Untitled

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1417, 30 March 1905, Page 2

Captain Edwin reported ycstorday “ Moderate to strong westerly winds glass, little movement; tides and sea mode rate.”

Messrs Stephens and Sons, who bavo opened business in Gisborne nnd To Karaka, notify that they are selling at half former prices. An important sale of pictures will take place to-day, when Messrs Williams and .Kett'fe, in conjunction with Messrs Common, Shelton and Co., will offer a codeclection of pictures by Mr T. B. Attwood. I The sale commences at 2.30 p in. The cookery classes at the technical school .are held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays between 10 n.m. and noon and 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The committee will he pleased to seo any Indies desirous of witnessing the operations of these classes.

A Christchurch correspondent telegraphs : —The Island Bay Estate, of 4000 acres, on the slopes of Akaroa Harbor, together with all the live stock, has been sold by the owner, Mr G. J. Black, who has purchased an estato near Gisborne, to Mr K. W. Chapman, for about £45,000. It has a frontage of threo miles to the harbor, and nearly the whoio of the estate is plonghablc. The purchaser is subdivid iog the estate iDto sections ranging from 250 acres to 1000.

The Auckland Horald states that “ f nowdropping” or the theft of eltao clothes huDg out to dry having become a little too frequent in Ponsonby during the past few days,a resident of St. Mary's Bead set a watch on his clothes line, which was heavy with the family wash on Friday night. His vigilance was duly rewarded. A man and a woman were, it is alleged, seen lurking about the yard, and assuring | themselves that no one wes looking, the man entered the garden, and taking directions from his companion, picked out the most valuable of the articles flapping in the breeze. Then tho owner came out, and there was a brief set to in tho bock yard, the outcome of which, it is stated, was that the “ anow-Sroppor’s’l leg was broken. . ;

Transhipments ex s.s. Mimiro arrived by fclio e.H. Victoria yesterduy afeornoon. A oh ark over 9ft in length waa caught in tbo net yesterday by the trawler. Mr Chisholm, of Gisborne, has boon appointed deputy registrar of marriages, birtha and doaths at Gisborne. The Hon. J. Carroll loft for Wellington by tho bb. Zoalondia yesterday, and re* turns for tbo opening of tho To Karaka railway. KuDgaroo acasia, vipor’s bugloas, and wild borage havo been included in tbo second schedule of tho Noxious Woods Act.

Mi' W. O. Skccb received a wiro from Captain Nicholas, of the echoonor Awanui, lane ovoniug otating that bo was leaving Whiiianga to-morrow, and lauding at Tcilago Bay, weather permitting. Tho following is tho draw for tho noxt round of the .handicap fours of tho Gisborno Bowling Club : Bobortson v. Claudio, Witty v. Wall neb, Simeon v. Seymour, Corson v. Martin. Tho ociiunittco would’ like these game's to bo finisho'l p.a soon as possible, as there aro other competitions ready.

Tiro Hon, Jas. Carroll, accompanied by Ml - O. A. Doljautour, Chairman of the Technical School Committee, Mesdames DeLautour and Hughes, Messrs J. W. Bright (Chairman of tho Gisborne School Committee), W, Morgan, and W. L. Keep, paid a visit of inspection yesterday morning to tho technical classes, where pupils from Standard 5 woro at work, 24 at cookery, 24 at physical science (mathematics), 24 at woodwork,and tho remainder in their elass room doing composition, awaiting their turn. to railway matters at tho Cheviot Show,Mr Hall-Jones (Minister for Public Works) said tho mombor for tho district, Mr Kutherford, was nover satisfied,and now wanted to see the lino pushed on to Domett. However, there woro settlers in other parts who 'wore much worse off, and were further from railway communication than the Cheviot people would bo if tho lino did not extend beyond Waipara. Ho would see, however, that Cheviot got a fair share of the money allocated for railway construction. As to the question of the slip beyond the now bridge, there need be no alarm, for tho lino would be carried on along the nortn bank of the Hurunui. When the 180 men had finished working on tho sonth side they would be spread out and would commence on the north side of the river. He hoped that when the next show was bold people would bo able to travel by rail, at any rate, as far as Hole’s Corner, which is well on into the estate. As to the soctioa as far as Domett thoro would be a most suitable site for a general station for all purposes. They must continue opening up this country, as it was one of the beat pacts of the colony. The committee of the Technical classes has forwarded a letter to the Education Department, applying for a further grant to carry on the work. The letter stated that tho cost to date of tho erection and partial equipment of the school was £1952, of which sum tho Government had contributed £990, and tho Governors £961. The balances available woro £9 6s from the Government and £9B 10s from the Governors. To complete tho school a further sum of at least £350 was needed. The Governors had appropriated another sum of £l5O, and had indicated that they would favorably consider the giving of a further amount sufficient with a subsidy of £ for £ from the Government to make up tho wholo sum required. Application was therefore made for a further grant of £175, which would enable the school to be opened in March, fully equipped in all its ! branches. Tho controlling authority was | quite prepared to provide for instruction in such subjects as farmers might, require, and as had been indicated by the Farmers’ Union at Gisborne. If these were desired seme additionol plant for agricultural chemistry, for instruction in grasses and cereals, or for dairying, would be reqnirod. No provision was made for such instruction in the present estimates, but tho Governors were informed tho additional plant might bo covered at a Co3t of about £IOO.

Two ladies, wlio war a on the ill-fated Orizaba when she struck the submerged reck off the coast of West Australia, were in Christchurch recently, and, in relating their experiences at the time of the wreck, state coolness of the ship’s officers was wonderful. The shock of the impact with the rock when the ship was at full speed was most horrible, but thoro was no panic, and though the engioeroom was flooded in a few minutes, the work of the ship went on just the same aa before.."' Lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner were served just as if nothing had happened, and it was not till

after dinner that the passengers were told that they must prepare to leave the ship. At abont half-past eight the same evening two tenders came alongside, and the ladies were helped down the gangway by the ship’s officers, the captain being the last to leave. The Orient Company was most courteous, and did everything possible to help them. Xt was apparent to all from the shock that tne vessel was a total wreck, but they felt that even if assistance did not arrive that nigbt that they would have been able to remain on the vessel for a day or two without any danger to life. In a letter to tho Press on the subject of bumble bees and the fertilisation of red clover, Mr G. G. Stead writes :—“ With

wool, iambs, and fat sheep at their present value, farmers may not trouble to take notice of so comparatively unimportant a subjeot as the growth of reed clover seed) but I am satisfied that if they could ensure its fertilisation and obtain, as is often the case, a saok of red oiover seed per acre, it wouid give the farmer a better return than either wool or sheep even at present high prices. There is almost an unlimited market in Europe for ail clover seed that [ can be exported from Now Zealand of the high quality that has been sent in the past and Mr Grigg’s recommendation that other varieties of the humble bees should bo obtained is worthy of support.” If the Aeclimitisation Society or the A. and P. Association wili take the matter in hand, Mr Stead offers to join others in subscribing towards a special fund for importing fertilising bees, either humble or honey bees.