The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAY 26, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1464, 26 May 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAY 26, 1905.

.TIDE PREMIER'S SPEECH. TDo Premier ig determined mol ®o allow; the leader of the Opposition to remain in that blissful state of hopefulness brought about by the patient hearings given ..to him in the So,nth and elsewhere.: ,The Premier could well have afforded to let Mr Massey, have a turn.’.’ But lie is too eager for the fray to miss an opportunity .of taking up the challenge made in such a bombastic way. The upshot lias been to confirm llie position of the trover 11 ment oven- more strongly in, the favor of tlio ncil e--ihe Opposition has an tiinfortuiiate way of everlastingly, fathering tittletattle that w.o.uM not entertain the | most shallow-brained gossins and repc.ating fiction and half-truths so often as to make .them regarded for the tamo being as facts. Then when 'the disillusionment comes the electors who have boon so decoivcd by these repeated charges become inipensfid against those making them and the result is to bring cutsesi upon those who Hoped to secure blessings. The Sodden and every other ■Government have enough sins, to answer for without the making of so many! ridiculous charges. The oft told tales about Mr Seddon having arranged to go as High Commissioner, of quarrels in Ministry, and so on l , are being proved false by * the drift of circumstances. Mucli Ijhat iwas in the Premier,’si Dunedin speech might have been passed by, but it is probably time some check were put on the reckless charges of the Opposition, and the Premier has effectively given that check ; not that he wilt cause the making of these charges to cease, hut by his clear rofutal.s ho can put the clee- | tors oh the alert. The Opposition | would stand in a hotter light before the Country if they gave more of their, attention to matters or public policy, anil less to political mud-; ■throwing. 'Until they adopt higher grouWd and give up the hypocritical pretension that the Opposition lias a monopoly, of political purity, they, cannot hope to make much headway among intelligent electors.

A mail for Auckland (per Wanaka) closes at 7.30 this (Thursday) evoning, Piano oases, suitable for horse bins, are offered for Bale by the London Piano and Music House. East Capo reported yesterday morning a light S. breeze ; barometor, 29.98 ; thermometer, 65 ; rain ; moderate swell.

Tl)b Goolcrag loaves Melbourne for Adelaide, Albany, Durban and Capetown, on Judb 17th. Captain Edwin reported yesterday :

“ Moderate to strong easterly~winda ; glass little movement; tides good ; soa'oonsiderable swell; expoet very cold night.” In a shop in Kookland, Maine, U.S.A., owned by the prohibitionist Governor of the State, 24 cases of medicine containing a high percentage of alcohol, the sale of which is legally forbiddon, were reoently discovered by the police. During 25 years of married life, a couple who arrived last month at Naples from Zanzibar have had 33 children, 27 of whom are still alive- During tbo voyage the family occupied eight cabins with three berths in each.

I The Haiutna settlors (says a correspondent of the Napier Telegraph) have had a very good season, and several are on the I road towards prosperity. One has sold 300 tonß oaten chaS at £3 10s per ton, and another, who had a large area in potatoes, has sold the lot at £7 per ton. A sudden death ooeurred at the Ulverstone railway station, Tasmania, recontly. John Bundle, a well-known farmer, hurried to catch a train, but missed it, and, sitting down on a seat, expired. Death was due to heart disease.

I The following is a statement of assets I and liabilities of Wm. Olive,who attributes I his bankruptcy] to losses in carrying on a boarding house and horse-training:— I Assets—Furniture £32. Liabilities—UnI secured creditors £205 10s. The unsecured I creditors were as follow —CornmoD, ShelI ton and Co. £62, J. Townley £32, Mrs I Erskine £ls, Evans and Neild £l6, P. I Khodea £3O, Gas Company £lO, W. Pettie I £9 10, Mrs Stevenson £6 10s, Euro and | Ambridge £l2, Nellie Jenkins £9 10s, Mrs Steel £3. Debtor started the boarding with £7 caah.

Tho Kaiii-Oity football loam uicct at tho Eojul Hotnl at 8 to-night. Tendons ai'o invited by tho Cook County Counoil foe tho formation of a road to tho abattoirs.

Mosses Hamon aud Smith havo offices and a blacksmith's shop to lot, and havo for enlo a hairdressing and toilet business.

A mooting of tho junior moinbors of tho Wost End Foutball Ciub will bo hold at tho Record Eoign Hotol at 8 o’oloolc tonight.

Mr A. Eossor, ox M.H.E., of Auckland, is in Gisborno on Arbitration Ouurt business. Ho will roprosont tho Carpenters’ aud Joiners’ Union before tho Court noxl week.

Mr L. Dunn and other To Arai sottlors had an oxponsivo cxporionco on Wodnesday night, when sovontoon sheep wore worriod to death by dogs. A Wellington puper says that in sorno instances in that city tbo rents of the wogo-oarnors amount to 40 por cent of the wagos earned.

Nelson is making olaborato preparations for a week’s carnival, to bo held at the boginning of next year, extending from January 24 to February 3. Tho adjourned moeting of tho Povorty Buy Eoforoes’ Association will bo hold this evening.

Arrangements for tho East Coast Mounted Eifles’ ball ore in a forward state, and thero is every prospoct of a large and representative attendance.

Attention is directed to tho land snlo to bo hold by Messrs Williams and Kettle to-morrow. A number of choice town and country sections will bo offered, for which there should bo koan competition.

Tho Kaiti-City junior Cfteon to piny aguinst Wost End to-morrow aftsrnoon will bo:—J. Graham, It. Olsen, W. Colemun, A. Moore, Willock (2), Luttrell, Bright, Vershaffoit, D.yford, Swuinson, E Adair, Moore, C. Sharp, and Bulterworth. Emergencies : Hickey (2), Flemming, Luttrell, and Hutton.

Tho men’s class under tho St. John Ambulance Association was started last evening, thero being an attendance of 12. The Ashford litter fund now stands at £2O 18s 6d. Donations not already acknowledged : Mr C. Gray 10s, Mr Cyril White £l. A few more pounds are still required to onablo two litters to be prooured. A sitting of the Arbitration Court, under tho presidency of Mr Justice Chapman, will bo held at Gisborne on Monday next to doal with alleged breaohes of the freezors’ award, tho local Union having oitedthe Gisborne Sheepfarmors’ Company and Messrs Nelson Bros.

11 My advice to cyclists—and I know more about cycling than anything—is to keep on the right Bide of the road,” remarked Mr Bishop, S.M., at Christchurch during thehoaring of a case arising out of a cycling collision. 11 If you are on your right side and u collision occurs, you are almost sure to be in the right; but if you are on your wrong side thero will probably bo trouble.” There are cyclists in Gisborne who should study Mr Bishop’s advice, and endeavor to aot upon it. The Bketahuaia Express says that during the pash tront-iishing season Mr. C. .Goodwin, of Kaiparoro, has caught no fewer than 801 trout. .The half? used .was chiefly; whitebait;, .minnow, dark march-brown and redtipped governor fliesa Tho Queensland banks lia,ve not reduced their] rata of interest on deposits, and the gen oral manager of tho Queensland. National Bank states ■'that there is npi immediate likelihood of any change so far as that institution is concerned.

The New South Wales Collector of Customs,’Mr N. Lookycr, has received from an anonymous correspondent tho sum of £3 8s 9d, with the information that it is for •“ Customs duty inadvertently short-paid on a recent importation,’ ’

.Two men named Thomas and King Who had taken shelter in ashed under a tree at Orange (N.S.:W.) during a storm, were struck by lightning. Both wore rendered* unconscious, hut recovered.

The benefits of life insutranee are forcibly illustrated by the case of the Unfortunate young man Stuart, who was drowned at Wailkai.a, Southland, the other day. He was the sole sulpip’ort of liisi mother, hut he insured his life fo® '£-200 a few weeks ago-.

0 I At tho Police Court yesterday morning .. I a man named Daniel Honry Clifford <3 I pleaded guilty to charges of stealing two I saws and a ratchet brace value 15s, a saw ] 0 I and chisel value 12a 6d, and an oilskin d I coat value 10s. Accused said he came to ; 0 I towD, spent his cheque, and got hard up r I and wus unable to get food. He went n I into n shed to sleep, and seeing the tools I there he could not resist taking them to 1 I sell and obtain what ho needed. The - 1 Magistrate said there was absolutely no 5 j need in this district for an able-bodied . I man who was willing to earn .an honest - living to go short of food. Accused was : I remanded until this morning for the pro- - I bation officer’s report. I At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning judgment was given for plaintiffs I by default in the following oivil oases : J William Good v. James Bice, claim *62 17s I 6d, costs 5s ; Bobert Harper (Mr T. Alston Coleman) v. William Walker, olaim L 5 8s I 9d, costs LI 3s 6d; Bobsrt Colebrook (Mr \ Blair) v. Paku Teka, claim L2 2s 3d, costs ’ I LI 14s ; same v, Wiremu Maitu, olaim L 3 ' I 17s Bd, costs LI 8s; George H. Brown (Mr I Blair) v. Terehunga, claim LI 16s sd, costs j 10s. Tho ease of Law and Co. (Mr B. U. I Burke) v. Alfred Batchelor was withI drawn. Judgment by consent was granted I in tho ease Bobert Nook (Mr T. Alston I Coleman) v. George Ihaia, olaim L2 8s 3d, I costs 16s. Seven other cases wore either I struck out or withdrawn. I The following is the statement filed by ‘ I Alfred Batchelor, sawyer, Bakauroa : I Liabilities: Unsecured creditors, £lll. I Assets: Three horses valued at Ll2, one cow (claimed by wife) L 5, furniture in e house LlO, duo to bankrupt by Govern- £ moot for timber cut Ll 5, total L 42. Deficiency, L 69 Is. The unsecured creditors s I aro as follows : J. Cmsar (trading as Law and Co.) Ll 6 17s lOd, E. S- Evinson Ll 7 I 10s, W. A. O’Meara Ll 7, Teat and Friar tl Ll 7, Common, Shelton and Co. LlB, J. n Erskine L6,E. F. Devery L 3 7s 2d, W. vs Hatchinson L 5 6s, A. Foot LB, C. Davis ai L 3. A note was appended by debtor aj stating that he had to borrow to pay fees, etc., to tbo oxtent of LB. ar

The agent for Burridg e’s automafi pipo, a device to provont unclean wate from the roof ontoring tanks, is now visiting Gisborne for the purpose of giving a trial to the invention. Tho filtration, unless the apparatus is kept perfectly clean, is regarded as worse than useless- It is

considered that the first wash off a rooi

carries the'accumulated impurities with it to the tank, and Burridgo’s pipe provides for throwing this first water clear of the

I tank, afterwards automatically swinging I round and flowing into the tank. The inI vention may be seen at the premises of Mr James Brown, engineer, Lowe Street, to- | day. Its working is of an interesting character and well worthy of inspection. It has been subjected to ostended tests and has proved satisfactory under all weather conditions. Important to. the thrifty householder is the fact that the cost of one of these pipes will be very small, and the patentee hopes to sell them at tho post of a few shillings each,