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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1396, 6 March 1905, Page 2

Moils despatched from Sydney via Vancouver on January 24th arrived in London on March 2nd. The directors of the Kia Ora Dairying Company have fixed the price of butter fat for last month at 6d a lb for shareholders.

Owing to the hall at Te Earaka beiDg engaged for a social to-night, Mr Poole will not be able to leoturo there as previously announced. Attention is drawn to Mr Ellerbeek’s obange of advretisement in this issue. Mr Ellerbeck has just finished some excellent panoramic views of Gisborne, the first of the kind shown here.

An interesting relic of ‘the late Robert Louis Stephenson is offered for sale. It is an ebony framed piano purchased in London and was imported to Samoa by the well-known author.

The executors under the wifi of the late Mr Bcnidix Ihalienstein have paid over the bequest of .£SOO to the Dunedin Hospital trustees, who intend to earmark the sum for building purposes in accordance with the wishes of the testator. The trustees con--

(template extensive additions to the hospital, . running into several thousands of pounds* A special general meeting of the Poverty Bay Rowing Club was held <to consider the resignation of the Secretary, Mr F. Fox, who has been transferred to Tokomaru Bay for an indefinite period. The resignation \Vaa accepted, anil Mr- ,Wm, Fraser was elected to fill the office for the remainder of the season, with Mr A.' Sawyer, junr.-, as assistant. The following were elected a selection committee to choose crews for the representative fixtures against the Up ion and Napier Clubs crews Messrs R, Kcllott,, Iv, McLeod, Alf. ■Pool, E. Smith, and A. Pritohard. A letter was received from ithe Napier Club_ stating they would like to meet a youths’ crew in addition to the senior, junior, and ton-stone crews. This,was left with the se-. lection committee to deal With when Selecting the other crews-: . • _ ...

Tho many friends of Mrs O’Connell, wife of Mr Cornelius O’Gonuoll, of Waorengu-a-bika Hotol, will doeply rogrot to hoar of her death, which took place on Saturday evening aftor a short illness. Doooaaod, who was 46 yours of age, has boon a resident of Gisborne for many yoars and will bo groatly missed by a largo oirolo of friends. Tho oongrogational singing at tho Salvation Army barracks last evening was ot a vory hearty ohuractor. Tho old hymn, “ Jobus lovor of my aoul,” was sung with good feeling. Tho duet, “My Mother’s Prayer,” by Captain and Mrs Slattery, was well rondorod, and produced a good effect. The congregation was a largo one. The meeting roMiUed in ono convert.

Huddart, Parker and Co.'s new steamer Wimmero, which arrived at Wellington from Lyttelton on Saturday morning, broke tho trading vessel record for • tho distance, which according to tho engine room record was covered in 10 hours 30 minutes. Tho Mararoa held tho previous record of 10 hours 32 minutes. Tho Wimmera was accompanied on tho trip by tho Rotomahana, which took 11 hours minutes.

Harvest festival servicos were hold at the Holy Trinity Church yesterday,there being large congregations. The decorations wore most artißticallv carried out, and there was a very hne display of fruit, grain and vegetables, whilst tho wealth of flowers and evergreens added considerably to tho general effect, Tho Eev Dawson Thomas conducted the services and proacbed two stirring discourses. The mußioal portion of the services were bright and attractive. There was an anthem at each service, the soloists being Mrs E. D. Smith ond Miss Hyett. Mr E. N. Sidebottom presided at the organ.

At a meeting of the Arai Boad Board on Suturday Messrs DoLautour and Barker wrote in reference to the inclusion of Mr W. E. Cooper’s small grazing run in AraiMangapoiki special rating district, pointing out that the proposed work did not benefit their olient. The Board thought that tho road would sooner or later benefit Mr Cooper aud they could soe no reason why he should not bo included. Application from Mr P. HcLoughlin for the payment of the aum of £22 19s, balance due on a metalling contraot, was deolined, the Board considering that the contractor had already been puid the full amount of hiß contract. It was decided to proceed with tho motalliDg ot the Tokouui road from the Beay bridge upwards. Messrs Parker and Clark were authorised to employ men to olear out the drains on the road leading from tho Arai school.

A young man named Francis E.Bubery was charged at the Magistrate’s Court on Saturday with obtaining the sum of £2 from Mrs Cramp, of Gisborne, by means of a valueless cneque. He pleaded not guilty. The evidence showed that accused had obtained a blank cheque from Mr F. Harris, hotelkeeper, which had been filled in for tho sum of £2. and which he had cashed with Mrs Cramp, boardinghousekeeper. The bank had returned the cheque marked “ No account.” Accused stated that when he presented the oheque to Mrs Cramp ho had simply done it as most business people did, as a postdated cheque. He asked Mrs Cramp not to negotiate it, and ho would redeem it in a reasonable time. Detective Nixon stated that acoused had told him that he had gone through over £3OOO in the last two years. He had been drinking very heavily, and he really did not know what he had been doing. Accused was remanded until Tuesday morning.

Tho Premier was deputationised by 10 ehopkoeper? at Auckland with reference to the Shopß and Offices Act. They agreed to 52 hours’ work for assistants, but objected to 6 o’ciock closing. Asked as to the intentions of the Government in the event of the test case going against them, the Premier reviewed the position at length on the lines of his reply to the Wellington deputation. He Baid he held the opinion that the Supreme Court would not uphold tho Magistrate’s decision, but if it did he believed the shopkoepers would themselves carry the ease to the Court of Appeal. In that event the operation of tho Act would be suspended pending a final settlement, ob was douo in the recent licensing appeal.

At the Auckland Land Board, the Commissioner, referring to sections being obtained for milling purposes only, said there were oases where the smallest attempt to effect the improvements was being made they would receive every consideration, but in this instance there was no attompt at all. The land was never offered with this intention, and as he viewed the law they must first consider whether the settler is bona fide, and once they were satisfied that he was genuine then they had ample discretionary powers to stretch the law in his favor, but if he prove a block to settlement then their same discretionary powers should be brought to bear in quite another direction, as they Bhould not hesitate to forfeit the land and allow those who want it legitimately to have a ohanoe. Mr McKenzie then moved that four sections should be forfeited at onoe, aud in five other eases the selectors wore asked to show cause why they should not be forfeited at the next meeting of the Board.

The able no-licenao lecturer, Mr Charles H. Poole, preached at Wesley Church yesterday morning, hnd in the evening at St. Andrew’s Church. After church services Mr Poole delivered an address in His Majesty’s Theatre on “ Cursed by Philanthropy.” The lecturer strongly condemned the indiscriminate distribution of oharity, which so , often oreated a poverty of morality, aod only went to feed the saloons. Poverty would be reduced to a minimum if the saloons could be. wiped out, and this could only be accomplished by the abolition of the liquor traffic. Those who .contributed most liberally to oharity were the liquor, party, but such philanthropists could not be called creators of society—they wore only the scavengers. The money thus given was refuse, so that other money could be deposited in its place. He dealt with Bishop Potter’s saloon in New York, in which the Bishop endeavored to place tha trade in a purer environment, and denounced it as being consecrated to the service of the devil.- Evil could notbe made respectable by being made attractive. .The old age pensions in Now Zealand, in most cases, were handed in to the Baloons to liquidate old scores, or to buy more beer. The address was listened to by a very large audience, and applause was frequent. The Rev. J. G. Paterson occupied the chair, and pronounced the benediction at the close of the address. The committee appointed by the Gisborne branch of the Partners’ Union to report on the best means of resisting the spread of ragwort and Californian thistle in this district met on Saturday. A report was drawn up detailing the best methods of dealing with both weeds', and this will be submitted to a general meeting of the branch next Saturday. As emphasising the dangor of ragwort spreading in this district, we might mention the case of the Te Awamutu district, whoro a number of settlers from the Te Rau-a-moa Government special settlement were charged by Inspector Kerr under the Noxious Weeds Act with failing to clear ragwort oil their holdings. In pleading guilty, defendants stated that most of them were doing their utmost to cope with the weed, which is now literally taking possession at an alarming rate, olose on 600 acres being affected, some portions bei g smothered. [ One holder stated that ragwort had already I cost him JE4OO, which was as much as it I cost him to clear the land of bush originally, and if he could get his money back he would leave the place. Tboy were aware that ragwort was caking possession, but all could not help it> and Government assistance was necessary. However, in the meantime they would do their best to comply with .the Ait. The Magistrate said that on going through to Kawhia Court last month he could not help noticing thß large area under ragwort at Te Rau-a-moa, and which from a distance appeared like a crop of ,mustard in flower. The Department Bhovld move in the matter, otherwise tbaV portion of the county will become useless for settlement. Inspector Kerr intimated that owing to the rapid spread of ragjvort many settlers had stopped falling tteir bush. Robert GlentworSh, who, it was alleged, appeared to make no effort to dear the weed, was convicted and fined £IQ and costa £1 12s. The other cbbob were adjourned eine die,

the parties to cope w.th the ragwort as best they can to the latiefaotion of the inspector. • .. { *