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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1668, 7 February 1906, Page 2

Tinders are invited for Iho lemoval of the Ormond Convent sofcool toTe Karaka A second-hand Singer sowing maohine in good order is advertised by Messrs Ohriep and Son for sale.

At the Te Karaka sales Messrs Williams and Kittle report they bad 3500 sheep and 300 cattle for sa’e. Fresh full mouth ewes were purchased at 12s 6<3, 300 goiDg at this figurp, and 126 two-tooth wethers (on behalf of Murray, Roberts and Co) brought 11s. A good line of 644 woolly lambs were passed at 9s 6J, and 52 old ewes were sold at 6s. Beef cows brought £5. A sale of horses was held by Mr J. S. Bockland after the sheep and cattle had bien offered.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington slates With reference to a paragraph going the roends of the Press stat'Dg that Hr Houston, M.H.R , for Bay of Blinds, is likely to resign on the score of ill-hra'th, the Premier has communicated with Hr Houston, who replied, “ Happy to say my health is improving. There is no truth in the statement that I am going to resign. I am looking forward to seeing you at the beginning of the session.’ 1

The Caplain Cumtninp, informs us that the comparison in sound inga given by a correspondent signing himself 11 Nuf Ssd" are very satisfactory as far as they go, but to convey an accurate idea it should have been mentioned that the soundings attributed to the Penguin’s officers were high water soundings, while those taken by Captain Camming were low water soundings reduced to zero according to the Penguin's tide gauge.

Tho Matawhero stock sales tnko plooe to-day. Privnto board nnl rosidonoo for two or moro gont’iomon is advortieod for.

A tnoeting of tbo Poverty Cay Orickit Association will be lull in tho Maeouio Hotel at 8 this evening.

Tho ealo of Mrs Edwards’ furniture, advertised for to»day by Mosers Bain Bros., has bean postponed until further cotico.

Tho Mayor, Mr J. TownLy, rcturnod this meining after attending tbo Fire Brigades' Cooferoooo in Nolacn, aDd visiting Wangauui on-waterworks urn tois. Fcr tho Tohgo Bay stock salo on tho 20th inst. Measis Common, Shelton and Co. bavo reooived entries oi 8000 sheep, inoluding a lino of 2000 foil mouthed owes from Mangatokerau station. During tho wool soason the looal railway brought in 1432 bales wool. It is oxpeotod that this quantity will bo considerably increased next yoar. Tho forthcoming Raoing Carnival promises to exoood anything beforo held in Gisborne. There aro already a good many people who have come into town so as to attend tho races.

Mr J. S Buckland reports regarding bis Saturday’s horso sale : Thore was a good ontry, and competition fair throughout tho | sale. For good young hacks theie was a demand, and many changed hands at £9 to £l6, active medium draughts £l4 to £2O, and poDios and light hacks £3 and upwards. Tho next sale will bo oa Saturday, at ha'f-past 1 o’clock. Considerable improvements have been made lo the Poverty Bay Turf Club’s coureo, and visitors to Makaraka next week will be pleasingly surprised at tbe great alterations. The President (Mr J. W. Nolao) vis'.ted the oourao yesterday, and expressed great satisfaction at the manner in whioh Messrs Mackrell and Colley, the well-known builders, had carried out tho work entrusted to them.

Encouraged by tbo groat success of h s ' horse salo at the Masonic stablos on Satur- , day last, Mr J. S. Buokland has deoided to make this fixture a weekly one. He will sell on Saturday next at balf-paat 1, for which sale large entries have already been reoeivod. As a judge of horses Mr Buokland can bold his own with the best auctioneers in the colony, and owners en~ I trusting their entries to him can rely on the very boat prices being obtained. Who, asks Ohristohuroh Truth, can read the story of the sweated child slaves of Taranaki and refrain from indignation ? I Our contemporary quotes, from one of the Pest’s series of articles, the sad ca6o of one unfortunate little girl whose hands were oracked and sore from milking, and adds this comment: “ Hurry up, Christian ladies and gontlemeD, and subscribe liberally to the missions in India—lndia, where they don’t work delicate children to death, and have a religion older than ours. Taranaki you needn’t consider. It is Christian already.” ] A presentation of a very pleasing nature was made after the morning eervioe as the Patutahi Church on Sunday last, Mrs Anthony Doherty being presented on behalf of the denomination with a complete dinner EOt. Father Lan», in milting the presentation, spoke in high terms rf the good work Mrs Doherty had done, and the interest she had taken in sacristy and Church work during the mission given in August last. In responding on behalf of his wife, Mr Doherty said he failed to see what they had done to deserve this recognition of the people. The handsome presentation would spur them on to do more in the future than they had in the past. The vagaries of fashion landed an Auokland girl in an unpleasant di'emma. She was wearing high-heeled shoes—so high that she almost seemed mounted cn stilts, and so narrow at the end that in 1 oroseiog a woolen culvert out in the subuibs her hoel slipped down into an open space and stuck fast. For five minutes she stood like a statue, unable to release the foot, and perplexed what else to do. When a little crowd of grinning children gathered round, her embarrassment only increased. It was not till a , youth of bigger growth came along and suggested unlaoing the shoe, that she was able to free herself, and then work the shoe loose.—Observer. I The appointment of a stationmaster • and postmaster for Te Karaka is a matter i which has been several times urged by the 1 Times, and it is pleasing to learn that at last something definite is being done in this direction. The two Departments are at present disoussing the matter anl arranging for eaoh to pay a half of the officer’s salary. It is expected that before the end of the present quarter the rising township of Te Karaka will be able to boast of its own postmaster and railway stationmaster. The latter appointment is not made before time, as there has been many bitter complaints from up-country settlers in regard to goods going astray. The tbaDks of the distriot ate due to the Hod. James Carroll for the strenuous efforts he has made towards securing the appointment in question. The mass of New Zealanders learned about fifteen years ago that when Mr Seddon announces an intention, he gener* ally ” gets there.” The other day, the Premier proved that his ability to overcome obstacles has in no wise diminished. He had been chatting with a Pressman in a compartment of a'* birdcage” carriage during the journey from Springfisld, and when a few miles outside Christchurch he rose to go into another part of the carriage. He found that the door had jammed, and vigorous pushing from inside and outside, even with the assistance of some kicks and verbal admonitions, could not persuade it to slide back- The other passengers decided that the Premier would have to wait for expert assistance at Christchurch, but Mr Beddon was not to be beaten. He opened a window,and bofore the spectators could finish explaining that the feat was absolutely impossible, he had climbed out end disappeared down the oorridor with a quiet smile.- The window measured 20 by 16J inohes. A correspondent, writing to a Wellington paper, complains very bitterly that New Zealand meat producers are more extensively robbed than any other seotion of the community. Inferior meats from Australia and Argentine are sold at Homo as New Zea'and, while the product of this country is largely sold as English. Ho goes on to say : " Tbo meat industry is but lilt'e over 20 years old, but numbers of London middlemen have made them selves wealthy, some becoming millionaires, by handling our meats. It is quite impossible to honestly make millions of money in brokerage and other lawful oharges in a year; therefore, these fortunes have been quickly made by the following of illegitimate practices. A colonial grower ships mutton to a firm at Homo, wbioh firm sells Ihe consignment to itself or a j dummy friend in the market, and then the ' carcases are out into joints and disposed

of at English prioes. By this means a profit of 100 per cent is made out of the far-away grower of New Zealand mutton ; and it is a sbamo to allow the middlemen to ruthlessly rob oolonial shippers in this manner. At present it is qaite impossible to prevent the:e unscrupulous (radeis doing as they please." Fifty labor members in the Bri.ish Parliament is nothing, but soon there will be a hundred members, perhaps more, and

this body will sell its support to the Premier who bids highest uoless it is totally different to all other Labor parties

in the world. For a statutory eight hour day it may fling out a strong Premier and instal a weak Premier at a crucial moment in foreign affairs. Forsome doubiful con cession to "Labor" it may confuse and complicate the entire political life of (he country, and burden industry to an extent out of all keeping with the result. But it will not concern itself with the Utopias that exist only in tho vivid imaginat’ons of tho Keir Hardies It has been found in Australia, as it will doubtless be found in England, that nothing curbs the fantasies of 11 Labour " I like a little political responsibility. When Mr Watson was Premier of Australia—and Mr Watson is still a professed Socialist —nothing happened. They have a Labour Premier in Queensland, and we do not hear of any revolutionary measures. West Australia has tried a Labour Cabinet and found it wanting. And even in Engisnd, his old SociaLDemooratic friends are bitterly abusiog Mr John

Burns beoause he does not do in the Cabinet what he vociferously declared in

Trafalgar Square ought to bo dene. (Auckland Herald.)