The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 19, 1905. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1434, 19 April 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, APRIL 19, 1905. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

The large numtec ol candi'dates offering itheir services to the ratepayers, as .Councillors, indicates . a healthy/ interest in municipal affairs anil (affords an opportunity, for such a selection ag .will ensure capable administration, The candidates are all well-known men, and regarding them. Individually, there Ist every, reason to feel pleased. One trouble in making a selection, however, is that if ,we excel) t the outgoing Councillors and yeterans like Mr Joyce, there is little to guide us as to the opinions held by candidates .on the chief questions which concern the extended borough. An extensive works policy has been foreshadowed ; the outgoing Council has taken the preliminary steps towards raising the necessary money to carry put the schemes authoris,pd by the ratepayers. It would be possible for ia new .Council to undo much that has already been idone and to make a complete change of policy in municipal affairs, ,The right of the majority to do certain things is not to bo questioned, so long as they have given (those whom they represent arj idea of what may, be expected from them. On. some matters the undertakings of the previous Council must be respected as obligatory on the incoming members. JVc do not anticipate that there will be any, friction in that respect, but on •the main questions there should 1-c something to go .upon, JVs things are at present, there is little or nothing known of the views of candidates, and there is little time in Which to make those views plain. It is not sufficient to know that a man is worthy of the position nought. There should be some knowledge as to hi a views. In regard to the Mayoral election, Mr JLysaar’s indentions will not ho known until his return Ip [Gisborne.

The annual meeting of the Poverty Bay Rugby Union will be held to-morrow evening in the Masonic Hotel. For the convenience of country people attending the Nupier Frivolity Minstrels’ entertainment on Saturday oveniog, the Jate train wiil hot leave town tilt after the

performance. The Dunedin Cash is holding & grea* clearing sale owing to the proprietors *'*' solving partnership. Everything is to be I sold, and bargains are announced id glass crockery, china, and delf ware, stationery' and fancy goods. J I

The box plan for the Napier Friv.o.l ity Minstrels cntenbainimen’t will ho opened at Mu Miller’s to-morrow morning, at 10,;

The Union Steam Ship Company, have decided, owing to the heavy, sea running ip the Bay, .to tender the Mpaiia from North and the Tarawera from South at 6.30 this morning, t-here toeing only one launch.: The vessels- will probably be worked vm--der the shelter of iYoujng- Nick's HeaiL-

At' His Majesty’s Theatre last evening the Aihderaon Dramatic Com-, pany concluded their Gisborne sea- ■ son, when they presented for the first time, here (the thrilling drama, “ A Face at the Window,’ 1 Despite the inclemency of the weather there was a large audience, and all members of the Company were well received.

They leave for Auckland: by. the ,Ta».iwera .this morning.

!J. D. Rockefellow has been telling an interviewer about himself. He says he could 'drive a plough team as well at eight years of age as he cc-ulti at eighteen, and never had any ambition to make money. Was it a rub for Andrew Carnegie when Rockfeller said that the expenditure of millions of dollars in. charity, by the .millionaire was hot so commendable as the spending of the widow’s miie. Both Cairnogie and Rockcfcllow have spent •d good many widows’' and orphans; mites.—Lance.

Bushfollors are wanted for tolling GOO acres at Matahiiu station.

Qua accounts must bo paid to-morrow to onouro disoount being ullowod. The annual meeting of tho Acclimatisation Sooioty will bo hold at tho Masonio Hotol at 2 30 on Saturday afternoon. Tho half yeorly mooting of tho Gisborne Rowing Club will bo hold on tho 28th inet.

Messrs Euro and Ambridgo, of “ Tho Eoonomio,” have a spenial announcement in regard to boys’ and youths’ olothing. Mr T. G. Lawloss, in our advertising columns, offers somo fine invostmonta in proporty. Messrs Rodstono and Sons’ Coast coach leavos Gisbornos for Tolago Bay at 7.80, and tho Mororo-Wairoa ooaoh at 7 o’olock, to-morrow morning.

Mails for Auckland and South aloso at G. 30 this morning, but should tho stoamors bo delayed a supplementary mail will be made up to catch the launch. Fifty cases of Island fruit will be sold by Messrs Williams and Kettle to-morrow, aiBO imported potatoes (free from blight) and produce. A loading feature of tho entertainment to be given by the Frivolity Minstrels on Saturday night will bo a full and complete orchestra under tho baton of Mr J. A. Stovons.

On Wednesday next Messrs Wiliams and Kettle will sell by auotion the whole of Mr Henry Willoughby’s fino herd of dairy cattle, horses, etc. The sale is to bo without reserve.

Tho heavy southerly gale which sprang up yestorday morning continued throughout the day, and a very heavy sea was running in the bay, and breaking right over the training wall.

A general meeting ot the Ksiti City Football Club will be held this evening for arranging details in connection with the trip to Napier at Easter, and election of junior officers. A full attendance ie requested.

Wharerata was the last station on the line where telephonic communication could be had last evening. The news from that Btation was that the line was down just the other side of Wharerata. The linemen had reached there to repair the damage, but owing to the current the river was only fordable from the other side.

OwiDg to a break in the telegraphic communication between Napier and Gisborne we are without our usual batch of telographio and cable news. The interruption is between Wharerata and Wairoa, and it is expected that the line will be repaired this morning. In case it is not all telegraphic messages will be forwarded by this morning's mall to Napier, and will be despatohed from the latter office. A ease has just been heard at the Melbourne City Court in which a sailor named Joseph Senhouse, a native of Barbados, was charged with threatening the life of Captain Gill, of the ship Oarradale, by threatening to “ do for him ” with a belaying pin. The captain said he would not leave the port with the man on board the ship, and Senhouse said the captain only wanted to get him off the ship, but could not leave him there on account of the law againat colored people. The accused was discharged. A dangerous rival to pitoh and toss has been invented by London street urohins. Five or more boys toss up and choose numbers, five figures. Next they rush in amongst the traffic and select the numbers

from the backs of the first five cabs passing, and the boy bringing back.tho highest numbers wins. Two players charged with “ gambling” were let off at the Guildhall with a caution.

Sarcasm from the Auckland Herald '• Our railways, particularly our Auckland railways, arc the pride and glory of every New Zealander. The trucks which are provided for passengers on race days and holidays are a wonderful advance on the old bullock waggons of our forefathers. Then the exquisite sensation of being nearly asphyxiated in a tunnel when the train comes to a dead stop in the middle of it is on experience that you would look for in vain in less civilised countries. A young alligator got loose in Flinders street, Townsville, Queensland, reoently. The alligator, which was 2ft in length, had been sent from Ayr to Archdeacon Day, who intended taking it to England. Whilst being driven' in a cab to the deanery the saurian managed to get out of the box and on to the street. A boy picked it up by the tail and took it into a shop, where it was placed in a tin dish whilst arrangements were being made to pack it in a safer manner. The alligator, however, got out of the dish, and disappeared in a dash down a box drain whioh runs under the shop. At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning a number of proseoutions for breaches of the Borough by-laws were heard before Mr W. A. Barton, S.M. Whare Kewa was fined 103 and costs, 7s for riding a bicycle along the Gladstone Road footpath. A. G. Beere was fined 10s and oosts 7s, for riding a bicycle without lights after sunset. E. J. Ohrisp, Borough solicitor, was fined a like amount on a similar charge. Mr Barton said that defendant could hardly plead ignorance of j the law, and as Borough solicitor should j set a better example. R. K. Murphy was fined 10s, costs 7s, for driving without lightß in Gladstone Road. The telegram from Invercargill published in our issue of yesterday, regarding Lomax, an outward passenger by the Monowai, who was arrested at the Bluff on a charge of obtaining £9OO from a Gisborne firm by false pretences, referred to H. G. Lomax, a sheep buyer, who had been operating in this district for the past few months. Ho represented that he was a cousin of Mr O. Lomax of the Turanganui Hotel, and Mr F. Lomax of the Dresden Piaao Company. This has since beßn found to be incorrect, as he is no relative of these gentleman. It is alleged that accused bought a large line of sheep on the coast, corroborated by telegrams, etc., and a local firm made substantial advances. Aaeysed left for Wairoa and, suspicion being he was followed to Morore, where, is is stated, ho refunded £7OO of the £9OO obtained. He/hen went. to Christchurch, and beiog suspected of; being about to leave the colony a warrant was issued for his arrest. Accused is ixpected to arrive in Gisborne on SaturI Jay night. At the annual meeting of the Huramua j Mounted Rifles the question of holding ( the next annual encampment was discussed, and it was decided to go into camp , at Nuhaka during the latter part of May, provided the East Coast Mounted Rifles * could meet them.. Quartermaster-Sor- 6 geant W. Mayo was voted a bonus as a £ mark of appreciation of his services by tho I squadron. It wo? decided to call for ten- ' foe tho (loaso af .a hall for .drill and ? <lu ‘- —■-sweet. Tenders in .connection J other pui t - wmrte on Easter Mon- i £ with the military ' -« «£tsgßjtbßr being i o!ay were dealt with, thiv. 51 f* ait gjall i P received, two for the cordial anu . ‘ E ~ and one for the luncheon booth. The tender of Mr A. Poyzer (£6 7s 6d) for the y ’ former, was accepted. Mrs Harmer so- 80 oared the luncheon booth privilege for 25s S' Mr B. B. O’Conor, Minister for Public 7 \ Instruction in Now South Wales, speaking 2 - at the regrading ceremony in the “ Supe- 7’" rior ” public eohool, Arncliffe, said that , school boards and parents were apt to ■ depend too much upon the Government in . the matter of beautifying the walls and pr * grounds of the schools. At a large per- ®. e oentagetof the schools be visited there was the “ same old map on the same old wall,” 5 U year in and year out, and no effort to mEike the schools bright and attractive. Parents considered they wore exerting Jn ! themselves tremendously by merely visit- teci ing the Bobool about once a year. They ti]r< should know that if children were to be o ®- kept off the street, the home must be S U3 made bright and attractive, also the school. tricl Tho Government provided substantial Nov buildings and thoroughly trained teachers, nor and the least the eohool beards and B b°t parents can do was to show the children mis, that they had some thought for their wa9 educational welfare. At a later stage, Mr °bar "H. Parkinson, Inspector of Schools, 00m- batti menting on Mr O'Conor’s remarks, ex- °f bl pressed the opinion that the irregular ruar attendance at the public schools was Gem largely due to this cause. He made tho startling disclosure that out of 10,000 tbal, children under him, 2500, or 25 per cent., Grar failed to attend Bcbool tho statutory num- a box ber of days, tbs 1

Tho holy clock of Riabukhovo, Russia, which has kept time accurately for 100 years, has at Inst lost its rooord under extraordinary ciroumßtaocos. Tied to the rod of the pendulum and extending some three foot below tho ball was found the body of a young girl, whohadbeon missed from the village a month boforo. She had committed suicide. Baldwin, tho Amorioan aeronaut, sayß that aeronauts sometimes fail in trials of airships because tboy aro unable to restore their balanoe when the ship lurohos. Ho is an old gymnast, and used to balancing on the tight rope. He believes that tho motor-balloon, or airship, may beoome a form of sport like yachting, but not an ordinary vehicle. The aeroplane, he thinks, is destined to come into regular use, and he intends to work at that in future.

An action worthy of the reddest of Red Indians was done by some hooligans in a street quite clone to tho Madeleine. The undesirables actually knocked down, gagged, and scalped an unhappy cabman, who had boon driving them round the town, and whom they rofusod to pay. The cabman had clung on to one of the roughs, asking him for his fare, when he was seized and flung on the ground. His capo was then stuck into his mouth, and a knife was applied to the top of his head, which was completely scalped. One of the hooligans was arrested, but the others who had been in tho cab escapod with confederates, for whom they had whistled, and who came at the summons. The oabman was carried to the hospital for the treatment necessitated by his serious case.

At the last meeting of the Opotiki Town Board Mr McDonald said he was very pleased to learn that the Cbairmau iad acted in the way he did in reference to the reception aooorded to the Hon. Mr Carroll, and also in wiring to the Premier, inviting him to visit Opotiki. It was gratifying to see that the Chairman had shown himself alive to his duties, and he felt Bure the Premier would appreciate the hearty invitation sent, although unfortunately he was unable to accept it at present. Ho considered a hearty vote of thanks should bo tendered to the Ohairman for the way in which he had carried out these matters. The Chairman said ho had merely endeavored to carry out what he thought was his duty. With regard to the Premier, he had been informed that he was coming to Tauranga, and he considered it would have been a good thing for Opotiki if he had come on here, hence the invitation sent. With regard to Mr Carroll he had arranged to meet him after he was finished with the native bnsiness. He had done so, and afterwards Mr Carroll had been entertained, in which he was pleased to say the County Council had joined. Mr McDonald said ho felt quite proud when he read tho aooount of the proceedings, and he was only sorry he wsb unable to be present.

A few weeks ago the following announcement was made one day by the Financial News: "In Bpite of the deorease in the New Zealand gold output a new mining issue is shortly to bo made in London. It will bo called the Maiamataharakeke Gold Mining Company.” Then a day or two later it notified: “This deal has now been called 1 off,’ ” and explained the position in the following way: “It appears that the name of tho property was not given to the promoter who examined the documents, and he first learned it from the paragraph on the subject which appeared in the Financial News. He at onoe rang up the holder of the option, and told him the business was at an end. ‘ Why, whktever’s the matter?’ asked that individual, astonished at the suddenness of tho decision. ‘What’s the matter?’ was the reply; ( why, just take one look at the name of tho property—Matamaharakeke! That's what’s tho Mata. 1’”

A Sydney paper Bays that a somewhat unusual incident occurred as the North German Lloyd's mail steamer Prinz Sigißmnnd was steamiDg through the Philip, pine Islands on her way to Sydney. Unobserved by those on board the German steamer, three American revenue cutters suddenly put out from one of the islands. Two of them were very fast, and kept np with the Prinz Sigismund, but the other, after some time, was outdistanced. The remaining two signalled to the steamer to show her nationality and disclose her name. This was done, and the steamer was allowed to proceed. Captain Lenz explained that certain light dues are now demanded by the Americans for vessels nsing tho passage through tho Philippines, and the object in intercepting the Prinz Sigismund was to ascertain her name, so that her owners would be charged the amount due.

The Poverty Bay Horticultural Society holds an exhibition of chrysanthemums, dahlias, and other blooms at His Majesty’s Theatre to night. The fixing of the show so late in the season affords chrysanthemum and dahlia growers an opportunity of exhibiting their very choicest blooms, and the floral exhibition this evening should prove an inducement for a higher form of cultivation in our flower gardens, and instrumental in cultivating a,taste for horticultural pursuits throughout the district. The Society have made a slight departure from their usual programme, and the pro ceedings embrace an attractive musical programme, and a performance by the Bice Dramatic Company. The Society deserve the encouragement and support of the publio and should have a large bouse this evening. There is plenty of dry humor in Opotiki. At a meeting of the Town Board exception was taken to a charge of oho guinea for advising the Chairman in re the wharf dispute. The Chairman thought the charge rather stiff, as the solicitor in question had not said two words. Mr McDonald : But did you not arrange with him to meet him at a certain time ? The Chairman: That is trne enough ; but considering all that was done—which was practically nothing—l consider the charge is an outrageous one, Mr Burnott: It is monstrons, He never said a word one way or another. The Chairman : He never put pen to paper ; he said he was willing to aot as arbitrator, but he was never appointed. Mr Arthur: But the account states “ fer attending and advising the Chairman.” Mr McDonald : I reckon the Chairman ought to pay that. The Chairman : He never advised me that I know of. We had some lemon squash together that day, but that’s all the advice I Snow of, and I paid for that. (Laughter.) Turanga Parochial District Holy week and Easter services will he hpld on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday'and Saturday in Holy week, service each morning commencing at 7 o’clock, as follows: Good Friday—Waercoga-a-hika: 7 a.m., morning prayer; II a.m.. litany and ‘ Ante-Communion ” service; 7 p.m., jvening prayer. Karaka : 3 p.m., evensong. Ormond : 11 a,m., morniDg prayer indt litany. Makauri: 3 p.m., evening irayer. Pacuiabi : 7 p.m., evening prayer, faster Eve —Wabrenga-a-bika: 8 p.m., ' ihorteneil ovensong. Easter Day— i kVaerenga-a-hika: 8 a.m.", Holy Com- ( nunioD ; 10.30 a.m., matins arid Holy < ’ommynioa ; 7 p.m., evensong. Han- { laroaf IQ.3Q a.m., metjns. Waerenga-o- 1 ;jjpi; ‘ 2.30 p..m., ’ oyensong. Arsi: ! 3.30 -n., PatutahiV 7 p m., evenr ’***«*« *' 7 a.in., Holy mg. " 3 -x" SftgF JSksper—immunion. Sunu„j ' ftareifft, itutahi, 11 a.m.; Ormond, 3 p.ix.., p.m.; Kakauroa, 10 30 a.m.; Whakarau, SO p.m.; Motu, 7 p.m ; Waeronga-a-bika, p.m. The season of assassinations opened in rssia last June. The following are the nciple crimes of this kind :—June 16 : neral Bebrikoff, Governor-General of lland, fatally shot at Helsingfors by gene Schaumann, a Finn. July 17 : le-Governor of the Government of zabetpol, assassinated at Agdshakont. y 23 : M. Plehve, Minister for the Inor, killed in St. Petersburg by a bomb 3wn by n young student named SazonAugust 1: Lieutenant-General Bolavsky, Chief Administrator of a dist in the Caucasus, murdered at Igdir. 'ember 25 : General Tehorrkoff, Gover- i of Warsaw, the target for three rifles 1 is fired from a troop train. They 1 ied him, but killed a gendarme, who * standing near him. January 19 : A 1 ga of case shot fired from saluting s ery at the Tsar during the ceremony .easing the waters at the Neva. Feby 6: Soioinen Solsalon, Proouratorr:ral of Finland, shot and killed in bis a at Helsiogfors by Karl L. Hohena political fanatic. February 17 ; id Duke Sergius blown to pieces with mb while driving within the walls of Iremlinin Moscow.