Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3560, 27 June 1912, Page 4

Local and General.

Leading matter, letters to the Editor, and other important items are unfortunately crowded out of this issue. Tho annual genera! meeting of the Poverty Bay Turf Club will be held in the Club " Room, Masonic Hotel, at 2.30 o’clock to-morrow afternoon. Mr H. M. Porter has tendered ms resignation as secretary to the Agricultural and Pastoral _ Society. Applications are invited in tills isuse to rill the vacancy.

Giving evidence before the Cost of Living Commission at Wellington Air James Wiseman, saddler, said that in the last 10 years leather had advanced about 10 per cent. Outside purchasers of hides caused a shortage in New Zealand. The cost of labor had increased by 10 to 15 per cent- He did not wish to express any opinion as to whether a ring controlled the sale of hides.

A handsome gift was made to the borough of Wanganui last night in the shape of an area of eight acres of land, which was presented by the | Watipo Land Company. The land, I which is situated at Aramoho, is valued at £SOOO. It is of a hilly nature, i and has natural springs and clumps of I bush, making it suitable for botanical gardens.—P.A- message. Before the Wellington Court_ yesterday (says a P. A. message). Young Oiling, a Chinese passenger by the Warrimoo from Sydney, was fined £IOO, to he reduced to £25, for a breach of the Customs Act by having in his possession ten pieces of silk, valued at £lO, and a gramophone and records, valued at £30.,- The defence was that the gramophone had been in use in China, and was therefore not dutiable, and that the accused was unaware there was silk in. the box, which he was bringing across for a Chinaman who had been refused a berth in the Warrimoo for that particular voyage. An elderly Native, who was steering a somewhat erratic course in Upper Gladstone Road last evening, forsook the straight and narrow path and eventually floundered into a sewerage trench. The shades of night had just descended, and it was darker still in the pit where the aged one found himself. After stalking up and down for .some considerable time like a caged lion, lie at last abandoned all hope of getting out. Two good Samaritans at last discovered his hapless plight, and after a period of strenuous hauling succeeded in landing a very damp and mud-bespattered specimen of humanity upon the footpath. It has been suggested that the footways over the sewerage connection drains might be made a little wider to ! obviate risk of similar accidents. Says a Press Association message from Wellington:—The Alinister of Internal Affairs received by last; night’s mail from London a copy of a letter sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies from Ismay, Imrie and Co., owners of the lost Titanic, as follows: "Sir. —We are in receipt of your letter of the 19th inst., covering copy of a telegram from the Go-vernor-General of Australia, and the Governments of New Zealand, New South Wales and Victoria, expressing S sympathy with .the relatives of those | lost in the terrible disaster of the Ti- ■ Tame, and hasten to record our grati- | tude for the more than kind terms of I the messages, which are a great consolation to us in our trouble. AYe are j certain they will be very highly appreciated by the bereaved relatives, To I whom we are communicating the con- | tents. Alay we trouble you to convey 1 to the senders our heartfelt thanks. — We are. etc., Ismay, Imrie and Co., Liverpool, April 2nd. 1912.” A meeting of the Executive Committee in connection with the Rev. G. Grubbs' mission to be held next week was held in the Baptist Tabernacle last evening, when arrangements were completed for the various meetings. Provided'the steamer arrives in time on Sunday next, the missionaries will occupy the pulpits of the different churches in the evening as follow; Rev. G. C. Grubb. ALA.. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church; Air G. E. Jackson, Alethodist Church: Air W. H. R. Grant, Baptist Tabernacle. On every night of the week, except Saturday, the mission will be conducted in the Baptist- Tabernacle at 7-30. Children’s meetings will also he held there every afternoon after school hours, and Airs Grubb will conduct ladies’ meetings in the Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Judg- j ing from reports to hand from Wan- ; ganui and Auckland, the last daces which the missioners have visited, very active interest has been created, j and good work accomplished. Further announcements will be made by \ advertisement and leaflet. | Messrs Jas. J. Niven and Co., Ltd., j notify that the closing date for tenders for the Tolago Bay Co-operative Dairy Company’s factory buildings at Tolago Bay has been extended until Monday, j July 1, at noon. j

They worked like Trojans—the circumstances demanded it. The ease was urgent. Big crowds were there, and each one anxious to get some of the big bargains that Melbourne Cash are offering at their great bargain sale now on, whore drapery and clothing are being cleared out" at tremendous discounts- The very willing assistants are being taxed to the utmost.'' 1

Tlielßofi Marche jtadps their winter elearajjcel sail on IJi pv. Juno fiStit. Doors Jjnenrioos awf cut down jjjyg/t'wwssandrthose ladies ||vh<jf jpr bargains avail tliemsplafs of this money-having opportunifar-

The Sunremo Court at Napier was engaged all day yesterday hearing a charge of manslaughter against Kuka Alateno Kopiha, arising out of a motor car accident at Wainawa on Alay 17, when two Native passengers were killed by the overturning of the car going round a corner at a speed alleged to lie excessive, the accused being the driver. Evidence had not concluded, and a further hearing was adjourned till to-morrow.—P.A. message.

An interesting case regarding the sending of liquor into a no-license district, was decided at Balclutha Court on Wednesday. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. v;as proceeded against for an alleged breach of the law bearing on this matter. It appears that the firm consigned beer, among other goods, to Clinton, and just notified the authorities of the fact- that the liquor was included. The firm was informed thatrho notification should be made at Balclutha, and the authorities laid an information on the ground that the label attached to the liquor did not specifically state its contents. Air Grigor, for the defence, contended that-tho notification on the case was sufficient, the outside of the case bearing the words, “Powlev and Keast. bottlers of Speight’s ale.” Air Bartholomew, S.M.. upheld this contention, and dismissed the case.

The statement that the milk-boys in Dunedin are neither more or less than wage-slaves does not apply in Christchurch. A Labour Department official informed a. “Press”* reporter that there is an award in force here, and there is none in Dunedin, in respect to the payment of fees to boys delivering milk. It provides that boys from 14 to 1G years shall receive AOs a week: lo to 17 years, 12s 6d; 17 to 20 years, 17s Od ; and 20 to 21 years. £T,* with board and lodging in each case. A clause in the Christchurch award provides that the boys shall not commence before 5.30 a.m. The official stated that there was nothing in Christchurch of a similar nature to the Dunedin cases. The secretary of the North Canterbury Education Board expressed the same opinion when questioned.

Y Ernest Edward Collins, aged thiriy- | one, a brass finisher, was stated at a j West Ham (London) inquest reeentI!v to have died from fright. His broi tiier. while working at home, severely 1 cut his eve. and the wound hied freej ly. Collins trembled violently, and I although he bathed the wound he ! fainted before he finished. He re- | covered soon afterwards, but during ! the night he was again taken ill, and | died before medical assistance could i lie obtained. i “There is one more grave in the | journalistic cemetery, for the London I Evening Times has joined the majorI ity : one is Tempted to write it, The Alajority. Of recent years the mi act mortality among newspapers has been very high.” says the Observer. “The Evening Times had lived only eighteen months: the Tribune expired j-after two years; Sir George Xewne’s : Daily Courier came and went with | The cuckoo: Air. Stead's Daily Paper | fluttered for a, short month; and a ; single week in 1906 saw the beginn- ' ing and the end of The Alacrity. But j there is no age of security for news- • 'papers. The Sun died at- 14: tne ! Aborning Star (of which Air. _ Justin ! Ale-Carthv was for a time editor) at j 13; the Echo at 37: the Alorning He- | raid (No. 1) at 89: and the Alorning j Chronicle at 98. Of centenarian ! journals the statist is are few (so modj era is The journalistic era), hut it i would be rash to sav that thev are im- • ■ , :. i mortal.--