Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3683, 19 November 1912, Page 4

Local and General.

i——- 1 - —«aiss»»" " Advice has been received irom. Christchurch that the Poverty Bay Trotting Club’s application for registration with the Metropolitan body yvas granted, and in future ail trotting "'in this district will be under the control of the parent body. The Post and Telegraph Department, in its eagerness to secure the services of an adult messenger, has raisecL-the price for such services to 30s per week. The offer was made per an advertisement exhibited, at the Post Office yesterday. The local fruit market is in fairly full supply, both as regards local and imported * fruits. Sunday’s .steamerbrought a big shipment of oranges and bananas, so that these fruits should be on sale at reasonable prices. Cherries are selling at Is €d to 2s per pound. The first break in the happy family that sits round the table at the Wairoa Harbor office administering the important matter or improving- our sea communication, lias occurred through the resignation of Mr W. C. •Symes, as representing the borough. The election to fill the vacancy will beheld on December 3rd. —‘TYairoa 'Guardian.” Five children, three girls and two boys, whose mother was recently taken to a mental hospital, were yesterday committed to St. Mary’s Industrial School, Auckland, as indigent persons, on the father’s application. The father was ordered to pay 3s a week for the upkeep of each. Tie unfortunate little ones, whose ages range from 6 months to 9 years, are brignt children and will go north cn Wednesday. The case was set- down for hearing yesterday of a wife’s application for her husband’s prohibition. Mr Kirk, lor the applicant, asked that the case should be adjourned. His client had requested that the case should be withdrawn, because her husband had been repentant and made all sorts of promises. Counsel, hov-uy considered that- the r-Micatv hculd be | adjourned and -His Won hip granted | a month’s adjournment. ! The southerly squall yesterday was I of great velocity and churned the waters of the Bay to such an extent that“white horses” could be seen for a considerabls distance out, while* the swirl at the entrance was unparalleled in its severity. All day big waves were smashing at both the breakwater and the groyne and the stir :n the upper river was such that ail berthed craft- found it necessary to put rutextra lines. A yacht in the harbor bad her bowsprit smashed through a i line severing. | ; M- Frank Faram, headmaster of the j To Hapara School, met with au atrij dent- on Saturday morning, which will ; prevent him from resuming dntv for some days. While conversing with u friend in the centre of Upper Gladstone Road on Saturday morning the wheel of an express struck Mr Faram on the heel of his boot and badiy wreoehed his leg. Fortunately no serious injury rr-suited. Mr Kirby, assistant master, will carp- on the school during Mr 'PrmTn’s absence, the headmistress taking Mr Kirbv’s room.

Tlie unusual experience of being arrested for drunkenness twice in cue day fell to the lot of William Delanev on Saturday. He was arrested in the morning and let out on bail, but found his way to the “dark chamber'' again the same evening. On the first occasion he had *£l6 in his possession, but his treasury was reduced by exactly one-half when he was again apprehended. Fines of Ss and costs ('2s) or 4S hours and £1 & and costs <2s) or 4 days in gaol were imposed by Mr - A- Barton. S.M., yesterdav morning. A meeting of the committee of the Plunket Xurse Societv was held earlv yesterday afternoon, ~ Mrs C. A. cieLautour presiding. Regarding the appointment of a nurse for Gisborne it was decided to communicate with Dr. Train- King and ask him to select a suitable nurse from the Rnratune Home. A letter was received from Dr. Truby King stating that the Government were going to subsidise donations to the Plunket Nurse fund to the extent of 24s in t-h? £. provided the money was handed over to the Hospital Board. As the Board at its last meeting decided to bring this matter under the notice of the Society and no communication was to hand from them, the committee decided to allow the matter to stand over in the meantime. Great Towel Sale.—Owing to several eases of goods having come to hand that we are unable to find fixture room for we have decided to hold a big towel sale for one week only. Over 150 dozen towels are to be cleared outin that time. . See Melbourne Cash window for bargains.* The tromondou/Y>xeitonv'nt caused In- the arrival Ml the Great White Fleet in New Kr/iland waters some three years agolfs still fresh in the mind of everyoi// almost similar stir is being causira in |Gisborne this week by M. Nojtfro. Gre;w White Sale. Such a sliowym ladi%’ lightfully made And W'itfflfvQd’'' Afth | indescriibahlo delicacy r :’.j| .n gl v I stylish, and aty tlif spaPkles of newness and tauaS admired by exacting wo|iarmndf has never before been scon it G isbmafe.'*'

lr “ We period ended tho b ri«l! 2, th ° venue collected on railwa >’ section’ was £llO/ and the expenditure £9lO. The New Zealjand Shinnimr rv>™ ftT 8 at SSefX Stef’iY"”' 11,1,1 Ci‘ st om House otieet, is assuming shape, good promS lately. ltS erecti ° ll Wm S been sfi 1 ! '°F d +i r to , rom , ed - v ' tile congested tSf+h^Yr 10 - ; lvondak - Mental .Hospital the Minister states that plans are lieing prepared f OP „„ additional ,vavd anotw f'"°2 a A 10 “ “'Olo patients and ASndFlA. f^™ 6 ) I ’“ , “ tS <S!,J ' S “ it k 3l mi!+’ : V d ibb'cezers’ dispute, hVror ta ?i’ ha f made b y the Arbitration Court, hut though one eopv iias been received m Gisborne, the detail.s are not available until it is filed. It IS understood the wages asked for have not been granted. -1 1 10 , celebrations in connection with - cok rush to Dunstan in 1002 commenced yesterday, though the more important functions will not stai-t till to-day. Extensive preparations have been made to ensure the success of the celebrations and a large number of visitors is participating in the festivities (says a Dunedin P. A. wire).

Tire Auckland University College council yesterday passed a‘resolution rogietting that the Professorial Board did not confer with the Council before for warding.to the Senate its resolution l eeommending the suspension of the capping ceremony and remitting the whole matter to the Senate with a request that the governing btxlv will <-onsult the Chancellor, wlio was present on the occasion, before adopting the extreme course ef suspending the ceremony.—P.A. The Presbyterian General Assemhly yesterday afternoon decided to establish a ladies' college in Hawke’s Bay. Au offer of four acres of land V Air T. ALa son Chambers to enlarge the site for the College already eight acres in extent vpis accepted as was also the offer of service as principal made by Miss Fraser, AI.A.. for many -) ( b ats principal of the AYanganui Girls’ College. The plans were approved for a. building to cost, with furnishing, about £IO,OOO. Wiring last night our Napier correspondent said: Some time ago several young children named Pissing were committed to a receiving home. The ease caused much sympathy at the time, owing to the revolting renditions under winch the children lived. To-day the father was sent to gaol for refusing to pay two shillings per week for each child. Hissing, senior, when charged, said the police persecuted him, and lu> demanded justice. His AVorship gave it to him, and ordered three months’ hard labor. The work of erecting the new police station is proceeding apace, and one can now gain an idea of the set-out- vf the new and much wanted structure. Ln front are two spacious rooms, : no j for the officer in charge and the <ther for the plain clothes branch, while ; a passage leads to a roomy watchhouse, at the rear of which' will be the detached lock-up. Up-to-date sanitary conveniences are provided for and ! also a constables’ change-room. Upstairs, will ho the single men’s quarters.

Mr H. .Anderson, of Messrs H. ..Anderson and Co. writes that a rather nasty collision occurred in Gladstone Road yesterday afternoon about 2.3-5 between a timber dray and a cyclist.

As a youth named AY. Boreliam, employed by Messrs H. Anderson and Son, was proceeding up the street, riding a bicycle and leading another machine, lie was run into by a timber dray when opposite Peel Street. The bicycles were literally smashed to pieces, and the lad received a severe shaking. It is stated that the driver of the dray, who was on the wn-ong side of the road, drove away without troubling to L inquire as to whether the cyclist was injured or not. The scow Magic, which arrived at AY airoa from Wellington last week with 70,000 feet of timber for the harbor works, is said to be the first vessel to load up in that port for V\ airoa direct. Many years ago two vessels brought direct cargoes to AVairoa, but they came from the. north. The Awaoa brought the timber for the AVairoa bridge, and the schooner Ngaru (Captain F. Fletcher), brought the timber for Mr Colebrook, who built the Bank of New Zealand premises, now the property of Air Cork-ill. On that occasion she (Carried away the AVairoa-Gisbnrne telegraph line, which i crossed the river a little to the south of Lambton Square. Captain F. Fletcher is a brother of the, genial skipper ■ of the Magic, and is now in command of the Mangapapa, trading between AA estport and AVellington. Representatives from the Auckland Chamber of Commerce placed before the Prime Minister yesterday the following resolution carried at a joint meeting.of the two bodies: “That in the opinion of this conference the question of afforestation is of vital importance to the Dominion, and we urge upon the Government the necessity of making a full and exhaustive inquiry into the question of the depletion of our forests, and to consider the advisability ef establishing a national school of forestry. Mr. Massey said he fully realised the importance of the qiTcstion. One need only remember that the supply of kauri was practically exhausted to see the position, and a trip down the Alain Trunk line would show how the forests were being depleted. Air. Massey went on to say that ho was at present trying to arrange for a commission of two experts to report, with'a view to preserving the forests, and the Government realised that more would have to- be«done, first by the Government, secondly by local Todies, and lastly ibv private individuals themselves.—P. A.

Mark Twain, on being asked by a friend winch was his best book, promptly replied “My bank book.” This also applies to every one of tie. It is the very beet friend we have and every one should do their best to., have a good banking account. This can best be done by dealing at “The People's Emporium.” The goods there are of good Quality, and as they have been bought' for eash can be sold at a very low rate, in some cases less than the ordinary wholesale price. Think this out, and by dealing at “The People’s Emporium” increase your banking account. Don’t forget the address, 207. Gladstone Road, opposite Salvation Army Barracks.*

The New Zealand cadets arrived at Dunedin from Invercargill Last night and on arrival were disbanded, each member of the contingent handing in his riflo and bayonet. : —P.A. It is stated that an attempt will he made to upset the recent poll at Marton at which rating on unimproved value was carried. It is alleged by supporters of the other side that- documents pointing out how to vote were circulated on the day of the poll.

. Mr. Robert McMillan, when addressing the Country Press Association’s gathering in Sydney last- week, told of a man who described a band programme. He said -the band played “Rule Britannia” to please the Englishmen present; “The Marseillaise 7 ’ Was for the Frenchmen; “The Campbell’s are Coming” for the Scotehfnun: and “The AVearmg of the orreen” for the Irishmen. “Then.” he said, “they played ‘For Those in Peril on the Sea,’ and that was one tor the Germans!”

Since the opening of the Auckland wireless station some splendid work' has been accomplished by the operators, and it is no Uncommon thing lor the station to be in communication with vessels as far away as the Australian coast and the South SeaIslands, while the Suva and Pennant Hills stations are clearly heard nightly. Some good work was accomplished on Inday last, when the Auckland; operator easily got into communication with the Union Company’s steamerAtua, hound from Auckland to the Islands, the vessel beiri’g spoken at a distance of over 1000 “mites. The Atua advised that she would roach Tonga at noon on Saturday last. |

Our Napier correspondent- advises that the Public AYorks Committee of the Borough Council at a meeting last night resolved to recommend the Council to cut cut a portion of the drainage system as designed hy Air. Midgity Taylor. In regard to ‘stormwater flooding Clive Square, Aluniue and Dickens Streets, the engineer advised the committee to got a legal opinion as to the rights of the borough to open the river to drain into, suggesting that if the river was l diverted the body responsible should extend the outlet to the open sea. The question raised is an important one, as under the inner harbor proposals the sewer will have to be an extended one.

The second Alain Trunk express, which has been running since the beginning of the month, is gradually becoming known to travellers and so the traffic by it- is slowly hut steadily increasing (says the “N.Z. Times”). At first the number of passengers carried by it in either direction was exceedingly small, and even yet it does not oqual one-half of that carried bv the ordinary express. The Railway' .Department, however, is confident- that as people become better acquainted with the new train the traffic by it will improve very much. It was never expected to he a large train at the beginning, but was put on to relieve the pressure upon the other express. The diversion from the one train to the other is now becoming noticeable. To many travellers the second express is the more convenient of the two, and the Department considers it will prove to be of great usefulness in handling the traffic, especially during the holiday season. ‘ *

In regard to the D’Urville Island coffins Mr AA r . K. Turner, of Nelson, writes to the “Picton Press”:—“l note that 3lr E. C. Perano lias discovered a cave at D’Urville Island; that cave has been known for forty years. I think Captain Tinney j of tlie' cutter Dauntless, was the first to go into the cave, and he got a number of Maori curios, which is a sure sign that it is a- Afaori burial place; in fact the settlers of the Pass know it to be a burial place. If it is the one I know of, it is at the hack of a small island j situated between Catherine Cove Pen- j insula and the Old Alan Head. I feel sure it is the same, as he points out the coffins arc built of totara. I knew a fisherman that looked for curios, and ! he told me that he could not get the j -smell off his hands for weeks, as he ‘ felt among the bones' to see what he ! coukl find in regard to curios. This j should clear up any doubt in regard J to shipwrecked sailor.?.”

With regard to the reported mortality among Natives in the neighborhood of Ohakune and Raetihi, the health inspector reported to tho Alarton Borough Council that his inquiries did not lead to any evidence that- the deaths amongst the Maoris were caused by infectious disease. There was, however, considerable dissatisfaction among the white people that- Maoris did not have to produce a medical certificate showing cause of death, the residents being afraid that the children from Maori homes, where there might he infectious disease and deaths, could attend school without & any one being aware of the ; conditions at their home, thus spreading disease among the white children. A recent death from diphtheria seemed to have accentuated' this feeling, but there was no reason to suppose that there had been any throat troubles of any description aniong the Natives. Any cases of diphtheria might reasonably be suppos-ed-to be induced by the exceptionally bad state of many of the open drain's and generally insanitary conditions of that part of the district.

The tendency of reaggregation- to intensify land monopoly, especially in dairying districts originally settled in small areas, was the subject of recent articles in the “Post,” in which the falling-off of butter-fat supplies in certain districts was referred to. One contributory cause is the not unnatural willingness of a farmer, when he has become comfortably off through dairying, to give up the arduous Work of “cow-whacking” and to reaggregate neighbouring sections until he has sufficient land for a sheep area. A correspondent writes to the “Taranaki Daily News”: “Quite a number of sections in the Moa district during the past- couple of years have changed hands by one neighbour buying the other out. In some cases sheep replaced cows • in others, only a lessened number of cows were milked, and rearing of young stock gone in for. It must be readily seen that the result of these issues will mean a diminution of the butter and cheese fumed out. A man living in a dairy community on a 100 acre or 200 acre, block and who does not supply milk is not doing his duty to that community, yet he would ask for the increased value given his property by the conimuviy’s action in erecting a butter or cheese factory.”