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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2731, 9 February 1910, Page 4

A man was arrested at Reporua yesterday on a serious charge. He will be charged at the Police Court this morning. The “Gazette” notifies- the removal of the order prohibiting money and postal correspondence. from the Dominion to the Eucrasy Company. Sydney, N.S.W. The statutory meeting of the Gisborne Harbor Board will be- held on Tuesday, 22nd inst., at 2 p.m., when the election of chairman for the ensuing year will take place. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Board will be held on the same day. The Christchurch office of the Labor Department is finding difficulty in getting the class of men for railway works at Domett and for the tunnel works at Gtira. An attempt is being made (says the “Press”) to obtain tunnel men from Dunedin.

The Poverty Bay Turf Club notifies that unlicensed bookmakers and their agents, or persons suspected of laying totalisator odds, will not be allowed on the club’s course on the occasion of the summer meeting to-morrow and on Friday. A well-attended meeting of freezing works employees was held in Town ley's Hall last night, in connection with the annual sports gathering. It was decided to hold the sports <fa Easter Monday, and a- strong working committee was elected, with Mr. M. Osborne as secretary and Mr. T. Snowsiil treasurer. A meeting of the committee will he held in Townley’s Hall on nqxt Saturday evening, at 7.30 p.m.

At the Police Court, yesterday morning, before Messrs. Matthewson and Johnston, Jas. Preston, shepherd, of Gisborne, was charged with the theft, on October 30, 1909. of a sheep dog, valued at £7, the property of John Munro, Patutahi. Sergt. Hutton applied for a remand to the 16th inst., and Mr. Stock, who appeared for the accused, agreeing to this, the remand vas granted, bail being allowed in a personal suretv of £2O and one other of £2O.

The new road sweeper was given a trial yesterday, and promises to do a great“ deal towards coping ivith the dust nuisance. It is most successful when used on the road shortly alter the watering cart has been along, as under other circumstances; it raises a tremendous cloud of dust. The machine is simplicity itself. A revolving brush transfers the dust into a shoot, where by means of an elevator it is earned into the cart, behind which the sweeper is drawn. When the cart is full the machine is hitched on to another cart, while the. first one proceeds to deposit its load. The machine is fairly rapid in its action, but two carts, it is claimed, will be sufficient, to keep it going without any stoppages. The handsome challenge cup presented to the Poverty Bay Cricket Association by Mr. D. J. Barry,, to be held each year by the winners of the Saturday competition is at present on viewin the window of Mr. W. Good, jeweller. The cup, which is of sterling silver is double-handled, and beautifully hand-chased. It stands 12 inches high, and is mounted on an ebonized plinth 3 inches in height. There are two shields on opposite sides of the cup. On one side is the inscription “Challenge Cup, Saturday Competition,” and on the other “Presented to the Poverty Bay Cricket Association by D. J. Barry.” The names of the winning teams will he inscribed on silver shields and attached to the plinth each year. The cup forms a strikingly handsome trephv. and there is certain to be keen /rivalry to secure possession of it. “What is your Christian name?” was asked of a witness before the Nautical Court of enquiry into the stranding of the S.S. Kaipara. “Frank,” was the reply. “Frank .Richard," corrected Mr Kettle. “No, plain Frank,” answered the witness. “But your officer’s certificate gives your Christian name as Frank Richard.” “Yes, I thought that was my name until I was 40 years of age. Then 1 got my birth certificate, and found that I was just plain Frank. My mother wanted me to be called Frank Richard, but iny fathefi didn’t like the man after whom I was to be called Richard, and so in registering mv birth he quietly gave my Christian name as Frank and dropped the Richard. It was not until 40 years later that I discovered what -lie had done. That accounts for the two Christian names on my certificate, where there should legally only he one,” explained the witness, amidst some laughter. Christchurch volunteers are considerably annoyed over an instruction from the Defence Department that the electric light plants and searchlights at Dunedin and Lyttelton forts are to be removed to Wellington and Auckland for use in connection with the inspection by Lord Kitchener. The defence authorities, when asked for an explanation of the position, state that the matter is net suitable for public discussion. The “Lyttelton Times” states, in regard to the proposal: “Lord Kitchener is about to visit this country in order to gain knowledge of our. defences, and he will devote a share of his attention to the provision wo have made for the protection of our chief harbors. The great soldier has intimated in the most definite manner that his scheme of inspection is severely practical, and he will not he at all grateful if the. Defence Council collects its appliances at the northern ports in order to make a display that will not represent truly the normal capabilities of the harbor defences. The. occasion is one of national introspection, for a very full and frank admission of the truth, and not for a vainglorious display in borrowed plumes on the part of any particular centre.

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 Hayward, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, know >U about the law of patents, and have agents everywhere. Skilfully guarded 1 and adroitly placed, there /might easily be a fortune in a simple idea. {

The monthly meeting of the Charitable Aid Board will be held Hie Borough Council Chambers at / o chick this evening. The fortnightly meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council will he held tins evening at 7.30. Final consider atio will he given to the applications tor the position of borough engineer. Last- week’s “Gazette” contains a notification that portions of sections 4,7, and Bin the Waimata Survey District have been taken under the Public Works Act, 1905, for the purpose of a road. The total area taken amounts to 2 acres 2 roods 37.7 perches.

“Auckland is going to outstrip every other town in the Dominion within tlie next few years. Wo arc therefore contemplating the foundation of concerns in this city,” said a well-known \\eJlington business man at present on a visit to Auckland.

“When w;e are children we are put under petticoat government; when we are adults, and have the responsibilities of life, wo put ourselves under petticoat government; it is al) the better f cr us.”— Rev. J. Hobbs on women s rights at the Anglican Synod. During the oast year over 100,006 ba'nana trees have been planted niKarotonga. As the banana hears fruit nine months after it is planted, it is calculated that Rarotonga alone wte he able to swamp New Zealand with fruit at the end of the year.

Dr Solf, Governor of German Samoa,' interviewed in Auckland last week, denied that the natives were dissatisfied with German rule, and said that the. Government’s aims were being thwarted by those trying to create bitterness between England and Germany.

To-night at His Majesty's Theatre the Pathe Pictures will present an entire change of programme, the prmcipal films being “The Lion Tamer' and “The Curse of Money.” To-morrow and Friday (race nights) a special hphday programme will he given, including illustrated songs by Miss Eva Brady and an appropriate film entitled “Jim Blackwood, the Jockey.” A special meeting of the Gisborne Hospital Trustees was held yesterday evening for the purpose of considering the sites under offer for the proposed new hospital buildings. There were present /Messrs A. F. Matthews (chairman), A. Dewing. G. Darton, G. ismith, T. -Holden, and the Hon. Captain Tucker. Dr, Wilson was also in attendance. After discussion it was decided to obtain options over certain sites, and to refer the -matter for final decision to the incoming. Board. A meeting of the Northern Waiapu Settlers’ Association was held at- Te Araroa on Saturday, January 29th. Present: Messrs deLautour (chairman), Henderson. Beckett, Manning, Terai Ngatai. Hawkins, and Heald (hon. sec.) It was resolved that the Hon. R. McKenzie should be written to and asked that when visiting Gisborne he should extend liis visit to the Waiapu Countv and Te Araroa, and that Mr. W. D. S. MacDonald, M.P., also should be asked to endeavor to induce the Minister to visit Te Araroa, and to accompany him on his visit. Mr. E. H. Henderson was deputed to interview the leading natives re having portions of the Whetumatarau Block, adjoining Te Araroa, set asid e: as scenic reserves. The labor market at Lyttelton is in a healthy state just now. Following upon the prolonged dull space, when waterside work was short! and irregular. there lias come a considerable rush of shipping, bringing the port well into its stride again. But the ranks of the workers have been; weakened for a time. The. cocksfoot season is in full swing on Bank’s Peninsula, and in the accustomed way the prospect of large cheques has lured away manj- of the wharf workers. For some time shipping people have been very short- of men. Last week, one steamer, which usually employs several gangs, could get only three, or four men. One- employer brought a number of men from Wellington to work his cargo.

About thirty ladies interested in the Hospital Saturday movement met in the Poverty Bay tea rooms yesterday afternoon. Several matters of detail were discussed, and the ladies to do duty in the morning and in the evening were selected. It was also decided that a couple of lady collectors should meet the incoming steamer, and then go on to canvass the train. Several additional ladies handed in their names to the meeting, signifying their willingness to act as collectors. A generous invitation from Mrs. Hoff, of the Alexandra tea rooms, to supply morning and afternoon tea to the lady collectors, in that portion of the town, was accepted with thanks. The collectors will wear a white badge with a- red cross upon it, and it is anticipated that the collections will he ma le from 10 a.n. until late in the evening. Tho meeting decided after discussion that badges would not be given to contributors of 2s 6d and upwards, as was’originally intended. It is to be hoped that the praiseworthy efforts of the ladies to raise funds for a most deserving institution will meet with as much success in Gisborne as similar efforts have attained in other towns of the Dominion.

The following business has been transacted by the Tairawhiti Land Board at its sittings on Monday and yesterday. Approved applications to lease: Puhatikotiko No. 382 D, 43 acres, 21 years, to Mark Stratton Mooney (Mr. Hei); Puninga No. 11, SI acres, 21 years, to Herbert Palmerston Bushnell (Messrs Blair and Sainsbury): Rangaiohinehau No. 482 A, 1 acre, *2l years, to Fred. Stuart (fir. Hei); Uawa No. 2D, 39a Or 27p, 21 years, to Samuel' Alf reel Frederick Morgan (Messrs Rees Bros, and Bright); Motu 283, 3S acres, 21 years, to Clara Oxenlnm (Mr. Hei); Puninga No. 3. 5S acres, 21 years, to Jane Gibson (Mr. Hei); Rangatira, No. 2C, 22 acres, 12 years, to Wm. Porter (Messrs Rees Bros, and Bright). In the case of the application to lease Te Mahanga No. ID. 415 acres, to /Mata Ruru and Mere ZPapu (/Mr. Hei), the application was refused. Approved applications for alienation : Transfer of l.ea'-eliold interests 'in Man.gaheia Nos. SK and 2L to Ellen Theresa Gear (Messrs Chris-p and Coleman); transfer of Kaiti 337A3, to Harold Herbert CaiY (Mr. Hei); -mortgage of Okaunga I) to Ellen Julia Nolan (Messrs Nolan and Skeet). Removal of restrictions to permit sales were recommended in the following cases: Puhatikotiko BD2, 2 acres, to Oteno Pitau (Mr. Hei); Ivait-i No. 135, Ir 13p, to Hohepa Kota (Mr. Hei); Mangahauini No. 2,46 a. lr, to Donald K. Porter and Minnie K. Perry.

Morse’s “Central” and “Masonic” Hairdressing and Tobacconist Saloons are replete, with every modern luxury. It’s tire difference between tlie ordinary saloon and ours that stamps "ours as being “up-to-now.” We have been compelled to open a second saloon, next the Masonic Hotel, in order to accommodate our ever increasing and thoroughly satisfied host of patrons. 1 If you are bald or your hair is failing, remember our famous“Parasene” HairRestorer will absolutely make hair grow." :

T Th. ten days, the maximum fall being 3.06 inches on January <A>th. In connection with the - ,l P s .y Camp” practices, it is announced that Mrs 1 II J- Ta-play is so seriously indhnosed that on the advice of her medical attend:)lit .she will he unable to 00 any work for at fcaat a week The Matawbero stock sale will ho hold to-day, beginning at 11 Messrs Williams and Kettle, G'llgcty and Co., and Common, Shelton and Co. advertise their present entries in this issue. . . , . Mr H Ingram lias just imported a small’selection of Sauromatun, or arum cornutum (Monarch of the East) bulbs from Holland. These bulbs are .something in the way of a novelt., as the\ grow without soil or water, and make a unique drawing-room decoration, the bulbs are on view in the uindou of Messrs Clare and Sons. successful meeting of the local Rechabites’ Tent was l.elcl in the Masonic Hall last night. It ua., decided to a.sk Bro. R. H. lavlor, District Deputy Ruler, who is visiting Gisborne shortly to extend his visit ior a wees. Discussion on several matters m connection with the local 9 ent took p.ace. Several accounts were passed lor payment, and the meeting was closed in the usual way.

Word has been received irom the lieadouaitens of the Boy Scouts that all scouts attending the Kitchener Camp must he provided with uniform, and must be proficient in signalling and first aid. hut building, ,and bridge building. As there is not a likelihood of a . sufficient number of hoys being able to go from this district to form a detachment it is not probable that tins district will be represented. The Waerenga-a-hika garden fete and flower show are to take place oil Thursday, February 24th, in the College grounds. Waerenga-a-hika. A most attractive programme is advertised. In addition to’ the gymkhana, sports and flower show, there are to be rifle shooting. a live Aunt Sally, chain walking, a weight-guosNng (competition, and sales of fruit and produce and fancy goods and -novelties. Buggies and horses will he taken care of. free oi charge. Luncheon, afternoon tea, tea and iced drinks will be obtainable on the ground. A special train is to leave Gisborne at I.Su p.m., and the train returning to town Is to leave College Road crossing at 6.50 p.m. A vocal and instrumental concert, commencing at 7 p.m., is to he given by members of ’the Turanga Musical Society. Other particulars of the gathering are given in an advertisement in this issue.

Confidence is the greatest advertiser in the world. This in a large way has contributed to the success that has attended Grieve, jeweller. Try him for smallest 'repair, watches or jewellery, and he will soon have your confidence.* All wise parents keep Red Arrow Ointment' in the house. The cost isonly Is, and its value in an emergency cannot be estimated. For cuts, bruises, and sores of all descriptions this ointe ment’cures in a manner little short of marvellous. All Grocers and Ohem fists."

IMMIGRANTS FOR SOUTHLAND. The Invercargill correspondent of the “Lyttelton Times” writes: —Three hardy sons of toil with their wives and families, arrived in Invercargill by the afternoon express on Thursday. They had come out as emigrants on hoard the Federal-Houlder-Sliire line steamer Morayshire, and landing at Dunedin yesterday morning they at once too!: train for Invercargill. Their advent was interesting from the fact ti at it was connected with an endeavor by Mr Richard Allen, on behalf of the Southland farmers. Hitherto assisted immigrants brought out by the Government in practically every instance have found homes in the northern parts of the country. Mr Allen, recognising the necessity or securing “hands” fcr the southern portion of the dominion, got into touch with the British Government’s organisation appointed to deal with the unemployed problem in tlio Old Country. As a beginning three men were booked for Southland, and .Mr Allen easily had them placed, two at Dipton and one r.t Balfour. They thus left London with employment ready for them on their arrival. Their passages were all paid out and a bank draft was also remitted to provide for their immediate necessity on tending and to assist them in starting new homes. The actual title of ihe organisation responsible for their emigration is the “Central Unemployed Body for London.” and all the expenses referred to were found from that organisation’s funds. The secretary further wrote that lie was convinced that the men. together with their wives and families, would prove excellent settlers, and ho trusted that they would he forerunners of similar families emigrating: to tho dominion from the overcrowded English shores. Additional men have already been cabled for, together with a request for ten lads suitable for farm work to be also sent out.

A KITCHENER STORY. Of all the incidents that hare occurred on the Kitchener tour in Australia there is one that really impressed his staff (says the “Argus”). Justafter the Field-Marshal landed at Port Darwin lie drove out along the Esplanade. Tl\cv got away from the little northern port into the open country and turned a corner of the track. A hut stood close hv the way. A tall, grey old man stood at the door of the hut, his heels together, his left hand to His forehead in military salute, his right holding an old bugle to liis lips ready to blow. Alongside him, on parade, and at attention stood his wife. The grim, grey military pair might have been Mulvaney and Dinah Shadd. There was no mistaking the old soldier and the. soldier’s wife who had followed the fortunes of war with the baggage train in many a long Indian march when the regiment was marching down the Grand Trunk Road. There was more cordiality in the FieldMarshal’s acknowledgment of that odd, almost .pathetic salute, than in any of the finer demonstrations since made in ibis honor.

A WATER CURTAIN.

Essendon, a suburb of Melbourne,* suffers from dust, brought into the borough along a north road from the country,' when the dry winds are blowing. In order to abate the nuisance it is proposed to catch the dust at the entrance to the town by means of a “water curtain.” This is to consist of two poles on either side of the road, erected to a height of thirty feet, and a water-pipe is to bo attached to the poles, stretching across the road, the piping to be perforated in order to throw a fine spray of water. Councillor Showers (appropriate name) is of opinion that the spray could be made so fine as not to be of any inconvenience to passing traffic. Should the trial “water curtain” prove a success others will follow.