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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2738, 17 February 1910, Page 4

The quarterly meeting of the Bay of Plenty Licensing Committee will be held at Rotorua on March Bth.

The Railway Department is having constructed sixtv ten-ton trucks for carrying stone. They will be ready for use in about two months.

The recently-appointed engineer to the Borough Council, Mr. A. J. Paterson, of 'Wellington, is expected to arrive in Gisborne next Wednesday, to take up his duties. The box plan in connection with the performance of “Dandy Dick,” to be presented by Miss Rosemary Rees in His Majesty’s Theatre on Saturday evening, was opened at Mr. W. Miller’s yesterday. The booking was very satisfactory. A bright glare in the sky, in the direction of Makauri, resulted in the fircbells being rung at 9.50 p.m. last evening. The glare was no doubt due to burning straw stacks, which several farmers in that district intended burning last evening.

“Where do you live?” asked the magistrate of a witness in the Police Court yesterday. The reply, given in slow, measured tones was too much even for judicial gravity. “Nowhere! I am a laborer, and it all depends where I am working.” The following is a (list of the principal exports from this (port for the half monthly period ending February 15th, compiled at H.M. Custom-house: Rutter 287 cwt, value £1471 ; cheese 35 cwt, £9O; sheepskins 3794, £711: tallow 14 1-3 tons, £345; wool, 1,392,107 lb, £53,822. Another incipient fire on the Roebuck Road bridge was discovered on Tuesday night by a gentleman driving over the bridge. It had apparently been caused through a cigarette stump or a lighted match having been dropped mi to some dry manure. A hole was burned in the decking. The following armointments have been made by the Hawke’s Ray Education Board; —Miss E. Torr, probationer, Wniroa; Mr. .T. E. Hooper, master, Hcrbertvillc; Miss K. Morgan, assistant, Kaiti ; Mr. J. Kay, master, Kaitaratahi; Miss M. McCartney, assistant, Taradale; Miss M. Tuohy, sole teacher, Anaroa ; Mr. V. Lindaeur, sole teacher, ’Hopelands. For the period of 283 days prior to and terminating on Jan. Bth, 1910 the revenue earned by the Gisborne railway wa.s £9242 16s lid, and the expenditure was £6373 Is Id. For the corresponding period last year the figures were: Revenue £7702 os 6d, expenditure £5357 3s 7d. The estimated cost of construction of the railway, rolling stock, etc., to the 31st- March. 1909, is as follows: Cost of opened line £186,421, cost of unopened line £32,102. Captain C. Hellier Evans yesterday afternoon received a telegram from the officer commanding the distret, stating that the Defence Department had agreed to the volunteer officers of this district attending the camp at Johnsonville on the occasion of Lord Kitchener’s inspection. Captain Evans told a “Times” reporter last night that he thought wall the officers of the mounted corps would go down, and probably the infantry officers, leaving by steamer next Wednesday. The agreement between the local freezing companies and the Freezers’ Union provides for a general rise In wages, and the recognition of the Is per hour basis as the minimum rate in the rase of the cooling floor, gut house, fat house, hands, etc., and all unspecified labor. Tlie agreement, which came into operation last Monday, also provides for the alteration of the daily rating to an hourly rating. The agreement is for three years, and is to be made an award of the Arbitration Court.

The following are the traffic returns in connection with the Gisborne railway for the four-weekly period eliding January 28. Passengers carried 10,450, parcels 314, horses 5, carriages 3, dogs 36, cattle 23, calves 1, sheep 7235, pigs 5, general "goods (including 510 tons of wool) 1504 tons. _ The revenue for the period was £1252 16s 4d. For the corresponding period last year the revenue was £1214 16s Bd. Sheep carried totalled 9937, and wool amounting to 439 tons was dealt with, and there were 10,305 passengers. The weather in Auckland, this summer, is described as the hottest experienced in the memory of the oldest inhabitant (says the “Herald '). 9 n Thursday last the heat reached its record for the season, the shade temperature recorded at the new Observatory in Albert Park being 81} degrees. Of course the temperature -was much higher in Queen Street, owing to the radiation from the footpaths, verandahs, and so on, and it could easily have mounted up to 90 degrees. An indoor thermometer reading on Thursday was 85. On Frill sty tiio weathor was a trifle coole*!. A civil case which had been adjourned from Tologa Bay, was called on at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. W._ A. Barton, S.M. The case was one in which J. R Johnston, of Tokomaru Bay (Mr. Burnard) proceeded against C. E. Smith, of Tologa Bay (Mr. T. A. Coleman), to recover- £143 0s 6d for alleged broach of agreement in respect to the sale of furniture household effects, etc., of the private hotel, Tologa Bay. Evidence as to the condition of the acetylene gas plant in the house was given by Ernest Thaxter and J. S. Alv fan, and the plaintiff also gave further evidence. Air. Coleman, for the defence, asked for a nonsuit, and His Worship reserved judgment. A sure double for to-day and tomoirow —and every day of the year: C. Morse’s Central and Masonic 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 soe us before you go out. Dingo Eucalyptus is THE remedy for Slimmer colds. Its wonderful propeities as a disinfectant and deodorant prevent bacilli from maturing,y and effectually cure colds, coughs, _ and influenza. From all chemists and grocers, Is bottle, or direct post free from Dingo Medicine Co., 173 Hobson Street, Auck. land.

The annual general meeting of Hie Poverty Bay Hunt Club will be held a the Masonic Hotel at 11 a.m. on vjulurday next. Last week’s Gazette contains the information that Mr. D. Stewart, of j e Hapara, iias filed an application lei letters'patent in regard to an improved seed-sower.

When a division is taken in Uh° House of Commons a two-minute sandglass is turned to allow members time to 'enter the House, after which the doors are locked.

It is notified that a guide will leave the junction of the and Wairoa-Frasertown roads at 9 o’clock sharp every morning in order to show intending applicants over the Clydebank settlement.

On the evidence of Constable Pratt, j at the Police Court, yesterday, a female first offender for drunkenness, who did not appear in Court, was fined 18s and 2s costs. The woman was found lying in Gladstone Road in an intoxicated condition, was locked up and subsequently hailed out in the sum of £L Mrs. Madelaine Hofen, remanded from Auckland, on a charge of aiding and abetting her husband to remove chattels over which security had been given, was brought to Gisborne yesterday by a member of the Auckland police force, and will appear Police Court this morning. Last week’s “Gazette” contains a notification that a small light-vessel, showing a bright lighf all round the horizon, has been placed on the -shoal in Auckland harbor, on which the. ICaipara struck. A large red buoy will be moored close to and outside the lightvessel.

The trawler Endon, which was tied up alongside the wharf, under the big crane, yesterday, listed out with the falling tide, and had! such a cant on that the rising tide, instead of lifting her, filled her with water, preventing her righting. Efforts were made last evening to right the vessel, and by 11.30 p.m. she had been raised. The following passengers had booked last evening by Messrs Redstone and Sons’ coaches leaving this morning:— For Tologa, Mrs. Thiselton and lour children, Messrs McKeowan and helan; for Pakarae, Mr. Rex; for "Wliangara, Mrs. Knox; for Tarewa, Miss Cherry ; tor Morere, Mesdames Hogan, Toneycliffe, and Hoare and Messrs H. Austin and F. Green.

The Gisborne Borough Council, m tho event of the installation of the Waikaremoana, hydro-electric scheme, will be in a (position to supply electricity for power purposes on a scale of per electrical unit upwards. The Council notifies that it will facilitate business if anyone requiring electrical energy at n cheap rate will communicate with the Town Clerk, Mr. R. D. B. Robinson.

The quarterly meeting of the Gisborne Licensing Committee will be held in the Courthouse at noon on March 4th. The matters to be considered are as follows: Adjourned application for renewal of publican’s license, L. Storey, Clyde Hotel. Applications for transfer of license: G. 13. Oman to John Dickson, \Vairoa Hotel ; and Andrew Tuohv to A. F. Saunders, Royal Oak Hotel'.

An enjoyable outing will he provided this afternoon by the garden fete and sports to be held in the Hon. Captain Tucker’s paddock, in aid of the rtinds for furnishing the Maternity Home. A sale of work, races for boys, naildriving for ladies, hat trimming for gentlemen, a spelling bee, a merry-go-round, and other attractions will form part of the programme. Refreshments are to be supplied at town prices, and in the evening, when tile City Band is to be in attendance, a concert will be given.

Our Pouawa correspondent writes: Mr. J. A. McDonnell, runholder ner-e, returned to the district on Saturday last, after a fortnight’s absence. He was suddenly called away on account of the serious indisposition of his aged mother, who resides in Rangitikei, and it j s gratifying t-o learn her condition lias considerably improved. lire old lady, who has reached the ripe age of 82 years, is one of the eldest settlers and colonists in Rangitikei, wheie she has earned the respect or the whole community. Mrs. McDonnell is an aunt of Mr. James McFarlane, so long and favorably known in 'this district owner of the Takapau property, near Tologa Bay, who a few years ago acquired a property and settled in Hawke's Bay. During his* absence. Mr. McDonnell (has traversed a large area of country, and has had a firstclass opportunity of comparing the different localities through which lie pasted. He pointedly remarks there is no place to compare with Poverty Bay in general, and Pouawa in particular.

The other day a “Now Zealand Times” reporter who lias a passing acquaintance with soldiering, visited the stales department of the Defence Department. His sen' wa s harrowed with all he saw, and he is disposed to observe that some folk should be instantly “drummed out of the service.” The exhibits included a service revolver. This had bx-eti issued to an officer of volunteers. Only rust was visible. Tile weapon, which is the most perfect of its kind, was full of rust. The chambers would not work, the barrel was clogged, and it was absolutely and entirely useless. A man who bad the effrontery to call himself a “soldier” had passed this weapon in to the store. No living armorer could fix it. The other dreadful exhibit was a common felt-covored water-bottle, issued to the ordinary, everyday soldier. This was, according +o information, one of seventeen, waterbott!°s returned to store. The felt, which -is the most important part of this scientific utensil, had been eaten already in twenty-five places by moths, proving that alleged “soldiers” had carelessly thrown them down to be the snort of every insect. The officer in charge observed that the revolver that was useless was a specimen of of the finest weapons made, and that it was a sin to misuse it so. He further stated that no man who had need of a waterbottle -would leave it to become the prey of insects. rielf-relianco 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 111 about the law of patents, and have agents everywhere. Skilfully guarded and adroitly placed, there might easily be a fortune in a simple idea.

JOHN BRIGHT AND THIS LORDS. The following incident may be worth recording, says Lady Stanley, writing to “The Times” from 2, 'Whitehall Court, S.W.:—John Bright frequently called on us on his way to the House of Commons. He seldom would take tea, preferring to pocket two or three lumps of sugar. One day, however, I handed him a verv hot cup of tea ; we were discussing the House of Lords, and I asked him, “Now, Air Bright,

wlnt do v.e want with a House of Lords s”’ 5 ”’ He made no reply, but carefully noured the hot tea into his saucer to cool it. Impetuously I ,„„ miestion, whereupon the great -L. K Salesman, am,ling, gently tapped Ids finger on the f J'Sll’s M r “This is the House of Lords.

BOY BANKRUPTS. Archibald and David Nelson, aged fifteen and sixteen respectively vvbo were the sole partners constituting the frm of Nelson Brothers, piano and when the younger lad had just lUt school and his brother was a clerk hi their father’s house, the two M-s took a shop, rented at £22 a year, and started in business for themselves without anv capital, under their father a management. He died in. October and since then the boys’ business had been under the supervision of an accountant. The result of the venture was a statement of affairs snowing a de.iciency of £92.

THE LARGEST NEWSPAPER. On Way 24th last the Empire Day number of “The Times” created a record as being the largest issue of any tlailv newsiiaoer yet recorded. It consisted of seventy-two pages and weighed lib lOioz. Great as tins achievement was, it was surpassed recently, when the same journal published a special South American number, the supplement and the ordinary issue or the newspaper combined weighed 21b 20z.. and consisted of eighty-eight pages. The supplement alone weighed lib L-joz. All the countries of South America were brought under review, and every phase of '"their activities—their commerce, religion, literature, sports, railways. relations with Great Britain and other European countries —was exhaustively treated by recognised authorities.