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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2703, 6 January 1910, Page 4

A large number of local bowlers left bv last evening’s boat to attend T-ho Northern Bowling Association’s tournn. incnt. commencing at Wellington on Monday next. At the Police Court, yesterday morning before Mr. Vincent Pyke, J.P., a first offending inebriate, who did not appear, was fined ISs with costs 2s. the amount of his bail. Shipping cable news from London contains the information that the now Westport dredge “Eileen Ward” and the Gisborne dredge “Maui” have sailer! for Wellington. At the meeting of the Cook County Council yesterday afternoon a first payment of £ls was made to Messrs Dunbar and Co., for dog-collars and a pay. ment of £33 to Mr Middleton and party for casual labor on the Tokomii Road. The many Gisborne friends of Mr. George H. Kingston, late of the Gisborne Rifles corps, will, no doubt, be pleased to learn that lie is getting oil well in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. In a letter t-o a friend lie states that he is enjoying the change very much, and has secured remunerative employment as an engineer for a construction company. Mrs H. J. Taplay, assisted bv a number of friends, will give a sacred concert in Kis Majesty’s Theatre on Sunday evening. The programme is to begin at 8.30 p.m., after the services in the churches have concluded., and a collection is to be made in aid of the fund for furnishing the Maternity Home. The excellence of the object should ensure a large attendance and a liberal response to the requests of tile collectors. A large increase in the export of lamb, in the ensuing season is in view (according to' the New Zealand correspondent of the “Pastoralists’.Review”). The official sheep returns give an increase of 1,126,000 breeding ewes upon the previous year’s total, the number this season being 12,370,000; and the lambing having been the most prolific known here, there are well on for 1,000,000 more lambs to dispose of. than last season—under average conditions tliere will be an increase of 500,000 to 700.000 in the number available for export. The writer adds: “If farmers profit by last season’s experience they will market their lambs as soon as they are ready for slaughter, and to some extent mitigate the congestion in April and May. Beyond this it is difficult to see ivhat can be done to regulate shipments. 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 cureful study of the gentlemen who come Tinder their care and treatment. Don’t forget! We have the finest equipped saloon in the city. Try our Ice Shampoo and note that we always give our customers an Ice Wash after a slmve. 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 Road.*

The, first mate Brown, who had f 00l falling at Tuparoa by a bale o l>y on it, left for his home in Auckianu y the Monowai last night. Every railway passenger vho buy./ ordinary single ticket travelled, milo for the distance to be trave l and Id extra for .the ticket; a .dfor.a return ticket 2d is adder • <jvcr nies and twopennies revenue £78,000 of last year s railway revenu . A small number of sections in the kapau survey district will , ~ for sale, by mrblic auction shortly oy the Lands and Survey Department. - the same time applications fm - _ lage homestead allotments m the 3 a horaite survey district wiU cl ■> • - The usual monthly meeting of te Friendly Societies Conference v, 1 M hold in Mr. C. F. Lewis office, Adan .-> Buildings, to-morrow evening « •' ‘ Important business is set down for consideration, and a full, attendance ot members is requested. The Hogg testimonial subscription lists (says the “New Zealand Herald ) are now being called in, and a in-eet-jng of the committee is to be held at er the holidays. As far as can he gatiieied, the response has not been as liberal as’ was anticipated. A "eneral meeting of the Gisborne Co-operative Building Society was held in Townley’s Hall Inst evening, when the ballot in the No. 1 '-ssue lor was drawn by Mr. H. G. M atson. In the same issue £2OO sold for -~18 « £100; £SOO in No. 2 issue was offered for sale and £2OO brought £3O £2OO brought £2G, and £IOO brought As an instance of long service under one family, the ca.se of William Havue, of Soo Ruston,/ Norfolk, is probably a record. He is employed by Mr. A Wells, of Sco Ruston ITall, having worked on the farm for over seventy years under three generations of the _ W ‘ <•> family. The old man is still haic and hearty. Owing to the late arrival of the U.S.S. Co.’s Monowai from South yesterday the outward passengers for both the South and North boats were tendered by the Tuatea at 7 p.m.. In addition to this the Alonowai’s inward passengers were also dealt with, so that several hundred people had. to he transhipped. The launch 1 returned to the wharf by 10 p.m. The year 1910 has opened auspiciously here so far as drunkenness is concerned. Very few charges have been preferred up to date, and. last night the cells were empty .of drunks. By this time last year things were very different, over a dozen convictions haying been recorded. One reason for this quietness is, according to Sergt. Hutton, the fact that a great number of undesirable characters, who came hero at the beginning of last year, have been weeded out of the town. The largest printing machine ever made in France has just been constructed in Par/,, and will be transhipped from Bordeaux by a special steamer to Buenos Avres. This machine, oi the rotary type, was built for one of the Argentine newspapers, and its proportions are :—Length 123 ft, width 13ft. It consists of two machines working independently of each other, and each part is capable of printing a paper of 64 pages. This machine can print 15,000 copies of a 64-page paper, 100,000 copies of an eight-page, or 200,000 copies of a four-page naper per hour! The “New Zealand Herald” s ays that the Minister for Railways (the Hon. J. A. Millar) states that though figures are not yet available, the holiday traffic on the railways at Christmas and New Year has been greater than during tiie corresponding period last year. Mr Millar anticipates that the revised rail-' wav charges, which come into operation on .January 9, the end of the fourweekly period, may have the effect of causing a temporary decrease in the number travelling, hut the increased rates on long distances will swell the revenue to the estimate previously given. The Hungarian Government employs a kind of a sweeping machine for destroying locusts (grasshoppers) before they commence to fly. These machines cost about £4- each, and they consist ot a pair of wheels and a body on which there is a seat. Fndernenth the hackpart of the body is a wooden bar projecting about a foot on •■>ach side, and cm vying a brush made of stoel nee lies about, six indies jn length. The Government has over 400 of these machines, and where there are large swarms as ninnv a? soventv work together, one overlapping the other. Each machine is drawn by two horses. The had state of the decking on the Mangapapa Bridge was mentioned by the Chairman at the meeting of the Cook County Council yesterday afternoon He pointed out that four inches of water were .sometimes lying on the surface of the bridge. tor a practically new bridge the decking was in a very had way and he thought it should be macadamised. The Clerk said the bridge was being metalled and the matter drooped. The method of storing metal in depots also met with the strong disaoproval of the Chairman, who thought all metal should he banked up in the middle of the road and gradually worked down. After considerable discussion as to whether a roadman was necessary to keen a tally on the metal supplied, the discussion lapsed, without anything definite being done. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s Kiritona, at present in port for a general overhaul, is not, as was originally mentioned, an auxiliary vessel. Her correct designation is p.v.0.5., which, it may he mentioned, means “powered vessel other than steam.” The Kiritona is a trimly-built, snug little vessel, splendidly fitted and equip., pod, and is eminently suited for the work for which she is intended. She has most comfortable accommodation for both officers and crew, and her en-gine-room is, for the size of the vessel, a most commodious one. Two threecylinder Standard oil engines of ISO indicated horse-power are installed, and, in addition, she has a donkey engine for working cargo, and a powerful dynamo for the generation of electricity, by which means the ship is lighted throughout. Captain A. Martin, who is in command of the Kiritona, has with him the following officers: Mr. A. J. Forrest, chief mate; Mr. AV. H. Murdoch, chief engineer; and Mr. AV. H. Jackson, second engineer. She carries a crew of five and a cook. It will no doubt interest slieepfarmors and the public generally to know that Drugcty and Co.. Limited, have boon appointed sole agents in the Dominion for the Wolsoley Sheep Shearing Machinery Company, Limited, as from the first of next month. It is this firm’s intention to keep a staff of experts whoso services will be available at nil times to attend to the fitting up of the machinery (which includes sheepshearing machines and separators), etc; they will also carry a full stock of all spare parts. With the reputation this company hears, it is almost superfluous to add that clients may rest assured that their interests will be well looked after.* ■ _

an, Tlon J A. Millar left Auckland USE the railway systems States. lender the s.s. Monowai (Joins evening, the Tunfrom the b>°u negotiate the chan tea just man sed Ttose on , nul ftK Jr three shocks, as she board felt. t j touched bottom in more or jess P 1“7 S ' ... , „. ifo oi Hon. Captain torday/aitcrn u, “ . ved a telegram summoning him to Makann last night by - - in orning: CWckT*h Hi’lfaud sons tors; for Jurehau- - ' ]k f \V a iHutcheson and child. Getting a patent pwpic diink. “itesre should con j s tL ‘. ar d Auckland, AVolBaldwin Ks and Dunedin, Img tor., oliu < <p ro{ , r ess”—-the mven'w %rnal-ar f constantly saving people expense and troub . MR GLADSTONE AND LORD ' MOP. LEY. ford Morlev and Mr Gladstone, part, euffirs of which he baa from Lord Alor--1 v himcolf. Lord Ripon—a Homan Catholic— and Lord Morlev were spending a week-end at Ha warden. On Sunday evening they were sitting in the drawing-room, when Mr Gladstone suddenly left the room, to return shortly after with two lighted candlesticks m fits hands. He bowed to each or his Quests and retired. They understood his meaning, and followed their host .o the parlor, where he set down the candles and gave them chairs I hen he shut the door on them and left them. It was the time of the terrorism in Ireland and the expression on Mr Gladstone’s face led them to believe a dis••tch had just arrived rrom Ireland. But in a few moments the sound ox psalm-singing was heard from the draw, ing-room. where Air Gladstone was hold. in° familv worship. In a quarter or an” hour Air Gladstone returned, and took his guests hack to the drawingroom. they appreciating his respect for their feelings. “But as we sat in the parlor.” said Lord Alorley to Dr AYhyte, •■we felt like lest and castout souls.”