The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JAN. 23 1906. VENEZUELA’S STAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1655, 23 January 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JAN. 23 1906. VENEZUELA’S STAND.

The determined stand being made against France by President Castro mast oommand admiration for the oourage shown; although the wisdom of it must be questioned. The threat to fire on Frenoh warships if they pass a certain point is a plain intimation of what must ensue if Franoe does not exeroise considerable patience and tact daring the orisis. There would be no question as to how a conflict would end, but it would not suit France to be ombroihd ovor such an affair, and probably when things have cooled down a bit an effort will be made to smooth over matters. It must not be assumed that France is blameless in the matter. A. brief history that has boon published gives a good idea of the trouble, and how the friction increased. President Castro decided sometime ago to oabcel the concession of the Frenoh Cable Company, oa the ground that officers of the company had divulged to the rebel leader, General Maetos, three years ago, the contents of the telegrams of tho Venezuela War Office. He bad cbtainod possession of telegrams that had passed between tbe French Vice-Consul at Caracas and Matos, and between M. Paul Julia, general manager of tbe oablo company, and French officials. A telegram from M. Julia informed the French officials in Venezuela that General Matos was beiDg supported by the French Foreign Office, whose head at that time was M. Do'casse. The telegrams sent by tbe French representative in Venezuela, M. Quietreux, show how be collected news, with tho aid of tfco cable operators, as to the movements of the Government

tioops, and how be again di-tributed this news to the revolutionary chiefs, again in complicity with the company. They show how, in an extraordinary way, the oable company violated Ihe Becreey oi communication by makiog known to the c plain of a French warship the telegrams sent by the commander of a Venezuelan gunboat to President Castro, after beiDg instructed to do so by the Vice Codsul oi France. M. Quievrtux, French ViceConsul at Caracas committed Buieida in Paris on h : s learning that P.-esidnnt Castro had obtained possession of these documents, though ho had been convinced by ihe cable company that he was carrying out the wishes of the Frenoh Foreign Office. Tbe Venezuelan Government was proceeding sgainst the cable company for complicity in the robtllion of General Matos when diplomatic relations were broken off.

Mr W, Slevwrigbt advertieos 82 acre" at Wbataupoko for lease. Dr, DaLiale, dislriot hoalth ofiiorr' visitsd tho Borough drpotßyostorday. | A young toaa advcrtisos for a situation in warehouse. Mails for Auck’and, par s.e. Waikave, ha\o boon extended until 4 p.tn. tomorrow. Me H. J. Browuloo, oroliitool, inv'tos tondera for tbo erection of a Church for the Baptist oongregation. A number of old ago pensions wrra ronewed yesterday by Mr VV. A B non, S.M., and a new one was granted.

The monthly moeting of tho Hospital Trustees wdl ba hold at Mr T. A. Ccltmau’s oflioo at 2 o’olock this afternoon. Tho Tolago Bay Sa'oyarda Company havo postponed tboir sale until Tuesday, 20th February, owing to the baokwardueaa of tho soason. An informal meeting of the Borough OouDcil was hold last oveniog for tho purpose of examining the plana for tho Gisborne water supply, and general approval was expressed in regard to tbo sam“. Mrs Wocllrigbt, formerly of tbo Rooard Reign Hotel, Gißborne, bai opened an upto date registry office in the New Zealand Times Buildingp, Wellington, and has a business adveriisomeni in this issue, to which attention is diiccted.

Visitors taWo’lingtou aro roeommended to give the Hotel Arcadia, tho lealiug private hotel in Wellington, a trial. Tho bouse, wbieh is most cxoellently ap-1 poiutod, is uodor tbo proprietorship of Mr J. Peterson, anl affords all tho comforts of a home. An effort is being mado to arrango a bowling match for Thursday afterooou i roxt between the teams that represented Gisborne at the recent tournament and two rmks selected from the rest of tbe club. Should tbo matoh eventuate, it should provoke a considerable amount of | interest. | There was somo risk of a collision between tbe ketoh Sir Henry and the three masted scow Southern Isle while beoalmed off the Cape on Sunday morn iDg. Tbe vessels, whioh were unmanageable, drifted within a short distance of' each other; but then fortunately a wind enabled the vessels to gaiu steerage way. Tbore was a heavy ground swell on at the lime.

Visitors from Gisborne to Wellington last week who witnessed the performance by the Knight-Jeffries Company of “ Monsieur Beauoaire ” were loud in their praiee of this fascinating drama. Tbe play fs smartly written, and beautifully staged, and the interest of tho audience is held throughout. The general opinion is that it is Mr Juluis Kn'gbt’s ablest impersonation.

A land boom at present prevails in Wellington. Residential sites at Miramar, Island Bay, and other plaoes several miles from the city are selling as high as £lO per foot. The terms offered in most cases are ridiculously easy, only 10 per Cent cash being demanded. Values in the town ere equally high in proportion, good residential Bites in favorite localities realising £lO to £2O per fcoS. A shooting match, Mairiod v. Single, will take place on Thursday afternoon at 4.30 at Makauri range among members of the East Coast Mounted Rides, The teams are as follows:—Married: Oapt. Celebourne, Lieut Tombleeon, Far-Sergt. Davidson, Sgts. MorrisoD, Poynter, Fairlie, Ellie, Corp. Wittors, Troopers Barlow, Cole, Hapu, Leslie, Ngakete, Kenderdine. Single : Lieut. Hutchinson, B.M. Evans, Sergts. Hamilton, Pirie, Zacbatiab, Corps. Oates, R. H. Parker, Troopers F. R. Parker D. Parker, P, Parker, R. Bruce, McCullough, McGregor, Stewart, W. Witters. The Secretary of the Cook Memorial Committee, Mr W. Gaudin, has received advice from Messrs McNab and Mason of Auckland, contractors for the proposed monument, that the litter is nearing completion and will be shipped from Aberdeen at an early date. During the next few weeks the contractors will visit Gisborne for the purpose of preparing’foundations, eto. Whilst in Wellington last week Mr Gaudin made application for the Government subsidy of ££oo, which will be available to be paid over to the committee es soon as the general subscription list amounts to that figure. As the latter is still a few pounds short those who have not yet forwarded their subscriptions should do so at once. Mr Gaudin also in terviewed Mr T. E. Donne, of the Tourist Department, in regard to acquiring portion of the Haiti Hill, end this will be made a recommendation to the Government. Mr DoDne was greatly interested in the memorial movement and promised to do all in his power to assure its success. Thus Miss Marie Corelli on the unemployed of Eogland : If the working man will throw down his tools and decline to do a stroke of work* 11 over time’' because he wishes to attend a football matob, then he must not be suprised if the foreigner takes his place, and makes the money which he loses. Oiten the unemployed man, when offered work, first oonsiders the exact amount of pay he is to receive. Even if it is only a few pence less than what be has made up his own mind to consider his due, he would rather beg, borrow or steal tbau take it. " I will not obeapen myself,’’ be says, and then at once proceeds to a lower grade of obeapnes3—that of accepting unearned money from a nation’s obarity. It is not always prudent, says the N.Z. Herald, to play the part of the good

Samaritan in these unregenerate days.

The other eveniog a gentleman on his way home found a man huddled up in a door* way. Taking compassion upon him he spoke to the homeless one, who informed him that he was penniless and without a nof to his head. Thereupon the good Samaritan gave him. two shillings with whioh to get a bed and a supper. The homeless one was filled with gratitude, and in the exuberance of bis demonstration of tho same almost succeeded in purloining the good Samaritan’s watch. But the latter, feeling a tug at hjs gold abort, and taking in the situation at a glance, gave tbo homeless ono a well.deserved blow, whioh induced him to take to bis heelß. The good . Samaritan now passes by buddled-up figures in doorways without a word.