The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1909.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2644, 28 October 1909, Page 4

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1909.

Tlie weather report and mail notices will be found op page 2 of this issue. The. Right Rev. Bishop Lenilian, accompanied by' the Rev. Father Tiger, arrived from Auckland, yesterday. A Press' Association telegram from Wellington states that the Appeal Court concluded its sittings yesterday, and that the judgments will be delivered on Monday. i The P over tv Bay Turf Club notifies that bookmakers who are not licensed, or their agents, and persons known or suspected of laying totalisarof odds, will not be allowed on the- Club’s course. Unclaimed letters from places beyond the colony, for the following persons,, are lying at the Gisborne Post Office: A. N. Bowler, Mr. W. Brown, Mr. Jas. Collins (Gold Creek), Mr. j. H. Ferguson, Sir. R. J. Jennings, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. John Mclvor. The weight-guessing competition at the Agricultural and Pastoral Show was well patronised, and the total of entrance fees taken for/ guessing ■ the weiglit of the bullock and the five sheep was £2O Bs. Mr. W. O. Sheet supervised the competition, and did much to make it the success it was. A Socialist Society, with a fairly strong membership, has been formed in Masterton. A, movement is on foot to form a similar society in Pahiatua. An endeavor is to tie made to form socialist societies all through the Wairarapa, with the object of having them in full swing by next election. The third of a series of ‘ ‘All-right Nights,” aincier the auspices of the Druids’ Social Committee, will bo held in the Masonic Hall to-night. The programme .on this, occasion will consist chiefly of dancing, interspersed with songs. The previous gatherings have proved very enjoyable, and there is sure to be a large attendance. Refreshments are to' be provided, and everyone will be welcomed. Mr Lloyd-Georga tells a good story of himself. He went down to a disestablishment meeting in the country, and the chairman introduced him to his audience in these terms: —“You all know, ladies and gentlemen, that the bishop of this diocese has been lying and slandering liis opponents. But tonight I’m glad to say that we have with us Mr Llovd-George,' who is quite a match for the bishop.” Mr George admitted that the audience laughed, and that wholly in a non-committal spirit he laughed too. The general design of the building which the Auckland branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association proposes to erect on the site acquired about a year ago at the corner of Wellesley street East and Coburg street has now been settled, although some oi the details inay be subject to alteration (says the ‘ -'Herald”). The building will* be five stories high, with a basement, and .-will be built in brick and stucco, though if funds permit stone facings will be used to enhance the appearance of the structure. •" The estimated cost is about £14,000^-;' It is stated that- some of the street musicians in Auckland are making small fortunes. One instrumentalist was overheard (says the “Herald”) to boast that his earnings for the day were £l4. Another gentleman, who owns a gramophone, has been heard to state that he .does not require to be long in the streets -each day—five or six hours being sufficient to keep him going in pocket money: A reporter was informed on .good authority that some of the instrumentalists in the Auckland streets earn anything up to between £l6 to £2O a week. According to the Bristol Mercury, the large quantities of grain which were despatched from the South Island of New Zealand for Avonmouth last year found a ready sale. The grain consisted principally of oats and wheat, with a quantity of peas, and is admitted to have been of a “very fine quality.” In addition to large consignments sent by ilm regular line of steamers trading to West-of-England -ports, a small, fleet of steamers was specially chartered for the conveyance of grain from New Zealand to the United Kingdom. Returns published in the latest issuo of the New Zealand Gazette show that the total revenue of the Gisborne railway for the four-weekly period ending September 18 was £761, an increase of £135 upon that of the same period last year. The return shows a profit of £IBB. The total revenue to date from the beginning of the financial year (April 1) amounts to £5197 (a surplus of £ll7B over expenditure), compared with £3898 for the first six months of the preceding financial year. The percentage of revenue for the .lino is 77.35, that of the North Island main line is 74.19. The traffic return for the past month- includes .4515 passengers .(a decrease of 150); parcels and dogs 232, sheep 82, drays 3, cattle 5, goods 2002 tons (an increase of 1000). Giving evidence at the inquest on his son, a boy who died suddenly from -acute pneumonic infection, an Auckland resident said his daughter was sent by her mother for the lodge surgeon, who lived close by, on tlio Sunday evening at 6.30 p.m. The doctor, who lived a stone’s throw away, was out, but the child saw his wife, who asked: “Are you lodge patients?” The child replied: “Yes.” The lady replied: “The doctor -will not be back till 9 p.m., and that will be dispensary hours. Will to-morrow do?” The child, who was a bit. flustered, said: “Yes.” The lady, said the surgeon would call next morning. As a matter of fact, the doctor did not .put in an appearance till after midday on Monday, when the lad had been dead five hours. The Coroner said he hoped publicity. would be given to this statement. It was a most unfortunate circumstance that the doctor-did nob attend. ' Some time ago a sea-bird, called the red-bill, or. “torea,” was found wounded on the beach at Foxton. It was given to a- child’at Palmerston North j and it is now the valued and respected tenant of a Palmerston North garden. writer in the “Manawatu . Daily Times,” states that before the bird arrived, the garden was the abode 1 of numberless slugs and snails, but since the stranger has got in its fine work, slug and snail fairly- shudder at tlio thought of its gleaming eye, and the ' worms wriggle at the mere mention of its long, sharp .red bill, which forces its way four ./ox five inches into the groundand brings up something oveiytime. When the bird., was first taken to the town, it found so many snails-that it could mot get through them in one meal. IK then began to store them, putting them into a dish of water, to be consulted later. An interesting illustration! of the force of habit lies m tlie fact'that it spends the night in.tlio centre of] the lawn, as far from, cover as possible,' in the same way as it spent the nigh® when it lived far out on the sands. | a : '

Mr George H. Williams, of Tologa, is a candidate for the additional seat for' tlie Tologa Bay riding on the Cook County Council. Railway arrangements in connection with the Poverty Bay Turf Guilds meeting ax Malcaralca to-day and tomorrow are advertised in this issue. The following passengers had booked last night by Messrs Redstone and Sons’ coaches leaving this morning: For Tologa Bay, Mr. Livingstone; for Hauiti, Mr. Swift; .for Tokomaru, Judge Jones, Hare H'enitapio ;lbr Waipiro, Messrs J. T. Townsloy and Yatt.

Smart work on the wharfside and at the theatre enabled “A Bachelor’s Honeymoon” to be put on at Bis Majesty’s* Theatre, last night. The s.s. Mohowai came into the Bay at 5.30. •and before 7 all the passengers and scenery had been landed, enabling the show to'open at 9 o’clock.

The latest issue of the Hew Zealand Gazette contains a notice in reference to amending the dues charged lor the use of the Tokomaru Farmers’ Cooperative Co.’s wharf, at Tologa Bay. the dues and rates to be charged tor receiving and’ storing general merchandise and for shipping skins and hides are to be 3s per ton, weight or measurement.

A .great weakness in developing dairy herds is mentioned by Mr J. \V. Deem, inspector in charge of West Coast districts, in his annual report. He says:'-—“Some very lino herds are being got. together by means of careful selection and breeding and the use o.: the Babcock tester; but, unfortunately, there is such a spii'it of speculation among the dairy community, that no sooner does a farmer get a good held together and show a good return, than lie’ has a tempting offer, sells his farm and the herd is dispersed. This is very unfortunate, as these .productive herds are stimulating to others.” The New Zealand Gazette notifies that the total post and telegraph revenue for the Septembr quarter lor the Gisborne postal district amounted to £300(5—£1881 less than that for the Juno quarter. The telegraph revenie for the quarter was £1613, or rather more than half that of the preceding quarter. Tlig decrease is accounted fen bv the fact that £1589 was paid during the latter quarter for telephone subscriptions *and fees. Private box and bag rents last quarter amounted to £24 17s d, money-order commissions £7B Ss, sale of stamps £1257. and postal note commission £28.13s Bd. Three thousand and twenty-one money-orders were issued, representing £13,663, whilst 1026 wore paid, representing £5222, the figures being nearly the same as in the previous quarter. Five i.'.undrod and fifteen accounts were opened at the Savings Bank and 341 were dosed. The withdrawals from the post office were £53,100. and exceeded the amount deposited by £3621. or £2400 more than during the quarter ending June 30th. In Bengal the native unrest is particularly marked. In Eastern Bengal the Baptist Union has its mission field with no competition, and thence has come one of the workers, Rev. J. Takle, with some observations on the political and social turmoil. As to the causes, the missionary, speaking at the Baptist Conference in Wellington, put one down to the indignation of the high-caste Hindus anxious for self-go-vernment, and to the fact that the Imperial Government had recognised the right of claim of the low-caste population to subordinate positions in the Indian Civil Service. This curtailed the chances of the more aristocratic. Another factor was the number of unemployed students who travelled the districts sowing and nurturing discontent and lawlessness. A third cause of disaffection was the clashing of the East and the West. Many of the students of the higher caste had been educated in Western schools, and in the minds of such there was a constant conflict between that portion of his mind artificially enlightened in the West* and the native portion, full of the superstitions of the East.