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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2660, 16 November 1909, Page 4

Mr C. J. Parker will address the County electors at the Makara'ka Hall at S p.m. to-day. The report of the powder hulk explosion at Auckland was heard «t Kunci man. It resembled thunder, and lasted three or four seconds. Even the pheasants on the hills gave a call of alarm just as they do when thunder is heard The subject of religious instruction iii schools is, it- is stated, being, rcu'v ec in Wellington, and a strong effort is to ho made to secure the introduction of what is known as the “Nelson system into one or more of the larger primal j institutions.

After the conclusion of business at the meeting of the Loyal Gisborne Lod"e, 1.0.0. F., M.U., last evening, a card 0 tournament took place between the Past Grands and the members of the Lodge. The latter proved victorious by .three games. Light rehesliments provided by the Past Grands, were served, and very pleasant .social time was spent.

The s.s. Flora is now fixed to leave Gisborne for .Coast and Auckland on Friday morning next instead of baturdav, as originally expected, bhe nas made good progress on the Coast foatliim wool for the Xiwaru, , which will be° transhipped at Napier instead ol Gisborne. The attention of passengers and shippers is directed to the alteiation' in the movements of the r lor a from Gisborne going North. Word tvas received by Mr. John farmer, of Childers Hoad, on Saturday evening that his son Frank, who is only 19 years of age, had been successful in passing the final section of the pharmacy examination, held at Auckland - recently. The successful candidate is a Gisborne boy, but has resided tor the past few years in Whangarei, where lie occupied a position with Mr. Foster, chemist, who is also well known in busborne. To pass Ills final examination at such an early age reflects great credit on Mr. Farmer.

During a conversation with the directors of the Petroleum Works, states an exchange, at New Plymouth the other evening; Dr. 8011, in apologising for the “dryness” of his remarks, recalled the first geological lecture he had attended. It- was given in Canada, and on ite tei - ruination lie came to the conclusion it was the driest thing he had ever listened to. When he returned home he decided to look up some geological books and get an insight- into the subject, with the result that—he became a geologist lumself ! He facetiously remarked that he hoped those present that night would also follow in his steps and become geologists! .At the llotorua Court the other day a case in which special interest .was takeh was an action .brought by a Maori named Tauliu Kingi, of Okero, against Mr. Beal, engineer in charge of the electric power house, _ and a Native named Hemana, charging them with unlawfully detaining a sword of honor presented to Major box by Queen Victoria. Kingi had left the sword with Mr. Beal for safe custody, and the latter bad given it to Hemana. Kingi claimed sole right to tho sword, whereas the defence was that Hehiana and nineteen others had by an order of the Native Land Coint been appointed owners. After hearing the evidence of (plaintiff Kingi and another witness, Mr. It. W- Dyer S.M., dismissed the information with costs against the plaintiff. It caine out in evidence that Kingi had been actiw in getting up a petition from the Maoris of Okere requesting the Government to remove Mr. Beal from his position. Rotorua people are wondering what right the Maoris have to interfere in. such matters. Melbourne files report that a large gathering of citizens, representing Syrian comunity in Melbourne, held banquet to celebrate the inauguration of the new Turkish Constitution. Under the absolute form of Government the Syrians suffered great injustices, more especially in tho matter of vax•ation, 'ind in the far more important one of proper representation in ttie courts of law. To the Syrians, tlieiefore, the inauguration of a ttonal form of Government, imp y „ complete equality of all classes of tho community, is a great boon, and tf . rejoicings are therefore fully justified. At the banquet, which was attended by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Colonel Bnrston), Dr. Carty Salmon (Speaker of tho House of Representatives'), the Turkish Consul (Colonel Charles ltyan), the. brenc-li Consul (M. Pigeonneau), and other well-known citizens; the principal speaker was Mr. Fisher (Leader of the Opposition), who said'the event was one- of the five opoclimarking events of the last decade —tlio creation of Australian Federation, the granting of Constitutional Government in Russia, and to Persia and Turkey, {followed! by , : tho foundation of the South African Federation —wlncli constituted a period in parliamentary history without a parallel in the world.

The Hon. Capt. Tucker will address the Cook County electors at the Ormond Hall at 7.30 o’clock this evening. There wore no cases to be called at the Gisborne Police Court yesterday, the usual week-end drunk being conspicuous by his absence. It is announced that prize moneys won at the Poverty Bay Agricultural and Pastoral exhibition may now be obtained on application to the Secretary, Mr. H. M. Porter. The Hon. J. A. Millar (Minister for Labor) has assented to a suggestion made by the New Zealand Employers’ Federation, that the three conciliation commissioners ( should meet representatives of the federation to confer with them on several points relating to the procedure of conciliation councils. The conference will probably he held soon after the prorogation of Parliament. In the London “Ironmonger,” of September 30, an advertisement appears signed by the eight British. manufacturers of joists ancl girders, intimating that all they make are branded with their name and distinctive brand. The incentive to this step appears to be that Continental rolled girders without any brand are being snipped to colonies where there is a preferential tariff.

A meeting of the Gisborno Building Society for the allocation of loans was held yesterday evening. A ballot took place in respect of a loan of £SOO, the draw resulting in favor of Mrs. E. It. Browne. As she had given instructions for her rights to he passed over for the present, a second ballot was held, and resulted in favor of Mrs. E. E. Martin £3OO, and Mr. M. J. Bundle £IOO, both of whom accepted. A sale of a loan of £SOO resulted in £35 per £IOO being obtained. Mr. It. H. U. Warner lias taken over the Tatapouri Hotel, and entered into possession yesterday. Mr. Warner is well known throughout the district, having for several years past acted as manager of several large sheep runs in the East Coast and Poverty Bay districts. It is the new proprietor's intention to make the Tatapouri Hotel the watering place of Poverty Bay, and with that end in view has decided to make the grounds much more attractive for week-end parties than they have hitherto been.

The cost of blowing up the wreck of the Charles Edward, at the entrance of the Wanganui Iliver, was stated at the Harbor Board meeting last week to have been £240, which is paid by the buyer of the wreck. The former owners, the Anchor Steamship Company, as well as the buyer of the wreck, have now been given a clearance from all liability in the matter. The board’s engineer reports finding 20ft of water over where the forward end of the wreck lay, and 25 feet over the after end.

All interesting question that is in the minds of Gisborne ratepayers at present is how they will be affected by the borough loan proposals if the latter are carried into effect. The Town Clerk (Mr. It. D. B. Robinson) bar. been carefully working out the figures connected with the matter, and has submitted the result to Messrs John Coleman and F. C. Fiddy, accountants, for confirmation. It is stated that the figures arrived at prove conclusively that there need be no extra rate to meet the interest on the loan.

Many are the talcs-told by judgment debtors when called upon to show cause why they should not pay up. One of them made shipwreck among the shoals and shallows of legal examination in Christchurch. Of course he could not pay ; he had been out of work, hut counsel for the creditor inquired if debtor liad not contracted to build a couple of houses. “No,” replied the man, “I merely paid £lO on the sections.” “Oil!” said D.r M‘Arthur, “if you can go in for these speculations you can pay the debt.” In furtherance of the scheme for the training of young 'Maori women in the various district hospitals in the Dominion to qualify as nurses, the Government lias appointed Miss Agnes Hei to the charge of this portion of the Taranaki district, with headquarters at New Plymouth (says the “Herald”). Nur.se Hei lias undergone a course of training in the Gisborne district, where she duly qualified as a nurse. She will visit the various Maori kaiangas up and down the coast from-time to time, or wherever her services are specially required. Some time ago Mr. T. Gresham, City Coroner, introduced to the. Liberal and Labor Federation (says the “Dominion”) a scheme on which he is very keen —the establishment of a foundling hospital at Auckland. The Federation took the matter up, and wrote fetters to the Government advocating the scheme. To this the Ministers gave the usual diplomatic reply that tho.matter, would ,be kept .steadily in view. This did not satisfy Mr. Gresham, ancl lie raised the matter again last week. with the result that it will be further considered by the executive of tho Federation.

Recently (says . the, Napier Daily “Telegraph,”) complaints, emanating from Hastings, were made concerning, the manner in which the Labor inspector, Mr. E. W. F. Gohns, was carrying out his duties, it being alleged in certain. quarter’s that he was showing unnecessary officiousness. On the other hand, several of the local labor unions adopted motives expressive of confidence in the inspector, and letters conveying the sense of these were forwarded to the Minister. The Hon. J. A. Millar, in reply to one of the union’s letters, says: “I am exceedingly pleased to hear the high opinion held by your union of this officer of the Labor Department. It is pleasing to have your assurance that his work is appreciated, andi I may say there is no intention at present of removing him to another district.”

“Engineering” for September 3rd contains an interesting article on the tivo of the Makatote viaduct on the North Island Main Trunk line, for which the contractors were Messrs J. and A. Andersen, of Christchurch and Lyttelton. The article, which is accompanied by drawings of the work and illustrations of it, goes into technical details at some length, and mentions that there are 5758 cubic yards of concrete in the foundations and endpiers, and 1000 tons of steel work in the braced piers and superstructure. The difficulties that the contractors had to overcome in gaining access to the site, and in other directions, are referred to. After stating that the viaduct was designed by the late Mr. 1\ S. Hay, Engineer-in-Cliief to the New Zealand Government, “Engineering” states “that the work was carried out by Mr. Andrew Anderson, who bad as assistants MrAG. A. Pascoe and two cadets. These 'gentlemen, together with; all the foremen and gangers, were. New Zealand born and trained, with the exception of Mr. Anderson, wlio came Home as a boy and served his apprenticeship with Messrs Blytli and Cunningham, of Edinburgh.” Itis also stated as noteworthy that all the material for the viaduct (with the execution of bracing-rods and turnbuckles) was prepared on the site.

A general meeting of No-J-icense League wa “W to „. drow’s Schoolroom last even L < ’“tlSSg S were or a private nature. Mr. H. T. Turner, formerly in charge of the culture, Christchurch, 1 tod supervisor over inspectors of raj bits and.noxious weeds i°r the »mth ern ,portion of the South Is A farmer tells us (says the Wainmipa “Daily Times”) that he has coining b :.p ffiSA fX'g,Sn ing to their rootlets. Captain Beere has applied for sion to hold a week-end camp of the Gisborne Rifles oil Satuidaj - 27th, and the next day. Should tm rcqnisite leave be given, probably take place at luarnotu Island, though the locality has not J finally decided upon. There is now o.n view in Mr. J. Townley's Peel Street window a fine caned sideboard, valued at £2O, that has been purchased by the City Band, in connection with their Art and Cuno Exhihi tion. The sideboard is to be the bust prize in the Art Union, tickets tor which are available from all membezs of the Band, at Is each. Last Wednesday night some one saw smoke issuing from a window ot tee r.ew Union Bank premises, m WcLmgton, and gave an alarm of fire A crenel ouickly assembled and an attempt " made to break in the door, when 't iy !> discocored that there was no cause tor anxiety. The caretaker had lit a fire in his” private apartment, and some smoke from the fireplace had escaped through, tho opon window instead or 03 way of the chimney.

Special Christian fellowship meetings will be held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms commencing next Monday evening, and running till the following Saturday. The meetings are for the purpose of promoting the religious work of the Assoeiation, and will be addressed by prominent townspeople connected with the Y.M.C.A. The meetings are being held in connection with the annual week of prayer observed by all Associations throughout the world. Some amusing stories of organists were told by Mr. Maughan Barnett at his lecture last week in Wellington. There was a certain organist who once suffered grievous humiliation. He was playing on the “full” organ, and when the blaze of harmony was at its greatest intensity reached out for one of the pedals, lost his balance, and fell off his scat. A friend, who was turning over his music for him, made a desperate clutch to save the falling musician, missed, and fell heavily on the keyboard ! The harmony become a riot. A marvellous escape from being gored to death is reported from Nangus, To miles from Guudagai (New South Wales). Ivy Grant, the 11-year-old daughter of a dairy farmer, was feeding the yard calves when what was considered a quiet cow charged her. The little girl was lifted on the animal’s horns, and wheeled round the yard and tossed about. Her elder sister jumped into the yard and rescued lrer. It was found that, the cow’s horn, which was curled, had entered at the left armpit, and had come out- at the collarbone, but had onlv torn the skin.

In the great cities of Germany the limited ground has forced the authorities for public education to make the very best use of every inch of ground available, and it is not surprising that schools attended by 1500 children are nothing out of the common in Germany. Leipsic has several huge schools of 2000 pupils each ; but even this will be surpassed by a mammoth school, which i.s just nearing completion in a suburb of Berlin. This building, the cost of construction of which will be about two million marks, will receive 4500 children, who at present are attending a number of small schools in the vicinity.

The Liberal and Labor Federation is, in the opinion of one of its members (Mr. Collins) a misnomer as applied to the Auckland branch. It dal not, he said at a meeting in Wellington’ last week, concern itself with labor matters. Why, there were men out of work all'over the goldfields, and yet -it was said that men could not be got in Auckland. All that was necessary was that tlje Government should (place a couple of thousand, or perhaps three thousand, on the Estimates and let these men make roads out-back. Mr. Nerheny pointed out that Mr. Collins and others who thought as lie did had had their answer 'lrom the Government that the State could not afford to spoon-feed everybody with relief works, and what was‘the‘good of asking men a question to which they had already given their answer. Australians are wont to boast that this is a free country (says the Sydney “DailyX Telegraph” of November .4. At Clifton yesterday 200 men chased two brother-workers. The two men, Williams and Phillips-, happened to bo casually strolling towards the railway station with two police officers. The strikers at once- had their suspicions aroused. A rumor had been circulated that Williams and Phillips intended to return to work at the mine this week. Here, they imagined, was the project in course of execution. Two hundred men rushed after the two. Rut fortunatelv, the police were at hand, and protected the two men, who woro however, subjected to hoots and insult-in' r epithets. The women, especially, were loud in their imprecations. But that was not all. The president of the local miners’ lodge inquired an-o-t-ily 0 f the senior-sergeant of police : “How is it that you allow these two men to walk about the township? They should be kept inside their houses. Aiid. this is in a free country I Last surfing season (remarks the “Svduey Daily Telegraph ) the authorities piit the sun-bath down with relentless vigor; this season they seem to look upon it with indifference. On bunday (17th October) .the sands were thickly strewn with the forms of youths and men in swimming attire, who hail left the water, and were enjoying a quiet “bake.” In contrast- with the summary manner in which the sunbather was treated last- year, the privileges allowed on Sunday were -;Uggostive that the “baking” regulations had been much relaxed. The police authorities, when the matter was put to them, said they had no power to prevent the sun-bath, unless there was gross indecency, 'which they explained they were at liberty to deal with under any conditions. They had not received any instructions to disturb anyone who chose to half bury himself in the sand, and until t-liey had a sjx'cial commission there was not much likelihood of their interfering. The municipal authorities bad quite a different tale to tell. The police, they said, had plenary powers to put a- stop to the sun-bath, which was offensive to many persons who freon ented the beaches, and who perhaps d ; d not- care to don a- bathing costume in ’-he. These people, the municipal av' -ties sav. have to be considered as well as those who take to the water.

. c f ancient Egyptian A contribution oi a et€ > pottery, bowls, - , tou for tho has arrived m from the Dominion lu T T“’ Egyptian Explorimanagement thcLhM L?m _ turn Zealand representative. bert is - tvirado of veterans at Addressing a () \ v sta ted that Auckland, 'approach the Rnmo it was. proposed to of y lirh{x . Minister and the .c alk)U<;d t( , vet“lans to theX« Zealand Army list as ;iunit ad «"X tav .a K ooan,„ Maoris, ever keen been ener-Wwr-uniort movement to go tic J n the strict, according to the Hawke s Herald ” At a recent the “Weekly Heraiu. Hagt _ meeting of that most of tho ings, it was shearing m asked and firt for members. ' On tlm ,|.ios«»n of theChnrtcli«cn-_ Picton railway, tho Clrr stchmcL i“ beteen Wellington. »»<1 borne train- raor dinary, considertl.ere’ wouitl be a Jarg® ■’* traffic from the P-«*nt iorr Ko UK, tup xo Government will be cle?3 n on tL score of economy, and those it will be accusK cU blowing hot and cold bx economv and a section of railway -o« fug some £450,000 in the same breath. A sportsman writes to f ' ton Times in protest against the »ak od” stag’s head which is on exhibition m the local Tourist Bureau. The “Times” says:—“We join him gfadl in expressing the hope that the -faking of heads will not be permitted to become a recognised business in New AeaJand. Unfortunately, however, the taxidermists have acquired the art or buikiiim up heads with cast antlers and piaster°of Paris, and they doubtless find the work profitable, because, there are always some poor sports willing buy a head and make a story about it. The trade in Takes’ prospers all over the world, but there is no reason why the Tourist Department should S 1 ™ it encouragement. ■ . . The Tourist Department cannot control mdi\ iduals, of course, but it should be particularly careful that no Taking’ is permitted with heads that are shown for advertisement purposes by the Government.'

The fastest German cruiser at present- is the protected cruiser Mainz, the fourth of its class, fitted with turbines. Built at tiie Vulcan Yard. _at Stettin, she attained a speed of 2go nautical knots at her trial trips, and, therefore surpassed her contract speed by 2h knots.* There are German and English turbines in competition ax the German warsmp-building yards. lbc first high-sea torpedo-boat, fitted with Zoellv turbines, has just been launched from the Germania Yard at Kiel. Special interest in taken in nautical circles in the trial trips of this boat, as there are now four different tvoes of turbines emploved in “the vessels of the German Navy.* The “V” boats have turbines from the General Electric Society, the “S” boats, built by the Schichau Yard, are after the Melms and Pfenniger system, some of the “S” boats have Parsons turbines and some Zoelly turbines. With'the British there are also three German systems in competition. That the German Government has great faith in the British system is borne outby the fact that the Marine Department- has acquired for the Imperial Yard the license for the construction of Parsons turbines. At the Kiel Yards there have been erected, at au expenditure of 660,000 marks (£33,000), workshops for the construction of naval turbines, and the turbines which till now had come from England will in future be built- at the Imperial Yards. The first German battleship fitted with turbines is also to be constructed by those yards, andi will be commenced almost immediatelv.