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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1549, 4 September 1905, Page 1

I A reel-faced individual rushed into I the local Telegraph Ofllco a few days ago, when tho “memo” trouble was ranging, and hastily scribbled out the following wire :—“ Mrs Smith, WillisI street. Will be home dinner five I minutes. George.” And wroto under instructions I gent. Take precedence.” The clerk j I counted up the words first, as usual, I and then glancing at the instructions, I leapt back as if shot, and! saw a wide grin spreading over the face of the I practical joker. “We’re not taking! I these sort of goods now, thank you ! ” I I said the clerk, and handed back the telegraphic fireworks, amid the gig-1 gles of a crowd of on-lookers.—Wel-lington Lance. I The Wellington Lance gives the | following particulars of the now fam-ous-swearing trio :—“ The fierce light { that beats on thrones sometimes deflects and illumines post-office officials. This luminosity is encircling at pres- j ent the devoted heads of Messrs. Lar-

combe, Willis, and West, of affidav Fisher Sneddon Seddon vouche fame. Mr Larcombe is a marrio man, with a wife and family, and h is so far from being a notoriety hunte that the service is amazed that hi should come out into the fray. H has twenty years’ service, most o which has been put m at Ohristchurcl in clerical work. He is the man o the three with the quiet, unassuming manner, the fair complexion, and th< big light moustache. The tall, cleanshaven, good-looking man in the trie is Mr Willis, who was a lieutenant in the Ohriatchurch corps of whicb “Dahn” Fisher was captain. He has eighteen years’ service. Why he, liko the others, should invite dismissal is not understood. Mr West, the third swearer, is a. public servant with thirteen years’ service, and he was a sergeant in either the Sixth or Seventh New Zealand Contingent for the African war. He probably met with Captain Seddon in Africa, although it is hardly likely he met Captain Fisher, who was with the Scraplsss Tenth. Mr West, while “ his marble was still good,” had a .trip to ’Frisco as mail agent. Messrs Larcombe and West have been residents of Wellington, and are therefore known in this city.” In an article on “iNeglected Children” the Mew Zealand Herald states:— There may be some fundamental treatment for the extirpation of certain social difficulties, but as long as we permit the worthless and the incap- ! able to assume family -responsibilities we must not grumble at. having to take those responsibilities, upon our own shoulders. For although we may, if we like, leave neglected children to their, fate and hang them off hand when, in their later years, they', trouble us overmuch, yet we do not like. The knowledge that we can save them from wretchedness inspires our humanity, and our humanity is sustained by the knowledge that the cheapest thing we can do with them is to make decent men and women of them. Hitherto the law has only touched the fringe of the matter, and much more trenchant action cannot much longer be delayed.” -• i Commenting: on the. Government land policy the Hawke’s Bay Herald states :—The proposal relates to native lands to which it is suggested that the Land for Settlements Act should be applied. This is, at all. events, a practical way of dealing with the native land problem, but it is certainly the most expensive. There is no'reason to borrow money to buy the lands from the natives. All that is required is to invest the Land Boards with powers of management, including the power •to lease unoccupied lands, the rents to be paid to the native owner after deducting a fair percentage for expenses. ’That would be an inexpensive way, while the resolutions suggest an expensive way of' dealing with the question. There is, of course, one advantange which the Premier may anticipate in buying the lands outright. The country would get the benefit of any unearned 'increment on, these lands if it retained the freeholds But the optional system is, we take it, going to prevail, and the Government will reap its return in the increased taxable value of the lands," whioh will be a considerable item. If you‘ want Bargains in Tray, Cloths, Table Napkins, Table Run-' ners, etc., don’t miss seeing iour window. : A limited supply only,. Will ba sold on Monday.—C. Roste i and Co.