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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2630, 12 October 1909, Page 4

A meeting of members of the Britannia Cycling Club will be held at Mr H. Anderson’s at 7.30 o’clock this evening. A special summoned meeting of Court William Gladstone is to be held this evening to consider alteration of rules and elect a delegato for the ensuing triennial meeting. A reminder that the year 1909 is drawing to a close is given by the receipt of 1910 almanacs from the Norwich Fire Insurance Society forwarded through the local representative, Mr J. Dalrymple. A meeting of the Painters’ Union will be held this evening in Townley’s Hall to make final arrangements for fhe display in the Labor Day procession to-morrow. Mr Spence of the Noah’s Ark shop, has offered a prize, a watch, for the best display made by a carrier in the iirocession. Three previously convicted persons, Charles Roy Stewart, Dennis Fenton and George Rice, were before the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning charged with drunkenness. They were convicted and fined 10s costs 2s, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment. A similar charge was laid against James Curtis and as he did not appear the amount of his bail, £l, was confiscated.

The demand for labor continues to be better than it was last month, but there is by no means a rush yet. Last week the Labor Bureau sent half a dozen men away to billets, and as soon as the shearing gets under way and the Freezing Works re-open it is expected there will be a brisk demand for workers. A good many of those looking for work around Gisborne lately have been men from Auckland, who left the northern city owing to the slump in the labor market there. The half-yearly meeting of the Freezers’ Union was held in Townley’s Hall last night. There was a very good attendance and the question of the Labor Day demonstration was taken up heartily. The President, Mr Old, gave notice of motion that a provident scheme be established in connection with the union. The half-year-ly balance-sheet showed a very satisfactory condition of the finances, there being a credit balance of £199 17s Jd. The membership also showed a g<;od increase. The consideration of the scheme for establishing a workers’ newspaper for the Dominion was deferred to a later stage.

“If I’m prohibited from drinking liquor that is intoxicating, what am I to drink?” This was the query put to Mr. W. R. Haselden, S.M. at Christchurch, by an old man who had broken his prohibition order by drinking homomade elderberry wine. /‘lt’s as bad as Russia,” ho declared. The magistrate remarked that there were many people who quenched their thirst without liquor. “That’s right enough,” replied defendant, “but what is one man’s medicine is another man’s poison. I reared 19 children with my spade and shovel, and have never been to a doctor in my life,” lie concluded, “so that liquor has not done me much harm.

At Messrs Williams and Kettle’s sale on Saturday 33 horses wore offered, which fetched rather better prices than were usual last month. Hacks sold at from £4 5s to £2O, and harness horses fetched £5 to £ls 10s.

A farmer who lives about twenty miles from Feilding, discovered the other day states the “Star,” that he had bought his neighbor’s sheep at the Feilding yards—and had travelled over forty miles to do it. The following products passed through the Gisborne Customs for export from September 16th to 30th: Skins, all kinds, 8,538, valued at £1942.; Tallow, 37 tons, valued at £670; wool, 54,6041b5., valued at £IB4O.

The programme of the garden party to be given in the Patutahi Domain on Thursday next (October 14th), in aid of the funds of St. George’s Church, is published in the advertising columns of this issue. There is to be a sale of work, commencing at 1.30 p.m., a programme of sports, races for children, musical items, and afternoon tea.

The Union S.S. Company, by special advertisement, draw attention to the Sounds Excursions from Dunedin in December next. Two trips are being arranged at nominal rates and should prove as successful as that which eventuated last Easter. The Walkare will be the vessel and the innovation ought to be attractive.

The s.s. Squall arrived in the roadstead yesterday morning, about 11 o’clock and entered the river at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. When she got opposite the wharf she stuck on the mud, the tide then being full. All efforts failed to get her off and the Tuatea was put alongside in order to lighter about 60 tons of cargo so as to enable her to get off at high water today. In some of the smaller stores in Gisborne shopkeepers are making a fairly frequent practice of giving a box of matches or some such equivalent when a customer requires a half-penny change. The other day, however, one dealer in edibles was literally paid bade in his own coin. He had given a box of matches as change to a regular customer, and the latter next day tendered it back in part payment for groceries, and insisted on the shopkeeper accepting it.

Mr Marchant, M.1.C.E., will motor with His Worship the Mayor and the Borough Overseer out to Kaiteratahi this morning, to inspect the gravel pit and dredge, and will then proceed to the Gentle Annie Quarry. Going on to Te Arai Mr Marchant will be met by Mr Hay, the Borough Turncock, and Mr Gardner, C.E., and will proceed. on horseback to locate a suitable site for the new reservoir. Mr Marchant will meet the Council at 7 p.m. to-day instead of 7.30 as previously arranged, as he has to catch the Southern boat, the Mokoia, this evening.

A man, recently from Ormond, has been attracting a good deal of attention by his strange manner in tho streets' here, and yesterday morning he appeared to luive had a lit at the back of Tremont Boarding House. His manner was so strange that the police were sent for. The man was very violent and attacked Constable Johnson, who, with the assistance of several men, threw him on a bed in a little room at the back of the boarding house. Sergeant Hutton attempted to pacify him, but was attacked, and the man had to be manacled and conveyed to the Police Station. In the event of the doctors considering him mentally deranged he will be conveyed to Auckland. The suggestion has been made from time to time that the post card craze is on the wane. Statistics prove to the contrary. According to the annual report of the Postal Department, brought down in the House of Representatives a few days ago, the average number of letters and letter cards "osted per head of population last year was estimated to be 91.37. The average in 1907 was 86.46. The statistics published bv the Universal Postal Union shows that New Zealand exceeds all other countries in the number of letters and post-cards handled, with 97.1 per head of population. Other countries having a high percentage are: —Victoria 92.9; Western Australia 92.6; United States of America 89.2; New South Wales 87.5; Switzerland 84.8; Tasmania S 0.1; Great Britain 67.5.

A sensational runaway, fortunately unaccompanied by any serious results, occurred last evening. Mr J. Gough’s milk cart was in Harris Street, Ivaiti, at about G o’clock and the horse took fright when near Mrs Steele's boarding house. The animal galloped rapidly in the direction of the creek at the end of the street. The bed of the creek is about 15ft below the road at this foint and the horse and cart took a ilying leap into the air. The vehicle and the horse must have turned a complete somersault, for they landed at the bottom facing in the direction opposite to that from which they went over. The only damage done was a broken splashboard and a liberal waste of milk. The horse, after being liberated from the cart, scrambled out and the vehicle was dragged out, with the assistance of ropes, by a number of helpers from the adjacent boarding house Lord Brassey has expressed the following opinion of the Salvation Army: "The" pregnant and significant fact in connection with the work of the Salvation Army is this, that it has premeated and penetrated not only the whole compass of the civilised world, but is found doing its work and doing it successfully in some of the darkest and least advanced communities on the globe. I recognise—we all recognise—the work which is being done in these great Australian States. The fact is that the Salvation Army works, and successfully works, in dark places where other religious organisations have not yet penetrated, and therefore I say we are grateful for the work which is done among the neglected and fallen.” The self-denial appeal is now on and Adjutant Melksham would be grateful if intending donors would kindly forward their donations as the appeal closes on the 21st of this, month. The timber for the new Pipiriki House is now being carted away from the Waimarino sawmills, says a writer in the “Auckland Star.” It will require over 150.000 superficial feet for the structure, mid will be on very up-to-date lines. Those intending to make the Wanganui River trip this season are reminded that from now is the best time of the year for doing so. It is from now that the great wealth of native flowering.shrubs and trees are in bloom, such as the wild clematis, raiua rama, ake alee, Rangiora, rata tree, rata vine etc. The river can now be approached from many points, owing to the opening up of the central railway. Connection is being made with the railway from New Plymouth or Wellington, at Pipiriki, by coach from Ohakune at Tautnarunui (the head of the river service) from Wellington, Rotorua, or Auckland. Another route is through the Hot Lakes, across Lake Taupo to Toliaanu, thence coach to Waiouru, connecting with the north express, thus making the trip from Tokoanu to Taumarunui, coach, and rail, in one day.

All witnesses in the incendiarism cases must be in attendance at the Alagistrate\s Court ut 10 o clock morning.

The general feeling at the Harbor Board meeting yesterday after Mi Marchant’s report had l>een consideied, seemed in favor of his scheme for extending the breakwater, which would cost £13,200.

The big nugget, “Roddy M'Kenzie,” which was on exhibition on Saturday at the White Hart Hotel, Christchurch attracted crowds of curious sight-seers, states the “Star.” A goodly sum was collected from the onlookers m aid of the Children’s Ward of the hospital.

Mr Hugo had a large audience at his third lecture last evening on Foreheads and Noses. The lecture was both mstructive and. amusing and a number or youim ladies went up on the platform. The next and last lecture will be on Thursday evening and upon Ears and Lips. “I think that ever since you ceased to be a resident surgeon at the Auckland Hospital you have had considerable experience in fractures r ’ was a question put with a smile of anticipation by Air. R. McVeagh to Dr. Hardie Noil in the Arbitration Court tlie other dav, in a case where the fracture of a nb was being discusse<i. “Yes,” replied the doctor with an answering smile, “for some years I have been surgeon to the Auckland Rugby Union.” ______