The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JANUARY 80, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1366, 30 January 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JANUARY 80, 1905.

The railway will bo opened to To Karaka for goods traffic on February 18. To day is tbo last day for entering electors’ names on the borough roll for the Harbor Board election.

A very successful sports gathering was held at Motu last week, the events being keenly contested. A danoe followed in the evening. There were a large number of visitors from Gisborne and elsewhere. Wo understand the fire insurance companies are still keoping to their old rates bo naturally the Government Fire Officewith an all-round reduction of 10 per cent in the tariff, is doing good business. Mr Miller, the district agent for the State office, informs us that the business writton during the month has been far in excess of all anticipations. On the chargo of being an idle and disorderly person without having visible moans of support, an elderly man named Thomas Henry Pardoo was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment in Napier gaol. Mr Barton, S.M., in sentencing accused, said that drink appeared to be, the cause of the trouble, and he thought that a few weeks in gaol would do defendant good. Recently Mr John Curtis, a well-known resident of Oaddai, near Windsor, New South Wales, shot himself by placing the muzzle of a shotgun in his mouth, and then touching the trigger, _ Ho had been deraDgod in his mind since the recent death of his Brother-in-law, Mr John Whitmore.

Ono or two of the young Australians who attended the examination which must be passed to secure a naval cadetship on the training ship Britannia wore somewhat hazy in their knowledge of geography. “ What ore the antipodes ?" was one of the questions asked. “ They are very strange animalß,” wa3 the reply of one boy.

On Saturday Mr BartoD, S.M., gave judgment in the ease of Patrick Greene, who was charged with entering licensed promises during the ourrenoy of a prohibition order. Hie Worship said the defendant was present in Court when the order was made, and although cautioned by the police he had afterwards entered a hotel. The defendant was fined £2 and costs. Mr Finn paid the fine under protest and intimated that he intended to take further steps to tost the legality of the Magistrate's decision. So far as shops are concerned, Viotoria has had an early-olosing law since Westralia Bince 1897 ; and New South Wales since 1899 ; S-A. and Queensland since 1900, and nothing has broken or boat or bast as a consequence. Bat New Zealand, which has boen woefully backward in (his respect, seems really to think its early closing law is a large, mad, strange animal, and its Tories called meetings and made strange noises about tyranny and approaching ruin, and roused so much fuss that oven Premier Seddon seems to have lost his nerve to some extent. —Bulletin.

At the Police Court on Saturday morning Abbotford Smith, of Motu, was oharged with intending to desert his wife and family. Defendant was arrested at Woodvillo and the case will bo heard on Wednesday, the question of bail only being gone into on Saturday. Mr George Lysnar appeared for tho complainant,Mary Smith of Motu, and Mr Finn for tho defendant. Mr Finn asked the Court to fix the amount of the bail in ono sum, instead of sureties, and the amount required would be paid into Court. Defendant had been oranted bail at Woodvillo in the sum of £‘>oo His Worship granted bail, defendant in his own recognisances of £IOO and two sureties of £250 each. A cheque for £6OO was written out by tho defendant in Court and cashed at a local bank, twelve £SO notes being handed to tho Clerk of the Court Mr Bysnar intimated that he probablv would be unablo to proceed with the case on Wednesday, as he desired to call the constable at Woodville.

, Speaking o£ the evils of gambling at a citizens’ meeting in connection with the Primitive Methodist Conference held at Christchurch last week, the Eev. G. H. Mana of Timaru, said that fcbe gambling evil of’New Zealand threatened to destroy everything that was vital to true progress. The winner in any great race was of more imporfcanc9 to the average working man and woman than the policy of any particular politician. Business was practically suspended in Tirnaru during the recent race meeting in Ohnstohwob, and the Mayor of “ religious Dunedin called upon the shopkeepers, by advertisement, to suspend their businesses “ because it was Cup day.” The gambling evil has taken possession of all classes of society, and it was growing by l ea P s an “ bounds, particularly in Australasia. There wsb hardly what was once an innocent pastime that was not infected with the evil. On two days alone during the last Christmas holidays the sum of £IOO,OOO was put through the totalisotors of the colony. The totalisator must be abolished. It had caused the evil to grow and had not stamped out the bookmaker .Not less than 10i- millions sterling had been put through the machine since it was legalised, and a million ana a quartor last year. Evou sporting papors that hadmrged the introduction of the machine uow saw its evils, and demanded its ■

Tho little yaoht Kta Ora is now at tbo yards of Messrs Bailoy and Lowe, Custom atroot Wost, Auckland.

A mooting will be hold at tho Masonic Hotel this ovoning to make arrangements for the annual St. Patrick’s sports. Tho' now Sacrod Hoart Convent at Island Bay, Wellington, will cost about L 16.000. A tender haß been aceoptod for its erection.

Many Russians boliovo that the Japanese ato a race of ugly dwarfs, and that tbo Cossacks kill them by throwing their caps at them or suffocating thorn therewith.

Tho cargo shippod by tho Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s e.s. Maori, which sailed for Nnpier on Saturday night, included about 11,000 carcases frozen mutton, 800 bales wool, 200 casks pelts .and tallow.

At tho last mooting of tho Auckland Chamber of Commorce, a letter was road from tbo Opotiki County Council asking tho Chambor to support an endeavor to obtain adequate road communication botwoon To Toko, balf-way between Rotorua and Opotiki, and Motu, botwoon Gisborne and Opotiki. Two bridges were tbo pressing necessity, and the amounts of £SOO for each of tho bridges which appeared on last yoar’s Estimates worn quite inadequate. It was decided to refer the mattor to tho president and Messrs Bagnall and Upton, with power to aot on behalf of the Chamber.

The bay filly by Stopniak—Merisotto, purchosod by the Hon. James Carroll at the sale of Elderslie yearlings in November, and presented by him to Mr A. L. D. Fraser’s little girl, broke its leg on Friday, and bad to be destroyed. Tbo filly, which had boen riddon only a few times, got rid of her rider opposite her trainer, Mr R. Goosoman’B, gate, and going down tbo road slipped and foil into a water-table. When she got up, it was at once sobd that her foreleg was shattered just below the shoulder, and there was no hope of saving her life.

There has been some talk recently of introducing now and larger steamers for the San Francisco service, in view of the faot that the vessels now employed on tho trade have frequently been so crowded that applications for berths have had to be refused. Inquiries in Wellington go to show, however, that no definite plans have yet been arranged. It appears that last year the extraordinary demand for accommodation on these steamers was accounted for by the existence of the St. Louis Exposition, whioh attracted people to America from all parts of the world. The presumption is that the exposition being no longer a centre of attraction, the volume of traffic will return to its ordinary limits. Tho secretary of the Fruitgrowers’ Association, Mr W. Fraser, has received a circular from the Government in connection with the canning industry. An adj vanee of £SOO, £ for £, on the actual capital subscribed is offored for the purchase of laud, plant, buildings, otc., necossary for starting the industry, at the rate of 4 per cent. Coming on top of the Government’s refusal to purchase land to assist settlers in their endeavor to start I fruit-growing on a largo enough scale to establish the industry, the offering of such a ridiculously small amount (when it is considered that according to Mr Jacques' showing at least £3OOO or £4OOO would be required to place the concern on a good baßis) is adding-insult to injury. I In reference to the detention of the steamers leaving Onehunga, and conseI quent inconvenience of passengers, Mr M. M. Kirklands, M.H.R., telegraphed to the Hon. W. Hall-Jonss, Minister for Marine, asking him how much longer the GovernI ment was going to delay the expenditure of the £750 voted by Parliament last sosI sion for the removal of the rocks in the I channel of the Manukau Harbor. The following is a copy of the telegram : —“ On Sunday last tha stoamer Rarawa had to I drop down Manukau channel below the rocks at the fourth buoy before tho advertised time of sailing, causing groat inconvenience. How much longer is the Go- | vernment going to leave that £750 approI priation for removal of that obstruction to port of Onehunga unexpended ?” Mr Hall-Jones replied as follows :—“ In reply to your telegram, I hope to invite tenders shortly for removing tho rocks in the Manukau Harbor.”

Evon tho most optimistic South Islanders cannot hope to maintain for more than five years longer the selfish domination of the South Island and its shameless exploitation of the public pursetheir policy is therefore to make hay while the sun shines and, casually, to endeavour to make the North a party to this purely sectional scheme. Wo refuse to be a party. It is true that we may not be able to prevent “ the new policy" or to secure fair and just consideration for our Northern railways, but we can at least protest and cannot, thereby, bo any worse off. For to imagine that Otago will cease to plundor the publio treasury while it is able to do so, or that the Seddon Government will give us an inch of railway more than it is compelled to do, transcends the power of every man who knows the railway history of this oolony, “ Construction to completion” is sound, and we have always urged it, but to complete in the barren ranges of the South Island only while the Helenßville Northward, the GisborneBotorua, and the Gisborne-Opotiki are tied up, is—well, the old old story of Southern selfishness in a flimsy modern guise.— New Zealand Herald. Several instances of good attendance at school by individual children have recently boen chronicled in tho newspapers throughout the oolony, bat both as an individual and family record the following will be hard to beat. At Thames the children (six in number) of Mr A. Currie, I bootmaker, have just completed a school attendance covering a period of exactly 19 years, commencing with the year 1886, and during that period only one half-day was mi6sed by one of the children, tho others being present on every school day. The record of each child is as follows :

Alex. Currie, attended school seven years, never missed a day, and gained seven first-class attendanoe certificates; Bella Currie, attended school eight years, never missed a day, and gainod eight first-olass attendanoo certificates; Duncan Currie, attended school seven years, missed one half-day, and gained six first-class and one second-class attendance certificates ; Maggie Currie, attended school eight years, never missod a day, and gainod eight firstclass attendance certificates ; Daniel Currie, attended school eight years, nevor missed a day, and gained eight first-olass attendance certificates ; Elizabeth Currie, nttendod sohool eight years, never missod j a day, and gained eight first class attendance certificates. It may bo statod that the above records wore at tho Kauaovanga Baillie stroet and Parawai public schools. —N.Z. Herald,

f Mr E. Richardson returned to Gisborne - on Saturday from South Africa, after au 1 absence of about four years. Ho wont r through the South African campaign, and i at the close of the war accepted tho 3 offer of a trip to England, where he roi mained a few months. From England ■ he returned to South Africa, and held 1 various positions undor tho Government 1 and private firms, but none of the oecupa- I tions were pormaDent. He went in for a , business of his own, but later on sold out and arranged to go to Argentine to obtain supplies of horses for West Africa, where the Gormans wero eager to obtain them owing to tho Hereto outbreak. After waiting for some time for a vessel, there j being no certainity of one going from Capetown to tho Argentine,Mr Richardson decided to come out to New Zealand to I visit his relatives. He states that things I are in a very bad way in South Africa,and there is much discontent. He prefers the climate of South Africa to that of New I Zealand, and says that with the same j stamp of people it would be a splendid plaoe. But the mixed population is its j bane. There is a great assortment of I colored races, and as black labor is cheapor there is little chance for the wage-earning white man. The supply of Kaffir labor would have been sufficient for the mines, | but for reasons of their own tha capitalists I used'their influence to have tho Chinese | imported. At present there are hundreds I J or white men on relief works at 3s 6d per I . day, and when that stops it will go hard - with these men. In politics the feeling e against Lord Milner was increasing, and j some who previously gave him hearty I t support, now adversely criticise him. Mr | 1 Richardson left town yesterday morning t for Nnhaka. He has not yet mado up his c mind as to whether or not he will go back j o to South Africa. . 0

Tho Gisborne Rowing Club has received permission from the N.Z.A.R.A. to compote in tbo outrigger fours race at the Trinity nquotio sports. Tho Gisborne Bowing Club havo appointed Mr P. Bayly to arrange tbo team to reproooDt tho shed in tbo relay swimming race at tho Trinity Young Men’s sports on Thursday next. Tbo following crow will represent the Gisborno Bowing Club in tho outrigger fours at tbo Trirnty Club’s sports on Thursday next : Donkin (str), Smith (8), Wil-

liams (2), Swinnevton (bow). A mooting of ladios wishing to join classes in plain and advanced coolcory will bo held as 7.30 to-morrow ovoning in tho technical school to meet Miss Ivy, instructor, and to arrango dates on whioh classes will bo hold.

Mr Henry Brower, registrar of tbo Supremo Court, and sheriff of tho District Court of Auckland, has beon compelled to resign as tho result of ill-hoalth, and tho announcement will be received with gonora! regret by thoso who came into contact with him. Mr Brewor will be succeeded by Mr Boos Goring Thomas, doputy registrar.

Tho cricket match Taruberu v. Matawhero was played at Matawbero on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Taruhoru. Owing to tho heavy rain in tho morning tho wicket was very dead, and scoring was very slow. Afternoon tea was providod by Mrs Towns, assisted by other ladios. The match United v. Waerenga a-hika did not oventuate.

Private oablo messages, received by way of Fiji, state that a severe hurrioane was experienced at the island of Niue, on December 80tb, doing considerable damage to the crops on the island. The threemasted schooner Ysabol, of Auckland, was at tho island during the hurricane, but suffered no damage, and sailed for Auckland via Tonga.