The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1909.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2672, 30 November 1909, Page 4

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1909.

The offices of solicitors will be closed to-day, St. Andrew’s Dixy.

The following ' figures show the amount and value of the. products exported from Gisborne for the, first fortnight in November: —Butter, 388ewt, valued at £I9S7; hides, 36, valued at £36.

A magnificent colored film, entitled “Satan’s Smithy,” and also '“Tlio King and Queen at" Ascot” will he shown for the last time at the Patho pictures to-night. As there will be a complete change of films tomorrow (Wednesday). , Tenders, addressed to tile Minister for Public Works, will be received till noon, on Monday, December 20, for the erection of a post office, in brick, at Wairoa. Plans and specifications may bo seen at the post office, Gisborne;. The fifteenth annual meeting of the Gisborne Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society is to he held in the grounds of the Vcn. Archdeacon Williams, Cobdcn .Street, at 3 p.m. on Thursday next. Admission is to be free, but a collection will be made in aid of the funds. Afternoon tea is to he provided by the ladies.

The following have been added to the telephone exchange:—423, Barton, H. A., junr., residence, Stout Street; 460, Art, Curio, and Industrial Exhibition, Garrison Hall; 545 Thompson, D. S., fruit and produce dealer, # Gladstone Road; 186, Bell, «J. D., residence, Ballance Street, three long rings. (186, Matthews. A. F., amended to two long rings); 290, Bridge Hotel, Matawhcro, three long rings (290, Matawhcro saleyards, amended to two long rings); 566, Te Halt, Pita, Muriwai, two long rings; IJ.edley, R. F., butcher, Ormond Road. Deleted: 226, Fisher; 376, Pilcher Bros.; 584, Clarke; 566, Bartlett, two long rings (not Bartlett, two long and two short rings).

The first meeting of creditors in the estate of Edward Wakelield Thomas, late of Patutalii, storekeeper, was called for yesterday ,afternoon, hut the bankrupt did not appear. Mr. T. Alston Coleman, representing Messrs Macky, Logan and Co., R. A. Mitchell, and others, stated that his clients had assignments over the insurance money out of the fire of bankrupt’s premises at Patutahi, and should have been paid the debts in full, £l6B, as the money had been paid by the insurance agency to the Deputy Official Assignee. His clients - had be‘en shown as unsecured creditors, but they claimed to have assignments of the debts. Mr. H. JFinn, representing bankrupt and several creditors, objected to this, and the" Assignee intimated that ho would have the legal-point settled before lie dealt with the money. The meeting was then adjourned, and will come on again on Friday week, at 11 a.m.

A .special general meeting of the Civil Service and Citizens’ Co-operative Bakery Co., Ltd., was held in the Oddfellows’ Hall last evening. Mr. C. ]• - Lewis (chairman of directors) presided, and there were 2o shareholdeis and members of the Trades/ and Labor Council present. The chairman said the meeting had been called to bring before the shareholders the necessity ct increasing the capital of tlm companj. After explaining tfhe benefits of cooperation and the/ need ior shareholders to support the concern by their custom, the matter was thrown open for discussion, and a number of directors shareholders, and others, including Mr J: Hall (secretary of the Trades and Labor Council) spoke on the desirability of keeping the cooperative business going. A number of recommendations were put forward for the directors to act on; and a large number of applications were put m at the meeting for new shares. A meeting is to be held in about a month s time, when a report on the progress made will be submitted.

i The -annual meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society will take place next Thursday afternoon, operations'of the Society are steadily increasing year uy year. Last year t-i e Society issued over 5.934,000 copies of the Scriptures—complete or in parrs. This total is 246,000 copies in advance of the output in the previous year, but it was surpassed by the figures announced in 1903 and in 1906. Compared with 1907-8, Bibles show an increase of 20,000. while Testaments are about 20,000 fewer. In portions, however, last year’s issue was 246.000. above' the vear previous, and constitutes -record in the experience of the Society, lb steadily increasing demand for these Gospels and .. Psalters, circulate mainlv in the mission field, shews how the Society is fulfilling it vital function as the. partner and pioneer of foreign missions. The London Bible House 3ssued 733,000 copies in foreign languages, which for convenience had been printed in England. The bulk of the circulation, however, consists of editions which, , as far as possible, arc produced and published in the countries where they will be sold and read. The Society prints the Scriptures at about ' fifty places, and m sixty different alphabets and characters. . The total issues by the Society its foundation have been 215,500,000 copies of the -Scriptures, complete or in parts. Of .these, more than eiglity-two millions have been in English. 1 . •

Blight has made its appearance latterly in the local potato crops, and "the heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday nut tho finishing touches on in several instances; many of .the smaller lots being now utterly ruined. .Tho following recipe, termed the Bordeaux mixture, has been found to bo most successful, kind is recommended to bo used before tho deadly disease makes -its appearance in the plants:—4lb sulphate of copper ; 41b fresh lime (if fresh dime is not. obtainable use 51b of ordinary wnShing-soda instead of 41b of lime);* 40 gallons water. Dissolve the copper in, say, -5 gallons of wnte.r in a .wooden vessel: the best way is to tie it in a loosely:woven bag, and suspend the bag from a stick laid across the tub; .or, if in a hurry, use hot water. Slack the lime in another vessel' (if washing-soda is used instead of the lime it can bo dissolved ill; 2 gallons of water), and add it to the oopner-,solution ; stir well till thoroughly mjxo.d, then/ add inifficlout water to bring the whole up to 40 gallons. Now strain out any dirt. The addition of 31b of treacle makes tho.mixture .more adhesive, and should bo qsed if damp weather is feared. Apply with a. proper spray- pump with a .side delivery• cyclone nozzle. This will allow : tlie, under-surfaces of ,the leaves to lie reached by the spray.' The first spraying //should take place whqn/ ho potatcn>s ; are between Gin, and 9in .high, and again when in llowor; but if tlid disease is bad spray oft Oner, at intervals <(f allout" ten , days. The "undersurfaces of the leaves should be specially sprayed, for it is there that the fungus is chiefly developed.

“When the Stormy. Winds Do Blow' ■will be shown for the first time at the rathe pictures to-night. An interesting feature of the: Rev. W. Mawson’s service on Sunday evening last was the presence of some of the local Chinese, to whom he gave a short address in their own language.

A meeting of tho borough electors is called for to bo held on Monday, December 20th, 1009, at 7.30 p.m., at the Council Chambers, to decide whether or not part of Stanley Road, between Awapuni Hoad and the beach, shall lie stopped. Plans showing the proposed stoppage and alterations are on view at the office of the Council.

At a sitting of the Old Age Pensions Court yesterday, before Sir. W. A. Barton, S.M., the following _ renewals of £26 each were granted Mary Lee, Ellen Peterson, Thomas Fernandez, Johannah Dice, and 'Thomas IT’Ben. r l wo original applications by Hannah Newman and Luke McAlister were granted at £26 each.

The break in the telegraph line on Sunday occurred on the Gisborne-Wai-roa-Opoutama line, half a mile north of Nuliaka. Communication was restored at 9.15 -a.m. yesterday. The acumulated work was quickly cleared off as soon as the wire‘was working, and save in regard to press messages there was practically no delay occasioned. A. lantern and musical entertainment in aid of the Church of .England build-, ing fund at Mangapapa is to be held this evening in tho Mangapapa School. The Bev. F. W. Cluitterton will show and describe a series of very fine colored lantern slides, brought by him from Japan, illustrative of life and scenery in the Mikado’s dominions. An attractive musical programme is to be presented, and it is hoped that a large audience will assemble. The Bev. \V. Mawson, M.A., of the Canton Village Mission, is to give a lecture this evening in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. Over 75 colored photographs will be shown, illustrating Chinese scenes and life in Canton and the Canton villages, boat life, methods of travel, rice growing, China’s sorrows, children at work and play, school life in New China, missionaries and methods of mission Work. A collection will he made in aid of the mission funds:

. Air. John Mouat, land surveyor and civil engineer, has commenced the practice of his-profession in Gisborne, and may be consulted in his office in the Union S.S. Co.'s new buildings, Childers Boad. During the years from 1894-1893 Air. Alouat was a member of the Government Survey Staff stationed in the Poverty Bay district, and lias a personal knowledge cf tho district from the East Cane to Yvaikaremoana. From 1899 to 1906 Air. Alouat was Examiner of Plans and Titles in the local Survey Office, and acquired an intimate acouaintanee with all tho land transactions which took place during those •rears.

The Executive of the No-License League met in St. Andrew’s Schoolroom last evening, the Bev. . TV. Chatterton presidin'*. The secretary' (Bev. IV. Lamb) read correspondence anont the ■appointment of a suitable organiser for the district. Further enquiries are to he made about several candidates for the position. At a subsequent League meeting, Air. A. Graham gave an interesting account of the Dominion Conference held in Wellington on W ednesday last. While accepting the memos, signed E.v the Alliance representatives, the Conference could not agree to the interpretation put upon these memos, by the Trade’s renresentatives, whereinthe No-License party was bound down to one ballot-paper for local and Dominion option, as this would mean that many electors would have to vote for something which they did not want in order to vote for somen og which they did want. The Rev. J. A. Lochore gave an account of the genesis of the compromise, and said lie thought that the crisis which had arisen would consolidate the No-License forces in the Dominion and bring the Leagues into closer touch with-the central organisation.. A spirited discussion ensued. Jt. was feared that no legislation would he obtained in the near future unless strong pressure was brought to bear upon the Government: Air. Graham was heartily thanked for his services. A resolution was unanimously carried calling on the Government to abolish the canteen system in military camps, especially in view of tho agitation tor compulsory military training.