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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 93, 29 April 1901, Page 2

The Arai Road Board is to meet al Gisborne on Saturday next.

Jurors .summoned to appear at the Supreme Court to-day arc reminded that they must be in attendance at 10 a.m. A Wanganui organ-grinder, who refused to “ move on ” when requested by a constable, was fined a shilling and costs. The Rev. Chalmers, who has baen killed at New Guinea, was well known in Dunedin, his first wife being a sister of G. R. and J. J. Hercus, of that city. The postponed lecture by Mr W. L. Rees on “ The Lost Ten Tribes of Israel ” is to bo delivered at the meeting of the Gisborne Mutual Improvement Society in Wesley schoolroom this evening, and should attract a large attendance. The tender of Mr J. T. Jones, of Timaru, at 1113,832, lias boon accepted for the Hutt river protection works scheme, propounded by Masses Meason and Marchant, of Timaru. The work is to bo completed in eighteen months.

The Premier has gone to Westport-, in consequence of the serious illness of his daughter, Mrs Dr. Morico. This will probably make it impossible for Mr Seddon to bo present at the opening of the Federal Parliament. The post-office authorities have adopted a new form of postal receiving- box, of which the owner of the premises and the postman will have the keys. The price of them will be Jos each. Two hundred of them have already been received. It is a very clevor American notion. New regulations, under the Lands for Settlement Consolidation Act, are gazetted, providing that when there is more than one application for the same land preference be given to married men with families, the right to occupy land to be decided by ballot. A very peculiar mishap happened to a cyclist’s machine on Saturday. While the cyclist was proceeding along Gladstone Road he happened to drop a bottle of turpentine that he was carrying. The bicycle went over the broken bottle, with the result that the tyres were cut to pieces.

The question of Kanaka labor in Queensland is a burning question in Australia at the present time. A gentleman who has just returned from Queensland and lias been interested in the gospel mission among the Kanakas at Bundaberg, intends to deliver an address on the subject of the mission among thg Kanakas. He will speak this evening in the Presbyterian schoolroom.

" How long does it take a lady to hook up her dress,” was a question put by SubInspector Black at the Christchurch Court, recently. Mr Beetham, S.M., asked whether it was necessary to go into such mysteries. The lady explained that she had 'never timed herself, and did not knC't'- but most women took a considerable time. The Bev. Dr. Kennedy, Spn of Mr Kennedy, of Greymouth and brother Mr

Matthew Kennedy, of Palmerston North, has arrived in Wellington from Borne, where he has just been ordained priest Dr, Kennedy, who is to be stationed in the Christchurch diocese, is to go to Greymouth on a visit to his father.

The Premier tells a story of the flag celebration at Palmerston North recently. Before the speechifying commenced, a four-year-old son of a leading supporter climbed on his knee, and after he had put the child down, Miss Seddon Bsked the boy if he knew who was nursing him. The child looked up as if surprised at such ignorance, and replied, “ Of course, that was Dick ! ”

The order of business for this week at the Supreme Court will be as follows : The criminal sittings will conclude to-day, there being onp ease yet on the list. The first of the civil cases will b.o jbhat of Williams and others v. Coleman; flic second case will be that of Materoa v. Finn ; then comes the cases Jennings v. Erskine and the Kaiti Boad Board v. Cooper. A municipal candidate, not a hundred miles from Christchurch, taking his auditors at a recent meeting into close confidence, said : “ Beaming, when I was a boy, was scarce. I had no schooling. I had to go and v/ork for the capitalist, but my good wife put a little sense into my head, and that is all I over—The rest of the seutence was lost amid roars of : laughter.

At the Frasertown School Committee election on Monday night matters were very warm at times. When the candidates were being nominated one of those present objected to the nomination of one of those proposed, on the ground that he was not a householder. After some remarks of a very personal nature between them one informed the other that he would “ straighten him up when he got him outside.” One of the tramcars at Auckland ran off the lines on Friday evening, about nine o’clock, when proceeding down Symonds street, and the jolt caused a man named Harry Symonds, residing in Victoria street, and who was sitting on the handrail of the platform, to be thrown heavily to the ground. The man was cut somewhat on the hands, and a pup he was carrying under his arm was killed. After some delay the car proceeded on its journey.

Bicycle stealing is becoming a very common thing in Christchurch. Some thieves less bold content themselves with removing lamps and bells. —Press. A Masterton clergyman states that the bicycle was constructed by the Devil to keep people from going to church on Sunday mornings.

Nearly all the Canterbury School Committees were bewailing to the householders over the decrease in school attendance as compared with five or six year's ago.

Mr R. Harris has a notice in this issue, warning persons against trespassing on his property at Awapuni. Mr John E. Foster lias a similar uotice with legat'd to Repongaere Lake. One householder was so keen on being present at the Frascrtown School Committee election, that he rode overland from Napier, arriving at Frascrtown at 4 pan. on Monday.

Mr McKay, Wairoa County Engineer, is at present engaged taking levels of the river [at Frascrtown, with .the object of getting the best site for the proposed bridge over the Wairoa river, to connect with the Waikaremoana road.

Trespassers with dog and gun on Mr Rhodes' property, in Childers road, and likewise on the adjoining property, leased by him from Mr Reynolds, will bo prosecuted. Parents are requested to warn their children against trespassing on these properties. Blackberry bushes have spread so rapidly in some parts of the Waikato as to become a perfect pest to landowners. One farmer states that the value of his property has depreciated fully 411000, notwithstanding that he has spent on an average about 41100 annually in trying to cope with the pest. Something appears to have come over the blue-gums growing in the neighborhood of Timaru this autumn. Some of them have apparently been attacked by blight, and very old trees appear to be dying off rapidly. In appearance they look precisely the same as if they had been fired. Sir James Harrison, of Greenmoadows, Hawke’s Bay, was a few days ago severely handled by his bull, but is now recovering from the effects. Fortunately Miss Harrison heard her father call out, and with great presence of mind she set the dog on the animal, thereby distracting its attention and probably saving Mr Harrison’s life. It was subsequently considered advisable to shoot the bull.

With regard to the brigantine Linda Weber, now some time overdue’ at Ngunguru, Captain Beaumont, of the Moura, states that the scow Havoc, owned by him, left Auckland for Ngunguru about the same time that the Linda Weber left Gisborne. The scow fell in with terrible weather, and at last had to return to Auckland, being unable to make Ngunguru. He thinks it likely that the Linda Weber may have passed Ngunguru and gone to Hokianga. Even if that had been the case, the vessel should have been heard of before this.

There was a crowded congregation al St. Andrew’s Church last evening, when the Rev. J. G. Paterson made special re-

ference in the course of his sermon to the death of the late Mr Barclay. The reverend gentleman drew lessons from the death of the young man, and laid particular stress on the uncertainty of life, u.iging upon all the necessity of being prepared when “ the rider on the pale horse ” knocked at their doors. At the conclusion of the service the Dead March in “ Saul ” was played by the organist, Mr A, J. Massey.