Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3571, 10 July 1912, Page 4

Local and General.

The Poverty Bay Football Association’s touring team will leave for the South by the Victoria to-night. A court-martial will be held at the Garrison Hall this morning to deal with several Territorials charged w.tli breaches of discipline. The annual balance-sheet of the Gisborne Borough Council, duly audited and certified to by the Controller and Auditor-General, was passed bv the Borough Council last evening.

In connection with road construction. the Works Committee of the Borough Council and the Engineer will draw up a report. Which will be submitted to the Council at its next meeting.

Says a P.A- message: At the m- ! stance of the police. A. Curie, proprietor of a picture entertainment, was fined £1 at the Cambridge Magistrate’s Court to-dav for a breach of the Gaming Act. The offence concerned the award of money prizes in j connection with a lucky seat eompetiI til'll at the picture shows. . The wording of the charge was disposing of property by means of chance. The Wellington agent of the Press Association wires:—ln reference to the deputation from tlie Trades Council which recently waited on the late Minister for Justice (Mr. J. A. Hanan) respecting short-weight and adulteration of ’ foodstuffs, tlie following reply, received by Mr- Hamm from Dr. Valintine, Chief Health Officer, to whom the representations of the deputation, were referred, has been forwarded to the Trades Council: “With reference to the deputation to Mr. J. A. Ha nan in connection with this matter, 1 am confident that there is a great deal in what Mr. Reardon said. The Department is constantly prosecuting offenders under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act for selling short- I weight bread " and adulterated milk, j In tho course of my inspection of various hospitals 1 have found shortweight, particularly with regard to meat and bread, and steps have been taken that have brought about an improvement in the methods of supplying foodstuffs to our institutions. The matter can he comprehensively dealt with by the regulations under the Sale of Food and Drugs -Act, which are now in the hands of.the Crown Law officers awaiting their consideration before being submitted to Cabinet. M ben once these regulations are *in force I do not think there will he any need for any legislation or amendment of the present Act.”

Impossible to do bettor than these : V elveteens in all the best shades, 7*d; slightly soiled handkerchiefs, Id each; extra strong twilled sheeting, single 1 ,6 T. ’ warm underskirts, Is dd; pretty winter blouse lengths, m J e ' a s , fi ©west lounge shape i ’ i ls *¥; new striped banded shirts Is m and plent 1 of other linos just as chem Titeii.Cash Great Sale/ cliea ffi~Melbouuio

There is reported to -he danger of trouble with the waterside workers at Timaru '(Federation Union) because two railway wharf hands and a tally clerk declined to join the union (says a P.A. message). A P.A. message from Berlin says that Professor Weiner, of Heidelberg University, reports that he lias eradicated cancer by injections of chlorine from animals. He declares that he treated 56 persons hospital with beneficial results in every case. The master of the American ocbooner Alumna-, which left Lyttelton on Saturday for Newcastle, was compelled to yield good pay for the run- The mate is reported to have been re-en-gaged at £3O for the passage to Newcastle. An able seaman engaged as a “runner” for £25 and a free passage back .

Superannuation allowances paid during the year ending March 31st, 1912, cut of the Railways Superannuation Fund amounted to £50,620 Is, representing grants to 744 members of the service. Allowances of £6397 13s lOd were paid in respect to 170 widows and 270 children dependents of deceased members who had not retired on superannuation at the time o ftlieir death. The balance brought forward for 1912 was £233,457 and the annual liability at the cud cf the year was £59,031.

The following important return was asked for by Cr- Collins at a meeting cf the Borough Council last evening: (1) The total loan monies expended on day labor on all works to 'late; (2) the cost of supervision of the same: (3) the number of private electrical connections undertaken and operative since the initiation of the scheme; (4) the names of the contractors who carried out the work: (o) the amount allocated in canvassing for the same: (6) the number of a uni-cants in view within the present area rot undertaken at present. 3 lie Mayor said the return would bo supplied. “The Council should give some definite information to the press regarding the electrical installation bein- enlarged,” remarked Cr. Collins at a meeting of the Council last evening. Tiie Council, be continued, were getting negr to the time when thev would be "asking tbe people to sanction a loan, and some information should be given as to the reason why they were extending their electrical plant- The electrical engineer should write a report at the earliest possible moment on the entire question, showing the necessity that arose for extending the scheme, and any further information he can give on the matter. If necessary- this should be submitted t-o the Mayor and then handed to the press. The Mayor said that he had intended to do this, and he had been consulting the Engineer on the matter. A motion embodying Cr. Collins’ suggestion was carried.

AA'hile engaged in blasting operations at the City Council's waterworks at Nihctapu last January, AY in. Adams was severely injured bv a premature explosion. Adams was removed to the hospital, where one eye was removed and lie became blind in the other eye- While in Auckland Lady Islington frequently visited the hospital. and Adams’ case aroused her Excellency’s sympathy. Adams lias now left the hospital, and to-day Ladv Islington communicated with Captain Boseawen. A.D.C., and asked him to ascertain if there was any way in which she could assist Adams. Captain Boseawen will visit Adams to-day, and will convey Lady Islington’s sympa-thy.—-Auckland P.A. message.

That high sartorial expert who has “done” the Royal Academy every year and dealt with its painted, habiliments has a rival this year in a critical scientist who has been to Burlington House on behalf cf “Nature.” He arraigns the exhibitors for painting suns and mocus that are out of all altitude and bearing with tiie shadows they cast, and rainbows that seem to intervene between the sun and the spectator, which, in Euclidean phrase, is simply absurd. Of course, these solecisms on canvas are nothing new. We all know the tale cf the red lobster swimming, and the engineer who blew Turner up sky-high for painting a locomotive with the fire-box in front. Holman Hunt was literal enough, but he painted St Josemi with a plank half-sawn and r.o sawdust, which was carrying tho theory of miracles too far. On the whole, these references to exact knowledge do artists no harm, and in this instance the child of ‘'Nature” does his reproving gently.

The To'kio Press is making much fun of an administrative order, contained in the Official Gazette, giving minute directions as to the.method of application of corporal punishment in tlie Korean peninsula. _ The culprit shall lie on his stomach, his hands stretched out above his head and fast- | ened. Straps are to he passed round j the body and round the knee joints , and arms, with the clothes so arranged as to expose the hips. The executioner shall stand with his whip at arm’s length, the tip protruding three inches over the edge of the prisoner s body. The executioner’s left hand shall he on his left side, paim upwards, the right foot in advance, and bearing the weight of the body- The stroke is to he delivered perpendicularly, and tlie skin is. under no circumstances, to lie broken. The punishment is to take place one hour after a meal, and the prisoner, if he requires refreshment during the operations, shall he given a drink of fresh water. The Press suggests that Mr Yamamoto, Minister of Finance, might obtain something towards covering the de-. ficit in, tlie- Budget bv making the spectacle a public one at a charge of a penny per head for spectators.

From rescued passengers on the Titanic news was received of the death on that vessel cf the Rev. Thomas Ryles, formerly priest in charge of the Catholic Church at Brentford. The late priest was the son of a Congregational minister at Leeds, and became a Catholic in 3894. He was educated at Rossall School and Balliol College (Oxford). He afterwards studied .for priesthood at Ware College and the Gregorian University, Rome, and became one of the diocesan missionaries, of whom Dr Vaughan is superior. Father Bytes was on his way to celebrate the marriage of his brother. Passengers state that during the awful hours that elapsed between. the collision and the sinking of the Titanic Father Byles ministered to the spiritual needs of many in their closing moments, and his brother has telegraphed that enthusiastic admiration has been expressed at his conduct.

Von Arx, “tlie man cf mystery,” astounded everyone by the ease with which he pi deed half-crowns out of the atmosphere. Gisborneite6. by dealing at the People’s Emporium, the new shop next the Kimpton Cycle Co., can piek up pennies, threepenny-hits, sixpences, shillings, half-crowns—aye, and even pounds!—every day of the week. Call and sea if thin is not a fact.*-

.I n e YY all v.a Harbor- Empowering Bill (Sir James Carroll) was read a first time in the House of Representatives yesterday. A domestic servant was arrested by Detective Mitchell last evening on a charge of stealing a considerable .■amount of wearing apparel from her employe ns. During the sitting c f the House oi Representatives yesterday Mr Russell read a list of antiquities from New •Zealand and other Pacific Islands do•Shoswald. 19 3 nmUOU from Lord .r 1 I 1” ” I CCnl \y ti ?i l the Dominion Museum Mr Russell stated in the House yesterday that a site had been chosen for the building in Wellington. It would be loOft long, 50ft wide. tW ° gallerieS a

AYith reference to the Pntutahi quarry ]m e and Matawliero ballast pit, it was stated in a report -to the Council last night that for the quarter endingA'2nd June,. 1912, receipts "PiPP"' 4 , 14s 3 the expenditure

Accoiding to an official statement of tiie working expenses on the Ivaitai ata hi gravel pit for the ruarter ending 22nd J line, 1912, the receipts eame to £oo2 is; the expenditure to £4lo 11s 6d, and there was an actual profit on the gravel of £B6 15s 13d. A statement of working expenses and receipts in regard to the Gentle Annie Quarry for the quarter endiii"' -j- n “ June, 1913, was presented at the meeting of the Borough Council last night. It showed that the receipts were £960 4s 7d, and the expenditure £BB9 Is 3d, leaving a credit balance of £7l 3s 4d.

Four youths at Cambridge were each fined £2 yesterday for failure to comply with the Defence Act by absenting themselves from drill and camp. One defendant said it did not phy to leave a. job at nine shillings per day and work for the Government sit four shillings.—P.A. message.

The District Secretary for the Australian Mutual Provident Society wrote to the Borough Council last evening that acting on instructions from his branch office Wellington he had that day (.July 4) made lodgments on account of the Borough loan with the Bank of Australasia • as under : Gisborne electric light works completion, (loan 1912, £1600) £1600: the Gisborne stormwater drainage (loan 1912, of £5250) £300; waterworks (loan of £lo,< 50X £1750; sewerage loan 1912 (loan of £15,750) £SOOO- - £ll,3so.—The communication •was received.

A couple of claims for damages arising out ,of accidents were before the Borough Council last evening- Mr. Clias. F. Hillman wrote stating that ho intended to take an action against the Council for injuries sustained through being thrown from his bicvcle by colliding with a rope stretched across the road. The N.Z. Oilfields Company informed the Council they intended to bring an action Ir.r £3O 10s against the Council, value of a horse killed, burial of carcase £1 10s, veterinary fees £1 ss, repairs to trap £1 15s. The claim was the outcome of an accident which happened in Gladstone Hoad on the evening of Saturday, June Bth, when a buggy ami pair got into a sewerage trench. The matters wore referred to tliQ Council’s solicitors.

An interesting exhibition of an American “maize picker” was given on Mr D. P. Cameron’s farm at YVae-renga-a-hika yesterday afternoon. This ingenious contrivance draws the cobs from the stalks and deposits them by means of a shoot into a dray which runs at its side, and so expeditiously was this done that Mr Cameron expressed himself as well pleased with the machine, which he procured from Messrs Williams and Kettle, Ltd., who are the local agents. The machine is a great labor-saver, doing the work of about 12 men, and it is said that the cost of picking an .acre of corn is only 10s, and that it will do from five to six acres a day. Over 40,000 of these machines are now in use in America, and Mr Humes, the representative of the International Harvester Company, is now in Gisborne in connection with the machines. The machine will be at work on Mr Cameron’s farm for The next two or three davs.

Iti the House of Representatives yesterday Mr Myers read a letter from the Society of Railway Servants intimating they had decided to abandon tlie petition which was placed before Parliament in 1911. On the Minister’s motion it was decided that it lie on the table- Sir Joseph "Ward asked for an explanation of the causes that had led: up to the' withdrawal of the Society from its previous attitude. The Minister replied that when he entered the office as Minister for .Railways he found the Society of Pailwav Servants had 98 grievances. As the result of a number of conferences between the. executive of the Society and himself he had seen his way clear to acquiesce in the demands on a number of matters, but he had not found justification for acceding to other requests. On the whole the executive had been satisfied that an earnest attempt had been made by the officials of the Department- and the Minister to bring about a better feeling between the Society and the Rahway Department. The Society had. therefore decided not to proceed with ns .previous intention of presenting the petition to Parliament similar to chat before the House last session. P \. message.

The Gisborne Drivers’ Union wroteto the Borough Council last • evening asking them to appoint a committee to confer with delegates from the" Union re working conditions governing the drivers in their employ. O. Smith said that the Council should not come to any agreement regarding the wages until the .matter had gone before the Court, as it only set up a precedent. The drivers were going, he un-Ursfood, for a Dominion Award. He’ moved that the Council take no action at present. Cr. Collins seconded the. motion. The Mayor thought that there could he no harm in meeting the Union’s delegates and so ascertain their requirements. He moved that the request "be acceded to. Cr. IVebb seconded tbe amendment, and said be was in favor of meeting the men in a matter of this kind. Cr. Hepburn also favored meeting the men, but Crs. Sawyer and Brown opposed the amendment. The amendment was lost and the motion was carried. • . „

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