The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 18, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1407, 18 March 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 18, 1905.

NORTH) VT. |TLANI>.

.The question a: the relative treatment of the an#!' ..West-' i anti ia becoming p interesting than ever, Theess Association gave us the. Prein i defence,, poking that his oiwhnjstitiueticy had really been ship Hy. neglected, [while the Northd been treated With a lavish h; Now the •Auckland niorninhrnal returpsi to, the attack in thshion .-—Mr, Seddon, at Whang; did his utmost to persuade the th of • Auckland that his 'Govern* as been , quite unfair to ' the Ah, particularly, to Westland, in generous heaping up of railways,d s > bridges, ana other costly co ; J® in the utngjratoful North. Whf he has succeeded or not, the may inform us, certajhe will not have | failed because from maki;ir, figures per; exceptional acrobatic feats, jasiuaily leaving out the Midland way, he- reauced Southern rail; constructions to superficially pible limits,, and by again changes between ••‘"electorate 'd ••province'" he made it Westland got almost nol/hinhen the Estimates went' roujijd.n fact, the writer sarcastically marks,, his Westlend"’ is an/nishi.ng place. AcI cording -to hi has a population of 39,000,-rThQifhe census gives it at many/ thuds ; of po.untls. Between Ross: Hokitika, insignificant .(the irP f it !.) .West Coast villages, he .its -that there was *19,000 sp,ei It tapped new country, he ninsj—as though (cuttingly mentthe critic) no North Auckland .ray could tap, new country, an though in the Whan-,-rarei distrilhi ‘the Maufigaturoto district, aha score of other Northern regio>here was pot more to I tap and metngant need .of tapping than in Weld. Then comes this heavy char " 'the fact is that West-land / holds its population bv. lavish fern meat expenditures, and woulk_rea.se by thousands, instead of dully increasing-in five years by-' persons if that profuse I expenditure opped.’ - Then ■" one comparisofis given as to how North' Au(d is treated.. Mr Seddon claimt Whangarei that only *17,67 wa.pendcd on the Grey-moulb-hloh line. Anybody who takes' thpuhie to turn up the ••■ Ways 7 Works. Accounts," for 11903-4, wind this £1767 therein set, down.he amount spene Noreh, of Auckla'on) the same account Was £7.9 . et us (adds the writer, warming ] take this boomerang retort oI Soddon’s to our criticism by f - No less than *1767 from omhiany accounts spent in I a 'provincated ip the rensius : to have onl.OOO" inhabitants, *75 spent frefhat account in the Nor th oiikiand, .which has over 31 000 infants. Then the Premier is fin severe language w.hat the Hlerapinks about him.

Messrsstone and Son’s coaches for MorSnd East/ Coast leave at 7 ob Mq morning.

A trial let mach will bo played at Tarnheru'ofterDOon between Probable arid Posq'ooms in view of the forthcoming c,t with Hawke's Bay on the 87th andfmai.

Mrs Skery Ipil sing “ Father's Prayer ” atho Srutiun Ary barracks on Snnduy ovjing. javeral congaogational medleys \tb iirumontal accompaniments witV.so bjjivon. At tbo ( Tolagi'Bay races yesterday Guiletta fl in t, 1 Hurdles and reooivcd a uch iujuea tha'e had to bo destroyed. The jocly, J. (ioo, roceivcd a broken arm. ±1 was ar.ded by Dr Roekio. Tbo ,'hit Esbooc shop notify now aeaaon’aihipmo: of ladies’ and gentlemen's gin boottnd gentlemen’s Amorioan bees of nomd fashionable shapes, whioh re just tg opened np. In l/o Flyiripfandicap at the Tolago Bay r/eos yestay, Mr J. A. Cmsar, the ownci'of Sarilinterod a protest against tbo sljikos boirjiaid to Hoywood on tbo groard that >ywood was not duly outoifcd, and q that Heywood crossed Sarilu at thcart, thoreby interfering vvitl the ruin'. Tbo protest was not upteld. , A.n indust! disputo has been beiwenn thelpier Drivers’ Union and 126 local ern'cre. The Union demands a working wof 45 hours, a minimum wage of £2j for drivers of one horse vehicles, an(iG2 10s for drivers of two or more hoi Is 6d por hour overtime, that oasualiors shall be paid at Is 4d por hour, I recognition of the usual holidays. < hearing of tbo dispute is fixed to tajace boforo tho Conciliation Board at ior on tho 21st inst.—N.Z, Times.

An entioew version of tho popular drama, 'ole Tom’s Cabio,” will be staged at Mojesty’s Thoatro next Monday nigh the Rice Dramatic Company. \ The chie anea > n Mrs Stowe’s famous work portrayed from the negroes’ficß'O l3 where tfncle Tom receives K otn t 9B of liberty, to where he receive s death at the bands of the brutal 503 - The piece is bring staged at the sp request of a largo number of the comp! 1 patrons, 1 and it is sure to be a greats6Bß- - show do Lisle aDd Lut treliatont Painless Brand took first p r j z rhe exhibit attracted great attentior proof of its permanency and noi nr y t 0 the b'ole is greatly in favor of .composition being used. It must bey gratifying to the patentees to hear [jaeir.pateut brand is being so highly a eiated.. The brand h»B been over t'e months in use, and reports of its joy and easy application are frejtly coming to hand. «

. pleasing ceremony took place yesterafternoon, when the members of the

sborne Times’ staff assembled and ado a gift to Mr W. .T. P. Gaudin on the oof his marriage. The presentation of imo handsome pieces of silverware, ac-

ompanied by a choice autograph card, Vos made on behalf of the staff by Mr 3. T. Jones, who voiced the hearty good wishes of all for tho health, happiness, and prosperity of Mr Gaadin and his bride-eledt. Mr Gaudin made,an appropriate reply in returning thanks. He leaves for Auckland to day, the wedding taking place at St. Paul’s Church next week.

Great mortality occurred in a mob o sheep which arrived at Port Ahuriri from tbo; country on Thursday evening for shipment to Canterbury (says the Napier Telegraph). On the way in fromTaradale, in spite of the drovers’ efforts, the sheep greedily drank of the salt water in the inner harbor, and in the morning 28 of their number were found dead from the effects thus caused, 42 others were prostrated, and ore not likely to recover, while many more which were affected were shipped along with the healthy ones to Lyttelton in the Rakanoa, special men having to accompany the steamer to look after the sick animals.

At the meeting of the Technical Classes Committee last evening, the Chairman, Mr W. Morgan, asked for the reports from the gentlemen appointed to overlook the different classes. Messrs Brown and Humphreys reported that the plumbing class had not been started vet, as only six pupils had offered Mr Church stated that he was not aware the woodwork class had eommeneed until the last evening. The Chairman expressed disappointment at; the lack of. interest shown by the Committee in the classes. He did not expect them to supervise the work, but when a meeting was called to start a class the gentlemen who had agreed to look after that class should attend. There were 17 pupils in this class, and groat interest was shown in the work, and yet the gentlemen appointed to that class were not aware it had started until the third night. It was fortunate that he was present to start this class. Mr Graham said that last year the instrnctors started the classes themselves, and appeared to resent the attendance of anyone during the lesson, Mr Bright thought the chairman was right. It was a case of the work being put on the willing horse. He did not mind looking in now and again during a lesson, but if he was supposed to supervise the work he would ask that his name be struok off. His time was fully occupied. Mr File stated that when he attended during a leßson he had been told that the instructor did not want looking after and that he was not used to that sort of thing, so,ho had remained away. The Chairman pointed out that there was a place for the members to sign the roll, and it wbb their duty to look in and see how the work was being carried out