The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING GISBORNE, NOV. 15,1905. TO-DAY’S POLL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1602, 15 November 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING GISBORNE, NOV. 15,1905. TO-DAY’S POLL.

A poll will be taken to-day upon the proposal to bridge the Taruheru Eiver at Roebuck Road. There should be no doubt as to the result of the poll being in favor of the work, seeing that the bridge would be of such great public utility to town and suburbs, and also to a large area of country district. We hope that the main object will be kept in view: today; the matter is one of utility, and it would not be wise to have the attention distracted by beautifying proposals that have no direct connection,with the bridge work. They can well be dealt with in their own time and place. The bridge should commend itself to a 1!. It has been suggested that some living in other parts of the Borough may oppose it, for the reason that it is . not close to their properties, but we hope that no such selfish motives will prevail; the proposal is one that should have the hearty approval of’all. It has bee& 1

unanimously approved of by the Borough Council, aftor the definite settlement of tho site to tlio satisfaction of all, and wo believe that tho Council’s action will he endorsed by an overwhelming majority.

Tho Magio Kottlo at His Majesty's te night.

100 oroams, and strawborrios and oroam oan bo obtainod at tho Trooadero to-day and during tho summor months,

Messrs Rodstono and Sons' Coast ooaob loaves for Tolago Bay at 8.80 to-morrow morning. Tho Gisborne Woolbrokors’ Association hold their next sale on Friday, Deoombor 15th.

Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. an , Dalgoty and Co. hold their stook sale a 1 Matawhoro to-morrow.

Captain Nioholas wired from Tairua yostprday: “ Arrived all woll; start loading tomorrow.”

Tho Dunediu Star says: “ Tho scientific vagaries perpotrated with the aid of tho Magio Kettle ware in themselves a 'world of entertainment.”

In his epeeoh at To Arai last night the Uon. J. Carroll made reference to the unhappy condition of .affairs in Russia at the present time. Tho heavy soae.running in the bay had gone down considerably yesterday morning, and loading operations with the three Homo steamers was oarried on all day.

A graoeful tribute to the Hon. James Carroll as a New Zealander w»s paid by tho Te Arai people last night, tho tsble at tho meeting being draped with the Now Zealand flag. ).. ; , A crank shaft connected with the crane of tho John Townley carried away yesterday morning during dredging operations. The dredge has been laid up for repairs.

Tho four charming littlo fellows comprising the Cathedral Choristers with the Magio Kettle Company have created a furore of enthusiasm throughout Now Zealand. • -'V .

At half-past two this afternoon Messrs Bain Bros, will dispose of the’ household furniture and effects of Mr A. Kingswell, at his residence, William street. The sale will be without reserve.

Very largo entries have been received by Messrs Williams and Kettle for their stock sale at Matawbero to-morrow. The oat a logue includes'Booo sheep and 800 head of cattle.

"As to working power, whotber bodily or mental, there can be no quent'oa that tho advantage ia on the side of those who use alchoholio drinks in moderation.”—Sir James Paget, Bart, F. 8.0.5., in the Contemporary Review.

Referring to some of tho States under Prohibition in Amerioa, Mr Brown, the

no-lioonse lecturer, stated thali cigarette smoking was strictly tabooed, and anyone caught indulging in the practice wbb hoavily fined and in some oases imprisoned. . _.

11 Go where you like the name of Richard John Seddon is a household word, and in the region of pqliticß bo is known everywhere, and yet you will find embryo politicians using him as a target.” —Mr Carroll at Te Arai last night. The Right Rev. Dr Healey, Roman Catholic Bishop of Maine,' speaking on Prohibition, says: “ I found in Prohibition I Maesachnssetts as I find hero ia Maine that it (prohibition) sent ruin into the families. The intention of those who made the law I am not going to question, but it corrupts every sol of offioore that' have anything to do with it.” ....... One of the three engines of the train oonveyiDg tbo Premier and about 1000 exoursioniets from Paeroa to Waihi ran off the line just after passing through the, Karangahake tunnel. The train was smartly brought to a standstill. An un. successful attempt was made to get the engine on the line, but after a delay of about an hour'and a half another' train arrived, the Premier .going ahead on the first engine. Messrs Redstone and Sons’ Coast ooaoh is now running through to Waipiro, the road to that place having been..repaired by the Waiapa County Counoil. The travelling publio will be pleased to learn this, as during the past few months the road from Tolago northward was open to horsemen only. We hope that the Waiapu County Council will put the road into suoh order that it will be open for summer and winter traffio. The National Mutual Life Association: of Australasia was the first office in the world to keep policies in force out of surrender value. Tho National Mutual is the ouly.ooiouial office that grants bonus on policies up to half the sum assured. The bonuses paid by the Association compare with any Society in the world, and the rates of premium are losb than most offioes doing business in the colonies. The National Mutual have ouoh. a variety of excellent tables, by which a person oan insure to provide a fixed amount to draw at any period. Full particulars and prospectus will be forwarded on application to J. H. M, Stoddard, Bpeoial representative, Gisborne. • - * The following are the latest new subscribers with the Gisborne Telephone Exchange : 140, W- G. Fraser, private residence, Harris Btreet, KaiSi; 180, Mrs 6. Seymour, private residence, Kaiti; 245, Fredk. Tanaley, road: (three short rings); 258, M. H. Straohan, sheepfarmer, Waimata; 282, M. B. Mander, eheepfarmer, Waimata ; 344 ; Queotiin and Boland, bujilding contractors, Gladstone

road; 849; E. G, A. Reynolds, cabinetmaker, Gladstone road. The following are

deleted : 104, Mrs C. Seymoyr, Haiti; 245,Wm. Smith, Riverside road. The King, although keenly sensitive to publio criticism, ss he showed in his letter to the Arohbishop of Canterbury on tbe subject of gambling, turned a deaf ear to all objections, just as he did Borne 25 years ago, when as Prinoe of Wales, bo presided at a banquet held by the Licensed Victuallers’ Aaeooiatio". .On that occasion over 200 petitions from tgmperanoo societies all over tho kingdom werp presented to him, begging him not to appear at tho banquet. But he did so, and was supported by three Cabinet Minisfe s, an Arohbishop, and half a-dozoa Bishops. No one has done moro to promoto in England tbo cause, not of total abstinence, but of temperauoe, than King Edward. Throughout the early part of last oentury, and until bn became tbo virtual ohief of -English society, on his marriage, in 1863, hard drinking was fashionable, and the expression as “ drunk ss a lord” i was no mere figure of speech. Thanks to him, drunkenness is no no longer fashionable nor tolerated by society, and not even King Edward’s wornt calumniators have ever ventured to insinuate that he has ever been seen overcome by I’quor. In another column Mr H. H. Wa ! l has

a special address to the electors, in which he submits for their consideration some of the reforms whioh, as an Oppositionist and Prohibitionist, be is desirous of securing. These inolude the light of eyery leaseholder'to acquiro the freehold at the unimproved value ; the more speedy settlement of the native and Crown lands of the district; the more just proportion of expenditure in regard to roads and bridges for the district; speedy prosecution of the Mota-Te Karaka railway; the construction of a light railway from Te Karaka to the Coast in order to open up the great area of Crown and native lands which at present lie in ao unproductive state; speoial concessions to working men to get on the land; the right of (JjP people to deal with the liquor traffic; a colonial harbor for Poverty Bay; linrtation of the functions of the State so as to prevent further enoroaohmeDt on prirate enterprise; revision of Customs tariff with free breakfast table; rural technical education ; adequate provision for the defenoe of the colony; and strict economy in all Departments. Mr Wall further expresses the opinion that the county franchise should remain as at present.