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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2642, 26 October 1909, Page 4

Three inebriates will be brought before the Magistrate this morning. Train arrangements in connection with the Agricultural Show and the Poverty Bay Turf Club’s races arc advertised in this issue of the Times.. A notice in the advertising-columns of this issue states that if Mr. O’Neill will produce liis best buckjumper tonight a local man will bring his own saddle and ride the horse for £5 a-side. Mr. P. A. Eadie, special representative of the “New Zealand Farmer, arrived in Gisborne by the s.s. Fannv from South on Sunday last to attend the A. and . Show in the interests or the journal lie represents. Post Office Savings Bank returns or tlife Dominion for the quarter ended 30th September last how the withdrawals were £2,364,187, and deposits £2,340.640, and excess of withdrawals overdeposits of £23,546 for the period. The September quarter of 1908 showed an excess of withdrawals of £12,532. The following letter and cheque have been received by the secretary of the Gisborne Fire Brigade:—“Sir—At the suggestion of my co-trustee, Mr Houghtour I have the honor to forward you a cheque for £1 for the benfit of your very excellent Fire Brigade men.—G. Houghton’s estate, per J. TV liinray, trustee. It was ten minutes to twelve in the Wellington City Council, last meeting, and councillors were anxiously looking at the clock. One councillor, who had signalised his return to duty by some vigorous speeches, in a pause, asked: “Is it lawful, your Worship, to srt after twelve o’clock?” “Oh, yes, was the reply, “it’s not Sunday.” The petition for universal military training, which is being circulated m Gisborne, is being freely signed, and arrangements have been made to have a copv, in charge of Mr. Dudley J i ent, available for signature at the Show grounds. Early signatures are asked for, as the petitions wliich are being circulated throughout the Dominion may be required for presentation to Parliament at an early date. Armed irmsponsibles, probably youths, are reported to be in evidence about the hillsides of Wellington just now, says the “Post,” and the police desire to call attention to the danger of discharging firearms within the city or borough boundaries. A day or two a ladv, while descending from IvarorT to town, had the unpleasant experience of hearing a bullet pass quite close to her. Messrs Dalgetv and Co. announce that owing to an agreement entered into by the various firms importing ana manufacturing agricultural machinery not to exhibit at any agricultural shows outside the big centres, they as agents for Messrs Booth, Macdonald and Co. and the International Harvester Co., are .prohibited from showing their machinery as entered in the catalogue of the Poverty Bay Association s show, and they acocrdingly apologise to tlie public. The implements in question are on view at Messrs Dalgety and Co.’s store, Read’s Quay. The new steamer which is being built bv Mr. C. Bailey, jun., of Auckland, for Messrs. Hempstalk and Company, of Lyttelton, for the Banks l emnsula Bays trade (says the Christchurch “Press”), is nearing completion,, and is pronounced by experts, to be an exceedingly well-built and liandsome \ esse!. Her engines have been built by Messrs. Fraser and Sons, of Auckland, and are a very fine double set. The boiler for the vessel was ordered from Home, and is on hoard the steamer Sussex, expected to reach Auckland about November 16th. On arrival it will at once be placed in the new. vessclj wliicli will rim lior trifll tups noout a week later. The steamer is expected to arrive in Lyttelton about the first week in December. Shall a national memorial he erected to the memory of all wfio were killed in the Maori War? This question was discussed at the Veteran's’ Association Conference, yesterday (says_last Friday’s “Post”). -It was pointed out that .in several places in the Dominion there were monuments erected' in the soldiers’ memory, and that a better idea w T ould be to make an application to the Guild for the reservation of Soldiers’ Graves in South Africa, for a grant to enable the graves of soldiers and sailors who fought in New Zealand to bp properly marked and tended. Colonel Porter said lie knew- of graves in the Poverty Bay district which badly required some attention. He thought if application was made to Mrs. Seddon, president of the New Zealand guild, a grant would probably.be obtained. The militar- tournament and sports, under the auspices of the East Coast Mounted Rifles, are to take place on the Park Racecourse on the King’s Birthday, November 9th. The programme contains fourteen events —handicap trot, potato and. bucket race, jumping by fours, cutting the Turk’s head, Lloyd-Lindsay 100yds footrace, thread the needle race, despatch competition, tent pitching, Gretna Green race, Victoria Cross race, physical drill, night alarm, and a competition for best horse in the squadron. Trophies for 'prizes have been presented by Messrs Common, Shelton and Co., Ltd., Dalgety. and Co., TTld., Williams and Kettle. Ltd.. Adair Bros., Ltd., Messrs W. Miller, C. Thomas* A. Zachdriali, O. R. Sainsbury. and others, and Capt. Evans has given a bracelet for the ladv nominating the winner of the thread the needle race. The officers of the squadron have presented a handsome cup (which is on view in Messrs MoLernon and Son’s window) to the. troop scoring most points in the sports. The City Band ' has kindly consented to» play, and every effort is to be made to render the gathering attractive.

The third of the series of Briuds "All-right Nights” -wili take placein the Masonic Hall at 8 p.m. on/I day next. Tho programme K to p Con sist of dancing, singing, ■ and ie ta tioris. ltefresnments will be piovidecl. The Union S.S. Co. the two excursions to the West G«. Sounds by the Wadcare from Dunedm in December next. Ihe late -,1 charged is from £6, and H -s fully expected that the two trips this year will be quite as satisfactory as the cursion made last Easter by the i. Labor conditions have improved considerably during the past week Gisborne, more especially among ■- men,'several of the trades having to work overtime. The condition amongst the laboring classes, bowser has not improved in the same ratio, there bein a good number or names on the books of'the Labor Office. Adenoids were spoken of bv D r Trilby King in his lecture at Viell t« ton last week as one of the most cox mon troubles of young P eA r>-c- J ,o some districts,” he said “the Wl culty is to find a boy or a girl, vho ! ° afflicted.” The doctor pointed out tna_, if children were brought up under com mon sense principles, adenoids and similar growths would- disappcai. Messrs Malcolm and Co. s b pictures on account of Max StewaH commenced yesterday afternoon, a good number were disposed of' prices altogether in favor of b 3 • • These who were fortunate onbugl be present secured some beautiful vof ft -rices which only the scarcity of ready money could account forbalance of the collection, some so of the best pictures, have been served for to-day’s sale at 2.30 p.m., when every picture must find a bin u - The Hon. G. Fowkls considers that the borough councils, town boards, other local authorities shall undertak the responsibility far tho care of soldiers graves within .their boundaries. . At the slime time it would, in his opinion, be a fitting thing if such local authorities were to arrange through the local education boards or school com- ' mittecs for the actual work to be done by the children of neighboring schools. Such work, he believes, would be of the highest value as a lesson in individual civic duty, and thus fostering patriotism, if it were voluntarily undertaken. Some advice to managers of hotels was given by I)r. M* Arthur, S.M.j recently, in'delivering judgment in a Wellington ease in which a man was charged with refusing to quit liensed op remises’ when ordered to do so. If the manager did not know, said B.is Worship, that it was his duty to remove a man under 'tho influence of liquor immediately upon his entry into the hotel, he had no business to be a manager. Both for the man’s sake and for his own sake, the manager had no business to keep him there. These things, added Dr. M'Arthur, might he remembered when renewals were asked for. The Monowai, which was delayed at Lyttelton bv the bad weather, left that port at 3.40 p.m. yesterday (Monday). Special efforts are‘being made to despatch her early from Wellington today and Napier to-morrow, in order that she will reach here in good time to allow the Ward Company to open on Wednesday night as advertised. The Union S.S. Co. will now despatch her for Auckland-on Wednesday night in - stead of Thursday morning as originally intended. The last launch has meantime been fixed for 7 p.m., and the office of the company will be open from 5.30.p.m. for the convenience of passengers leaving for North by the Monowai and South by the Waikare. Portraits of much-tattooed Maori chiefs in their old-time war dress are so often sent away as "souvenirs of New Zealand” that (it- is stated) a false impression is likely to be created in other countries as to tho degree of' civilisation and industrial development to which the Dominion has reached. That was the burden of a discussion at-'the meeting of the New Zealand Natives’ Association in Wellington the other evening. Members suggested that the practice should be heartily discouraged, and recommended that postcards, photographs, albums, and other souvenirs of the Dominion, chosen for sending abroad, should illustrate the progress that is being made in the farming and manufacturing industries. About a dozen British lads, from fifteen years of age upwards, arrived in Sydney'last week, and have been placed on farms by the Immigration League of Australasia. Their presence is the result of Dr. Arthur’s visit to England, and though they are all city lads, they are of good plivsique, and anxious to take up country life. Although they all paid their own passages out, it is felt (remarks the "Telegraph”) that the Government would do well to offer such young fellows some assistance in the shape of assisted passages, as there is an inexhaustible demand for their 'services in the farming districts. The league could place fifty if landed here to-morrow, and further applications from farmers are coming in every day. TIIO "Fiji Times” of October 9th says:—"The first shipment of fruit to Melbourne by the steamer Manapouri has apparently met some opposition on arrival in Victoria. There are no particulars to hand, but an idea of tlie conditions existing will be obtained from the following cable message received on Thursday from Messrs. Sweeney and Launcester, fruit brokers of Melbourne : ‘Disposing Manapouri shipment under great difficulties. Boycotted. Had to store everything. Bunches selling 3s 6d to 6s 6d practically cleared. Cases bad order, repacking. Demand limited under circumstances. You must have patience. Boycott practically broken. Anticipate no difficulty next shipment. Will wire individual prices as soon as possible. Advise contents this all shippers. Success assured from this out.’ ” Fiji fruit is Chinese owned-, and Chinese grown. The "New Zealand Times” says that the boycott was in favor of the Queensland banana and an “all white” Australia. Tho annual spring horse fair at Mr. C. Neenan’s yards, urmond, was held yesterday by Messrs Williams and Kettle. There, was a very large attendance, and over 250 horses were submitted for sale. There were not a great many buyers present, and competition was by no means keen, a large number of the lots being passed. The catalogue included geldings and fillies, (broken and unbroken), paekliorses, harness horses, and both light and heavy draughts. Consignments of draughts were received from Messrs Sherrill and Hutchinson Bros, a few fetching up to £7, and harness' horses £ls. Unbroken horses.sold fairly well, Plies from the former being sold at realised from £9 to £l7. Light draughts sold from £ll to £l6 10s, and . lieav draughts brought up to £26. A saddle and harness horse by Tempest, offered on account of Messrs Hutchinson Bros., was passed in, the highest bid being £ls. Luncheon was provided at the Ormond Hotel in a manner that reflected credit upon the house, and the sale* was brought 1 to a conclusion late in the afternoon.

ttSVith Hi, I Mow ground, ono long and throe short rings. Afptrrs F S. Malcolm and Co. will taokSTS 2 p-P '«>■ Saturda > October 30th., i +1,,, nottacc at iualune Y esterday t j ] )V Captain lighthouse Smd ffiis \\are, who n....hine lighthouse has there. J '“J‘“telephone, ~o cn connected by H , J office aid the offices of the local shipping companies. Yesterday the judges for the agrientoral skew were by arrange,not* of finnimd HoS Mr, Hfs Worship the Mayor accompanying the Am .a, drive (kni E.„ ‘flats and back to Gisborne. ihe\ ‘elfprSd themselves « ™«7 I*-"* with the aspect of the flats. Some little time ago a number or Canterbury ladies decided to P ro " mote a petition- to Par lament asking that the system- of free immigration of sinde women suitable or domestic service should be established The pefat■oll has now been forwarded to Mel•n*tom accompanied by a .personal apeM to each member ol Parliament who I oirpadv presented a petition. nl "retard of Z Labor Department ™ to Xw that the dearth of woman workers is a great as ever. Suita ole irusiness sites rcr offices m the heart of town are now.bccom•l difficult to obtain at any price, but a f excellent opportunity for solicitors, architects, agents, and other <;lnnal nmn to secure one at a reason able pr”; and on easy terms is offered by Messrs Williams and Ketde anti \\t LiVant Clavton at the land sale next Saturday, when tho valuable sec; tion next to the Poverty Bay G.ub wik b e cold in suitable allotments. It is stated that the reserves are very moderate. A travelling correspondent has informed the "Otago Daily limes that the prospects in the South Canterbury and North Otago forming districts aio exceptionally favorable Fne crops, lie said, are looking splendid and there is an abundance of grass. With an experience of forty years to fortify him m his opinion, lie says he lias never seen the Hakataramea \ alley look bettei than it now does. There was no winter snow on the' ranges, there were few frosts, there have been bountiful spring rains with an early season there has been a prolific lambing, and with •• ontv of feed, the young stock is thriving exceptionally well. The Dunedin "Star” says:— “We hope that Dunedin will not be Backward in contributing to the fund ulnch Mr G. W*. Bussell, M.P., Chairman of the Canterbury College Board of Governors, and other Christchurch citizens are endeavoring to raise m order to enab’e Professor Bickerton (whose scientific enterprise has emptied instead of filled his pockets'), to proceed to England and place his theory m proper form before the scientific world, ihe sentiment of Patriotism may be reasonably engaged in the movement, for who knows but that the name of Bickerton may in the centuries to come be one of the* chief glories on the New Zealand scroll of fame?"' yf t - J. Peate, one of the British Chambers of Commerce is much impressed with tho type of Zealand manhood and womanhood (says the Now Zealand "Times.”) It is, he says, the best he has seen in his life. Some of the young women he saw working in the Dunedin woollen mills were magnificent specimens, and fit to grace any drawingroom. Ho thought the climate had a refining influence upon them. The New Zealand people appeared to live in accordance with the na tural laws of health, and the splendid typo was the result. He had seen fathers and mothers with New' Zealand born sons and daughters superior in point of stature, and in every way, to their parents, and finer types of manhood and womanhood. The Orepuki "Advocate” gives a very dismal account of the shale works in the Orepuki district. Describing the present condition of the extensive and costly refining plant which was erected some years ago, the writer says: "There is something ghoulish and uncanny in the stillness of the deserted engine-rooms, or the hollow sounds of foot-steps as a person crosses' the silent spaces, where, tall chimneys and blackened retorts and condensers cast their ghost-like shadows. During the years of silence £125,000 lias been lost to wage-earners, while * the company lias lost during the same period in interest and depreciation a sum not less than £50,000. Tlie loss of railway revenue must amount to a large figure, as the flow of crude oil from the condensers averaged 1500 gallons daily.” In connection with the Hugh J. Ward season, Mr. Miller states that owing to the Wellington Marine Board refusing a license to the Tangaroa to carry passengers to Gisborne, the Company lias been coiiipelled to abandon the idea of coming by small steamer. Everything now depends upon the Monowai. Mr. Preston, 'trie local manager of the Union Company, as well at Mr. Cargill, at Napier, and the Wellington manager are doing all in their power to give quick despatch and enable her to! reach Gisborne on Wednesday afternoon. It is expected that the Monowai will leave Wellington this afternoon at 2, arriving at Napier to-morrow morning at 6, leaving there at 10, and reaching Gisborne at o p.m. Mr. Miller states that lie is confident tlie curtain will go up at S sharp tomorrow evening. Dexter, a small town out in lowa, is to be edited into prosperity. W. J. Pilkington, head of the Des Moines “Merchants’ Trade Journal,” is the scribe who has undertaken the job. His purpose is to prove that up-to-date city methods will act to the benefit of country merchants. So he had taken charge of every business house in Dexter, which is a village of some 800 inhabitants. He is to remain in absolute charge for seven months, and at the end of that time lie declares that profits will be doubled, trade attracted to Dexter from ~ other points, and the community much improved. He conducts the business of every institution, from the bank to tlie lumber yard. 'As all the members of the City Council are merchants who have placed their businesses in Mr. Pilkington’s hands’,* the latter is also controlling the municipal government. Invested -with this power lie lias cleaned streets and repaired them, made important improvements and adopted new municipal ordinances. Tie believes in advertising, with the result that- the Dexter paper lias now more advertisements than ever before in its history. The entire business of the town is being carried on liis shoulders. It is only a man of wide business experience and extraordinary commercial ability who would dare attempt such a tremendous undertaking. His remarkable experiment is attracting the attention of business over the entire Middle West.