The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 8, 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1778, 8 June 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 8, 1906.

OPENING UP THE PROVINCE. The reosnt conference at Auckland regarding the railway ha* ooused a great deal of attention to bo directed to the subjeof. Tho N.Z. Hera'd staten : The unanimity and enthusiasm which characterised the proceedings at the con'erence of railway leagues augur hopefully for the success of the new movement wbioh has been started to sccuro the opening up of the province by means of railways. Under tbe polit’eal system which now prevails in the colony the o'nly possible way of obtaining recognition of pressing public works is by organisation and an i(_flex ble determination to leave no stone unturned UDtil tho desired end is attained. Any other course is simply to oourt neglect. But no Government can afford to go on ignoiing claims which are pressed on its attention by a large and important scotion of the community 6rmly reeolved on having its just grievances remedied. The ease which was made out by the speakers is so clear BDd etroDg that it is impossible to imagine it cau fail to secure tbe most favorable consideration from the Government and Parliament. Indeed, so unanswerable is it that one is amszsd that tbe province should have remained so long inao'ive or indifferent in the matter. However, tbe time has now arrived for the adoption of a vigorous forward policy, and we ere confident that tbe movement so successfully begun, if ODly oootinued with tho same zoal and unanimity wbioh have maiksd its initiation, will prove of incalculable benefit in promoting tbe general advancement and prosperity of the 1 proyinoe, !

Tbo takings at the Druids Lodgo last pight was £llO. The rovonuo on tho Qiaborno railway (or April oxoeodod tbo cxpondituro by £LB3.

It is undcrstco-1 that Sergoant Mackenzie is to bo promoted to tbo South Island.

The team to represent tho Huia Football Club against Tokitimu to-morrow a(tornoon, will bo piokod on tho ground at 2.45.

In sympa’hy with tho swimming baths propcsal (but not with tho treasurer) thero was a copious fail o( rain botwoon 8 and 10 last night. Tho Druid,’annual sooiul is to bo held on tho first Stcopleobaeo night next month (Thursday, tho sth prox). In tho balonoo-Bhoet of tho Turanganui Lodge of Druids, presented at tho mooting last night, the momborship was Bhown to bo 413.

Them was a break in tbo telegraph wiroa at an early hour last ovening, putting off communication with the outside world. It is expooted that rip tits will be efleotod this morning, A genoral meeting of tho G : sborne branob of the Now Zealand Farmers’ Union will bo held to-morrow afternoon at tho Farmers’ Union Club rooms, Masonic Buildings. Word has been recoived that Mr B* Muclean, son of Mr Geoffrey Maolean, has obtained a certificate of chief engineer. Qo is at present with tho Dominion Line.

A Nativo who bad gone out to tbo Zsa-

Inndia with tho intention of proooeding to Napier, and who was ,ioo drunk to got aboard tho Btoamor, wts taken in oußlody for tbo night, and yesterday was discharged after a oaution at tho Polico Court. James Curran, a previous oflendor, was fined 5s and 2s costs, or 24 hours' imprisonment for drunkenness.

Tho following tondors were reoeived for tbo oieotion of Mr J. Erekino’s two-storey brick building in Peel streetJ. T, Julian (Auckland) £3125, Messrs Webb and Son £3197, Smith and Black £3293, Maokrell and Colley £3395, and M. Haisman £3550.

Mr W. Miller proceeded to Chrisiohurch by tho Zealandia. He has a substantial interest in a big venture for supplying out-door amusements in connection with New Zealand Exhibition, the com psmy having the solo right for all Bideshows at the Exhibition, Tbo capital of the company already subscribed is £IO,OOO, and tba r O3 are already at a premium. One of tbe great attractions will bo a water chute.

The half yearly m°tt ; n® of Turanganui Lodgo of Druids was held last night tbo A.D., Bro. EL Bright, pr.-eiding. The oleotion of officers resulted as follows: A.D.Bro. G Miller; V.A.D., Bro. Arch, Pool; A.D. Bard 3. Bros. E. A Carter and W. Whinray ; V.A. Bards, Bros. Pelorson -nd Hoxby; I G., Bro. T. Srlves; OG, Bro. E Wh tfieU ; Auditors, Bros. T. G. Lawless and H. Miller ; Secretary, B o. G. Da> ton (re-ehoted); Treasurer. 80. M. Craig (re elected) It was d.oid dto hold tho annual social ou the first night of tbe S eeplecbaso meeting.

At the Victotia Domain to-morrow aitcinoon Haiti City and Wrst End Football C.ubs meet in tbe ecoond roundiof tho district oompetitirus. Both teams will be wilt represented. aDd a sp’endid game should result. West End will bavo an adven’aga in tbo pack, but this should be more than counterbalanced by tho back play of last season's champions. Mr R. G. HaUamoro will control the gamor On N). 2 ground Takiiirnu will inset Huia, Mr W. Gibson haviDg the wbist'o. Tbe junior tnalobcs oomtnenciDg at 1.45 will be between West End and Huia and Haiti City and Takitimu.* Messrs J. Martin and H. Carr will bo the referees.

Mr A. Santley writes to tbe New Zealand Herald advocating Rangitoto for a cmiumplive sanatorium, He states: "It perms to me that Rangitote would be an idral spot for tbe cure of consumpt : ou, and no germs could oxist there for any length of lime. Consumption being a dirt disease, rrquirirg damp, foul air to g ow the ge-m successfully, would certajnly oease to thrive in a place like the lop of Rangitoto mountain. ' All the island is pure, c'ean scoria rock, and no growths of any k'nd but the 6tun'od pohutukawa so.ub. Nor pure air it hosts the world, and tbe strongest consumptive germ should die in a week w : th tho proper treatment of the patient. The building Bhould bo little more than an open shed and made of steel and oonerc-te, with tile roofiog and no timber whatever allowed on the place."

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning judgment by default was granted by Mr Barton, S M , in (he following civil 09803 Benjamin Taylor (Mr W. D. Lysna') v. Joe Goldsmith, claim .£l2 3a Bd, and costs £3 Os 6d; Samuel David McPherson (Mr A'ston Coleman) v. Edith Burke, balance of olaim 15s, and costs 10s. In the case of George Smith (Mr Alston Coleman) v. W, Fox, an order was made for the immediate payment of £4 ss, in default fivo days’ imprisonment. Evidence of the defendant was taken in the case of Robert Colobrcok (Mr Blair) v, Panopa Waihopi (Mr W. b Rees); also an application for an order upon a judg moot summons. After hearing this His Worship said be was satisfied defendant had not sufficient means, and dismissed the ca c e.

A London correspondent of the New Zealotd Heral 1, UDder date April 27ib, siat s; the abarehoilors of ihe Assists Company are to reoeivo a distribution pf 17 per cent, for the year, Nearly a quarter of a century has passed since it was registered Iff aequiro from the liquidators of the City of G asgow Bank the wbo'e assets of that concern, consisting of large amounts of preference and ordinary slock of the New Zealand and Austra'ian Land Company, and estates in New South Wales and New Zealaud, ss woll a* in Ser'laod, In 1689 the estates in New South Woles were disposed of, and in 1899 practically all the Dreferecce and ordinary stock of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company held by the Assets Company was distributed among the proprietors. The oapital is now JEIOO.OOO in fully-paid shares of £1 each. Dnriog the past year the profits from the company’s property in New Zeiland ngiin showed a very largo increase, ohiefiy'attributable to the onbauoed pric.s for wool. One thousand onq hundred and fifty pounds has ben recovered in connection with the land titles litigation ia New Zealand, and it is | hoped that still further sums will be obt fined on this acoount. An important case concerning the lia bility of a master for the tots of his servants was decided at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning. In a sett'ement of accounts between Mr £L F. North, of Te Karek •, and Mr F. Hall, of Gisborne, a dispute arose as to an amount of £1 16s ia a counter claim. The evidence showed that Mr Hell had oharged £8 for some paintieg, which Mr North said he had arranged with ono of Mr Hall’s workmen (since deceased) to have done for £l 4s. Messrs J■ Co ! ley and W. H. Clayton supported the sta’ement that the charge was reasonable. Mr Hall said that only his foreman was authorised lo quote prices for work, and that the wages alone for the work in question would amount to 225. Mrs Bvioson supported her brother’s statement as to the man undertaking to do tho work for 245; arid ef or a-gument between coudbcl as to tho responsibility of tho master in such a oaso, His Worship said ho was satisfied that the man hod undertaken to do the work as etited, and in his opinion Mr Hall would be bound by that. Judgment was given accordingly, with £L 12s costs. Mr Hall has now issued a notice that no workman in bis omploy other than his eods, his foreman, or himsplf, are authorised to fix prices, for work to be dene. Mr Blair appeared for Mr North and Mr Nolan for Mr Ha’l

' A glaring case of evasion of the com' puhory olauses of the E lucation Aot wan brought before the meeting of the Southland Teacbera’ Institute by a oouotry t.aaher, wbo esked the loetituto to tatte action in the matter. Qe slated that the chairman of the school committee had all this year—with the exception of a day or two-kept his children away, and to prevent proaeoution had issued to himself, in his cap oity as obairman, oertifioates of . exemp'.ioD, a proocediDg novcr contem-1 plated by the Aot.

Mr W. A. O'Meara, merchant, has a obango of advortisemont in this issue.

A very largo attendance is antioipatod at tho swimming baths sooial this even-

Miss Olive Godwin, of tbe Williamson Company, is roportod to havo oome in for a logaey of £2OOO, loft by an undo in England. At Narrabri, N.B W„ a young man named B. Clarke, while engaged fobrng trees in tho bush, ate some honoy from a boes’ nost in ono of tbo trees. A oouple of houra later ho was seized with groat pains, und wan brought to town and givon medical attention, His condition was oritica! for three days, but ho is now out of danger. Ic is supposed that tho boes wore working on poisoned baits of phosphorus, mixed with troaole, laid for rabbits. A sample of tho honoy has been sent to Sydney for analysis. At a meeting of creditors in this district

tho other day (says tho Qawora Star) some prosont were puzzled by the oircumstoDoo that though tho aeoounts showed that debtors had steadily lost about £2OO a year in their business there was an item for inoome tax wbioh suggested they had roturnod a profit of some hundred or two beyond tho statutory exemption of £OOO. However, it turned out that this was not a payment of tax, but payment of a fine for failure to send in a return. Pooplo should understand that non liability to pay tax does not necessarily exause omission to send in a return.

The Marlborough Herald says that a writ of £259 damages, for alleged wrongful dismissal as editor and manager was served on the Marlborough Herald Company on bohalf of Mr J. A, Connell. The case will oomo on at this month's sittings of tbo Supremo Court.

A brisk disoussion ha 3 been going on in the Dunedin papers concerning tho wellknown wood weevil or "white pine borer." Most people have seen enough of the havoo it works, but not every one iB aware that a fully-developed borer oan work its way through a white pine half* inch plark in half an hour, red pine 38 min, broadloaf 45min, bluegum lhr 12 min 35seo, ironwood 3hr 18min 45iseo. These figures are given by one writer as tbe result of actual observation. Tbe Melbourne Harbor Trust has adopted a recommendation of tbe committee that the woik of widening Ooode Canal be commenced at once, with the present phut, on the lines already laid down by the GDgmeer.

Tho catualness of the Australian (says the Brisbane Couiiei) has toen noted as a will-d fined natural trait. Sjme time ngo, in illustiati'n of this idiosyncrasy, a London business man, while visiting Brisbane, mentioned iba' his fi m " down under ” had reoeived an order frem a Qutensland storekeeper for £9O worth of goods. Tbo £9O came to band by tbe post in good ye’low sovereigns, wrapped up in a brown paper package, and labelled "simple of ariowroot.”

Speakmg at tbe conference of tbe Federated Licensed Victuallers’ Association of Australasia, Mr H. Wright, Secretary of lie Queensland Association, said : "We cannot oppose looal option.” Tbe remark was met by observations of a dissentient nature. Tbe speaker corrected bimself by saying, " Well, I oannot oppose looal optioD.”

A Maori on tbe Upper Glenn road< Manaia, had very bad luck with a boree reoently. He bad been cartiog firewood out of tbe bush, and tbe track passes through one plaoo wtere tbore aro tbe cut ends cf supplejacks on either side. The road was bid, and the horse got his leg into a ho’o and was unablo to gft it out. Tho driver at ones started to take the load off, but the horse in bis movements to get free tore an eyo out on the ends of the supp't j ick j . The animal is a big, dappled brown of excellent quality, for which £4O was recently refused.

The graooful swans that glide over the surface of tbo ornamental lakelets in tbe Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth, were responsible for a miniature tragedy last week. Two of them, male and female, set upon the odd male bird, and a savage fight ensued. WiDgs and beaks wrought fca-ful havoc with the plumage. The bacholor pnt up a game .fight, but was uueb.'o to withstand tbo onslaughts of his assailants, and wa3 overpowered and killed. Before the dead body could be recovered by tho oaretaker and a local re-ident, who saw tbo eoDolu-ion of tbe affray, tbe violors had a’moEt denuded it of feathers, and the surfaoß of tbe pool was oovered with proof of their return to their wild state. There are now cnly two swans—a pair—remaining out of the three pairs brought from Eog* land about four yoats ago by Mr E. M< Smith, M.H.R., and presented by him to the Recreation Grounds Board. At tho Auckland Farmers’ Union Confereoce the president said the question of land tenure would have to be watched. They must stand up manfully, and show the world that tbe farmers of New Zerland were capable of taking oare of themselves. He fe't sure that some day, when the farmers controlled the affairs of the colony, the days of tho bounder, the sohemer, and the parasite would be gene. The Carbine colt Spearmint, who won the Perby, is built on very massive lines, and rosombles bis sire ia a remarkable drgror. He is taller than Carbine, but otherwise be is very like bis sire in color, markings, and general conformation, while Borne of these who have seen father and sou race aver that tbe ac'ion of tbe son and tho manner in which be runs bis races are very strongly reminiscent of Mb sire.

Ppon arrival of tho ship Manx King at Melbourne Captain Connell reported the lorg of ope of fhe otow. Qa February 4, during ap exceptionally heavy gale off the Cope, an apprentig) named Alexander Scott was missed, and it could only be surmised how he met his fate, though it waa conjectured that while lending a hand a lurch of the veas'l bad prr jacted him into the sea. The lad was only 15 years of age, and the son of Captain Scott, of Gla«gow. | The reported discovery of radium carrying ore at the Wellaroo and Moonta Copper Mine, South Australia, has further hardened share values. A private letter roceived in Sydney from a shareholder reads: “ I hope this find is not too good to be lastiog. As radium is worth about £280,000 per ouuoe, a very little of it would go a long way ia making dividends. There is dow no doubt that radium exists id our neighborhood. The problem of economical extraction awaits solution.”