THE CZAR.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1410, 22 March 1905, Page 2

THE CZAR.

.me iniormation .that the (Jzar has been quarrelling with Ms Ministers over the war is a su'bjocb of consid,erable interest in view of the internal troubles in Russia., 'flic Czar is earning for himself a character that iwill be remembered only, with feelings of disgust. A writer in the •Quarterly, Review described the Czar as ‘rt unsteady, liaic-hearted, ‘selfcomplacent-, and fickle.l’- .That he is fickle has been amply proved lately m his conduct towards the zemstvos'— representatives of tho people ,were encouraged to frankly. express their j views, and then were punished for so doing. It has been thought worthy of cabling that the Czar is worried and troubled with head-aches, yet we are also informed! that he is obdurate as to the continuation of the 'war. Perhaps Baron, Rothschild is right, that a revolution will ensue in whether war is stopped or not.

1 In that case the Czar is evidently a man who wqfljlid seek ito gain time prior to the day of retribution even if.it be at the expense ,o£ thousands of innocent people. .The 'Czan’q head aches while defenceless women are being burned alive by, the Czar’s armed savages. lie lias the power, to put an end ho the trouble ;■ he has only to give the orders to have matters tairiy adjusted, and hilsi instructions .would he promptly given effect to/ His plight has been described as an unhappy and miserable one. But he has the opportunity, of being a real man, and not a craven who seeks by any means to hedge in the privileges of aristocratic idlers. fThe appeal to M-- de Witte ho with- | draw; his resignation is a hopeful sign,, but probably a continuance ; of office will only, mean the suppression of .the statesman’s ideas in favor of those who happen for the moment to be.Jin tile good graces of the Czar. ■No One can attempt to justify, the ;ms ass ins, bun neither can we , feel surprised that desperate and cruel mol are fbent on' taking ,tho life ' of a hia'n, at ithe head, p£ Such a cruel

The Haiti City Football Club holds its annual mooting 'fa-night at tho Boyal Hotol.

Ml' R. Hay, thti woll-known civil engineer, will pass thro'Ugh Gisborno to-day by thu Mokoiu. t ' At tbo Polico Court a fino of 5a nud coata was impose'd on Harold Harcourt Weston for using abusive language. The bearing of Mr W. Biohardson’a chargea in connection witi-i. the Premier's rooeut mooting in Auckland,' will be taken there to-day. ' The West End Football Cltab will hold its annual mooting at tho To Eau Collego on Friday ovoning at eight o'clock. All membora and intending players are cordially invited. \ Tho Eaat Coast Mounted Rifleb hold a mounted parade at Makauri range] at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday next. A foot pArade of the corps will bo held at the drill in the evening. The competition for Mr Hood's! field glassea and Mr Clayton’s modal, to be fired for by tho East Coast Mounted! and Giaborno Rifles, has been postponed antil Easter Monday, 1 Messrs Redstone and Sons’ Coast coach leaves for Tolago Bay, at 8130 to-morrow morning, and ffchcs Morfero coach at 7 o’clock. ' i Messrs Adair Bros, announce. Wilt they have just opened up a shipimoitt of new winter goods, to which they invite the inspection of the public. The Hawke’s Bay cricketers pass through gGisborne this morning on their way to Auckland. They return to Gißborne on Sunday, playing the representative match at Taruheru on Monday and Tuesday. . , :■ \ The following are the crews selected by the Union Rowing Club, Napier, for the Easter fixtures:—Senior: C. Poll (str), S. Willis, H.. Minnett, J. Cato. . .Junior : W. Heifford (str), 8. Brownetts, A. Crowe, S. Sweotapplo. Ten-stone: J. Dickson (str), H. Holder, S. Peterson, G. Lydford. The following telegram was received yesterday by Captain Tucker, the County Council Chairman, from the Hon. J. Carroll: —“ Re Karaka railway,will let you know as soon as I get word from different Ministers. I think myself that we could arrange for the first week in April. It would be better than Maroh 31st.” The oentrally-situated “ Oxford House" bas been taken over by Mr C. Heron, formerly proprietor of the Cafe Monioo. Excellent board and residenoe will be provided at reasonable rates. Oxford House is situated beside Messrs Sargood, Son arid Ewan’s premises, Peel streoc, and in the hands of Mr Heron should prove a very popular residenoe. / At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning Mr Campbell Thomson, Inspector of Noxious Weeds, proceeded against James Frank King, farmer, of Makauri, for failing to clear his land of .ragwort. Mr Nolan appeared for the prosecution. A fino of £‘i was inflicted, oosts 95,/and solicitor’s foe £1 Is. His Worship said it was very necessary that the provisions of the Act should be carried out. Mr Tuta Nihoniho, who wsb recently appointed a Native Assessor, took his seat at the Native Land Court yesterday, and was formally wolcomed by . Judge Jones and a number of the natives. Tuta replied thanking the speakers, and mentioned that he had been asked many years ago by Chief Judge Macdonald to become an assessor. In those days he, had declined, but now that it had beoome a general wish with his people he had accepted the position, and would endeavor to t act justly between all parties. - , A meeting of the Holiday Committe 8 I was held yesterday to consider a lette r from Mr H. E. Hill, hon. secretary of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association, asking for an alteration in the weekly half holiday, from Thursday, 30th, to Tuesday, 23th inst. The letter stated that the Hawke’s Bay team could not fix their arrangements so as to visit Gisborne on Thursday. A large number of town people desired to witness the match, but would be unable to do so nnless the alteration was mads, and the Association would consequently suffer financially. After considerable discussion Mr Kennedy proposed, and Mr Ambridge seconded, that the application be granted, subject to the opening of the railway not taking place during the same week. Mr Ford moved an amendment, and Mr Friar seconded, that in view of the uncertainty of whether the opening of the railway was to be on the 30th inst., and the awkwardness of changing the day from the usual half-holiday, the committee decide that they could not grant the holiday. The amendment, upon being pat to the meeting, was lost, and the motion carried by 5 to 2. The Wairoa Guardian makes the follow iDg complaint:—Some time ago w pointed out that the Gisborne Railway League had been agitating for railway connection with Wairoa, utilising the water-power of Waikaremoana for the purpose. We asked the local Railway League to give evidence of its existence by meeting and passing a resolution in favor of the suggestion. But no sign of activity appears, and to all intents the Wairoa Railway League is as dead as “ Caesar's ghost.” Our neighbors may try and move tho powers that be, on onr behalf; but our local settlers will not give the slightest sign that they are even alive to their own . wants. Nothing can. be obtained without persistent agitation in season and out of season ; and the reason why Poverty Bay has got so many of its wants supplied is that the people never, take “ no’’for an [ answer. All honor to them for their success. We wish we could stir up the people here not to continue in the same old groove year by year. The Poverty Bay Parliamentary representative is an active faotor on behalf of his constituents, and Wairoa has been undoubtedly badly served during the last few years. Sir William Russell is not a sturdy beggar at the shrine of St. Seddon, and so the district is practioally left out of the annual distribution o colonial funds

I Dr McArthur, the Wellington magistrate, has given a pretty clear indication that he does not propose to allow himself to be influenced in his judicial capacity by I any outside body, Ths other day, when a woman was charged with having left an adopted child alone in the house from 11 in the morning till 4 in tho afternoon, during her absence at a picnic, he dismissed the oase, ruling that wilful neglect had not been proved, and thereupon the Society for the Protection of Women and Children sent him a resolution regretting that he ehould have dismissed the information,

instead of using his power of cancelling tho adoption papers. The committee also urged that u more careful preliminary in. vestigation be made into the fitness of persons applying to adopt young children. Dr McArthur replied to the resolution as follows :—“ I duly received yours of the I

11th inst, forwarding resolution of your

committee re my action on a recent case before this Court. I would respectfully point out to your committee that the magistrate is in a much better position to judge of the circumstances of a case than

I is your committee, and that he is not going to be influenced by any extraneous body, no matter how good its intentions may be. In reference to the last paragraph of your letter, I beg to inform your committee that tho most careful investigation is made into the fitness of persons applying to adopt young children.”