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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 119, 30 May 1901, Page 2

The mail steamer Sierra did some fasi steaming on her passage from San Francisco, 881 miles being logged in one day. Several men left the Masterton drain-

age works because 15 minutes was taken from their dinner hour—reducing it to three-quarters of an hour. A good dairy cow should give not loss than from 500 to 600 gallons of milk for at least ten months of the' year. The average produce of butter per annum for a cow is 2501 b, two months dry.—Exchange. The Christchurch City Council is being requested to modify the by-law relative to the speed at which motor-cars are allowed

to travel. It is urged' that four miles an hour is an absurd rate to limit motor cars to.

Over £2OOO has been paid for pigs at Rongotea this season by Dimock and Co., Wellington. A cross between the Berkshire and Yorkshire is the animal most favored in the Rongotea district. The Tamworth, so much wanted at first, has been discarded by the Rongotea farmers. In leaving the Masterton Hospital, a patient wrote in the book, kept for the purpose, the following: “To praise this hospital would be like painting the lily.” At Inglewood recently a young man from Wanganui was charged with entering a hotel during the currency of a prohibition order, He pleaded that he was not aware that the order applied to Taranaki. The S.M. held that a prohibition order applied to the whole colony, and he fined accused ss, and 10s costs.

The Mangaweka Settler has been informed that the manager of the works at Makohine has asked for a year’s extension of time. This means, if true, that it will be 18 months before the construction of the Mangaweka viaduct can be commenced.

As soon as possible fresh laws on navigation will be brought into force by the Federal Customs Minister.

Recently Bridget Dunn, an Adelaide servant, committed suicide, itj. is alleged, because of a fortune-teller's tale of woo, :