The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE. JUNE 30, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1494, 30 June 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE. JUNE 30, 1905.

TX-IE EAST! COAST RAILWAY. Tlie claims of t-he'E-asb Coastira.ilv/a* iifpon tbo liearly. siuiPip;ort aWd advocacy o! all Auckianxl member’s sn.culd not bo avmdqokcH dotting, :/hcsession (says the Auckland Herald jof Tuesday, last. As Mr Herries predicted, at the • Chambor of. Commerce banquet. v, the I'icli and vast country, between Auckland and Nai pier ” is bounkl to bo settled before long, and it altogether; depends upon, )Lc manner iii which itho I'railrvay. construction is pushed fohwaird wl.ctl.’c.r its trade comes to Auckland or goes to Wellington. ‘Naturally, it is Auckland's country, and legitimately within the commercial sphere q£ this;. centre. So that, while we in no way, object to Weilirgtoh receiving all fair advantage from her geographical .position, we may reasonably urge our provincial 'delegation to activity in securing the East Coast trade for .this city. The logical contlnuption .of the.tfis-tiOxr.e-Oootiki line would appear, to be via Taunanga and Waahi, as good country would be'passed and- abundant. business secured by, the line all* the way, while the greatest possible use would bo made of existing lines. But whichever way the connectionis. made! between Gisborne and the Auckland system, it should be Minder-, taken, with enpugy and' "destpiatch. Our members alfowld not hesitate to make strong Claims for this, East Coast railway, for as, a business investment arjd as a i'actorl in 'developing rich anfd promising country it; is incomparably smiperior to cither the Midland or the Otago Central.. '■

Tbo Melbourne Gosh oommenco their grout realisationjuale to-umrrow.

llocoiit oalhfts at tbo High Commissioner's office in London iuo'udo Mr Hedloy J/Thompson, of Gißborne. < Mr L. M. Isitt visits Giaborno early next month in connection with tbo nolioonao movomout. Tho unnnul moetipg of thn Agrionltura nnd Pastoral Society will bo hold at 2 p.rnl to-morrow. Wo havo rocoivod complaints in regard to tho Borough gaslights, scvoritl of which wore not alight Inst evening. Tho attention of tho company is (Lawn to tho matter. I Captain Edwin reported yesterday : “ Strong winds to galo from between south and oast and north-oast ; glass rise slowly; I tides high; sea heavy ; rain probable ; and I woather colder."

Tho boisterous weather of tho last few days has considerably hampered the loading of frozen moat and oLhor produce from tho local works, and a ebungo in tho woathor will bo vory welcome.

A meeting of members of school committees in tho Poverty Boy District will be hold in tho High School to morrow aftorttoon to consider the question of representation on tho Hawke’s Bay Education Board, and tho advisability of forming a Sobool Committees’ Association.

Tho Obsorver gets in a sly rub : —“ Many years in your service has "dimmed my eyesight," remarked Mr Carroll at tho meeting at Ormond the other evening, as he called into requisition a pair of glassoß. Yes, years of occupation of the Ministerial benches will dim a. man’s eyes to a great many things. They will also dull his memory.

The following team will represent City sgainst Huia to-morrow afternoon at Victoria Domain :—Hustin, Stcrmin, Pollock, Johnston, Martin, Graham, Corbett, O’Neill, O’Donnell, Neale, Heaney, McConvillo, Clarke, RiohardsOD, Dines }■• emergencies—Moore, Steele, Ford. A praotioe will be held to-night at Whinray s corner. '

At tho Magistrate’s Court yesterday judgment was given for plaintiff in the following undofondod cases : —M. Price v. W. Ring, claim £2 Is, costs 10s ; Adajr Bros. v. Stella Keir, claim £3, costs 1 5s Several judgmont summons cases were also taken. .

At tho half-yearly summoned meeting of tho Ballance Tent (juvenilel, No. 12, 1.0. R., S.U., the following' officers were elected for the next six months: —Past Chiof Ruler, Sister S. Bean : Chief Ruler, Bro. A. Morgan ; Deputy Ruler, Bro. KNasmith; Minute Secretary, Bro. Xj. Catton; Book Steward, Sister Hollis; Levifce, Bro. G. Mcßae ; Guardian, Bro. JCraig. The house and schoolroom in Palmerston road, destroyed by fire on Wednesday ovening, was insured in the London, Liver- ! pool and Globe office for £426. The Manchester office had a risk of £250 on Mr Brown’s house, ana there was an insurance of £2OO on the furniture. Mr Skipworth had no risk on his effects. The Misses Donnellan, Fishenden, and McI Carthy had an insurance of £l3O on the I furniture, etc.

The half-yearly summoned meeting of tho Gisborne Tent, No. 54, 1.0. R-, S.U., was held Wednesday night, Bro. T. Holdsworth, Chief Ruler, presiding. A large amount of business was transacted, and the following officers were elected and installed for the ensuing half-year :— Past Chiof Ruler, Bro. JC. A. Holdsworth ; Chief Ruler, Bro. H. Lord ; Deputy Ruler, Bro. R. H. Clark; Seoretary, Bro. M. Nasmith ; Minute Seoretary, Bro. R. Haycock ; Treasurer, Bro. J. Peekovor; Cash Steward, Bro. A. Clayden ; Book Steward, Bro. E. Newton ; Levise, Bro. J. H. Has'am; Guardian, Bro. P. Smith ; Asst. Supt. of Juvenile Tent, Bro. Clark; Secretary of Juvenile Tent, Bro. Holdsworth ; Delegates to Friendly Societies Conference, Bros. E. A. Slack, Holdsworth, and Hayoook; Auditors, Bros, J. V. Scott and H. Anderson.

On September lltb, 1878, an explosion at the Prince of Wales Colliery, Abercorn, Monmouth, entombed over 260 workmen. Of these about 100, alive and dead, were brought out, but tho workiogs had to be flooded, and the pit was abandoned for some years. When it was reopened the old workings were avoided, but recently a new heading brought operations close to tho neighbourhood whore bodies had been left at the time of the memorable disaster, and recently an inquest was hold on the skeleton which had been found. It was apparently that of a boy. but as a pair of boots and two |!eothor straps afforded the only Jmeans of identification, no definite opinion could be formed by any of the people who had a melancholy interest in the matter. The jury returned a verdiot that the remains were those of a workman killed at the disaster at the colliery on September lltb, 1878. ■ Thus the Wairarnpa Times on tho Shops and Offices Act : — ll Bringing all trades into one line, and fixing a closing hour for the batch, is distinctly stupid. To work any specific trade intelligently, it is necessary that it should be conducted on rules specially adapted to secure its success. When it is bandioappod by legislative restrictions, it is' worked at a disadvantage —and what is the. result?' The prices of all commodities are raised to the community. Tho people are ‘ butchered,’ as far as their purses are concerned, to make a Roman holiday.' • Ob, for the good old days, before the dawn of Labor legislation, when a decent man could get a comfortable house for Bix shillings a week, and buy beef and mutton at a penny a pound. We are paying too dear for our Labor whistle I ” It will be seen by onr telegrams that tho Premier is moving an amendment to tho Act doing away with J the objeetionable clause.