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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1595, 6 November 1905, Page 3

In reply to a question about bushburning at Motu, the Minister for Lands said that inquiries will be made, but it must be borne in mind that when the 33,000 acres in the Motu bush was opened for selection in 1887, not only was no railway ever contemplated, but it was considered that the sooner the bush was felled and grassed the sooner would the land be turned to economical account. Some five years ago, by direction of the Government, an exhaustive report was obtained on the whole, of the timber in that district, and it showed that vast supplies of milling timber were still left standing. These will be strictly conserved.

A 'WolHngton paper states: The law does funny things at times. A couple of auctioneers were fined Is and costs at Gisborne recently for selling baskets of provisions at a Druids’ social. Part of the solo contract was the right to take the lady who brought it in to supper. When the law wastes the time of the Court in friovlous cases of this kind, it is time someone said something that might be construed into contempt of Court. It is rumored that a somewhat similar case was narrowly averted in Wellington a short while back. Lady Ward was assisting, at a bazaar and a lady came along with a spinning jenny and offered her the use of it. As the thing was a gambling machine pure and simple the lady consulted her husband, and the wily Joseph put both feet on the proposition quickly. He .wasn’t giving his enemies any chances that way.