Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3704, 13 December 1912, Page 4

Local and General.

The summer mart will be continued j this afternoon and evening, j Constable baloney, of Patutahi, arI rested a Maori yesterday on a charge of stealing a horse, saddle and bridle, the property of James Innes. A cricket team from Tolago Bay will travel to Tokomaru on Saturday next and the match is being looked forward to with considerable interest. ; —Own Correspondent, j The Wellington Building Trades ■ Union has rejected motions to cancel . registration under the Arbitration 1 Act to secede from the United Labor j Party and to join the Federation of i Labor. —P.A. | Our Tokomaru correspondent i writes: The annual sports meeting to . be held at Tokomaru Bay on Boxing j Day promises to he an unprecedented ! success. The programme will be of i unusual length and variety, and it is ! stated that some particularly capable j competitors will be present. ' The remarkable picture, “Beetles/'' ,in which Professor Lozsliki’s trained beetles act a drama of the Middle Ages, will be the principal attraction ‘ in the big matinee programme which Pathe Pictures will provide for their | little patrons at His Majesty’s Theai tre to-morrow afternoon. Startling : attractions will make their appear- ; ance in the new programme which will be put on on Saturday night. | A new boiler has arrived in Gisi borne for the F. ballast engine, the property of the Public Works Department, and at present .being utilised at greatly reduced pressure on the Otoko to Bakauroa line. Good progress is being made with the fitting up of the new W.A. engine, and before long the task of ballasting" the ! topmost section of the line should be iin full swing, so that the section should be completed and ready for i mining early in 1913. The”annual “hakari” or students’ festival was held on the spacious ; grounds at Te Ban College yesterday ' afternoon on the eve of the hreaking- ' up of the scholars for the Christmas j holidays. A large number or guests | partook of the hospitality of the stu■r dents. Among those present were the i Bight Bev. Bishop Williams, Archl deacon Williams, Rev. F. W. Chat- | terton (principal of the College), Bev. i Dawson Thomas, Mr C. P. Davies, j and many other friends from Gjsborne ' and the surrounding districts.

j Poverty Bay people looking for an j enjoyable New Year’s outing could ! not do better than visit the Nuhaka ‘ Show, which is to b? held on New | Year’s Day. This gathering has been i increasing in size and importance each j year, and lias now assumed quite le- | spec-table dimensions. The compel i- ; tions should prove exceptionally at- | tractive this year, as in addition to , numerous horse jumping events, a big j chopping com petition wili be held. ! Entries for all events close with the j secretary, Mr. R. Steed, Nuhaka. on j December 21 j Dr. Scott in the witness box at j Court yesterday, gave a gentle tilt at [ the Scotch. "The working-class house j in Scotland," he said, "is very bad I and as for nurses, they are the worst ; on the face of the earth —although.” I he added amid laughter, "'they have 1 jolly good doctors." This was in resj ponse to a statement by M~ T. A. ; Coleman that infant mortu..’ - had • decreased on account of the un re ad- ! vanced antiseptic methods prevailing. : the doctor pointing out that the rate j of mortality in Scotland, where coni ditions were decidedly worse, was | much on a par with that of to-day. J A vivid imagination, as the evi- ! denc-e in a case before the Court yesi terday showed, is a dangerous as well jas a valuable possession. Counsel for I the plaintiff was cross-examining a | medical man and endeavoring to exj tract a statement to the effect that | imagination carried big sway with I a person ailing and would go as far as . to .-assist in increasing cue’s temperature. "Was it not that the woman thought she was so very ill?" queried remise!. "Oh, no, that is a different matter,” responded the doctor. "I knew just, exactly how ill she was, but j how ill she thought sh? was I really j could not say.’ s —-^Laughter!. | The Salvation Army Band paid a visit to Patutahi last evening, where . they were welcomed by a large num--1 her of the resident j. Previous to a concert being given in the hall selecI Lens' were rendered in open air. which ! were heartily appreciated. The fol- ! lowing items were given :—•"Wearsido j March,” the Band : solo. Captain HawI kins; selection, "While the Days are j Going By,’’ the Band : recitation. [Miss • G. Stein; solo, Mrs. Rankin; march. "C'hristmastide," the Band: anthem. j "Song of Joy. 5 ’ vocal duet, Captains | S.awyer and Hawkins. Sergeant-Ma-i .i<>r F. Pert conducted the meeting, j The bandsmen thoroughly enjoyed the ! visit, and intend to return at an earlv ! date

Apparently (says the “Dominion”) i the M ellington Chamber of Commerce j is desirous that business men, who are subscribers to the telephone, should | be classified on the list according to | their businesses. On the suggestion made at the last meeting of the Chamber it was decided to write to the Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, pointing out that" this had been done some years ago. The following reply was received from the secretary:—“ln reply to your letter requesting that a list of'telephone subscribers classified under trades and businesses be added to the Wellington telephone directory. I have the honor to inform you that it is regretted that the request cannot be acceded to. The exchange list is published, not as a trades directory, but as an alphabetical list of subscribers. The increased cost of production of the proposed list would be too great unless the extra entries were paid for at the regulation rate of 10s each. Many businesses are of a varied nature and hard to classify, and this would lead to constant friction with subscribers. The list which you refer to, issued, some years ago. formed part of a nrivate adv ertismg scheme.’'’ When the matter came up at Monday’s meeting of the Chamber, Mr. Leigh-TTnnt said that the reply was not very satisfactory. The proposal to charge 10s per line was ridiculous. He did not see that they could go any further with the matter.

Most mothers and fathers 'know what a real worry it is selecting presents fer Christmas—yet it has to be done. Let us suggest to our readers the most up-to-date, easiest, and most economical way. Make a list of those for whom you are purchasing presents and simply go straight to the Melbourne Cash, where you will have no difficulty in making a selection of most useful presents.*

All rates unpaid to the East Coast Rabbit Board bn December 31 will be charged an additional 10 per bent, and thereafter sued for without further notice.

“An Artist’s Model” will be screened tins evening at the Opera House for the last time, an entire change of programme being notified for to-mor-row.

A Dunedin P.A. wire savs that a poll was taken in St. Kilda'yesterday oh the question of amalgamating with the city, the result being as follows: For amalgamation, 570 votes; against 1123.

“The Geisha” benefit performance to be given to-night- at His Majesty’s Theatre promises to be a big success. It lias been decided to offer tbs four back rows of tip-up chairs at 3s. Box plans may be inspected at Miller’s,

About fifty territorials attended the daylight parade held yesterday afternoon. They proceeded, to Mr. Simeon’s property, Riverside Road, where skirmishing and musketry instruction was gone through, and some really good shooting was done. An Auckland. P.A. telegram states that Mr. Henry Shaw, a member oi the Auckland City Council, has presented to the city the whole of his collection of ancient books and manuscripts, valued at from £2500 to £3OOO. It was resolved to place the books in the Auckland Free Librarv.

The Gisborne Temperance Association held its weekly meeting last evening. After business, the evening was devoted to the reading and discussing of the “Journal,” edited by Bro. Vowles. The following took part in the interesting discussion which ensued: Sis. Coleman, and Bros. Anderson, Mead, Rae, "West, Coleman, Wallen, Downes, Petherick, and Hastie. A squad of D Company (Gisborne) are at present in training for the Coleman Shield competition, which is to Ik? -decided between them and squads from the Hawke’s Bay district early next week. The shield is for most points in drill, and the squads will be judged by Captains Shelley and Morrison, who will come to Gisborne next week. The local squad will no doubt worthily uphold the honor of their regiment.

A prominent, member of the local Bar hazarded some delicate questions in examining a witness yesterday, and was suddenly so embarrassed bv a ready retort that a broad smile rippled round the Court-room. A woman was stating that she had been neglected when left in another’s charge and denied that even her hair had been attended to. She had only been able to prepare two plaits in front and her back hair was left as a rough, mat. “Was it as bad as all that?” counsel asked. “Yes, indeed it was, and I will guarantee you could not have straightened it, no matter how you tried,” replied the witness to whom the embarrassed and' surprised examiner explained that he was sure he would not try on any account.

The hat-pin danger was brought under the notice of the City Council this evening (says an Auckland P.A. 'message el‘ yesterday’s date). In a letter the Tramways t'nion stated that on Saturday last a conductor had an eye seriously injured by a pin protruding from a lady’s hat, and in consequence was at present unable to follow his usual occupation. Hie union urged that a by-law making it an offence for a lady to'wear protrudi ng hatpins in a trarr.cat should be framed. The Mayor (Mr. C. J. Parr) remarked that the Council had "done nothing previously, as it had been of opinion that no move should be made until something definite was brought before it. It was resolved that the By-law Committee be instructed to frame a regulation to deal with the matter.