The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 17, 1901.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 134, 17 June 1901, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 17, 1901.

A meeting of the General Committee of the Gisborne Beautifying Association is convened for this ovening. A correspondent writes, denying a report circulated that the mouth of the Nuhaka river is still blocked.

A six-year-old boy, eldest son of James Neiper, butcher, of Alexandra, was drowned in the Molyneaux river, Otago, on Friday. Mr A. K. S. Mackenzie, son- of Mr Scobie Mackenzie, has been admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court by Mr Justico Edwards.

At Wanganui, the appeal case of Miss Davis (of Kapuni School), the first case under the Teachers’ Board of Appeal Act, was commenced on Friday, before Mr Kenny, S.M. Miss Davis appealed from the action of the Wanganui Board in dismissing her."

Mr H. Laing, who has just returned to Gisborne from the Indian Mission field, intends to deliver an address before the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Society at their meeting tomorrow evening, on the subject of mission work in India.

111 view of the difficulty of obtaining broken metal, and the cost of it when obtained, and the unsuitability of beach shingle for road-making, the Timaru Borough Council is making inquiries about obtaining shingle from a pit on the Levels Plain, to be hauled to town by rail or by traction engine. The Auckland Observer gives a rumor that Messrs Henry Brett (proprietor of the Auckland Star), Seymour ThornoGeorgc (a prominent figure in Auckland), and John M’Leod are to bo called to the Legislative Council. They are the three local Commissioners in connection with the Royal visit. The Suevic of the White Star line, has just shipped 10,000 bags of wheat at Sydney for the United Kindom, half of which was bulked direct into the hold. This shipment of grain in bulk is purely au experiment, and is being made in view of the adoption of bulk handling of grain in New South AVales.

A cablegram from Sydney states that the Board of Experts appointed to enquire into the : Sydenham railway accident are unanimously of opinion that it was duo to oxcessive speed. The engine was not suitable for a high speed on the line, which at and noar the point of derailment was not in good order.

During the 12 months of the operations of t-lio Salvation Army’s Workman’s Hotel in Wellington a large number of destitute men were helped. The total number of beds supplied was 15,048, of which 910 were paid for by labor done. The number of meals supplied was 21,140, of which 1620 were “worked out.” The ludramayo sailed for South Africa and London with 100 tons dead space. This was due in the first place to the inability of getting meat cargo over the Waitara bar, and the steamer had to come to Wellington without loading the full shipment. At Wellington it was found impossible tp secure the cargo necessary to fill up.

There was a. crowded attendance at St. Andrew’s Church last evening, when the Rev. J. G. Paterson gave the first of his series of lectures }o young men and women, the subject being “ Whom to Walk With and Talk With.” In his sermon he urged all young men to beware of bad companions, arid cleave to Christian friends.

Finding a general rate of Is in the pound insufficient for general purposes and street works, the Timaru Borough Council has resolved to strike a general rate of Is 6d this year. There is also a special rate, for interest on the waterworks loan, of Is, and a water-rate of Is on dwelling property, and 6d on unoccupied lands. At the meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Metropolitan Racing Club, W. G. Couper was granted a trainer’s license and Nikora a jockey’s license. Gentlemen riders’ certificates were granted to Messrs J. M. Gouldsmith, C. Parker, and John Comer. It was resolved to recommend the Caledonian Society of Poverty Bay and the Waipiro Bay Racing Club for registration under Rule 156 b (n). The dates of meetings to be hpld next season were agreed to, with the exception of the Dannevirke Jockey Club, Waipawa County Racing Club, Woodlands Hunt Club, who were recommended dates other than forwarded by them. The whole of the two outer tees of the Queen’s wharf, Wellington, will be given up to the convenience of the Royal yacht Ophir. This will mean that fully 1670 ft of wharf frontage will have to be sacrificed by the Harbor Board. In order to leave the privileged space entirely free, the goods in the sheds on the two tees are ,to be removed to sheds further up the wharf. A high picket fence is now being erected across the main wharf at a point where the outer tees commence, The Ophir will be moored about the centre of the outer tees, and immediately on her arrival will be connected with the telegraph system,

Some excitement was caused on Saturday afternoon by a couple of men who sought fight. They arranged'to deal it out to f each other on the beach, and repaired thither, followed by a great crowd of people. Instead of hitting each other the men shook hands, and the crowd had to retire in disappointment.

A telegram sent from Invercargill on Friday states: —Practically there has been no change in the oat market during the past week, but a very strong enquiry. Local merchants have now filled orders at present, but as there are other orders offering for South Africa, all the oats available for delivery may be required during the next month or two. Canterbury, however, continues to secure all the orders offering, and at such low prices that there is practically no margin between the prico given here to farmers and that obtainable for orders already booked. Deliveries will be more difficult during the next two months, and as supplies become scarce, it is probable that prices may advance a little. Business with Australia is completely at a standstill. Present quotations are Is 2d to Is 3d, sacks sd, on trucks at up-country stations.

The Lardean Eagle, a journal at Ferguson, British Columbia, publishes a statement from Mr Frank G. Carpenter, representing the Seattle P.I. in Wellington, about an interview with Mr Tregear, the head of the Labor Bureau in New Zealand, in reference to working men representatives in Parliament. Mr Tregear is reported as saying that in most cases the labor representatives stick to their class after being elected, but in some cases they do not. “In the latter instances,” says Mr Tregear, “ the working man starts in enthusiastically. He is all for labor and nothing for capital. He is soon corrupted, however, by his associations with the rich. The dinners and tho attentions of his wealthier Parliamentary fellows turn his head. By the end of tho first session he has risen abovo his class, and changes his working suit for a tweed suit. At tho end of the next session you find him in black broadcloth, with tall hat, and thereafter 110 probably votes with capitalists. As a whole, however, our working men make fairly good representatives.”

A vigorous alarm of fire was rung out on Saturday night, the bells being kept clanging so long—especially the upper bell—that people thought there was a very serious outbreak. The fire occurred at a house in Childers road, occupied b y Mr Collins, and owned by Mrs W. C. Nisbett. A little gill, aged about five, had gone into the bedroom, a front room, and by some means knocked the candle so that it caught the curtain. She ran to her mother, who was in the back room, and said that there was fire, and Mrs Collins, who had not been well during the day, ran into tho room and tried to pull the curtain down, but seeing that she could do no good in that way she ran to the door and gave the alarm of fire. Mr Cuthbert quickly ran to tho scene, and Messrs H. Hill and A. Anderson were also promptly to hand. They pulled down the inflammable material, and with other assistance vigorously plied buckets of water. In a short time they had the fire under control. The Brigade had water on vory smartly, but without tho other timely aid it could not have saved Mr Collins’ residence. The walls were charred, but the damage was not so great as to make the house unfit for habitation. It was most vexatious that under tho circumstances the upper bell should have been kept ringing.