The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. GISBORNE. MAY 24, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1462, 24 May 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. GISBORNE. MAY 24, 1905.

SCENE IN HO,USE OP' COMMONS,

The ilisgraceiui sieono reported as a.ying taken place in the House ‘of | Commons cannot be .viewed otherwise than with iloep regret- The conduct of the Opposition was disgraceful, anil brings discredit on the House of Commons. iWheni members got into heated argument and things are said that would not be uttered during copier moments some excuse ■can be offered. (But there can be none for the members deliberately refusing to allow a member of rth-o | Government tp speak, because their, desire was to draw a speech from the Prime Minister. .Well might the Irish members adopt a tone of irony. When lighting for a great principle they, have over-stepped the bounds of courtly, behaviour, but they could never be accused of the puerile larrikinism of which the Op,position has been guilty. .Whether or not it is the forging of a weaoon that may be used against themselves, they have heen guilty of a lamentable exhibition thlat brings discredit on more than the chic offenders.

A 6 the Borough Council last evening Cr Byanar gave notice of the following motion for next meeting—“ That the necessary stops bo takon to revise the scale of charges at the abattoirs so as to bring them within a more reasonable margin.” The Wanganui Herald says there are over 500 men working about the Taumaranui district, which is now showing evidence of groat activity. A great deal is being done in opening up the timber reserves, and it is expected that towards the end of the year there-will be ten miles in operation along the route of the railway. Private Sees are erecting bridges over the Wanganui Biver and running tramways from ten to fifteen miles into the forests.

I Those about to furnish would do well to visit the establishment of Messrs Taylor and Hodgson,cabinot makers, upholsterers and polishers, at the corner of Gladstone Road and Disraeli Street. This firm which has recently started business in Gisborne, has already a large number of handsome articles of furniture of excellent workmanship on view, and the prieos at which they are marked are exceptionally low. Both members of the firm have had a long experience in the trade and customers can rely on obtaining any article of furniture they require at a moderate prica.

Investors and speculators should} take advantage of the land sole to bo held on Saturday next to secure some choice town and suburban sections. Messrs Williams and Kettle, in conjunction with Mr T. G. Dawless, are offering a number of fine properties. Amongst others we might mention the sections in Gladstone and Desmond roads and Paoapa and Mildura townships, upon all of which small re-

serves have been placed. The terms are easy, only 25 per cent cash being Bsked. Full particulars of tho lots to be offered will be found in our advertising columns. Notwithstanding tho wet weather there was a fair attendance at the Wesley Schoolroom laßt evening, when Miss Roberts gave an address with a practical demonstration on the “Imperial Syetecn” of dress cutting. Keen interest was taken in the proceedings by those present. The simplicity and superiority of tho system was acknowledged with unanimity. Miss A 1 an, who gave such complete satisfaction as a teacher at the technioal classes last season, is resigning her position as head of Messrs W. Pettie and Co’s dressmaking department to take up the teaching of the I ' “ Imperial System,” which, in such oom- I potent hands, will, no doubt, become very *: popular.

A simple and somewhat peculiar accident occurred in a Carterton household the other day. A gentleman made a remark which caused a lady visitor to burst out laughing just ns she was swallowing some tea. She arose from tho table and went to the door, and sho appeared to the others to be laughiDg heartily, when she fell suddenly into a state of insensibility. It was apparent that the lady was in danger of asphyxiation, so her brother inserted a finger in her throat with a view of restoring her breath. She immediately seized the finger in her teeth and inflioted painful wounds, but tho treatment was successful, and tho patient came to,

To-night latest living scenes from the war in the East will form a portion of a programme which has been thoroughly entertaining large audiences everywhere. While_ war scenes occupy the principal place in the fare, it is so varied by other topics, living-picture scenes, vocal and instrumental items, and the performances of Professor W. B. Scott, magician, ventriloquist, etc., that the interest is sustained from start to finish. Professor Scott comes with a splendid reputation, and as he has been in such company as Professor Heller | and the Lynch Family, no doubt he will be able to sustain his position os a firstclass entertainer. The season doses tomorrow night. The Chairman of the A.M.P. Sooiety, in giving the splendid figures already published in the Times, said “ I have to repeat the tale of continuous prosperity to which you have listened for so many years. The business is practically the same as that for 1903, the policies issued being four more, ;tho sum assured £SIBB less, the total now premiums £2457 more. The claims by death have been somewhat heavy, exceeding those of 1903 by £50,000, but they are still largely below the number oxpectod according to the table on which we base our calculations. The endowment assurances matured are about the samo. Wo have increased the accumulated funds by nearly £900,000, bringing them up to over millions. (Applause). Wo continue the prudent course of making additional reserves wherever we think there is the slightest doubt as to the sufficiency of the security, and of writing down the office premises, thus oreating a material hidden reserve and lessening the sum chargeable for rent, Tho industrial department/, eo which reference was made last year, is now in full working order. We are proceeding cautiously, and are at present working only in the largo centres. We havo been somewhat hampered in our operations by the fact that assurances- on infantilo lives are at present illegal contracts within the Commonwealth. Ours is the_ only country where life assurance is practised ip which this disability exists, but we decided that we should do nothing that hBS the somblaneo of illegality about 1 it. A Bill to reprove this disability was passed by the Federal House of Bepresentatives last session, but there was not sufficient time to get the Bill through tbo Senate. Tho measure will, no doubt, bo taken up again early in the coming ses sion ”

,r.(i supply, fche demand lor .trained en anil women, the Inlerjiational Mirresißaillilaico Schools have qVcj: J.6‘5 diiffereut courses of instruction,, whereby all may qualify for any position, of rcspionsiibdlity. The system of instruction' is simplicity itself., Anyone who can read ' anil •write .will leant easily aufd quickly #te applies himself.. It should he remembered that our instruction panels are not prepared by persons now at the business, but by writers and that have had many years’ experience in correspondence teaching, who are given time anjd afforded means to write and revise until the finished instruction is the best ever, prepared on the sdibjects. We know wliat_ the home student should haye, and l nothing is spa rod to make our. instruction so clean and so logical that a student cannot fail to comprehend, No one ooiild examine our fine instruction papers without feeling that they wore more than adequate to the needs of the ambitious Student, (At itiio Daesden Piano Warehouse these instruction papers and reference libraries, supr plipd with the .various courses cif instruction, can ho seen and full j particulars obtained from the I.C.S. representative, Vlr O.- P, laiidogreen, who is in cpnsitan't attendance during the clay, ail'd every evening from 7 till 9 P,m.,, to enrol students. Call and investigate the system of instruction hy mail, it Will pay you to do go,—^Kdvti

. via Brindisi and Melbourne arrived iu London on tho 20th instant.

To-day will bo observed generally us a snooting day throughout tho district. At tho Police Court yesterday morning three first ofiondors for drunkotmess wore ouufcionod and discharged.

despatoh for Fanning Inland will b° por s.s. Moura, leaving Auckland on Wednesday, 14fch Juno, at 12.45 p.m.

Mails despatched from Auckland via ban krancisco on 21st April arrivod in J-jondon on the 21ot instant.

An ndvortisomont in connocfcion with four horses (covers ou) lob 6 from Gisborno appears iu another column.

A mooting of tho Siovwright Memorial oommitfcoe will be hold in Towuley’s Hall at 2.30 p.m. on Friday next. A hookoy match botwocn tho Gisborno Ladios Hookoy Club aod Woodford House (Hastings) will bo ployod at the Victoria Domain at 2.130 p.m. .to-day.

„ a P° to portod yesterday morning a freßh B.lt. btoezo, baromotor 29 88, thermometer 58, passing showers and moderate sea.

ii Ddwin reported yesterday : “ Moderate to strong winds from between south and oast and north-east ; glass rise ; tides good ; sea considerable ; probably very cold night.

An application for a prohibition order on the grounds of excessive drinking and wasting his estate, came boforo Mr Barton, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, and was adjourned until Saturday on tho application of defendant.

In connection with tho Imperial system of drcss cutting, the teaching of which is to bo taken up by Miss Allan in July, tho sohool girl mentioned in our paragraph yesterday should not have boon stated as belonging to Messrs Clark and Sons’ factory, in which tho system has been adopted.

Tho Native Land Commission dealt with the claims in regard to the Motu-o-te-ra and Ngamoe blocks yesterday. Owing to several of tho natives interested in the Tahora No. 2 claim being unable to cross the Nuhaka river to get to Gisborne, the hearing of that claim his been still further postponed.

For being found illegally upon the premises of the Police Station at Gisborne, Goorgo Waring was fined 10s and costs. Constable Keenan, who was on duty, had occasion to visit the watch-house at one o’clock yesterday morning, and found accused occupying it. Ho was partly under the influence of liquor and asleep. As they could not turn him'out on such a night, he was locked up.

Tho hearing of local evidence in the Napier case of J. J. Niven and Co. (Mr Sainsfaury) v. Davys and Third (Mr Stock) was continued before Mr Barton, S.M., yesterday. K. H. Humphreys, ongiuoer, gave evidence on behalf of plaintiff in reference to the working of Mr J. B. Shaw’s wool-dumping plant at Pakarae. Evidence for the defeuce was given by J. B. Shaw, Jas. BrowD, A. Davys and W. Mitchell.

Tho members of the post and telegraph staff met last evening and made a presentation to Mr Pulleng, who leaves to-day for Auckland under transfer. The gift was a travelling bag. Begret was expressed that Mr Pulleng was leaving Gisborno. and he was wished all success in the Northern city. Mr Pulleng has proved an) effioient, diligent, and courtoous member of tho staff, and is deserving of a high place in tho service.

According to the American motoring papers, Salt Lake City has imposed a 10 miles speed limit for motors, on the ground that one motor accident in a Mormon community may create half-a-dozen widows, and convert on entire sohoolhouso into on orphanage. Killing a Mormon, they claim, entails consequences which do not apply to the average man.