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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1720, 10 April 1906, Page 2

The afljiu nad annual meeting of the Wfitt End Football Ciub will be held tomorrow night, not to-Dighf, as oiiginaily arranged.

A special bank holiday will be observed on Tuesday next, April 17 The banks will also be closed throughout the colony on the following days, being statute holidays :—Good Friday, April 13, Saturday, April 14, and Easter Monday, April 16.

The s.s. Kotare ran short of coal on the voyage down from Auckland, and had to put in to Tolago, the Nautilus leaving here early yesterday morning with a supply. The two steamers left Tolago yesterday morning and arrived hero at 1 o’clock. The Kotare left Auckland on Friday, and should have arrived here on Sunday morning. , At the Police Court yesterday John Hall pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawfully rescuing a mare fronj the Ormond pound. After evidence had been given in regard to tho impounding of the mare, defendant stated that he had missed his pony for a few hours only, and on coming through Ormond picked the mare up on the road about half a mile from the township. The case was adjourned until Wednesday morning.

A pocket book loot In town yc»terday Is advertised for,

Tho box plan for “L'ving London" will bo open, nt Miller’s to-morrow morning. Intending patrons would do woll to mako early application for soots.

Tbo Huddart-Parkor Oo.’s stoamer Zoaluudia loft Auckland yostorday at halfpast six last evening, and is duo hero at four o’olook this aftoroooD.

Tho residential sites at Tolago Bay realised ovor £3O per quarter aoro ot yestorday’s Crown land's sale. Scotions of the same aroa can bo pu chasod for nearly tbo same money in tho upper parts of Gladstone road.

Tho soow Woloomo waß towed baok to port on Saturday night by the auxiliary eohoonor Aotea, owing to the serious illness of Ooptain Olifle. The captain, who broke a blood vessel recently, is suffering from a norvous affoction.

A Woikato auctioneer, now in the Bankruptcy Court, oandidly told his creditors that he had kept no trust aooount for dealings with his clients’ moneys—wes ’dot aware that he was under any obligation to do so 1

Further postponomont of tariff revision seems no longer possible, says the Pobl. Tho reduotion of tho duties on tho necessaries of life has figured too prominently in the electoral oloquonce of tho Premier and eooreß of other mombers to admit of being shelved, and to doal with this question means the re openiog of the whole business. H.M.B. Encounter visits Gisborne this morning, and will be thrown opan to the public for inspection this afternoon. The Commander, Captain Cecil F. Thursby, telegraphed to tho Mayor, Mr J. TowDley, yeeterdoy from Auckland : — 11 Encounter visits Gisborne on 10th. Ship in the afternoon will be opon to tho public." We aro asked to state chat the Union Company and the Gieborno Sbcopfarmorß’ Company will ruu launches to and from tbe warship this afternoon.

“I suppose you have viowed tho sections you have purchased,” remarked odo of the publio to a purchaser at the Crown land sale yosterday. "No, I’m blowed if I have," was the reply, “ but when I see Mr bidding, that is enough for mo.” After the salo the fortunate possessor of the sections was offered 26 per cent, on bis purohases and refused the samo.

The Inveroargill Tirnos fails to explain itself in this fashion :—" Tne Premier is goi ty of base and flagrant iDgr»t tude whon he speaks cf the Legislative Council as if it were a chamber of old womoo, not merely usolobr, but mischievous. The Legislative Councillors may be old w-‘ men, but Mr Seddon is.lho last man who should oast the painful truth in their faoss." Although we agree (writes the Manaia Witness) that it is the funotion of tho State to prevent undue monopoly, and to sre that nothing approaching American Trusts como into existence here, yet, in the case of elcctrio power, its polifty is that of the dog in the manger, and will retard tho utilisation of Naw Zealand’s splendid sources of energy and the ODormous industrial strides consequent tbereoD, far half a century.

"Pedestrian ” writes: —Sir, —" Cyclisl

could rely cn a lurge measure of support for his views were it not that reckless oyclists have to be kept in mind. The moj irity of oyclists might well be allowed ibe use of the footpaths, but it is the hoodlum on wheels who causes the trouble. Wbat I would like to see is a few of these madcaps caught. The fact unfortunately is that the careful, gentlemanly cyclist whom everyone would gladly stand aside for catohes the eye of too ofßoer, while the hoodlum who scorches along in impudent fashion invariably esoapes. The Wellington Times replies to the Post Tho “ perpetual motion ”of Mr Seddon is in one reepeot a good tbiog. Motion is a sympton of liie ; it denotes io hie case an aotive internet in all that concerns the welfare of the people, and it keeps tbe Government in touch with tho requirements of the different parts of the colony. We have had Premiers who •" stuck like limpets ” to their iffics io Wellington, and at least one who epent most of his time in Auckland when Parliament was not in office. The Auokland Observer states : —The suppressed excitement apparent in the demeanour of one of the passengers by last Monday’s train from the King Country was easily explainable. On picking up the paper at a way station, he bad learned that Gladsome had won the race for the Newcastle Cup. To him it meant more than an ordinary piece tf sporting gossip, for he had in his pookot a ticket upon Gladsome in one of Tattsrsali’s sweep?, and after allowing for all his hedging he landed a win of between £3OOO aDd £4OOO. Tbore is now a vacancy for another laborer in tho radway co-operative works.