Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3495, 10 April 1912, Page 4

Local and General.

In Saturday’s issue will appear a complete history of lire dispute between the six cricketers %%’lio are left lamenting and the Cricket Board of Control, written specially for the Gisborne Times by "Max O’Reilly.” The serious and the humorous side of the upheaval will lie dealt with, and the Machinations of the Six and their ,friends will be graphically and humorously portrayed. Hmv the NewSouth Wales politicians were dragged into the imbroglio 1 will be a feature of tire article, and how it has become a howling joke will he easily seen.

Wiring to the Hon. Mr. MacDonald with reference to the opening of the Otolvo section. Sir James Carroll said:—“Minister of Public Works, Gisborne: —Sorry I could not leave in time for function. Only just finished affairs here; leaving on Monday. My good wishes to people; though absent in body am there in spirit. Glad to join them in the felicitations of the clay. The future is assured by the progress that is being made in (our developing agencies, and justified by the magnificent prospects of the district. Kind regards.” v

Big crowds made use of the opportunity afforded of inspecting the new addition at Otoko. An improved timetable. we believe, is being arranged, and ladies should avail themselves of this privilege to procure a new winter blouse for 2s- 6d, all sizes, or post (free 2s 9d. Melbourne Cash, popular drapers.*

At tlie Spiritualist Conference at Christchurch, on aSturdav, Mr. W. C. Nation was re-elected president.Press Association telegram.

The final of the combined doubles in connection with the Kaiti Tennis Tournament was decided yesterday morning when Newman and Miss Cuthbert won the event.

It will be welcome news to lovers of music to hear that steps are being taken to revive amateur opera m Gisborne. It is intended to immediately form and register a society, which, it is understood, will include the leading amateur vocalists of the town. A highly sensational drama by the American 'Company, entitled “Three Daughters of the West” is the star picture in the complete change of pro{rrnwrne to b& screened bv tb-e J .l the Picture Company at His Majesty's Theatre to-night.

A series of earth tremors varying in intensity were experienced at Rotorua on Sunday morning, says a } .A. telegram. The tremors, which numbered 20, lasted from .j.lo a m. to *|.iii* f J *v£is another tremor at ~ o’clock.

"Excavation work in connection with the" construction of a siding between the* electric crane in the ixmou&h var ds arid Carnarvon Street was started vesterdav. ‘J his will be used for the 'haulage* of metal required in connection with the ballasting or tlie passenger tramway line. in connection with the Te Karaka sports on Easter Monday, Mr J . R. Gordon donated a gold watch chain as a trophy for the best perrormance registered by S. Dolman or J. loliock The former secured third place in the lOOvds handicap and third m the final of'tlie 440yds handicap, while Pollock ran third place m the 220% d* handicap. Doleman thus secured the trophy.

The Public Works Department is at the present- time carrying goous between Otoko and the l This service, however, will ha.e to be suspended shortly in order to allow of work to he done in connection with bridges- Before tlie -winter seta m r Mr \rmstrong told a Times reporter vesterdav) a service under W control of his Department will be m ope ration as iar as Rar.au re a.

A vigorous campaign is being instituted in Wellington to obtain the c-00 necessarv to secure the Ot. Council'^donation of £I<XX) to the National Art Gallery- The formal openhi<r of Mr Baillie’e great collection or nicttires, which has brought about this movement, will eventuate about the oith Up to then the National Gallery has first charge on the pictures. Afterwards they will be open to selection by anyone. Air Bailhe was aek-,-a to exhibit his collection m Australia. but being unaole to do so purchasers are coining over Jiere <m oehalf of galleries m New *outh wales and Victoria, as well as representatives from various parts or New Zealand. —Press Association.

One of the most interesting questions that will come before tne Labor party at, the annual conterence will oe military training, says a P.A. messageYesterday the matter -was introduced bv a letter from the National Peace and Anti-Militarist Council of Christchurch. stating that the unrest vailing everywhere on account of the attempted militarisation of the Dominion through the operation of the Defence Act" was doubtless . apparent to all members of the conference, ana asking the conference to give a decision on the matter. Several resolutions were forwarded hv the Christchurch Council—dl) Proclaiming smcere sympathy with those youths who have resisted the encroachment of their liberties: (2) declaring that the so-called Defence A.ci is not in the interests of peace, bill: tends towaras war: and (3) that no such extraordinary measures as are embodied in the compulsory clauses are necessary in New Zealand. A motion that th e letter should be- dealt with at once was lost by twelve "votes to eleven. The subject will come before the conference at a later date.

When the Libraries Committee met in Wellington- yesterday (reports the Press Association) Mr C. Parr moved, that it is in the public interests that the Parliamentary Library should b*e made the nucleus of a national reference library; that for this purpose the privilege of taking out books be absolutely restricted to his Excellency the Governor and members of the Legislature ; that the library shall be open daily to the public as a reference library, subject to such regulations as the Government may prescribe. The mover advocated the opening of the librarv for reference purposes to all in the Dominion. Mr Hindmarsh urged that the library should be divorced from Parliament, as members were the least numbers who read books. They knew a large number of books were stolen from the premises. Professor Von Zcdfitz moved an amendment, that the national library -be vested in a body of trustees. This lapsed for want of a seconder. It was later moved to strike out all that part of the motion restricting the taking out of books to the Government and members of the Legislature, and the remainder of the motion was carried on the voices.

Speaking at a conference of tile New Zealand Political Labor Party yesterday the chairman. Mr Hampton, men. tinned the unity proposals which were before another conference, and emphasised the fact that Labor should notlose sight- of its political interests while dealing with industrial problems. Though thev might- as an organisation be swallowed in a large body, they had to see that- the work they set out to do would be properly pushed forward. They had also to see that there were no loop-holes whereby a Labor candidate could lose his separate identity. It was to be hoj>ed the unity proposals would he finally dealt- with, and workers would fall into one common organisation as an organisation of useful people of Now Zealand, which at the election would sweep the Deform party and Liberal party into the backwash. “There are men in both parties,” he added, “who ought to be in our party, and they will not come in till the parties to which they belong are thoroughly beaten.” Other speakers emphasised the statement that the Labor party’s polities are definite labor, not Liberal labor or Deform labor politics. “As one who occupied a seat in the House.” said Mr McLaren, *T am more than ever convinced that our line must be one of absolute independence. A Press Association telegram states that the conference then adjourned, to enable the unity proposals to be further discussed.

The truth of the adage “take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves,” is being understood by those who do their trading at the People’s Emporium, the new shop next the Kimpton Cycle store. The wonderful values are the iilk of the town-*

Hawks arc becoming a great pest in the Waikato, and have been playing havoc among young pheasants and the partridges recently imported from England. In and around Cambridge 3d is to be paid for hawks’ heads, for which purpose subscriptions are being invited from local residents. A Masterton settler has threshed a crop of oats yielding 500 bushels to the stack. One stack, threshed, gave 108 bushels to the acre. These oats were imported two years ago, and at 14s 6cl per bushel, and several practiced farmers who gave the oats a trial this season have threshed over 100 bushels to the acre.

The steepness of the grade between Otoko and Waikohu was the subject of a good deal' of remark by townspeople who visited Otoko on Saturday. In the next section between Otoko -and Rakauroa the grade is likewise very steep. What was felt to bo necessary in connection with the working of the.line was the complete installation, of the Westinghonse brake. For the present the regulations, it was stated, are so framed as to guard against any possible mishap on the rente.

Speaking to a Times reporter yesterday, an Opotiki settler emphasised the advantages which would be derived if a small amount could be expended on the road between Opoti'ki and Mctu. Mr. Lovell, of Motu, it wid be recalled, drove the first vehicle through to Opotiki some weeks ago. The Hon. W. D. S. MacDonald has promised to give the matter his attention. It was the opinion of the settler in question that the expenditure oof only £l5O on the route would be highly beneficial.

Tli c Postmaster-General lias furnished the following return of paid business Transacted at the Wellington wireless telegraph station during the imo’ 1 ended February 23. t i ' ° Nation was onened on •Tulv 26, 1911;—An in her of messages torwai(led and received, 746; number ot words, 7951 ; revenue, £303. In addition there ar e approximately H 'ZI e f ages r<datin g shipping, and 1_ free weather reports received each month. The Wellington radio station has successfully si "nailed n message to a ship 960 miles 0 out, „„d from Th* OCCa6 T J r received * niessage SSSESS*’ 1180 *■*»" co”

Two prospectors, after spending hree weeks m the Tararua ranges” ] AZ e^r ed t 0 ¥ vin for Provisions’ b-y wf- i C men stated that the counnf : F voxlf sL in P laces > and s«me of the places difficult to get round «ith snags on. Great hardships had to be endured as, owing to the nature i P? T lnt . ry to prospect, the camp had to be. frequently removed, thus rendering it almost impossible to have a camp of any permanency, and consequently tlie prospectors on many occasions had to sleep on a wet fi d the country was very favorable for the occurrence of minerals, but so far nettling of any commercial value bad been discovered. They were more hopeful of discovering valuable minerals as prospecting proceeds towards the mam range, th e indications being much more favorable in that direction. An endeavor was made at the Auckland Police. Court on Thursday, before Mr. F. V. Frazer. S.M., states the .New; Zealand Herald, to fathom the motives, which prompt people to rebel against the provisions of the Defence Act. A little patient sifting indicated that in most of the cases before him real reasons were practically non-existent, but that did net serve to shake the resolution of most of those who appeared. One of them alleged conscientious scruples, but as lie was a professional agnostic he found it somewhat difficult to define his standard of conscience. Another, a._ veteran, who appeared to be about nineteen years of age, annonuced that he was “done with volunteering.” Finding that they could not, or would not, understand the difference between “militarism” and national defence, his Worship was compelled to adopt the only alternative and inflict the statutory penalties.

Tlie Waimarino County Call, published at Raetihi, is much perplexed over the question of platonic friendship. Ear removed from the vexa,tious turmoil of the cit- with its snares .and temptations, the scribe resembles a modern St. Antony contemplating the riddle of life in one of the many phases. After analysing the inability of young men and women to form attachments founded on motives of pure friendship, he quotes instances of ordinary associations resulting in a. "tangle of hearts,” and concludes that true comradeship does not exist outside the Socialistic circles. "When Comrade Jones is seen in sweet, communion with Mis. Comrade Robinson, such association is deemed to be, like Caesar’s wife, above suspicion; but when young Mr. Jones is seen in company with young Miss Robinson, it’s all Lombard Street to a China orange that another kind of business altogether is on the tapis. Platonic friendship—a pure, perfect, passionless regard—y.es.” And onr philosophic friend tops off hie discourse with a Byronian phrase—"At best no better than a go-between.” What moral he intended to furnish is uncertain; but probably Cupid knows. On Monday afternoon Mr. F. C. Chitty and Miss M. Andrew were united in the bonds of holy wedlock in the Methodist Church by the. Rev. J. A. Lochore. The bride’s dress was of frosted silk, made in semi-empire style, trimmed with lace and silk insertion, with a square train trimmed with braid and true lover’s knots. The usual veil and blossoms were worn. The bridesmaids were her cousin, Miss D. Andrew, and her sister, Miss Ivy Andrew. The former was attired in a spotted cream ninon costume, made in semi-empire style, with tuck net and silk insertion trimmings, with hat to match of cream crinoline straw, and the latter wore a cream striped voile with a. hat. Two little maids. Doris and Unita, sisters of the bride, were also in attendance, carrying bouquets of flowers. The bride and bridesmaids carried shower bouquets. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. R. Andrew and Mr. J. Penny. Mrs- Even so played “The Wedding March. A reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents, Ivaiti, Where the customary congratulations were offered and toasts honored. A large number of presents .from a wide circle of friends were on view.

Do vou ever wake up with one of thosb "throbbing headaches ? Don t tolerate it. Use Stearns’ Headache Cure—he ready for the day’s work-

The District Engineer’s house has been removed from Otoko and placed on the Government Reserve in Childers Road. It consists of eight rooms, and was brought to Gisborne by railway—a not inconsiderable undertaking.

■ The contract for the removal of the Troopers’ names from the Cook Memorial has been let to Messrs. Harris and Co. The names will be chipped off the monument and engraved on suitable slabs, which will be re-erected at the. Trafalgar Rotunda.