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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 954, 29 July 1903, Page 2

The Fire Brigade meets for practice to night.

lolanthe Quadrille Assembly this evening, The Ventura arrived at ’Frisco on the 27th inst at 1 p.rn. East Cape reported yesterday : W. light breeze, baromoter 29.76, thermometer 46, blue sky, good tides, smooth sea. SigDß of spring are already evident, and many willows and other trees throughout tho district are putting forth their tonder shoots. Captain Edwin telegraphed yesterday : Gale after 16 hours from now from between west and south and south-east, glass rise, tides high, sea heavy outside, weather colder. At the Rechabite conversazione on Monday evening the accompanists were Miss Somervell and Messrs Ball and C. East. A splendid collection of pot plants were kindly lent for the occasion by Mr J. P. Thomson.

It is not often that a band can be heard 4£ miles away, but we are informed that on a recent Sunday afternoon the Salvation Army band, which was playing in town, could be heard at times quite distinctly at Matawhero. A concert will be held in the Makauri schoolroom on Thursday evening, August 6th, in aid of the church service fund. A good programme is being prepared, and a large attendance is anticipated. There are so many meetings in Gisborne now and they are clashing so much that it is hard to get a night of meeting,” remarked Mr Harris at the meeting of the Gisborne Ratepayers’ Association last evening.

The question of ladies having a voice in church affairs was discussed at the meeting of parishioners of the Holy Trinity Church last evening. The meeting unanimously approved of the principle, and it was decided to bring the matter before the Diocesan Synod at its next sitting. Afc the meeting of St. Andrew’s Christian Endeavor Society last evening, an interesting address on temperance was delivered by Mr C. A DeLautour, in the course of which that gentlemen ably set forth the advantages to he derived from strict adherence to temperance principles. The schooner Gisborne (Capt. Pankow) leaves for Mercury Bay via Auckland tomorrow morning. Her cargo from this port Includes 200 sacks of manure shipped by Messrs Nelsdn Bros., 100 sacks of potatoes by Messrs Teat and Friar, 25 cases meat by the’ Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Freezing Co., and 11 sacks of linseed by Williams and Kettle.

The urgent need of an entrance to the railway station from Grey street was referred to at the Ratepayers’ Association meeting lust evening, and Mr Birch moved that the Association should move in the matter. A member expressed surprise at the Public Works refusing the application recently made to them, and hinted that somebody was palling the wires. The Association decided to heartily support the Borough Council in their request to the Department that an entrance to the station should be given from Grey street. In the event of the Council’s recommendation being refused the Association intend tp petition the Department on the matter.

The report of the Ratepayers’ Association appears on the front page. The Wtierenga a-hika stock sale takes place to morrow.

The Maritana Assembly hold a long night to morrow evening. An impounding notice in connection with the Matawhero pound appears in this issue.

An attractive programme has been arranged for the Empire Skating Rink this evening.

A liver and white spaniel, lost yesterday, is advertised for, also a black fur necklet.

The Perim Assab cable is interrupted. The telegrams for the colony of Erytbrea are desp.i:chad via Kassala, Wadi, Haifa, Alexandria.

Messrs , Clayton Bros, have received advice that the ketch Sir Henry has left Wbangarei with a full cargo of timber for Gisborne.

From Opotiki to Tauranga,” the eleventh of a series of articles on the East Coast by tho Times’ special correspondent, appears on tho fourth page.

An announcement from Mr D. J. Barry, of the Gisborne Brewery and Abated Water Factory, in connection with his annual balance, appears in another column.

Mr G. W. Sampson, postmaster, advises :—The cable from San Francisco to Honolulu aud Manila is now finished. The rates on cablegrams marked 11 via Eastern and Manila ” are as follows : Guam 4s, Midway ss, Honolulu 6s, San Francisco 6s Bd, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, California, Colorado, Dakota, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, and Nebraska 6s lOd, Vancouver and Wyoming Island 6s lid, Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Indian Territory, lowa, Kentucky, Lousiaua, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississipi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahama, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin 7s, District of Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Manitoba, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia 7s, Ontario, Quebec, Cape BretoD, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia 7s 3d, Alaska 8s 9d, British Columbia (with the exception of Klondyke stations) 6s lid. The proposal to construct a tramway line from Te Karaka to the Motu was advcrely criticised at the meeting of. the Ratepayers’ Association last evening. Mr H. Miller stated that he intended at the next meeting to bring forward a resolution urging upon the Government tho necessity of carrying the railway to the Motu as soon as possible. He had ob-

served that the Railway League had carried a resolution by a large majority to meet the County Counoil and go into the question of ways and means to put down a tramline. He believed the Association would be opposed to such proposal. Mr Biroh said the question could be made the chief subject of discussion at the next meeting. “ This question is of vital interest to the ratepayers of Gisborne,” remarked Mr Miller, “ and they should see that the railway is got to tho Motu as quickly as possible,” The Chainnau stated that as far as he could see there wero only three persons in Gisborne in favor of a tramline. It waß decided to discuss the matter at next meeting.

In regard to the proposal laid before the Government for expediiiog the construction of the line from Paeroa to Waibi, the Auckland Herald says : —The position of this line is in some respects typical of the mode of railway construction all over the colony, but it has peculiarities of its own. Where a railway is gradually openiug up a country there may be some excuse for being deliberate in the work of construction, because with every mile settlement is being proceeded with to make the line pay. But in the case of this railway it would have paid from the first, because the population was there at each end, and there was as much traffic five years ago as there is now. But the work of construction has been creeping along while the mines and the residents of Waihi are paying enormous prices for coal and other necessaries which have to be carted over bad roads, which cost largo sums annually to maintain. The railway is now in' such a position Chat with energetic management and ample funds it could be completed in about eighteen months. But if the Government oontinue at the rate they have been going no one can tell when it will be finished. We suppose that about 4)60,000 will be required to carry the line to a finish, and the parties interested are willing to supply the money on debentures. Last year authority was asked in the Public Works Statement to expend 4)20,000 on the Jine, but we do not think all the money was spent. The Government should not hesitate to accept the offer. It is not at all likely that it will form a dangerous precedent, while it will enable them to devote money to other lines.