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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1816, 24 July 1906, Page 4

Tho fact that Captain William Jackson Barry, tho grand old colonist who left England bol'oro Victoria was Queen, is in vory straitened circumstances, reminds Mr James Wilson, of Lyttelton, of 1878, wliou povorty was very rifo at Dunodin. “ Tho unemployed,” says lie in Lyttelton Times, 11 woro put to work iu tho Dowling street cutting, married mon at bs (id por day and singlo ir :n at 2s Gd per day. Tho captain, iu conjunction with tho lato Sandy Jnglis (of A. and T. Inglis) started a meat market to supply tho poor. A. frosh leg of mutton, a sm'dcod log of mutton and a di-Jon rock oystors woro sold for !) >. That was supposod to bo tho price, but no ono who asked was refused, money or no money. “ I know that it cost just on £2OOO, for I worked for tho captain. A moro bonovolont old gontlomau than Captain Barry I never knew. Contrast what lio was then, with his silk hat and sealskin coat and vcsb standing on a box, inviting tho poor to comb and got their Sunday dinner, with what ho is now I trust something may bo done to make him comfortable in his old age and poverty.” Porno idea of tho state of things that prevails in the backblocks may be gathorod from tho following extract from tho WaDganui Chroniclo's Ohakuro correspondent's latest notes ; Ilonsen, the butcher here, has lost five pack liorsos this season already, and stock and animals are having a very bad time of it, as wo cannot get food for them. Even the Public Works Department animals are short. If this weather continues another mouth we may as well bo at tho Antarctic regions as here, as communication will be absolutely stopped. lam thinking that our source of supplies will be from Auckland way, unless something is at onco done to tho Pipiriki road. It snowed for eighteen hours, and has sinco rained incessantly, and still continues. Tho assistant engineer, .Air Maskell, and his wifo and four children. aro at Pipiriki, awaiting a chance of getting hero later on. The rivers are high and tho roads dreadful. Metalling still goes on at overy oppor tunity, 1 must say Mr Hay keeps them at tho metalling when there is any charco of their doing so—and metal is what wo want, and plenty of it.”

Though Timothy Kenealy, formerly of Te Puke, had only liis own interests iti view whon ho appoaled against the £SOO verdict for damages which his son’s poa-ritlo pranks brought upon him, ho lias incidentally done tho public a service by eliciting an unanimous condemnation by tho judges of tho sale of pea-rilles to boys. Complete unanimity of the Appeal Court judges on any point is proverbially rare. In this instance, however, every member of tho Bench is of opinion that the dangerous pop gun ought, in the interests of the public, to be put undor regulation, and has cited instances from his own district of tho gravity of the danger. After such a strong and unusual representation from the Bench, will Parliament hesitate to take action ?

Tbo two piclurnsquo blinds variously known as “ S'oyous’ Ads,” 11 Tatham’s Ails,” and 11 Couaorvancy Idands,” situato 1 in th 9 middle cf tho Thainoa opposite tin Cadbury Gardens at Kingston, are griduslly beirg washed away by tbe ueiion of tbo current.

Tho following not’ce app-ared io a window of a provision meicbant in Whitechapel :—” Wanlod strong lad just leaving scLool to d liver goods wi;h handcart. Mu-t bo üblo to speak Yiddish and ISoglub prcporly to tuit our d llorout cuttOLCDis. Wugos Bs a week.” A Norwich passive redder appeared in oourt wearing a red jorsey with a sash on which were tho words ” Seoular education is tho only solution.” He declarod that so 1 mg as ro'igious teaching of any kind was given in tho State schools ho should do cliac t) pay the rates. Cough while you can, For you can's when jou will, Jf you take this advico You’ll never gat ill, Woods’ Great Peppermint Curo All coughing will kill, Fo run eff your cough, And run up to bill.