THE NOBLE HORSE

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 874, 25 April 1903, Page 2

THE NOBLE HORSE

People in this district who have a lilting for horses, and few have not such a liking, will he interested in the ease of the iiorse Evening Wonder. That line animal w,i. originally a Gishoruehorse, and was noted in' the genuineness of ns racing. It w.l.s owned by a Itue spur Usman, aiai 1 .veiling Wonder s wins were aiwavs popular, the liorse being knov.n ail o.er the colon;, i,,r ,rappearance on tue racing Held, and for its speed and aunping powers. When me annual was taken to Australia, mere was naturally a great deal of inu-ic't m Bs movements. Liiior:ui.ateß , "me new hands in: o which u.e home lias gone have given tlie- iiorse a different reputanon to that which ii held in lsnorue. i iie. allegation, on which punishment has been meted out by the .odiiaidc .Jockey l .üb, r. that lucre Was what, in racing parlance is suo-.vn as an aU.euipi to " ring in I'.vening Wonder uiidt r another name.

in attempt suclt a tiling with a horse sowell Known showed astonishing impudence, and as might have been expected, tile attempt was frustrated. In connection wit it the suspicious affair, Uie Adelaide .Jockey Wiui) disqualified one man for ten years, nut no decision has yet, been arrived at in regard lo the iiorse. It is a pity that me people of this district can no longer take pride in the doings of Uie horse —not through any fault of Hie animal, but because of the recent proceedings in ,South Australia.

WAiROA’.S COSTLY SCHEME. The Wairon Guardian lakes the Waikokopu harbor report, quite setiotisly, and even hints that, Nulutkiv and Mania people should joyfully lake up a share of the burden. Tim Guardian slates :—“ We publish in this issue the full text of Mr Napier Beit's report uii the W aikokopu htu'oor, involving for the complete scheme a total of A.31.2UU and with Luo railway ATS 1,000 odd. The partially completed scheme involves A 05,500, hut tins even is considered beyond ihe means 01 die people concerned, and tho report has, we understand, been reierred buck to Mr Beii to see if he cat)

recommend a Ess extensive and a cheaper scheme. 'The report is well worth the thoughtful consideration ol' the people of Nuhuka and Mania.” There should not be much “ thoughful consideration ” about a mortgage of Alai,ooo for a work the success of which no one could guarantee. What the people should do is cease wasting time over schemes that would mean ruination to them, and join in an effort to get a branch iine of railway to Gisborne. In constituting a railway iine tho probable effect of the work cuuid he gauged us it went, hut once the people of a sparsely-settled district began to sink thousands in harbor works there is no telling what the cost or the amount of success will he.

The Sierra left ’Brisco on April 28rd. Mr Justice Cunolly leaves for Auckland by the Zealundia this morning. Mails which left Melbourne via Naples on March ISth arrived at London on April 21st. Captain Edwin wired yesterday : Moderate winds from between south and north-cast; glass rise, tides making, very cold night. Juriors summoned to appear at the Supreme Court on the 27th inst. are notified that their attendance will not bo required. Judge Johnson, Mr Pirimi Mataiawhea, assessor, and Mr Bowler, the clerk, arrived from Wairoa last evening by 7 the .Mo re re coach, to open the Appellate Court hero on Monday next. Messrs Common, Shelton and Co,, Ltd.,

advise us tho R.M.S. Athenie is sailing for London direct, from Wellington, on Thursday, May 14th, and has plenty of room for passengers in all grades. From May Ist to August 31st the arrival and departure of mails for Whatatutu and Wheturau will he as follows : —Daily : Close, C.P.0., Gisborne, 7 a.m.; arrive, Whatatutu, 12.80 p.tn. Close, Whatatutu, 6 p.m.; arrive, Gisborne, 11 a.in. Tho number nominated not exceeding the number of vacant seats, the Returning Officer has declared Robert Craill, John Ferguson, and Owen Gallagher duly elected members of the Patutahi Road Board.

Light northerly winds and calms were prevalent throughout the colony yesterday. Tho weather was overcast and gloomy. There was a heavy swell at Capo Maria Van Diemen, Russell and Spit ; southerly swell at Castlepoint, smooth to moderate elsewhere. All day 10-iuorrow the services at the Salvation Army will ho conducted by Adjutant Cook, whose morning subject will be "A Good Man’s Mistakes,” while at night the subject is “ A Rude Interruption to a Royal Banquet.” The usual hearty service may be expected. Members of the Beautifying Association are notified that tho annual balance is on the 80th inst., and there are a number of subscriptions outstanding. The treasurer, who has already sent out circulars to backward members, would bo glad if all subscriptions were forward to him before Monday next. Rev. B. I'. Rothwell is announced for both services at Wesley Church on Sunday. The evening subject will be : “ The Degeneracy of the Maori; the Vulture that says ‘ Let us prey,’ and tho noble efforts of tho 1 Young Maori Party.’ ” The usual hearty Sankey hymns ; anthems by the choir. Messrs Dalgety and Co. have received the following cablegram from London : “ Sheepskins : Since our last cablegram greasy Merino combing 11 inch to 2 inches wool, and tine crossbred combing, with 2 to 21- inches wool, ate higher b,y a halfpenny per lb ; short woolled and coarse crossbred combing, with 2 to 3 inches wool, are higher by a farthing.” “ Settler ” writes: —“Would there be any chance of getting Parliament to pass a Bill cutting off the Mohaka portion of the county from the Napier harbor rating district and adding it to Wairoa 2 I am sure the people of Mohaka would rather he rated on behalf of Wairoa to carry out Mr Boll's scheme, than for tho Napier breakwater,”—Wairoa Guardian.

A meeting of the Gisborne District High School Committee was held last night, there being present; Messrs Hookey (iu tho chair), Graham, Cratnond, Brown, Grr, and Sweet. The headmaster, Mr Rowley, was also present. Tho Inspector’s report

was considered, and Mr Rowley gave a satisfactory explanation on the various points raised. The Committee drafted a report to present to the annual meeting of householders.

Further contributions to the childrens’ section of the Cook Memorial Fund are as follows : Martinborough, Wairarapa South 3s ; Marlboronghton, Marlborough 5s : Te Roti, I-lawcra iOs ; Te Aute, Napier 5s 6d ; Mr Po'sen, High School, Napier 2s 6d : Frasertowa, Wairoa (is Gd : New Brighton, Selwyu 15s; Grey Lynn College, Auckland" 6s bd; Raglan, Auckland 2s Sd ; Waioweka, (Native) Whakatane LI os Old; previously acknowledged, £'lß3 2s 7d; total £192 2s Old.

We acknowledge a copy of Stubbs' Poverty Bay and Wairoa Year Book, Directory and Guide for 1903, the compiler and publisher being Mr G. Stubbs, J.P., of Gisborne. It is a handbook to the Waiapu electoral district and the county of Wairoa. with their statistics, resources, etc. The last issue of the guide was in the yea.t 1883, but Mr Stubbs explains that “ The wonderful progress of our district during the last fifteen years demands a handbook crammed full of information for the old settler and an indispensable guide for the new one.” The guide is compiled in an able way, anu is full of most useful information. Jt is published at one shilling, and residents and visitors are recommended to obtain a copy.

A report of the Rugby Union meeting is held over. Mr \V. b. Collins, manufacturing jewellev. is now moving into iii< hue new premises in Craig's building, and a display will be made in the window this evening. “In the West ibid there are some aeauttju: a-iuiviiei-*-. together with lovely ground-." stalls the current number of Stubbs' IV.-er.v ii.iy V.-ar-bt)ok. The Govei'miKot roadmen ate making good progress witn the work ot widening ttie worst portions ui the road near the More re Hut Springs, but unless the metalling is now dune the road \vui be in a very bau state this winter.-- Guardian. Thin was u large attendance- at the sale of pictures b,v Mr J. id. i etaeit and other ■ira.-is. held a! .de.-r- YVyiin. and Mason's auction mart yesterday. Satisfactory pi ices were realised, ranging up to Jill. A few pictures which were not sold will be offered this morning without reserve. Samples of horse and rattle covers, both of local awl outside manufac-

U;rr. are to be seen at the Fanners’ Club-moms, and memliers of the l it inn who intend covering their stock during the winter could effect a great saving by ordering under the auspices of the Union, to whom the prices have been specially quoted. some of the Maoris in ttiis district are uot content with irt-e State education tor their children, tree school-books, and a fiec paddock for their horses ; they are getting up u petition to the Government to allow them a subsidy to pay a Native ferryman to put the Kihitu children over tliir river

in a canoe. The next application will probably be for silk stockings, kid gloves, scent-, and a free lunch ! Wairoa Guardian. Wairoa is anything but a safe township in which to venture out on a dark night, and this is largely owing to indifferent police supervision. Oil Sunday night, which was very dark, several cyclists wu.-re riding wituou: iignts, and how many \ chicles w ere without tile necessary danger sigmiis we wouid not like to say. Like most Government oliieiais in W.uroa tne poticc seem ,u lorget mat the puoltc pay tiie.u a salary for acting as servants ill their interests, and to look after their welfare. —Wairoa Gis,ltalian.

tn the course of his judgment in t-bc case of Hackt-lt v. ilmnon and .Smith, His Honor remarked, " it is contended by Hiunoii that even if he did make the alleged statement in regard to money of his liold by Stubbs, that that did not constitute a partnership under the Partner-

ship Act ot 1891. To my mind that Act docs not decide this question. 1 am of opinion, however, that the evidence of Hunion being a partner is not strong enough unless supported.” The Rev. J. G. Paterson returned from Auckland and Rotorua on Wednesday last after a month’s holiday at those places. He will conduct the services at Sc. Andrew's Church to-morrow, his subject of lecture in the evening being “ Koine of the significant sights of a month's holiday.” Mr Paterson visited Rotorua for the first time during his holiday, and what lie has to say about the wonderland of New Zealand should be anticipated with interest. The subject of sermon in the morning will be “ Take your serpent by the tail.”

The Hoard of Trinity College, London, annouuce the appointment of Mr Charles Edwards, L.Mus.T.C.L., us the examiner for liie College in New Zealand and Tasmania this year in practical subjects—pianoforte, organ, violin, and singing. He will leave London in August-. Mr Edwards received ins musical education at the Rhenish Cunservalorium, Cologne, under Ferdinand Hiller, and privately under Mr Otto Goldschmidt and Sir Sterndale Bennett. While regarding the pianoforte as liis special instrument, he is also a player of the violhlGcllU, UUd UU Ol'gUllisti of long standing, lie is a Licentiate of Trinity College, London, with which institution he lias been identified for many years as a professor of the pianoforte, and as examiner at botn the higher aud iocal examinations, in 1902 he was elected a member of the Corporation. The policy-holders of the Government Life Insurance Department will shortly receive their bonus certificates, and the additions to policies ought to give satisfaction. The trennial valuation discloses a divisible surplus of dHb'O,UGO, and is by no means an unfavorable result. The Government Life cannot be fairly compared with other life offices, for, while the latter have the whole of Australasia open to them, the Government office is restricted to New Zealand, where competition is as keen as it could possibly be. Any impartial critic must admit that aU things considered, the Government Life Office shows excellent progress, and is exceedingly well managed. It is perhaps, the best managed of our Government institutions.— Lance.