The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, DEC. 9, 1905.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1622, 9 December 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, DEC. 9, 1905.

Captain Edwin le’egraphed yesterday : —-Hodorate to strong southerly winds; glass rise, tides good ; sea moderate. All olaims against tbe Licensod Viotua'lers’ Association must bo rendered at onoc.

A meeting of Mr Carroll's oommitte9 is convened for thiß evening. The Hon. J. Carroll will bo pres act. The City Bind is to give a sacred concert from tbs Trafalgar Roiuoda to-morrow afternooD.

A women was cautioned at the Police Couit jO:tsrday on a charge of drunkenness.

Mr J. G. McKenzip, of Gisborne, has been appoin'ed curator of the Oamaru Publio Gardens.

Messrs Bam B os. at noon to-day dispose of the right to tho publioan’s booth and refreshment booth at, tho Te Earaka. races.

A grand sooia', tendered by t'm people of To Arai, in aid of (be Ormond R.O. Presbytery, will take p'aoe in the Palutahi

Hall on Thursday next.

A moonlight exeu-sion to tbo splendid steamer Manuka is to bo run in the Tuatea on Wednesday night. The City Band will

be present. The Motu township sections taken over by the Government under arrangement with Mr Hansen will be plaoed on the ma’ket shoitly. Mr 0. Tilleird Natusob, architect,

e invites tenders for the carrying out of j various general repaiisand the re-painting of tho buddings at tho Waorenga a-lrika Native College. Tho following players will represent Te Rau Cricket Club against United at tho Victoria D main this afternoon Pine, Gorman, O’Hara, Brownlee, Olsen, Gib son, Erekaua, Eas*, Witty, Tukara, and Vincent; finergoncy, Foster. At the Police Court yesterday Archibald Douglas alias Donald Dunbar Ross, under arrest upon warrant from Auckland for obtaining Jl4 under false pretences, was again brought up. Evidence was given by Char. Robin-on enl James Milne, who knew tho eccused as Archio Douglas, a carpertsr in the Waikato. Accused was reensndod to Auckland, bail being allowed Arthur Holthsm was fined Is at the Police Court yesterday under peculiar circumstances. Somo foolish youths had wheeled some bricks from Mr Hall’s now bbilding on to the Peel street footbpath. had a nasty fall over the bricks, and seined Arthur Raynor believing him to bo cne of the culprits, aud handlod him r o-y Eeverely. In viow of tho circum- 1 siaoces the Bench took a lenient view of 1 tho case. HTbe following deceased persons' estates * were among thoso certified to by the £ Secretary for Stamps last month : Gis- v borne—Sarah G. Day, JBL211; Margaret |, c H, Bievwrigbt, i 1613,

Tlio weekly parados of tho City Cado's aro oaueelled until further notice. Messis Euro and Auibridgo, of tho Economic, have an important announce-

merit to ttioir customers in tb's ibsuc

I'lipro aro moro po'itioiana to tho square inoh in Now Zealand than in any other Urit'sh posacfs’on—and yet wo thrivo 1

—TaraDaki News. A meeting of delegates from the various clubs afillatod with tho Poverty Bay Cricket Association will bo held in tho Masonic Ilotol to-night, at 8 o’clock.

fe.Tho Lomsod Viotua'lor,’ Association roluroß thanks to it) many frionds throughout tho distrio', more CBpccially tho lud:o a , who workod eo assiduously on iis behalf in connection with tho rocent licensing poll. Mo3trs Williams and Kottlo will soil cn Tuesday nest Mr W. J. McOluskio’s wellknown herd of 20 cboioo Jorae.v cows, in profit. The herd aro all well brod and carefully Beioctcd cows, and at the prom it time giving tho highest tost at tho faotory. A bull by Mr Massoy, when speaking of ono of the Premier's impassioned addrosscs in tho Noith: “ You could hoar tho tears in his voioe, you could almost soo tho tears ia his eyes, you could have hoard a pin drop, until somosno in tho gallery said ‘Don’o make sts cry, Dick.’ ” With Lord Rosobovy holding aloof and Mr Redmond deolaring that nothing short of a soparate Parliamont will snt'sfy tho Irish party, Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman's task in forming a Ministry and framing a policy tu carry tho next elections is by no means an easy one.—Christohuroh Press.

At the Caulfield Court six boys wore charged with using offensive language, and duiiog the hoariDg it was ascertained that two of thorn ware dumb. Even thon the police submitted that they wove guilty of an offence, on tbo ground that they wore all in oompany. Thoy wore, however, discharged. A Goulburn (N.8.W.) family is putting up a record in sudden death. An aunt died whon returning from a funcnl; then a brother expired wbil) lighting a fire; another brother dropped dead while digging in tho garden; a third brother patsed out suddenly when addressing a political meeting, and a sistsr was last week found in a dying condition in her kitchen, 11 Instead cf being worth £2OO a year and travelling expenses, somo members of tbo Logitlative Council are not worth 200 penco. . . The Premier talks of abolishing the Upper House ; he can’t do i'. We oan roform it, but the Legislative Council is part of our Constitution, and we cannot wipe it out. , . At present you have a Legislative Council of whiob you have no reason to bo proud -it is neither useful nor ornamental.” —Mr Massey. The following first class programme will be submitted to the public by the Oily Band to morrow afternooa, ccmmencing at 3 o’cfock, at the Trafa'ga 1 Rotunda :—March, 11 Praise ” ; re'ectioD, "Moses in Egypt”; cornet s.lj, "Chorister” (sollist, Mr F. Pickford) ; match, "Heavenly Home’’; selection from the “ Mossiah (<) " Worthy is'the Lamb,” (b) "Amen Chorus,” and (c) chorus 11 And the Glory ” ; march, “ Eternal Rest." Candidates suffer many wrongs, but the injudicious canvasser doee them probably as much harm as anyone. A member of Mr Pirani’s committee, for instanoe, while engaged in distributing oopioi of a pamphlet, told a lady that it was rumored that her husband had been boating her 1 The rumor was a monstrous fiction, and it took the candidate about six moDtbs’ solid negotiation to smooth away the husband’s natural indignat on, and it says a good deal for his powers of diplomacy that he succeeded and retained the man’s friendship and support. The Auckland S'ar states that Mr Greenslade, tho oleet for Waikato, while in the Thames district filled a large Dumber of public offices with gvea- orodit to him e'f, and 'since his residence in the Waikato has gained widespread eit-em and confidence. An intelhgent thinker, an experienced journal s', and a Liberal of i e thoioughly progrcfßivo type, Mr Gremslado oannot fail to make his mark m publ’c life ; and es a member for Auckland district he wi l add a diatinot element of strength to tho representation of Auck land’s needs in Parliament, ■ The longest flat race of the seas in in France was run at Paris last month. This was the Prix G'adiatrur, 3 moles 7 furlongs, at weight for age. There wero only four runner?, M. Edmund Blanc being represented by Gouvomant and Ohanna j, and M. J. de Bremond by Maximum and Toast. Odds of 100 tc 30 were laid on M. Edmond Blano’s stable, but backers went dowD, as Maximum, fairly outstaying GouvemanS beat him home by' eight lengths ia 7.40 3-5, the other two finishing a long way baok. The prizj money was 1200 so vs, added to a work of art of tho valuo of 400 sovs. The Star states: "The defection of Scotty from the Auckland Cup will come as a bit of a surprise to a number of people who have for some timo contended that he has been farmed for this particular race. Course watchers generally, however, have been under tho opinion that his trainer, F. MoMamomin, would have all his work cut out to get him roady by Christmas, and evidently he himself has a'rived at the corc'usion that it would knock the hors 3 about unnoceeearily to attempt to do so. In al'owing Scotty to drop out at the first aooeptanoe his owner has shown a consideration for ths betiiog public for which ho is to be commended.”

The Rev. A. Peters and the Rov Richard T. Hall recently assisted in Ashburton at a prohibition meeting, and invoked the blessing of heaven on the work of the meeting. Now, here is part of the work of that gathering : A statement was confirmed and sent forth to the people of New Zealand that under Nodicense the rates of the borough of Ashburton bad been reduced 6d in the £, and, astounding to state, the Mayor, who was chairman of the meeting, confirmed the statement. That assertion is true, but is only half the truth, the other half being that even with, that reduction the rates under No-license are still 50 per cent higher than they were under j license.—Timaru Post. The play of our athlelce, from the opening of their tour, has boon beyond praise and above reproach. The earlier criticism of tho British press upon the colonial “ wing-forward ” method has been generously abandonod in hearty recognition of the more sportsmanlike one that the New Zea'anders win because they a-e individu I ally tho better players and collectively the better tram. They have opeaod the eyes of their kinsmen at Home as to the possibil ties of football, and might omvert the American univereilirs tc " Rugger ” if tho Umtsd States had the opportunity to see bow footbal 1 , under easily maintained rules, oan bo redeemed from all bruiality and mado one of the finest of athletic sports. It is dow quite 10 smablo to anticipate that our New Zalaad Footballers willr.turn uneonquered and after having convinced tho forty millions of the Unite! Kingdon that in foot-ba 1. at least, this most distant of cclonies has improved upon tho stock it sprang from, —New Zealand Horald.

, Me G. T. Montgomery, a Hastings contractor, w.itcs us . follows tj the Hawks’s Bay Herald: — 1 F.r 13 yeois I I lived in Kelso, in the no-licenso diet:iefc of Gluths. For rain a consscut vo yoars not one house was built there to my know lodge. I had a house and three acres close to the town. During license I was offered JE7SQ for it by Mrs J. Cholrnc s. I kept it for sev n j oa s afto , and in the mtantime no license came. I sold the same property for £240 to a man named McKay, and was very glad to get it. I wai well known in Clutha (17 consecutive years in the Government employ), and I did not know a stoo, I did not kuow a barber's shop, and I did not know a board-ing-houss in which I could not get os muoh or as little liquor as ever I wanted | at any time of the day or night on nny day of the week. If you wish the advice of one who has experience, here it is: Don’t touch the top lino. No-license is the groafest curse that over came upon any place. I tell you in threo yoars it won’t matter whether Napier hat licenses or not. It wdl bo dead enough loDg before that." i

The Turanga Church Feto will ho hold at Waoronga-a-hika on February ‘22 id. Messrs Hallenstain Bros, draw attention to their Christmas stock of suits, hats, and footwarr,

A,t Woslc-y Church to-morrow morning tho JRov. MrHounsell will givo an address to tho childron. Tho subject of tho evening sermon will bo “ A Strict Scrutiny.’ 1 Sorvioo will bo hold at Ormood at 3 p.m.

Baptist Church services will bo hold a Whinray’s Hall ot 11 o’clock to morrow morning, and at 7 In tho evening. Tho subjoct of Mr Tarry’s lootm-c will bs” A Dinner Table Conversation.” M's 3 Giibort wills’ng with guitar accompaniment nt the Army 13 irracks to-tnorrow evening. A half night of prayor will bo hold on Tuesday night.

St. Andrew's Church Service. Tomorrow fSuuday) : 11 n.m., sormonetto to children, subject of sermon, “ The books opened ”; in tlio evening the subjoct of lecture will be, “ How to> light tlio lire of evil with the fire of God.”—liev. James G. Paterson.

Although several alterations will bo made in tbo licensing roturri3 it is not thought that tho rosult will bo altered. Thrco permits cuno to haud yesterday, two for continuance and one for no-license, and others aro expected to-day. A spooial message from Tuparoa yesterday gave a correction in tho number of votes recorded in the electoral contest, Mr Clayton’s being reducod by 24 at that place. Tho return was nr follows: Oa v r01153, Clayton 13, Dai ton 2, Wall 1. A shocking accidont occurred at Waibi last week to a littls boy 2£ years old, son of Mr Haines, of Waihi, late of Waitekauri. Aftor breakfast the chil Iron commenced to play- with Bomo breakfast things, One of thorn was pouring boiling water jnto a tray, whon tbo little boy

stumbled and fell into a sitting posture on tbo tray. Ho was badly burned by water on his bickand legs. Convulsions developed, and the child died. An Auckland paper before tho election : If wo send members to Wellington who will voto for Auckland and Roform, Seddonisrn is practica ly destroyed, for the solid weight of this province would check the extravagance and imposition of any Government, oven though it might not overturn a Cabinet. In the Champion StjlceF, 1£ miles, at Newmarket, on tho 17th of last moath, that great mare Pretty Polly simply made a hack of Hackl-r’s Pride, for whom Sir T. Sykes l’lCsntly gave SOOOgs. Backers sent Pretty Polly out at 6 to 2 on, and she never gave them any anxiety. Hackler’s Pride must have been in good form, too,

as on tbo following day she beat Nabot and Evergreen as she liked in a mile weight for age race. On tbo day that Pretty Polly disposed of Haokler’s Pride, the former’s sister Adula was ssnt out at 11 to 10 on for the Newmirket Oak», in which sbo was in receipt of 9 b from Cheiry Lies, The distance, If miles, was supposed to be somewhat against tho lat'er, as in tbo St. Leger she did not shape like a genuine stayer. However, she stayed two we’l for Adula, whom she beat in a cantor,"and it is now reckoned that the must have boon off color when Ohallacombe and Polymelus downed her iu the Leger. The opinion is expressed by the Mail that the display of the New Zealanders in their match against Somerset County, at Taunton, was ” in many respects the worst they have yet given in this country, which they acc unt for by saying that tbo team which took the field at Taunton on Saturday was nothing liko so good as tho side which debited Gloucester on Thursday. 11 Tboir combination,” the Mail says, "was inferio-, they did not possess tbo same dash, the passing among tbo backs instead of being given swiftly and sharply on tho run, was frequently started when the men were standing still, and the ball wa3 bofcTod up into the a : r so slowly that on many occasions a Somerset forward hid timo to get to it as soon as tho man for whom it was intended. The absence of thosa three great players, Smith, Hunter, and Roberts, seemed to put their machinery out of gear, and if the three tho absence of Roberts, tbo ‘ serum ’ half, was perhaps the most severely felt.” There was a disturbance. alinoßt a riot, in Manners street, Wellington, on Saturday night. At about eleven o’clock some men appeared on tho verandah of a chemist’s shop, and in accord with the Electoral Act’s provisions, commenced taking down a huge placard outside the New Zealand Alliance rooms. Tire placard was to show people how to vote No-license, “ the top line ” being scored out. A large crowd assembled on the opposite side of the street, and started an assault on tho anti-liquor party. The workers at the placard stood a severe hail of eggs and fruit for som e time. At last it became too hot, and aban~ doning their hammers and nails they retreated through the windows into the interior of the building. The bombardment was kept up till some of the windows were smashed. One man, who appeared the worse for liquor, was lifted into the air, and made a pretence to being a Parliamentary candidate. He urged the people to be silent while be delivered ah address. The crowd had grown to such an extent by this timo that the trams could not get through. At this stage there was a fight; the police rushed in, and secured two men and hurried them away off towards the police station, followed by several hundreds of people. One of the constables was hustled, and his prisoner escaped. The police were hooted, but nothing serious happened. When the police station was reached the crowd stood outside for some time, and after a noisy demonstration vanished.