The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUGUST 19, 1902.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 505, 19 August 1902, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, AUGUST 19, 1902.

The Borough Council meet this even3g. To-morrow is the last discount day for he Gas Company's accounts.

Additions to the A. and P. Society's Show programme are notified. Messrs Humphreys and Son have been appointed agents for the Union Oil Engines in Gisborne. The Waimata mailman was unable to reach town yesterday owing to the swollen river.

Some alterations are made to-day in Mr T. G. Lawless’s business advertisement.

A Press Association message yesterday announced the death of Mrs Cowie, widow of the late Primate.

A Whangarei telegram states that R Allison, a settler, was killed while bush' falling at Ivaitara.

The Post-office at Ngunguru was broken into on Saturday morning. The burglars secured £6 in stamps and money. Mr C. Morse, hairdresser and tobacconist, has a change of advertisement in this issue. The spring poet is again shining forth. The Zenlandia for Sydney took from Auckland about 600 sheep and DU head of cattle, in addition to 'IOO sheep and 100 carcases of frozen mutton for South Africa.

The Manchester Unity of Oddfellows have decided to postpone the celebration of their anniversary for a month. Bro. P. Schwabc, P.G., has been appointed secretary for the gathering.

Owing to the prevailing bad weather the Orehostral Society have deemed it advisable to postpone their concert until the 2‘2nd inst. This will afford thoso that have not already dono so an opportunity of reserving seats at Chrisp and Son’s.

In tho Supremo Court at Auckland Henry James Fox, accountant of tho Roads Department at Rotorua, was sentenced to four years for forgery and using receipts totalling £6O, of which £67 had been refunded, and falsifying books. Tho prisoner, who previously bore an excellent character, attributed his downfall to drink. Bowling enthusiasts are looking forward to the table bowls tournament to be held next week. His Worship the Mayor and Mr J. A. Harding, President of the Gisborne Bowling Club, will open the tournament by playing the first game. The City Band will play during the evening.

The northern Coast mails did not reach Tokomaru llay until last night, and they are expected at Tolago to day. Mr W. McKinley, the Tolago mailman, has been delayed at the latter place until the arrival of the mails. Mr McKinley had a rough trip to Tolago yesterday, and could not take his coach beyond Puatae, having to pack the mails from there. To all who suffer from weak eyes, tho visit to Gisborne of Mr B. Solomon, oxpert optician, should prove a groat boon. This gentleman may be consulted at the Coronation Hotel, where ho remains for a fortnight. Consultation and sight testing is free of charge, and cvcryono with the slightest defect of sight should at once avail themselves of tho opportunity of consulting an authority.

A meeting of tho Loyal Gisborne Lodge, No. 6087, 1.0.0. F., M.U., was held in the Lodge room last ovening, Bro. M. G. Nasmith, junr., Past Grand, presiding. It was resolved to appoint a committee, comprising I’.G.’s., Bro. C. 11. Ambridge, W. Tharratt, M. McLeod, P. Schwabe, and J. Warren, to moot with tho other friendly societies in a conference to deal with matters of interest to tho various friendly societies. (Jno new member was initiated.

A lad named Louis Tnit had a narrow escape from drowning last evening. There was a moderate fresh in tho river, and he was trying to put right a small boat near tho bridge. The boat broke away, and was swiftly carried into tho eddying current. It capsized, and Tait, who was unable to swim ashore, clung to the bottom of the boat. An alarm was given, and with praiseworthy promptitude two of tho Ururoa’s crew got out another boat and rescued tho lad just when ho felt that he could not hold on many seconds longer.

At the Police Court yesterday Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., presided. John Ryan pleaded guilty that being a prohibited person he did, on August nth, enter the licensed premises of the Coronation Hotel during the currency of the order. Accused expressed his regret for his action. Sergeant Siddells stated there were two convictions for similar offences. His Worship remarked that it seemed useless to give accused advice. A fine of L 5, costs 9s. to be paid within seven days, in default 30 days’ imprisonment, was imposed.

Tho German nowspaper published at Apia, Samoa, states that from 200 to 400 Chinese are expected there by next month to supply labor to the local plantations. There has been a want of native labor for some time past. Tho importation of these Chinese is evidently an experiment, which, if successful and satisfactory to tho owners of the plantations, will be followed by further supplies of Chinese laborers. The Samoan natives will not submit to tho drudgery of continuous daily labor.

The fact that the Federation “ glamor,” to which the South Australian Stale

Treasurer alludes, did not enthrall us, that the wave o( enthusiasm which carried

the Australian colonies oft'their feet, did not even reach us, demonstrates how geographically, politically, and emotionally distant we are from our kinsmen in all that concerns local autonomy. For us to have become financially united, at a cost which is a blow to even Australian enthusiasm, would have been crushing. We have every reason to be thankful that we kept our heads and did not add the load of Melbourne administration to the sufficiently heavy one that we carry at Wellington.—New Zealand Herald.

“ Pro-Bono Publico ” writes on the

subject of " Prohibition and Drought.”— To the Editor : Sir, —The present copious rainfall would bo a great blessing to our fellow colonists in Australia. Having noticed for years past that whenever a prohibition lecturer commenced a campaign in Auckland, Wellington, or Gisborne, so surely was there a downpour, lasting several days, I would suggest that several of these lecturers be requested

to at once turn their energies to the drought-stricken States, instead of staying in New Zealand, which has too much water. The experiment would be interesting, and possibly result in copious rain

falling throughout Australia. At the Mutual Improvement Society last night the Journal was read. This contained several interesting articles. “ Fooling the Prophets ” gave a sketch of the various prophecies with regard to the King, and drew the conclusion that not the least significant accomplishment of the Coronation was that it disappointed the superstitious. “The Medusa” was a witty application of classical lore to local circumstances, the “ Gorgon ” being the band Rotunda, whose habitation was described to be somewhere between Makauri and the Wainui. “ The Temperature” was an interesting piece for a more sensible reading of the thermometer, “ My trip to Australia ” was an observant sketch of the writer’s experiences and opinions. “Palmistry and Fortune-tell-ing” condemned a craze said to be at present existent in Gisborne. Final arrangements were made for holding the annual conversazione next Monday.

At a meeting of the Lova! Gisborne Juvenile Lodge last evening, Bro. P. Schwabe, P.G., presiding, Bro. Murray was elected minute secretary. The Lodge is progressing satisfactorily, and a largo number of its members havo lately been

transferred to the adult lodge. It is also steadily increasing in membership. “ The Department has no information on the subject,” was the reply given to Mr Hanah (Invercargill), who asked the Minister for Justice if it is a fact that a number of law cases are not being set down for trial in the Supreme Court at Auckland, by the members of the legal profession in that city, but are being decided by the private arbitrators, and if so, can he inform the House the reason for such action.

“ There was one occasion in July last, when there was some delay, but that was owing to an accident," was the explanations of the Acting-Minister for Defence to Mr Bollard, who asked why the members of the Permanent Force on the Auckland station, are kept so long after the end of the month waiting for their pay. Mr Bollard remarked he had been informed that it had occurred frequently during the past six months. The Minister said his information was to the contrary. At a meeting of junior footballers to consider the advisability of sending a junior representative team to Napier this season, it was decided to try and arrange the fixture, and a large number of players handed in their names as willing to go. The Management Committee of the local Union, in order to fall in with the wishes of the Hawke’s Bay Union, decided to postpone the last round of the senior banner fixtures, and to fix Saturday, September loth, as the date for the annual representative match, Poverty Bay v. Hawke's Bay, thus allowing two Saturdays for trial matches. Messrs A. Rees, R. Cole, W. Gibson, and J. Haton were appointed a selection cominittco. The trial matches will be played on the 30th inst. and fitk September. Messrs W. Gibson, A. Sharp, and J. Webb wero appointed selectors for the juniors. The first junior trial match will bo held next Saturday. The cablegrams from Home have informed us that Misses Mary and May Scddon were on a visit to Inverary Castle, one of the Scottish seats of the Duke of

Argyle. We wonder how many Now Zealanders grasped the full significance of the pieco of social gossip. For a really groat honor has thus been bestowed upon tho fair New Zealanders. The Dukes of Argyle are the proudest of proud Scots, and the present Duke has the rare honor of being husband to a Queen’s daughter—Princess Louise, sister of King Edward, so tbut the Misses Seddon have been the guests of royalty. The Duke is better remembered as the Marquis of Lome, and it will bo remembered that he and his princess-wife were for a period tho vice-regal rulers of Canada. The Duko and Duchess have, since their Canadian experience, always had a regard for oversea Britons.—Free Lance. Mr Bollard, in asking the Minister for Lands if he would amend the Land for Settlement Act this session, in ordor to enable working men to acquire the freehold of their homos in 30 years, said a number of workmen who had called upon him in connection with the land thrown opon near Aucklan 1. had expressed a desire for tho freehold. He was certain tho land would bo readily taken up if they could make tho land their own. Mr Bollard also pointed out that there was a difficulty in regard to the clause in the leases referring to tho erection of dwellings. The Minister replied to the question in the negative, and in doing so, said he did not believe tile Government should purchase the freehold from one man and hand it over to another. With regard to the hamlets near Auckland, ho thought it would bo a good place to try the experiment of erecting a few cottages on the laud, and intended to suggest this course to the Cabinet. He felt that if something of the kind were not done tho land would not bo taken up. In spite of tho advice of Mr Seddon, which in its spirit marches with the desires of tho Krugerian extremists, the threo prominent Boer leaders are to be received with honor in Eugland. There can bo little, if any, doubt that the policy which is being pursued towards tho Boer leaders is being guided by the King himself. And where tact is called for, where chivalry has its place, where knowledge of men and peoples is called into play, we may trust the reins to Edward VII. . . . They will meet the King, they will receive his hospitality, they will be ranked among his trusted men, they will speak to him face to face, and they will go back to South Africa to help govern their native countries in his name. In a word, they are taken at their word and are trusted altogether. Already wo are told tho irreconcilable party idea has molted before their opposition. All things considered, the objections against England “ making- too-muck ” of them held by Messrs Wolmarans, Wessels and Fischer are much more reasonable than those which adorned the platform oratory of Mr Seddon.—New Zealand Herald.