Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3236, 5 June 1911, Page 4

Local and General.

The fortv-sixth anniversary of the 'birth of His Majesty King George VwiH be celebrated in Gisborne and many other parts of the Dominion to-day.

Major-General Godley informed a rcporrer on Saturday that he was well saijgffed with the enthusiasm displayed in to the new defence, scheme, and he"thought that New Zealanders would acqiut -themselves with great credit. A corns for Maoris, he also stated, n oulcl probably he formed in Gisborne.

Tli© Railway Department lias apparently inaugurated a, system of ticket inspection which lias a resemblance to that in operation on the various tramways. Passengers by the other night's mail express from the South were surprised shortly after the train had left Ashburton to be met with a request to produce their tickets for inspection. The official who made the demand was in plain,clothes, and he was subjected to a good deal of chaff by passengers. An inquiry was made as to what authority he had to demand the tickets, mid lie promptly produced the authorising document.

Stanley Gilderthorpe, a master painter,. had a remarkable escape from death tu Sydney recently. ,He was standing with'another man on the staging, when a pm slipped out, causing the structure to fall suddenly. Both men were thrown off, hut -while his companion managed to cling' toi the rope and descend safely, Gilderthorpe fell 60ftJust before reaching the ground lie struck the rope, and turned a complete somersault, landing on his feet. He was admitted to the hospital suffering from lacerations of the left thigh, abrasions to tlie left arm, and shock. “It is a great satisfaction to me to have met the veterans of the Maori War and] old comrades of the Imperial Army,” said MajoivGeneral Godley, at his civic reception- on Saturday morning. “They will have to help to see that everything goes rightly with the new defence forces,” he added. It mas stated during the hearing of a case in the English Law Counts that 600 men. are prepairing an inventory of the National Telephone Company's property, which is to be acquired by the post office at the end of tihe resent year, and that the work would occupy 15 monklis in. all.

.. A number of veterans, under their Capt. C. W. Ferris, namely, MessrsJohn Townley, Vincent Pyke, Ezra Smith, Atkins and others, attended the civic function at the Borough Council Chambers on Saturday and! formed a guard of honor to Major-General Godley, being each introduced to liim by Councillor (Collins. The General said it afforded him much pleasure in meeting them, and expressed the opinion to Capt. Ferris that the veterans should always be given an important place at military f unctions. 'Bull-fighting levies a. heavy toll upon human life. During a recent seasonin Madrid -at least twelve bull-fighters were killed and 111 injured, a record of casualties unprecedented in the history of the national sport of Spain. It has been computed that about 2500 bulls and 3500 horses are killed every year in Spanish bull-fights. A river flowing up. stream was the strange phenomenon, witnessed in Upper Dahomey by a French geographer during 15 days of last May. The slope olf the bed 1 is slight, the river is dry in several months of the year, and the rainy season begins in tlie downstream! country; so that the water runs both ways until 1 the channel is filled. Many happy returns of the day to our King. Many happy returns can also be obtained by using wood, coal, and coke from the Gisborne Wood and Coal Co., Gladstone Road. Prompt delivery. 2s per bag spot cash, Absolutely no credit.*

During the course of the civic reception to Major-General Godley on Saturday morning, the Commandant related with what feelings of pleasure he noticed the kindly action of the Wanganui. Rugby Union when be was m that district <AM foothalL matches had, he said, Len' suspended to allow the members of the various corps to attend the parade,, and while he greatly appreciated. such a course, he could assure them that it would nob 'be often that the young men would be called upon to make such sacrifices.

To the list of baths, other than mere soan and water baths, must l>e added the 1 “bath of flowers.” This is popular in America just now, and in its variousforms is warranted to cure all manner of nervous disorders. Thus, at a fashionable New York “hydropath” you m have a hath of boiled rosea and lilies for “that tired feeling,” one of pine needles and violets to dispel melancholia, and dozens of other “flowery dips. The idea is .not America’s own, tor m Ostend, for years past, it has .been possible, for ps or so, to hath oneself m concoctions of lavender, lilies, roses, carnations; or anything else that maytake the fancy- One fair New iorker, however, seems to have achieved the record. She uses attar of roses sea water, and milk, and her daily dip is said to cost her some 20,000 dollars per annum.

The inaugural meeting of the TV aikohu Sheep Dog Trial. Club is .to take place at Wbatatutu on Wednesday, Thursday and -Friday of this week. By the official programme, which has just been issued from this office, it will be seen that the entries constitute a record for this district, 228 in all having been received for the three classes. A foot race for shepherds also included in the programme, and, given fine weather, an enjoyable and successful meeting is anticipated.

This week we have received from a mend who has been lecturing in the north a letter which throws interesting light upon the darkness which still prevails upon matters Australian, (says the London correspondent of the Sydney “Daily Telegraph.”) Writing of "his meeting, he says: —“The Lord Mayor, a local butcher and farmer, was there in full form, wearing his chains of office. I went to see him beforehand. He told me ho did rot know anything about Australia, and apparently he knew as little of his duties as chairman. I endeavored to give him an idea of what he should do, and told him about the land settlement- scheme. ‘But,’ he said, ‘what will happen to the settlers when the -next President is appointed f ’ Told him we had no President. ‘Oh!’ lie gasped, ‘i thought Australia, was a republic.’ Was amazed when I told him that it was part of the British Empire, and that the King hadi a representative at the head of affairs in each State, and another at the head of the Commonwealth. It seemed to puzzle him -a good deal.”

“There is no spirit _ c£ hardship, militarism, or conscription, in the defence scheme. It is a voluntary scheme started by the people, themselves, and put into effect:by. the Parliament of the people. To my mind all this talk of conscription and militarism is ridiculous. I have only come here to help the people of this country to carry out their own. scheme.” —Major-General Godley, at his civic reception on Saturday morning.

Bands of schoolboys in the agricultural areas of the Karst Mountains, Austria, striving to keep down the plague of locusts hare captured 11 railway wagonloads. The number of locustswliich have been converted from a pestinto a valuable food for farm stock is estimated at 40.0€0,000.

The following passengers had booked last night to leave Gisborne this morning by Messrs Redstone and c3ons' coaches: —For Telega Bay, Mr Esby; for Pakarae. Mr Hawkins; for Arero, Mr Gray; for Tiniroto, Mrs Harris. Mrs Howell, Messrs F. V. Prettick. M. Perston: for Wairoa, Mrs Jefferson and child; for Wharerata, Mr Denton.

The s.s. ' Hauroto, which left- Auckland at noon on Saturday, ran into heavy weather soon after leaving the northern port-, and had a somewhat stormy passage across the Bay of Plenty. The steamer did not pass the East Cape until 1.30 yesterday, and was not expected to reach here before 11 o’clock last night. As the weather was rough, the local manager of the Union Company deemed it wisest in the interests of tlie- passengers to put off -tendering the vessel until this morning. The. Hauroto made a smart passage down the Coast, and arrived in the bay at 10.20 o’clock: last nighty signifying' her presence by sounding a couple of times upon her syren. Tlie Tuatea- will make one trip to the steamer at- 6.30 this morning,.

_ ■While speaking on the industrial position of the Dominion in his. address, at Fefl.ding the other night, Mr E. Newman referred to speeches made at the opening of the Wellington Exhibition. The Hon. J. Carroll, Acting-Premier, gave figures to show that both the number of factories and the number of hands employed in factories had increased 95 per cent, in the past decade. Mr Carroll thought this a wonderful growth of industry, and a position which should afford the greatest satisfaction. Mr Ballinger, the President of the Exhibition, speaking at the same function, took an exactly opposite view to the Acting-Premier. He pointed out that industries were stagnant, the Government had found it- necessary to appoint a Commissioner to inquire into the position- of the iron trade, and there must be something wrong When tins young country had such a state of affairs. Commenting on these speeches, Mr Newman said the harassing labor laws were the cause of the lack of industrial enterprise, _ as men with capital were afraid to invest it in manufacturing concerns.

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Railroad! speed mien have; been discussing the recent run of Mr Charles' G. Gatos’ special train off 3,000 miles from Yuma, Arizona, to this city in 74 hours, 19 minutes, including stops. They think it is douibtful if it can be surpassed. The last 143 miles were made in exactly 143 minutes.'

The Indian census has been, successfully taken. The country was divided into 2,000,000 blocks, with elaborate plans, showing railways, loads, and rivers. Tlie Shan States, Sikkim, and the Andaman Islands were included in the return.- The savage tribes of the Nicobar Islands delivered notched sticks, indicating the strength of their fighting men.

Mr W. A. Bairton, S.M., presided at the Police Court on iS'aturday, Harry Steele, a third offender within six months, was sentenced to ten'days’ imprisonment for dnunlkenness. 'He was fined £2 and costs 2s, in default seven days’ imprisonment for assaulting James Porter, of the Albion Hotel. On the body of a man found in the West India Hocks were tattooed pictures representing the -bust of a . sailor between two Union Jacks, a large diamond on each shoulder, the word “Love” aeress the abdomen, a bust of the late Queen Victoria, a. lien and a unicorn, two. women in Scotch costume, and a snake.

About 500 jarrah sleepers for the extension of tbe- Patutabi tramline from the septic tank to the Borough 'Council yards will arrive tins week. A portion of the jarrah for a bridge over the Waikanae Creek for the Patutahi tramline has come to hand. Scone material for the extension of the line at the Gentle Annie quarry, which mill enable tbe rubble to be conveyed into tbe bins at the same time as the crusher is working has also, been received.

An interesting ceremony took ,place at the Auckland: St. Helens Hospital, last week, when the birth of tbe 1000th baby in the institution was commemorated. Dr. T. Inglis donated lialf-a-guinea to both the 999th and 1000th baby, and the nursing staff gave .a silver mug to Helen Joyce Tetley, the lOOOtli baby. Wishing the babies all future happiness and success 1 as citizens of Auckland, Dr. Inglis presented tlie bank-book and silver mug on behalf of tbe medical and nursing staffs. Subsequently,. .the two infants .were photographed with, the nui-ses.

To-day the skating rink bold special holiday sessions at the Garrison Hall. The new toboggan will be on the floor at the afternoon and evening sessions, and some interesting skating should be witnessed when tlie three toboggans are placed together for the gentlemen skaters.

At the Home Rule meeting in Wellington tbe other evening, Mr T. Redmond stated that what had astounded him. upon arriving at Wellington was the absence of policemen. “In Ireland,” said Mr Redmond, “we have no less than 12,00 armed policemen, for whom we have to pay £1,500,000 a year. It is not because of the large amount of crime in Ireland, for Scotland has 50' per cent, more crime than we have, and yet you are told tbe Irish are an unruly race, that tlie Irish Party are always quarrelling altogether unlike the Liberal and Tory parties—and that the Irish people require a strong force of police to keep them in order.” (Laughter.)

The tender’ of M'r A. Webb has 'been accepted iby Mr D. J. Barry for the erection of a cistern at the Gisborne Brewery.

Warings, of London, have received from Turkey a wonderful carpet, manufactured for a peer, which was copied from the seventeenth century Persian example in the South Kensington Museum. It contains 22,500,000 stitches, and took eighteen months to make. A Yorkshire collector of medals, Dr. A. A. Payne, Hillsborough, Sheffield, has been amassing medals for over twenty years, and has a collection oi 2500, worth £26,000. He has fifty medals that have been connected with either the peerage, baronetage, or knighthoods.

A very old resident off Gisborne, Mr Jaimes Gibson, passed away at his residence, after a, brief illness, on Saturday evening, at the ripe _ age of 88 years. Deceased was a native of Ireland, and arrived in Poverty Bay about- 40 years ago. For many years the late Mr Gibson was engaged in farming-pursuits on his property im the Patutahi Valley, but subsequently disposed of bis farm and lived in retirement at his residence, Aberdeen Road, where lie cultivated a very fine orchard. Same six years ago a niece of deceased’s arrived from Home to live with her uncle, and has/remained with 'him until his death. The funeral will take place at 2.30 o’clock this afternoon.

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