The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 11, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1401, 11 March 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 11, 1905.

/ THE far NORTH’. .TJie Premier’s tour up North hasbecomp especially interesting for the I reason, that" he is holding out hopes [of better treatment for a part of the colony) that has- been sadly neglected, When the Premier seeks to prove that Westland has been the much cow of the colony, he takes upon himself a hopeless task. His array of figures would perhaps in some circumstances carry conviction —buj when applied to • the West coast,, we are -apt to regard them in the same light as we do the work of a conjuror. We like the look of the Premier s figures, but the good fortune ‘of the favored West Coast 'in the matter of p,u!blic money has been so often impressed on us by both writers and speakers that it is now: accepted as part of the ordinary po~ litical creed. The Premier may try. his hardest now: to disillusionise us but the belief has become too firmly ingrained to admit of any attempt to rempve it. The Premier’s tour nn tho North ' may, do a great 'deal of good. Ho will bo better able to jildge of the difficulties under which the far-back settler labors. What applies in the case of the "North is. equally; applicable to ot/her districts; of the .North Island. On all sides we have proof that in the./ political world those who just rely on their rights without taking the trouble to ask for them, will find themselves “ left,”- while the more pertinacious I individual scores. ,The tour in the 1 (North should: be ;rn object lesson fo-r the people of this district. Promises arc being made, and this district lias need to Keep a watchful eye on matters to prevent ojur being left out in the cold when- the distribution of public money is being made

The late train will not leave until after the Baby Show to-night. A picnic and social gathering will be held at Kaitaratahi on Thursday next. A bay filly, lost from the Waikanae, is advertised for. Messrs Williams and Kettle’s produce sale commences at 10.30 to-day. i Tenders for painting the hospital olose on Monday next. Messrs Williams and Kettle will offer a number of choice Kaiti properties for sale to-day. Preparations are well in hand for St. Patrick’s sports and sooial on Thursday next, and large gatherings are expected. East Cape reported yesterday. morniDg a light N.W. wind, barometer 30.42, ther- | mometer 72. blue cloudy sky, smooth sea. From the l6t proximo newspapers from New Zealand to Egypt pass at one penny each, irrespective of weight. The funeral of the late Mrs W. HievWright takes place this afternoon, the interment being privets.

I Mr Widdowson, 8.M., of Dunedin, senI fenced a woman, not long out of gaol, to I three months’ imprisonment for using I obscene language to a constable. I The Governor will unveil the Queen I Victoria Memorial Statue in Dunedin on Anniversary Day. The Premier will also be present, if possible. I A sale of work in connection with the I Wesley Church will be held about July next for extinguishing the church debt. I The Rev. Gt. Hounsoll will conduct both I morning and evening services at the Wes- I iey Church to-morrow, and also service at I Ormond at three o’clock. I

Mr R. Robertson has [a special au- ! nouncement in regard to. some goods I which he has just opened up. A fine lot of mercery and clothing is being shown, whilst a special feature is made of tailorpaado suits- ■ . —: in

Baby Show and Competitions to-night, His Majesty's Theatre. Tho auxiliary sohoonor Aotea sailod for Coast ports and Auckland last ovoning with a full genoral cargo. Six seotions in the Hangaron distriot are gazetted open for sale or soloction under tho various land systems, on and after April Htb.

Mr R. A. Crawford, dontist, has socurod rooms ovor Mr W. Good’s, opposite tho Masonio Hotel, aud expoots to start business about Saturday noxt. A special advertisement in rogord to tho Molbourno Cush uppoars in this issuo. A splendid ’ variety of ohoioo millinery is offorod at bed-rock prices. To-morrow harvest thanksgiving services will bo hold ut tho Salvation Army barracks and will be conducted by Caplain Garland, of Auckland.

Captain Edwin reported yesterday : '• Moderate winds from between southeast and south and south west ; glass little movement ; tides modorato ; sea moderate.’’

Deer are getting plentiful in tho Grey Valley and on tho Paparoa ranges, while tho bush is getting well stocked with dark opossums, imported from Tasmania some fivo years ago.

Miss Edith Fairchild, third daughter of tho lute Captain Fairchild, has been appointed stall nurse at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netloy, Southampton. Under the proposed subdivisions of Dunedin City into single electorates, Dunedin North will approximately contain a population of 11,753* Dunedin Central 11,766, Dunedin South 11,778. Tho Howard Brothers, Of telepathic mystery, have just made a tour of tho West Coast goldfields with their vaudevillo company. A visit to Gisborne is shortly to be made.

Tho demand that State shall teach religion augurs no good. It is a backward step. 11l indicates a retrogression on the part of tho family and the church. —Kawakawa Luminary. The return Town v. County cricket match will be played at Taruheru this afternoon. This popular fixture always draws a largo number of spectators, and those attending the picturesque Taruheru cricket ground this afternoon should be rewarded by witnessing a close and interesting game.

Tho Harvest Thanksgiving Services at the Salvation Army Barraokß on Sunday are to be conducted by Capt. Garland, from Auokland. The barracks are beiDg deooratod on an extensive scalo, a big excellent baok scene having been painted by Mr Catherall. Special singing 13 to be one of the chief features of the meetings. Tho Turanganui Hotel has been taken over by Mr C. Lomax, who intends making considerable improvements in the house. Tho interior of the hotel is to be entirely renovated and the appointments brought thoroughly up to date. Tenders for the work are advertised for in this issue.

We have pleasure in calling attention to the announcement in another column that Mr Tisdall, the agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society for Persia and Turkish Arabia (now on furlough in this colony) will deliver a lecture at Waerenga-a-hika College on Monday night next; also at the Anglican schoolroom, Gisborne, on Tuesday night. The lecture will bo illustrated by limelight slides, and we believe will prove interesting and instructive. Collections to aid expenses will be made.

Necessity is the cause of curious employment. In a Sydney Court the other day two young women, witnesses in a case, stated that they were employed at a Chinaman’s gardeD, piecework, pulling up, washing, and tying Jvogetables for the market, with occasional diversion in the way of weeding. Frequently they worked till eight in tho evening. Tying vegetables, one explained was Blow work, and their weekly oarninga averaged between 10s and Ids, according to circumstances. It was stated that the girls, - who were sisters, had to work because their father was ill, and there was a large family to keep.

Ia his inter-sessional address at Amberley on Saturday evening' last, Mr A. W. Rutherford, referring to the late period of the year at which Parliament was called together, said the majority of members, especially the country members, would muoh prefer mooting early in May. They could be spared from their farms during winter, but it did not suit them to be away after August. The rosult of those late sessions was gradually to drive the representation into the hands of professional politicians. He did not know if that was Mr Seddon’s objeot, but he did know that the Premier’s answer to a question on the subject during the session of 1903 was of so thin a character as to be no explanation at all. It was the general opinion in the country that Parliament wasted much valuable time. During the 1903 session he thought that Mr Seddon was much to blame, but last session the waste of time could not be laid at his door, for he was as conciliatory as Sir Joseph’Ward. The fault last session was with certain members in all parts’of the House, Who made a practice of speaking as long as the Standing Orders permitted.