The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUGUST 18, 1902.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 504, 18 August 1902, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUGUST 18, 1902.

The telegraph wires were working well on Saturday, but communication was interrupted in the evening. It played the same trick yesterday, working well in the day, but refusing to transmit when the Times’ evening budget was put on. It was taken through the same wire by telephone, and immediately it was finished the wiro went well again—when not wanted. On the midnight duty being taken up the wires was still all right, but it went off again when the Times cables had reached Napier, and they had to be transmitted per telephone.

It is probable that the Public Works Statement will come down to-morrow. The Sierra loft San Francisco on the 14th, at 11 a.m.

Stubbs and Co. have a purchaser for a house near the Kaiti bridge. Mr John Duthie has consented to contest a city seat at the general election. The barquentine River Hunter sailed from Ilaipara for Sydney with a cargo of timbor on Friday lu3t. Troopers Cook, Humphrey, A. and K. Campbell returned to Gisborne on Saturday.

It is thought at Narrandera, New South Wales, that the beef and mutton supplies will bo absolutely out off in a short tirno.

Tho Military Ball to bo held in the Theatre Royal on Thursday evening nest, promises to bo the social event of tho season.

The Wanganui Hospital Board has finally decided to take over the management of the plague hospital for that district.

Weasels are apparently becoming rather plentiful in Auckland. One was killed by a dog in the Britomart Hotel, Custom street.

The Licensed Victuallers’ Association of Waimate has decided to withhold liquor from all boarders or travellers in future on Sundays. 11. J. Groenslade, a Purima farmer, in rosponso to a requisition containing 1000 signatories, stands for Waikato in the Government interest.

The steamer Oreti, which was reported to be ashore at Farewell Spit, was floated off at high tide on Saturday morning, and proceeded on her trip to Westport. Mr Armstrong wishos us to state for the information of contractors that sleepers are not included in the Wnipaoa bridge contract. Mrs Cowie, the widow of tho late Primato of Now Zealand, who has been an invalid for some considerable time, is at present very seriously ill. The opening of gasworks at Marton was celebrated by a supper and dance. The hall was brilliantly lighted with gas. The first light, 250 candle power, was turned on by the Mayoress. The Sunday-shool anniversary services at St. Andrew’s Church yesterday were largely attondod, and the musical portion of the service was of a specially attractive character.

In answer to a question put by Mr Harries, Mr Mills stated that papers giving information about tho position of the Cook Islands, financial and otherwise, would be laid on the table before very long.

In removing tho debris of the late fire at Whangarei, a number of the eases of kerosene were found to be opened, and others were punctured on top and in the sides. Incendiarism is suspected. The Public Works Department has received tho following tenders for the erection of a Customs House at Wellington : —W. H. Bennett, L 26,998 (accepted) ;J. Tucker and Sons, L 27,400 ; J. Russell, L 34,300 ; A. Maguire, L35,i66. The Whangape, which arrived at Sydney from the Bluff on Friday, experienced tempestuous weather, and lost 590 sheop. Those stowed below suffered most. The Whangape left the Bluff on August Bth, with 3996 sheep. The Union Company’s steamer Moura, on tho last trip to Auckland, made a fast run up from Gisborne of 22 hours, maintaining a speed of 14 knots throughout. The steamer fell in with bad weather yesterday, and was nearly 30 hours in coming from Auckland. Messrs Stubbs and Co. advertise that they have Co-operative Building Society shares for sale. Tho great success of the issue of shares just closed makes them a good investment, and they are indispensable if a person desires to borrow from tho Society. The lady students of the St. John’s Ambulance nursing olass will noto that the lectures will continue to bo held in the Wesleyan schoolroom on Wednesdays at half-past seven. Townley’s rooms are not available, and the Wesleyans have kindly offered their convenient room rent free.

On Saturday the Hon. J. Carroll wired to Mr E. P. Joyce: “Engine has just Strived at wharf from Nelson; delayed by bad Weather. It will leave by Tuesday for Gisborne. I trust it will land there all right. Kia-ora.” 'Mr Joyce is to be commendod for the trouble taken in this matter. There is a very keon demand for houses just now. The agents are besieged every day by persons who must have houses. Meantime, whole families are living in lodgings, waiting their chance. A boom in speculative sections cannot possibly be a good thing for Gisborne, but a steady influx of new settlers is something to be thankful for.

There was a large attendance at the Theatre Royal last evening when Mr Edmund H. Taylor delivered the first of a series of lectures to be given in this district on the subject of 11 No License.” Mr J. Somervell presided, and briefly introduced the speaker. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr Taylor only arrived from Auckland half-an-hour before speaking, he gave an excellent address lasting for about an hour. This evening he will appear at Ormond and deliver a limelight lecture on “ the Wreck of the Wairarapa,” the same address being repeated in Gisborne on Wednesday evening.

Attention is directed to the Orchestral Society's programme for to-morrow night, at which Miss Winnifred Birch, of Wellington, a talented vocalist with a mezzosoprano voice, who has sung with great effect at various places, will sing. The orchestral items should appeal to all tastes, there being only one which is highly classical. Its weird opening and gradual working up to f f will at least be appreciated by lovers of good music. The Concert Dances are new to Gisborne, and the items “ Salut d’Amour,” “ 1 Lombardi,” and the “ Coronation March ” should command the enthusiasm of aDy audience.

At the meeting of the Committee of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association on Saturday Messrs E. Roberts, R. Barker, V. Lardelii, 0. Monckton, and H. Bayly were elected members of the Society. Mr W. Cooper donated a special prize of £3 for the best bull calf under 12 months. The Hon. J. Carroll donated a special prize of £5 ss. It was resolved that it be allocated to milking classes, £3 os first additional, and £2 2s second additional, and an additional prize (£1 second) was made in Class 70. Extra class 55, best three orade heifer calved after 30th June, 1901, first prize £2, second £l. Mr J. H. Me Niven was appointed Judge of light horses. Messrs Hugh Campbell and Beecroft also wrote consenting to act as judges. An offer of £43 a year for five years for the right of catering for the Sooiety was received from Mra Erskine, and was referred to a Bub-committee,

Fears are entertained in Queensland for the safety of the labor schooner Sibyl, which left Townsville for the Solomon Islands eight months ago.

As showing the lowness of the Clutha River this winter, a resident may cross and recross regularly with a horse and buggy.

It is understood that tho ship Blenheim will remain in Wellington until the next wool season. This is consequent on the small amount of cargo offering for Home.

At the annnal meeting of shareholders of the Aparima Dairy Factory, held at Riverton last week, a motion was passed prohibiting the use of turnips and rape as feed for dairy cattle. It is reported that the Prince of Monaco intends to change the name of his steam

yacht the Princess Alice, so that he shall no longer be reminded by it of the Princess from whom he has lately been divorced. The A to L Petitions Committee think that Judge Edwards’ salary and law costs amounting to £3916, should be paid. They, therefore, recommend that his petition be referred to the Government for

favorable consideration. An Oamaru telegram states that the gift of Mr John Buckley to tho town has been extended to include the addition of a striking bell to tho peal provided for in the present arrangement. The total donation will therefore amount to between £350 and £4OO.

A few days ago (writes the Christchurch Press) Mr S. Nutt, of Little River, killed his well-known purebred Tamworth pig, Sandy Miek, which when dressed turned tho scale at scwt 301 b, though it was only three-parts fat. The pig held an unbeaten record as a first prize winner at the Canterbury Metropolitan Show. A Glen Oroua (Manawatu) farmer is evidently determined to have the best pigs obtainable. He has recently imported two from Canterbury, and has just ordered from Australia one of the purest bred obtainable there, with the view of improving local stock. Mr Bernard Veech, Mountain View Wellington, last week obtained a fleeeo from a prize merino sheep that scaled 301 b, and from a year-old owe another weighing 191 b. From two stud rams the fleeces also scaled 301 b and 281 b respectively.

It has been noticed by people living in the low-lying districts of Central Otago that paradise ducks are far more numerous this season than has been the case in past years. The fear that this fine bird was becoming extinct is not shared in by those who live near the marshes of the province.

A number of cows have died in the Gundagai district, New South Wales owing to the lodgment of dry food balls in tho stomach, caused by indigestion. Horses are also dying from tho formation of sand-balls in the stomach, due to the eating of young grass to which sand was attached. In one instance, no less than two buckets of sand were taken from one horse.

A young man, Percy Marshall McKay, who was working inside a large chimney at Perth, offered to bet that be could

climb to the top of a rope about 50ft long. His mates tried m dissuade him, but he reached the top of the rope. Soon afterwards he was found at the bottom of the chimney, terribly injured, and he subsequently succumbed. There are stated to be a dozen female barbers in the Melbourne metropolitan area It is anything but a pleasing fact to the Union. A mail artist has explained to the Age that there were establishments in Melbourne in which girls were taught the business in three months for a premium of Ls to Lio. They took engagements at 10s a week. The number of girls in the trade, he added, was steadily increasing. On Friday Mr T. Mackenzie asked the Government whether they havo considered the serious condition arising through the adoption of the Public School Teachers’ Salaries Act of last session, whereby a large number of country schools are now closed, and if so, what measures do they propose taking to remedy the serious condition of affairs ? Mr Mills said the Department had no information to show that any school had been closed because of the adoption of the Act. Mr Mackenzie : “ Well, then, the Department ought to be wiped out. I say it has information.” In the House of Representatives on Friday Mr Collins asked the Minister for Justice if anything has yet been decided upon with reference to the treatment of the class of vicious inebriates who infest our larger cities, and with regard to which class he promised to consult the Cabinet last session, in order to see what was best to be done. Some of these people, he said, had many convictions recorded against them. They were sent to gaol time after time, but imprisonment had no effect on them. They were simply kept in gaol long enough to enable them to get up another great thirst. Mr McGowan replied that the subject was a very difficult one. The Government had considered it, and had it still under consideration.