The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, OCTOBER 1, 1903.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1010, 1 October 1903, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, OCTOBER 1, 1903.

The steamer Zealandia did not leave for Gisborne until 7.40 last night. A declaration of bankruptcy has been filed by Mr John McOonnochie, builder of Gisborne. Mr Sheridan is said to have cleared £2OOO out of his production of “ The Lady Slavey ” in Sydney and Melbourne. Captain Edwin’s weather report yestorday was as follows Strong winds to gale from between north-east and north and west; glass fall, poor tides, more rain. The Customs duties for tho month of September amounted to £2301 11s, as against £1768 14s 5d for the same month last year. The meeting of the Whataupoko Eoad Board on tho subject of amalgamation has been fixod for to-morrow afternoon at 3.30. The new Anglican Church at Waerenga-a-kika is to bo consecrated by the Bishop of Waiapu on Sunday week at throe o’clock. A confirmation class will be held in the morning.

General regret will be felt at tho death of Mrs Bott, an old resident aged 52, who passed away yesterday afternoon. The deceased had been a prominent member of the Lady Foresters. “Enquirer” writes: “I have s.eplared that the Duke of Edinburgh has_ never been in the Australasian colonies twice. To settle tho argument can any reader refute or affirm the assertion ?” A ballot for tho threo subdivisions of the grazing runs lately occupied by Mr Mills at Buakituri, will bo hold this afternoon. About twenty applications havo been received. The Native tokunga Mateno Kaipau, arrested on a charge of the murder of Heta te Kani, was brought before Mr H. Lewis, J.P., at the Police Court yesterday, and remanded until Tuesday next. 'Bail was not allowed.

Mr Alee Verne, advance representative for the Sheridan Comedy Company, arrives by the Zealandia this afternoon, and will completo all arrangements for the Company at the Theatre Boyal on Monday, tho 12th instant. The Waiapu Temperaneo Boform League have forwarded to the Hon. J. Carroll for presentation to Parliament two petitions praying for legislation to carry out their suggested reforms in the control of the liquor traffic. There are six hundr ed signatures.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have received the following cablegram from their London house “ Market closed strong for all sorts of wool. Average current values of New Zealand greasy wool are : Good Merinos 13d, medium Merino lid, inferior Merino 9d, fine crossbred 123, medium crossbred lOd, coarse crossbred forties Sj-d, thirty.eijces Bd.” Mr H. Faram, of Messrs Archibald Clark and Son’s staff, was married yesterday afternoon to Miss Gertrude (Truda) Sobers, daughter of Mr W. Sobers. Tho service, which wrs conducted by the Rev. J. G. Paterson, took place in St. Andrew’s , 1 Church, where many friends of the much esteemed young couple attended. The bride wa? attired in a tasteful and becoming dress of ivory Japanese silk, with blossoms and veil. The bridesmaids, whose costumes wore of Indian muslin, were the Misses Faram, Miss Sobers, and Miss Humphreys. Mr F. O. Faram, brother of tho bridegroom, anted as best man. The wedding repast was partaken of at Mr H. L. Humphreys' residence. Mr and Mrs Faram, who have the heartiest good wishes of a wide circle of friends, left for the popular seaside resort, Tatapouri,

The Ventura arrived at San Francisco on the 231 h September at 5 p.m. The Kia Ora Co operative Dairy Co. re-open their Gisborne creamery to-day. The Waerenga-a-hika stock sales take place to-day. The entries include 700 sheep and 120 head of cattle. A great attraction at the Domain today should be the football match between Sheet’s and Hall’s employees. Messrs Humphreys and Son’s tender, being the lowest, has been accepted for the ironwork for the Ivaiti wharf. The time of closing of the Southern mails by the Zealandia has been extended until 7 o’clock this evening. All lovers of art and beauty should call and inspect Mr Ellerbeek’s window, where ho has on view famous American beauties. Tenders for the Roman Catholic Church have been extended until noon on Saturday. Tenders will bo received until noon on Saturday for furnishing the Old Men’s Home. It is expected that the sale plans of the Takapau estate will be issued in six weeks’ time. It 13 probable that a private resident will undertake the erection of an Opera House in Feilding. A Press Association message from Wanganui yesterday stated that Heroism and Triumph have been scratched for all engagements at the Wanganui meeting. The Borough Council decided on Tuesday night, on the motion of Cr Harding, seconded by Cr Johnston, to erect a lamp in Childers road.

A Hawke’s Bay paper explains that “ the cold wind which blows from the snow-capped ranges will be agreebly conspicuous by its absence this year.”

Messrs Peckover and Co. call attention to a choice freehold section, which is being offered at a great sacrifice. The area is 184 acres, at only 58s per acre. The following weather report was received from the East Cape yestorday : N.E. moderate gale, barometer 29.95, thermometer 55, overcast, tides, rough sea.

“If wo cannot give them water and drainage we should give them light,” said Cr Hepburn at tho last Borough Council meeting, and now quite a number of residents are thinking of seeking light. The following striking paragraph is from a Wellington paper :—A Gisborno councillor told his colleagues recently .that ho was brought up amoDg dams. Tho councillors cackled, there being no 11 n ” present.

A Wellington journal thus has a rasp at Auckland : It is a sign of the times that an Auckland Chinese grocer gets first place in the personal columns of a Queen City daily. Politicians, judges, officers, great singers, and those kind of porsons tail on after. A party of six mon are being sent to make excavation in tho metal deposits at the foot of Mount Egmont, to prove the quality of stone. It is proposed to utilise the stone for roads in Taranaki.

By tho steamer Toroa the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Association obtained a largo boiler, making the fifth ohtained by tho

company. The boiler was constructed by Messrs Niven and Co., of Napier, and is said to be the largest boiler ever landed in Gisborne. The company is to be congratulated on its enterprise. The secretary of the New Zealand Band has returned to Wellington, and joins in piping the tune about mismanagement, putting the blamo on the English manager. It is time that some outspoken person told the bandsmen the plain fact that thero are superior bands in England, and that more than music was required to ensure success. A Maori band might have done differently. The ladies are pushing on. One recently wrote to tho Stratford County Council saying that if it did not fix up the road in front of her house she would engage men for the work, and stop their wages out of hor rates. She would make a good lawyer.— Banco.

Sydney society girls are becoming uneasy. It is about their eligibles, who are all being snapped up by the fair charmers of the stage. One of their very nicest men was captured early this year, and now another popular and wealthy bachelor, Mr L. Want, has wooed and won Miss Grahanae Newton, one of tho prettiest and most fascinating of the Musical Comedy girls here last year. In giving a report of Mr Troup’s lecture on the subject of whether or not hell is a place of rest we have opened the floodgates to a controversy for which it would bo impossible to find space. Yesterday, in fairness, a reply to tho lecturer’s contention was given, and following that up we have been deluged with correspondence, including a letter from Mr Troup. Having allowed the one opportunity to both sides, wo cannot allow the subject further ventilation in our columns. Why not have it out on tho platform ?

While accompanying a wedding party from Stroud, New South Wales, Mr B. Kavanough. lost control of his horses when about a milo from the town, and Miss Alice Flood, who was with Mr Kavanough, seeing that an accident was likely to happen, jumped out and escaped without injury. Air Kavanough was thrown against a telegraph post, and had his thigh fractured, and was afterwards removed to the Dungog Hospital. The buggy and harness were smashed. A recont numbor of tho Illustrated London news contains a picture of a so-called “ scientific hooligan ” at work, Mr Nevil Maskelyne receiving a wirelesss message

from Birchington in his workshop at Wandsworth. Mr Maskelyne was accused by Professor Fleming of “ scientific hooliganism ” for electrically intercepting and altering a wireless telegraphic message sent by tho Professor during a demonstration held at the Royal Institution. Mr Maskelyne caused Professor Fleming'sinstruments to say 11 Rats 1" In defence he pleaded that the public must be shown how easily wireless messages might be tapped.

From Wanganui comes tho wail, that is periodically echoed throughout New Zealand, that the country is too prosperous to make it necessary for anybody to be a domestic servant. Wanganui, therefore, petitions Parliament to put an end to this state of affairs, and import young women of domestic tendencies likely to

take kindly to the mop and bucket. Curious thiDg, about this, though, is that if you start importing servant girls you will have to keep going, English girls get colonised in about sis months, and become barmaids, or marry squatters.—Free Lance,