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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2693, 24 December 1909, Page 4

Shipping intelligence in_ this morning’s issue will be found on page 3. The “Gisborne Times” will not be published to-morrow, Christmas Day. To-night the Pathe Pictures will show their holiday programme of pictures for the last time. A special late train* is ‘ running, so country visitors will be enabled ".to return home after the performance. The theatre being engaged next Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, there' will be no performance of the Pathe Pictures on those nights. Special 'Christmas services will - be held in the Methodist Church on Sunday at both services. In the morning, Mr. Geo. Morris will preach, and Christmas hymns and music will he .rendered. In the evening the llev. JA. Lochore will preach on Dr. Carnegie Simpson’s book “The Fact of Christ. The choir will, sing the anthem “Arise, Shine, for thy Light has Come, and the solo “The Children’s Home will be rendered by : Miss' Reordari, of Blenheim, , ... . To make your Christmas shopping a pleasure, ybuXsihould go to Rosie and Co.’s where'”the counters are piled with charming and attractive goods suitable for Christmas gifts. Ihe choice is so large, the goods so pretty, ana the prices so moderate, that you 11 be able to find a gift here for all-your ladv friends. Como and see these lovelv gifts that are bound to please. You’ll like them."V - : .

Tiie Gisborne Harbor Board has decided to appeal against the recent .decision of His Honor . Mr. Justice Sira, in respect to the'Tauwhareparae leases.

The Te Karalta Racing Club notifies by advertisement in this issue the conditions on which bookmakers will be licensed at tlie club’s /meeting on Year’s Hay. “The Christmas Joy that came to Betty,” ... “The Soldier who Stood. Guard,” “His Christmas Hose,” “A Christmas Corner in Girls,” and “When Mother was a Poet” are some of the short stories published in today’s supplement. There is not a line \of reference to the East Coast railway between Napier and Gisborne in the Public Works Statement, and the promised completion of the survoy of the route appears to be as far oft' as ever. —Napier “Telegraph.” v/:’ Palmerston North is riot the only town that has had a reduced water supply this summer. The pressure on the Carterton water mains went down to 51b recently. Consumers were a little too greedy, and exhausted the supply-

' As regards lighting v for household purposes, the population of Hawera is possiblv better favored than the majority of New Zealand towns. The gas and electric lighting companies are in open competition, and house installatios are made free of cost. Rates, including those for municipal street lighting, are down to a minimum. The members of the Gisborne Rifles Corps will indulge in rifle shooting at the Kaiti range on Monday. Both second’ and first-class shots will be catered for, and the company handicap crip' anu medal will be the principal attractions. There are also first and second cash prizes for both classes, and a cash prize for the highest aggregate without handicap. It is announced that the Gisborne High School will re-open in February next, when new pupils may join. A junior department for j> a yi n S pupils who can pass the fourth standard, will be commenced in February. Board for a limited number of boys until the school house is ready can be arranged for. Information may be obtained from Mr. W. Morgan, secretary.

The Mayor and Mrs. W. D. Lysnar, through Mr Toney cliffe,have invited the members of the Citizens’ Committee, with their lady friends, to attend a picnic at “Waimoana” on Monday next. The chairman, on receiving the invitation, called the executive together, and had tickets of invitation sent out. It is proposed to have a photograph of the committee taken on the occasion. v

The services at St. Andrew’s Church on Sunday will be appropriate to the season. In the morning the Rev. W. Grant will preach on “An Old 1 Evernew Message,” and in the evening on “The Shadow on the Joy.” He earnestly invites the Presbyterians of the district to attend the services on the last Sabbath of another year. At the evening service a solo and anthem will be sung, and after the service several solos from “The Messiah.”

Special Christmas services will be held at the Baptist Tabernacle on Sunday. The Rev. W. Lamb will have for his subject at the morning .service “A Startling Feature of the Incarnation.” In the evening the subject of the address will he “The Birth of Christ.” Special Christmas music will be rendered by the orchestra. The choir will sing the anthem “Adeste Fideles.” A duet and a solo will be sung, and Mr. A. Rhinesmith will play a violin solo.

It transpires that the boathook which was picked up at the Chathams with the word “Duco” stamped* upon it was lost on the Duco’s first fishing excursion to the group. Two oars and the boathoc'k were lost out of one of the ship s boats -whilst it was being towed through Cuba Channel at the Chathams. A second boathook was taken from the steamer Cobar for the last trip of the Duco. The portions of fish-cases picked up at the' ChatrTaxns were no doubt lost when the vessel made her fatal voyage.

Improvements are slow to reach New Zealand. Five years ago the uses of electricity for heating purposes were exemplified by a restaurant at the World’s Fair', St. Louis, whereat all the eatables were cooked by electricity. Now, the first full-size electric cooking stove to reach New Zealand is on view in the showroom of the City Electrical Department. The usual facilities for boiling kettles, toasting, and grilling are fitted to the stove, which, to outward appearances, is the same as the ordinary gas cooker. The traih R both morning and evening yesterday brought a goodly number oc country visitors to town for the Christmas holidays. The showery weather militated against a large crowd of people being in town, and with the exception of the greenery decorations in a number oY shops, there was little to indicate the close proximity of the festive season. The weather last night did not look any too favorable, but if it improves, it is anticipated that there will be a large number of people in town this evening.

At last meeting of the Timaru Harbor Board it was reported that the Board’s dredge had just come out of dock and had cost £2OS6 for general repairs and strengthening. _ Members expressed surprise at the size of the bill, and it was said that the dredge had not been built strong enough m the first instance, otherwise the cost of her annual overhaul would not be so great. Just after the dredge first arrived from the builders, £4OOO was •speht in strengthening her. It was estimated., when she was ordered, that she woulcl remove the spoil from the harbor at a cost of 3s per ton, but the actual cost has worked out at over 6s per ton. Beauty Choosing Beauty.—Many lovely legends have been woven around the subject of Love and Youthful Beau-, ty. A valuable old engraving from the inimitable hand of Bartolozzi recalls one of thA happiest examples of its •pic. 1 torial treatment. The picture discloses a nest of Cupids, and hither come fond mothers to feast their eyes upon infantile beauty, and make choice of the type and order of beauty they prefer. There are other pictures'which are neither engraved nor painted. One of those was to be observed for days past at Win. Pettie and Co.’s. What more delightful picture could the skilful artist delineate than the joyful faces pf both old and young as they made their selections of Christmas Gifts. We fire pleased, to report that late yesterday another shipment of goods came to hand, so that those visiting the store to-day will- have a choice selection. Messrs Pettie and Co. invite you to stroll through and inspect. Don’t be afraid to call. The extensive floor space gives ample room for a largo crowd to move about. If you are a shrewd observer of human nature, if you can . read the. book> of : the human heart through the eyes, then the scene you are invited to witness in this popular store is sure to suggest a pretty play, of imagination, and constitute altogether an exceedingly winsome picture.*

Gardiner beat Dorando in the Albert Half Marathon race, the distance occupying 2 hours 37 minutes I second. .The Waikohu County Council calls for tenders for the right to collect the dog tax, and also for a supply of dog collars, for the year 1910. This morning the Magistrate’s Court will be opened at-11.30, when a couple of drunks, and possibly another case, will be dealt with. The Court vill then be closed till Tuesday, January 4th.

At the Police Court yesterday morninn before Captain Chrisp and Mr. HSvallis, J.l ;S, an elderly man was granted a prohibition order on his o application, and another man <!£., a friend’s application was also prohibited. The new gasometer for the Gisborne Gas Company is at present in course of erection by Messrs J. J. Niven and Co., who have a large staff of men employed. The gasometer will have a capacity of 150,000 cubic feet or three times the dimensions of the old one.

A quantity of excellent reading for Christmas Day is to be found in today’s supplement, which is devoted entirely to topics associated with the festive season. There are a number of excellent, stories by first-class authors, and the supplement, generally speaking, is of a very high standard. The following alternative tenders for the erection of master’s and pupils residence at the new High School were received yesterday: Geo. Smith (brick; £2498, (wood) £1898; Haisman and Co. £2530 and £1940: J. Colley, £2799 and £2447. The tender* will he considered and a decision. arrived at to-day.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, before. Captain Chrisp and Mr. A. H. Wallis, J.P.s, judgment for plaintiff was given for the amount claimed, in the following undefended cases: Evans, Nield and Co. (Mr. T. A. Coelman) v. Sydney Hyland, 7s costs ss; same v. Alexander Burnett, 7s bd, and costs ss.

’ The season’s first consignments of Hawke’s Bay fruit are now coming to hand (says the “N.Z. Times”), lhe old 1 route-over the Rimutakas is being discarded, in the case of fruit as well as of passengers, in favor of the coast line. It is anticipated that Auckland will this season be in the market as a competitor for a portion of the stonefruit trade. • \

There was a fairly good attendance of farmers at Mr. ‘Haache’s Makauri farm yesterday afternoon, to witness a demonstration of the working of the Lawrence Kennedy-Gillies _ milking machines, which have been installed. The visitors included the Mayor and the manager of the Okitu factory, and the demonstration. wa s interesting and successful.

One of the items of the Public-Works Estimates just passed was £SO for the purchase of a figurehead of Captain Cook’s vessel Resolution. It was explained that a resident of Hull, England, who claims to possess the figurehead, had offered it to the Government. Mr. R. McNab will inspect the figurehead during his visit to England, and if he considers it genuine it will be purchased for the Dominion Museum. At the choir practice of the Methodist Church choir last night, Mr. A. Lawrence was presented with a gold sovereign case as a recognition of his services in conducting the choir in the recent competitions during the absence of the choirmaster, Mr. A. Don. The latter made the presentation, and after several choir members had spoken. Mr. Lawrence suitably responded, and expressed pleasure at the progress the choir had made, and the general quality of its work. The Austral Uniscope and Vaudeville Company will commence their season of three nights at His Majesty’s Theatre to-morrow. The opening performance will be devoted to a selected series of pictures and vocal items. The living pictures are new to Gisborne, and include some beautiful hand-painted films. A full orchestra will render appropriate, music. On Monday and Tuesday changes of programme will be presented. The prices of admission will be: Dress circle 2s, entire ground floor Is.

Professor Geddes, at a meeting of the Positivist Society, in London recently, spoke in favor of the establishment of a clearing house for Press cuttings, urging that a rational scheme should be taken in hand by some public society by which the cuttings could be collected, and preserved in a building not far from Fleet Street, and made available to all who desired to watch the march of events. 'Phis induced a “Daily Mail” representative to make enquiries from a well-known Press-cutting agency. "We are called upon to supply between eight and ten million cuttings a year,” said the manager. "Some of the political associations take as many as 80,000 of these, and 10,000 a year is. quite a usual number to be supplied to a leading actor. Busy men, such as politicians, leading barristers, and experts of all kinds, have no time to search all the newspapers themselves for news on their own particular subjects. They rely upon Press-cutting agencies to keep them posted in such matters.”

The special Christmas Day and last Sundav in the year services to be held in Holy Trinity Church to-morrow and Sunday are advertised. On Christmas Day there will be celebrations of the Holy Eucharist at 7 a.m, 8 a.m., and at midday. At 11 o’clock there will he choral morning prayer. The preacher at 11 a.m. will be the Rev. W. H. Roberts, vicar of Te Karaka. There will he an evening service on Christmas Day. On Sunday special end of the year services will be held in Trinity Church. The first service will be a celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 8 a.m. Choral Matins will begin at 11 o’clock. The preacher will be the Rev. Percy Williams, M.A., who lias recently arrived from England. Choral evensong with special anthem will be conducted at 7 o’clock. Evening services of a special character will be conducted by the local clergy in the suburbs of Haiti and Mangapapa on Sunday.,The vicar, of Gisborne heartily invites all parishioners and residents to attend the services on Christmas Day and Sunday. Seating accommodation and books will be provided for all. On Christmas Day there will be special offerings on behalf of the Assistant Clergy Fund. Holy Trinity Church has fust been enriched with a beautiful set of sanctuary curtains, presented by the Ladies’ Sewing Guild attached 1 to the church.

Are you aware that your personal appearance' is vastly improved by a visit to our Hairdressing Saloon, Our Operators are Artists in their profession, and make a careful study of the gentlemen who come under their care and treatment. Don’t forget 1 We have the finest equipped saloon, in the pity. Try our Ice Shampoo and note that we always give our customers an Ice Wash after a shave. We are the sole agents for the far-famed "Parasene” hair-restorer. "Parasene” is no local concoction and is entirely free of acetic acid or any ingredient that will injure the hair or head. C. Morse’s Central, Hairdressing Saloon, Gladstone Read.*

The time for receiving nominations in connection with the Murewai Racing; rinb’s meeting has been extended Ao 8 p.m. on Wednesday next, December 29th. . ■■/ . . H The New Zealand annual chess congre£ is to open at Auckland on Moni M r Claud Samsbury has. been ‘•elected to represent the Gisborne Chess Club at the congress, and is to leave* here for Auckland to-morrow. Wholesome reading and wholesome pudding should go well together on Christmas Day, tile one being a fitting complement of the other, llcmrmg tta in mind, the proprietors of this journall have arranged to publish with issue a special Christmas supplement, in which short stories and articles by the world’s best authors are included. “X have never had very much veneration for the tourist,’ declared Mr. T. E Taylor in the House of £ fives “If he comas here, well, let him come and rough it, hut if he does not like the country in the ordinarv concbtion in which we are hvmg, let him away altogether. (Hear, hear.) We* get no benefit from him, and we certainly do not want to develop into a nation of Swiss waiters. (Hear, hear.) An event of considerable interest to New Zealand sportsmen is lulled to place at Sydney on Boxing Day, when “Bob” Fitzsimmons, the veteran prizefighter, meets W. Lang, of Melbourne in a contest for the championship of Australia. Fitzsimmons is an ex-black-smith of Timarti, who m his day was the greatest phenomenon who ever entered a prize-ring. For several years he held the title of World’s Champion and now at the age of 47 years is still prepared to meet the best of the younger generation. At a recent meeting of the BoroughCouncil it was decided to ask the Government. for a special grant of £soo' to metal portion of the Wairoa road, adjacent to . the Gentle Annie quarry. No provision is made in the Estimates for this work, and yesterday morning, the Mayor wired as follows to Hon. Jas. Carroll: “I cannot see that the grant of £-500 specially asked tor by the Borough Council for metalling and forming un-made part of county road from McLougblin’o to Gentle Annie quarry, on main Wairoa road, is included'in Estimates. This is most urgently required, especially now the borough loan proposals are carried, asBorongh Council are going to spend £4OO to deviate part of main road near quarry, and to expend further £IOOO-' for quarrv, plant, etc. Please use best effort to have this grant put on Estimates, as it will facilitate Government obtaining metal for Te Aral, as well as for the borough and county. The Hon. J. Carroll sent the following, reply: “As a rule Government not partial to grants for roads near centres, but will see what 1 can get. A man needs to be very cautiousand shrewd when he takes the ripe fruit of his brain to market. Toe prime necessity of success, given a good idea, is to make your patent a suretliing. We have correspondents and sub-agents everywhere, and our reputation for scrupulous dealing gives ourclients full security.—Ogilvv and Co., land agents, Gisborne.