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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 853, 30 March 1903, Page 2

The latest addition to the telephone exchange list is 104, Mrs C. Seymour, private residence, Harris street, Kaiti.

The local racehorse Hinetapaurika has been nominated for several of the minor events at the Auckland Racing Club’s Easter meeting.

The approximate value of the estate of the late Sir F. Sargood is as follows : Victoria £268,336, New South Wales £150,000, Westralia £6OOO, New Zealand £201,665.

Messrs Williams and Kettle’s annual balance takes place to-morrow, and the firm desire a settlement of all outstanding accounts to assist in tho closing of the books.

On Saturday Messrs Wyllio and Mason offered for sale Mrs Mooney’s Kaiti property, consisting of eighteen acres, with buildings thereon. The resorvo not being reached the lot was passed in. Mr Sinclair’s Tolago Bay mail coach leavos at 8 o’clock this morning. A special coach also leaves this morning at 11 o’clock, and will run through to Tokomoru, returning Wednesday. There will be no coach on Tuesday.

Preparations are already being made for the coming football season, The KaitiCity Football Club’s annual meeting is convened for next Friday evening, at 7.30, at the Royal Hotel, whon all players residing in the district are requested to attend. A' telegram from Christchurch on Saturday states that Mr DeSilva, who was in Gisborne a few days ago, had been robbed of £3OOO worth of

jewellery, which was m'issed from the steamer Waikare after the passengers had landed.

Madame Melba would not sing in Australia on Saturday night. During the tour Madame had things her

own way, but there was a rebellion at the finish, the upshot of which was that there was no concert on Saturday night. A very pleasant outing in connection with the Waerenga-a-hika school was held at Mr R. C. Miller’s paddocks on Friday, there being a large attendance. Sports were held, and the picnic was a great success, Mr Miller being most assiduous in his efforts to give the young people a good time.

A man named Robert Brown was arrested at Carterton at 1.30 on Saturday morning on a charge of threatening to burn down Fenton’s boarding-house. He was caught red-handed with a tin and three bottles of kerosene. He was before the Court and remanded for a week on bail, with two sureties of £25 each, and himself in £SO. A cablegram from Sydney on Saturday states: —An examination of Sydney Gregory in the Bankruptcy Court shed some light on the earnings of cricketers on English tours. In 1890 be made £4OO. He made nothing with 1893 team, which was a bad one, and encountered bad weather. He made betweon £4OO and £SOO out of tho 1896 visit, and about £7OO in 1899. The team, while on tour last year, earned him £BOO. In endorsing the claim made to him by the County Council deputation on Saturday in regard to the stock track, Mr Carroll said that the Government had five surveyors out that way now, and the track would be of much assistance in regard to the cutting up of land; his idea was that the track would eventually go to Ohiwa, where there was a fine harbor, at which the Union Company’s steamers could lie —tho Ohiwa harbor was the best he knew of along the East Coast. Eeferring to the claim made on the County Council by the Assets Company for compensation for the piece of road required by the Motu settlers, Mr Carroll, in reply to the County Council deputation asking assistance with the road, expressed surprise at such a claim for compensation being made. Ho said that if he owned the property he would be only too pleased to give the land required in return for the benefit tho road would bo in connection

with the property. Mr Carroll did not hold out much hope to the County Council deputation on Saturday of the bridges asked for on the Waimata road being constructed. The crossings, he said, were very narrow ones, and there were much worse ones in other parts of tho district. A u to the roadmaking, the principle adopted by the Government was rather to try and help the settler in the back country than to spend money on roads nearer the centres. As to the Waimata road and the offer of the settlers to raise a certain sum, he agred with Mr Hursfhouse that Government should give assistance where the people showed such a resolution to help themselves. One work added to the list presented by Mr Hursthouse was an item for the proper road line to be taken along the Murewai beach. In regard to the Pouparae drain and the amount required to bring the work to a completion, Mr Carroll said that was a matter for the Land Department to deal with.

The Hon. J. Carroll was interviewed on Saturday by a deputation representing the County Council—the Chairman (Captain Tucker) and Crs A. Forde Matthews aDd Lissant Clayton. The claims of the district were ably urged by the representatives, the list placed before Mr Hursthouse being placed foremost. In reply to ques tions Mr Carroll said that the system had grown of conceding grants to districts according to the special necessities. He promised on obtaining a copy of the list supplied to consult with Mr Hursthouse, and as be possessed knowledge of the localities and data which Mr Hursthouse could not have, he would endeavor to have the votes placed in order of their needs. They must remember that tho Waiapu County, which had done a lot of good work without assistance, had also to make their wants known. He would do what he could and then when the amount available for the colony was known he would seek to have the votes placed on the estimates in due proportion according to their needs. |

The next stock sale by Messrs Dalgety and Co. and Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. will be held at AYaerenga-a-hika yards on Thursday, commencing at 11 a.m. Anthrax has been introduced into the great manufacturing town of Kidderminster by the importation of Persian wool.

The Napier Telegraph says that a requisition to the Premier, asking

him to recommend the Governor to appoint Mr 8. Carnell to the Upper House, is being largely signed among

the Liberals of Napier. Mr C. Keenan, of Ormond, notifies that his annual balance takes place on the olst inst., and requests that all claims against him be sene in by that date. Ho also requests a settlement of all accounts owing to him. The Sultan of Morocco, who nearly lost his head the other clay, at the hands of rebels, is still able to borrow monev freely, although some of our Australasian Premiers could not

get it without trouble just now, even if they went on their bended knees. Considerable excitement was caused

at Manly back beach (Sydney) a few

days ago- A young man, while bathing, was carried out, and, being unable to gain a footing, he swam outwards through the breakers, and was rescued by a boat's crew when a mile from the beach. During the rescue, the shore was lined by, excited spectators.

Arguments sometimes cut two ways On Saturday the County Chairman wai expatiating to the Hon. J. Carroll on the resources of this district and the need for it to be developed by roads ; our productive power was great and the trade was steadily increasing. Mr Carroll said it would be showing the County was so rich that they might be asked why they did not do some of these things themselves. Captain Tucker said they were absolutely poor in that respect ; though trade was steadily increasing, they had rated themselves and borrowed to tho fullest extent, and, having imposed all they could on the people, it was more than they could do to keep the roads from falling into disrepair. An inspection of the railway works was made by Mr Carroll on Saturday morning. Mr Carroll was accompanied by the Mayor and several others, and went out to Kaitaratahi by special train. After inspecting the gravel depot at Kaitaratahi the party, in charge of Mr C. E. Armstrong, proceeded along the railway works to where the tunnel pierces the hill. A considerable amount of formation has been done across the flats, and the sidings and cuttings are forward. Next week men will be at work on the Karaka side of the tunnel with tho view of pushing it forward as fast as possible. The number of men at present employed was found to be 63. The Mayor will probably recommend the Borough Council to take some 5000 yards of gravel from the Railway Department. At the deputation to tho Hon. Jas. Carroll on Saturday tho County Chairman (Captain Tucker) said he understood that in some other districts there were arterial roads formed and maintained by the Government, and he asked if the arterial road through Cook and Waiapu Counties could not be placed on the same basis. Mr Carroll said the roads referred to were such as that to Taupo and lines maintained by the Tourist Department. Capt. Tucker and Cr Matthews urged that in that case they might include a road to Waikaremoana, also to the Waipiro and Nuhaka Hot Springs. Mr Carroll said ho was not in a position to explain tho reasons for discrimination in regard to such roads, but knew that some were maintained as being colonial roads.