Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3219, 16 May 1911, Page 4

Local and General.

There will be morning and afternoon sessions onlv to-day at the roller skating rink, as a country session will be held at Ormond to-night.

Dr. Reeve had his motor oar somcwffiat damaged by fire last evening through the petrol tank becoming ignited. It appeal's that repairs were being effected to the tank and a small drop of peftrol came in contact with a lamp that was being, used to light up the place. The engine of the car was not damaged, but the bodv of the car was somewhat burned as the result of the outbreak.

A large- case containing portions of a gravel washer for the Gentle Annie quarrv came to hand ov the Squall on Saturday. The whole of the machinery was consigned in two cases by the Aotea. which was wrecked on the South African coast, and the case which arrived on Saturday is apparently the only one that lias been recovered. The Borough authorities have, therefore, cabled for duplicates of the missing parts of the washer.

A good deal of interest appears to have been aroused among contractors throughout the Dominion m connection with the local sewerage works. No fewer than half a dozen contractors from various districts are at present in Gisborne investigating the works, which have been advertised. Tenders will close on- the 24th inst. An interesting debate was held by members of the Y.M.C.A. Literary and Debating Society last night, the subject- being “That- England should enter into an alliance, with- the United States instead of Japan.” Mr. J. G. Cox took the- affirmative, and Mr. P. Busline-ll the negative, the vote of the audience giving a- victory to the latter side. Dr. W. P. Porter occupied the chair. Still another of the- old residents of Gisborne- has passed away in the person of Mr. James Orr, who died in a private hospital in Gisborne late- last night. Mr. Orr was very well and favorably known in the district, and for same years prior to his death ha-cl been- engaged in sheepfarming pursuits in the Waihcira Valley. He was for quite a long time manager of the Rangatira Station, and -at one- period of his career was a- member of -the Oooik County Counoil.

A; Press Association telegram from Invercargill states that the Mukein - from Melbourne was delayed by wind and sea, and did not- arrive at the Bluff till 9 o’clock last night.- The mails were vo be sent on by special train last night.

The half-yearly encampment of Territorial officers- for this district will take place to-day.' Captain Bye re of Upborne, and Lieutenant TV C. Morrison, N.Z. Staff Corps, will comprise the examining board. Only one candidate is presenting himself on this occasion. The next meeting of the board will be held here in- November.

A largely attended meeting of the Church c-f England Girls’ Friendly Society was held in Holy Trinity Schoolroom last evening, about fifty members being present. ‘"The evening: was devoted’ to sewing in preparation for tire eomin-o 1 bazaar, and a great deal _of work was done. During the evening Mrs. L. Dawson. Thomas gave p reading and musical items were contributed by the following ladies L Misses Eaubort and Howard, Mrs. Riseling.

The annual meeting of the Hawke s Bay Educational Institute, '.-of which there is a strong branch in Gisborne, is to be held locally on Saturday morning. Among the delegates to arrive from the South by Saturday’s steamer are Mr. A. Stevenson of Woodville, president, and Mr. R, B. Holmes of Havelock North, secretary. It is expected that there will be a large number of de-e----gates present.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that Mr A- W. Horne has been appointed quarry inspector tor the Counties of Gisborne, Cook, and Waiapu; Mr. J. Patterson for Waikohu County, and Mr. James McLeod for Wairoa County.

Lieutenant Morrison, Adjutant of the East Coast Mounted Rifles, last evening inspected and instructed the signalling squad of the local troops. Ihe instruction given was confined to semaphore signalling, and Lieutenant Morrison expressed satisfaction with this branch of the company’s work. A parade of the Gisborne troop of the East Coast Mounted Rifles is called for fcatruday at 2.30 p.m.

The Cook County Womens’ Guild intend holding a Coronation Ball on. Tuesday the 20th of June in His Majesty’s Theatre. Further details will be published later on.

The audience at the Masonic Hall oil Sunday night heartily invited Rev. o. Barnett to extend his mission for two or three weeks longer. Mr. .Barnett as per advertisement, lectures in Wootton’s Hall to-night on “Spirit Communications.” The New Zealand Loan and Mei motile Agency Go. Ltd., have on view six exceptionally large red mangolds, grown by Mr. F. S. Bowen, of Muriwai. They range in weight from 461bs to CGlbs, and the total weight is 319 Lbs.

Mr. A. H. Anderson was nominated for the vacancy on the Gisborne Borough Council yesterday. The nominators were the Rev. W. Lamb, and Messrs W. I). Coleman and Robert Johnston.

To-night the management of the Pathe Pictures will screen their muchfavored “Hand of Fate” programme for the last time. The series is partciularly good, and a large audience, will no doubt be attracted.

Mr. Hogg, M.P., told a Masterton meeting, referring to the English House of Commons, that it seemed to him to be an absurdity that in 670 representatives there was not enough material for at least a score of parliaments, instead of one. Just imagine, he said, 670 members sitting in one chamber trying to discuss the affairs of the United Kingdom. If they were as talkative as our Legislative Council that House of Commons would he far worse than a poultry exhibition. I went some time ago to Eketalnma to open one, and when I commenced my address I found I was summarily crowed down. Let me carry my poultry illustration a little further. Imagine a poultry farmer with 670 fowls providing only one nest for them to lay in! And every one of these fowls a rooster. T am afraid there would not be much Home Rule there.” The Chinese of New South Wales are determined, it seems, to hold fast to the principle of the boycott which was placed upon ' Japanese commerce and skipping some tliree years ago, as the outcome of the Tatsu Maru incident. It is understood that about 40 Chinese were included in the passenger list of the Japanese steamer Nikho Maru. In view of the probability of any of the number landing at Sydney, and wishing to remain in New South Wales, the Chinese community held a meeting, at which it was unanimously agreed that no Chinese entering the State by a vessel oil which the embargo had been placed, should be employed by either merchant, cabinetmaker, or marketgardener of their own nationality. It was further decided to send a circular letter to the merchants in Hongkong, apprising them of the boycott that has been placed upon their countrymen coming out here by interdicted sliips.

The success of Irishmen as legislators fn various parts of the English-speaking world was referred to with pride by Mr. W. Archer Redmond at a meeting held in Wellington to welcome the Irish Home Rule envoys. He pointed to the fact that the Prime Minister of New Zealand.was of Irish extraction, and, alluding to the Acting-Prime Minister, Hon. J. Carroll, who sat on the platform, remarked, amidst applause, “and here we have another Minister with the foreign name of Cairo 11.” It was, lie claimed, utter nonsense for anyone in modern tames to say that Irishmen were not fit to rule. “Go to Australia,” he added ; “go to America, where there are over twenty millions of Irish or people of Irish extraction; go to the great Dominion of Canada—everywhere you will find that Irishmen are in the van in the government of the country of their adoption.” (Applause.)

Before the Prime Minister of Australia left for England he decided to provide for pensions for blind persons who had not reached the age at which they would be qualified to claim old age or invalid pensions. Arrangements are being made to carry the plan into effect. Until a Validating Act is passed the payments cannot be made from the Old Age Pension Fund, but meantime they will be made from the Treasurer’s Advance Account. Instructions are being issued to Magistrates to inquire into applications from blind males under sixty-five years of age and blind females under sixty years of age in the same way as if the existing pensions legislation applied to such persons. In fixing these pensions applicants will he deemed to be earning wages equal to the amount that they could earn reasonably in a blind institution.

Last February a Wanganui nurseryman sent a- consignment of apple and other fruit trees to Hong-Ivong, China, as a trial shipment. It Was expected they would reach China in the spring of the year. The shipper had just- been advised that the trees arrived in splendid condition, which is particularly gratifying as they were in a rapid state of growth when dug up, though all the leaves were removed before packing. An order has been received for a further supply of apple trees of the variety suited to the warm climate of China.

When either of our delivery carts stop at any home with wood and coal,, you can depend on it —its 1 cash-. In-te-ndi”- customers hoping to get credit are requested to place their orders in some other yard. The Gisborne Cash Wood and • Coal Company, Gladstone Road. No credit.*

-Some- -of the largest manufacturing houses, and many of the leading social and political giants, owe their all to the invention of some article cf use to humanity. A properly-protected patent gives to the owner sole manufacturing rights, which have often been worth an enormous fortune. For full ad-vic© regarding patents, communicate with Messrs Baldwin- and Ray ward, Auckland, Wellington, ■Christchurch, and Dunedin.*

The sect with the superfine conscience which stood in the path of the State electoral authorities, says the Melbourne “Age.” is leaving Austraha with the forlorn hope of finding some country where the people do not vote and do not fight. The constables who made the canvass for the Legislative Assembly rolls in the Kvneton district came upon about a score of people> who refused to fill in the forms. Letters received at the head office from the objectors show that they considered legislators usurpers of the rights of the Almighty, and held it to be wrong either to vote or permit themselves to be enrolled. Incidentally they mentioned that they thought military service equally improper, and to escape the State electoral law and the lederal rnilitarv law they proposed to leave Australia. The Premier directed the police to call again on the objectors, and if thev still refused to enter up the’forms, to set the law in motion for the recoverv of fines. The constables found that two of the objectors were on the point of quitting the State, and that the others were following them. In the altered circumstances the Government has decided to let them go their way.

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Address by Mr. A. H. Anderson,, at 8 p.m. • Business notice —H. J. Grieve. Tenders for deepening drain, Cook County Council. A quiet horse wanted. Impounding notice. Business notice—F. C. Fiddy. Business notice —Petchell and Co. Flat-bottomed boat found. A muff lost. Impounding notice. Business notice —Charles Adair. Auction sale —Miller and Craig. A position as cook wanted. Notice —Te Hapara School district. A good general wanted. _ __ Notice re accounts, etc. —W. K. Chambers, Esq. . Situation wanted by married coupie. A cook-general wanted. A nursegirl wanted. Business notice —Clrrisp and Son. Wanted, situation on station. Elderly man wanted. Chamber of Commerce meeting. First-class chef wanted. Gracefield shareholders’ meeting.