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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2606, 14 September 1909, Page 4

The Tualiine lighthouse was yesterday connected with the telephone exchange, the number being 590. Owing to the Orchestral Society’s concert taking place this evening there will be no meeting of the Y.M.C.A. Debating Society. The telegraph authoaties not.tied last evening that the extremely intermittent Fao route, which was reported 'lasU Friday evening to have been interrupted, has been again restored. The pretty operetta “Marjorie” is to be performed by a company of seventy children, under the direction of Miss Fislienden, at His Majesty’s Theatre to-morrow night. A social in connection with the Turanganui Lodge of Druids is to be held in": the Masonic Hall on Thursday night! • The public are invited. Gen-tlemen's-tickets are 2s each; ladies will be admitted free. Mr. Ernest Adair has been appointed agent for the Sun Insurance Company, in the Poverty Bay district. He will conduct business during the present month at the office of Messrs Dalgety and Co., and afterwards in offices situated in Messrs "Williams and Sherratt’s buildings, Lows Street. The members of the Gisborne Orchestral Society have decided to tender a •complimentary concert to the gentlemen who are rendering professional assistance in connection with their concerts. The date of the concert will be announced shortly, and a very attractive programme is to be prepared. The Protestant ministers of Gisborne have agreed to observe the second Sunday of next month as Bible Sunday. Special collections will made in aid of the British and Foreign Bible Soceity, whose work has hitherto resulted in the translation and publication of *Phe Scriptures in over four hundred languages. The Freezers' Union held their monthly meeting in Townley’s Hall last night. Owing to slackness of the work, very few members were present. It was decided to donate two guineas to the funds of the Trades and Labor Council, for the demonstration on Labor Day. The Union also decided to issue certificates of membership to all members, so as to prevent abuses arising from men reaping the benefits of the Union who are not bona fide members. Th<f President outlined a scheme whereby members will be insured in cases of illness, the scheme to embrace all members who are financial. Mr. W. D. Lysnar lias lately received the information that the rabbit pest is approaching Gisborne, and that three rabbits were seen at a point nearer the town than had previously been reported. The Mayor wrote to Inspector .Ross, and the following telegram was the Inspector: “Greatly appreciate yesterday Received Mr. Lysnar from your letter just received. Sending energetic and capable man to take charge at Mohaka, and feel confident lie will give satisfaction. Thanks for your explanation. Wairoa inspector instructed to investigate without delay.” Recently a claim was made on the Harbor Board by the master of the trawler Beatrice, for compensation owing to loss of a day’s fishing on account of the propeller of his vessel becoming entangled in the mooring ropes of the dredge “John Townley.” At yesterday’s meeting of the Board, Captain Solvander reported that on May 18th last, when dredging abreast of the new wharf, with lines across the river, they were close to the wharf, and unable to see the Beatrice come round the corner of the lower wharf. Before 'they could get their lines slack she fouled them. Although he could not dispute that the trawler’s whistle was .blown, it was not until the boat was almost alongside them. There was no time to slack away the lines, hut had the trawler’s engines been stopped there would have been no mishap. He added that a few weeks ago the Beatrice was found one morning to be aground at the end of the wharf. The captain of the trawler asked assistance, and with some difficulty they got her off. Had they not done so they must certainly have lost a day’s fishing then.—lt was considered by the Board that in view of Captain Solvander’s report accounts appeared to he “all square.” Our London correspondent, writing under date July 30, of the reception given by the High Commissioner says: “Mr. Reeves, speaking on'behalf of the High Commissioner, who, owing to a slight accident, was unable to be present. said that it was 22 years since Sir Joseph and he made their maiden speeches in, the House of Representatives. He remembered that Sir Joseph spoke so well that many of them could see that there was a career before him. But ho little dreamt in those days that it would be his lot to welcome Sir Joseph Ward to London four times in ten years, and that on three of those occasions Sir Joseph would come to play an active' part in Imperial Conferences of an important character. Tlie present was by no means the least important of them all. He hoped that it would be guided by that cool, deliberate statesmanship in keeping with the dignito the strength, and the traditions of our Empire, and on bcluvlf of the Anglo-New Zealand community he wished Sir Joseph every success. Sir Joseph Ward, who was loudly cheered on rising to reply, said that Mr. Beeves, who was an evergreen in the matter of these hearty welcomes, had recalled the liapny days of yore in his speech-—the days when they were Both younger than they were now, and the days when, as young members of Parliament, they were both in the habit of tilting at Ministers of the Crown. What a pleasure is was in those days to walk into the Ministers!’.’ he concluded 1 . (Laughter.) “And what extreme an extreme offence they thought such tactics now!” (More laughter.) .

A special meeting of Court William Gladstone, A.0.F., for the transaction of important business, Ss called tor this evening.

The annual general meeting of the United Cricket Club will be held m tne British Empire Hotel at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday).

A committee meeting of the Gishorfle Borough Council will be held tomorrow evening to confer with Mr. vR. Jones to discuss the question of tne installation of electric light in the town by the municipality, and also, that or purchasing the gasworks v “I refer to that blatant atheistic Socialism which in its last analysis is nothing but a gospel of avarice an< greed,” vehemently declared a clerical speaker at the Christian Endeavor Union meeting at Wellington last veeK. when touching on some of the “national evils” which Endeavorers were called upon to combat in these latter days.The unusual occurrence of bees swarming in early spring was to be wit; nesed on a section in Gore a couple o weeks back. No doubt (says a contemporary) many of the weatlierwiso wii say this augurs a dry summer, but there is this certainty about the happening : that it is an indication of the mild weather experienced recently m the South. During the winter snow has fallen fairly regularly once a week at Waxouru —the highest point on the Main Trunk line, and 266 ft above the sea level. There was a good snowfall on Wednesday last between Ohakune .and Waiouru, but altogether the district has escaped any serious visitation, such as occurred last year, when there was a fall of 2ft, resulting ; in' : the holding, up for the day of the Public Works train. The latest census prepared by the town clerk of Taihape puts the total population at 1600. When the borough was constituted three years ago its capital value amounted to £71,000, but now it has reached the satisfactory figure of £150,000. When money becomes more plentiful, Taihape will rais© a £30,000 loan for public improvements including a municipal opera house and council chambers on a fine corner site owned <bp the municipality. Ten new sheep trucks have been landed in Gisborne, having been brought by the s.s. Moura on Saturday. This class of rolling stock has now been mcreased to 20 all of which are double-deckers. The goods trucks on the local line are also to be increased by 13 new waggons, including 10 lowside waggons, two ‘three-boards,” and one long “bogey.” A new guard s van is also expected. With these additions the number of vehicles on the GisborneWaikohu railway has been increased from 37 to 82, within the last two years.

Although she speaks not a word of English, Miss Take Hagiwara, the Japanese delegate to the conference of nurses in England, was one of the most popular personalities of the conference. A tinv, smiling, almond-eyed, blackhaired" lady, wearing the daintiest blue gown and a black picture hat, she looked little more than a girl, but tbe array of medals ninned to lier dress told of a distinguished professional career. Tbe head nurse at the Central Red Cross Hospital at Tokio, 'Miss Hagiwara has been through two wars.

A very old resident of Gisborne, in the person of Mr. John Langford, passea away yesterday, the immediate cause of death being congestion ot the lungs, supervening on a severe cold contracted, about six weeks ago. The late Mr. Langford was born in Somersetshire, England, in 1841, and early in life pursued a seafaring calling. He was in, America at the time of the Civil War, afterwards coming to New Zealand. At the time of the Poverty Bay massacre he was employed as a baker for the colonial troops, and when their operations were concluded he worked for some time at the carpentering trade. Some time afterwards he took charge of the lightering boats s.s. Resina and Noko, and still later invested in some pleasure boats for hiring pur poses. He sold out of the business, and went to Tasmania for a couple of years, when he returned to Gisborne and was employed by Messrs Nelson Bros, on their mutton barges. After this, Mr. Langford entered the fish-hawking business, which he carried on until about eighteen months ago, when he was compelled to relinquish it owing to failing health. At the time of his death Mr. Langford had reached the age of 68 years, 42 of which he had spent in Gisborne. He leaves a- widow and a family of five children, all of whom are grown up.-