The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNTNG. GISBORNE, APRIL 9, 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1719, 9 April 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNTNG. GISBORNE, APRIL 9, 1906.

Ail accounts due to tbe firm of Holmes and Ardern mu t be settled at once.

yThe Taiaogahui BowiiDg Club’s handicap singles was" won on Saturday afternocjp by Mr J. Colley. The special mcoiiog of the Harbor

Board called far .to day has been postponed owiDg to Mr -Leslie Reynolds’ report not oothing to band. Mr G D. Portus, touring manager for. " Tho Living London ” moving pioture, arrirod from Auckland yesterday afternoon to make arrangements for the Gisborne season, which opens op Easter Monday, : _

A dance will be held at Whinray’s Hall on. Easter Monday n’gbt under the auspices of the Poveity Bay Bowing Club. Tho presentation xif+ropiiies, etc, wiji take place during -the evening.- Tbe.musfo will be supplied by :- Miss : Mbore. Sixty'sebtions, varying froth 82 perches to an acre, Bitua'ed. in the townships ;cf Patat'ahi'!Sh r a l ßtlb£ley and in the village of Mato, Will'bbjpffeired by ’auction at the L nds Office, Hisborne, at ll p’clcck th's morning. “The uplfet price j are from £,l 10s io j£Bs, . . wt . -•.-l utMessrs Miller and; Craig report a very large entry of -pouLtry- and produce at last Saturday’s sale, when tbe following prices

were realised Hons la to Is sd, roosters Is to la 93; dusjtaig'4'j to la 83, chickens BJ, potatoes I^cTanc!’2d,.eggs la.9d, butter lOd, cauliflowers‘os doz, cabbage 2s,doz, §wedes 4s ' 61 sack, .horse carrots 3.j;6d e“a‘ck, peaches 2tl lb, lemons 6,d. doz, toma- 1 loes lsd lb, rhubarb 3i bundle, onions 3Jd: lb, pears l£d lb,j3arrots Id bundle,, turnips Id bundlertfiafrows 31 eaob, pumpkins 31 eaob, apples 2s small ease, plums Is 91 small oase, figs 31 lb, cuoumb ra 61 doz. At Messrs B-in Bros.’ prodooe sale on Saturday, the following'"prices were realised Fowls Is 2d to Is 81, young roostsra lid to Is Id, ducks Is 3d to Is 6d, butter ed to lid lb, eggs Is 9d to Is lid dozen, .pears. Id lb* tomatoes l£d lb, applss (cooking) Id lb, eating 2d lb, oab-l bages Is 3d dozen,-cuoumberß 4d; marrows Is 6d dozen, rhubarb 4d bundle, oau'iflowers'-ls' 9d -dczep, iswede turnips lOd bag, oniodH l|d lb, oitron melons 5d eaobrpotatoes lsd to 21, . Negotiations for the purobasa by the Government of a block of native land in the Opotiki County were in progress dur* ing the reoent visit to Auckland of the Hon. Jas. : Catroll, Minister in charga of Native affairs. >The-block, which comprises some 12,000 acres; is situated near Torere, about 15 miles from the township of Opotiki, in the; direotion of the East Coast. It is antie'pated that the negotia-r tions will be completed at an ea r ly date.. The land, whioh is said to be of good . quality, will then be thrown open for settlement. The Minister has also, it is understood, entered into negotiations for the purchase of several blocks of King Country land in the Raglan, Kawhia, and Waitomo Counties. The acquisition of a por- . tion of the Te'Akau Blook is also still consideration,

A man of monoy lost in Gladstone road on Saturday night la advertised for. Tho steamer Kotaro is cxpeotod to arrivo from Auckland to day. Tho vossol has a portion of tho Auckland mail aboard. Members of tho Poverty Bay Rowing Olub will oommenoa rowing for Mr F. Hards’ tropbios on Thursday afternoon. George Horoulos Selby, aged 14, fell down a lift woll at Melbourne recently, and. was killed instantly.

During ono night last week a jowcllory shop in Kiog-stroot, Sydney, was visitod by burglars, who got booty to tho valuo of about £SOO.

, Mr Follbigg, ogod 85, was killed by lightning near Grafton (N.8.W.), bis body bi-iogmut'ilatod. A boat noar which ho was standing was shattered.

In an intorviow with a ChrUtohuroh Pross representative, tbo Premier'favorad tho granting oi Parliamentary representation to the Chatham Islands. The. Wellington Oily Council's iooome for the past year was . £241,224. This is ordinary inoome, and does not inoludo tho proooodß of land sales. Tho iooomo of tho trams was. >£83,228, and ..the working exponses amounted to £58,429. The managor of tho New,,Sylvia mine

telegraphed on Friday afternoon that a fire bad oocurred at the mioo early that morning. Tho shaft and levels aro safe, but the engiuo was damaged. All tho men engaged at tho mine are safe. It is reported that upwards of 200 mon aro now woikibg' on tho n ew gnmfield noar Moroury Bay. Most of them ace stated to be makiDg'good money.

In the 10-stone crows’ raoo betwco'n the Poverty Bay and Gisborne shede, rowed on Friday ovening, tho No. 3 of tho winning orew was Stuart, and not Pool, as stated in our report of tho raoe. Io viow of the annual fixture with tho Soindo Olub (Napier), tbo Haiti-City footballers put iu somo useful practice at the Viotoria Domain on Saturday last, A meoting of the Olub will bo held tomorrow evening for tho eleotion of ofiioers for the juDiors and thirds.

-Entries for the Rids Association's meeting on Easier Monday close with the Seoretary (Mr 0. Qellier Evans) oa Saturday next. .The meeting will bo held at tbe'Makahri Rifle Range, which has been considerably improved, n couple of new targets having been oreoted, i A sad accident' ooourred at Obeupo, by which Mrs J. Bukoweky lest her life. She went out into the yard lo wash some t blcs, and was missed half en hour aft r* words. • Her body was found in a well 20 f et.deep, containing 10 feet of water. Sbe was .69 years of age, and was one of' Waikato's earliest settlers, Deceased was subj cl to fits. " The Teieg.aph Deputaaent have on sale to tbs public a supply of pads oi forwarded message forme, frith butt attachment upon which the sender may write the particulars of tho oKßsage handed in for tranmisßion. The attachment, when dated, stamped and' initialled by the oonutir olerk,...will be handed baok to the person presenting the message. A charge of two shillings for each pad of forms is to -be made The fee of one penny oharged for. rep. sip's for amounts paid on telegraph messages will not, of oourse, be collected when the special forms are used.,.. '■■■ • :vU- "

There passed away suddenly yesterday Mr James Fielder, father of Mr Harry Fielder, of Gisborne. The deceased was 80 years of age, and until a week ego bad .enjoyed exoellent health; being exceptionally hale and heartylfor a. man of bis age. A few days ago he oaught a severe cold, which settled on ' his lunge, and was tho cause of bis death. The late Mr Fielder was born in Kensington, England, in 1827. He served in the navy in the Vestal and ike Asia under Rsar-Admiral Fiizhomby. After completing his' term of.eeivioe he "emigrated to New Zealand in 1855, arrivir.g in Wellington'that year, by the ship Surge. He was one of the first pioneers on tho West Coast goldfields. He leavrs a family of two sons and one daughter. The funeral will take plaoe at two. this afternoon. ' ... 1

_>A. Gockio opec to r, ia (he ooußafi.V‘§’^6tl ?! lhtdrview- with a Waikato Argus representative with reference to the rabbit pest,'pointed out that rabbits had jonly inorcased on those properties where they had beeh’farmed for trapping purposes. He advocated the Btringeht enforcement of .the law, .whioh would make farmers )|ake steps to olear their land of the pester-Referring" to the bonus system formerly'pursued-in reference to native lands, he said he had found that the natives were abusing the system by farming the rabbits and introducing them ioto new ooantry, as this course provided an easy meane of living. He did not think it likoly that the Government would introduce this system to deal with European holdings. Askod as to the best means of dealing with the pest, the inspector said that pollard poisoning was the cheapest and most effective method, but tbis could be supplemented by trapping, shooting, digging-out, and other means Interviewed by a Wellington reporter with a request for particulars of the work already done by the rccantly appointed Aotea Maori Land Beard, Mr T. W. Fisher said that the Ohutu Block, wh’oh is vested in the Board and is situated on j the Wanganui River, 'containing 80.000 acres, was dealt with by the Board at its Wanganui sittings, and applications for leases have now been accepted for orer one-half of the area. . In regard to the improvements in the. Aot of laSt session,' as compared with the Aot of -1900, Mr Fisher said the greatest advantage is in oonn'etion with the leasing. Applications for leases can be muoh more promptly dealt with by the Board under the new Act. Already greater activity is. being mantained in the taking up of Maori land on lease, and the competition is keener.

H.M.s. Prometheus, which left Auckland for Sydnoy on Thursday, relumed to that port on Friday morning. It appears that while the warship was ont in the gulf an accident occurred to the maebioery, and the Prometheus will remain in port awaitiog - instructions from the naval authorities in Sydney. It is probable that she will go into Calliope Djck for examination before again leaving Auokland. The accident so far as is known, ia to the warship's propellors. Ssveral months ago the Prometheus, went on a reef, at the Ksrmando’s, when she sustained Btrious damage to her bull and propellers, and was placed-ia ; o»ljiope Dock,' where she

underwent extensive repairs. After com iog out of dock the warship went Boutb, and joined the squadron, • which was visiting Nw; Zealand. After visiting the Southern port 3 she returned to Auckland, and has engaged in big gun praotioe for several days. New Zealand affords every facility for the propsga'ien of weeds, noxious and otherwise, but one of the worst is at present taken little notice of. Bays the North Otago Times; It is tho olover burr, which a few years ago was detected ia the river saod ballast, discharged from a vessel

• that had arrived at Oamtru from a South American port. It has since then spread along some of the railway lines. It is as far south as Moeraki, and is carried by dogs and men in various directions, for the burrs adhere firmly to the coat or to the rough hair of a dog. When it has gained an extended hold in the country the value of wool will be considerably depreciated. It was statod by a gentleman who had experience of it ia Sooth America that it at first depreciated the value of wool by 4d per lb, owing to the difficulty of exacting the burrs from the wool. Tbo plant bears a beautiful orop of burrs each year, whioh are worse in their adhesive qualiti s than the biddy-bid, which, however, does not! grow out in tho open fields like the burr.

Mr Arthur Rosser, chatting on labor claim, stated : “While we are receiving no increase in wages our expenses as regards house rent and the cost of living., are increasing year by year. Up to-the present time we have had to counsel patience to the disaffected members, but we cannot go on crying 'Peace/- ‘Peace,’ when thero is no peace. Ido not know what is going to happen unless you kick over the whole concern, and if. that eventuated I should be afraid of the results. If such a thing as a strike once started I feel sure that there would be no holding the unionists, the disaffection is so I deep, v