The Gisborne Times POBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAY 8, 1906 VISIT OF MR HERRIES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1743, 8 May 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times POBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAY 8, 1906 VISIT OF MR HERRIES.

llie Parliamentary representative of our neighboring electorate on the Northern side, Mr W. H. Herrios, arrived in Gisborne yesterday, and will naturally be extended a hearty welcome by the people of this district, no matter what may be their political views. He is a commanding figure in the House, and has the respect of all sides. It is essential in this district that local requirements should have close attention, and although the tnomber for Waiapu and the member for the Bay of Pleuty are at varianco on important politic j 1 questions they are, we are safe in saying from experience of the past, wiliing and eager to work together on behalf of the East Coast. It must be pleabiug to all to know that Mr Herries has gone to so much tr.opbje to acquaint himself with the ne:.de of the whole district, so that when subjects of special interest to the two districts come up in Parliament there will be a complete understanding between the members, or at any rate they will bo able to speak to eithor section of the House with tae great advantage gf fu,ll knowledge as to the localities referred to.

THE KAISER.

We hear so much of the erratic, bom* bastic, and interfering nature of the German Emperor that it is quite refreshing to read something op the other side, and this we have in the March number of ihe Atlantic Monthly, No less than eight pages are filled by A. Maurice Low. Ihe Kaiser is now represented as the least understood of men, and he is described as “a serious man, a man fully impressed with tRe responsibilities of kingly station, to wboip the crown is more than a symbol and the sceptre less the sign of power than the vow of dpty.”; Dealing with the conditions obtaining when William 11. approached the throne, the writer states : “ Ho looked across the narrow stretch of blue water separating his throne from that of his aged grandmother; ho saw the crQSj,

of cSc. George dotting tfio Huvon seas, ami not it pawn moved on the chessboard or international polities without England’s consent, and ho determined to make Gormany equally as important ; to cany the doublo oaglo of Gormany wherever nhips sailod or territory was to ho dovolopod.” Explanations aro givon as to why one of tho first stops was to dismiss Bismarck. It was dono lor many reason*. Tho Ohancollor’s intrigue over tho dying Erodorick was romomboral. It was also romomhorod that Bismarck mado tlio first William take tho field against Frunco. William 11. determined for poaco and determined also to bo his own master. “ From that day tho policy of Gormany has boon tho policy of tho Emporor.” Mr Low doclaros that tho Emporor “ understands his own pooplo a good deal bettor than many of thorn understand him.” He oxplains how tho Kaiser has sought to infuse a national spirit into his pooplo to tho overrunning of local jealousies ; and how tho Emperor’s speeches have j boon carefully modulated to tho understanding of particular audiences. “ Tho burden of history,” concludes the admiring writer, “ is always what lias been ; it is written as a message from the dead, and wo do not accept mon as great until their lives and acts have boon embalmed and treasured up for the judgment of a generation not their own. When tho history of this poviod of tho German Empiro is written, it may bo discovered that William tho Second was a man who spoke for tho future to hear. Tlion it may bo understood that liis influence was for poaco and not for war ; that he spoke with a purpose ; that ho hoard the voice of humanity ; that ho was one of tho positive forc9s of his time. The Hokonzollorns hare given to history a groat elector and a great king, and William the First has been called a great Emperor. History may find that greater than the greatest of his race is the reigning sovereign; because while the claims of his ancestors are written in war, his title to greatnesses tho dower of peace.” The lattor sentence reads strangely in view of recent events, in Morocco for instance ; it is certainly at varianco with our general understanding of the Kaiser, and our hope must bo that we have misunderstood him.

The Borough Council meets this evening at 7.30. The steamer Ripple arrived at Lyttelton at 4 yesterday afternoon from Gisborne.

The Supreme Court resumes this morn ing at 10 o’clock, when jurymen and wit nesses must be in attendance.

Mr F. W. Flanagan, chief draughtsman of the Land and Survey Department, has heen appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Nelson di= triot.

A meeting of ladies willing to assist in promoting a social in aid of the shimming baths will be held at half-past three this afternoon in the high school. It is hoped that any minbos of th Opposition party to whom by inadvertence an invitation may not have been sont will attend the smoko conceit t) be held at the Empire hotel at 8 to night.

A Ntlson telegram notifies the dsath of Henry Edward?, for fifty years with Slanders and Co, and well known throughout the colony in business circles and as local agent for the South British Insurance Company. The residents of Upper Gladstone road aid Aberdeen road will bo pleased to hoar that Messrs Bedstone and Sons have put on an extra 'bus from Lytton road, leav iog there at twenty minutes to ten oaoh inorniDg.

Mr Huntley E liot, late Uoder-Seorolary for Miors, has been appointed to the vacant seat on the Royal Commission to enquire ioto To Aute and other native educational endowments. The first meeting of the Commission will be on May 10th.

Tbo social Ibis evening at the British Empire Hctel tendered by the friends of the Opposition to Messrs Herries and Clayton promises to be a great sucoess. A latgo number of invitations have bten exs tended, and the gathering should result in groat advantage to tbo district.

A telegram from Hastings states : Mr E J. Watt has sold bis racehorse Meiodeon to Mr Netsleford of Melbourne, for £OOO Meiodeon will go to Melbourne to contest the next Melbourne Cop. Ba'ca was scratched for the Hawke’s Bay Cup at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Tbo Premier has received from San Francisoo a further cablegram, whioh announces tbo safety of W. H. Lambert and family, Wellington ; W. Fyfe, Wellington ; C. S. Young and family, Joseph Allen and family, Alfred Jorgensen, W. T. Barnett and family, Timaru; Charles Powrie, W. G. Laying, Ohristchnrch; Henderson and family, Auckland; Mrs John Beid, Mrs Agnes Scbmidt, E. A, Reid, Hasken, H. Harnett, E. K Alder, John] Marrcn, Annie Deverel), Mrs L B. Wetberbee, Mrs Foley, Mrs CaiD, John MoGratb, David Scouliar, Cameron B'Os., A. G. Orkenden, A. G. Sbeath, Hendersons (3), Mitchells, Kissings, A. M. Jackson and sisters. Tbo families of the above are all safe.

The New Zealand Times states : “ Wo are assured a'l g ound for complaint with regud to Wanganui Native lands will spec lily be removed. The Na ; ive Minister has boen in communication with (he Maori owners of about 100,007 aores, and be intend* proceeding to Wanganui nrxi ,WJtk to complete arrangements. W e all (jesiro to see tbe Native Ends occupied apd made productive ; but if we settle in haste we may repent at leisure (as has been tbe too common experience in the past) the spoliation of the Maori, without a single publio interest being served.” There are persistant reports that Judge J;nes is to be eoDt to Wanganui to deal with (ha titles to these lands. This, if t u,’, wcu'd be complimentary to the Judg', but it would ecarccly be fair to this diet* iot.

Mr W. Miller reports the following bookings through Thos. Cook and Son’s local oilice : London : Mr F. Hughe", per Oroya, leaving Sydney K)th May; Mr P. T. Kenway, per lonic, leaving Wellington 2-lth May; Mr and Mrs H. Mating, per Dar nstadt, leaviug Sydney 20th May Por Capetown : Mr P. Harrison, per Miltiades, leaviug Melbourne Bth June. Por Hong Kong : Mr W. Barnes, per Coptic, leaving Sydney 1 Lth May. The following is a list of some of tho presents given by friends of Mr and Mrs W. Thompson, who were married last week : —Mr J, Hamon, cheque ; Mrs Hamon, bed linen, table centre and tray, cheese dish : Mr J. Thompson, cheque ; Mrs J. Thompson, two salad bowls; Mr B. Thompson, cheque; Mr M. Hogan, cheque ; Mrs Hogan, cheque : Mr W. Hamon, cheque; Mrs Nossiter, hearth rug ; Mrs Nossiter, dinner set; Mr O’Dwyer, silver teapot,” Mr T. O’Dwyer, breakfast cruet; Miss Dinan, silver-mounted clothes brush and bracket; Mr and Mrs Dinan, silver butter dish and walking stick ; Mr Bell, packet silver teaspoons : Mr Candy, silver grid-iron; Mips dames, silver tea tray and jam j spoon; Mr y. Oman, silver butter disk ; Mr and Mrs 'W. Smith, set of carvers : Miss M, Neenan, lamp ; Mr P. Eogers, tray and cloth : Mr Croxton, lamp : Miss Fishenden, silk plaques; Mrs Neill, cheese dish ; Mr and Mrs A. Sharp, biscuit barrel, breakfast cruot, and salt cellars; Mrs O’Connell, teapot, cream jug, and salt cellars ; Mr M. Colebrook, butter dish, jam dish, sugar basin and cream jug; Mrs I£ane, afternoon tea set; Mrs Bonny, three salad loowls; Mis 3 J. O’Dwyer, sugar basin and butter dish; Miss Minnie O’Dwyer, pair vases; Mr Wackrow, two oil paintings ; Mr Btowd, butter dish,