The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVER MORNING. GISBORNE, DECEMBER 16,1903.

Gisborne Times, Volume XII, Issue 1074, 16 December 1903, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVER MORNING. GISBORNE, DECEMBER 16,1903.

A parcel lost at or near the Makaraka railway station is advertised for. The Matawhoro School picnic is to be held to morrow.

Mr James McKee returns from Eng' land this afternoon.

A Press Association telegram from Nelson states that tho rust is badly affecting some of the crops in that district. The box-plans for “ Smith ” and " TopsyTurvy ” will bo opened at Millet’s at 10 o’clock this morning.

The concert to be given by the pupils of tho Convent School, Ormond, on Thursday, December 17th, is postponed till Tuesday, December 22nd. It is feared tho oat crop will he a failure in the Bay this season through rust, which the wet weather has brought on at an alarming rate. During his experience on the stage Mr George Willoughby, of tho WilloughbyGeach Company; ha 3 played many parts, one of his biggest successes being 11 The Lord Chancellor ” in “ lolanthe.” Most of the schools in the district commence their snmrnor vacation to-day. Tho holidays will extend over six weeks, tho children ro-assemb)ing on January 23th.

[ Subscriptions of a shilling and upward are being received in New Zealand towards the national memorial to Sir Hector Macdonald. It is intended to close the lists At an early date, and anyone wishing to subscribe can do so at Mr John Kode’s, Brskine'A buildings. Mr James East has just received a shipment of fragrant Ceylon and Indian teas, and it will be sold much below the usual prices which the quality commands. Householders are recommended to give tlio tea a trial. The warm moist soason has been very favorable to the caterpillar pest, and many fine crops of grass seed some few weeks ago, are now barren fiolcis, having been eaten bare. Waoronga-a-hika farmers who would not take a HI an aero for thoir seed some time back are now offering it for the cutting. At a meeting of the Tolago Bridge Committee held on Saturday last, it was decided.', that a deputation of the Liberal Association should attend the nrst meeting of the Cook County Council with a view of asking that body that tbn Government grant again placed on tho Estimates be availed of at once, and tho work taken

ill hand. .At a meeting of creditors in the estate of John McConnochie. builder, hold yest srday' afternoon, Mr Stafford stated that tire creditors were not prepared to take the l 5s in tho £. Thoy had no desire to puti a weight around u man’s neck, but 5s was a smvll thing. Tho Assignoo stated than the debts proved, if Mr Webb came

in, would amouut to £126, and the 5s in tho £ offered would thus amount to 10s in tho £ to those creditors who had proved. Mr Lysnar slatoi? debtor reckoned to pay 5s only in the .£ on the proved debts, amounting to £'34. and then there was Mr Webb to como in. Jt_ would me*n 15s a week to debtor, who’ had a family to *teec, Mr Stafford pointed out that 1 debtor had a son capable of helping him- Debtor should be thankful at getting oil with o payment of £75, as suggested by creditors. Mr Blair said it meant that tbe crcditcrtt who had not proved wero practically making ,a present to debtor of over £IOO. Air Lysnar said if the creditors put an alternate offer he would place it before debtor. Mr Blair stated that the creditors would accept £75. Mr Lysnar said debtor would not agree to this, but if the creditors would accept 7s 6d in the £ he would place this before debtor. Mr Colley moved that the debtor be informed that the creditors would accept £75, to bo paid .within 18 months, the offe-: to remain open till Monday next. Mr Stafford seconded the motion, which was carried.

A man named George Cormack was attending ta a hotse in his stable at Milton, Otago, when the animal becoming violent lashed out, striking Cormack in the face, and laying open the whole of the nose. Christchurch proposes to raise a loan of £109,000 in connection with-a, water supply, half the amount to he raised in the first instalment, _ and a similar amount for the reticulation of tlie city.

The test match now being played in •Sydney has been a match of records, and among others was a regrettable scene yesterday afternoon. The English umpire’s decision giving Ilill as run out was warmly resented by the crowd, tlie hostile demonstration winch followed being the worst c\er seen on the ground—which is saying a good deal. Messrs J. Peckover and Co. call attention to the. extensive list of properties they have for sale. The linn lias properties in thirteen districts, extending from Auckland to .Palmerston North. They have a large number of properties for sale in Gis borne and surrounding districts ; also property for sale at Port Awanui.

Messrs Eure and Auibridge, of the ‘ Economic,” announce the purchase of a manufacturers’ stock of mercery which is now being opened up and

sold at a tremendous discount. Spe-

cial .shipment’s of men’s clothing have also arrived. During the next fourteen days Messrs Eure and Ainlyrwlge will give to every purchaser of 10s worth and upwards of goods a v ery ■handsome present specially imported for tlie Christmas season.

Tho following players will represent United against Union in the Thursday cricket competition at Victoria Domain tomorrow afternoon, commencing at 2 o’clock :—Dodd, Iveson, Gibson {2), Neale, Shillabeer, Gardiner, Hay (2), L. C. Gouldsmith, and D. If. Porter. Emergencies : Waitoi, Witty, Pulling, and Butler.

A son of Mr W. Jones, of Waitetuna, Raglan, was brought to the Waikato Hospital lost Thursday. It appears that he was playing with a cartridge, and it exploded, with the result that tho tips of three fingers and the thumb of tho left hand were blown away. It is expected that it will be necessary to amputate each of tho injured membors at the first joint. Persons on tho look-out for a house and section at a reasonable figure are referred to the sale of Mr J. Paterson’s Aberdeen road and Lytton road properties, to be hold hy . Messrs Williams and Kettle on Saturday next. Tho plan is on view at the’ firm’s auction mart, and tho upset prices of the lots to be offered will be found in our advertising columns. The reserves are exceedingly low, and every lot should be quitted.

Tho audited statement of the accounts of tho New Zealand Band’s lour of Great Britain shows tho receipts to have been £3426 Is. and expenditure £3396 2s, leaving a balance of £3O 17s. Tho chiefs items among the receipts aro —Subscriptions, £2936 ; concerts, Wellington and Masterton, £79; amount banked by Mr lies, the English manager, £325 ; proceeds of concert at Eastbourne, £25 : balance from souvenir accounts, £42. Tho chief items of expenditure are—Travelling expenses, £1656 ; wages, £1137 ; remittance to Mr lies, £203 ; expenses of collection, £133 ; uniforms, £112; hotel expenses, £55. It is proposed that the balance be equally divided amoDg tho bandsmen unless a majority of subscribers object in writing before January 10th. It does not seem at all certain that a

New Zealand Rugby football team will visit England in 1904, as was tho general impression last season. At tho annual geceral meeting of the English Rugby Union, ivlr G. Rowland Hill, lion, secretary,, referring to tho statements in the press of a visit from a Now Zealand team, states that towards the end of last season they told the Now Zealand authorities that it would he unwise for them to come this season (1903), owing to the fact that most of the loading counties and clubs had practically made their fixtures. Ho believed tho Now Zealand authorities had discussed the matter this summer, but up to the prosent he had received no information from them.

In Argentine pastoralists roceivo every oncouragemont, and havo nothing to complain of in the way of laws and taxes. The land tax is fivo dollars on 1000 dollars. Tho general impression as to tho conduct of tho inhabitants, Colonel Gorton states, is most unjust. Nothing could be more ridiculous than the idea that life is unsafe. For several days he never saw a single man under the inflnenoo of liquor, and the first ho did see was an Englishman. The knife is used occasionally, instead of the fists, but it is generally as tho result of a quarrel in a cafe. In conclusion it may be added that Colonel Gorton is convinced that though there is a groat future before tho graziDg industries of Argentina, anyone proposing to settle there should take a fair amount of capital.—Christchurch Press." >

Captain J. F. Archibald, whom the Sydney Daily Telegraph describes as “ a distinguished American journalist, who, as war correspondent and in other capacities, has had an extraordinarily eventful career,” is now visiting Sydney. He is, our contemporary adds, attached to the staff of the well-known American publication Collier’s Weekly, has gone to Australia chiefly to studv industrial questions, and is under orders to proceed as soon as he has concluded that task to tho Far East in the interests of Collier’s Weekly and of the London Daily Express. Captain Archibald soes immense possibilities in the Panama Canal. “ That canal,” he said to his Sydnoy intorviowor, “is going to be of immense bonofit not only to the United States, but to tho nations of the world, and to Groat Britain especially. I know positively that it is tho intention of President Roosevelt to push forward the completion

of that canal with the utmost expedition. Within six years it will bo finished, and it will mean a lot to Australia. It will give you a direct route to New York, Your Australian ports will be ports of call for lines of steamers running round the globe, from London to London and from New York to New York, setting out westward through the Panama, and returning by way of Suez. It will reduce rates of carriage of goods and the time of transit, and will rank porhaps as one of the most important of modern achievements.

Thus & correspondent to the New Zealand Herald writes :—“ If tho Premier honestly believed in tho fairness and necessity of his last licensing measure, why did he not make it a party measure, and boldly announce his intention, if necessary, of

going to the country to vindicate the security of property and the rights which should be common to all British subjects ? Ho has no hesitation in sending to the fato of an election every threo years those whoso very means of living is vested in this business, and whoso interest thereiu represents the savings of a lifetime ; hut that ho should tako any risk of defeat is a

1 horse of a different color.” Let the Premier and his Government derivo their support from thoso who are under an obligation to them. Those who constitute “ the trado ” owe to the present Government nothing, except the unendurable position to which they are reduced. To “ the trado ” I would say, “ Act in selfdefence, The past has proved, as the future indicates, that until the Seddon Government is defeated you can hope for no justice.” Mr told a Christchurch Press reporter that pasteurisation, if properly carried out, was efficacious as a means of killing the germ 3of tuberculosis. The milk required to bo kept at a,temperature of 75 0. (165 F.) for half an hour, or at 85 G. (185 F.) for ouo minute. The whole auostiou of pasteurisation amounted to this, that it should be done in the bottles in which the milk was to be distributed. Then the milk would keep. Mr Gilruth was of opinion, however, that cither the municipalities or the Government should .do the pasteurisation, otherwise consumers would never feel perfectly satisfied. Jnder present methods it was possible for the milk to he contaminated by dust after pasteurisation. He pointed out that milk could h 9 rendered safe for human consumption by the simple means of boiling it, and suggested that the vessel containing the milk should be placed in another filled with water, and brought to the boiling point. By this means he had himself reduced the microbes in milk from 20,000 to ten.