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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2735, 14 February 1910, Page 4

The box plan for "Dandy Dick” will be opened at Miller’s Corner on Wednesday morning at 10. At the Police Court on Saturday morning, before Captain Beere. J.P., a first offender for drunkenness was dealt with in the usual manner. Word has been received that Constable Dwver, of Gisborne, has been transferred to Hastings as mounted constable. He will replace Constable Murrav. who has been promoted to the charge of the Clive district. The Mayor and a number of Council, lors were present at an official trial of the Council’s new road sweeper on Saturday morning. The was tried on both a wet and dry road surface, and was considered to be eminently satisfactory. A man named Reginald Hardin fell down in a fit in Roebuck Road yesterday morning. His condition was such that the police were communicated with, and Air. D. Maher and Constable Dandy removed the man to the hospital. His condition in the evening was not serious, although he was st-iil unveil. The inadequacy of life-saving appliances on the Waimata River was mentioned at the inquest on the boy who was drowned on Thursday afternoon. The foreman of the jury thought the lifebelt at Harris’ Bend was placed in a very inconvenient position, nnd another juryman suggested that the authorities should have a dragging line near the site of the fatality. On Wednesday night next "Carter the Great” will impersonate the famous Chinese Court magicians—an exposition of ancient Oriental necromancy, wherein the wonderful sorcerers of China are imitated and impersonated, and immense objects produced from nothingness—introducing Miss. Pierce, the sing-song girl conjuror, and Miss A lax well, a mysterious assistant. The following passengers had booked last evening by Messrs Reds to no and Sons’ coaches leaving this morning:— For Tologa, Airs. Bright, Airs. Weather!) v and two children, Messrs J. Somervell and Hyde; for Tokomaru. Alessrs Jas. Earner and AY. Dallen; for AYairoa, Air. and Airs. Nasmitli; for AY ha re rat a, Air. Pcckovcr; for Alorere, Aliss AlcLeod. Airs. Alalcolm ; for Tiuiroto, M. Higliett. Air. AY. F. Crawford writes to the "Gisborne Times” in reference to the valuation of the Tucker’s properties in the borough, and encloses lists which, lie states, have been compiled from the Borough Council records showing the 1908 valuation of the properties in question to be £2226, and the 1909 valuation £2186, and also that there are other properties belonging to the same owner, and only rated in 1909, valued at £IOB. Yesterday was "Church Anniversary” day at the Methodist Church, and there were large congregations at both morning and evening services. The Rev. Win. Grant was the preacher at the morning service, and delivered an eloquent sermon from Psalm 4,6: "Lord, who will show us any good.” Mr. A. Iv. Don sang a solo, and special music was rendered by the choir. In the evening, the Rev. J. A. Lochore occupied the pulpit, and preached impressively. taking for his text the words. "He could not he hid.” Mark 7, 24. The choir again Tendered an anthem, "And the Glory of the Lord.” Air J. Young taking the recitative, "Com_ fort Ye My People,” and Aliss Grav sang the solo, "The Promise of Life.” Death has removed another old resident of Gisborne in the person of Air. Henry Partington, who passed away at his residence in Upper Gladstone Road at 11 o’clock on Saturday night. Born in London in 1840, the late Mr. Partington came to the Dominion in 1870. and was thus a colonist of 40 years’ standing. He resided' in Gisborne for 32 years, and at first followed' various occupations, biit for the last twenty vears he was engaged ini contracting. Air.' Partington _ was a. man of most cheerful disposition in all circumstances. and' was-deservedly popular with all those who knew him. He had been suffering from cancer for a number of years prior l to his death, and bore the ravages of this deadly malady with Christian fortitude. He leaves a- widow to mourn his death. The interment takes place at the Makaraka cemetery at 2.30 p.m. to-day. All wise parents keep Red Arrow Ointment' ‘in the house. The cost is only Is. and its value in an emergercy cannot he estimated. For cuts, bruises, and sores of all descriptions this ointment cures in a manner little short cf marvellous. All Grocers Mid Ohem isrfcs.’*

Mr. J. AY. AVitty has been successful in obtaining second prize in the ‘AVeeklv Graphic” chess problem solving competition. The transfer from Gisborne to Wellington of Detective Rawle has been officially confirmed. Detective Cong nollv, of the Wellington detective staff, i.s to replace Detective Rawle. The annual cricket match between the old hoys of Christ’s College and oi the Wanganui High School will take place at Victoria Domain on A\ ednesdav afternoon.

A very heavy shower of rain, lasting Tor several minutes, fell at Puha about 3 p.m. 0 n Friday. The shower appeared to ho purely a local one, as there was none at To .Karaka or anywhere in the immediate vicinity.

The secret of how. to give gold the temper of fine steel is reported to have been discovered at Los Angelos, California, where the first complete set of gold-tempered surgical instruments is being manufactured. The Hon. George Fowlds. Minister for Education, has intimated, through the Hon. Jas. Carroll, that lie will be able to visit Gisborne in the first or second week in April to perform the opening ceremony of the High School.

The following is the revenue collected at the local Customs House for tlTe week ending Saturday last:—Customs duties £IO4O 4s Bd, surtax £2l 0s 4d, beer duty £66 Os 6d, light dues £8 0s Id other receipts £1 7s 6d; total, £1136 13s Id.

The Eire Brigade' was again called out on Saturday afternoon to the Are which practicably destroyed Air. HAston’s house in Graham Road on Friday. The ruins had apparently been left smouldering, and broke out again into flames about midday, but were speedily extinguished by the brigade.

Ragwort is very prevalent in Gore and the 'neighborhood, and it is reporteel that several horses and cows have died there from “AVinton” disease, caused through eating the weed. Along the Riverton Road hundreds of acres are overrun with the pest, which seems to be about the only vegetation that flourishes. Amidst a blaze of yellow bloom it is possible to discern only small patches of grass.

An application was made to the Canterbury Land Board at this week’s meeting, states a Christchurch journal, by a Crown tenant in South Canterburyfor leave of absence from bis holding in order to visit England. He explained that his principal object in going to England was to arrange for the importation of pedigree pigs. The Crown lands ranger reported most favorablv upon the manner in which the applicant had cared fo his section, and the board decided to grant the application. In connection with the proposals for water and drainage for Alarton it is considered unfair, states the Rangitikei "Advocate.” that those holding large areas for agricultural purposes should be rated, because such works, if extended to their properties, would be of little advantage to them. The Alayor pointed out that as far as his property on the Croftcn-road was concerned he was prepared to be rated, as it could be cut up for residential sites, whereas ilie situation of other largo areas was not suitable for such purposes. It would not pay to extend the works to these places. A special meeting was suggested and agreed to. On Saturday morning the Hon. Jas. Carroll, accompanied by a party consisting of Mesdames Carroll, Lysuar,Townlev and Scott, Hon. T. Thompson ( Auckland), and Air. AY. D. Lysnar, paid a visit to the Children’s Creche, at the invitation of the Cook County AYomen’s Guild. The Alinister spoke in high terms of the good work done In- the Guild in the interests of humanity, and the whole party remarked on the cleanliness and the apparently excellent management prevailing at the •institution. Air. Carroll left for South bv the s.s. Tarawera last evening, and will probably return to Gisborne early in Alarcli, accompanied by the Hon. T. Mackenzie, Alinister for Agriculture. Applications for renewable leases under the Land for Settlements Act wilt be received at the District Lands Office. Napier, the local Lands Office, Gisborne, and the Courthouse, AYairoa, up to 4 o’clock p.m.. on AYednesday, 2nd Alarcli, 1910. for 23 allotments in the Clydebank settlement, near AYairoa, ranging in area from 55 acres to S3G acres. Rentals range from £ll 0s 6d to £BB 17s 6d half-yearly. A poster containing full particulars may be seen at all Rost Offices and on application at the Land Office. Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the Court-house, AYairoa, at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 3rd Alarch. to answer any questions the Board may ask.

A special meeting in committee of the Borough Council was held on Saturday niglit in connection with the trouble which has arisen over the •waterworks contract. There were pre-. sent : The. Alayor (Air. AY. D. Lysnar), and Crs. Alaynard, Clayton, Collins, Somervell, Smith, Pcttie, and Harris. The Alayor stated that the written opinion of counsel on the subject had not been received, as expected, by that morning’s mail, but he read to the Council a further telegraphic communication from counsel on file subject. This was discussed, and in conse_ quenee it was decided to telegraph to Mr. Robert Hay. of Dunedin, the engineer for the work, and to reply to the letter received last week from the contractors, the Spiral Steel Pipe Co., Ltd., of Wanganui. Both telegram and letter were drafted by the Council and approved by the Borough Solicitor. At the present moment there is reported by a Canterbury journal to be a scarcity of labor for harvest work in the Ashburton county. A considerable number of men- came to the district a but owing to various causes, particularly the broken weather, quite a crowd of them departed south, where report said that conditions were better. Now that the weather has cleared, farmers are looking for laborers, and the available supply has been mopped ui), so that on Saturday there were no strong capable men to be had. There is an abundance of work both in the harvest field and on the machine, and arrivals by road and rail will be looked for with eargerness. As yet there have been no further developments in connection with the small strike of 'threshing machine hands, which took place- recently. The men do not appear to have made any concerted move, and those who came out are understood to be looking for work as general harvest hands. At the same time labor is so scarce that the mill-ow-ner affected is unable to replaco the strikers, and the mill remains idle. There is much money to he made by patenting the right ideas. The shrewd inventor puts (himself into the hands of an expert. Alessrs Baldwin and Raywnrd, Auckland.AYellington, Christ, church, and Dunedin, publishers of “Progress,” the inventors’ journal, are intimately familiar with all matters concerning patents. Expert knowledge, in their case is backed by an elaborate system of reference.*

if has been decided to hold a YAI C.A. swimming carnival m the school baths on Thursday Alarch 10th. The entries will close on Saturday, March sth. The theatre being otherwise engaged to-nbdit, the Rathe Pictures will not be riio vn until to-morrow (Tuesday , when the last exhibition of the present series will be given. Detective Rawle leaves by coach this morning for Port Awanui, with the pr - saner Milner, who was remanded to Port Awanui to undergo trial iOr alleg’d carnal knowledge of a native girl under 16 vears of age. Jho trial takes place before Justices on Ihursdaj. It is understood that an amicable agreement has been arrived at between the local Freezers Union and the hee/in"- companies. Ibe agreement has not vet been finally signed, and the details are not available roi publication at present. The following figures show the quantity and value of the principal oroduct.s which passed through the local Customs House for export from Gisborne, from the 16th to 31st January: Butter, 624 <-wt, valued at £3228; frozen beef, 3557 c-wt, valued at £3112; mutton Q 032 owt, valued at £8640; lamb, t Ool cwt, valued at £9871; hkle.s. ouS va u,.<l at £909: skins, all kinds, 10,324, valued at £1513: tallow 80 tons, valued at £‘2173: wool, 3,000,4//lbs, valued at £112,630.' The total value of products exported from New Zealand ror Jamiarv was £2,845.421, as against £1,963,114 for 1909. A meeting of the Retailers’ Association was held on Saturday morning in Mr C. G. Piesse’s office. Present: Alessrs G H. Williams (cnairrnan;, Monk (Alakauri), AYhiie (Alangapapa). Bruce (Patutahi), Taylor (AA hataturu). Ha ache (Alakauri). Some discussion took place regarding the inclusion or the retail shopkeepers of the town, and it 'was eventuallv decided, on the motion of Air. Tavlor that they be included. The names of Alessrs Bruce, AYliite, and Haache were added to the committee appointed to go into the question of rules for the association, and the meeting was adjourned until 3 p.m. to-day to enable town retailers to be present.

A sure double tor to-day and t<y moirow —and every day of the year:,C. Alerse’s Central and Alasonic Hairdressing Saloons. The best- tradesmen in town employed—and the fastest. No waiting; no delays. You will enjoy the day’s sport- all the better if you call in and see us before you go cut.”

DR. COOK’S PROFITS. The New York corespondent of the "Daily Telegraph” writes or the discrediting of Dr. Cook:—There is a general anxiety to know what was his object in putting forward his claim to have discovered the Pole. Some Americans still adhere to the theory of delusions, but the mere lavored theory now is that- from the beginning he was actuated by the sordid ourpese of making his fortune, and he has made it. Receiving £SOOO irom one newspaper alone, and £ IS.OOO for uis lectures, the venture netted him after expenses were paid, something over £20,000. He wolld have been richer but for the fact that as the falsity of his story became established the oublic ceased to attend his lectures, and the receipts fell to vanishing point. Mr. Jehu Bradley, the New York sporting man who backed Dr. Cook’s exoedition and defended him to the last, now admits that he has been looled, “but," lie continued gaily. the best of us get- fooled once in a while. . - .Cook is. a peculiar man; he never told anybody anything, never told me anvthing. Now we’ve got to admit he fooled us. There isn't any sense in howling aboutit or attacking Cook. I'm going to be a good sport, and take my medicine.”

LORD ROBERTS ON MILITARY TRAINING/

Tile following letter lias been received by Mr. Herbert Easton, honorary secretary of the British Immigration League, in Sydney, from FieldMarclial Lord Roberts. V.C.: “I am much obliged for the copy of the fourth annual report of the British Immigration League of Australia, which you have been good enough to send me. I am glad to note in it the testimony of ex-soldiers, sailors, pensioners, and Army reservists os immigrants. I am not- surprised at it, for it has always been my contention that there is nothing li'ke a courseof drill and discipline for the moral and physical imnrorement of the ordinary individual. This is one of the. grounds on which I am urging this country to follow the example of Australia in adopting the principle of compulsory military training. The question of employment for our exsoldiers is a most- serious one. Day by day I receive the most destressing accounts from men of sood character, who have served their country in the field, and yet are unable to obtain work in civil life, and I am powerless to help them. If emigration is to be the solution I would welcome it, for though the loss to the country of some of her best and most valuable citizens would be great, anything is better than that such men should lie walking the streets in search of work which cannot bo found for them, while tlieir wives and children are starving at home.’’

ALIENS IN LONDON. The other day I went down the Thames to see an emigrant slim* set out for over sea (writes the London correspondent of the Sydney "’Daily Telegraph”). She carried a cargo of clean, stalwart, intelligent- men and women picked with infinite care from London’s unemployed. They were all willing workers, all t-lie victims of the irregular labor market, all going because London would no longer give them food and lodgings. I st-ood on the vessel with an officer of the Imperial Government, and moralised about- the cruelty of the great, proud city which failed to support its children. A steamer came slowly up the stream, and passed us close by. A swarm of foreign faces looked over her side. Mv companion, the Government officer, surveyed them briefly. “Russian Jews,” he said. “It happens every- day,” he added. “Here yve are nearly driven mad to keen our fellows going, and those chans come in by the shipload.” “And ~ot- a living?” I asked. “Undoubtedly,” he replied; “they mostly come to friends. Anyhow, they live, and that- despite their ignorance of the language and everything else.” Last month, at the season when the employment outlook yvas blackest, no less than 1119 alien immigrants entered the port of London, by 22 immigrant ships. Of these only four were sent back by the Government, the charge against them being physical infirmity. The rest squeeze into the overcrowded ranks, and, aided by their countrymen already established in a variety of little business undertakings, jostle out nearly as many Englishmen.