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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1759, 28 May 1906, Page 3

The English Derby will be run on , Tuesday. Mr Jaques, Government oanning and i preserving expert, arrived in Gisborne 1 yesterday from Auokland. He reoently visited the Thames and Waikato. * There is an epidemic of eoarlet fever at * Kaitangata, Otago ; 45 oases had been repotted up to last Tuesday. >J The New Plymouth Harbor Board has just adopted a gtod “ tip ” iu regard to sand dredgirg, arisiog out of experiments recently carried out on the Mersey. By altering the pattern of the suction - pipes it has been found that the . dredges oan do much more effective work in shifting sand banks, etc. At the present time the pipes “ suck up” about ' 10 per oent of sand and 00 per oent of water, but by adopting the nowest pattern of nozzle the proportion of sand brought up is increased to B 1 per oent. A Mount Albert girl writes to the New Zealand Herald: “As the winter nights ■ are coming round again it appears from reoent reports in your paper that the blaokguards and ruffians who molest unattended females are beginning their old game again. As our police force to in- j adequate to proteot us, we are determined ( to protect oureelves by carrying revolvers, C which we shall use on those scoundrels if necessity requires ih So we give them fair warning through your columns, if you will be good enough to publish this letter, We are practising in order to shoot straight.” The Wairoa Guardian states: —" It frequently happens that when Constable Luke is away in Napier or at one end of the country, Constable Tore is oalledupon to proceed to Waikaremoana os Nuhsk* in whioh case not only is the town left unprotected, but prisoners may be left at the local gaol tc be attended to as the officer in charge may beet be able to arrange for during his absenoo. This should not be sp, and we think J the Depat tment of Justice ought to be 0 memoralised to appoint another district constable, to be stationed at Nuhaka. We have a capab'e and esergetio ofiioer in Constable Luke, and jf the department would grant the extra district oonstable we think be would be well able to adiquately ■ prevent, or secure the punishment of orimes in tbe district.” The Tuhara Iktxmdl will close at the end of this month solely owing to the state of the road, which prevents the manufactured product from being sent in or the usual supplies being sent out. i The closing of the mill even for a few i months mean* a loss of several thousand pounds to the district—surely a stroag enough argument for the carrying out of the Tuhara deviation at the earliest possible moment. — Wairoa Guardian, The hearing of the dispute between the Auckland Industrial Union of Workers in the tailoring trade and the Auckland Master Tailors’ Union and other employers in the province of Auckland was continued at Auckland on Friday. About 200 employers in the Auckland province were cited. Frederick Palmer, a tailor, and secretary of the Gisborne branch of the union, quoted an instance where an employer at Gisborne had reduced one of his hand’s wages from £o to £2 10s, to put all his employees on a level footing. There was an employer who also kept three apprentice* to one journeywoman. George Shierlaw, master tailor, of Gisborne, denied that a master at Gisborne employed more than one apprentice to a journeywoman. Questioned by the Bench, witness said he could do the same as tailors, and use the chart » t ystem. His Honor : I understand from the award that there is nothing to prevent you working the chart system, and sending work to a > factory, so long as you don’t have a try on. 1 Mr Brown: Wc have not understood that. : Wo have been under the impression that ■ we could not send work out of our shops. : The Court adjourned until to-day, when . the Southern clothing trade dispute will I be dealt with. The further hearing of tho l tailors’ dispute was adjourned until toL morrow.