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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 374, 25 March 1902, Page 2

About fifty-six remounts have been purchased by the Inspector of Stock (Mr Campbell Thomson)., The Orchestral Society will resume practice on Wednesday evening, at eight o’clock. A full attendance is requested. Our telegrams show that after a splendid game at the polo tournament at Palmerston North, the handicap was won by Mangaheia. The annual picnic of the Waerenga-a-hika School is to be held on Easter Monday, and with fine weather will be a big success.

Captain Edwin wired at 12.8 yesterday afternoon :—“ Heavy gale, east to south and south-west ; heavy rain ; very high tides ; very heavy sea ; glass fall, but rise after eight hours from now.” Mr 11. N. Lysnar, who represented the Poverty Bay section of the Farmers)’ Union at the conference at Auckland, returned to Gisborne on Sunday. At the concert at Te Karaka on Friday night, assistance will be given by Misses Lewis,. Falbet, McClure (2), Ingleton ; and Messrs Barlow, Teat, and Sheridan. The heavy rain up the coast is giving tire travellers to that quarter anything but a pleasant time. The rivers inland (our Karaka correspondent reports), were rising yesterday.. The election of Mayor of Gisborne takes place next month. So far there has been no mention of any other name than that of the present experienced Mayor, Mr John Townley. At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday Mr Barton, S.M., granted a prohibition order against James Boyle Adams. A first offender was convicted of drunkenness and discharged. It is notified that at the meeting of the Gisborne Co-operative Building Society to-night, an additional appropriation of £3OO will be disposed of by lender, thus making a total of £OOO for disposal. Among, those who are likely to be included in the Coronation contingent is a Gisborne representative, Mr Charles Ferris, who was one of those chosen to join in the Commonwealth celebrations. We are requested by Mr Morrow to explain that the boy who Had hold of the pea rifle on Sunday afternoon when the accident which happened to the youth Jackson took place, was not his son, the name of the lad who had the gun in hand being Morris. The following telegram was received yesterday by Mr Sheridan, secretary of the Premier Testimonial Committee “ The weather here is had. The sea lias got up and may destroy the prospect of Mr Seddon’s coming here, but that need not interfere with Gisborne— Jj, Carroll.” It might possibly be inferred by our report of the Whatatutu fatality that ia much longer time elapsed in extricating the injured man than was actually the case. The delay was not more than half an hour, which was expeditious under the distressful circumstances.

During the next silling of Ihe Supreme Court at Gisborne we understand the Compensation Court, consisting of His Honor Judge Conolly as President, and Captain Chrisp and MiGrant as assessors, will deal with a claim for compensation in connection with the taking of the railway station ground at Gisborne On Easter Monday the Gisborne Rifles will fire for Mr W. A. O’Meara’s medal. The distances are to be 300, 500, aDd 700 yards, with sealed handicaps, and shooting will commence at 12 o’clock sharp. The entries close at Lieut. Lewis’ shop, the fee boing Is. Mr McCoombc’s brake will loavo the Post Oflice at quarter-past 11 for the range.

A former resident in Auckland, who has

had extensivo knowledge of mining in all parts of the world, writes to a friend, under date London, February 9, as follows : “Africa is booming, and we are all making money. There is room for a further rise yet, especially in low-grade propositions. We are making £90,000 profit in two years off a 4dwt mine.”

An eleven from the County Cricket Club, the most enterprising and flourishing institution of its Mod in this district, journey to Wairoa during the Easter holidays, and play a series pf matches there. It is to be hoped that the County will have pleasant weather for the trip, which is sure to prove a most enjoyable one.

I In to-day’s Times there is an “Ode to the Eight-hour Day,” a poetic commendation of Pearson and Co.’s splendid sand soap. The soap is manufactured in Hamilton East, and has proved such a great success that the proprietors have lately had to make substantial additions to their premises to enable them to turn out a larger quantity to meet the demand. The sand soap may be warmly commended to the ladies, whose housework may by it be greatly lightened. Yesterday a fresh westerly breeze was blowing at Cape Maria Tan Dieman ; a W.S.W. gale at Russell, blue sky ; Auckland, light S.W. breeze, cloudy ; New Plymouth, S.E. breeze, blue sky ; Wellington, light S.E., cloudy ; Napier, E.N.E. gale, cloudy. No information was received as to the state of the weather south of Lyttelton. A heavy sea* was running at Capo Maria Yan Dieman, Russell, Tiritiri, Castlepoint, rough at Tauranga, smooth to moderate elsewhere. Mr McGregor, proprietor of the KiaOra writes :—“ I have just received from London the account sales of 253 boxes of butter per s.s. Tongariro, and the London charges on this shipment amount to £BS 17s lOd, that is after being put free on board in Auckland, and the charges on the same shipment, after being put on Gisborne wharf, amount to JE'l4 9s 7d, making the charges total L'99 Ss od, which works out to within a fraction of

lid per lb. The above are the ordinary charges, and are the same on every shipment. If the farmers take the trouble to add to the above the cost of manufacture, boxes, cartage, etc., they must admit that they are offered a fair price for butter-fat, but'l expect the majority would rather accept what his neighbor tells him than go into details himself,"

The monthly meeting of the Hospital Trustees will be held at the Hospital tomorrow evenmg.

Mr R. C. Miller notifies that all persons trespassing on any property owned by him will be prosecuted.

Mr T. G. Lawless, house, land, assurance, and general commission agent, issues a revised property.list this morning. We are pleased to hear there is a likelihood of the Tolago Bay cricketers visiting Gisborne at an early date. In addition to the match against the town players, the Coast team are anxious to try conclusions with the County Club at Ormond.

There is something of a mystery attached to the strange steamer which was seen in Doubtless Bay on Thursday morning. From what could be gleaned by those on the Tutanekai, the steamer came into the bay during Wednesday night, and left again about 6 o’clock the next morning, proceeding to the southward. She is described as a very lai-ge vessel, painted white, with a yellow funnel, and had three masts. The Tutanekai saw nothing of the strange steamer during her trip.

Dr Mason, chief health officer, during his visit to Sydney, spent some time at the plague hospital working in the laboratory, and went out with doctors to visit plague cases. He states that the infectivity of the plague is very small. Rela-

tives are allowed to see patients in Sydney if certain precautions are observed. New Zealanders, says Dr Mason, need have no fear of plague if cleanliness be observed. Plague is spread by rats or by fleas which have been upon rats, and during the past 12 months not one plague-infected rat has been found in New Zealand.

A Coromandel correspondent telegraphs that a miner named George Dean, working with his mate, McMath, at Aitken’s Freehold mine, met with an accident on Friday evening. They were clearing out an old drive, when a fall of earth occurred, partially covering Dean. McMath at once commenced to dig him out, and when the earth was removed it was found that Dean’s hip was injured. McMath had to leave Dean and proceed to the waterworks for men to assist to carry the injured man through the bush to the road.

A conveyance then brought him to the district hospital, where the patient was attended by Dr Bud.

According to the report of the New Zealand Rugby Union, the coffers of the New Zealand Rugby Union benefited to the extent of £6lO 10s by the tour of the New South Wales footballers. The receipts from matches, etc., amounted to £BO7 Os 7d, beidg made up as follows : Wellington match £127 2s, Otago match £l5O 8s 3d, Southland match £SO, Canterbury match £59 9s 2d, New Zealand match £239 Is 4d, Wanganui match £3B 7s lid, Auckland match £125, practice match £l6 10s 9d, sale of cards £1 Is. The chief items of expenditure were : Transit and hotel expenses, New Zealand team, £lO9 15s Id ; selectors’ expenses, £ll Is 4d ; entertainment, £3O 16s 6d. Of the balance, £605 has been placed on fixed deposit. The poultry industry in the Wellington district is assuming larger proportions every day. Just now the local grader (Mr W. Blowers) and his staff are exceptionally busy. Last night and on the previous night they were working till about midnight clearing the pens, the birds being sent off to the freezing chambers as soon as possible after they were received at the depot, in order that any risk of deteriorating might be avoided.. The average number received at the depot and sent to the freezing chamber is 250 a day. Consignments are coming forward from ail parts of the district, as far north as Napier on one side and New Plymouth on the other. There has also been a marked improvement in quality.

At the conference of branches of the Farmors’ Union, in Auckland, Mr Aikin (Ohaewai) moved, “ That the Government .be requested to take the necessary steps to facilitate the individualisation and speedy opening up of the native lands north of Auckland.” In support he stated that in the district from which he hailed (Bay of Islands) there were large tracks of native lands locked up that would bo rapidly settled on if thrown open by the Government. Several others spoke strongly in favor of the motion, pointing out that in all parts of the North the very pick of the land was in the hands of the Maoris, and was lying unproductive, yielding no return to the holders, no revenue to the Crown, and no rates to the counties concerned for the maintenance of roads and bridges. Messrs R. Hobbs, R. Monk, M.H.R., R. Thompson, M.H.R., George Fowlds, M.H.R., were among the speakers, the latter stating that he thought tho time was ripe for the taxation of Native lands for road maintenance, etc., just on the same lines as the European lands, and for the resumption by the Crown of large estates. There was no need to do an injustice to the Natives in taking over their lands. The land could be taken by the Crown at a fair valuation and the interest paid to the Natives, the question of individualisation to be subsequently dealt with. The motion was then unanimously adopted.

Amongst what are called the Coronation claims which have just been settled was the “ place ” of the Archbishop of York in the Abbey proceedings. His Grace was present to plead his own cause, but when called upon to do so he declared that by the pleasure of the King, and with the consent of the Archbishop of Canterbury, it had been settled that he should place the crown on tho head of Queen Alexandra. This application is a survival of the unseemly squabbles which at one time took place between the archbishops for precedence. The rival primates were always competing for the chief authority in the English Church, and it was the Pope who originally settled the matter canonically by deciding that the Archbishop of Canterbury should be Primate of all England, and the Archbishop of York Primate of England only. In the early middle ages the two were always at loggerheads especially in matters such as Coronations, etc., when each thought he should take the chief part, and frequently enough bis Grace of Canterbury objected to York even being assigned a position of equality with him. To this end Canterbury always had the Bishop of London on hand to fill any office in such ceremonies which York might attempt to undertake. On one occasion, indeed, the Archbishop of York appeared on the scene to find that the Bishop of Durham was occupying what he conceived to be his "place of right ” on [the left of the King. Without any further ado, his Grace of York promptly sat on the top of my Lord of Durham, and there ensued a general scuffle, in which Canterbury was himself a participant.