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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 973, 20 August 1903, Page 2

Good news for the farmers. At the Ad 1 dington stock sales yesterday tbo prices oi cattle were the dearest on record.

A general committeo meeting of the Beautifying Association will be held this evening at half-past soven. A meeting of tho Horticultural Society Committee will be held this evening after the Beautifying Committee’s meeting.

A successful practice of “ lolanthe ” was held last night, all the choruses being sung with great vigor. A special practice for ladies is to bo bold on Monday night. On Saturday a meeting of members of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors will be held to consider the advisability of forming a local committee of this district. There are five surveyors engaged in private work in the district, and sis on the Government staff.

At the Police Court yesterday morning, befofo Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., Alexander Campbell, on remand, was committed for trial to the Supreme Court for forging tho name of G. B. Carter to a cheque valued £3 ss. Bail was allowed in self £SO and two sureties of £25 each. At last night’s meeting the Hospital Social Committee decided to ask the assistance of the young ladies in providing button-holes to be sold in the ballroom at 3d each. The committteo will be glad to receive any number of made button-holes, and have arranged for the same to be left at Mr Miller's before 4 o’clock on Friday. Messrs Morrison Bros., contractors for the alterations and improvements to the old Government buildings, have completed their contract, and yesterday the work was passed by Mr C. E. Armotrong, resident engineer. The old buildings have undergone quite a transformation, and the Government officials should have no reason to complain of the accommodation provided. The sub-contract for the carpentering work was undertaken by Mr F. Stafford, who performed his portion of the contract in a faithful manner. Mr Armstrong was loud in his praise of the work done by Messrs Morrison and Stafford, and the Post Office block may bo well looked upon as a credit to Gisborne. The offices will be pccupied by the Native Land Department, Stamp and Deeds Office, Cus-. toms, and the Post and Telegraph Department,

The Empire Skating Rink fancy dress carnival take 3 place this evening. Mr W. Miller, of Miller’s Corner, requires a smart boy. The Gazette notifies the appointment of Margaret Josephine Cross as postmistress and telegraphist at Tolago Bay. A number of young ladies are wanted to volunteer to sell button-holes at the Hospital Social on Friday evening. East Capo reported yesterday :—“ S. fair breeze; barometer, 29.85; thermometer, 48 ; blue sky ; good tides ; sea decreasing.” A shop in the main block in Gladstone road is what a great many persons are looking for. Messrs Hainon and Smith have a lease of one for disposal. The steamer Argus, which was in colli' sion with the steamer Mildura at Sydne.yi is now undergoing costly repairs, which have been estimated at about 113000.

It is gazetted that the road situated in the Waikohu survey district, being part of old road through Pukipapa and Puhatikotiko has been declared closed.

Tho mail for Morere and Wairoa lef 6 Muriwai yesterday, the creeks being fordable. Tho return mail usually arriving on Friday will not roach Gisborne until Saturday.

Captain Edwin telegraphed yesterday : “ Strong winds to gale after 16 hours from now from between north-east and north and west; glass fall; weather much warmer; probably rain ; tides moderate.”

It is notified in the Gazette that St. Patrick’s Branch, No. 373, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand, Hibernian, Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, on the 12th of August, 1903. The survey of the s.s. Niwaru in Auckland is not yet completed, but the surveyors hope to make their report in the course of a few days. The work of discharging cargo in the No. 4 hold is proceeding.

“ The magistrates sometimes dismiss cases on the condition that the accused people leave the town, which I have always considered an objectionable practice,” said Mr Justice Conolly at tho Supreme Court. At Whangarci the first cases under the Noxious Weeds Act wore heard before Mr Hutchison, S.M., and were thrown out on a technicality, as the meeting of the Kamo Town Board declaring govso a noxious weed was not specially called.

Variable winds with fine weather were

experienced in the colony yesterday. At most of tho ports in the South a sharp

frost was reported yesterday. The sea was heavy at Timaru and Oamaru; smooth to moderate elsewhere.

Attention is directed to the very fu

advertisement of Nota Bene, which contains various properties of good value, in

tho hands of Messrs J. Peckovor and Co.,' land agents, and which are under instruction for immediate sale, and would yield good interest on the outlay. Giving evidence before the Sydney Arbitration, Court, the president of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ Union, said that many bank managers, clerks, and barristers who were down on their luck worked in kitchens.

The old story reversed. Thirty years ago a young man left Ms native town in Erin’s Isle to seek fortune in this distant country. At Wellington last week he was admitted to the Ohiro Home—'a shepherd aged 57 years, without relatives,, home, or means, and a martyr to rheumatism. At Waikaka Valley, Otago, a swagger wat given a bed in tho chaff-house. Just before settling down to slumber he called one of tho farmer’s men, and in . a languid drawi, instructed : “ Tell the boss I’ll have my breakfast in bed in the morning ; I’m afraid it’s going to be cold.”

At Coromandel on Monday morning a painful accident happened to the five-year-old daughter of Mr Jas. Ryan, of Just-in-Time road, through a flannelette nightgrown catching fire whilst she was toasting bread. The child was severely burnt all over her body before the flames were extinguished. Dr Cheeseman attended the sufferer, who is in a critical condition. A case of interest to shipmasters has been tried at Melbourne, in which John Howie, master of tho steamer Chingtu, was fined £5 for allowing his vessel to be used in the unlawful conveyance of goods (tobacco and cigars). Detective-Inspector

Christie admitted that there was no reason

to suspect that defendant or any of his officers were implicated in tho matter, but defendant was responsible for the acts of his crew.

A very pleasing function took place on

Monday night at His Majesty’s Theatre, Auckland, after the performance of “ Brown’s in Town,” when the members of the company presented Mr Fred. Duval with a fine gold cigar case and holder, inscribed, To Fred. W. Duval from tho 1 Bunch,’ Stine and Evans Comedy Company,” “ Bunch ” being the American equivalent of our •“ crowd.” Mr Duval arrived by the Westralia yesterday afternoon.

During the past year two light-

house keepers were retired from the service on account of age, four retired on account of the state of their health, one resigned to take up other occupation, one was dismissed for going to sleep while on duty and allowing the light to cease revolving, one died, and one joined the Customs service. Ten new appointments were made to fill the vacancies.

A large and enthusiastic meeting of the committee in connection with the Hospital Social was held in the Masonic Hotel last evening. Complete arrangements wore made for the function, which promises to eclipse anything of the kind held in Gisborne. The following gentlemen were appointed M.C.’s: Messrs Kennedy, Harding, Sawyer, Cooper, Gush, and Webb. Special montion was made in regard to those who had so kindly contributed towards making the social a successful one. The committee are requested to be at the wool storo this afternoon at two o’clock to attend to the floor. Auckland local bodies are at present agitated over the question of Sunday,, trams. Ono Councillor said that it meant that their quiot Sabbath, which was so admired, would be broken down. By-and. bye they, or their children, would all be working seven days per week, and then God help them, and God help the nation. Another member gave an interesting personal reminiscence of a New England Sunday. In his home, he said, his mother locked up all the newspapers and books on Saturday nights, excepting the Bible, “ The Whole Duty of Man,” and the “ Pilgrim’s Progress.” It was the most miserable day of the. week, and it made him sick on Sundays. It was decided to take legal advise upon the question.

A remarkable instance of the sometimes

tragic effects of a sensitive temperament appears in the Melbourne Age of August Ist. William Jackson, a lad aged sixteen, residing at Bedfern, made a determined attempt at suicide at his parents’ residence. He procured a staple, and, having driven it in the wall of, an outhouse, he cut 9 feet of rope from a clothes line and tried

to hang himself. He was discovered shortly after, and was cut down by his father. He was unconscious, but recovered somewhat on being treated at the hospital. His condition, however, is serious. It is stated that the lad’s father had occasion to chastise him, and he took this so much to heart as to resolve on suicide. In conversation with a Times’ representative yesterday His Worship the Mayor expressed himself highly satisfied with the probable results of the recent deputation to Wellington. He thought it would certainly result in twenty miles of railway extension from Karaka towards Motu being authorised by Parliament this session. With regard to the matter of removing the rocks in the harbor, Mr HallJones said the services' of the Torpedo Corps would be available, but the work must be done at the expense of the Board, The light on Tuahine Point was also mentioned, and he (Mr Towley) was to get information as to the time of the arrival of vessels and the probable expense of attending to the light. The matter of obtaining a supply of shingle from the Railway Department at a cheap rate was also settled satisfactorily.

A bicycle, nearly new, is advertised for sale.

Milking cows recently sold by auction at Berry, New South Wales, realised £ls 10s.

What is supposed to be swine fever has made its appearance at a farm in Clarence Town, New South Wales. Thero is an extraordinary demand in the Coraki district, Now South Wales, for cattle, stores being bought up at high prices for the western country. A case cf attempted garroting occurred in George street, perhaps the principal thoroughfare of Sydney, late at night iast week.

The geysers about Rotorua are in estate of activity. Pohutu played after a three months’ rest, and was accompanied in its ebullition by Kereru aud Prince of Wales. Since the rain the wheat crops throughout the Molong district, New South Wales, appear magnificent. Grass and wheat are both fulfy 2ft high, and are growiug vigorously. On returning to his home near Mildura, New South Wales, on August Bth, a wood carter, named Groat, found his little girl, four years old, enveloped in flames. She died soon afterwards.

A bank book showing a credit balance of £555 was found on the body of August Frederick Schumacher, which was recovered from the Botany (Sydney) waterworks dam on Friday. During the month of June fifty-two samples of liquor taken from Sydney hotels were analysed, and ten wero found

to bo below strength. None of the samples contained any deleterious or injurious substance.

The Stratford Borough Council recently found it necessary to obtain possession of a pieco of land in the borough, and agreed to refer the question of compensation to arbitrators in the belief that tbo procedure would be cheaper than if the property were taken under the Public Works Act. The arbitrators awarded the landowner ilos only, but the Council was called upon to pay costs amounting to U 137 163.