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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 230, 7 October 1901, Page 2

Turanganui Masonic Lodge meets this evening.

The Haiti Road Board invite tenders for work on liirini Road, and the Pouawa Road Board for work on Gleuroy Road. Long-service medals are to be issued to gaol warders who have served not less than 14 years continuously without a black mark.

An important sale of land will be held by Messrs Wyllie and Mason on the 19th inst., when they will offer a number of choice suburban and town sections. Particulars of the properties will be seen in our advertising columns.

A meeting of cricketers will be held in the Masonic Hotel this evening to deal with the report of the committee with regard to a district scheme. A meeting of the committe will bo held at seven o’clock, and the general meeting takes place at eight. The Kawhia Star's correspondent writes : *• The news that 80,000 acres of Kawhia South land have to go to the ballot in January has caused quite a mild sensation all around. It is also reported that £65,000 is to be spent on roading that part of the country. There is no doubt the Government mean to push this district on now and atone somewhat for the neglect of the past,"

The [lev. Canon Fox returned from the South hi Saturday. ; f F.xtra classes in the A. and P. schedule ! are announced in our advertising columns. ! t His Honor Judge Hat ham left for | Wellington hist evening on business in | connection with the Validation Court. ] \ The Borough Council intetyj to resist i 1 the proposed "increase of one shilling per 1 yard e.n metal obtained from the Batutahi i quarry. I j Attention is directed to the .programme j ' ot the Mohavek Minstrels, which appears j 1 in another column. The entertainment is ! to be given to-morrow evening in aid of I ; the Beautifying Association, and should ; attract a large gathering. During the twelve months ended Sep- ; teiaber 181.126,815 gallons of water were pumped for the use of the city of Auek- . | land. This is an increase of over nine ; million gallons as compared with the : previous year. 1 The transport Thomas, which left San ' Francisco in July Last, carried 800 men j and 100 women, who were going to the I Philippines as school teachers. Thirty | couples promptly fell in love, and when the ship reached Honolulu, went ashore and were married. It is stated that owing to the efforts of Mr-Jackson Palmer, Mril.lt., one of tire I two hoggings ordered to be inliictrd on Aubrey has been remitted. The Minister for Justice (the lion. J. McGowanl has | positively declined to reduce tiie sentence, or do anything further in the matter. One day hist week a waterspout came up towards Opotiki from the direction of White Island. It is described as at first a verv dense cloud funnel shaped far oat to s>oa. It seemed to take the j fonu of a huge column revolving rapidly j and spiral! v." The sea at its base showed j , white with It passed away east* | w ard. | There is a probability o! the Rev. I | Joseph Campbell, of i’apanui, Christ* ; - church, visiting Gisborne on Saturday j J next. Mr Campbell was for some time i I engaged at Te Aroha representing Kng- | l lish capitalists in connection with the ■ j thermo hyporphorie process of treating ore, ,-ind during the absence of Archdeacon j Dudley, of Auckland, in England, had | charge of St. Sepulchre’s parish. Ho is S one of the must able preachers in the ; colony, and residents of Gisborne can i look forward to a treat in tbe event of i him visiting here. When the Trans-Siberian railroad was i projected it was claimed that it would ro- ! duce the journey from Moscow to Port ! Arthur to seven days. But it requires, in i fact, nearly a month. The prediction | was made that a speed of thirty-five miles an hour could be maintained ; the average made by tiie trains now running in about eight miles. The trouble is that the rails are too light. The Russian Government has awakened to the failure, and has now decreed that the light rails are to be replaced by rails of standard weight. The cost of tiie road as originally planned was to have been about <£65,00(),000. Tbe change in rails will add immensely to , that sum.—Exchange. If advanced ideas of naval architecture have their way, a coming change in the ; structure of warships will be the disap- : prarancc of conning-towers and fighting- \ tops. As to the conning-towers, it is | pointed out that in recent naval battles | they have almost never been used by 1 commanders. The open bridge seems to "] be preferred. Fighting-tops arc undoubt- , | cdly useful for work at short range, but it j j is a great question whether naval battles j will ever again bo fought at short range. - j The great guns of modern warfare carry | so far that battles will probably be over - | before the ships are close enough together I for the men in the tops to accomplish - i much, The towers and tops are so heavy I that their abolition will make it possible to strengthen ships greatly in other ways.

Heaven alone knows the amount of money that has been spent during the last year or two in photographing in every conceivable style the Premier and some oi his colleagues—but notably the Premier. Surely he must be very fond of himself. Take for example hi.s book, printed recently at the public expense, entitled “A Premier in Search of Health. Gorgeous in red and gold, it is filled with illustrations of Mr Scddon, and is a palpable puff. Thus the money goes. Now it is a costly book, then a write-up in the •• lleview of Reviews,” and again a glaring puli' in some influential paper. The Premier would ask us to believe that these are disinterested tributes to bis admitted capacity and worth. The .£’2oo paid to the *• Review of Reviews,” however, tells another tale.

At Whinrav’s Hall last night there was a largo attendance, when Mr F. B. Strong, M.A., repeated his address on tho subject, 11 Science and Religion.” The speaker was listened to with close attention throughout while he showed that science and religion were not opposed to each other as some unthinking sceptics believed, but rather that these two subjects travelled hand in hand to meet tho requirements of two sides of man’s nature, intellect and soul. Mr Strong said the doctrine of evolution was looked upon more favorably to-day than heretofore, and he was of the opinion that scientists would yet discover tho origin of life. The address was much appreciated by all present. At the close of the address Mr Buckingham sang the beautiful sacred solo “ Nazareth ” very expressively. Next Sunday evening Mr Buckingham will give an address upon tho life and work of Dr Parker of the City Temple, London.

I At the monthly mooting of the I’ouawa Road Hoard, held on Saturday, there wore present : Messrs McLaurin (chairman), ! Holden, Fraser, Barker, and Gouldsmith. Estimates for the coming year for repairs and maintenance were considered. The sum of £B4 was the total expenditure allocated. Accounts amounting to dill 10s were passed for payment. An application was received from the Whataupoko Road Board for a grant to assist in the repairs to the Riverside road, which was fully discussed. The members all concurred in the necessity of the work being done, but owing to the requirements in other parts of this largo district they were not in a position to accede to the request. Moreover as the Cook County Council had not- seen their way to give a larger subsidy this year, on increased valuations, which the Board had calculated upon, they had to diminish their allocations for other necessary works. Mr Matthews, Chairman of the Whatanpoko load Board, attended and urged that some small vote should be given. It was resolved that the Board should join with the Wharaupokj Road Board in requesting the Cook County Council to assist with an annual grant for the Riverside road, and that the Chairman and Mr Houlden he a deputation to wait upon the Council re the matter ; also that the Whataupoko Board be requested to appoint two delegates to interview the Council.

At the Tc Arai Road Board meeting on Saturday there were present: Messrs C. White (Chairman), Morrison, C. J. Barker, J. Clark, and Jex-Blake, A special order was passed for the purpose of striking | the rate in connection with the proposed j loan of £6OO for the erection of the Te Arai bridge. Mr 3uy Porter wrote asking the Board to authorise him to repair a culvert, at a cost of 30s.—Agreed to. A bonus of £~> was granted to the secretary (Mr Bilham) for extra clerical work in connection with the Tokonui loan. Mr •Jex-Blake mentioned that repairs had been done to the road both at Sisterson’s and Livingstone’s out of the £5 granted to him for necessary work at a former meeting. Mr Parker stated the road to his place was in a had state. There was over £4O spent on the road above him last year, and he had fought for the settlers past his place for a long time. Mr Morrison said at the same time there had been £3O spent on the road below Mr Parker’s place. It was suggested that estimates should be prepared before any money was spent. The Chairman said the district, as far as the Board wa= ton- j corned, was practically in halves, one half of the money going to Murewai and the I other to Te' Arai. Mr Clark remarked j that was the previous arrangement. The I Chairman said he raised th:s question j previously, and it was decided that the j plan should be carried on as before. In j regard to finance, the clerk stated the Murewai portion was in funds to the extent of £175, and the Te Arai £3O,

The Gisborne bowling green will be j ornialh opened on Thursday. The ketch Clematis left Auckland on ht turd ay for Tairim, to load timber for .nsborne. The hull of the burned ship Occident, i vhich is being towed up to Auckland from ! l-'iji by the Rakanoa, is to be towed down j o Wellington by the Ilawea. Mr Cox, son of Canon Fox, one of the i unior masters at the Napier Hoys' High School, is resigning his position in order ! :o take tip Melanesian mission work. Mr Fred Stevenson lias re-entered the livery stable business, and has had a new building erected on the Feel-street site. He should receive a fair share of public patronage. Messrs Williams and Kettle will sell bv j auction, on the loth iust., on account of j the late Mr J. Muldoon, a number of j draught horses, hacks, farm implements, j and 1000 sacks maize. The iirst practice game of the Poverty i Bay Polo Club will held on Saturday ! next. The game promises to bo in great i favor this season, a large number of new | players having joined the Club. General Samuel Pearson. Boer representative in the United States, has i brought suit against the British Consul at 1 New Orleans, A. G. Vansittart, it will be remembered, accused General Pearson of complicity in the plot which led to the attempt to blow up the British cattle transport Mechanician, on Aug. f>. The bowling season was opened on the Napier Club's green last Thursday after noon, when there was a large attendance of players, ineluding visitors from Hastings and Bluif Hill Clubs, and their friends. The President (Mr Holmes Dean) in the course of his opening address announced that a large and valuable shield would shortly arrive from England I for the annual tournament between the j Napier, Bli.ii Hill, and Hastings Club. j A Southland paper states that possibiy the last season has been the best that farmers have had torn,..uy years. Dairying paid handsomely, and out-growing hotter. Cattle-fattening lias also paid ■ excellently, and one hears of fanuc-r.. disi posing of from 15 to 20 head of fat cattle at X'S and X'S 15s a head. With milk at lUd per lb of butter-fat, oats 2s dd a bushel, and fat cattle X'B 10s per head, farmers should ho enabled to put by nest-egg sullieient to tide them safely over the proverbial '‘rainy day” which periodically visits farmers. A somewhat unseemly interruption occurred during the service at one of the Christchurch churches. Tlie minister, wiio conducted the service, in the course of his sermon, stated that he had a conversation, very recently, with a business man of the city, who asserted his conviction that if he attempted to carry on his business on the lines laid down in the “ Sermon on the Mount,” ho would be in the Bankruptcy Court in three months. “ I don't believe it,” interrupted one of the congregation. The preacher took the interruption coolly. He remarked, “ 1 am glad somebody docs not believe it," and went on with his discourse.

Dr. R. J. Gatling, who invented the lirst rapid-lire gun of modern warfare, and made peace between nations a question of convenience rather than diplomacy, has turned his attention to farm machinery, and proposes to revolutionise existing agricultural methods. Dr. Gatling has invented a motor plough, which, ho asserts, will accomplish as great a revolution on the farm as Ilia gun did on the field of battle. The great inventor makes the startling claim that his plough, under the guidance of one man, will break the surface of a thirty-acre licld in a single day. For the present be refuses to make tho details public, but he has already organised a company with .£500,000 capital, and will erect a large factory in St Louis. Besides the motor plough there are other farm implements to which Dr Gatling is giving his attention.

So far, Sir Thomas Upton has wooed fame as tea-mercliaut and yachtsman. Behold, also, Lipton the philosopher. Pie is, he tells us, just as happy whether he wins or loses the yacht contest for tho America Cup. In his good-byes to his friends in London, before leaving for America, he is said to have remarked : “ If victory were assured, there would be no sport. It is the uncertainty of the contest that constitutes the charm. Of course, 1 hope to win ; but I shall not whine if lam beaten. On the contrary, I shall congratulate tho victors. If I win, I shall lind that feeling reciprocated. Indeed, 1 believe that a great many Americans will be sorry if lam again beaten.” These being liis sentiments, Sir Thomas naturally started for the contest in tho best of spirits. The issue of victory and defeat arc attended by porplexities and no dreads. “It is all so pleasant, any way,” said Sir Thomas, “ that I am happy if I win, but not unhappy it' I lose. Happy man !—Truth. It is the custom (says the Hawke’s Bay Herald) to look upon tho sheopfarmiug class as a particularly fortunate part'of tho population, but few fortunes have been'made by the wool producer of late years. Jt is well known that some farmers have suffered severe losses. Their clips have been shipped Home and sold, and their expenses amounted tu considerably more than their receipts. After incurring all tho expense of shearing, shepherding, etc., it must be very disheartening for a farmer to receive from the firm through which ho shipped to tho Home market a statement of accounts show.ing that the result of the operation is that ho has overdrawn his account and owes tho firm so much on the transaction. Times have changed in this regard. For a long period there has been a want of buoyancy in the irade. When prices commenced to climb down the scale an early revival was deemed almost certain. But as season succeeds season they continue to decline with very slight recoveries that never last long. The profits of wool-growing can be estimated by tho fact that where a farmer was receiving sixteenpence and eighteenpenee a year or two since he now gets oigbtpence or sixpence.