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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2616, 25 September 1909, Page 4

The Government oluces throughout New Zealand will be closed on Wednesday, October 13. being Labor Day. The monthly meeting of the Slaughtermen’s .Union will be held in Townley’s Halt on Monday next, September 27tli, at 7 p.m. sharp. The following passengers arrived by Messrs Redstone and Sons’ coaches yesterday: From Tologa. Mr. Ryan; from Waipiro, Mr. Pearson, Mr. Stevenson; from Tokornaru, Mr. D. .Monels. His Honor Mr. Justice Cooper will address a meeting for men at the

M.C.A. rooms at 4 p.m. to-morrow. The-ipublic are invited to attend. Mr. J. R. Kirk will preside. The latest craze in Australia is rollerskate record breaking.; Mr Percy Freeman recently skated for 52 hours 10 minutes at Brisbane, and Mfiss Madge Mead, a girl of seventeen, kept going for 24 hours, also at Brisbane.

The second annual smoke concert of the Gisborne Football Club is to be heldmt Mr. Clare’s rooms at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday next, when the medals and trophies won during the season will be presented.. It was reported at the meeting of the Gisborne School Committee last night that all the hoys of Standard V. have put in regular attendance for the last four consecutive weeks. It was decided to write congratulating the class.

Mr. C. Webster will conduct the morning service at the Methodist Church to-morrow, and the Rev. J. A. Lcehore will preach in the evening. It being Dominion Day. his subject will be “An Englishman's Horne.” National hymns will be sung, andean anthem and male quartette will 7je rendered.

Dust in Wellington, as in other places, lias a habit of getting into the most unlikely places during a strong breeze. The Post Office staff find that it lodges in private letter-boxes to a considerable extent. To thoroughly cleanse these, vacuum pumps have been secured whicli will lick up every speck of dust. The innovation would be welcomed locally. Rev. W.’ Grant, president of the Gisborne Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, has arranged with his brother Protestant ministers to observe Sunday, October 10th, as a Bible Sunday, when special sermons and collections will be made on behalf of the Society. Last year the Society authorised the local committee to send a colporteur into the King Country, and large sales of Bibles and Testaments were-made at very low prices to the Maoris..

“I believe there is no country in the world which does so much as New Zealand in compelling people to pay towards the support of children sent to industrial schools,” said Sir Edward Gibbes, Secretary for Education, before the Police Commission at Wellington. “I believe lam correct in saying that New Zealand collects an absolutely larger sum than Now South Wales. Victoria, and South Australia put together, although she has less than a quarter of her children in her industrial schools.

An ancient mariner who stood, or, rather, lounged in the picturesque attitude ever associated with the Sons of the Sea against a post on the Auckland wharf, was appealed to by a guileless oitizen for a weather prediction. ‘Wot’s the good of askin’ the like o’ me,” he grumbled mournfully, “whep. a professional like Wragge is telling all about Father Anchovy an’ Fowls, an’ other things? When I was at sea we ’ad a good blow an’ a done with it. but now the weather’s that mussed up you’re lucky to get off with less than six gales a week.” v

“A man has no right to be hanging about billiard-rooms and ‘shouting’ beer for- His, friends when his wife and family are in want of support,” said Mr. Kettle at the Auckland Police Court, ‘‘and when a man does this lie goes to gaol.” The remark was called forth by defendant in a maintenance case producing ,a book of his expenditure, showing, among other things, money paid for drinks. Mr., Dunlop, counsel hoc the defendant, pointed out that it was not a large amount, but His Worship replied that straws showed which way the wind blew. Counsel asked if the view expressed was not a rather extreme one, as the whole amount expended was two shillings. Mr. Kettle: ‘‘That is my view. It simply means this, that if the husband does not do his duty and support his wife she must appeal to tlio Charitable Aid Board, and her expense falls on the' ratepayers.” In the course of the recent cruise of the Methodist mission schooner George Brown in the Western Pacific she visited a small group of islands in the Northern Solomons. The mission party arrived at the principal station, Liuniuwa, just in timo- to witness a weird ceremony by the natives, who were constructing a temple to their heathen gods close to the Church of the Nazarene. The natives (states the Auckland “Star”) are of small build (with the exception of the King and his daughter, who are physically above the English standard), and are not inclined to work, but in the erection of their temple kept on in relays of about 150 in short hour shifts. The building was 100 ft long by 40ft wide, of massive timbers bound together with sinnett ; and the toilers were heartened by the chanting of a female choir of more than 200 women and girls. These were worked also in relays, and thus never for a moment did the weird chanting cease. The carved gods, of a rough kind of stone, lay by the temple, covered many feet deep in mats, so that they should not be profaned by seeing or being seen by unbelievers. However, one of the mission party managed to obtain some very fine photographs.

The su«ta- of ninepeftoe, “conscience monev.” stet- to the Railway Department by a person unknown, is acknowledged in the “Gazette.” The members; of the Gisborne Eire Brigade are requested at meet at the station at 10 a.rn. to-morrow in order to attend the Dominion Day church parade.

In connection with the Ladies’ Bracelet event at the coming meeting of <mo Poverty Bay Turf Club, the prize a handsome gold bracelet, studded with gems, is on view in Mr. S. McLernon w window.

At the church parade- in St. Andrew’s to-morrow, Chaplam-CaptaiE. Grant will give an address on ’ Ihe Making of Manhood,”, and in the evening on “Imagination as a Factor ni Empire Building” “The Three Musketeers,” to be presented at the Pathe Pictures to-night, is described by the southern press as one of the" finest dramatic studies yet presented in picture form in New Zealand /

The Wages in the aerated water industry in New South Wales lias delivered its award. The hours or labor are fixed at from 48 to 57 per week. Wages for workers of 21 years of age and over range from £2 Is to £2 IDs per week.. The first motor launch race yet held in Gisborne is fixed to take place next week, and will probably be a feature of tho programme at the opening of the rowing season. ’ There is now quite a number of this Useful type of craft in tho town. *

The local secretary for Trinity College of Music desires to thank Mr, Gittos for the use of a Sx>encer pianoforte at the examinations on Wednesday last. The examiner, Mr. Saint George, expressed himself- highly pleased with its qualities. In the 416 trade unions, with a net membership of. 699,779, making returns to the British Board of Trade, 55,473 ,or 9.7 per cent.) were reported as unemployed at the end of May, 1909, compared with 8.2 per cent, at the end of April, 1909, and 7.4 per cent, at the end of May, 1908. The following have teen added to ..the telephone exchange:—ss, Okitu butter, bacon, and cheese factory, manager’s residence (P. A. Armstrong), Peel Street; 588, deCorta, H. H., residence, Clifford Street-; 589, wharf telephone shed; 591, Scholium, W. J., residence, Stanley Road. Deleted: 42, Adair, W.

The Dominion Day church parade of the volunteer- and Fire Brigade will be held to-morrow morning. The vary ous corps are to parade at tile Garrison Hal) at 10.15 a.m. Markers are required to attend five minutes earlier. The City Band, veterans, and school cadets have been invited to attend. The volunteers and cadets will be drafted off to the churches to which they respectively belong to attend divine service.

Some time ago Mr. Kettle. SAT.. Auckland, gave instructions that m future if a person arrested and taken to the lock-up should ark for his or her private medical attendant to be summoned, the police would communicate with such doctor, and see if he would attend. The ease, iwrya the “Star,” out of which these instructions arose was one o- drunkenness. An accused person, who came before the Court last week said he had asked for his doctor to bo sent for. but the request was refused. His Worship reiterated his instructions, and impressed on the police that they must be carried out.

The first competition-for Mr. Monekton’s cup presented to the Te Ivaraka Gun Club, took place on Thursday, when seventeen competitors faced tlie trap. The contest was a handicap, and resulted in Messrs Clayton, Pattulio, Geo. Pitcher, Morgan, and Mortimer tying for first place, with four kills each out of eight birds. On shooting off. Mr. H. Mortimer was victorious, with five 'kills out of ten birds, and was declared tlie winner of the cup, which be holds for three months, when a further competition takes place. On shooting off for second place, Mr. F. Clayton was declared winner of the second prize.

At the meeting of the United Temperance Reform Council (says the “Otago Daily Times”) a member who lives in North Dunedin detailed a conversation he had with a police officer stationed in that district. He said that lie asked the officer whether the fact that he (the speaker) did not now hear drunken persons singing, etc., on their way home denoted that those who had formerly so behaved were now sober. This officer said that in many cases. this was so, and he named a number of men who were formerly very intemperate but wlio now usually go home sober. Reduction in North Dunedin had been a blessing to many homes, particularly where the man did not now have to pass a hotel on his way home from work.

In a report of Bailey’s first seance in Christchurch, tlie “Evening News” says:—“At the close of the lecture and questions, Mr Bailey, still under control, called up three mien from the circle to search him. A more or less superficial' and perfunctory search was made and certain articles found in Mr Bailey’s pockets were placed on the table. Among these articles were a purse, and when it appeared one of tlio six supervisors who were sitting around the table picked it up and opened' it. ‘Don’t touch that,’ called out Mr Bailey, and the supervisor replaced’ the purse, not. however, before noticing that it contained a number of foreign-looking coins.” There appears to have been some bickering between the “control” and the searcher who discovered the purse, and who wished to examine the coins. The “control,” however, insisted that no investigation should be made of the contents of the purse —which is perhaps a pity. Opium in machinery was recently shipped from Hong Kong to Manila (says a report from Port Darwin). It arrived secreted in nine pieces of machinery. An examination revealed that tlio drug was secreted in machinery expressly made for the purpose of smuggling, and not for ordinary purposes to which macliiney is put. Nino pieces consisted of four steel shafts, four cast-iron cqlunins and one band winch. The shafts were 141 t long, and provided at each end with steel. The opium inside the shafts measured 4iu in diameter, and were the exact size of opium tins. Collars screwed on at the ends effectively concealed anything that might be placed inside the hollow tube, and, owing to the great weight of the shafts themselves, tlie presence of anything concealed inside would not be suspected. Opium to the value of many thousand dollars, and also a great quantity of cocaine, was discovered inside these speciallyconstructed pieces of machinery. Tlio investigation now proceeding into the matter will, it is reported, implicate several well-known Eastern business men in a gigantic smuggling scheme.

It is announced by advert in this issirt that jurors summoned to attend at tW Supreme Court on Monday next, Sept, 27th, are notified that their attendance will not be required.

The services in Waerenga-a-hika parochial district to-morrow are as follows: —At Waimata, 2.30 p.m.; Wae-renga-a-hika (cadets’ church parade) and Makaraka, 7 p.m.

The business of the Gisborne Police Court yesterday was provided by a solitary “drunk,” a first offender, and Mr. \Y. A. Barton fined him tho usual 5s and, costs.

Mr. Coates, of Napier, electrical expert to the firm of Messrs J. J. Niven and Co., arrives from South this morning- He lias been retained by the Gis~ borne Borough Council to draw up a detailed report on the scheme outlined to the Council last week by Mr. J. R. jfc Jones. Mr Coates returns to Napier to-morrow night. “1 don’t believe in weddings or funerals,’ ’said a twice-married witness in the Supremo Court yesterday. “I can understand your objection to funerals, but not to weddings,” remarked Mr. Justice Cooper. Counsel: “Are you speaking from experience?” Witness; ‘Well, I’ve been at my own wedding, but not at my funeral yet.” (Laughter.)

To-morrow morning, at the Baptist Tabernacle, the Rev. W. Lamb’s subject will bo, “Over Against His Own House.” At the evening service the subject will be—“ Sins That may Wreck the’ Empire”—No. 111.. “The National Canker -and Our Acting-Premier at TattersalPs.” The choir and orchestra will render several items from 6.45, and a quartette and anthem will be rendered.

Mr Hamilton Hunter, the retiring Consul for the Tongan. Islands, observes in his last report that importers are more inclined to purchase in Sydney than in Auckland, because there is a greater variety of goods procurable, and*as a rule at a lower cost. If it were not for foodstuffs, produce, timber, and fruit cases, the trade o£ the Protectorate with the Commonwealth would exceed that, of New Zealand. Freights from Sydney and. from Auckland are the same.' And, remarks the “Herald,” Tonga is only one-third of the distance from Auckland than it is from Sydney. Professor Bickerton of Christchurch,, whose theory of partial impact has lately received favorable attention in Australia, states that he will visit England to promote the theory- in his work if given such financial recognition as will enable him to do so. He informed an interviewer that the general opinion in Syd.net- yvas that a largo book developing the theory was of primary importance, and he liad planned a work of six volumes to treat each branch of the subject, and was now at work on it. He had almost completed apparatus for the purpose of demonstrating his theory.

Who is the Mayor of Rotorua? As a matter of fact (as the “New Zealand Times” remarks), there is no such, dignitary in the ordinary acceptance of the team, and the question has now arisen as to which of the officers of the department which has the administration of Rotorua’s municipal affairs can lx* looked upon as most nearly occupying that “Mayoral” position. Is it the tourist division’s representative On the spot? Is it to be the divisional director. Mr. C. R. C. Robieson? Is it the Under-Secretary of the Department, Mr. F. S. Pope? or is it even the .Minister himself, the Hon. T. Mackenzie? The question is one which the authorities have to face, if they are to accede to the request of a certain illustrated paper, which to have ,a photograph of the “Mayor of Rotorua for reproduction.

Arrangements, are well in hand in connection with the annual social in aid of the Hospital funds, and which takes place on Thursday night next; to be followed on Friday night by the “children’s night.” The committee left the floor preparations and the programme in the hands of the secretaries, and this department is being attended to by Messrs M. Segedin and T. G. Lawless. The following gentlemen have consented to act. as M.C.’s: Messrs L. T. Symes, J. Colley. W. Little, A. Sawyer, \Y. J. Bradley, M. Segedin, and T. G. Lawless It has been decided by tlie secretaries and the M.C.’s that the programme shall be started at S p.m. sharp, and His "Worship the Mayor and Mrs. Lysnar have accepted an invitation to lead off this event. Representatives of the leading public bodies have also been asked to participate. The City Band has been steadily practising an attractive programme of music, and Mr. Wootton’s orchestra will also be in attendance.

“It’s a. miserable, low-down sort of insult,” was the opening sentence of a letter which an Upper Hutt ratepayer read at a meeting of the local Town Board. The writer complained that 3 tag had been attached to the rate notice to which, he took except on. “Please instruct your clerk,” he proceeded, “not to address me as ‘esquire.’ I can do very well without such snobbery.” (“He spells it with one ‘b’.” interjected the clerk reading, the letter. “probably the other on© is in his bonnet.”) —Laughter.—The ratepayer added: “It is time enough to put tags on notices when people won’t pay. but I was willing; to pay as soon as 1 know how much it was. I am sure your township will suffer ; you wan’t to push it ahead, but treating ratepayers as if they were rogues and vagabonds won’t do it. My sister and I have £lO-, 000 to invest, which wo intend to use here, hut I will not pay rates and be treated as a scamp.” A second letter contained the following:—“Yon are determined to insult me . . .1 am not a rogue, as you are trviug to make out.” At the Water Police Court, Sydney, last week, before Mr. L. S- Donaldson, S.M., Thomas Robertson, 48, a cook, was charged with stealing in a dwelling house at Crown-street, £9 10, the property of Carl Carson, between September T and 8. The evidence of Carson was to the effect that he only arrived from New Zealand the previous week, and went to the house at Crown Street to stay. On the 7th inst.. he went to the Haymarbet, and not knowing his way back to his place of abode, asked the accused to direct him to a Crown Street tram. Accused said that a tram was not necessarv. and that he would show prosecutor the way home. Whilst upon the journey the accused, it is alleged played on the sympathies of his companion by saying that he had no where to go to, and was very hungry. Prosecutor purchased him some cooked fish and gave him liquid refreshment, after which he took him to his room, and told him that he ocoupv a bod in the room. When witness retired to rest prosecutor Had £9 10s in his pocket. When he awoke the following morning he found that the accused had gone, and an examination of his clothing showed that the money had also disapi>eared. Accused was committed for trial'..