Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3355, 23 October 1911, Page 4

Local and General.

Several of the business .premises in Gisborne on Saturday displayed bun>t--11145 in honor of Trafalgar Day. The Press Association: reports that the same observance was made in Wellington. The following revenue was collected at the local Custom-house last week : Customs duties £6S7 11s beer duty £46 l.s 6d, light dues 8s lUd, shipping fees 4s Del; total £734 6s Id. The usual weekly nVeeting. of the Management Committee of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association will be held in the British Empire Hotel at 7.30 o'clock this evening, when l arrangements for starting the various competitions next week will be completed. The Olcitu cheese factory at Te Arai is mow open to receive milk for the manufacture of cheese. Pasteurised whey will be returned to suppliers for the. rearing of calves and pigs. The manager, Mr. P. A. Armstrong, notifies that a record price will be paid for butter-fat during the coming season.

Rome BO tons of scenery and properties for “The Woman in. the Case” came to hand by the Monowai yesterday in charge of a full staff of mechanists who will commence erecting the same’ at His Majesty s’ Theatre this morning. Everything will be in readiness for the company when they arrive from Auckland on Wednesdays Mrs Harrison Lee-Cowie, is to preach to-night at the Sievwright Monument l| ~x 7on At 8 o’clock she wd] give her krftire. “A WP ttoWjridiß an Aeroplane” m W hmray s Hall. All arc invited te attend. To-morrow afternoon she will hold a women s meeting in Whin-ray’s Hall and will speak in the same building at 8 o clock. Mr H. D. de Laiitour, the Reform Party’s candidate for the Bay of Plenty scat; returned to Gisborne yesterday from an electioneering tour of the Coast. Mr. de Lautour met the electors at Waimata on Tuesday night at Tologa Bay on Thursday night and at Tokcmaru Bay on h nday- night Ah the meetings were well attended, and the candidate was well received at each. Mr de Lautour returned te town overland via Te Karaka, after having put in a strenuous week’s work. Jne candidate sets out once more on Wednesday morning on the overland trip to W’hakatane, at which centre he _ addresses the electors on the 28th xnst. His programme after that date is at present uncertain. In an eloquent address on “Wine” at the Queen’s Hall, Auckland, Mrs. Harrison Lee-Cowie referred to some scriptural instances of wine-drinking. _ She remarked that new wine left to itselr fermented rapidly. “No doubt it was this win© that made Noah drunk; his sad fall shows that the brain of a saint is no more safe than the brain of a sinner ” W r hat Mrs. Cowie regards as Noah’s “sad fall” the Rev. Dr. Salmond. in a recent article on the same incident considers a striking witness to the value of wine. The reverend pie lessor of moral philosophy pointed out that after being so many months on the Ark and seeing nothing but water ah "tbo tini£, Noah was evidently liciturallv sick of the sight of water, arm his first thought on leaving the waterwaggon was to plant a vineyard and enjoy the wine thereof. Unfortunately Noah’s thirst seems to have exceeded his holding capacity, ana no dauoi he learned the lesson of temperance arc moderation in all things. Noah had just seen quite a lot of people p-?:rsh from an excess of water, but his own use of wine does not seem to have injured him. for we learn that he Ineo 3-50 years after this, and had there teen triennial licensing polls in those days lie would have vigorously struck out the bottom line on both ballot papers for 117 .general elections.®'

A meeting ef the Old Settlers 7 Picnic Committee was held on Saturday afternoon, when there was a good attendance of members. The Gisborne CityBand wrote agreeing to play at the picnic on the same terms as last year. A communication was received from the livery stable and cab proprietors, agreeing to run people to the Patutahi Domain on the day of the picnic at s cha leg of 2s 6d return. The control of the cycling races was left in the lianas of Mr. Harry Hull and the Britannia Cycling Club, and Messrs W. Howard, J. Nishett. and G. Widish were appointed to supervise the running events. As the newly-formed track at Patutahi Domain is in splendid order, there should be some fast times put up in the competitions. It was reported that subscriptions were coming in freely. and the forthcoming gathering should prove the most successful yetheld by the old settlers. Messrs Williams and Kettle, Ltd., will held their spring Horse Fair at Mr. C. Neenan’s yards. Ormond, at 10 o’clock this morning. The catalogue comprises some 250 horses, including light and heavy draughts (broken and unbroken), hacks, horness horses, buggy ponies, and the stallion “Coronation.”

The Crystal Palace Touring Company, in their first appearance in New Zealand. are to give a fire wo: ks display in Tucker’s paddock- Cobden Street entrance, cm Show Night (Wednesday. October 25th). The programme, which is a novel one, includes many beautiful set pieces and other pyrotechnicai effects. Democs’ fire act* is described as dramatic and sensational, and the electric motion pictures screened by the company are described as remarkably c ear, being shown with the latest model machine. A brass band will play selections during the evening, and popular prices of admission will be charged.

All who are interested in machinery will appreciate the display of oil and steam engines, boilers. Burgon sheepshearing machines. Anderson marineengines, and electric lighting sets which Anderson’s. Ltd are making at their local branch, 65, Lowe Street. All interested are cordially invited to inspect the machinery under working conditions. The firm also carries a large stock of general engineers’ supplies.*