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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2707, 11 January 1910, Page 4

The Native Land Court formally opened yesterday morning, before Judge Jones, and was adjourned till the 17th inst. The Telegraph .Department states that Saigon advises direct communication with Bangkok interrupted, via Pause, and messages are subject to delay. Since the above notice was received communication has been restored. At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Captain Chrisp, J.P., Lowie Frederickson, who did not appear on a charge of drunkenness, was lined 18s, with costs 2s, the amount of his bail; and Win. McCarthy, an old man, previously convicted of a similar offence within the past six months, was fined 10s, with costs 2s, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment. A careless smoker was the cause of an exciting blaze at the Rangitikei races on Monday, says the “Manawatu Evening Standard.” In some manner a spark from a pipe or a match set alight to the hood of a motor car. and, with a strong wind blowing, as well as the motion of the car, the fabric was in a blaze instantly. An energetic occupant of the car promptly pulled the hood and its fixings out of position on the car, and it fiercely blazed itself out of existence on the roadside, only the brass fittings being left of a once capacious hood. Much springs from little is very evident these hard times. To sec the happiness that Grieve’s Bands of Gold bring would make food for thousands of poets. Grieve, Jeweller and Watchmaker, makes a specialty of Rings.*

His Majesty the King has donated £IOO towards.the prize fund of the next Royal Show of England. Pollard’s Midgets arrive from South b.y the Tarawera to-morrow morning and open at His Majesty’s Theatre in the evening.

The second express between Wellington and Auckland was to be discontinued after Saturday last, as business did not justify its continuance.

Messrs Kirk, Burnard and Sievwright. barristers and solicitors, have removed into new offices, in the Bank of Australasia buildings, opposite the Pest Office.

Stray dogs are causing poultry-own-ers much worry and loss in Whataupolco at the present time, one lady having lost two turkeys and several chickens through dogs worrying them.

A case of scarlet fever, in Fox Street, Whataupoko, was reported to the Sanitary Inspector vaster day. The case, that of a married man, was removed to a hospital. His child is also unwell, and i s under observation.

The “Gisborne Times” Company is now in a position to.undertake all kinds of bookbinding, including account books, music, and periodicals. Account books can be ruled to any pattern. First-class workmanship in all branches of the work is guaranteed. A Press Association message from Wanganui states that the ceremony of paying over the stakes in connection with the recent sculling carnival took place yesterday evening. After the winners had received their money an enjoyable social hour was. spent with toast, song and story.

Word has come from Benmore (says the “North Otago Times”) that a large number of sheep, running into several thousands, it is reported, have died on that station from blood-poisoning. The sheep were taken into the shed to be shorn, and on liberation began to die. It is understood that the cause of deiith is not necessarily associated with wounds on the bodies of the shorn sheep, but it is a form of septicaemia that may be contracted in other ways.

Some smart work was accomplished by Lyttelton railway officials recently. The turbine steamer Maori, with nearly 60U passengers on board, was a little kite in arriving at Lyttelton owing to a strong current against her on jthe coast, and she did not berth until 7.1.0 a.m. ' The passengers, with their pile of luggage, and the mails, were got on board the special “ferry” train, which left Lyttelton for Christchurch at 7.32 a.in., only twenty-two minutes after the Maori had tied up at the wharf.

There is a more confident feeling generally among investors than there lias been for the last eighteen months or two years, and in consequence the demand for sections in town is increasing. An opportunity will be afforded those in search of suitable building sites within the borough by the forthcoming land sale to be held by Mr. AY . Lissant Clayton, in conjunction with Messrs Williams and Kettle, on February 4th, particulars of which will be advertised shortly. The Duke, of Westminster made a flight in a biplane at Chalons, France, with Henry Farinan. On landing, he said: —“1 have done autoinobiling and boating, and enjoy other sports, but this is the most fascinating thing that I have tried. After the first round of the field, Mr. Farinan showed me, by moving only the tips of his fingers, with what ease lie could manage the lifting rudder, and how readily the aeroplane obeyed every movement. With the greatest smoothness we at once rose to a height of about 70 feet, and the sensation is one that I shall never forget.

The January number of the rr Y.M. C.A. Monthly” has just been published, and contains a- new year message from Lord Kinniard, president of the National Council of the Y.M.C.A., and who, in his new year’s greetings, suggests the words “Let not thine hands be slack” (Zepli. iii., 16) as the Y.M.C.A. motto for 1910. Issued with the Monthly is a circular headed “Eight months boiled down,” in which the work and progress for the last eight months, since the Gisborne branch of the Association started in the new buildings, are reviewed. In addition there is much of general interest in the four pages of the magazine, which is a particularly bright number. Sharks do not apparently deter people from batliing in Australia, no matter how numerous. The “Sydney Morning Herald” states that large numbers of voracious sharks are along the coast, especially close to sandy beaches which are so popular with serfswimmers. The fish appear to range from small school about 4ft. long to large tigers and grey-nurses three or four times the length. All are dangerous, and when there is but little roll on they come in to within 20 feet of the shore. They are after salmon, which are extremely plentiful this year. The groat salmon shoals begin to arrive about the beaches near •Sydney in October, and have generally thinned out in numbers by December, but this Christmas they have been extraordinarily plentiful. Lately, at- Man. ly, a shark was amongst some of the bathers, and there was a wild plunge for the shore. Nobody was bitten, buthad the fish eiicountered something choice in the way of a human being probably there would have been another beach tragedy. Mr. D. D. Hyde, recently Chief Poultry Expert to the New Zealand Government, who made a rather late beginning this season in establishing a fruit and poultry farm at Paraparaumu, has at last overtaken liis work after a very exacting period (says the “Dominion”). Like some others of the retrenched Civil Servants, Mr. Hyde received very short notice of his retirement, and the hatching season had already begun when he made his beginning as a commercial poultry farmer. For the purpose lie took up rough, unimproved land at Paraparauniii, and had to supervise the erection of buildings at the same time as he was hatching his young stock. On Saturday he gave' himself what was practically his first holiday, and attended the races at Waikanae. He has a thousand head of young stock coming on well, consisting of White Leghorns and White Plymouth Rocks, in addition to a number of Indian Runner ducks. Mr. Hyde looked considerably sunburnt, but spoke with a full conviction that his period of anxiety is past.

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 Me have tile finest equipped saloon in the city. Try our Ice Shampoo and note that wo 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 Road.*

The amount paid to suppliers by the Kia Ora Dairy Company, Ltd., for the month of December, 1000, reached trie record sum of £3OOO.

The tarring and sanding of some of the principal streets in Christcliurcu has had a noticeable effect in abating the dust nuisance.

To-night is the last night of I athe Pictures’ “Nero’’ programme. Owing to Pollard’s Merry Midgets season commencing to-morrow, there will be no presentation of pictures for the rest of the week.

Commenting on the slowness of a local train, tlie “North _of _ Auckland Times” says:—“lt is said in Helen sville that one can always tell when, tlie train is coining by reason of the fa ct that the driver’s dog precedes it. Jhe dog always gets in first, and never appears half as tired as ‘Weary Willie, or the passengers who arc turning m the hot, stuffy carriages.”

With a view to reducing to a minimum the scramble for tickets which often takes place in busy seasons, Mr. John Fuller has had installed at the Auckland Opera- House a new device for the medianical issue of passes. The attendant jn the ticket office has only to sit behind a cage window, and as fast as he can take tlie money, the machine throws out metal discs which replace the ordinary tickets for admission. It also automatically counts the number of discs sold, enabling the theatre manager to see at a glance how many people the house holds. The machine is the first of the kind tried in Auckland, and has been installed by Mr. H. Edwards, of Wellington. An incident that happened on one of the Canterbury expresses during the holidays goes to prove tlie truth of the old adage that there is a special providence that looks after children and drunken men. When the express was travelling at top speed between stations in the vicinity of Pareora, a passenger who had imbibed unwisely leaped off the train. Anyone in his sober senses doing a similar thing would have been picked up in a condition necessitating a coroner's inquest, and a funeral, but the inebriated one, when assistance reached him, showed no signs of injury except a bleeding at the mouth. He explained that his object in jumping off was to get to the rear of tlie train.

Further particulars of the inquest held at Waikohu last week before Mr F. Patullo, J.P., acting-Coroner, over the human remains found in the river, have come to hand. Constable Doyie gave evidence that he was unable to say whether the remainsi were those of a male or female, but he considered it was most probable they were those of the young man Thomas Robinson, drowned in September last, while attempting to cross Gold Creek, although tlie remains were found at a distance of 10 miles from where Robinson was drowned. Mr C. G. Holdswortli was

foreman of the jury, and the verdict returned was that there _was no evidence to show how deceased came by his or her death, but the remains were probably those of Thomas Robinson.

The ousting of Canada by New Zealand from the English cheese market is being noted by the American Press (writes the San Francisco correspondent of n contemporary. under date of November 30th). Tlie only hope for the Canadians, according to a message published in the Chicago “Record Herald” from its Ottawa agent, is that butter-making may again become more profitable than clieese-making in New Zealand. “New Zealand’s make of cheese,” the “Herald” says, “has now displaced the Canadian make on the English market in the winter season. The present prices do not encourage the farmers of Canada to increase the number of their cows. They will not continue in the dairying business when they can make money out of their grain and hogs. The only hope for Canadian cheese lies in the* possibility of New Zealand returning to the manufacture of butter, in winch science New Zealanders excel Canadians easily.”

All wise parents keep Red Arrow Ointment' in the house. The cost is only Is, and its value in an emergency cannot be estimated. For cuts, bruises, and sores of all descriptions this ointment cures in a manner little short- of marvellous. All Grocers and Chemists.*

Self-reliance is a good thing, but when it induces an inventor to venture alone into the mazes of the patent laws, it is apt to come expensive. Take your ideas -to a keen, straight agent. Messrs Baldwin and Rayward, Auckland’, Wellington, Christcliurcu, and Dunedin, know all about the law of patents, and have agents everywhere. Skilfullv guarded and adroitly placed, there might easily be a fortune in a simple idea.

“NOT UNDERSTOOD.” The Budget (says “M.A.P.”) has given rise to a number of good st-ories about Mr. Lloyd-George, a particularly good one concerning a recent banquet at- which the chancellor of the exchequer was a guest. Sitting next to him was a young lady, who listened reverently to every word that fell from her hero’s lips. “Ah,” she ventured, at last-, “you have suffered a great deal in your life from being misunderstood, have you not?” “Yes,” Air Lloyd-George is reported to have replied. “I have suffered from being misunderstood; but I haven’t suffered half as much as 1 would have if I had been understood.” BRITISH AND FRENCH LAW. A recent case in the Criminal Appeal Court illustrates the scrupulous fairness of the English law t-o prisoners (says thd London correspondent of the Melbourne “Argus”). The man was sentenced to four years’ penal servitude for larceny, but appealed on the ground that he had beeu questioned, when giving evidence, as to his previous record. This is illegal, unless the prisoner himself has attacked the character of a witness for the prosecution. In this case he had accused the policeman of telling lies. But the Appeal Court consider this only an emphatic way of denying the charge, therefore the questions were improper; therefore the conviction was quashed. We can hardly help contrasting this with the conduct of the Steinheil Murder trial in Paris, where the accused woman was unsuccessfully bullied by the judge, with a view to confession, even ito the extent of suggesting that his next question would make her at least sham a faint. For once the French system overdid itself, influencing the jury unintentionally in the prisoner’s favor. WINE IN ABUNDANCE. A statement as to what is alleged to be taking place in the North of Auckland through tlie making and sale of wine by Austrians wa s made at the \oung Maori Party’s conference at Auckland the other day by the Rev. J. T. M’William. The speaker stated that in Herekino alone the Austrians

„ r eir grapes last year enough to produce 15,000 gallons or wine and therf output this season would be ovei ,-0, 000 > gallons There was a clause m the Sensing Act which flowed the man f rrew grapes to sell his vine in two-gallon ffits, provided drunk on Ins premise.,. These uere the only restrictions on the sale of the wne It seemed ridiculous to surround the licensed victualler with dozens of restrictions and yet to nllou tl aliens to sell their wine almost without rsevictions. The evils in these districts he said, could not be overstated. 'it was simply, the rum of the young men of the district, and where there was a large it was only natural that Maoris were supplied with a good deal of wine. The Austrians hawked the wine even fifty miles from Herekino in drays in the summer, and by pack-horses in win plover roads unspeakably bad, so keen wore they for tlie profits accruing from ibis trade. The police were few and far between, and it was impossible for them to cope with the evils resulting from the wine industry. Several speakers Maori and palceha, spo..e in corroboration of the statements made. The conference passed the following resolution unanimously.—" That the attention of the Minister of Agriculture be drawn attention to the many evils resulting front the sale of wine by the Austrians in the districts oj A hangape, Herekino, AVaiharera and Honuora.