Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3713, 24 December 1912, Page 4

Local and General.

The cost of the dredger John Townley, when hired out, is 17s per day. with 2s 3d an hour extra for overtime.

John Johnson, the only offender for drunkenness, was yesterday fined Ss and costs (2s) or 24 hours’ imprisonment.

Wo have to acknowledge an attractive photograph of the wharves received as a Christmas souvenir from tho Harbor Board yesterday. Members at yesterday’s meeting received similar photographs. The electric light, which lias been installed at the Turanganui Club’s bowling green, was switched on last evening and members enjoyed a brief game. Tho committee decided that the light was scarcely powerful enough and the power will he increased immediatelv.

In a special report to the Harbor board yesterday, the Chairman (Mr John Townley) said that two tenders woi'e received for Tauwhareparae section No. 6, that of Mr Loisell at Is Id per acre being accepted. Ail the sections were now disposed of. Later in the meeting Alt- John Clark said that Hie Board had lost £1(5,000 bv the wav m which it had handled Tauwhareparae It was agreed that tenders should he called for road construction on Mr King’s plans.

Looking along Gladstone, Road you will observe that nearly all footsteps are tending in one direction, and finally enter into Melbourne Cash. There is so much to attract one and all to their establishment just now, -as they have on show a most complete assortment of the smartest, prettiest, choicest. and most useful presents for Xmasi and New Year.* Jf Nasmith and Sjml fX?Silver aim E.P.N.S. Vases J

During the oast month there arrived at the oort 49 steamers and 10 sailers, and like numbers departed. The Borough quarry workmen and those employed at the waterworks finished up yesterday until after New Year.

The box-plan for the Carrie Moore season, which commences at His Majestv’s Theatre on Saturday night, will he opened at Miller’s Corner at 10 o'clock this morning.

The close proximity of the Christmas season was evidenced last night by the fact that several shopkeeper* remained open late. An unusually large number of people were in tov.u and good business was recorded.

On Christmas night a spec:;:: senes of pictures suitable to the occasion witf be screened at the Opera House. Miser’s Christmas,” a Dickens’ story, will be the star film.

The lock-up last evening contained only one inebriate, among whose belongings was a ticket booked by the Takapuna to Napier. He. was allowed bail in the “wee hours” so that he could indulge in his projected recuperative sea-trip.

All the piles have been driven at the Kaiti bridge where the Borough Engineer is carrying out repairs, but nothing further could be done yesterdav owing to the chop in the river. The work will be completed as soon as weather permits.

Special holiday programmes will be presented at His Majesty’s Theatre by Pathe Pictures on Christmas Night and Boxing Night. To-morrow night the star attractions will be “Vengeance is Mine,” and “Treasure Island.” both of which come heralded as masterpieces of the silent stage. A p,art- change of programme will be made on Boxing Night, when a number of new pictures of high merit will be introduced. The Mayor (Mr AY. Pettie), seen by a "Times” reporter last evening, was not jjrepared for the present to discuss the resolution passed by the Harbor Board, approving ol the plans for the Ormond Road-Rutene Road bridge, on condition that a swing was provided and that it was provided and worked at the Borough expense. He was satisfied, however, that the bridge would be of no use to the Borough under the conditions.

At yesterday's meeting of the Harboi Board Mr G. AY Humphreys complained of the inconvenience occasioned by the ferry steamer Takapuna being berthed on the Kaiti side of the harbor, and Air Town lev stated that people should be glad to luave the fen— service established. It was no great inconvenience to go to the other side of the harbor. A twin screw steamer would no doubt have been better fitted for the service.

Notice is given in the Government Gazette that a bonus of fourpence per pound will l>e paid on the production of the first 100,C001b of good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on certain conditions. One of the conditions is that at least onethird of the quantity shall be produced on or before Alarch* 31, 1914. and the remaining two-thirds at the end of March in the following vear. “He lives like an eel—by suction,” was the manner in which Sub-Inspec-tor Hendrey summed up the existence of a vagrant at the Auckland Police Court. The sub-inspector, describing one of the accused’s methods of obtaining free drinks, said that- he was in the habit of smearing his boots with clay, likewise his hands, after which he mingled with the workers returning from quarry work and persuaded some of them to "shout” for him.

- For the convenience of outward passengers the office of the Union S.S. Co. will he open from 6.30 p.m. until 7.30 p.m. to-morrow (Christmas night). The Monowai for Auckland via Tokomaru comes to Gisborne direct, and will be tendered with o e launch at- 9 a.m. on Boxing Day. The office will not be open at all on this day and passengers who have non already done so will require to book for Monowai and Takanuna on Christmas night from 6.30 until 7.30 p.m. A Gisborne resident who has just returned from a trip to British Columbia. was particularly impressed with the progress and up-to-dateness of the city ol \ aucouver, which he characterises as a place where the irrepressible Yankee ••hustle” has got a hold. The population of the rebuilt city has increased by leaps and bounds and it has become modernised to a remarkable extent. The city is almost totally ■ electrified, there being a splendid tram service, while the same force, genei ated principally by water power irom some distance, is utilised for numerous purposes. A case in j>oint " as ft mill in the timber country not far out from A ancouver which was completely controlled by electricity, a minimum of labor being A man manipulated one continuous travelling table and a large circular saw from a keyboard, which controlled the big Jogs from the time of entering the mill till the cutting of the timber into lengths. Architecturally. Vancouver was a beautiful c itv.

■ m ? do ™ motor cars simply annihilate distance is proved bv the fast, journey between Opotiki and Gisborne git up by Mr R. Anderson, of Messrs H. Anderson and Sons, last week end. .1 Anderson left Opotiki on a. push bike at 5 a.m. and arrived at Mom at noon. He was here met bv Mr 1 arks with his taxi-cab, and the run ."a to Gissborne was accomplished m 3 hours 53 minutes. The actual travelling time from Opoiike to Gisboine was about- 10 hours 23 minutes, u Inch must just about constitute a record for the 112 miles. There is no doubt but what the \ acuum and Window Cleaning Co. have already proved themselves a great help to many housewives in Gisborne. They will undertake to clean anything about a house—from chimney to doorstep—and give satisfaction A card sent to 1-52 Palmerston Head, or a ring on ’Phono 722, will have their immediate attention.* Have you had your share of the good tilings we offer you? We are chock full of bargains from floor to ceiling, and you ought not to miss such a chance. If you have not paid us a visit yet, make up your mind to come at once. Do not lot your neighbor get as much for £1 here as other places will charge vou 24s for. Follow the crowd to-The People’s Emporium, ami secure some of the bargains offering there. By doing this you will be studying true economy. Don’t forget the address—2o7 Gladstone Hoad, nearly opposite Salvation 'Army Barracks.* What an improvement it is to have your name and date on an Xmas present. Grieve, jeweller, engraves all Xmas presents free.* ,