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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 405, 2 May 1902, Page 2

There were thirteen marriages in Gisborne during the month of April. The shooting season opened yesterday under adverse circumstances. The weather was wet and game was very scarce. A meeting of the School Committee will be held this evening at haif-past seven.

The share list of the Gisborne Cooperative Building Society was completed yesterday, when the last three shares were taken up. A grand afternoon performance is announced for to-morrow by the Pollard Opera Company, when “Florodora” will be given for the benefit of schools and families.

At the Supreme Court yesterday Mr DeLautour made the remark that the defendants had been lulled to sleep. His Honor Mr Justice Edwards said that he thought those who owned land with native titles should never sleep. (Laughter.) There should be a good deal of interest taken in the Whataupoko Road Board election to-day. Messrs A. F. Matthews, D. M. Orr, and Winter Harnon have been nominated for the two vacancies, and close polling should result. A presentation of a pleasing kind took place at the Albion Club Hotel last evening, when Mrs T. Steele was presented by the employees at the hotel with a handsome pair of field glasses. The presentation was made in view of Mrs Steole’s departure for the Old Country, and was accompanied with the best wishes of the staff for a pleasant voyage and speedy return to Mew Zealand. Several toasts were proposed and duly honored, and a very enjoyable hour or so was spent. According to a correspondent who writes from Johannesburg, Mr George Hutchison, formerly member for Patea is as prominent a figure in the public eye on tiic Hand as be was in . New Zealand. He lias already gained the reputation of being one of the foremost advocates of the High Court, and consequently is kept exceedingly busy at his profess onai duties. He is quite one of the Rand magnates now. An interesting aboriginal relic has been found at Taralga, New South Wales, in the form ol a bronze plate bearing the inscription, “ Mulwaree Tommy, Chief of Cookmai.” The plate is haii-moon in shape, with the ngure of a blackfellow with a boomerang in each hand, and bears no date. The oldest resident in Goulbourn district has no recollection of the chief ■or his tribe,

An example of now municipal work has been done in the past was afforded in Queen street, Auckland, this week while taking up a wooden block crossing in preparation for Hie tram line.

hue original specifications provided that the blocks snould be laid on a six inch bed of concrete, bui it now proves that the concrete bed is only about two inches, and that the space between the concrete and the blocks was filled with clav.

The number of legal piactitioners i

the coluny is, as nearly as can be ascertained, COD, a decrease of three in the year. '1 here are 1-16 solicitors practising in the Wellington district ian increase of two over last year), and of this number 78 belong to the

city and 118 to country districts, The Wellington District Law Society lias' a membership of 11(1, of whom 65 practise in the city. There are 50 members of tiie legal profession in this jirovincial district who are not members of the Society,

Flounders are very scarce in Christchurch at the present time, so much so

that frozen flounders from the Thames were on sale in that city a few days ago. it is suggested tnat as the Wellington market is supplied mainly from Hawke’s Bay a direct steam service should be established with the Sounds, so that supplies could be reinforced regularly from that part of the colony. There is a very good class of flounder at the Sounds, as well as large quantities of blue cod, but if Thames fishermen can successfully supply the Christchurch market they ougln to find ample aim 'profitable sales for the fish in Wellington.

As a proof of the difficulty in meeting the demand for poultry for export, 'it is stated that orders have tieen sent to New Zealand for 60,000 birds per month for shipment to South Africa alone. A Sydney merchant has contracted for the supply of 20,000 head of poultry to the' Cape every month, and is surprised to'find that lie will be unable to fill the whole order in New Zealand. The condition of a large proportion of the birds sent to various poultry depots in this colony is said tq bet very unsatisfactory. They are, the Government poultry expert (Mr Hyde) states, large enough, but nave not been properly fattened, and are therefore not suitable for export. For that reason half the poultry, sent to the depots has had to lie rejected.

A ludicrous scene at the. troopers’ luncheon iu Wellington {when the toast of “ The King ” was proposed) was' witnessed. According to an exchange, a half-caste Maori sprang on to a chair and commenced a realistic halto. This was allowed to go on for some time, when tho Premier gave the word to stop him. Four oilieers attempted to execute the order unsuccessfully. Then the troopers commenced to pelt the offender, against discipline, with apples, buns, and confectionery. Mr Seddon sprang to his foot, and, with the glare of bat-tlo in his eyes, roared that if another apple was thrown '.he man would bo placed under arrest. The turmoil ceased, only to be renewed when at the toast- of “ The Royal Family,” the band struck up “ For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow ” for Mr Seddon, and those surrounding him countermarched them with the National Anthem, Unriddle now is : “If it takes four officers five minutes to stop one Maori wairior, how long would it take to stop 5000 ?” Although the weather was threatening for the weekly meet of the Poverty Baj Hunt Club, held yesterday at Mr T. Goldsmith's, Waikauae, there was nevertheless a good muster and a very successful outing resulted. Amongst those present were Mrs Colin Dunlop on Sailor, Miss N. Reynolds on King Jimmy, Miss Thehvall on a fine cbesnut, Messrs R. Sherratt on a chesnut, R. Murphy on a black gelding, D. McKenzie on Snaphence, Malone' on a chesnut mare, T. O’Reilly od Ketit’i,' C.'Duniop cn Bulldog colt, J. Mclntosh on The Gryphon, J. M. Gouldsraith on Fencer, T. Sherratt on a pretty creamy, L. C. Gouldsmith on Baldy, W. Jobson on Ladykiller, Newman on Liangollan, and S. Malone on Ikatere. Amongst those looking on were : —Misses Newman (2), Gordon, Reynolds, Malone, and Messrs Jack Cumming, Zachariah, CarriDgton, and other enthusiasts. Hares were fairly numerous, .but did not give a good run. Once the hounds put up a big hare, and a fine run was obtained, 1 but no kill resulted. There were numer- 1 ous spills during the afternooD, one being i of rather a serious nature. Mr J. Macin- s tosh, who was on The Gryphon, received ; a very bad fail, and although the rider 1 escaped without injury, the horse cut i himself rather badly. The next meet c will be held at Mr W. Hutchinson's, e Fuhatikitiko, on Friday nest. £

The general roll for the electoral district of the City of Christchurch, which has now been issued, shows that 11,093 electors are enrolled.

In consequence of strained relations in regard to church matters, one or two of the officers of the Kaiapoi Presbyterian Church have tendered their resignations.

A young miner named John Prowse received fatal injuries at the Great Boulder mine, Kalgoorlie, by being struck by a descending cage, the hook of which had broken. At Wee Waa, New South Wales, the railway works have had to be stopped and men have been paid off owing to the inability of carriers to furnish the necessary supplies.

During tlie simultaneous mission at Kensington, Flemington, and Newmarket, Victoria, a number of racing men and jockeys are stated to have professed conversion.

On account of the bad weatiier, the

farmers at Table Hill and Circle Hill district will suffer (says tlie Bruce Herald) a reduction in the values of their grain of at least 30 to 10 per cent.

While a boy named Carroll was handling a Winchester rifle at Caledonia station, New South Wales, the weapon accidentally went off, and the bullet passed through his head, killing him instantly*

The Clutha Leader understands that Mr Clark, of Geraldine, is erecting a large sawmilling plant at Tautuku, his intention being to utilise the Tautuku River as a means of transit to the markets.

A South Taieri farmer recently threshed 1500 hags of oats and 100 hags of wheat—all out of the stook ; and though the sample was a poor ,one, he sold the oats at from 2s 3d and wheat at 3s (id.

While a young man named Edward Richtor was riding home from a ball at Koorong Vale, Victoria, his horse swerved, and lie was thrown so very heavily that his skull was fractured, and lie died soon after in .Wedderbury Hospital.,

A named Herbert Treasure was brought to the Gulgong Hospital, New South Wales, suffering from an injury to his spine, caused by about three tons of dirt falling upon him while he was working in a drive. In the Scone district, New South Wales, large numbers of stock have been kept alive on prickly pears, of which there are thousands of acres. Every carrier in the district has been busy carrying lodder to stations around, especially westward. The Council ol' the Wellington District Law Society has passeu a series of resolutions, expressing the opinion that the salaries paid to Judges are inadequate, and that tlie question be brought under the notice ol the New Zealand Law Society. The Wellington City Council is likely to proceed with the erection of tlie new town hall at once, and apply later on to the ratepayers for the additional £IO,DUO which it has been iound • will lie necessary before the building is completed, it is probable that the tender of Paterson and Martin will be accepted for the town hall. Recently the Colonial Office issued to the press copies ol' cable messages which had passed between Lord Rani'urly and Mr Seddon on the one hand and Mr Chamberlain on the otner, Mr Seddon in particular urging that the war should ‘he prosecuted by other than what has been called “ kid glove" methods. These messages and tlie fact tliat New Zealand is sending a Tenth has been commented upon enthusiastically. The London . Daily Chronicle says “ The Colonial Office lias some time long since learned not to snub the zeal ot the colonies. Will the Colonial Office also take a lesson

from the colonies and make the elicits lor which young Britain across the seas is so earnestly calling ? Mr Chamberlain has warmly recognised the gallant services of the New Zealand contingents, and Lord Kitchener lias declared that he would not desire better troops. Will Mr Chamberlain lie as ready to impress upon the .War Office the advice of New Zealand that the way to end the war is to pour mounted troops into youth Africa with unstinted prodigality ?” Other papers follow in a similar strain. The Daily Graphic remarks that “ The whole Empire 'is grateful to Mr Weddon and iiis fellow-colonists for the patriotism which lias dictated this

oiler ” (the Tenth), Even a pro-Boer paper says : “ There can he no two opinions about the splendidly patriotic conduct of New Zealand.” This paper goes on to add : “ Whether even New Zealanders will say as much about the

unnecessary urgency with which Mr Seddon exhorted the Colonial Office

not to refuse the offer is more open to question. It would be charitable to Mr Seddon to assume that his telegram was not meant, in the first instance at any rate, lor publication,, and to Mr Chamberlain, m view of his peculiar attitude toward private correspondence, it might be doing a great injustice, Even as the message stands we will hot ask by what authority Mr Seddon lectures the Empire. Such inquiries are not part of the taxpayers’ business, which is exclusively to pay. But we will ask, by what authority he lectures it in the name of Canada and Australia ? Does New Zealand offer any adequate scope for a man of' Mr Seddon’s activity ? If we did not possess Mr Chamberlain it looks as if he might find time to run the Empire. Indeed, but for the existence of the German Emperor lie might be invited to run the earth.”