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Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1709, 27 March 1906, Page 2

The Borough Council meets to-nigh

An advertisement of the Poverty Bay Rowing Club appears in this issue.

The sooial in aid of the City Baud on Thursday night is beiug kindly organised by Mr W. Webb. The annual meeting of tho Haiti City Football Club takes place to-night at the Royal Hotel. About one hundred vebicios were in tho funeral cortege yesterday passing Grey street. Later on many people from the oonntry joined in tho mournful procession. Tenders close at noon to-morrow for the formation of 26 chains of road at Awapuni for the East Coast Native Trust Lands Board. Captain Edwin still keeps up his gloomy foreoast. At nioe yesterday moraing he forecasted : Strong winds to gale from between north-west and west and south, glass rise, tides good, sea heavy off shore, rain piobable. At Auoklaud yesterday James Regan pleaded guilty to having libelled Dr Beattie of the Avondale Mental Hospital. It appears that Mr Regan had been misled by a written statement by Hospital attendants.

Ttndors are invited by Mr G. Tilloard Natusob, arobiteot, for finishing works at the nurses’ cottage and sundry other items at the hospital. To-morrow an

important sale ol

furniture will be held by Messrs Millier and Cra'g in the shop adjoining Mr Rowley Hill’s in Gladstone read. A large quaniity of new and sjoond-haad goods will be oSe ei.

At Waerengaa-bika to-morrow, at one o’clock, Mr J. S. BuckLnd will sell a choice lot of wfll-brod ehsrtborn wcaners and yearlings (about 150), four medium draught unbroken colts and fillies (3-year-olds), four good baraess horses suitable for spring oart, hacks, pigs, and pouliry. Mr J. W. A. Marohant, SurveyorGeneral and Secretary for G own Linds, and Mr Alexander Barron, Chairman of the Land Purchase Board, have proceeded to Tolago Bay to iospeot propotties the Government have been asked to acquire. At the Old Ag 9 Pensions Court yesterday a new pension of £26 was granted and several pensions renewed. A pension was refused to one mao known to be addicted to liqucr, the Magistrate saying be was satisfied the money would be wasted in that way. A number of farmers have signified their intention of sending exhibits to the Hawke's Bay Show next week, and Messrs Williams and Kettle ask us to remind farmers to get their produoe in not later thau Friday, 30th icst, Our fa-mors should make an (flirt to see that the dist iot is suitably represented.

A little “ jar ” from the Bulletin: " The Georgo Chircs’des havo never become reconciled to life in this land Bince their last costly gad abroad. Just lately they tried a jauot ti Maorilanl, but returned

io their Bouth Yaira mansion more bored

than ever. Mr Chirnside Blept through some of the finest scenery in Maoriland, and was conveyed through ths rest reading a newspaper.”

The weather report yesterday morning showed that there was a fresh westerly breeze and rough sea at the East Cape, and a moderate gale around Auckland. The weather was equally at Thames, Taupo, and Balclutha. Passing showers fed in Westland and at Dunedin, Heavy seas were running Bt Cape Maria Van Diemen, Auckland, Capo Egmont, Wanganui, Farewell Spit, and Bluff, moderate at Napier aod in Cook Straits.

As Mr J. Stewart, of the telegraph de* partment, has kindly offered !o light up the Trafalga Rotunda, the Gisborne City Band will render the following programme to the public tonigb 4 , commencing at 8 sharp :-Quick march, “ Kirg Carnival ” ; selection, ‘‘ Gems of Erin ”; quick march, " St. Elmo ” ; cake walk, Society " ; selection, “ Gems of Scotia ” ; quadrills, 11 Hilarius " ; waltz, " Torera ” ; quick match, 11 Defiance.” A collection will be taken up in aid of the uniform fund. The Band have bl=o in preparation a first class programme to render from the same rotuoda in about two weeks’ time, when a collection will be taken up in aid of the Beautifying Association,

Messrs Common, Shelton and 00. havo a vary attraotlvo display of autumn goods. An advortiser requites two acres in the suburbs for a residential sits.

A highly popular fixture for Thursday night will bo the Booisl in aid of tho funds of tho City Band. JVloFßrs J. Pecltover and Co. require a number of bushfallors for tho Coast and inland districts.

Mr William Morris, of Waibora, noti fios that ha will in futuro mako a ohnrgo for sheep paddocked at his property.

A shipment of Island fruit will bo sold by Messrs Miller and Craig at their auolion matt this morning ut 11. Mrs Yoyce, sorvauts’ registry, 233 Hob.on street, Auckland, requires situations for housemaids, oooks, and barmaids. Persons having olaims against Mr Edward J. Harris aro requested to render the same to Mr T. A. Coleman, Coronation Buildings.

The barquentine Senorita was brought into the river yesterday morning with 573 tons of ooal, nearly a hundred tons more than aDy other vessel had brought into the river.

The barquentine Sonorita, Captain Olsen, had a rough passage of twentyfour days from Newcastle. When off Curvier Island the ship's oook was swept from his feet by a wave, and had three ribs broken.

“Thefaotof there boing practically no objections speaks vory well for the aoouracy of the valuations this year—it is highly satisfactory for a'l parties," Baid Mr Barton, S.M., at iho Assessment Court yesterday at the conclusion of tho Assessment Court business.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday John Peroival Wa’ker was ordered to pay forthwith the balanos of £2 9s owiog to Messrs Johnston and Miller, and a like order was made in a case in which Adair Bros, sued for £4 6r sd. Evidenoa was given to show that defendant had been seeking to leave the district. A question as to Native rates is occupying the attention of the Harbor Board Until recently the Government has paid op the rates, but recently obstacles seem to have been cast in the way, and until there is a definite issue to the correspondence procreding tho Secretary is delayed

is making up the balance-sheet. Only one objection came before the Assessment Court for the borough of Gisborne yesterday. Notice had been given of three obj :osion->, but two objectors— Emma Evans and W. L. Clayton—did net appear. The objection by Fiancis Stafford to the rateable value of L2O on section 85 block C, Ormond road, was eventually compromised, the valuation being reduced by oonseut to Ll 5. Mr Stafford said that the bouse bad not got the roof on yet, to which Mr Robinson replied that power was given under tho Act to put an assessment on buildings in course of erection.

In another oolumn Mr A. A. Fromm, who ha'purchased Mr W. F. Crawford’s sta'ionery and fancy goods business, has a special announcement to the pub'io of Gisborne and East Coast districts. Mr Fromm has had many years’ experience io the trade, and should bo in an excellent position to cater for the requirements of customers. He is adding a large and carefully seleoted stock of the latest novels, magazines, and periodicals, and all trade requUitss. We wish him every sucoess in the old-established business which he has acquired.

A highly-esteemed resident of Gisborne, Mrs Elizabeth Clayton, relict of tbo late Mr H. Clayton, passed away yesterday morniDg at tho age of 65 years. The lady had been in poor health for a considerable time past, but maintained a cheerful demeanor, and at eight in the morning there was no indication that her passiog away would come so suddenly She had been chatting with one of the sons, but the heart’s action became irregular and feeble, and by half-past eight the dear old lady had breathed her last. Tbe deesased-had a wide c'rcle of friends, who bad for her the warmest regard. She was kindness itself, and lost no opportunity of quietly rendering kindly services for those about her. She had settled in Gisborne with her husband io 1870, their marriage having been the third celebrated in Napier. Mrs Clayton had a great fund of knowledge of early experiences, aud oould always entertain newcomers with anecdotes and narratives concerning the days that had gone by. She leaves a grown-up family to mourn their loss, two daughters and foar sons, including Mr W. H. Clayton, the wellknown timber merchant, Mr F. Clayton, who has a flourishing business in Te Karaka, and Mr Harry Clayton, manager of a large business in Daunevirke, A distressing feature in connection with the bereavement is that Mr Harry Clayton had only on the previous evening returned to Dannevirke, also one of his sisters, who had not been from home for about thirty years. When they left there was no reason to suppose their mother’s illness would so suddenly cause her death. The funeral will leave deceased’s late residence, Derby Btceet, at 2.30 this afternoon.

There is at present a great dearth of some kinds of labor, and if this

class can be induced to come to the colony instead of seeking new fields in other countries, why not ? If there is room for them here, why should they not be welcomed ? We do not profess to understand why there should be any scarcity of unskilled labor for railway construction works in view of the large number of natives who are living a life of idleness ; but no one can dispute the necessity for securing an adequate supply of domestic servants. The wail of the mistress is loud in the

land, and her plight is truly distressing. The dislike of the colonial working girl for domestic service has eclipsed the gaiety of thousands of colonial homes, and seriously reduced the marriage rate, for what is there in married life to the modern bride if she has to begin housekeeping without help ? It would be profitless to speculate on the causes which have brought about the unpopularity of domestic service. The main thing is to provide a remedy for the present state of affairs. The step taken by the High Commissioner seems to us to be in the right direction. As domestic servants are not available in the colony, there is nothing for it but to got a supply from elsewhere. It is a step which will have the cordial approval of thousands of wives and mothers, who w ill

hail the coming of shiploads of able and competent domestics from over the seas as a boon and a blessing. Indeed, we doubt whether anything would add more to Mr Soddon’s popularity than the announcement that in the interests of the overworked wives and mothers of New Zealand he had decided to extend the scope of his humanitarian policy so as to provide a qualified general servant for every home requiring such help.—N.Z. Herald.