The Gisborne PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 11, 1905. THE LITTED COUNTRY LEADS THE WORLD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1427, 11 April 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 11, 1905. THE LITTED COUNTRY LEADS THE WORLD.

Lyra, Ranfurly hag contributed an. article to an. American periodical, t*e under tbhq title o! “ The World’s moat advanced Government,”- dealing with New Zealand and the .legislative problems with which it has grappled. .The I ma ffa zin e comments on I*9' llim > Significant fact that our [late Governor was a great-great-grandson of William Penn, who hrougnt fronitho east to the shores of America the first seeds of really great government, including freedom °: speech, freedom of religiO|USi .views' aua good manners and integrity in . with the natives. •Strange to say this .scion, of the Penn family two hundred and .twenty two years afterwards coming fro-m the west landed upon the shores of a „ nlt L brought with him cor.cep lions of G'oivornment as liberal and as far ini ad|vanco of existing ideals, as those of his great ancestor two centuries before. Undoubtedly continues the editor, that little wo,rid to-day in carrying out Mr s ideal of Government ?* of tho people,: by the people, and for the people.” Pew understand why a newly established government in a remote island of the Pacific- can give this example of wisdom to the world but the cause is easily found. Other peoples are hound by traditions, by laws which cannot tie easily chanced by powerful firranoial interests which coc’trgl. Men have gone thither from all part/si of the world. These 1 ammigrants as a rule are men' of inDependent though h, who* have been | observant of the strong ainil weak of .the governments they have loft behind. » Starting in com paratiyo poverty wbero no great financial interests have yeti obtained a foot liold the best ideas of government are put, forward in the national legislature by men from England, from the United States, from Germany, from. South America. Bavin"- the good of all at heart rather than, thebenefit of the few, legislators were able to debate with minds unprejudiced and uWbought—when be speaks of unprejudiced wo presume he means . a national sense. After giving an interesting and impartial resume of the colony’s laws with illustrations of cynical New Zealand scenes, Lord Ranfurly thus concludes bis article: " I Pnow that New Zealand's Premier, and the people of the colony mostly seem to consider these islands, and talk of thorn as f. God’s own country.’ Certainly they are a pleasant land inhabited by pleasant people ; still a land but partially developed, with mineral resources so far little touched, and I believe there lies a great future before this colony, and that New Zealand will he able to Hold her own among the rising nations of the world, and) will ever be, as she it now, a splendid example of British enterprise and British colonizatio:

BOROUGH ELECTION. While keen interest is being taken throughout' New Zeal anil in the Mayoral an# municipal elections, Gisborne has not yet been aroused to anything like a healthy interest on the subject.. It is the Brsh election tor the extended borough, and the now council is likely to have the handling of nearly £IOO.OOO iuT loan rueney and other funds. Several councillors have given out their intention pt cg't again standing for

election, and s.o far no fresh names have boon definitely men tipiied as intending candidates. The nomina- 1 tions m!us:t bo in by noon on Friday next, and Thursday being a holiday Micro is not much time to be lost. If may ho that there will be a rush' of candidates) at the last moment ; but it is highly desisablo that the best men obtainable should be indueocl iio como forward after mature consideration. Tlierc arc no important policy jc|)ucations, but the municipal ail min Ist r ati ve work for tlio next few years will be tile most important of the history of the borough. If the electors are lukewarm in the matter they will hardly lia_v c geio'd grounds for complaint if things do hot progress as they should. 1

The Borough Council meets fco*nigbfc. A money order and postal note office has been opened at Tiniroto. If The Road to Ruin ” nt His Majoffcy’s to-night.

Mails for Christchurch and South, per s.s. Storm, close at 4 p.m. to-day. Two or throe furnished rooms in a private house are advertised for by a professional man.

East Capo reported yestorday morning a light B.W. wind, barometer 80.04, thermomoter 57, blue oloudy sky. A whole holiday has been granted for the opening of the Te Koraka railway on Thursday next.

Captain JEdwin reported yesterday : ,l Strong winds to gale from between west and south-west and south j glass rise j tidos high ; sea heavy easterly swell : weather cold.”

The petitioners in favor of a school at Milltown have received a reply from the Education Board, stating that at last meeting it was decided to take steps to secure a school site of not lobs than three acres. A committeo was appointed to go into the matter and report at next meeting of the Board.

At the Police Court yestorday morning a first offender for drunkenness, who did not appear, was fined 10s. A native named Charles Wilson was fined £l, costs 2s, in defoult four days’ imprisonment. The following renowals wore granted by Mr W. A. Barton at a Bitting of the Old Ago Pension Court yesterday: William Aked, William Munro, Haere Ngaungau, James Jaokson, Henarieta Mangere, £lB • Wirihana Tupeka, £ls; Henry Edward Greaves £ll.

_ An appeal against the Magistrate decision in the case of Mary Smith v. Abbotsford Smith, alleged desertion, will be heard in the Supreme Court at Auckland this week. Messrs Finn and G. FT Lysnac, who are to represent appellant and respondent respectively, are at presont in Auckland in connection with the ease.

Owing to the fact that the polo sports were on last Saturday there was rather a meagre attendance at the golf links, and it was decided to open on the following Saturday with a mixed foursome. By that time the addition to the pavilion will, it is ;hoped, bo completed, and the links also will be in better order.

The Maomahon-Darrell Company wil* produce to-night for the first time in Gisborne 11 The Road to. Ruin,” an episode of the boom time, an Australian story of real life, founded on faots. On “ The Road to Ruin,” Jed there by women and wine, the victim visits the mining mart, the racecourse, tho gambling hell, the haunts of dissipation, winding up his career at the goal of extravagance and vice, inside tho prison walls.

The well known lecturer and author on theosophy and occultism, Mr C. W. Leadbeater, will arriyo in Gisborne oil the 19th inst. on bis leefurs tour through Now Zealand. Mr Lendbeater has just completed two years’ work in America, and has been induced to visit New Zealand and Austrolia on his way to India.

Deep regret was felt on the sad news b|mg reoeived of the death of the wife of A - M “ ln ‘y£?' licensee of tho Tiniroto Hotel. Mrs Mclntyre was greatly osteemed by a large cirole of friends, and latterly, as hostess of the Tiniroto Hotel, became a great favorite with the travelling public. She was 31 years of age, and some weeks ago had successfully under* gone an operation in town. She seemed well on the way to robust health, bui latterly became very ill, and passed away on Sunday. Much sympathy is felt for j the bereaved husband and relatives.