ken out of store, brought on the market, and sold—all in a morning. In the afternoon the retailer has it in ins window, and the next day frequent’7 the householder has a joint in her oven Imagine the toughness and insipid’ . v 1 When a carcase is in the right state to cut up, it wears such a mottled, unpleasant look that people would not buy joints cut from it, but that is the proper time.’ The customer likes to seje the sheep or lamb bright ancr fresh. 2 carcase or joint should hang four dayjs now, more in winter, and if arrangements were made so that frozen me4 should not bo sold or eaten before, then would be a great access to the demand, . The- Christchurch Magistrate’s Coujt (says the “Lyttelton Times”) was inve.|ed with quite an unusual air of affluent the other day when what appeared jb be a bank note for £IOOO was prodded as an exhibit in a case. The n<|b was somowhat dilapidated, but its cotr was very similar to the gl'iminess ofa genuine note that liad been in circvution for a lengthy period. The n|e was given in payment for Saveloys pt a pie-cart in Lichfield Stijt on the previous night, fjd the proprietor of tho cart discovered that it" was merely an imitation of a bank note issued by tho Christchubh Cycling Club in 1902, for the purpsa of advertising the appearance of - P|gger Bill Martin” at Lancaster Paxkjiu Boxing Day. The police were infediately called, ' and the man, wnse name was William Swanson, arresfd. Swanson appeared before .Mr W|R. Haselden, S.M., and was charged Jth having attempted to defraud Jin Henry Thomas. Evidence was _ glen that the .accused went to the pie-art with a companion and purchased aliiling’s worth of saveloys. Ho haried the parcel to his companion, and leu tendered the imitation note m foyment- Accused pleaded guilty,. And was sentenced ,to throe months’ upt- u sonmeut.

The concert in aid of the Maternity Home fund, to have been held this evening, has been indefinitely postponed on acocunt of the death of Miss Lindri Law.

Before Mr H. Lewis, J.P., at the Police Court on. Saturday morning a first offender for drunkenness, a woman, was convicted and fined 5s with costs 2s, in, default 24 hours’ imprisonment. The following was the revenue received at the Gisborne Custom-house last week: Customs duties £514 4s sd, beer duty £33 ss, light dues Is 2d, shipping fees £2 13s, other receipts £3 10s; total, £553 13s 7d. A sitting of the Assessment Court is to be held at Gisborne on Friday, Aug. 27th, to hear objections to the revised valuation roll for tho Borough of Gisborne, Motu, and Ngatapa ridings of Waikolru County, and Whataupoko outlying riding of Cook County. The Rev. W. Grant rectutly forwarded to tho Hawke’s Bay Presbytery a request from the parish of Matawhero for the Presbytery, to appoint a coinmission. for the purpose of choosing a minister for the parish.—The Presbytery has appointed the Revs. W. Grant and J. A. Asher and Mr Andrew Graham to be tho commission, the Rev. w. Grant convener.

The services at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church yesterday were of special interest. At the 8 o’clock Mass in the morning, a large number of young people received their first communion. The coffin of the late Miss Linda Law was placed in the church, and at the service at 10.30 a.m. the orchestra played the “Dead March” in “Saul” as a tribute to her memory. In the evening the church was densely crowded, and the children renewed their baptismal vows. The Rev. Father Lane preached a sermon appropriate to the occasion.

Mr. J. Jarrett, who has been engaged by the BoroUgh council to report upon the utility, of the various quarries, arrived in Gisborne on Saturday, and had an interview with the Mayor (Mr. W. D. Lvsnar). On Saturday afternoon Mr. Jarrett- went out to the Waihirere cuiarry, and he w r ill probably visit the Gentle Annie quarry and the Kaitarata.lii shingle beds to-dav or to-morrow. Mr. Jarrett will leave for Wellington by the steamer on Wednesday evening, hut before his departure lie will he present at a special meeting of the Council. at a time to be fixed, when he will submit a report.

A meeting of the Public School Amateur Athletic Association was held on Saturday morning, when the Treasurer presented a statement of Recounts in connection with the last-sports gathering. A number of accounts were passed for payment, and it was decided to got prizes at once for the sports. It was also agreed to hold the annual /meeting of the Association on Saturday. September 18th. A subsequent ’meetincr was held of tho officers of the No. 3 Hawke’s Bay battalion of the Public School Cadets, when the question of parades and other routine business was discussed.

The Pathe Picture matinee in His Majesty’s Theatre on Saturday afternoon attracted a large number of the younger folk, who greatly enjoyed the programme of pictures presented. In the evening tlie theatre was again well filled, when the excellent programme was presented, the audience being very pleased with the clearness of the pictures. The pictures will be shown again to-night and to-morrow night. On Wednesday,. Thursday, and Friday there will he no exhibition in town,, the company visiting Waerenga-a-hi'ka, Ormond and Te Karaka on those nights in the order named. On Monday and Tuesday of next week the pictures will be shown at Patutahi and Te Arai.

A case which came before the Wagga (New South Wales) Land Board last week served to illustrate what may be done in that country by thrifty and energetic farm laborers. One of the applicants for a selection was a lad between IS and 19 years of age. It wi s shown in evidence that while working as a farm laborer the applicant had inved sufficient money to buy farm horses, costing in the aggregate £7l, and that he still had £6O cash in hand. During harvest time he had received 3os per week and- his keep for driving five horses in a stripper; while ploughing he received 255, and for the rest of the year 20s per week and keep. A member of the Board remarked that if the Premier would have a report of this case printed and circulated in England, there would be no difficulty in securing desirable young men of the farm laborer class as immigrants; the trouble would then bo to keep them away.

The Greymouth “Star” states that four men went to an employer of labor not many miles out of Greymouth and made a god job of it. The men, we want,” he said, and he took them to a place through which a. road was required t-o be made. Pointing to the work, the employer said his manager had estimated it to be worth £lO or :12 to do, but he would give them £lo and provide them with tools if tnoy made a good job of it. Tue men, without further ado, refused to take it on, contending that they were not goin* to work for 4s a day, but the employer insisted that they could make 10s a day each at it. Still they refused unless tho employer would, guarantee them 10s -a day each. This he refused, and negotiations ceased. He subsequently found a corple of men to take the job at £ls. They made a thoroughly good job of it, and netted 2fe a day each. / Mr. W. D. Lysnar, president of the Gisborne branch of the Farmers’ Union on Saturday, received the following letter from the Hon. T. Mackenzie, Minister of Agriculture:—“ln reply to your letter of 2nd July regarding the danger of the spread of rabbits into the Poverty Bay district, from beyond the Mohaka river on the one hand and byway of the Gisborne-Rotorua track on the other, I have the honor to inform you that I have had very thorough enquiries nffido into this matter by experienced and reliable officers, and that I am quite satisfied the Department is fully acquainted with the position, and is sparing no effort to prevent tlie invasion of Poverty Bay by rabbits from either of these localities. I may say that for over a year two men have boon specially employed in the Mohaka district to search for tho first appearance of the pest, and to follow up any such indication and t-o endeavor to exterminate tho rabbits without delay. Up to the present this vigilance has been successful. Along the Rotorua track and in the vicinity of Galatea very extensive poisoning has been carried out, and with gratifying results. I may add that the officers 111 charge of both these danger zones have again been specially warned of .the importance of their operations, and of the necessity of prompt adVice to headquarters should further steps become necessary. In these circumstances, the settlers of Poverty Bay may rest assured that the Government is-doing and will continue to do its best to preserve the district’s present immunity from this most destructive pest,”

Nominations for. a director of the Gisborne Co-operativo Building Society will close at the Society’s office at noon, to-day. -, . . His Worship the Mayor announces that Thursday next, August 10, declared a holiday, from the hour of 12 noon, to allow tradespeople”and others to visit tho Hunt Club’s races.

A meeting of the Poverty Bay Shearers’ Union will bo held in Townley & Hall haf an hour after noon on Saturday next, August 21, to adopt rules and standing orders and for general business.

It is expected that the ‘basket social,” to bo held in His Majesty a Theatre on Friday next, August 20, will be highly successful, as every preparation is being made to give those patronising it a pleasant time. Mr. C. Moorhouse, of the Tourist Department, has returned from To Puia. While there he made arrangements about the transfer of the Springs property to Mr. C. W. Good, of Matamata, who has taken oven the accommodation house. Mr. Moorhouse is to leave for Waikaremoana to-day. The cells at the watch-house all contained occupants last evening. At the Police Court this morning, two men will be charged, with the theft or whisky from the Matawhero Hotel; three men, one of whom will also have to answer a charge of resisting the police, will be charged with drunkenness. Another man will be accused or being drunk and disorderly. Two men, on remand, will also be charged with breach of their prohibition orders.

In the Y.M.C.A. rooms yesterday afternoon, the Rev. T. G. Brooke from Auckland, gave a very interesting address to a large number of men. Special singing was given, the meeting being of a very enjoyable nature. In the evening the Rev. Mr. Brooke conducted the service in the Methodist ChurchHis text was taken from the Gospel of St John, chapter 3, verse 16: “God so loved the world that He gave,”, etc. A simple, touching sermon was given, the preacher holding the attention or the congregation throughout by his eloquence arid impressive manner.