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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 705, 29 December 1902, Page 1

The men who will hoot an owner one day will cheer hint riie next if they win something on one of fils horses. The pocket’s the thing all the time.—Exchange.

Sydney Referee says Horse-racing is a fine tiling to educate a man dp to contempt of public opinion, tor if an owner wins 43 times and loses at the 50th, it is pretty certain that many people will be found leady to allege all sorts o£ tilings against his hoha fides on this particular occasion.

The alleged “ Sleepy Hollow,’ 2 ax the charming town of Kelson has been termed, is becoming quite a lively place. An indignation meeting wa* held to block the Ooancii from using overdraft funds for oiiicr than lemporarv purposes. A protest was niaide especially against the using of money so borrowed for works of a permanent nature. We see, therefore, that Nelson is alive in two senses. It is quite up to date in the reckless system of spend irg borrowed money, and the public, generally are been enou t n to bold an indignation meeting on the subject. It would, however, be desirable to ba.ve an explanation as to why »uch money should not be used for permanent pur • poses. Certainly the policy advocaGed by the meeting is a most objection ■■ able one.- Had objection been raised to the borrowing ol money at all, arguments of weight might have been used. But it is inco npieliensible Ilia, any body of people, while approving 0! the prevalent system ci borrowing, should object to the money being devoted to something of ? perniancnc nature. Take the case of Gisborne fo« instance. Would anyone do otherwise than view with alarm tne Council • overdraft were it not ior uic fact that while the overdraft pas increased, oe. hind it there are some vaiuaole asset, to show which have been acquired during the period the Council Has bee i steadily pushing on .with il-s ordinary, work ?

We do not hear very much about the timber industry now, but a yeai or two ago there was much agitation about the probable exhaustion oi _ the colony’s timber area.; At that time, millers were anxious to advance prices —and, having succeeded m their object the question of exhaustion has ceaseu to occasion any concern, nis rather, a matter for consideration now the industry can be further developed, anu the Department of 'induaiiies and Commerco is taking sips to see u white pine can be convened into woo.u puln for paper-making. ihere are stid vast areas' oi suitable umber in. the country, but these ate ,iv _ presen; in. inaccessible places, a ciuucuiW * we may_reasonabiv >*'- tQ o “ er . CoUia /.ore many years pass. Tiw colony possesses a remarkably fine assets* in its white pine timber, winch is undoubtedly the oest wood for biu ter boxes.—Lance. . The testing of tne milking quality of herds is a matter which should receive more attention from the dairy farmers of the country than it does at present, says Mr Kinsella, the Dairy Commissioner, in a recent leaflet. The improvement of every herd, which should be the constant aim oi the owner, depends upon regularly discarding those animals that are not reaching a certain standard. The owner should aim to keep only those cows which return tbs largest net profit for the year.